I DID NOT COME TO PEEL POTATOES

 
At first, we were rarely given occupations which we had done before joining the ashram but rather chores that we would have avoided doing in the outside world, or which we disliked intensely. Said one who set to work in the kitchen, "I did not come to peel potatoes — I can do this at home. I came to be with Baba!"

Did we think we had come to sit with Baba all day, to meditate, discuss spiritual subjects, read philosophical books, escape the problems and monotony of daily life? If such was our vision, Baba through His own example showed us that this was not His way of life.

"All work is My work," He said. Baba was so intensely practical and I feel it was a help to Baba if those around Him were practical too.