“”I have had to get myself bound by time to free those who are bound by time. I myself will have to do something to create opposition."
Adi Sr., Sarosh and Minoo Bharucha arrived on the night of the 28th from Nasik with Freiny. Freiny proved uncooperative in Bangalore, so the three men returned to Nasik with her on the 31st.
Baba had instructed Margaret Craske and Delia DeLeon to come to India from England, if war broke out. Both went to the Home Office in London to get permission to leave the country, but were told that unless they had urgent business abroad, or special reasons for going, permission would not be granted. When Delia applied, she was refused permission. Margaret, however, was given a permit to leave because she had been acting as the guardian for Falu Irani (Rustom and Freiny's son), who was studying in England. She had told the officials the boy could not travel alone. The officials thought Falu was a maharaja's son by the way Margaret was carrying on. So the two of them were able to sail from England on the City of Marseilles (escorted by a convoy of ships) and land in Colombo on the 30th of October. They were met by Swamiji, and arrived in Bangalore on 1 November 1939, where Margaret began living with Baba at the Links. Falu stayed with his uncle Adi Sr. in his separate bungalow.
Margaret later speculated, "Perhaps, because of the war, Baba had to have a link to England of someone coming to India."
Meanwhile Delia became terribly upset, as she too naturally wanted to join Baba in India.
“”Baba cabled her: "Not to worry. You are where I want you to be."
(At the time, Delia had no idea that her brother-in-law had cabled Baba behind her back, saying Delia's mother needed her to look after her there in England.)
From the Links Baba further wrote Delia:
“”You speak truly and from deep experience when you say you can only learn through suffering and experience.
Do you know these lines of Hafiz?
He who would tread my path, the thorn of grief will find,
What pilgrim hath in fear of this, his quest resigned?
Though knowest well, he who attains true perfect love
Is he upon whose soul grief as a lamp hath shined!
It is the "ego" which has this temporary suffering. But [this suffering] is also the means to eternal happiness and bliss.
