Then he tore up his bed sheets. The noise awoke the mandali, but Baba was snoring. Krishna began thinking: "What type of God is Baba? Is he really all-knowing?"
After some time, Baba rose and asked for a glass of water. "What are you thinking?" he motioned to Krishna.
"I am wondering whether you are really God."
"Why? Why do you think such a thing?"
"Baba, every night I sit in front of you like a stone. I cannot move an inch. The tiniest sound from my clothes disturbs you.
"But Chatti Baba has been shouting at the top of his voice and throwing things for nearly one hour, while you are enjoying a sound sleep."
Baba glared at Krishna. He put his fingers to his lips and said "Keep quiet."
Again, Baba lay down, but soon he got up and asked, "What are you thinking this time?"
"The same thing, Baba."
"What do you want to know?" Baba demanded.
"What was the reason for Chatti Baba's outburst?"
Baba spelled out, "After many years there will be a civil war in Ceylon. I have done this work through Chatti Baba. I have brought him to Ceylon for that purpose. Since Chatti Baba is the one who is working, in the meantime I am resting."
In the mid-1980s, as Baba foretold, civil war did break out in Ceylon between the Tamil separatists in the north and the Sinhalese-dominated government in the south. Thousands upon thousands of people have been killed in the conflict.
On Sunday, 1 December 1940, remarking about his work in Ceylon, particularly with the women, Baba explained:
For my work, I have to tour to make inner contacts. When I did that before, I went on walking tours with the [men] mandali — we were hungry, thirsty, tired, sleeping out of doors and putting up with all discomforts. But you women cannot do that. You want a house with tap water, toilets, lights, and so on. This makes a wrong impression on [certain] people. But I don't mind that. I only care about my work. Even with all these conveniences, half of you are sick.
To be alone would be the greatest luxury for me! Just work; to do as I want, and nothing else. But, for my work, I have to keep you all with me. You have not the slightest notion what work I have been doing through you.