Yet I am never silent. I speak eternally. The voice that is heard deep within the soul is my voice — the voice of inspiration, of intuition, of guidance. Through those who are receptive to this voice, I speak.

My outward silence is no spiritual exercise. Once a devotee asked a Perfect Master why he fasted. The Perfect One replied, "I am not an aspirant; I am perfect. So I am not fasting to attain perfection. It is for others that I fast."

A spiritual aspirant cannot act like One who has attained perfection, but One who is perfect can, for the sake of others, act like an aspirant. A person who has received a master of arts degree can write the alphabet on a blackboard to teach children, but it does not mean he is no longer a master of arts.

So my silence has been undertaken and maintained solely for the good of others.

About spirituality Baba stated:

It is better to study IT than to be ignorant of IT; better to feel IT than to study IT; better to experience IT than to feel IT; and best of all to become IT!

Baba then explained about the third eye:

When the eyes are turned inward in full consciousness, then this eye [pointing to the center of his forehead] opens, and then only the internal is seen. This is insight. Union is then sought.

Now you long for union, but without seeing the One with whom you want to be united. When the eyes turn inward and this eye opens, you see the One you long for, and long still more ardently for union.

Turning the eyes inward cannot be done mechanically. It is impossible to do so by exercise. However, it is done in less than a second by the Master. You see the Self. Everything turns — as different as anything!

Mary asked, "You once said that everything was illusion until one reaches the seventh plane and attains full union with God. Why do we have to bother with the intermediate planes?"

In reply, Baba dictated, "Union is real, but one has to pass through the planes, even if it is for a second. When a Sadguru or the Avatar wishes, he can raise you to the seventh plane in a second, but still in that second you have to pass through the whole six planes.