Ghani replied, "However long a man may be laboring on this Path, he is after all human without the experience of God; and being human, there is a limit to his patience and forbearance. Gustadji has at last spoken his mind and opened his heart today."
Baba replied, "No doubt Gustadji conscientiously tries his best to help me, but in his own way, and therein is his mistake.
Everyone knows that he is the one who looks after my person, my individual needs, and sees to my comfort from morning to night; but all must obey me implicitly in every situation."
Since the 2nd of October, the early morning repetition of the name of God had begun and it was done daily throughout this period. While the mandali, sitting in their chosen places and postures, were mentally repeating, "Yezdan" or "Allah" or "Ram," Baba was alone upstairs in his room dashing his head on the floor!
Sometimes, while he was talking with the men, he would suddenly roll his eyes up in his head — as if looking through his third eye — and take a few deep breaths, then look down and dash his head on a window or a door! Once he shattered the glass in the window while doing this. Occasionally, the men would see bruises and blood on his forehead; usually he would cover the wound by wrapping a large kerchief around his head.
In one way or another, through physical illness or by hammering his head, Baba suffered continuously at the Manzil — although he was intensely vigilant and lightning-quick in his activities. He saw to the physical and mental well-being of each man and would take notice of the smallest matters. Despite his extraordinary suffering, he continued to participate in games and sports, and usually appeared to be the healthiest and most vigorous of any of the men at the Manzil.
With Baba's permission, Vajifdar rented a bungalow in the suburb of Juhu for a picnic on Sunday, 8 October. But that morning Baba's health was shaky and he appeared unwell. Despite this, he insisted on accompanying the mandali. He remarked, "We should go to Juhu with the joy that schoolboys feel while going home for vacation."
Reaching Juhu, the Master rested for a while and then played a field game called thasak with the mandali under the shade of coconut trees. Afterward, at lunch, he insisted on serving the rich meal of puris (small, round, deep-fried wheat bread), a potato dish and shrikhand (a sweet yogurt dish). After eating, all were told to stay inside the bungalow, as it was very hot outside.