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On the first day of my arrival in Shirdi, there was a discussion
between me and Balasaheb Bhate regarding the necessity of a Guru.
I contended, "Why should we lose our freedom and submit to others?
When we have to do our duty, why a Guru is necessary? One
must try his best and save himself. What can the Guru do to a man
who does nothing but sleeps indolently?" Thus I pleaded freewill,

while Mr. Bhate took up the other side, viz., Destiny, and said, "Whatever
is bound to happen must happen; even great men have failed, man
proposes one way, but God disposes the other (contrary) way. Brush
aside your cleverness; pride or egoism won't help you." This discussion,
with all its pros and cons went on for an hour or so, and as usual no
decision was arrived at. We had to stop the discussion ultimately as we
were exhausted. The net result of this was that I lost my peace of mind
and found that unless there is strong body-consciousness and egoism,
there would be no discussion; in other words, it is egoism which breeds
discussion.
Then when we went to the Masjid with others, Baba asked
Kakasaheb Dixit the following:-
"What was going on in the (Sathe’s) Wada? What was the discussion
about?" and staring at me, Baba further added, "What did this
Hemadpant say?"
Hearing these words, I was much surprised. The Masjid was at a
considerable distance from Sathe's Wada where I was staying and where
the discussion was going on. How could Baba know our discussion unless
He be omniscient and Inner Ruler of us all?
Author Hemadpant