Baba would occasionally bow to him, and each time Isa was thrilled, since he was always given two rupees. In fact, he wished Baba would lay his head on his feet more often. He would boast to his friends, "I love Baba with all my heart; that is why he gives me two rupees. You too must love him so that you can earn something." His friends would go to Baba on Isa's persuasion, and Isa would praise them to Baba. But Baba chose only one boy, and bowed down to him. Isa would tell the others, "You don't know how to love! What can I do? I always say good things to Baba about you, but you have no love within you."
The same day, Prakashwati came to see Baba with the saint Anandamayi Ma. The woman saint was given Rs.1,000 as Meher Baba's contribution to her for starting a medical dispensary in Manjri Mafi.
Harjiwan Lal's son, Sugandh, was another visitor on the 30th. His younger brother Inder was in England, and Baba told Sugandh to join him there for further studies.
A friend of Kumar's named Brahma Dutt would come to Baba occasionally. Brahma Dutt also arrived on the 30th and brought a friend named Brahma Dev, who had been suffering from asthma for the past seven or eight years. In the course of conversation, when Baba asked about his illness, he described his condition. Baba advised him to fast on water for seven days and remember him wholeheartedly. He did it and was freed of his malady.
Discussing world conditions on 31 July 1953, Baba observed:
I feel that a lot of ups and downs will be experienced in the world; tremendous upheavals will take place, and many parts of the world will be affected. This will be from natural and unnatural causes and will happen as a result of something small. Egypt is there, Iran is there, Kashmir is there, Berlin is there and Austria is now coming up.1 If war breaks out, the disaster will be unprecedented. They will use atom bombs and deadly gases. But what I am going to tell you is different. It may precipitate war. A surface fire is easy to extinguish, but fires in mines and collieries are most difficult to put out. Quetta was in ruins in five minutes when rocked by an earthquake. Forty thousand people perished in it. Was there any remedy to prevent it when it occurred? Such destruction occurs through natural and unnatural causes.
Footnotes
- 1.After World War II, Austria was separated from Germany by the Allies and divided into zones of occupation. In 1953, serious political differences threatened a newly-elected coalition government.