I suffer infinitely because of the ignorance of mankind and people's disdain for the higher values of life. I want to make people free from maya's bindings, but they want to remain entangled in it!
Sarosh was very gratified at this discourse, and it had an effect on Viloo, too. Bowing down to Baba, they left.
After passing his medical examination in England, Dr. William Donkin, 28, arrived in Bombay on 27 July 1939. Kaka and Chanji met him, and the next day took him to Alu Khambatta's hospital, where he had been invited. Kaka and Chanji then brought him to Meherabad, via Poona, where he joined Baba's mandali on the 29th.1 From that day on, Baba and everyone else called him Don . "The Wine Don had tasted at the first sight of his Beloved in London," Age observed, "compelled Don to give up all worldly pleasures and pursuits and brought him to Baba's feet forever."
As Baba was to leave Meherabad shortly, many visitors came to see him on Sunday, 30 July 1939, including Naoroji and his family and Chanji's sister.
Until the 30th of July, much discussion had continued about shifting the men and women's ashram to Jabalpur, where Jal Kerawalla had arranged living accommodations for all. Baba had informed Kerawalla that he would be coming to stay at Jabalpur from the 1st of August, and long discussions were held about opening a center in Mandla. But then Kerawalla was suddenly informed that he was being transferred to a different area of India and, although Baba liked Jabalpur, he had to change his plan and decided instead to move his headquarters to Mysore, where he and the women had stayed three years before.
The mandali were shocked, since all arrangements had already been completed in Jabalpur. Although nothing had been arranged in Mysore, Baba decided to travel there.
On 1 August, he remarked, "In all this chaos and confusion my work is done, like a sort of cleaning process. Jal Kerawalla need not worry; it was my key that turned things this way."
Chanji and Kalemama were sent immediately to make the required arrangements in Mysore, and Eruch and Pappa Jessawala were sent to Jabalpur to deal with the Mandla property.
Baba himself left Meherabad on Wednesday, 2 August 1939, at 6:30 A.M. He traveled in Elizabeth's new Buick with Mehera, Mani, Naja and Khorshed, and the Blue Bus carried the other women.
Footnotes
- 1.Jalbhai also arrived on 29 July from Poona.