"Our salutations to you, dear Kakubai!" Age declared.1
Kakubai's cremation was held at Meherabad the same day at 11:00 P.M.
The next day, Baba cautioned Don, "From now on, do not give me any news relating to anyone in the Old Life. Even if someone has died, do not inform me unless and until I ask you, if the occasion arises."
To the companions, he commented, "Adi Sr. loves his mother [Gulmai] dearly, and Vishnu also loved his mother dearly, but there is a world of difference between their love for their mothers in relation to staying with me. Vishnu's heart is brave, as he chose to stay with me, while Adi chose plan One-C."
At seven o'clock, on the morning of the 15th, Baba came to the companions' hut, where he held a meeting to discuss the possibility of his traveling to America:
"Any day I expect a cable [telegram] to arrive from Elizabeth, inviting me to the West this year. At the same time, there is also a probability that Elizabeth may desire me to come in July of 1951, instead of 1950. In case I go to the West this year, I will have to take some of you. Those who accompany me, on their return from the West, will rejoin the companions of the New Plan, who stayed back in India.
"When I take some of you to the West, I will take you with your consent, as I have determined not to interfere with you or give you any orders; but with your consent, I shall take a promise from you that you will obey me in every respect during your stay with me in the West.
"In short," Baba concluded, "if I decide to go to the West in July, I shall ask some of the companions in May to accompany me, depending upon whether they agree to promise to obey me there. I shall also help those who stay behind in India in securing residences and jobs."
On Sunday, 16 April 1950, Eruch and Keki Desai were sent to Delhi to find accommodations for the companions at a reasonable rent, suitable to all the purposes of the New Plan, as well as to look for a residence for Baba and the women.
Footnotes
- 1.14 April 1950 was also the day that the great sixth-plane saint Ramana Maharshi died in South India. Baba had always spoken highly of Ramana Maharshi.