Norina sent a telegram to Baba that it would be better to cancel this trip since so many were ill.
Baba cabled back in no uncertain terms: "Unless everyone comes, I will send all of you back to the West!"
Rano had a rash and fever too. The doctor advised her not to go, but she said, "If Baba is calling me, I am going." Only Nonny stayed behind as Baba had previously ordered her not to come because she was still on a 40-day fast.
Baba gradually had the Eastern and Western women get to know one another. Mani even staged a skit for the Westerners during one visit. English words were taught to Tani and Bhagu, maid servants at Meherabad, and the Westerners were much amused to hear their attempts at conversation.
Another Easterner learning English was Walu. She was the daughter of an upper-class village family with landed property, yet she had profound humility and did all types of lowly jobs wholeheartedly and was a wonderful example of selfless service. When Mehera first met her, Walu was wearing elaborate gold ornaments around her neck and wrists. But when Walu went to live with the women mandali she gave up all worldly riches to be near Baba and dedicate her life to serving him.
Baba wanted the Westerners to see what a simple life his Eastern women were leading.
During one of their visits, he urged them, "I wish you to breathe in the atmosphere here and absorb as much as you can."
In Nasik on Friday, 23 April, Baba gave an explanation about the seven spiritual planes and also stated:
I am in sahaj samadhi every second. [This state means: "I am everywhere; I am in everything; I am in everyone."] That is why to know me you have to realize the Self. You see me ordinarily in the physical body — but I am in samadhi. When you see through, deep down into yourself, there you will see me as the Infinite One. Then you see me in everyone and everything. It is all Baba. God only IS. Samadhi is a bluff. God is real, and everyone and all else is God, too.
You cannot limit God by saying God is this or that. God is just God. Illusion is God. God is not one or two, but just God. Nothing, everything, are so merged in each other that you cannot say, "This is nothing," or "This is everything."