Before plunging into my Fiery Life, I intend for the first and last time to pay homage to the three Masters with whom I have connections — Sai Baba, Upasni Maharaj and Babajan — at their respective resting places.
I shall then proceed to Bombay and bow down at the feet of masts and saints there, and then plunge into the Fiery Life, wherein I will be a lover of God.
After the message was read, Baba looked pleased, because he had finished the most important work for which the congregation had been held.
With a smile he stated, "Now relax for fifteen minutes and then there will be a bhajan program."
When all had reassembled, the singing started. After two well-composed bhajans by the Poona group, and one abhang (hymn) of Tukaram by Rustom Kaka, two ghazals were sung by Abdur Rehman, Dr. Ghani's brother; one composed by Khak Saheb and the other by Ghani. Baba appreciated the depth of feeling expressed in these ghazals. He commented to the gathering that Ghani, Ghani's brother Abdur, Sailor (Khodu) and Baily were his childhood chums.
Ghani had passed away, and in case Baba would also leave this world, he stated, he would be happy that "at least three [of us] will still be left!"
Baba added, "We all played together, we even quarreled, but the outstanding thing was that they all loved me dearly."
Then he asked Sailor, "What do you think of me now?"
Sailor's instant reply was: "God-personified!"
The same question was put to Baily who answered, "I take Baba as my all in all."
Baba's face shone with pleasure, and he joked, "As my early childhood friends think so highly of me, even after so many years, it is enough to make me feel that there must be something extraordinary in me!"
After the program Baba wanted to go for lunch. He stated that in the afternoon he would see those whom he had not personally met the previous day.
Baba was very preoccupied in his room opposite the hall until 4:40 P.M., discussing many things with different people in connection with his work and the various programs of mass darshan. At 4:45 Baba entered the pandal. He stated he wanted to settle the exact dates of darshan at different places. All those individuals (programwalas) in charge of arranging the mass darshans at their places were informed that they must carefully observe the three points which had been mentioned and discussed when they were called to Meherazad, which were: