The retreats which are being prepared for Shri Meher Baba in America at present will be used, on his return, to confer on those who will participate in the establishment of the new civilization the illumination and the power they will need ... Our present concern, in addition to preparing these retreats for Baba's return, is to help Baba to raise the necessary funds for laying the material foundation of a work which will affect the transformation of human consciousness, and which is therefore universal in its importance and will be world-wide in its extent.
[This is to be accomplished] through voluntary contributions from people who have met Baba and have not only been themselves benefited but who, through their contact, understand the import of this coming.
Baba still had not given up looking for an "ideal boy" and he wished to find a suitable youth to accompany him to the West. Baba instructed that a classified ad be placed in the Times of India , which appeared on 27 January 1932: "WANTED one boy, not above sixteen years of age, energetic, healthy and good looking to act as personal attendant to a Master touring round the world. Decent pay with board and lodging." Many applicants were interviewed, but none were found satisfactory.
Consequently, Baba then changed his plan and decided he wanted an intelligent girl to accompany him to the West. Katie Irani was contacted in Quetta, but her mother did not permit her to go. So a search was conducted in Nasik and elsewhere, but no girl could be found to suit Baba's terms. Finally, on 18 February, Baba explained to the mandali:
You people will never be able to understand my Universal work. During this period of my Avatarhood, I have to cleanse the world completely. This "overhauling" will last 1,000 years. During this [present] Avatarhood, the greatest work will be achieved — the union of the East and the West. I am the Universal Avatar, and not an Avatar for the East or West individually as in previous advents. I belong to the whole universe! This is why the Westerners were so easily caught in my net and could begin loving me. I threw out the net and the fishes were caught. And now these fish do not want to free themselves from the net. Now that they all love me, they are prepared to work for my cause.