5. Same as above to apply to Sheba and Peter at Grafton.
6. Baba will decide himself, if his body is not dropped, as to where the ladies will stay after the period of three months. If not, then General Order Number 11 is to be followed.
7. In case of death among the ladies, the body is to be removed to Meherabad and buried on the hill there, as follows:
i. Mehera's next to and to the right side of Baba's Tomb.
ii. Naja's next to Mehera's and to the right side of Baba's Tomb.
iii. Meheru's next to Naja's and to the right side of Baba's Tomb.
iv. Mani's next to and to the left side of Baba's Tomb.
v. Goher's next to Mani's and to the left side of Baba's Tomb.
vi. Rano's next to Goher's and to the left side of Baba's Tomb.
A list showing where the mandali members when dead would be buried or cremated was then handed to Padri.
Regarding the credit attributed to him for miracles by some of his lovers, Baba remarked:
"I often wonder at the coincidences and so-called miracles that happen. But these matters are not of any great importance. In spiritual history, it has always been the case that most insignificant things are magnified. But by doing this, the lovers do not understand that such overestimation lowers the spiritual status of their Master, and I am afraid history will repeat itself again!"
Baba distributed mangoes to everyone present. He, however, showed his displeasure when Bal Natu asked him about some previous orders given to Mauni Bua. As punishment, Baba ordered Natu to sell 50 copies of Baba's childhood photo with his high school cricket team. He also asked Bal Natu to inform Mauni Bua to continue his silence until the end of July 1955. Baba later reduced the number of photographs to be sold by Natu to five.
About that picture of young Merwan with the cricket team, Baba remarked,
"For so many years I was searching for the one ideal boy, but when I saw that photograph, I thought: 'I have found the ideal boy!' "
Someone said, "Well, Baba, then that's the end of your search for the ideal boy?"
"No," Baba immediately responded. "This is just a photograph."
The meeting then concluded at 3:30 P.M. Baba had been with them continuously for almost eight hours. He did not embrace or shake hands with those who had come. He simply raised his hand in farewell, with that memorable smile on his face, as he left for Grafton. All the out-of-town lovers departed for their homes that same day or the next morning, and discussions about Baba's seclusion began.1
Footnotes
- 1.Kishan Singh left on 2 May 1955.