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684THE SILENCE BEGINS1926

In just the same way, two ears, one nose, two hands, and two feet are provided. In short, everything in nature goes on according to rules and regulations and principles laid down by the "Experienced" or Realized Sages, and nothing is haphazard.

All these explanations are beyond comprehension by your intellect. Such understanding is virtually useless, unless one has the real Experience of Realization. However much you may exert your brains, in the end it is all like the caterwauling and barking of cats and dogs, until such time as you experience the wind of Reality.

The Knowledge and Experience of a Sadguru cannot be grasped through the intellect because it is altogether beyond the intellect. As Hafiz says:

This Knowledge is never grasped by the intellect's noose;
Untie the noose and you will obtain it.

On 30 June, explaining to the mandali about maya, Baba expounded:

God as Ishwar uses maya and her attributes to conduct the affairs of the universe, whereas Paramatma is far, far beyond Ishwar and uses only Dnyan — that all-pervading Power, that Source from which all other powers emanate. The Sadguru uses maya to make others free from maya.

Suppose Arjun is Paramatma and his cane is God. And suppose you wrap a seven-colored string (maya) around this cane. The string has only touched the cane (God) and not Arjun (Paramatma), who remains aloof.

Using another example from Angal Pleader's kirtan the previous Sunday, Baba continued:

Suppose you come along and mistake a string for a snake. This mistake creates maya. But, if you see that the string is only a string and nothing else, is maya gone? No, because the accompanying suppositions and fears — "What sort of a serpent is it? How long? Will it bite?" — these are maya. In the end, when it is found that it is only a string, you laugh at your false presupposition because your fears are gone — the illusion is removed. In the same way, when one attains Realization, he laughs at these false notions of maya — the world and all its connections — for he knows that they are totally false and not real.

If any desire, passion, or anger enters your head, take it that it is maya, the source of all worries, troubles, and anxieties. The moment it enters your brain, throw it out! Don't let it in at all!

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