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Chapter 17: Meetings & Darshans

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Remaining there for a while, Baba played with his nephew and niece, Sheroo and Gulnar, and after cheering up Perin and Beheram, returned to Bindra House.
On the 8th, Baba departed for Pasarni with the women. After a few days, he called all the remaining women mandali from Meherabad.
While in Meherabad, Kitty was teaching English to Baidul's daughter, Dowla, and Kaikobad's daughters, Gulu and Jalu. Dowla was fond of learning new songs, and after going to Wai, with Baba's consent, Kitty began teaching her an English song to sing.
One day Baba was sitting with the women in Pasarni when they heard a strange sound.
"Where is that noise coming from?" Baba asked. "Is it the cry of a donkey?"
When one of the women went to look, she found Kitty teaching a song to Dowla.
Baba sent for both of them and asked, "What on earth were you doing?"
Kitty bubbled, "I was teaching Dowla to sing. We were singing."
"Well, your singing is very sweet," Baba teased. "Were a donkey to hear it, it would feel ashamed! I thought it was the braying of an ass! The teacher is quite an expert and so is her pupil. Go on singing loudly, both of you."
Kitty burst out laughing and said, "I only did it to satisfy Dowla's fancy ..."
"Yes, and you've satisfied mine as well," Baba replied. "If something strange happens here we'll know where to look. For a man to imitate a donkey is difficult and takes years of practice; but you two can do it quite naturally."
Baba then told them to continue with their music lesson, much to the amusement of all.
On Wednesday, 12 September 1945, a circular was issued in which Baba's workers were informed that the meeting proposed to be held in December in Raipur, was now postponed until the 1st of February (1946), due to the unavailability of bungalows in Raipur. In the circular, Baba also stated:
The timely, recent death of Shri Narayan Maharaj — the last of the five Sadgurus connected with my work — and my going away to some special far off place in India, away from the male and female mandali for three months (October, November and December) are the leading, destined signs of the fulfilling, in the one-month meeting, not only of all that has been promised to the signatories, but also to the breaking of my silence and the long expected manifestation.
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