Certain interested Swiss individuals were invited for interviews or to ask questions before Baba. On the 9th, during his interview, Walter's brother Oskar asked, "What hinders me from being a better and truer Christian, and so also a better husband and father?"
“”Baba answered, "You must try, as far as possible, to live the life that Christ lived. Not by theory and intellectual understanding alone should one try to follow Christianity, but it is the feeling — love — that has to be lived."
"How can I do that?" Oskar Mertens asked.
“”"To develop love, you have to do it practically; that is, you have to experience it in everyday life. You must lessen your desires and make others happy by thinking less of your own happiness. This can be done. By desire, I mean selfish desires ... It is all very practical and very simple; but people always make it complicated."
Baba added, "There is no necessity in believing in and following me. Follow the teachings of Christ in its true spirit. By loving Christ and living the life he wanted you to live, you are following me and will come closer to me."
Professor Fritz Enderlin, the rector of a women's college in Zurich, asked, "Is Shri Meher Baba ready to give his love to those who, on the basis of the New Testament conception, think him to be wrong in regard to his Christ Consciousness, but who are open to the influence of his love?
“”Baba replied, "If you love Jesus, and if you can follow Christ's teachings and live his life, that is more than enough. You do not need to follow me, for by following Jesus with all love, you will indirectly be following me. That is what I know."
Dr. Brunner, a professor of theology at Zurich University, asked, "Does Baba believe that the way to God is possible only through him? From where does Baba take the aspiration of his Christ Consciousness?"
“”Baba answered, "If you try to find God in your own self, where is the necessity to find it in a special manifestation? Because it is difficult to realize God, it is necessary to have the help of one who has realized God."
Walter's first wife came to see Baba on the 10 July, as did Hedi's sister and her family. Evariste Mertens, Walter's son by his first marriage, met Baba on the 11th.
