Changing the topic, Baba related:
When a Master or Avatar moves from one place to another, he wants and establishes contact between persons and places. And while he does this spiritually at times, he also does it physically through communications — cables and letters. That is why at times I send long telegrams from one place to another, even though you cannot see any rhyme or reason or necessity for it, thinking it is all a sheer waste of money! But who knows the real purpose behind it?
Seated on the ground outside the cave, they had a meal of bread, butter, cheese, salad, sardines and fruit. Similar to a dhuni , a pit was dug and a fire lit. Later the ashes were collected. The leaves, twigs and stones that were lying in the cave were also gathered and taken back with them.
Baba was exhausted from his spiritual work and declared, "In the cave, I was in a meeting with all the Sadgurus and saints. So it is now difficult for me to come down to this gross plane after being in that highest plane of consciousness for so long."
Leaning on Herbert and Quentin's shoulders, Baba slowly descended the hill, walking as though he were intoxicated. At times on the way down, they would have to support Baba on both sides, which was sufficient proof as to how the burden of his spiritual work had physically affected him.
Herbert and Quentin's support, though, gave Baba no relief and he informed them, "It is necessary that my feet touch the ground and that I walk, because only then will I be able to come down from the highest to the lowest plane."
Quentin described it thus: "As we continued, I realized more and more what a strange state Baba was in. He walked almost as if he had been drinking. His eyes kept turning up. At one moment, we were obliged to lay him down for a few minutes by the roadside. When he was sufficiently recovered to proceed further, he put his arms around Herbert's neck and mine, and we were obliged to half-walk and half-run down the hill with long, heavy steps. This physical action brought him back more quickly to normality."
By the time they reached Assisi, Baba appeared more normal. Herbert took Baba around the town, showing him the main places associated with Saint Francis. Baba went past the home of Bernardo, Francis' first disciple.
Baba pointed to a rock outside the house and disclosed, "This is the spot where Saint Francis sat and meditated on me [Christ], weeping throughout the whole night with love for Christ."
Near the Basilica of Saint Francis, they refreshed themselves in the Windsor Savoia Hotel around 9:30 P.M., where Baba had a bath. They left Assisi an hour later after coffee. Since Herbert was returning with them, there were now six people in the small Fiat, including all the bulky luggage, but they managed to accommodate themselves.