Baba arrived in Chuharpur by car on Tuesday, 3 November 1953, at about 2:30 P.M. with some of the mandali — others had gone in advance by bus. He was vociferously hailed by the gathering of almost 2,000 that had assembled. During the darshan, Baba dictated the following message:
We should dedicate our life to God or the Perfect Master. This means that we should dedicate our happiness and sufferings, our virtues and vices, our strengths and weaknesses. By sincerely dedicating our life we become free, and God or the Perfect Master takes over our responsibility.
Throughout eternity, the message of God has always been and will always be of love, and this love can only be true in love for God. Love for God can be expressed individually through devotion, intense prayers, renunciation, meditation, intense longing for His union and by surrender to the God-Man. It can also be expressed through action, by service to others and giving happiness to others at all cost. Without this love, life is not worth living. One who passes through innumerable lives without this love for God has futilely lived the false life.
Baba concluded: I give you all my blessings, and hope my being among you today will influence some souls to try to attain this love for God.
After the message was translated into Hindi and read out, Baba began distributing prasad. An accountant in a local bank, named Kewal Singh, asked Baba, "What is the easiest way to reach God?"
"Love God so much that you forget yourself!" replied Baba.
The darshan lasted until four o'clock that afternoon. After embracing Brahma Dutt, Baba visited his house and then returned to Dehra Dun with the mandali.
Meanwhile, devotees in Kovvur, Andhra, wished to start a center there in Meher Baba's name, for which he gave his approval. In a letter dated 15 November, he sent them a message about making him their "Constant Companion":
Make me your constant companion. Think of me more than you think of your own self. The more you think of me, the more you will realize my love for you.