God and Guru both should be worshipped. Guru without God is nothing. God without Guru is nothing, though Guru is only an infinitesimal part of god

To turn to the occult forces, it is love and hatred that rule the world and practically all the dealings of man to man. It is therefor that Mai-ism can afford to remain silent in the matter of the usual hundred of things mentioned in the name of Religion once the tendency of loving others is created. Love is attraction. It may be of any type. The world can surely make itself much happier by putting into practice the Mai-istic commandments of Love and Service.

During the Hubli period, there were other wonderful experiences. One lady came over to Hubli with her husband and daughter of twenty five, not getting a husband. They stayed for about five days. For one night, the daughter was made to lie on a mere carpet, before picture all alone. She was given certain Mantras to repeat. On their going home to Bombay [ Mumbai ], on the very same day, an England returned engineer made an offer to the girl, and the very letter which referred to their safe reaching at Bombay by the first post contained the gladdening news.

In 1942, Founder's Friend's wife lost her husband. The lady loved her husband so dearly that had it not been for the special religious treatment of Founder she would have committed suicide or turn lunatic. She would get dreams and visions of her husband. She [ This was Taramai A. Desai ] prayed to Founder to enable her to be with her husband by painless prompt death. She could not be consoled. Founder then used his higher powers," Would you be satisfied if once only you see him? You have take care of your children who are so young. " She insisted," I will hear you only after you make me see him once. The promise was given: " You will see him during this week following Diwali." On Padva Day, she came to the Founder early in the morning. Founder said," I will begin my New Year with a forehead vermilion mark by you and then you go out."

She returned in the evening with great joy stating that she had seen her husband in Khar and he had blessed her with a smile from a distance and disappeared. She wanted a repetition but that was with great persuasion refused. " Do you wish to make him also unhappy "?

When the Founder was transferred to Hubli in December 1942, she went to Bhagwan Raman Maharishi and Sri Arbind Ghosh and Swami Ramdas and finally came over to Mai in Hubli. There she was initiated into Mother worship and the whole Mother philosophy. She was given an independent room where she concentrated on her husband. She returned home after 3 or 4 days. For nearly three years it was continued process of an extremely scanty supply of oil to a lamp and constant care that the light does not extinguish. She was actually seeing and conversing with her husband. Founder was pressing that she had sufficient consolation with a sufficient period and that they must now separate. One night she did not come out of her room even up to half-past two. The Founder and her husband's friend were outside. The room was locked from inside. Founder broke it open. The lady was lying unconscious. She was brought to the main hall. At 4 a.m., when she restored full consciousness, she told Founder with profuse weeping, her husband given her the last final good-bye. She tried and tried, but he would not come again.

The stage was something like tying bandages after a successful operation. The Founder made her believe, now she was acting inimically to his soul, by not permitting him to proceed further in his journey, as a free soul. Gradually the heart and mind began to restore a stage of maturity. She had reached a stage of evolution which made her a saintly soul. In worldly matters she restored a normality about all her duties.

The Founder accompanied her with two children of hers to Bhagwan Raman Maharishi, her own Guru. There her son fell seriously ill. Without letting the Founder know of it, lest he be offended, she went Maharishi and spoke about her son's illness. The son was getting worse and worse. At 11 p.m. of the night previous to the day when they had programme to start, she burst into violent tears and began to scold and taunt the Founder," Being Mother, don't you feel ashamed? Your heart is cruel." Founder asked," What is the matter? " She said, " What is the matter! Have you no eyes? This boy is dying here.". Founder said, " Why worry about it? Tell me when you want him to get up and you sit me for Mother 's worship and Mantras. ". Founder took the medicine dose, sanctified it and both sat together to pray to Mother. Founder is extremely child - like," Now tell me when do you want him to be alright. " She said, " What a joy it would be if we can keep up our programme of starting tomorrow morning? It will be enough if the boy becomes removable by 5 a.m. " The dose was administered at 11.30; both sat out before Mother and repeated Mantras and at 11.50, the boy shouted out, " Mother, I am free, I am normal ". There was nothing but joy. All returned to Hubli.

The lady had a further experience. Her daughter suffered from leg distortion. Many doctors were consulted. The girl who was devoted to Bhagwan, went there and stayed for months. No cure. One day she caught the Founder," Have you no pity over my daughter? Her whole life will be spoiled ". Founder said, " I am seeing so many unhappy around me. Do you think I should go out of my way and say," Come on, I will cure you ", to one and all? Should they not be even approaching Mother with a humble request? The curing process requires the faith of the patient to the effect that the Founder's word will not go in vain with Mother. Second thing is, the Founder's whole hearted desire that the patient be cured and third thing, the patient and the Founder to be most intensely praying. And all this, he is doing to spread the religion of his most beloved Mother. She must first have a belief. If she has that, I will cure her with mere earth. " The girl agreed to repeat the Mantra. The Foundations of Mai-Niwas was being excavated. The lady was asked to bring that earth and give a massage, repeating only " Jay Mai Jay Markand Mai ".The girl was cured in a fortnight.

