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Chapter 17: Meetings & Darshans

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Baba also worked with Aghori Baba , a sixth-plane saint. He was an impressive and powerful-looking man with fiery eyes, and was known to be abusive. The mast-saint stayed at the house of a Sikh who greatly revered him. The mast had taken over the entire verandah of the house, filling it with filth and rubbish and actually blocking the front entrance, making it impossible to enter the house from the front door. The Sikh, not wishing to disturb Aghori Baba, had built a ladder to another entrance, so as not to trespass through the mast's territory.
When they went to contact him, Aghori Baba pointed to Baba and remarked, "Do you know who he is? You will see what will come to pass, and one day know who he really is!"
One mast was brought to the hotel, where Baba contacted him. For the most part, Baba had to walk miles in the steep terrain to make his contacts. It was drizzling and the journeys were tiresome. "Baba is tired owing to the cumulative effect of travel and hardship," Adi recorded.
On Wednesday, 7 August, Baba and the men left Simla a day early for Ambala. They had to change buses at Ghaggar, and Baba felt giddy while walking across a railway bridge. Adi Sr. held his hand to help him across. They reached Ambala that night and slept well in the dak bungalow, although it was hot and humid.
Early the next morning, Kaka was sent to Dehra Dun with Baba's instructions for Vishnu to meet them at Hardwar. Meanwhile, Baba communed with Topkhanawala Baba , who was a tall, dark-skinned naked mast. He lived in an open field in all seasons, surrounded by a pack of a dozen dogs whom he fed before he ate his own food. He was respected by the cattle and goat-herders who would have tea with him when invited.
They then left for Barara, which was reached at 10:00 A.M. After a simple meal of rice and dal, they set out in a bus for Sadhaura and Nahan. There was only one bus the whole day and, consequently, it was jammed with passengers. Baba and Adi had to squeeze in front with the driver. The roads were muddy and slippery due to rains, and they had to drive through many creeks and streams. Finally they reached Sadhaura after an hour and a half. Baba tried to contact two masts, but was unsuccessful.
They continued by the same bus to Nahan, arriving at night. Baba went out the next day, 9 August 1946, with Baidul and Eruch. It was raining, but they continued searching for a naked mast supposedly living in a cemetery. This mast was also known as Aghori Baba . The cemetery was located at the bottom of a small valley, and Baba had to climb down the slippery side of a muddy slope in the torrential rain to contact him. The efforts were worthwhile because this mast was advanced, and Baba expressed that his contact was satisfactory.
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