Those who came for his darshan also felt that they had known him for a long time; they instantly felt a deep rapport with him. Each would also feel that Baba loved him or her most. The reason was that Baba was consciously on everyone's level; his Divine Consciousness was at one with their limited consciousness, and consequently they felt the close connection.
Baba and his group left Kovvur for Rajahmundry at about 1:50 P.M., on the 27th, and arrived there within an hour. The Godavri River flows between Kovvur on the western side and Rajahmundry on the eastern side. Up to this point, all the functions had taken place in West Godavri district. The programs in East Godavri began at Rajahmundry.
Arrangements for Baba and the mandali's stay were made in the Gurukul hostel (a boarding school) where he had stayed the previous year. The darshan was to be held on the grounds of the Municipal High School where a large shamiana (canopy) had been raised. Over 6,000 had gathered, and rows and rows of parked cars, a phenomenon not seen elsewhere, testified to the fact that many of the wealthier citizens of the area had come. Here the richest and the poorest of the town joined together for Baba's darshan. To plunge into the Ocean, a pure heart is all that is required; external differences of wealth and property count for nothing.
Dharmarao's three daughters offered prayers. Arti was performed and welcome addresses made. Thereafter, the usual three messages were read aloud. As at other places, Baba sat on the ground with the crowd and explained his reason for doing so. Later, at 4:30, his fingers flew over the alphabet board, producing this spontaneous message:
In the spiritual path, these messages and addresses mean nothing. Without actual experience , all philosophical statements are idle talk, and all these ceremonies are a further addition to the existing illusion.
If, instead of erecting churches, fire-temples, mandirs [temples] and mosques, people were to establish the House of God in their hearts for their Beloved God, my work will have been done. If, instead of performing ceremonies and rituals mechanically as age-old customs, people were to serve their fellow beings with the selflessness of love, taking God to be equally residing in one and all, and thinking that by serving others they are serving God, my work will have been fulfilled.
I give you all my blessings so that if not all, some of you, a few of you or even one of you could love God honestly and find me in everyone and everything.