"However, if you can experience within your heart a continuous and deep longing for the Beloved without any external sign, so much the better. Weep within continuously; outwardly remain normal and cheerful."
The music program ended at five that afternoon. Baba asked all to wash their faces and hands again, and the names of God from the four different religions were repeated.
As Baba got down from his gaadi, he turned to Nana Kher and asked, "Why are you growing a beard?"
Nana answered, "My beard is so tough, letting it grow is easier than shaving."
Baba teased him, "It is good that you did not get married, because your wife might not have liked the sight of a bearded husband."
While leaving the hall, Baba urged all to have a good rest and keep well for the coming three days.
The next morning, Friday, 7 November 1952, Baba arrived from Meherazad at 7:30 A.M. for the first of the scheduled three days of meetings. Most of those invited had arrived by two early morning trains. Baba entered the hall at 9:45 A.M., and all were overjoyed to have him in their midst once more. The Poona bhajan group sang until 10:30 A.M.
During the singing, someone asked Baba how he was doing after the accident.
Baba replied: "I am well due to your dua [blessings] and God's dua . Mine is God's and God's means yours, and so this circle of blessings goes on.
"All is bondage; there is nothing except One, and to call Him 'One' is also ignorance. He is I and everything is He. Only the experience of that Oneness has got to be gained. All else is your kirpa [blessings].
"I am before the beginning was, and so are you."
Baba concluded, "I have now tasted the injury as it had never before been tasted."
After the bhajans, Baba remarked to Deshmukh, "I feel I will be free in April."
Deshmukh replied, "Baba, you are eternally free."
Baba responded, "I am eternally bound, but from time to time, I set myself free. God willing, this time it could be by the end of April. I will make this point clear tomorrow."
He dictated to the group: "Tomorrow being a very important day for me, I want every one of you to be here all day. Being here means to be here with heart and soul, not thinking of your families and other worries. Therefore, I want to impress on you very seriously that tomorrow you should all have your mind on what I say, explain, declare and decide."