I felt he was my life, my resurrection.
Baba spelled on the board, "You have been waiting for me a long time and now I have come. I will help you." Nadine started to tell Baba about herself, but he interrupted, "I know all," and simply repeated, "I will help you."
Nadine had been practicing certain spiritual disciplines, including kriya yoga under Swami Yogananda.
Baba explained to her with a very serious look, "It is not for the West — not for you."
He then asked her to sit silently with him for a few minutes. The following is Nadine's recollection:
During the short meditation with Baba, I knew he was helping me, reading me. All the time, I felt his deep-seeing eyes, beyond that which we can see, reading the open book of me — working within me. I knew he was my Master.
His immediate recognition of my soul created a feeling of absolute confidence. Comforted, I already knew that he was the True One, who knows, who can [help]. He was like the shining sun that we do not question. He simply and naturally entered into my life and into my hidden being.
As I departed, suddenly it became clear that he was Krishna. His happy, serene appearance and all his mannerisms and 'something' undefinable that I seemed to know [conveyed this]. The truth of his loving understanding, the immediacy of direct response given with so much love and practical instructions that he gave me to follow, have been a gift of God to me, setting my heart at peace.
I had an absolute confidence that now my path was found and the supreme Guru was here.
Nadine, Elizabeth and Norina bowed at Meher Baba's feet without hesitation and dedicated their lives in his service. "A moment's sight of their Beloved opened their hearts to hear his Song," Age noted. "Few words were said, but Baba's shining countenance began conversing with their hearts. This 'talk' by sight is extraordinary and only those who 'see' — who recognize him — can comprehend it. Words have no power to express what was experienced; they fall away like hollow shells before such splendor!"
Kitty Davy's sister May Cluse, who was living in Canada, also came to see Baba on the 19th, as did Mrs. L. H. Baekeland.1 The local host, Margaret Mayo, arrived at Harmon the next day.
Footnotes
- 1.Leo H. Baekeland was a chemist and the inventor of Bakelite, the first synthetic plastic.