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it comes. He should be seen in a friend and in the enemy also.
But at present you cannot see him even in a friend. At present you cannot see him even in the person whom you love; you do not see him even in your beloved or lover, what to say of others. You do not see him in your own self, so how can you see him in the other?
OH IDIOT! SING THE SONG OF THE DIVINE, means that whatever may happen, the divine is to be seen everywhere. Even in a rock he is there -- maybe in deep sleep. He is to be seen even in a tree -- he is dumb there but he is. Even in the lunatic -- he is mad there, but he is. You should be able to recognize him in any form.
There is an anecdote in the life of Sai Baba. A Hindu sannyasin used to live about three miles away from the mosque where Sai Baba lived. This sannyasin used to come daily for Sai Baba's darshan, only taking his food after seeing Sai Baba. Sometimes there was a big crowd and he could not enter the mosque so the whole day would pass without his darshan. But the sannyasin never took food without touching Sai Baba's feet. Sometimes he had to sleep without eating food because he ate only during daytime, that was his rule.
So one day Sai Baba told him, "There is no need for you to come here daily. I will come to you, but you must recognize me. Don't let it happen that I come and you do not recognize me. I will come just when your meal is ready, you can have my darshan there. Your coming here from a distance of three miles then going back all that way is too much. It hurts me to think that sometimes you have to go without food."
The sannyasin was very happy. He said, "It is my good fortune. Tomorrow I will wait for you."
The next day he cooked the meal early and was waiting happily for Sai Baba. Nobody came but a dog. The dog must have smelled the food. He chased the dog away with a stick and turned him out saying, "I am waiting for Sai Baba, get out from here." He struck the dog with his stick twice and made it run away. After that nobody came.
In the afternoon he ran to the mosque. There was a great crowd there. He asked Sai Baba, "Why didn't you come? You are sitting here surrounded
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