The work was finished by 19 June.
A meeting was scheduled for Tuesday, 21 June 1949, regarding Baba's upcoming seclusion. Jal Kerawalla and Eruch arrived in Meherazad on the 19th at 6:30 P.M., and Meherjee and Nariman arrived from Bombay the next afternoon. Baba had invited all 28 Meherabad mandali to the meeting, as well as other close lovers from Poona, Ahmednagar and Bombay, and they were to arrive at Meherazad on the 21st, at seven o'clock in the morning. A total of 150 persons gathered that day. Eruch and Kaka had decorated the seclusion area with Baba's seven-colored flag, a painted photograph of him and large golden letters that spelled out MEHERAZAD.
Baba began the meeting by stating, "I have called you all here to take part in the purification ceremony to cleanse the atmosphere, and keep it free from maleficent spirits and evil influences."
Baba then called on Kalemama, Khak Saheb, Don and Kaikobad to recite particular passages from the Gita, Koran, Bible and Avesta respectively; and, as they were reading, Baba would intermittently explain the meaning of the selected passages.
When Don stood up to read the Sermon on the Mount from the New Testament (King James Bible), Baba said, "This is my favorite section in the Bible."
And seeing the multitudes, [Jesus] went up into a mountain; and when he was set, his disciples came unto him, and he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth ... "
The reading ended with the Lord's Prayer. After the other readings, Baba stated:
These are all but different approaches to the same one Truth — God; and therefore the real purport of each book is just the same. These approaches can be broadly divided into two kinds — indirect and direct: that is, impersonal and personal. In spite of such distinctions, equally same results can be achieved and have been achieved through either of the ways.