Baba then related stories about Upasni Maharaj to Bhau. One story was about a man named Taramek, who lived with Maharaj at Sakori and used to look after affairs in the ashram. Maharaj's spiritual mother, Durgabai Karmarkar, was also there, but rarely would she do any work. One day she and Taramek got into an argument. Maharaj told them to leave, because both had a love for money. There was another man named Mahadev. He was a farmer who loved Maharaj very much, and he did nothing but remember Maharaj all day long. One day the question arose at the ashram about Taramek working the whole day, but Mahadev doing no work at all. Maharaj said, "Those who do nothing for years together perform the most arduous work. To do nothing for years is great tapa [penance]."
Baba added, "Jawaharlal Nehru and Churchill, who hold the keys to their nations, do a great deal of work. But Nilkanthwala Mast, who does nothing and remains lying on his cot all day, does infinitely greater work than Nehru!
"What does doing nothing mean? To eat is work, to fast is also work; to sleep is work and to remain awake is work. The remedy then is: Whatever work is entrusted to us, if done according to the wishes of the person entrusting it, we have done nothing."
Baba explained at length about desires, how they are stored in the mind and how the mind generally revolts.
At the end, he remarked to Bhau, "Now you will live for me."
Although Bhau had been called for fifteen days, after three days Baba sent him back home.
Baba instructed, "Go back to Nagpur and take complete rest for one month. Thereafter, come to Dehra Dun where I will break every bone in your body!
"Don't think I am sending you back. I will keep you with me. It is definite."
Baba gave Bhau certain instructions, and he and Deshmukh left.
In early May 1953, Baba called Elcha Mistry, Kishan Singh, Kumar and Hellan for a special meeting. During the meeting, Elcha was entrusted with the task of hiring a station wagon for two weeks from the 5th of June.
Baba informed these men, "For the purpose of bringing about momentous results in my work, I am planning on traveling day and night on a mast tour. You will have no rest and no sleep for fifteen days."