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Chapter 17: Meetings & Darshans

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Baba was referring to the partition of the country into two parts — India and Pakistan — and Kashmir, which would be the cause of dispute between the two countries for years to come.
During their stay, Baba once took the women to the village of Harvan and showed them where he had sat in seclusion in 1929.
Pointing to a place in the mountainous area, Baba made the sign of the cross and remarked, "That is where Jesus' body is buried."
Baba also took the women on a tour of Srinagar and showed them other places of interest.
In Srinagar one day, Baba went with Habibullah up a mountain to a shrine.
While descending he asked, "Where is your house?"
Habibullah said it was nearby, and Baba expressed a desire to visit it. This dumbfounded Habibullah, as important persons had been coming to see Baba for darshan which he had not granted.
Habibullah said, his heart full, "Baba, I am a poor man and my house ..."
Baba, taking him in his embrace, gestured, "I too am very poor. Visiting your house will give me joy."
Habibullah then led him to his family's humble home, where Baba picked up Habibullah's younger brother Majid in his arms, and sitting on the ground began playing with him. Baba gave ten rupees to his older brother Amin and inquired from the father about his health. The father said, "I am fine, but my son Habibullah has asthma."
Baba replied, "He is not your son, but mine. So don't worry about him."
The whole family was greatly touched by Baba's love, and Habibullah began to think of staying with Baba permanently.
Habibullah was a clandestine chain-smoker.
Returning from his house, Baba asked, "Do you really suffer from asthma?"
Habibullah admitted, "Yes, for the past many years."
"Do you smoke?" asked Baba.
Habibullah admitted that he did.
Baba gestured, "Go on smoking."
From that day onwards, Baba himself would give Habibullah cigarettes which he felt embarrassed to accept. Daily, Baba would give him one after another, with the result that Habibullah gave up smoking and his asthma disappeared!
During Baba's stay in Nishat, a circular was issued on 15 September 1944, in which Baba stated that because of the death of his very dear disciple Chanji, Baba himself would have to do the work, acting as his own secretary. About the one-month meeting, Baba decided that Adi Sr. should see all concerned at the end of September, and after getting their opinions, a date should be fixed for the meeting between 15 February and 15 May 1945. Mention was also made about Baba's visit to Nagpur and Saoner in November, and his visit to Peshawar before the end of the year for his spiritual work in "No Man's Land."
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