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18th January 1960
Dear Shri Amiya,
Received your letter. It was yesterday that the opportunity came to read out both your letter and your poem to Baba and He was very pleased to hear them and He sends His love to you all.
Dear Amiya, nobody is far from Baba. Baba is like the center of a circle and all people are on the circumference of the circle. Everybody is at equal distance from Baba. When a disc revolves, then according to its speed of revolution, the distance of the circumference from the center gradually seems to diminish and when the disc revolves very fast then only the center remains visible.
Thus, if we move with Baba's speed, then the feelings of distance and nearness in regard to Baba would not be generated.
Look at the spectrum. There are seven different colours in it. When we begin revolving a spectrum, gradually all the colours vanish and only whiteness is perceived and when the revolution is still more accelerated than only the center remains visible.
In the same way, in spite of all of us being differently structured in our impressions, if we move with the speed of Baba, then we shall advance towards the center. By turns, both centrifugal and centripetal forces work. If we do not move with Baba's speed, the centrifugal force draws us toward the circumference, and if we move with Baba's speed then the centripetal force draws us towards the center.
Therefore, you give up the idea of distance and nearness. It is possible that you may indeed be closer to Baba than we. Physical proximity has no special relation to the Path. You see how masts, who are very close to Baba remain lying in distant parks, in far-flung nooks and corners of the world. Can anyone be closer to Baba than these masts?
The real experience is only One and that is Oneness with Baba. Therefore, it is unimportant to deliberate on this subject any further. You are extremely fortunate whom Baba remembers from time to time, and whose letters are being heard by Him with pleasure.
In conclusion, I again feel happy to send you all Baba's Love.
Regards to mother,
Affectionately,
Bhau
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