elf002a-000.mp3 transcript powered by Sonix—the best audio to text transcription service

elf002a-000.mp3 was automatically transcribed by Sonix with the latest audio-to-text algorithms. This transcript may contain errors. Sonix is the best way to convert your audio to text in 2019.

He's directing the mother to go to Meher Baba writing automatic writing and all that. So it was with us. He always used to dissuade us from dabbling into such things and he would stop somebody who had come to Baba and he would say that well, I'm being this is it. All right for me helps me and all that to get the answer of course is no don't dabble in that just stop it. Stop it. Stop it. So the wonderful thing is that that which he did not want us to make use of he used it in order to bring the family to him. So from that thought had come to my mind and how how true it is that Baba always used to bring home to us the do as I tell you to do but don't do as I do.

Maybe you'd realize any instrument for his purpose anything that he wants to just as he used drugs, who's he he used drugs into bringing drugs drug addicts to him. See ya at the at the time when the drug season was on the 60s and all that. So many people came through the drugs came to hear about him, you know what I mean through marijuana and LSD and other things the drug scene was there in the 60s. So many people came does that mean that people came to him that we should continue to take drugs? No, he used drugs in order to bring them, but that doesn't mean that we should use jargon. He can use anything for his purpose. He wants to that's what I was saying the situation where somebody had a vision about after an unavoidable accident. So that doesn't mean people should have automobile accident. Yep. That day will never

Use it it'll never catch on. Yeah.

So James, I've been hearing that you are here you are here you are here. This is a fellow so busy. When will you be when will you relax?

Well, you may not have heard about another story like that years ago that had come we have been hearing about these ordinary dead people the two stories that you heard this morning before teatime. So there is another story. These are the ones that we heard are from Ordinary People ordinary householders and sons having died. They are directing their parents to go to Meher Baba.

But there is another fantastic story that came across we came across you see of a certain person would come from the states America years ago. He came the total stranger here. We did not know him why by say the total stranger that as soon as he entered the hall. He said Jai Baba and says good afternoon. Yeah, so to that degree, he didn't know anything about Baba and he came and took a seat somewhere in the corner and then naturally those pin drop silence because we could not relate ourselves to a stranger. That is a drawback.

The camera that we had to say something, so I started trying to bring out some words from myself. Well, when did you arrive from? Where have you come in? Monosyllables? He's answering just arrived from where have you come from the states?

How long have you uh, have you heard of Meher Baba from somebody? So no here I said how long ago you heard of Meher Baba 15 days just that most so I said, somebody must have told you so yeah as a who told you Yogananda I said Yogananda in the states, so we have I kept quiet there are so many yogananda's now and so many Anand has and all that stuff. Well, I started scratching my neck. And I said, who is that yoga? Who told you haven't you heard the name of Paramahansa Yogananda City. Yeah, I heard it, but he died long back if he dropped his body, isn't it?

He's not lonely. Yeah. Yeah. He's the one I said, you said you heard of him heard of Meher Baba true him 15 days ago. So how did you happen to hear how his story is? So here we like to hear your story. That's how he tells us this story that he he his parents the stones followers of Paramahansa Yogananda. Have you heard of yoga now? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So what happened is that

My parents are follows don't followers of Yogananda and I was brought up from my childhood as a follower of Yogananda. I was made to love him to read his life stories and all that stuff. So as I grew up I became

More honest about him and I long to see him. I hadn't met him. I wanted to see physically.

On the doors the drive went to a pitch that there was a real long in creativity.

And a long long to see 15 days ago while I was resting in bed.

In the states

All of a sudden I see him at my bedstead day standing. I have a fly happy to see him. I met really sat up and looked at him and I felt Within Myself that he's not happy to see me.

Brother long to see him and he's dead and he's not he made his cows you made a face like that. He says he ordered his I want you to go to Med Baba and that's why I've come that's all that's the story and then I tried to find out about marry Bob and I got at last some I contacted somebody and says well if you want to know about me, but we have to go to India if you want to as I said, I want to see him since you can't see because he is no longer in body. This is what but my master tells me to go and see here. But if you want to there is his tomb there and there are is people who have lived with him that that much you can do if you want to go to India.

That's why I'm coming. So there's another story like that.

It must be about in the late 70s.

