About October and November, I have not decided yet. December is on its own. For October and November, I have three or four places in mind, in view of what I expect to happen to my body in December. There is Mahabaleshwar, Dehra Dun, Mysore and Hyderabad. I will think about it. That's why I told Vishnu to see about Mahabaleshwar and Panchgani. He says he has inquired about bungalows with several house agents. In December, I will not be in Dehra Dun or any fixed place, as I will be moving about from place to place.
I know that in October and November the climate is best here. All say so, but it is not the only thing I have to think about. In November, I have to think through the change, how I feel inside, in view of the two points [changing the place and something serious happening to his body], and then fix a certain place.
I want to finish certain work before August 1. So, we will leave on July 22, finish the work and return on the 29th [of July]. The original plan I now want to carry out within seven days. That is why I have been saying that we will visit seven very good masts, seven samadhis and seven dargahs, and finish the work in seven days. Those who come with me will not sleep. Gustadji, Eruch, Baidul, Pendu, Kishan Singh, Kumar, Elcha and Hellan will accompany me. Elcha is free to come with me or not. If he comes, he will have to keep awake!
This ended the meeting. (The July trip mentioned was later postponed until September.)
At the beginning of the next meeting on the following evening, Thursday, 16 July 1953, Baba had the Life Circular Number 9 read out to him again. He then commented about it:
In the ordinary sense, defeat means humiliation. But universal humiliation [as stated in the circular] and defeat are two different things. After that will be the attack, although I won't die from it; still, it will be the ultimate cause of my physical death.
If this is to come to pass, then the something which will happen to my body by December will not kill me before the ordained things happen, though some very serious trouble is to come. I know that you will give your head and life, if ordered. You all will do it. But when the time comes, a lot of chaos and confusion will occur. History will repeat itself. Every day thousands die; but it is difficult to die in the nick of time when the situation demands.