P I L G R I M AG E
One day a very old Muslim man
D I S N E Y L A N D and M E H E R A B A D
dressed in long coat and cap came to Guruprasad in Poona for Meher Baba’s darshan. He was so feeble that he had to be helped by two others who had accompanied him. Baba looked at him and said, “You have become old. Now you must not worry and think of Allah.”
Having spent the day at Euro Disney
Addressing Baba as ‘Hazrat’, the old man lamented, “Hazrat, I am worried. I have become old but have not visited Mecca to circumambulate the Kaaba. It has been a longing which I fear will remain unfulfilled.”
• Tourists come from all over the world to play/pray. •We wait in long lines for a moment of bliss. •The food is the same year after year. •No one knows where the money really goes. •There's a big castle in the middle. •There's a train. • They're both in the middle of nowhere. • We worship a group of flamboyant characters. • There's happy music all the time. • The flamboyant characters are silent.
At this, Baba requested the assistants to support the old man whom he then asked to walk around His chair seven times. And the old man did that. “Now, there is no need for you to go to Mecca.” Baba told him. “Your Hajj (pilgrimage) is complete.” After saying this, Baba lovingly embraced the old man.
yesterday this comparison came to mind. Baba lovers with out a sense of humour please abstain.
Kenneth Miles Stermer
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