Such news pours in every moment and I have to issue inner instructions [to my agents].
You cannot see this outwardly, as I simultaneously manage an infinite number of things inwardly unknown to anyone. However, the effect of my work does appear outwardly, for example, when you find me suddenly and quite abruptly in a bad mood. One moment I look happy in a jolly mood; the very next, you find me serious, moody and morose. All this depends on the reports I receive, and I have to plan my work according to them. Or suppose I am quite happily having tea with you all, and at that moment I am inwardly informed that someone in India is passing through a great crisis. At that time, naturally I send out a message in reply on how to cope with or remedy the situation. And while doing that, my mood will change so that I will appear absent from my present surroundings.
You will have a thousand and one thoughts at this sudden change in me; but it is your ignorance which prevents you from either understanding the nature of my work or the cause of the change in my mood. You will be pained at my behavior and pondering it, thousands of thoughts will pass through your mind in a second! But all this is beyond intellect and you will never be able to follow it with the help of an inquisitive or arguing mind.
On Sunday, 18 October 1931, Baba took the group by train on a trip to the Italian Alps. At Varese, they changed to a mountain funicular, and went up the steep gradient, enjoying the marvelous scenery. After returning to the city, that evening, they went to the Odeon Theater where they saw a film ( The Divorcee ). Two days later, they drove to Lake Como for a short pleasant stay.
On the 23rd, Baba received a telegram from Malcolm and Jean Schloss in Harmon (where they had gone to stay on 19 October) informing him that all arrangements had been made for his arrival in America. Baba had been speaking to Meredith about America, and the role Meredith would play there in Baba's work. Baba repeatedly and forcefully told him:
"In America, you will have no rest at all. You will have to move about and work as I do, very quickly. There is much to do there. Watch how I work wonders there."