A lot of people have come through Yogananda had said that his mission was to lead people his disciples or followers to the feet of the Lord into the feet of God, but I don't know anything about it. But this is what happened and when I told the story to some group that was here where Eric was so then he told me that he is also true yoga number has come and we we boys meet together and we were followers of Yogananda and all that then he started telling us about the group but then I came across an elderly person.

How do you know anybody who is closely connected with Yogananda that you know, it was it was he who walked with Yogananda who was there and he was living with Yogananda is he had come here and he's a father of another bubble lover. I forget my bed recently. Actually, you see that here also, he was telling me about it all and that this present center that is there at the time it was not founded at the time. So he was there who led him to that spot and all that and he and selected in settle down there. He's very old this man old man pulled a a person whose life is about. Yeah.

Pardon. Mr. Wright was there in Los Angeles? Yeah. Yes.

What do you mean nobody more wonderful is Jesus mission and I was started telling him but what about Maya bother, you know, and he started putting him up and down and I just came up to Bobby's defense and then to sleep and I had a tremendous arguing with him and walked out of his vitiation. But in the state's New York City many years ago nineteen seventy seven seventy six.

But how could you be initiated and then at the fit on the same day same day? I walked out of it. What what name was given remember that there could be no comparison whatsoever between Jesus and mayor bother how crazy but how do you expect anybody to say such a thing? How could you expect me to take initiation from somebody who didn't realize but when?

Of you know, if you're following bottle, why should you be initiated? I wasn't following boys.

He say yes, and the time I entered the Seminary from the time I was at permission to leave the priesthood about 15 years and that time I start again. It's all been written up in the globe signed sealed and delivered. You can eat that it is he's from the Salvation Army and when you were in silence to the window, he was observing.

I need up soon. After that. I went inside the room the office room. They're not real money sits, but that to say said the gentleman seems to have come after a long time. No not long time. He was greeting your meeting you with much love and affection. I said, yeah, but have you heard of him? Who use it is better that you read something that is printed in the girl. What is it? Who is he his father Flanagan? What is it?

All the sides weather

And open and sometimes you'd said initially when they will be long hours of session. He would say go and have a pop and come back because mind is always in that attention, but if you were to see me.

Baba is to see me then you wouldn't say such a thing. Yeah, it was that's true. I think 60 61. No, no. No, but I think before I forget now which year it was, but I left by one. It didn't take much time to live. It was just an instant the instant you decided yourself to give it a night was not I who decided what had happened is it takes us back to many years ago. You see where Baba is now seated there in that posture there. There is a place there that is not human and animals is flat Colossians. Ah, and then at the back of this side here, there is a veranda so Bob and the monthly and are they staying there for some days?

Kevin Bobby goes to retire in the ninth. I used to have that Veranda the summer months. And Bombay is David we have people from the rural area. We can't like the city life. So I prefer to be on The Veranda there and sleep there now and then of course all day pent-up feelings are there as you say naturally smoke and smoke is never delightful when there is darkness when you see the the curls of the smoke and all that then you have with Greater Joy in smoothie, you know that in spite of it of course naturally mind would want to have thought of smoking downsize to smoke there. So one night I was sitting there it was not very late in the night. It must be about nine o'clock late evening. I was small it was on a chair. I was sitting there and all of a sudden somebody something jumped on my shoulder and that was much younger than him.

Devil's that his name is Misty and his life was his Boyhood was such that he won't find him without any spots. They're everywhere. You'll find him you see Mercurochrome painted a ride in pain together until because he was so active a young kid jumping from one chair to another one so far just as when he came on my shoulder all of a sudden. Yeah, it was like that. So I got a shop and look and he said tells me seeing my end of the cigarette burning that it will glow. This is a rich Uncle, you know, Baba doesn't like anybody to smoke like this - say yes or no if I ever said, no dancing.

Not naturally child blasts then why do you smoke so you know how guarded we are when we want to have our own way. So then I looked at him and I said look Baba doesn't like this to see how in spots are there and see what you have done, you know to yourself when I find you that you have mended your ways. I will also do a smokey which was impossible to me at that time. That means I had never escaped a good excuse that I can smell so bad. Bobby doesn't like this and why do you do that? That's how years rolled by I completely forgot about all this. Everything was forgotten who would remember such a thing is it goes on years are passing by continue to smoke alive. Chimney. You may call it if you smoke a lot I see smoke.

