After the termination of the meeting at 9:00 A.M., on the 2nd, Baba played for a while with the pupils of the Gurukul, throwing apples to them, which they deftly caught. Baba then set out to visit the homes of his lovers, going first to Dharmarao's. His entire family was steeped in Baba's love. They performed his arti, and Baba distributed jackfruit as prasad. Dharmarao had driven Baba's car throughout the Andhra journey, and Baba advised him to take rest after he had gone.
T. A. Pillay and his daughters Mira and Veena came to Dharmarao's home, and Baba met them lovingly. Veena was still like a mastani, and Baba shed more of his grace on her.1 Baba visited B. Jyoti Prakash's residence, and also Pillay's, before returning to the Gurukul. Bulliah had arranged food for Baba and the mandali there, and had seen to their accommodations. Baba appreciated his love.
Some people came to the Gurukul to see Baba, and the sweet rhythm of "Namo Meher Baba, Avatar, Namo Dev Deva!" continued nonstop.
Baba left Rajahmundry for Kakinada at 1:00 P.M. on 2 March 1954. On his way, he gave darshan in the village of Thapeshwaram in the Satchitananda Theosophical Lodge, where a program had been arranged. There, at two o'clock in the afternoon, the Master's Prayer was read and this message given:
I am the one so many seek and so few find. No amount of intellect can fathom me. No amount of austerity can attain me. Only when one loves me and loses one's self in me, am I found. This love must be so honest that not only others should not know it, but you yourself should not be aware of it. One of the divine aspects is infinite goodness, and so do good but without expecting any appreciation for the same from any quarters.
Baba gives his blessings to all.
Baba's arti was sung, and he distributed prasad. While receiving prasad, a man asked for Baba's blessing.
Baba stated, "My blessing is here in the prasad. If people take it with love, it will go deep down in their hearts. If not, messages are idle talk."
Leaving there, Baba stopped at 2:45 P.M. in the town of Alamuru, where darshan was held in the newly built Shanti movie theater. Almost 1,000 people were present and received his prasad. They heard this message from Baba titled "The Atma's Love of Play":
Footnotes
- 1.An example of Baba's grace was an incident that occurred a year later, in June 1955: Pillay continued to keep a loving watch over his daughter, even at night, as Veena would sometimes wander from house to house. One night, he woke from deep sleep to find the room unnaturally bright. Looking towards Veena's bed, he found it empty — then he saw in a corner of the room, Baba standing before the kneeling figure of his daughter. When he recovered from his dazed stupor, Pillay too went forward to have Baba's darshan, and stood awaiting his turn. Veena must have felt someone was behind her, for she raised her head from Baba's feet and turned to look round. At that point, the vision disappeared.