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Chapter 18: Final Mast Work: Prelude To Thunder

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Baba contacted him in a small room, his hideaway in a graveyard, where they sat alone. Rajiah gave Baba some pieces of broken china, and was taken back to his seat. Baba asked Eruch to count the pieces, which totaled 70. Wrapping them carefully in a large handkerchief, Baba gave the bundle to Vishnu, and upon their return to Mount Abu put them in his precious chest of the masts' gifts.
In Hyderabad, Baba and the mandali intended to travel to a certain locality of the city by bus, so Baba sent Baidul to ask a moderately well-dressed man which bus to take. Baidul asked, repeating the question three or four times, but the man did not reply and simply turned away. A stranger standing nearby revealed to Baidul that this was the saint Kala Khan Majzoob . Baidul quickly went after him down the street, and he was taken to a hotel, where Baba gave him food.
Explaining about the condition of the saintly mast, Baba remarked, "Kala Khan is so completely majzoob-like, he has no bodily consciousness whatsoever. Great care must be taken when feeding him; otherwise, he will choke to death."
On the 18th, Baba tried his utmost to recontact Sayyed Mu'inuddin , the sixth-plane saint-mast and current spiritual chargeman of Hyderabad. He had previously been contacted in 1945, but this time refused to see Baba.
In response, Baba complained, "My spiritual load is great, and it won't be reduced unless and until I contact a good mast. That is why I wanted to work with Sayyed Mu'inuddin, but since he has refused, another must be found."
Therefore, the mandali searched throughout the city and after a while found a mast called Wali Saheb .
Baba, however, stated that the mast was not a wali but "an "ordinary type," and so the mast was not able to help much in lessening Baba's burden.
Baba and the mandali were informed about a great soul known as Anand Swami , in the Kachigoda locality of Hyderabad, and they set off in that direction to find him. On the way, however, Baba's gaze fell on Shastri Bua . He was a sixth-plane mast, whom Baba had contacted several times four years earlier. Baba communed with him again in a serai (an inn for travelers).
Afterwards, Baba went to meet Anand Swami, who was, as usual, playing with a public water tap along the road — filling his pot, washing his face and splashing water everywhere.
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