You see, the rider was carrying on his person a message from one king to another ordering the death of 100 spies. By saving the exact number of lives that he had murdered, his good and bad sanskaras balanced. The man, of course, did not know all this, and was only thus saved by the Perfect Master, because the Master knew. Therefore, if you obey implicitly and unquestioningly, you win, because whereas your conception is limited, the Master knows all, and gives you just what is best for you.
Baba then mentioned the recent sickness of all, about food and the importance of keeping lizards out of it.
He asked, "Are there no such lizards in the West?"
The Western women replied, "No."
Baba joked, with a twinkle in his eye, "Then I will speak in the West, because there are no lizards there!"
Baba ordered the mandali to give a feast to the Arangaon villagers on Sunday, 13 October and Monday, 14 October, in memory of Dowla Masi and Nonny Gayley respectively. At 5:00 P.M. on the 13th, women and children from the village came up the hill, and Soonamasi and Kakubai distributed sweets to them.
It began to rain, and Baba remarked, "This will make the villagers even happier! They need rain more than sweets, so Dowla Masi gave them rain."
Baba watched Soonamasi and Kakubai distributing the prasad. Again, the next evening at 6:00 P.M., showers came just as Rano, Kakubai and others were distributing sweets. As Baba was still in seclusion, he did not give his darshan to the villagers at the feast for which the mandali had made all the arrangements.
Baba called all the women to him at three o'clock on the afternoon of 17 October 1940. He would usually spend some time with Mehera, Mani, Naja, Khorshed and the other Eastern women, alone in their bedroom (the east room of the Meher Retreat) and then call in the Western ladies.
That day, Baba remarked about Mohammed Mast, "Great news today! Mohammed said, 'I don't want my wife. She is always sick. There is always something wrong with her. Give me a peacock instead! I am your peacock; where's mine?' And then he starts making the sound of a peacock!"
In reference to the vaccination they had taken the day before in order to proceed to Ceylon, Baba recalled a story about Baidul.