This was in reference to Baba's health, which was still not good. He complained of aches all over his body and he had not slept properly for weeks.
At the end of the month he remarked, "January has been a living death for me! I will die in January but will rise again in February."
Keshav Nigam was told to convene a workers' meeting in Hamirpur.
Regarding that meeting, Baba remarked to Bhau, "I will make you the leader of those committing spiritual suicide! Just accompany me to Hamirpur and you will see."1
Bhau could not fathom this remark, and neither could any of the other mandali.
Pendu was, as usual, the controller of the journey with overall responsibility for travel arrangements; Kumar was to act as the Commander-in-Chief. Sadashiv Patil came from Poona and was to coordinate arrangements for their meals. (Baba nicknamed him Ma-Baap [Mother-Father], one approached with an entreaty respectfully with folded hands.) Others, including Nariman, Meherjee, Jalbhai, Chhagan, Sidhu, Dhake, Nana Kher, Ramjoo, Gadekar, Pankhraj and Hellan, were to accompany Baba and the mandali to Hamirpur. Harjiwan Lal was to go direct from Delhi, and Brahma Dutt from Dehra Dun. Baba stated that during the tour two of his men should always be with him, namely Eruch and Meherjee. Jalbhai was to read the board in case of Eruch's absence. Chhagan and Sidhu were to attend to his comforts as personal attendants; Dhake and Kumar were to escort Baba (holding his umbrella) while visiting places of darshan. Ramjoo was to maintain a diary, compiled from notes kept by Kishan Singh.
Seeing the Avatar's activities, Age was caught up in the excitement of pre-departure. It knew how naturally Baba was doing his Universal work. It had seen how, becoming a seeker, the Avatar lived his New Life and annihilated the mind. At first, Age had been puzzled as to how the Universal Mind of the Avatar could be annihilated. But it realized that the Avatar's Universal Mind is linked to every living and inert mind; and out of these infinite numbers, perhaps he selected some for Manonash!
After his Manonash in seclusion, the Avatar had set fire to different places in India, and to intensify it, he had summoned the winds of Love to blow.
Footnotes
- 1.Later, when Baba put Bhau in charge of correspondence for the entire district of Hamirpur, Bhau realized it meant he was to be a medium for Baba's work there.