Still, all these "lasts" continue without an apparent end. I myself suffer infinitely and am harassed and troubled, especially in the mast work. But I like it more than you can ever know!
Because my work is so undecided, seemingly vague and indefinite, it is real work. In such great uncertainty, real work is being done.
About God, he remarked:
It is totally wrong to say that God is. Only saying "IS" is true. By saying God is, He is limited in all this infinite show. To connect "is" with God makes it finite. And so only IS is real; but to describe this Reality, He is called God.
Baba wished to go into seclusion for his work for fifteen days, and a bungalow two miles from Prospect Lodge was rented. It was called Glen View , and Baba moved there on Monday, 5 October 1942, with the four mandali who had been with him at Kathgodam: Kaka, Baidul, Gustadji and Adi Sr. The remaining mandali — Eruch, Krishna, Masaji, Nilu, Venkoba Rao and Vishnu — stayed in their quarters.
Baba began fasting that day, taking only water and milkless tea. From the 6th, he began fasting on milk tea and dal taken twice a day. On the 9th, according to Baba's instructions, Sidhu brought Mohammed Mast to Lonavla from Meherabad. Baba also wanted Uderman Mastan in Lonavla, and Baidul was sent the day before to Kathgodam to bring him. They arrived on 12 October, and Baba began working with these two masts and seeing no one else.
Baba's schedule during his seclusion was as follows:
6:00 A.M. — Baba would come out of his room 7:00 A.M. — Bath 8:00 A.M. — Tea 8:30 – 11:30 A.M. — Work in seclusion in his room with the two masts, Mohammed and Uderman Mastan 12:00 noon – 4:00 P.M. — Rest 4:00 – 5:00 P.M. — Again work in seclusion with the two masts 5:00 P.M. — Meet with Vishnu
Vishnu came daily and met Baba for a few minutes to discuss accounts or requirements of those staying in Glen View. Eruch also came when called.
On 8 October 1942, Baba dictated the following circular, which he ordered sent to his close lovers:
I want every intimate member of my mandali to be ready for a call any day between the 15th of November and the 15th of December 1942, to join me, to be physically with me and near me, with the object of sharing my Universal work, and helping my forthcoming mission of spiritualizing the world according to my special instructions to each individually, and general instructions to all collectively.