One Fine Day at group passage in Pune years have passed by

Hannah was busy something doing my work writing. Whatever Bob had given. I forgot whatever it was. I was busy causes but in my fingers there is this signal that I smoke and I'm writing and smoke and writing all of a sudden voice pipes in this is here Central and look up and this is marijuana gentlemen marijuana, you know that I passed my exams now, we're going to the going for higher studies and all that how I said I put my cigarette there and embraced him and says well, how are you and what are you doing and this and that and then I sat down after having exchanged some news and then I started smoking again while I didn't have a puff also all of a sudden that night dawned upon what a change in him. He was fully dressed you see invest in clothes and all that gentlemen here will put a polished gentleman does

And he's a doctor now. So it really wasn't jumping from self itself anymore. No, he was totally sober that very thing affected me see the whole thing became like that night and said, yeah, I not said that when you change your habits, I will stop smoking and that that was the last but is how I left is perhaps more to the story than what is that then what happened hi-yah then what happened is

I stopped of course because I got that shot that I had said, so would it come out of my mouth?

But I was too shy to let anybody know that I had stopped smoking because I whatever it is. I don't know. I feel shy about it kiss. It didn't work. Yeah indeed it is true. That's how that's why I was shy about it. I was not sure about myself about my determination of whatever it was. Not a determination. It was just a flashback and all of a sudden impulse. Yeah. It was an Impulse given up. Then you must have some intimation know I don't I can't say otherwise I wouldn't have been so shy to let others know so somebody would offer me cigarette. I said now I'm not smoking now. Just please not now so forth. So again a couple of months passed by

And we are here now in by the way who's on is this all the time? Is there anybody come here?

Third or fourth time? I'm hearing this. So what happens is that I'm here inside the hall Baba is seated there and the monthly idea and at that time they used to come a sailor boy. His name was Harry did all chur. Oh, hey, did you know him he used to cut taxes the Calcutta. So here's to come here and he was a sailor boy here Baba sailor boy, he would be on the Seven Seas all the time while he was working on the ship. So knowing fully well whenever he would come to India, he would make it a point to be here and be with Baba even if it be for an hour or so, but being a sailor boy having touched so many shows you see nothing you would collect things for the monthly here to give knowing fully well that I had that liking for smoking.

So that day he had come here and he brought his suitcase message. He walked inside. Huh? Hurry is come he will come unannounced but I was very happy to see him and all that and then immediately imagine he put his suitcase this and then he standing here Bob and bracing and all that and obviously, what is this is nothing for little gift from underneath. What is it open it? So you opened it. It was full of different brands of cigarettes all from all over the world and bubble looked at it and he was so happy to see and feel so many packets so many times and he looked at me what a treasure he has brought.

And then I just let him be shyly Mickey and I said but I'll stop smoking mother. What what do you say? I don't smoke anymore when since when is sometimes some months ago, I stopped smoking and that was the scene foot by bother to confess but and he was very happy when somebody brought packets of cigarettes. Look see I said I stopped smoking and that was the simple that's the end of it all from that day on I am confident that I don't smoke sir. That is the thing knocked you out. I've forgotten that.

Did you ever have the desire to smoke and to have that desire? Yeah, you did and not to smoke now. I'm in the subtle planes anybody who smokes I set by its side and I derive the pleasure out of the aroma that I I don't have that feeling I say that I don't want to smoke. I don't want to have smell of the smoke. I know I like here on the contrary. Somebody don't smoke. I said no. No you continue to smoke. I like really small to lock nut. Why don't you remind him about me that you the Rascal made me stops. You tell him that you told me that he is now he has taken up my job. If you have Smoky girl your son's my son's car. Maybe you should start jumping.

For the sofa now.

When you were talking about the apartment in Bombay, it reminded me of a story that I heard you tell years ago. I wonder if you could repeat it. It's about the time that the time that you saw Bob of cry hi-yah. It is on the same so far. Yeah. What happened was that we are one day. We are a national and the phone rang.

Flying pick up the phone. It was called from RD near his office here.

Informing us that I should inform Baba that good strategy fasted. Mr. G died here at my results.

And initially, I remember him telling us about remembering all the reminding us about eyes started watering and then

He said get me a handkerchief and we could see that he was deeply and told us to leave the room and to be wanted to be by himself. That's what I saw.

