That day, referring to the humiliation Baba had to face, he stated:
This humiliation has to come. I will be beaten, slapped and kicked, and so will the mandali. I will later die as the result of injuries received. Then two things will happen: defeat and hesitation. The hearts of those who love me will waver, but when I break my silence everything will change. God will do as He has ordained. I feel 100 percent sure of it today. God's work, God will do.
Speaking of love, Baba commented:
Love is a gift from God to man, and when this gift is bestowed it kills the lover — it makes him dead to the world — and he lives forever in his Beloved. But he undergoes such terrible pangs of separation which none but a lover can pass through. In this love one has to burn. But if his plight is made known to others, it is an insult to the Beloved.
A few months before, Baba had sent Krishnaji from Saoner to Uttar Kashi. As mentioned previously, although he was known then as "Krishna Swami," after coming into Baba's contact he was called Krishnaji. At the end of March 1953, Krishnaji came to Dehra Dun to see Baba. Discussing matters with him on Sunday, 29 March, Baba stated:
Keeping silence has no meaning. My observing silence is not for any ulterior purpose, but for my manifestation. I say this because God knows it as gospel truth. My silence is for the world. When I speak, God will speak; otherwise, silence as spiritual sadhana has no great value. Mind has to be silent. So do not think of observing silence. Do not think of suicide. We are dead and we never die, and by escaping from this material plane we do not escape in the real sense of the word.
Dear Krishna, we always were since eternity and we will ever be so. I will show you today how to live and how to die. I give you this discourse because I really love you, and if only you could follow my advice 100 percent, with God's grace you will be emancipated. Therefore, do not worry. You are not meant for worldly life.