Meher Baba
Non-violence, pure and simple, is the beyond state of God. It
is the goal of humanity; it can't exist where one is still in the
stages of a "seeker," but one can however reach this goal
through the means of "non-violence of the brave" or of
"selfless violence," which means "non-violent violence."
Beloved is the goal. Love is the means. The lover can reach the
Beloved through love.
God in the beyond state of Paramatman is love, light and life
infinite. He is everything.
Unless one realized God and has love infinite, one cannot be
purely and infinitely non-violent.
God does not include violence; so does Love not include lust.
Non-violence, pure and simple, is love infinite.
A lover who is longing to see the Beloved is in the same stage
and category as a "seeker" on the path.
A Majzub who has been one with the Beloved through love is in the
same state as God.
The difference between these stages may be explained in the
following manner; suppose you are slapped or kicked by someone.
If you do not retaliate but keep quiet and do nothing, it is in
the category of a "seeker" who practices "non-violence of the
brave."
In a similar case of a Majzub being slapped or kicked by someone,
it is quite different. He has neither the necessity to keep quiet
or control himself, nor has he to make an effort for same. For in
his state of the Majzub, which is Divine intoxication, he doesn't
at all "feel" the slap or the kick. He has gone beyond that state
of "feeling."
The question of "feeling" even after God-realization comes only
when the God-realized being again comes down to the world of
phenomena with normal consciousness. There he can use
non-violence, pure and simple, which is based on Divine Love,
and try to persuade the aggressor (the one who slapped or kicked)
through infinite love. Because, in his beyond state, where all
souls are one, he is himself both the "striker" and the
"stricken," the "aggressor" and the "aggrieved."
TREASURES FROM THE MEHER BABA JOURNALS, pp. 224-225,
ed. Jane B. Haynes
Copyright 1980 AMBPPCT
