Forget these thoughts! Continue staying with me and do as I order, paying full attention to the work. Nothing more is required. The worst of sins are washed away by self-dedication to a Perfect Master. You may go on thinking bad thoughts 24 hours a day, but be with me and carry out my instructions. A Sadguru's furnace incinerates everything. You have [a] deep connection with me. So let the worst thought come, but remain with me and listen to me. It is no use going away. All your thoughts will turn to ash in my furnace of love.
The fifth anniversary of Meher Baba's silence was celebrated in Meherabad on Thursday, 10 July 1930. The Master permitted the mandali, along with his followers from Arangaon and Ahmednagar, to meet him on Meherabad Hill. To celebrate the occasion, the mandali washed Baba's feet and Pendu performed the arti ceremony. After distributing prasad to all, Baba ended the celebration.
A telegram from Baidul in Persia was received that day, conveying the good news that he was on his way back to India with Aga Ali.
Baba commented, "This is the result of my five-minute meeting with Pandit [the Kashmiri boy]."
Raosaheb was sent to Bombay to the Imperial Bank of Persia to wire money to Baidul, and a few days later Chanji was also sent to Bombay.
Baba left Meherabad for Nasik on the 14th, where he stayed at Rustom's home. Four days later, the men mandali moved into a rented bungalow belonging to a man named Khateb. The women mandali continued to occupy Gyas Manzil. On the 19th, Baba called Adi Sr. and Gulmai.
Pointing to Adi, Baba remarked, "I will give everything to him, and then I will leave my body."
Baba stayed in Nasik for more than a month. However, during this time, he kept to himself; except for the men and women mandali and a few close lovers, he saw no one. No outsiders were permitted. Among those infrequent visitors who did see him were Dara Hansotia from Surat, K. J. Dastur from Bombay, Mr. Garud of Dhulia, Khak Saheb, Jalbhai, Adi Jr., Karim, Ghani, Kaka Chinchorkar, Ajoba, Nadir Dastur, and Minoo Pohowala.
Baba made an exception when the Countess of Carrick, Ireland, Ellen Rosamond Butler, 60, arrived for an audience on Thursday, 24 July 1930. The Countess, a lifelong seeker, had read articles about Baba in the Times of India and The Occult Review . She had been in India for some months, visiting her sons and traveling to Kashmir and Agra. Baba explained to her about God-realization and the Path, and she was much impressed.