Everything is made up of seven: seven subdivisions of the first subtle plane [the astral], seven stages of evolution, seven planes, and seven heavens in involution.
But I am fed up with these constant explanations — one after another. All that is left to do is to prepare deserving people [for liberation]. If you give a child a large ball of candy, it will upset his stomach. The child should be given a taste, little by little in order to digest it.
Your case is similar. Once all this bother is over, you will be free, and I will also be free of responsibility for you! At the moment, however, you are all on my chest!
Gulmai, Daulatmai, Soonamasi, and Dina Talati had met with Baba at noon on Saturday, 11 January 1930, and Memo and Mani arrived for a visit on the 13th. Mani and Rustom's children, Mehlu, Falu, and Meheru entertained Baba that evening with songs and a "fancy dress" show. Kalemama and his family visited the same night, with Manekar.
All those at Gyas Manzil were to get up at 5:00 A.M. After Baba's arti was performed, sometimes there would be singing until 9:00 A.M. Many evenings there was music from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M., performed either by visiting musicians or by Adi Sr. on harmonium, with Adi, Jalbhai, or Sidhu singing. Baba especially liked a new singer from Poona named Babu Gavai, who began singing every day from the 20th. He was permitted to practice during the day in a room downstairs.
Rustom was driving back and forth between Nasik and Bombay for Baba's work. On 14 January, Baba discussed sending Raosaheb to Persia to bring Aga Ali, but then decided to send him first to Bombay to meet Aga Ali's father. A telegram came the same day about the possibility of Pandit coming, and Baba said he would be satisfied if that happened.
While drafting a reply telegram, Baba laughed harder than the mandali had ever seen him laugh before — but the reason for his laughter was not recorded. Chanji simply wrote, "Baba laughed today as he never laughed before, and he himself instigated it [created the situation]."
As mentioned, Sailor Mama was operating a café in Nasik, which later provided lodging to some. On 17 January, Kaka Baria arrived with his sister and her husband, but Baba did not see them that night as they had not brought a boy, as Baba wanted.