(May 1958) A discourse on Nirvan and Nirvikalp was to be read. (1) Baba prefaced it by stating:
This is short, but difficult. Those who cannot follow it must not worry. It is nothing but words. Only love counts. If the most unintelligent one can love me as I ought to be loved, he is infinitely more blessed than the most intelligent one who does not know how to love me.
Nirvan and Nirvikalp: Fana is the state of unconsciousness. In fana, the soul is unconscious of everything except Self being God. Before the soul loses its human state and gains the divine state of nirvikalp [“I Am God”], it has to experience the vacuum state of nirvan. Nirvan is the infinite vacuum state where the soul is fully conscious of Real Nothing. Nirvan is immediately and inevitably followed by nirvikalp (fana fillah) where the soul is fully conscious of Real Everything.
Nirvan and nirvikalp are so irrevocably linked and tied together that each one can be said to be the Divine Goal.
False nothing = illusory everything
Real Nothing = neither everything nor nothing
Real Everything = God the Infinite
False nothing leads to false everything, and Real Nothing leads to Real Everything. False nothing is linked to false everything, and Real Nothing is linked to Real Everything. Eventually, false nothing ends in false everything, and Real Nothing ends in Real Everything.
In duality, false nothing is false everything. In Unity, Real Nothing and Real Everything are one.