And then we're gonna clap again after about a minute or two minutes and then says he was indeed my good companion.

Do you remember the story you told along with that about the prophet Muhammad? And yeah, you want that too. Well, the story leads us to the constant reminders from the god-man and reminders are that never be attached never do this. Don't get entangled. Don't get yourself involved understand that all that is there as usual.

The grip of my so great but it is very difficult for y'all to get yourself disentangled. Why do you get into the clutches? Then you try to disentangle yourself and it's always the Cry of the Lord whenever he comes in a mixed.

It's the repetition right from the early Advance. We whosoever goes through all the whatever the remaining literature that we have on their lives and their sayings me here that we read that and of course Baba we are herded to directly so the time of Mama he was saying the same thing and was telling his circle of people who lived with her to be careful about attachments in this manner.

What happened was that I forget now?

One of the ladies that he had married was an Egyptian of them Greece. I forget now she was a girl from Egypt helping everybody so

And Muhammad had something like that.

And it is considered is considered you should have a male child and there was no male child people would tell him and all that but fortunately through her there was a male child born.

A baby boy and mama was fondling the child and was as other children would be there is what you call.

Bali's children. Were there. Also you play with them horsey game horse with them and all that. Now this baby is born. So he's fondling the baby and child in order some sickness developed and that child died and a lot of uproar in the women Porter about shrieking and all that sort of thing and Mama dimka what happened baby died. The child has died. So Bob mom has called for the child to come on the lap.

And then of course was a nice played with the child and all that and then tear started trickling down on the cheek of the baby from Muhammad. Those who are seated around muscle men were there mainly in the mines the Mind started playing this is here is the one who has been telling us. That one should not get attached one shouldn't get involved in this and that and when it comes to this child he is weeping for the separation now,

My mama didn't say anything then after five minutes or so. He handed over the child to the mother said I think the last rites and finished Muhammad himself been there and all that. The child was buried in all that is in the life story. That is now what happens. Is that after some days

Mama knew that that was playing upon the minds of his people his men so he brought up the subject.

And he said I've been telling you all not to get attached not to get involved in all that and you must have seen me shedding tears on The Departed little Bonnie child that were there and you are my you're all in your mind must have thought so many things about isn't that how how I am attached to the child how I was and how I love the child and how I feel the separation and I started weeping.

Please not that what I want you all to know. Is that how blessed you all are that you have me you have the Lion's Share of my being in your company in its share in the child. Share was my shedding a couple of years. That was a shit that was his lat. That's all it was in his lot that a couple of Tears be Shader in your lot is my company. That is the story. Is that the one

It was about being in his lot was at the time, you know that story Sam about we went out on tour and we were deprived of the fruit that we had purchased by the fruit seller So what had happened is that we were on tour must tools. We have gone out and we were on

Regular schedule of fasting for 24 hours and taking meal once a day. So the way that we are to take is that if we were to each anything anything that you have eaten that is the end of it for 24 hours. Nothing more in between you follow that was a fun every day for some days. It went on like that and we are touring we are exerting. We are getting tired and all that salt. So one morning early morning. We are at the station somewhere. It is Hubli station. And there we are to change train from broad gauge 2 meter gauge and mitigates to Broad gate now. So we are there at the station early morning at about 4:30. We have got down there and we are this and we haven't eaten for a long time. Now this past 24 hours now.

And then I told Bob has in August till this time the train is tabled over there, but they're not even lights put in the cabbage is so let's go and wash your face and all that. Yes. Good idea. Come on, let's go. So we go we go to toilet and wash our faces and all that with Baba help Bob and all and we come back and again sit down if you have sitting down while we are sitting down there on the benches their offices should we should eat now, isn't it? Something should be there I said, but the stall is not open yet.

So because this was still time for the train, it's a small it was a small station at that time at last we hear the clanking of the cup sauces and all that and you know, when the store opens how the they start dusting the jars and all the stall is open is open now. Come on. Let's go there. Let's have something so be all goes. Well, we are going there as we approach the stone. We see a young boy dusting the jars and all that that we are seeing it from a distance, but now we can clearly see it and all that and it was at a distance. So while we are now at the stall what we find is the man who seemed to be the owner of the start, he was in worship standing there and praying and praying at home at the it will be as big a picture of Bob as this hanging from the pillar.

