However, it does not necessarily mean that I am not going to speak very soon. I might speak during this 13th year as I like the number 13.
And there are favorable signs, too. Ahmednagar, which is proverbially dry and had no rain this year, has begun to have a steady and continuous downpour since twelve o'clock last night, the expiry of twelve years of my silence. But it is only drizzling, hence it is also a sign of danger. That is why I have today put on a new red coat. One of you may die, maybe "X," maybe "Y," but the one who dies will realize God before giving up the gross body.
Also take note of the speech delivered by Ghani today which is the best regarding my silence and its explanation. I would only want a line from this speech to be dropped and that is about his request for a "discourse".
Baba then motioned for Ghani and Chanji to embrace each other.
He remarked, "I embraced my own Self in you through Chanji. I embraced my own self in Chanji through you. My ways are as infinite as my existence."
Baba then walked up Meherabad Hill to see the women mandali.
During the latter part of July 1937, prior to departing for France, Meher Baba was chiefly occupied in serving the masts and mad who had been brought to stay at Meherabad. He continued to bathe and feed them each day and generally oversee their welfare. Some of the mad were sent away in July. Baidul and Pleader were put in charge of the twelve masts and mad that remained, and were given detailed instructions about their care while Baba was in France.
Baba also assigned duties to each of the other men mandali. Pendu was appointed the manager at Meherabad, and Padri was to treat the sick with homeopathic medicine, as was Nilu with allopathic medicine. Padri was to run the dispensary, in Nilu's absence, with Ghani's help. Murli was the compounder. Vishnu was to do the marketing; Kalemama was to look after the mechanical works; Sidhu was to help with the care and supervision of the masts; and similarly other individual duties were given to the rest of the mandali. Raosaheb had moved back to Bombay and would come to Meherabad occasionally.1
Footnotes
- 1.Raosaheb later married and had several children.