For the poor, I am the personification of poverty. For the rich, I am the Emperor of emperors, but I am the slave of those who love me.
So my coming here would be worth it if you could love me. I give you my blessings.
Baba's Lamp was lit throughout Hamirpur District, and moths there fluttered around it. People wanted to look at Baba if only just once, and for this glimpse were prepared for any sacrifice. But to see him even once is not in everyone's naseeb (fortune). There are billions in the world, but only a handful could see the Avatar; and of these few even fewer remained bowed in surrenderance to him. Those in Hamirpur and Andhra were among the blessed who bowed at his feet and remained there.
Baba arrived in Chhani at 3:45 P.M. on the 7th. Again, instead of sitting in the chair placed for him, Baba sat on the verandah of the government village dispensary and gave darshan to the crowd from there. This was his message:
If you have rock-like faith and flame-like love for God, nothing in this world will affect you. Flattery will not touch you. Happiness will not humor you. Misery will not trouble you. So I give you all my blessings to love me and find that God alone is real, which will make you rise above this imaginary phenomena and make you understand that Baba alone is real.
When Baba arrived, many of the villagers had been watching a wrestling match at a local fair. But as soon as word spread that Meher Baba had come, the match was stopped, and everyone rushed to him for darshan. Baba was in the car preparing to leave when this crowd came. He agreed to come out if they sat in an orderly fashion. After five minutes, order was restored, and Baba stepped back on the platform to give his darshan to those who had come late. These people acclaimed him heartily. Soon after, Baba left for Hamirpur.
The Hamirpur lovers received Baba with utmost reverence and took him to the Circuit House, where they had arranged his stay. The mandali were taken to Bhavani Prasad Nigam's home, where they were received lovingly.
At seven o'clock on the morning of Monday, 8 February 1954, while discussing matters with the mandali and Hamirpur workers, Baba explained to Meherjee:
In the material world, every pie [cent] counts.