Even the third-plan people now with Baba do not expect to be there long, and Baba has openly told them that he does not want them with him. It is all a mystery, a mystery and again a mystery, and very difficult for those who are with Baba and those away from him.
I went into Plan B (taking a temporary job), since that is what I felt Baba wanted me to do; but whether it is a frightful waste of money I really don't know. Also, I don't know, as you can realize, how long Baba will let me keep at it, whether for a month, a year or a lifetime ...
But as far as Baba himself goes, he is as adorable as ever ...
Some months later, in September, Don wrote to another:
As far as the ups and downs of life go, if this New Life Phase of Baba means anything, it would seem to mean that we should welcome disasters as much as triumphs and pleasures, since they are only the opposite ends of the same stick — Life. It seems to be just "Thy Will be done" — but in a positive way and not merely negative.
One day, while conversing with the women companions, Naja by mistake revealed that Rano and Kitty had taken jobs in Bombay as schoolteachers. Baba had ordered her not to mention anything concerning Bombay to the women. When Baba returned to Manjri Mafi and found out what she had done, he was furious. He ordered her to leave for Bombay at once, but after this scolding he forgave her, warning her not to do it again.
Before deciding to join the New Life, Dr. Ghani was to have made a provision of Rs.35,000 for his family (with his wife's land as collateral). To include him in the New Life, Baba had promised him the full amount. So, to keep his promise, 350 of his disciples were sent a request letter from Ramjoo, asking for Rs.100 from each on behalf of Ghani. Baba dictated a letter to accompany the request, part of which was as follows:
According to the New Life conditions, I can neither accept money from anyone nor give money to anyone, nor according to Plan Three beg anything but food. But taking this exclusively as an Old Life burden to be removed in the New Life, I have decided to act as follows: