The mandali and those traveling with Baba were accommodated in the village school, while Baba stayed in a separate house. Eruch, Sidhu, Chhagan and Meherjee stayed with him, and Kunj Behari of Jarakhar kept guard at a distance to ensure that Baba was not disturbed.
It is beyond words to describe the love displayed by the Hamirpur lovers. These mostly illiterate and poor people's hearts were speaking, and they recognized Meher Baba through the language of the heart. Those having the good fortune to be with Baba at the time were drenched. It was love and love alone everywhere! As mentioned, the Fire of awakening had already been set several months before. Winds of Baba's presence now fanned the sparks into a wildfire. To receive Baba, this land and its people were ready with an open heart, and there was no talk except of Meher Baba. The villagers of Ichhuara — men, women and children of all ages — were wonderfully merry. It seemed to Age as if, after years of darkness, the Sun had risen in their lives!
"I feel happy to be among you today," Baba remarked to them at 5:15 P.M. "Love me wholeheartedly and you will always find me with you and see me, because I ever live in you all."
That evening, Baba walked alone for some time into a part of a forest near Ichhuara. Afterwards, he issued an order that that night not only his mandali but all his lovers in Ichhuara should observe complete silence, as he wished to do some special inner work. The order was carried out to Baba's satisfaction.
Early the next morning, at 4:00 A.M., Baba sanctified the Betwa River by bathing with its water. (He also drank some of the water.) Baba gave darshan at Ichhuara on the 4th, and thousands had the gift of his prasad as people from neighboring villages also came for the occasion. Baba made house visits to the homes of Chaturbuj, Bhagwandas Rathor and Ramsaiah Singh Baghel.
Before leaving Mahabaleshwar, Baba had dictated 12 messages for the public, which were sent ahead to Hamirpur and Andhra to be translated into Hindi and Telugu.
While dictating the following message called "Love Unadulterated," he had remarked, "The mess of this age will be dissolved by the fire of pure love. This is my main message!"
Love, as it is generally and commonly understood, is but an attachment with selfish thoughts and motives involved.