As Baba's leg was still in plaster, this idea too was eventually dropped. On the 16th, Don suggested driving to Duke Hospital, which was nearby in Durham, North Carolina, for a checkup, to which Baba agreed.
On Tuesday, 17 June 1952, Baba dictated this circular concerning Sufism Reoriented:
Meher Baba is equally connected with Islam and its Sufism, Christianity and its mysticism, the Orient and its Vedantism, broad Buddhism, practical Zoroastrianism, Jainism and many other such "isms," which all speak the same divine Truth and lead to the same divine Goal. Meher Baba is also detached and above all these divine paths. He has to awaken the followers of these paths to the real meaning of these isms in their true spirit by reorienting these isms, and in this capacity, he has reoriented Sufism in the charter to be universally adopted.
Adi Sr. clarified a few points to Ivy, in a letter dated 5 July 1952:
[Baba] wants you not to worry about it at all but leave it to him. Meanwhile he wants you to note that: "Sufism Reoriented American Center has no direct connection with the 'Meher Center on the Lakes Myrtle Beach.'
"Meher Center on the Lakes Myrtle Beach" is not a Sufi, Vedantic, Buddhist, Christian or Zoroastrian Center. It is the Baba Center based on universality. This Baba Center will have within it four different centers of devotion, service, renunciation and knowledge.
An account of Baba's visit to Myrtle Beach had appeared in the local newspaper on 13 June, and Baba wished it to be printed and circulated in India. Accordingly, on the 20th, Meherjee wrote to Was Deo Kain in Delhi:
Baba wishes you to get this message [of 13 June] and the news review [about his trip to Myrtle Beach] printed and published in Delhi papers, like the Hindustan Times, National Standard and also the vernacular papers. In short, Baba wishes that these be published in as many newspapers as possible.
Baba and all the members are recovering gradually, and they are all well. Baba is still confined to bed owing to the fracture in the leg. Today [ sic ], we are taking him to the famous Duke Hospital at Durham, about 215 miles from here for a checkup and perhaps to change the plaster cast on the leg, which is a bit loose. We hope to be back at Myrtle Beach about the 25th inst.