He continued to try, and finally, wiping his forehead with a handkerchief, managed to ask, "What is happening to me? Can you tell me?"
Baba waved Douglas to a chair and said with a smile, "Don't be afraid. Come nearer and sit down."
One smile from the Sun sent Douglas into tremors and the man forgot himself.
He blurted out, "I feel a tremendous power here! Would you please tell me what is happening to me? From where is this power emanating and flowing?"
Baba again gestured for him to be seated in the chair before him, and James repeated, "What is happening to me? Won't you tell me?"
Baba responded with a grin, "I will show you later. Just be seated and tell me if you wish to ask anything. I will explain everything to you, but first let me know why you have come."
"I have come to have a long talk with you," he said, "and want clarification about some questions. But what is happening to me?"
"Don't be afraid," Baba spelled out to him. "Whatever you have to ask, you may do so without fear."
James Douglas felt comforted at these loving words from Baba and sat down. After a few moments to settle himself, the interview began:
Douglas asked Baba, "Your birth name, please?"
"Merwan Sheriar Irani."
Douglas told Chanji, "Please don't read the board. Let me read it. I want to know directly what Baba has to say."
"Gladly," Chanji said and stepped out of the way.
Douglas tried to read the alphabet board.
Baba moved his fingers slowly and pointed to each letter, spelling out "M. S. Irani."
"There is some confusion," said Douglas.
Smiling, Chanji replied, "What is so confusing? Baba is spelling out his name 'M. S. Irani' on the board. Why are you suspicious?"
"Let me try again," he said.
Baba again repeated his name on the board, but the man could not read it. He stood up and moved behind Baba to try again, but he could not. Chanji again spoke out, "M. S. Irani."
Douglas said to Baba, "Please spell out some other sentence and let me read it."
Baba spelled, "My name is ..."
Except for "my," the man's mind further failed to make anything out!
Chanji repeated from a distance, "My name is ..."
"How could you read his board from such a distance?" Douglas asked.