As mentioned, the women were forbidden to mention the name of any man in front of Mehera, and so even Baba would spell out, "Soltoon's sister" when referring to Baidul. When reading the newspapers to Baba in front of Mehera, Rano would say "Mrs. Hitler," "Mrs. Mussolini," "Mrs. Churchill," "Mrs. Gandhi" and so forth. This was the extent to which Mehera was kept secluded.
As Age noted, "Only the pure could stay in such a strict seclusion. It was only possible for Mehera to live such a life because she was living, not for herself, but for her Beloved! Such a life is a true life, where love and faith in the Beloved are always active and ever-present."
The story Baba narrated about Baidul was:
Soltoon's sister was the doctor of his village in Persia. He would boil garlic in oil, and put in a few drops of the mixture in the patient's ears. Taking my name, it cured all sorts of diseases! Thus, he made some patients well, and his fame spread so much that he even gave a dying cow some drops of the "tonic," extending her life too.1
But the fact is that the patients did not get well by his remedy, but by his full and supreme faith in me! Every evening he sits with me, and I tell him to talk, and he tells me of Persia and other facts and stories. He says, "Baba, only you made them well!" He never took money from any of the patients, either.
It is Soltoon's sister's firm faith in my name curing the patients that made the tonic work. Had he the slightest doubt, the faintest speck of wavering about it, it would not have worked, and no one would have recovered.
Later in the evening, Baba remarked that he had not rested for even five minutes the previous night. He then discussed the present world situation:
How do you know God does not work through these different leaders? Gandhi is weak, but honest. Hitler is strong, but dishonest. God works through both. Who leads them? Only God! The One who leads them knows! But they don't; they just go on.
Gandhi is out of tune. He is groping in darkness, but he is honest. Churchill is the right man for his place. The Congressmen will be put in jail, as they are embarrassing the government.
Footnotes
- 1.This was Baidul's remedy for nearly all physical ailments.