Eruch asked for a more clear-cut definition, asserting that only those whom Baba felt to be in the mandali were so, and no one had the right to assert that he was in the mandali.
Baba replied, "The feeling should be present on both sides."
Baba asked Harichand Kochar, "Are you in the mandali?"
Kochar replied that he felt at home with Baba, and Baba stated, "This is true. I also feel at home with you, but are you prepared to sacrifice all for me willingly? Are you prepared to do any day what I tell you without hesitation, even if I ask you to cut your daughter Raj's throat? Will you do that?"
Kochar said yes, and Baba assured him, "Then you are in the mandali."
Baba concluded, "Intimacy on both sides is absolutely necessary. On one side, I must accept him as one of the mandali, and on the mandali's part honesty is needed."
Darshan in Hamirpur started at 8:00 A.M. under a specially decorated awning. At 9:20, Baba dictated this message:
We all are one — rich, poor, man, woman, big, small, literate, illiterate. Everyone is entitled to realize the Divinity that is within us all equally, and the only way to know ourselves as one with God is by loving Him.
God does not listen to the language of the tongue which constitutes japa, mantras, devotional songs, et cetera. He does not listen to the language of the mind which constitutes meditation, concentration and thoughts about God. He only listens to the language of the heart which constitutes love; and this love does not need ceremonies and shows, but only silent devotion for the Beloved.
Infinite Honesty is one of the aspects of God. So the least hypocrisy creeping in ourselves keeps us aloof from God.
I am happy to be amongst you all and give you all my blessings.
Thousands of people had come from different villages in the district to Hamirpur for Baba's darshan. As at other places, bhajan singing continued throughout the entire program. Two singers, Amardan and Waman Rao, had been traveling with the group. On the 8th, darshan continued until noon, after which Baba visited the homes of Keshav Nigam, Bhavani Prasad, Pukar, Raisaheb Ramashankar and several other close ones.
Baba asked Keshav's wife Sudhadevi, "What do you desire?"
Keshav thought his wife might ask Baba for a son, since they had lost all four of theirs. He knew that she longed for at least one son. Instead, Sudhadevi replied: "Since you are found, Baba, everything is found. Now I don't wish for anything." Baba was very pleased with her response.