“”Anyone may believe me to be whatever he likes, but no one may ask for blessings, miracles or any rewards of any kind.
My New Life is eternal. Those other than my servants in my New Life, whoever or wherever they may be, who desire to live that life are free to do so in the spirit of it, independently.
Baba then concluded:
“”"I will leave Mahabaleshwar on the 21st of October on my intended tour of two to three months. Among the places I shall go will be Kolhapur, Miraj, Hubli, Hyderabad, Madras, Bombay, Assam, Bengal, Orissa and Bihar, where I shall do my work with the masts and the poor, as well as my New Life phases of begging, langoti and gypsy life."
When Don finished reading the English version, Baba himself handed a copy of the message to everyone, and then distributed laddoos and tea. After the refreshment, Baba expressed his satisfaction with the work done by the Arrangementwalas and observed that, in spite of difficulties, they had discharged their responsibilities well.
Baba then left the meeting hall to privately retake the oath of the New Life. He returned in a few minutes clad in a white kafni, the ocher-colored satchel for begging hanging from his shoulder. Baba declared that he had now stepped back into the New Life, and he exhorted all Yeswalas to either enter the New Life and follow his behests 100 percent, or to lead the Old Life, or to take up an independent life altogether. One of these they had to decide. The decisions taken were:
Adi Sr. — Old Life
Aloba — Old Life (as advised by Baba in Bombay)
Babadas — Old Life (as advised by Baba)
Baidul — Servant
Bal Natu — Old Life
Daulat Singh — Old Life (as ordered by Baba)
Don — Servant
Eruch — Servant
Ghani — Old Life
Gustadji — Servant
Kaikobad — Servant
Kaka Baria — Servant
Kishan Singh — Old Life
Minoo Kharas — Old Life (as ordered by Baba)
Murli Kale — Servant
Nilu — Servant
Pandoba — Old Life
Pendu — Servant
Vishnu — Servant
Anna 104 — Old Life (but he was allowed to stay with Baba as an ordinary servant)12 After these decisions were announced, Baba silently prayed to God:
“”"Give me strength to live the New Life fully and completely."
