In plain words
What deserves to be believed he does not believe. Man believes everyone. He does not believe in God. Today, we say, is Ekādaśī, going by the calendar. This calendar was written by an astrologer. Relying on the almanac some astrologer wrote, you trust that today is Ekādaśī and you keep the Ekādaśī vow. If they say today is Sunday, you rely on that and call it a holiday. How did you believe that it is Sunday, that it is Ekādaśī? You believe what an astrologer wrote. You put your faith in it. The very Vedas: Tat tvam asi; my son, you yourself are the embodiment of the Ātma. Prajñānaṃ brahma. Ayam ātmā brahma. Ahaṃ brahmāsmi. Why do you not believe the chief teachings that say this? This is the very weakness of man. He cannot believe what is Satya. So man falls into so many kinds of hardship, loss and grief. We must believe the word of God to the letter. We must conduct ourselves by the word of God. Only then does the right state come. But man is unable to believe it.
At one time Mīnā, the daughter of Nānā, a devotee at Shirdi, was suffering in labour. Three or four days went by. She grew very weak. It came to the point of doubt whether her life would last. A hundred years ago there was no medical care, no hospitals, no nurses. Without a break, before the picture, he prayed: Bābā, Bābā, Bābā, save my daughter. Wherever and however a devotee prays, there is a connection with God. It reaches Him faster than wireless. Between the devotee and God it is heart to heart, love to love: a bond of heart with heart. At once Bābā knew of it. There was a man there called Bāvū. Rang Bāvū. Bābā used to call him Bāvū. ‘Bāvū! Take vibhūti and give it to Nānā in the village of Jamner,’ He said. He said it was an order. He felt in his pocket. There were two rupees. One could go by train as far as Jalgaon. He had no money to go on to Jamner. Bābā, I have no coins. How do You tell me to go? he said. Hey, madman! I will see to it. When I tell you to go, I will see to the arrangements that are needed. Give no room to doubt. In the same way, in the Rāma Avatāra, Rāma ordered Hanumān: Hanumān, you must carry out the search for Sītā. Enter Laṅkā, find out how Sītā is, her state and condition, and come back, He said. Hanumān doubted. How am I to cross so vast an ocean? That I should go