I also feel that the prayers and the invocations dictated by me, and offered on my behalf by the servants, have been accepted by God.
The remaining 60 days [will] not be very difficult for me to live through. With God's help, I can adjust the activities and the place of work according to my convenience. I consider it my good fortune that the servants, the Arrangementwalas, the Old Life disciples and devotees, and all those directly or indirectly connected with me have stood by me in my New Life, regardless of whether they like it or not.
In view of the fact that they have stood by me, and in view of the fact that my 100-day seclusion is likely to be accomplished to my entire satisfaction — and that I feel God also will be entirely satisfied with it — I have, God knows, the honest conviction that during the period between 10th June and 30th June 1951, God will, out of His infinite wisdom and grace, make me take a step which will bring about an extraordinarily revolutionary change in my life and in the lives of the servants, the Arrangementwalas, and the Old Life disciples and devotees, and all those directly and indirectly connected with me. This change will take place in accordance with what and how God wills it.
I feel I will not be able in any way to avoid the step that God has ordained for me and the life that God will make me live. I also feel that I do not know how, what and how much the effect of it all will be on me, and on others.
Before the 100-day seclusion had begun, Baba expressed his desire to sit for some time in seclusion at the top of seven hills surrounding Poona, and also to continue his mast work. Adi Sr., Eruch's younger brother Meherwan and Gadekar began looking for accommodations for Baba in Poona. One was rented in Salisbury Park, but at the last moment, the owner changed his mind. Sarosh and Adi scrambled to arrange two other bungalows, one near the racetrack and one at Wanowri.
Driven by Eruch, Baba departed Mahabaleshwar with the five women for Poona on Tuesday, 27 March 1951. Baidul went separately. Baba and the women first visited the Ganeshkhind Botanical Garden, where Eruch's cousin Dadi Kerawala was in charge of plant experimentation at the Horticulture Research Station there.