Of the station, you know the station roofs. Are there any big strong pillars are there so he some other can try to keep the picture there and he was playing the morning hours business before opening the business. He is worshiping the Lord for good business throughout the day. That's the usual thing for the businessman. So he was praying in the meantime officer asked the boy and Baba said that let's have more some people will see oranges asking for the price how much per dozen and he said well and as a dozen at the time Anna's were there for us is no not till I tell him to give us a ton as a dozen and we'll pi/4 and as worth of six by oranges we want so we are bargaining now, I'm bargaining and the voices now the price is fixed. It is the survivors is no but is BR the first customers you should use the that you can have good business and eventually we wrangled our way and we got the boy to accept the thing for for an API paid for hasn't got six oranges and we turn our back.

And we go when we are returning naturally now Baba says let us settle down so we selected a small compartment and we put our luggage there. I made Baba comfortable there with the three monthly and I took two oranges with me for washing under attack clean it and then cut it in the offer to Baba. So while I'm there what I see is that somebody somebody has come running towards the compartment where we are seated and there he started shouting. Why did you seek my little boy son this that and all that he saved loudly I I I was just at the time I came there I said, what do you mean that we cheated your son who cheated be paid for this? What do you mean by that? Are you addressing us? Because we were the only ones in the compartment. Nobody was there.

This is yes. Yes you to be orange is there my son told you that it is what salsa and you use the price and all that price is all this fictional. So Baba is trying to tell me to tell him bring home to him make him understand that it's the first bargain once we have already purchased. He shouldn't take it back. It's not the thing to be done by a businessman. There is a we tried to persuade him. But now he was adamant and says have it the way that the price is fixed or return the fruit obviously return so we returned to Paris for another and that he went back and I told Baba that if Ava if he were to know

But you are here and he's depriving you of this after long past. This is it was in his lat that while he was praying to me. I should be standing by side. It was that worth that much was in his lat. So what can we do? So there is a thing like that that is in your share that much and nothing more.

Well didn't bother himself Chapel at times audibly. No, no chuckling. There was no sound no sound has coughed sneezed. Sometimes like like coughing up.

I'm in May because he is credited to astonishing the other could not understand. It was incredibly couldn't believe it. So all that pain all that suffering not sound have been around.

Great great person in any case

And sometimes it's it's it's very

Not only interesting but delightful to know from a person who has not been touched. But obviously that was not what we call above another and and when they describe how about a look to them when they saw him it's really fascinating. I still remember there was this doctor it's about as given an opportunity to many civilians even in the non-lover status and doctors were among them Survivor had an appointment with a doctor.

And the doctor might come they have an appointment with God in some next time and he comes anyway, when Bible going to unload nuggets because the doctor had been told by a bee and he was there when you walk into the compound.

But as an energetic me talking about that.

Or even caught a long time after it has manifested in words or Imports and you get the answer and I remember one thing was that in the earlier times or in a blue bus travels and wonderful beware.

But it wasn't time for Bata Baba's bath time like everything else each one had an opportunity to serve.

And so we will do we would all go and sort of A procession with ba back into the bathroom big bathroom here is meriting to his personal clothes and seeing everything is put in order and right and just opened and middle finger. The water is it is in the pails and this is the hot water is water. This has to be mixed and the kitchen.

And yet the Majesty of it. It was like a rose a soft pink rose and was like a bleeding time but clothes through all that. So anyway, Bob would remove the subway and all but he'd have a snapshot on in the meantime, they're each doing everything bubble would be seated and Orleans and I would say now go so we women with our true parents and then I would say to myself on the bathroom door was closed and I can now the angel food cake. I couldn't imagine how any how it could be other way. But God on earth now that was years and years and years ago, then in the letter period of Barbara's life with us, actually then then I even our routines with changing because Bubba

Body was not supporting him to that extent as before that that energy that won't move. He had they had the he had not treated transferred his body first.

Quickly and accurately convert audio to text with Sonix.

Sonix uses cutting-edge artificial intelligence to convert your mp3 files to text.

Thousands of researchers and podcasters use Sonix to automatically transcribe their audio files (*.mp3). Easily convert your mp3 file to text or docx to make your media content more accessible to listeners.

Sonix is the best online audio transcription software in 2019—it's fast, easy, and affordable.

If you are looking for a great way to convert your mp3 to text, try Sonix today.