For that he could have gotten one of his close disciples. This communication was all a pretense for his work to keep Gandhi in his contact over the years.
The result of Chanji's meetings with Mahatma Gandhi was that Gandhi sent his colleague D. B. "Kaka Saheb" Kalelkar to see the Meherabad ashram. Kalelkar, 54, accompanied by his secretary, Mr. Dharmadhikari, was brought by Adi Sr., Nusserwan Satha and Chanji from Poona on the evening of 22 July 1939. Baba had already gone up the hill when they arrived, but knowing that Gandhi's representative was traditional in his views, Baba had instructed four or five of the men mandali that they should remain in their respective rooms and pretend to be meditating when Kalelkar was given a tour the following day. The two visitors were given the privilege of sleeping that night in the Rahuri Cabin.
Baba came down from the hill the next morning before seven o'clock. He granted an interview to Gandhi's representative in his room for about fifteen minutes.
During the course of their meeting, Baba pointed out to Kalelkar:
It is not through intellectual gymnastics and knowledge acquired by reading or hearing lectures that spiritual truths can be understood. At the most, these can give one an intellectual understanding, which is the first preparatory stage for ushering one into the Path.
What is essential is a true inner feeling , an actual experience of the Truth — which is real, lasting and convincing. When one experiences union with God, one knows by actual experience that one is in harmony with everything and everyone — that there is nothing but one infinite indivisible Existence, and all else is but fleeting shadows.
Just as a human being knows by actual experience that he is a man, not an animal, dog or horse. He has not to think about it, that he is a man, for he is that. So should one know by actual experience that he is One with everything and everyone; not a separate individual entity, apart and away from others. Bhakti [devotion] and love create faith in divinity and Divine Beings, Masters and gurus, yet it is actual experience that always matters.
You may hear a lot about me from my enthusiastic devotees, but you shouldn't be carried away merely by the talk of others. You yourselves should have that experience and feel as they do; then alone is it real, lasting and convincing.