Afterwards, he looked unusually pleased and spiritually refreshed.
According to Baba, "My work was done quite satisfactorily. I feel as if a load has been lifted off my head."
As he walked out of the old palace, a parade celebrating the festival of Guru Purnima passed by on the road.
Baba remarked, "It is a significant coincidence, marking the end of my seclusion here."
On his return from Pushkar, he stopped and handed a coin to a sadhu, who lived in a small house on the roadside.
"Can our limited human intellect accept the fact that the Avatar journeyed hundreds of miles just to sit in a certain spot at a certain time in seclusion for half an hour?" Age wondered. "What he did during this half an hour, he alone knew! What is Time and Space to the Perfect One? Thirty minutes is a long time for such a Being who could dissolve the universe in the twinkling of an eye — and create another in its place!"
Chacha was again contacted at 11:30 P.M. on the 28th, and Baba sat with him for 20 minutes and was highly pleased with the work accomplished.
They left for Delhi by train the following night and arrived the next morning, staying at the Nizam Hotel. Chanji met them there and brought them a meal from Keki Desai's. Later, Jal Kerawalla arrived and met Baba, just as Baba was leaving for Dehra Dun. Chanji and Adi Sr. were instructed to remain in Delhi to contact different political leaders, including Feroz Khan Noon and Jogendra Singh, on Meher Baba's behalf and deliver his messages for them to read. They were then to go to Bombay and do the same there.1 Baba, Gustadji and Baidul returned to Dehra Dun, where Baba resumed his work of contacting masts.
Irene Billo had fallen seriously ill in Dehra Dun and Nilu was told to treat her. She suffered from catatonic fits. To revive her during an episode, Margaret Craske would massage her feet, toes and hands while Nilu gave her an injection.
On the 4th, the saintly Uderman Mastan from Kathgodam was brought to Dehra Dun, where he stayed for the next three weeks. Baba would bathe and feed the mast each day and work with him in seclusion. The mast smoked cigarettes continuously. From the 5th, Baba began eating only once a day, which he said he would continue for a month, remaining upstairs at Prem Bhawan from 7:00 A.M. until noon, and with the mandali from 2:00 until 7:00 P.M.
Don was allowed to visit from Bangalore. During his three-week stay, Baba sent him to Hardwar, Rishikesh and Mussoorie to visits sights associated with Baba's work.
Footnotes
- 1.Feroz Khan Noon later became Prime Minister of Pakistan. Another senior leader of the Indian independence movement, Maulana Azad, was contacted in Bombay.