Why ponder a Meher Baba influenced psychology?

Certainly from the point of view of the goal of life, to love God more and more, one might want to forget about worldy pursuits such as psychology. (No less a personage than Bhau Khalchuri often zings "social work," in which he certainly includes the work of psychologists.) The idea here would be to curl up with God Speaks, Baba's discourses, and maybe a Baba portrait, in front of which one could do a japa meditation (works for me!). (Of course Bhau who is a great Lover of God, would not recommend such a meditation-centered way.) The following quote from Lord Meher might, by implication, raise some questions about sequestering oneself from wordly thoughts and focusing purely on Baba-thoughts, at least for some people:

"One day, Baba asked Alain Youell what he wanted to do in life. Don had warned Alain this question would come up. Alain said he was interested in studying languages, so perhaps he would become an interpreter, or maybe an interior designer. When he said he was fascinated by people, Baba, through Eruch, said, 'Psychology. You would make a good psychologist. It will be very hard, but you will be a part of the new psychology. The present-day psychology does not work.' (Baba did not explain what he meant.)

"Alain Youell, half-joking, said, "Baba, I just want to be here with my begging bowl before you."

"Baba reacted angrily and pointed out, "You are in the West, and you have to do my work in the West. That is where you are to be." (LM P5675)

Many of us will be born to subsist in the West, and will need to do Baba's work in the West. Even those who are blessed to write Baba books, give talks about Baba, or run Baba centers still generally need a day job.

I personally work as a school administrator. Rick Chapman is an international marketing consultant. Don Stevens was a big-oil executive.

I hope that some day, all occupations can be strung together like beads on a string, at least to some extent. Certainly this stringing work will be largely done with love by those who, let's say, live the precepts of the New Life. Heart before mind.

At the same time, Meher Baba said that the revelations he made in this advent would have an influence on science (most psychologists embrace the view that psychology is one of the sciences). It would be sweet if one day one could go to work hand-in-hand with the Lord, and practice a profession that had been more or less aligned with His teaching.

One or two readers (I'm imagining readers, now, a dangerous delusion?) will take umbrage here, wondering whether I am hearkening back to the middle (dark) ages when the priest was the defacto ruler & intellectual. Certainly there are dangers in "priestcraft" as Baba called it. On the other hand, it may also be that the Western view that the Renaissance was an unmixed blessing may be a bit culturally egoistic. (See CS Lewis & GK Chesterton for views on that line.) Francis Brabazon was the most articulate spokesman for the view that in a golden age, God moves to the center of cultural life.

At any rate, psychology itself has drifted rather far from spiritual life, especially over the last half-century. This is a huge topic for a mini-blog like this, but insha'allah I can delve a bit, as this develops.