"It is my mission to give God-realization. So why should I hesitate to speak out on it plainly? Let others think what they like. But Gandhiji understands this, so where is the harm in telling the truth?
"... Certainly, I never meant that he should break his promise regarding the fast already started. Acceptance of my proposal means the question of the depressed classes is left unsettled. If the present fast is continued up to the fortieth day, I expect him to pass that night by my side; but if the present fast is terminated earlier than 40 days, he should start a new fast of 40 days. My message about Ishwar Darshan does not necessarily depend on the present fast at all. It holds good for the future, if and when a fast is possible. But when I say 'if possible,' there is no question of any physical danger to the body, as my proposal carries with it my absolute guarantee against the least physical harm to the body. Gandhiji is quite right when he says that it depends on an inborn impulse to do anything towards the spiritual end.
"If the Divine Sight is to be revealed, it might be revealed in an instant! Otherwise, divine revelation is a quite different matter. It does not necessarily depend solely on rituals, ceremonies or service, devotion or fasts, even for years."
Apropos of your remarks during our last interview as to why news of Shri Baba is withheld from the press and public, I beg to explain the real position. In the first place, Shri Baba is averse to publicity; secondly, during the fortnight he has been in India, he was so extremely busy with multifarious affairs and their natural consequences that a host of his followers and admirers have been kept waiting for the latest news about him, particularly his doings out in the West.
Finding the demand for news about him and his doings in England and America growing daily in volume, it has been decided to publish an account of his spiritual crusade in the West and, incidentally, to refer to the contact established between you and Shri Baba, as it is now an open secret. The world is left guessing all the while as to the true significance and importance of your connection with Baba; but we, on our part, scrupulously avoided taking the public into confidence, thinking you may not like it.