Eruch was told to make the necessary purchases.
Baba then remarked, "Whatever we have with us now is to last to the end of this New Life, and nothing can be added to this after January 1. There will be no money for it. This is the limit of what can be provided for all times and all circumstances. In granting these additional needs and requirements, I feel now that my conscience is clear. I have done what I could under the limited means at our disposal."
When Baba came to the men's hut the next morning, Tuesday, 8 November 1949, he saw chalked demarcation lines around Gustadji's bed.
Baba asked him, "Why don't you give up your old habits?"
"I don't see any harm in it," Gustadji answered.
"But I find harm in it. Why did you do it?"
"If you see harm in it, I won't do it again," Gustadji responded.
"But why did you do it in the first place?"
Gustadji did not reply, and Baba called Kaka.
He took some time to come, and blaming him for being late, Baba asked, "Why did you delay?"
Kaka said, "I was frying onions. Had I left it on the stove it would have burnt."
Warning the companions, Baba observed:
Although I have given all help in the matter of correcting your old habits, I have been observing very carefully that you have all become lax. It seems you do not take the orders seriously. Yesterday morning I asked Ghani to don his hat. He replied that the sun was not very hot. I asked Adi to play and sing the chorus [of the New Life song], and he forgot all about it. In these two cases it was not a direct order, but to comply implicitly even with implied orders will help you to get over your old habits. This training will ultimately help you to face the New Life after January 1, with some confidence.
Gustadji and Kaka, however, both broke direct orders, maybe unconsciously, due to not being able to shake off their old habits. I request them with all earnestness and with folded hands to give up all old habits. These lapses are liable to be forgiven until the end of December. But after January 1, if you persist in these habits, you cannot stay with me.
In the matter of obeying conditions and orders after January 1, all are equal, irrespective of previous services and long association.