Nilu was quick to crack, "They are your limbs but only I am your tummy!"
Baba smiled, then resumed:
Be patient. Think that you have dropped your bodies! Ghani, Chanji and some other lovers of mine have dropped their bodies, so think of yourselves as included in their list. One day you have to drop the body. Think you are now dead, and thus stop worrying.
The time has come for you to work for me. Such chances do not come easily. People are always engaged in producing children; the chance to serve me is rarely given. If you think more of me and less of your worldly affairs, my work will be done well. All of you must be happy and ready to sacrifice your lives for me. Then, when the time comes, none of you will fail.
Baba joked, "You are all rogues! Goondas [hoodlums] steal money and rob banks; you, too, should be spiritual goondas and steal God! Scoundrels are not afraid to risk their lives to achieve their objectives. You, too, should not care about your lives in your efforts to attain God."
This ended the meeting.
In the afternoon, again referring to the "setbacks" in his work, Baba stated:
An additional setback has occurred. The mast brought by Elcha and Baidul is sick. I was thinking of working with him on the 20th to the 21st, but Baidul gave him six plates of dal, and on top of it, meat with a lot of chilies. It affected his stomach, and has resulted in a setback for the work I wanted to do. He is a fine mast. Now he has diarrhea, and if he dies, it will be a great burden on my head and on Baidul's head!
Elcha is the chief cause of all the setbacks. He is the man who did not bring the station wagon. He is the man for whom the tour has been postponed. And he is the man who brought me the mast. See that the mast gets well by July 20; otherwise, my work with him will end. His diet should be regulated as Nilu advises.
Baba then discussed with Krishnaji his situation, informing him: "I have decided that what you have been doing these past years, you should now do just the opposite for the next four months, from August until the end of November. Do not stay in any ashram; do not stay near any saint; do not touch any woman; do not do any propaganda work for me; do not roam about but stay in one place; keep silence as much as possible for the four months and think of me.