But when it comes to the matter of giving explanations, I feel like one who has climbed a steep mountain and becomes breathless. Giving discourses is a burden for me. It reminds me of the affairs of the universe, and the discussions and explanations that are included in the affairs of the universe become more of a burden to me. Playing marbles, flying kites and playing gilli-danda and cricket are also included in the affairs of the universe, but they "unburden" the burden. It is like coming down a hill; it is more a relaxation than an exertion.

Elcha and Dhake, by their jokes and witticisms, lighten this burden and I relax. These are the things that give me relaxation. But, whether burdened or relaxed, I play my role equally well. Burden or relaxation makes no difference to me, for I am beyond all this.

God is One — both Father and Mother in one. Of course, He is in everything and everyone, and everyone knows it. But God is beyond this, too. I will tell you about God in His Divine Beyond state. In the Beyond state, God is both Father and Mother in one. Now, let us consider the worldly father and mother. Suppose a couple has seven sons. It is but natural for the father to love those who are useful to him, who are healthy, strong, intelligent — and obviously he will remain pleased with such sons. Now six sons of the father are healthy, hearty, brilliant — good in all respects — and he loves them very much. But the seventh son is a cripple, a simpleton, dull-headed, gullible and innocent. The father has comparatively little love for his seventh son, but the mother loves her seventh son the most: more so because he is a weak, disabled, guileless child. Such is the general tendency found among worldly fathers and mothers.

Now, we again come to the Beyond-God, Who is both the Father and Mother in one. During cycles of cycles of time, after ages, when God descends as the Avatar on this material plane, he always takes a male form. He is never born as a woman. Avatars are the Sons of the Father in the Beyond state. All the past Avataric periods witnessed the presence of the Avatar as the healthy, bright, intellectual Son of the God-Beyond. This means in my previous advents I always remained the Beloved Son of my Father. I was like the six sons of the worldly parents.