The former is a confused ideal for mere idealists, who have neither the spirit nor grit for real action when needed and who cherish their ideals only for selfish ends. Whereas one who has no principles, but has the spirit of action whenever needed, even to rush into fire for the sake of others, is worth a thousand idealists put together!
What is the worth or use of an ideal, however sublime, which does not inspire one to action for the benefit or service of others?
Baba then left at 11:30 A.M. for Meherabad.
On Wednesday, 9 June 1943, Chhagan's brother Vasant Deshmukh arrived to see Baba at Meherabad. Vasant had been a close disciple of Upasni Maharaj and was living at Sakori. He wanted to know whether he should continue living at the ashram now that Maharaj had dropped his body, and Baba assured him that he should.
In Arangaon, there had been a military camp during the First World War. During World War II, a military camp was again stationed there (where the tuberculosis sanitarium is situated, near lower Meherabad). But the Meherabad structures, much to Pendu's relief, were not taken possession of. The army camp was quite a separate affair and not a single building at Meherabad was commandeered.
For the military personnel, Sarosh opened a cinema in Arangaon. On the 9th, Baba gave duties to the mandali to work there in his absence, as he was planning a trip to Lahore. Pendu was made manager of the theater, Savak the treasurer, Padri the projectionist, while other mandali worked as doorkeeper and sold concessions. Ghani's twelve-year-old nephew, Rashid, (the son of Ghani's younger brother Abdur Rehman) was staying with them at this time and was taught to operate the film projector. Feram (Workingboxwala) was also a Meherabad resident, and he was told to do the business correspondence.
Baba asked Sarosh to bring two English calves to Meherabad within 24 hours. Sarosh sped off to the military dairy in Kirkee, Poona. The manager agreed, as they gave away male calves, and he told Sarosh to send a truck to transport them. Sarosh said he would take the calves in his car! The man was taken aback and pointed out that the car would get spoiled, but Sarosh said it didn't matter. With much difficulty, he managed to bring a white calf and a black one in his car to Meherabad within the stipulated time period. He presented the calves to Baba, who gave them to Mehera to look after. She fed them milk from a bottle, and Baba, too, would sometimes feed them. Baba named the black calf Rajah (King) and the white calf Pradhan (Prime Minister). Mehera, with Mani's help, was also looking after the garden.