26. Want What I Want

I am God - God the Beyond and God in human form. I draw you
ever closer to me by giving you frequent occasions of my
companionship. But familiarity often makes you forget that I am
God.
I know all that happens and will happen. Whatever happens does
not happen without my will. Knowingly I allow things to happen in
their natural course.
All I ask of you is that you love me most and obey me at all times.
Knowing that it is impossible for you to obey me as you should, I
help you to carry out wholeheartedly what I give you to do by
repeatedly bringing to you the importance of obedience.
Always do what I want, instead of wanting me to want what you
want. Most of you want me to want what you want; and when you
succeed in getting me to agree to what you want you are
delighted and even tell others that that is what I want! For
example, one of you brings a youth to me saying, Baba, this is so
and so. He is a double graduate and would be an excellent match
for my daughter who is also a double graduate. I need your
approval. When I do not approve, you persist saying, But Baba,
he really is a good boy and would suit my daughter very much. So
I say, Is that so? All right—approved! And as soon as you step out
of the room you start telling others that I want your daughter to
marry that youth. This sort of thing is common with most of you.
When I approve of what you want to do, you say, It is what Baba
wants me to do. Be honest and careful in what you say. What I want of you is
that you try your best to want what Baba wants.
I know it is not easy to want what I want. In fact, it is impossible
for you to want what I want, for it is impossible for you to love me
as I should be loved. But at least, do not always be wanting me to
want what you want, and try your utmost to put your heart and
soul into doing whatever I want you to do.
Only intense love for me can bring you to obey me as I want you
to.