Ivy said, "I wholeheartedly accept what you wish me to do." She told Baba about her physical difficulties and also something about Charmian.
Baba said: "Don't worry about anything, including Charmian. Faithfully discharge all your earthly duties, always be honest in everything and don't tell even little white lies because God cannot live in a heart where there is hypocrisy. Don't expect anything to be easy; life will be full of problems and the world even more so. In fact, in years to come the world will reach a zenith of anti-God thinking, immorality, lust and greed, because the ending of a vast cycle of cycles is taking place. But after the climax a new era of real brotherly love will be ushered in by God, who knows all that is going on."
At one point, Baba sent Ivy this message: "Perfection has both the human and divine attributes in full, and expresses itself in high and low alike. A Perfect Man has infinite love, inviolable spirituality and greatest sense of humor. He comes down to the level of the devotee and yet is all the time the Master."
On the 11 th morning, Adi Sr., Norina and Elizabeth took Ivy and Charmian to Meherabad for a tour, where Ivy was deeply impressed with how the women on the hill were leading lives of practical spirituality. On the way back, she remarked to Adi how privileged she felt to have met Baba and stayed with him for a few days. "After meeting Baba," she said, "I realize that all I've read is nothing. There were millions of infinities in Baba's eyes."
Early on Monday, 12 January 1948, the Duces left with Adi Sr., Ghani and Khak Saheb for Poona, from where they boarded a train for Bombay and then departed for America. Baba had purposely introduced Dr. Ghani to Ivy because nine months later a committee on Sufism was formed with Ghani as its president. "The Sufi Circle" was to inform the Sufis in America and Australia about Baba's activities, but the main purpose behind it was to maintain Baba's link with Ivy Duce and Francis Brabazon!
After Ivy and Charmian left, Baba had Ghani write to her, once again emphasizing what he had told her at Pimpalgaon:
You should openly declare that you are a student of spirituality, that you are not God-realized and that you are aspiring for that blessedness with the help and grace of a Master who is alive and active in the affairs of the world today.