Pascal asked about his silence, and Baba spelled out on the alphabet board, "The time is near when I will break my silence and utter the Word."
Pascal had been suffering a depression during this period. He was overjoyed to see Baba again, and later told his wife, "Merely being with Baba has given me back my vitality."
While in Bombay, Baba discussed plans for holding a meeting at Mahabaleshwar. All the details were hammered out with the companions Adi Sr., Eruch, Baidul and Pendu, and the Arrangementwalas Meherjee and Nariman. Accordingly, a circular was printed on 11 September 1950 and sent to all concerned, both Old and New Life devotees. The circular read:
The recent earthquakes, floods, tragedies in Assam, constant Bengal and Bihar famines, the overwhelming refugee problem all over India and other various widespread disasters all over the world have at present become the cause of general distrust in nature, untold miseries, utter disappointment and a feeling of unexpected helplessness and frustration all over the world.
Baba expressed his opinion that all this has contributed to some extent as a pointer towards the work of his New Life picture, which he had formed when he set out from Ahmednagar on 16 October 1949 to live his New Life of helplessness and hopelessness.
Baba adopted his New Life on 16 October 1949. He tried to live the New Life till 16 October 1950, but the New Life could not be lived as he wanted.
With the experience of twelve months of the New Life, Baba has definitely decided now not to adjust in the future individual requirements, [or] tolerate individual weaknesses and laxity in obeying his orders and the conditions of the New Life. Baba also admits his own weaknesses in not fulfilling the conditions of the New Life in the right spirit. His personal weakness in succumbing to temptation, anger, et cetera, and general weakness in surrendering to his feelings for the companions has resulted in compromising his original oath taken at Meherabad and the evolvement of Plans One, Two and Three — much contrary to his original oath. Also, Old Life bojas [financial burdens] like Dr. Ghani's and Sadashiv Patil's cropped up in the meanwhile and had to be adjusted and settled accordingly. "God willing, nothing of this kind will be repeated from 16 October 1950," so says Baba.
Because of this experience, Baba has resolved even to free his present lifelong servant-companions on 16 October 1950, in order to give them another chance to revise their decision whether to continue the New Life with Baba, or become again disciples of the Old Life of Baba.