"Early?" Kaka said. "What's the time? Why did you wake me up?"
"It is 2:00 A.M.," Krishna informed him. "I did not wake you up. I've been here with Baba all the time. How could I have gone to your room and left Baba alone?"
Kaka returned, puzzled. Who had roused him in the middle of the night? The next night the same thing happened. After three or four days of being awakened early, Kaka also saw the apparition. He told Baba that he could no longer do his duty, because the spirit kept waking him up.
The next day, Baba shifted back to Pimpalgaon. At midnight the spirit appeared. Baba himself got up, opened the door and went out. At 12:15 A.M., he came back into the room. He was covered with sweat. He closed the door and indicated to Krishna that he wanted to change his clothes. He then washed his face and went to sleep. From that day on, the spirit never returned.
Krishna wondered about it, and on the third day he asked Baba, "I have not seen that spirit lately. Why hasn't he come?"
"The work is finished," Baba motioned.
"What work, Baba?"
"I will explain," Baba replied. "Remind me tomorrow in front of the mandali."
The next morning at eight o'clock, Krishna came, even though he would normally be sleeping at that hour. Baba asked why he had come and he reminded Baba about the spirit.
Baba spelled out to the mandali, "Ask Krishna what was going on every day."
Krishna related what had transpired, and Baba explained, "The spirit was a great and powerful man. If he wanted to destroy the world, he could have done so within a second. He was that powerful.
"For some reason, he committed suicide. He wanted to be freed, but I was avoiding him. He was coming to me for that purpose. Four days ago I relieved him and gave him a body. Now he won't come around."
Hearing this, Krishna lost his temper. "Baba, look at me! How weak I've become. Why didn't you relieve him the very first day? Why did you let him cause so much trouble?"
Baba smiled and dictated, "The time had not come. When the time came, I gave him the body."
There was no public celebration of Meher Baba's 52nd birthday on Friday, 15 February 1946; but Baba did give this message to his lovers, issued through a circular: