“”I am also confident that by God's help and His will, the result of the irrevocable step which I shall come to know and declare in June 1951, and which I shall put into execution on the 16th of October 1951, will fructify by 16 February 1952.
All this has been put before you plainly and clearly in order that my statement may remove confusion, if any, and give confidence, if none, to you all. Nevertheless, I feel the result of this irrevocable step, that God will bestow in His own ways, will in no way depend upon whether one is confused or confident.
The extraordinary that has to happen must happen by God's will.
One day, when Baba was in seclusion in his hut and absorbed in his work, Nilu was keeping watch. Baba heard the caw-caw-cawing of a crow in the distance, but Nilu did not notice it. When Baba came out of the hut after completing his work, he was displeased and sharply criticized Nilu for not shooing the bird away. Nilu was astonished, as he had not even heard the crow.
Even in his anger, Baba looked glorious, and Padri hurried for his camera to capture his beauty and expressions. He shot an entire roll of film quietly, without asking Baba, but the photographs he took capturing Baba's mood did not get exposed properly. When the roll was developed, it was completely blank! Padri was quite surprised, as there was nothing wrong with the camera or film; before and after the incident, the pictures he took came out fine. He was convinced that Baba simply did not wish it, though Padri kept the roll of film as a reminder that nothing happens without the sweet Beloved's will!
Since Dr. Merchant's treatment for Baba's piles had not been lasting, on Sunday, 15 April 1951, Meherjee brought another physician from Bombay named Dr. Kataria, who was accompanied by his assistant. Nariman came with them. Dr. Kataria's treatment started the next day. For six days, medicine was applied externally to the swollen tissue and covered with a bandage. But the size of the pile increased, and Baba suffered terrible pain. He could not sleep for two consecutive nights because of it.
A week later, on Sunday, 22 April, Kataria stopped the medicine and recommended a wheat-flour poultice be applied for 24 hours per day for another six days. By the 28th, this resulted in the hemorrhoids withering and being sloughed off, leaving a small open wound.
