Thereafter, all the necessary preparations for traveling to Cannes began.
While sailing aboard the Rawalpindi , Kitty, on behalf of the English group, wrote a farewell letter for publication in The Meher Gazette , summarizing their Nasik stay.
This sudden change of plan [the departure of the Westerners] will astound the outside world, but not Meher Baba's close disciples who know his way of working. Just as soon as the work has been done in one particular spot — bang goes the hammer and the building is dissolved. The work and planning of previous months all go to the wind and a fresh plan is started in fresh surroundings. Baba does not say this in so many words. But we in the midst of it feel it is so. It is an illusion anyway, so why become attached to it? What does it all matter? What matters is the change it has worked on those participating in it while it lasted.
And what has that change been in us who were called from the West to share in the life of the East? It is not too near to the experience to speak of it. We all feel we have learned a great deal of tolerance and understanding of one another, of the real inner meaning of love and service, and the need of adapting oneself to the new and restricted surroundings.
Most of all, what has it revealed to us of the Master, Meher Baba himself? Can one truthfully say one understands his ways more? No, I personally feel that these six months of close contact leaves one with greater amazement, awe and wonder at his unfathomable ways. They are beyond the finite human understanding. But one's love and trust in him have grown far deeper, and with this deeper faith has come a more complete surrenderance. His orders we may still disobey because we are humanly weak, but this does not mean our love is any the less. In fact, it is through our very weaknesses that Baba each time draws us closer to him. His forgiveness, tinged though it may be with sternness or gentleness, but always with justice and kindness, leaves an unforgettable impression in the heart and mind. And it is just this opportunity of living in close contact with a Master like Meher Baba, as we have been privileged to do during these past months, that has taught us so much.