So much so, that in spite of deep sleep, you do not feel a break in the continuity of your existence the moment you regain perceptibility of it. The reason is that Existence is infinite and eternal, and is continuously one whole. And that is why you always feel you are as you were.
Baba arrived in Vijayawada from Madras on Friday, 16 January 1953. Baba stayed at the rest house of the Vijayawada station, where many came to join him for the tour in Andhra. The mandali remained awake while Baba rested. But what sort of rest was it? He was "awake" the whole night, merged in his inner work. At times, he would send for some of the mandali; at times, instruct others. But, by the mandali's keeping awake, Baba felt rested and was in a very happy, refreshed mood.
The largest group of those who joined Baba was the 30 from Hamirpur. From Delhi had come Dhar, Ganjoo and Kishan Singh; from Nagpur, Nana Kher, Pankhraj, Bhau and Kapse; from Saoner, Pophali Pleader; from Bombay, Nariman and Meherjee; from Ahmednagar, Kaka Chinchorkar and Pandoba; from Amraoti, Deshmukh, his wife and daughter; from Aligarh, Todi Singh.
Baba remarked to Gauri Shankar Vaidya of Rath, who was an ayurvedic doctor, "I am in very poor health. Just feel my pulse." While the doctor was feeling it, Baba added, "I am now suffering from measles, flu, pneumonia and malaria all at once. Have you any medicine for me?"
Some people, such as Raja Balwant Rao Kher of Sagar and a few women from Hamirpur, had come without Baba's consent. Baba first rebuked, then pardoned them. Raja Saheb Kher had met Baba in Nagpur and had come to Vijayawada with Nana. Baba nicknamed him Mancher Shah (the name of a king), because he was descended from a royal family and had a stately, regal bearing.
Baba asked Keshav Nigam about his job, and he replied that he had not regained his former employment. Baba directed him not to seek another job until April, and this instruction proved a lifelong order for him, as he was destined to spend his life merged in work for the Avatar's cause.
Bhau had brought a basket of famous Nagpur oranges for Baba, which Baba threw like balls to those gathered. He would look in one direction and toss the fruit in another. Those who failed to catch it had to return it to Baba to throw again. Those who caught them were fortunate to have his prasad.