What is the meaning of the preaching, " Rise above pain and pleasure, victory or defeat, benefits or loses " and so many allied teachings? Some one asks, " Go on thinking ' Who I am '. " I have thought for full ten years. I am So and So, husband of So and So, father of So and So,. But I am where I was. Mai-ism says these teaching are not remedies in themselves. They are the most enchanting and deifying expressions and descriptions of high souls who have reached that stage. They are descriptions and not prescriptions.

" The remedy is something else " clarifies Mai-ism. It is Grace, Grace, Grace, Grace, Grace, Grace of God and Guru. Get the Grace and the rest will automatically follow. When a mother starts on a pilgrimage, does the child gets worried as to the food they will get and rivers and forest they shall have to cross? You are not required to be knowing everything, for a Mai-ist, even anything. You are carried through every situation, provided you becomes Mother's child and that is Mai-ism. What can help you is the Grace and the easiest way of getting Grace is love, service, devotion and unconditional cheerful self surrender as Mai-ism teaches," Abhyasa " the practice, the repetition for times without number till the mastery is achieved is the most practical remedy. And Manan and Nidhidhyasan is the mental remedy.

One does not know when and where the mischievous she-monkey-mind will drag one and what she will make of him. This is a subject of deep study which helps the spiritual development by creating and overpowering conviction about the inconsistency and worthlessness of the world and by engendering a feeling of ' having absolutely nothing to do with the world '. This feeling is what is usually described as Vairagyam (disgust and dispassion). It must be subtly appreciated that this feeling of Vairagyam, which on the face of it means something reverse of love, is in Mai-istic understanding, only the reverse side of Love - Love towards the eternal varieties. It is your love for permanence, constancy and changelessness, that make you tired of temporariness and everchangingness.

So many people who go to other saints for ' Shanti ' (peace of mind)have finally gone to Mother for relief of miseries and hardships. Mai-ism says, most natural thing for man is that he wants to be supplied.Mai is giver of Salvation and also Enjoyment of moral and legitimate desires.

Nothing matters provided you have decided to be better through God's and Guru's Grace. Highest Gurus are hard to find, but your severe and intense prayer to your Mother is sure to get you your Guru, atleast for the particular stage you are in.

The difference between a Saint and a Guru must constantly be before mind of spiritual aspirant. A Guru is one who guides you in every detail of your living in the religious realm, one in whom you can confide, one to whom you surrender yourself withe confession of all the facts and defects of your life and living.

Hold on to your God and hold on to your Guru, with the tightest grip, come what may, start your spiritual improvement from the very first alphabet. Even go back if you find a single element of yours unripe. In the end the tortoise will beat the hare and will win the race.

ABRIDGED MAI-ISM

CHAPTER VIII

MAI: MAI’S FIRST MOTHER’S CHILD: RAMAKRASHNA PARAMAHAMSA

The mystery has to be learnt in the language of silence. You can rise above the imperfection of being troubled with doubtfulness and attain a stage, where the mind does not leave its bliss to invite uneasiness under doubts. That is the real stage. That is the real substance and the permanent work to be done. The meaning is, your mind reaches a stage when it neither raises any such worthless questions, nor does it care to know even If that worthless knowledge were imparted to you by any outside agency. I am not denying clairvoyance or telepathy or any powers of knowing past, present and future; but for a Mai-ist, other things may be true but are not indispensable. To be knowing everything is no requisite qualification either for peace or bliss or salvation.

To the worldly man as also to the routine religious man, there is nothing worth thinking about in the divine arrangement in the relationship of any two persons. One moment, any two persons are pulling on well. Another moment they don't pull on. What is there to be thought about? The subject is however is extremely deep, deeper than all the meanings of the known slokas of various scriptures. It is called YOGANUYOGA in religious language. Actual union or happening in obedience to the pre ordained union or happening. It is an unfathomable Divine arrangement that any two persons live together almost inseparable, so long as God desires them to learn certain lessons from each other. The moment the lessons are learnt, without any reason worth the name, the attraction sublimates and evaporates.

The highest teaching is through the Guru in the language of silence. The essence of the teaching is, ' ANNIHILATE THE MIND ITSELF. " At least, stop it from being perturbed with millions of thoughts. Acquire the perfect state of quietude where mind itself refuses to be disturbed from its absorption and dissolution in itself, Soul, Guru or God.