"No," Baba stated, "it is not that. It is only a question of carrying out the conditions."
Baba then asked Aloba to come and twist his ear. Aloba did it willingly.
Anna 104 then raised his hand, and on Baba's inquiring he said, "I am ready to twist your ear, too."
Smiling, Baba replied, "I want it only from Aloba and not from anyone else. But if any of you feel like giving vent to your pent up feelings to settle old scores with me, I would not mind my ear twisted this day by any of you without fear of my displeasure."
Amidst the roar of laughter, Baba remarked, "Twisting of my ears is easy, but following my orders is difficult."
Baba then remarked, "Those who want to come with me should consider themselves as already dead. Just as a corpse has no connection or concern with anything material, does not ask questions and does not want anything, in like manner those accompanying me will have to be with me as corpses.
"I am going to see who wants to die for no particular reason by going with me!"
Baba invited the mandali's wholehearted, honest and sincere cooperation, and warned that they should give up all notions regarding spiritual leanings and beliefs. He asked them to view their going with him without the least expectation of any reward.
Explaining, Baba dictated at length:
It is not merely a question of hardships and difficulties like those encountered in mast trips. The most difficult thing now is the need to control emotions and feelings, and to have absolute readiness for split-second and on-the-spot obedience to whatever I will ask you to do, or not to do. I do not expect any of you to be free from your respective reactions of good or bad impulses of anger, displeasure, likes and dislikes; but what I expect of you is not to make the least show or give any direct or indirect expressions to your feelings and reactions.
I will be free in every way and you will be bound in every respect. I will live among you as one of you, like a brother. I may even fall at your feet or ask you to spit on me. That is why I have been saying that the conditions will be such that very few will remain with me to the end. But at all times and under all circumstances you must continue to look upon me as your Master and to obey me implicitly.