“”For my friends — I kill them and it is my highest mercy on them! What is my mercy? What is my grace? It is your trouble and harassment!
Baba then left Nasik for Meherabad at four in the afternoon in two trucks with fifteen of the mandali. Along the way he stopped at Sangamner, where Gadekar had arranged a darshan program. After eating dinner at Gadekar's house, Baba left for Ahmednagar where he and the men were met at Akbar Press by Nusserwan, Kaka Shahane and Borker. They spent the night there and went to Meherabad the following morning.
Among those who had been teachers in the school at Meherabad, Ramchandra Gadekar was the one who worked most tirelessly to disseminate Meher Baba's name and messages to people wherever he traveled. He would light Baba's lamp of love in each new vicinity, and this was the reason that for years Baba wore the sandals made by Gadekar's father Kanhoba. Those hand-stitched sandals were the medium through which Gadekar and his family were kept at Baba's feet forever.
Nusserwan Satha was involved with the non-cooperation movement against the British government, agitating for India's independence. On Thursday, 3 April 1930, while discussing the situation of India with Nusserwan, Baba remarked:
“”The Viceroy [Lord Irwin; British ruler of India] is good-hearted and he cares for the welfare of India, but no one in England has an appreciation for Mahatma Gandhi's ideals. Those politicians in England are not in the least affected, in spite of so much non-cooperation going on in India.
India will have independence, but the reaction of all this agitation will greatly harm the country. The rashness of modern youth will prove a calamity; such impudence and impetuosity are greatly harmful for the spiritual path.
The topic shifted to religion and Baba made these comments:
“”In all religions, the beginning of opposition against the priest class is welcome, because at present the priest class is the greatest obstacle in the path of spirituality. The rigid and deep-rooted beliefs and prejudices of age-old customs, rites and rituals which the priests have inherited, tolerated, and nourished in the name of religion are the greatest possible impediment. So if the downfall of this junta is brought about, the firmly imbedded prejudices and rites will be destroyed. Although there is the risk of people becoming indifferent to God and religion, these can still be revived afterward once these rotting prejudices are uprooted.
