Baba recalled the accident in 1952: "After my automobile accident in America, my leg was put in plaster. No one for a moment ever wondered why, being the Avatar, I could not avoid the collision. Or whether I did not know about it in advance. On the contrary, they remained steadfast in their love.
"Don Stevens saw me in America at that time. He, too, had no thought as to why the Avatar should get injured. Krishna died with an arrow in his body. Is it a fact? Yes, it is."
Baba asked Don, "Did you ever think about why my leg was in plaster?"
Don said, "I didn't think about your leg, but I often wondered if you were who you said you were!"
Baba proceeded to explain:
I say on my divine authority that I am the only one pervading everything — the only one in creation. Don't treat these as mere words from a learned man or a philosopher. You are wasting your time in shouting Jai so often. Five days ago, when Godavri Mai came from Sakori, I said the same thing. I am the Ancient One, the Only One, and she should always repeat my name, think of me, remember me. I tell the same thing not only to you all, but also to saints and advanced souls on the Path.
A saint of Bombay named Kammu Baba , who deeply loves and reveres me, has written a letter requesting me to free him of all burden and take him near me. I replied to his message, by saying he should repeat my name constantly and should not forget to take it when he drops his body. When I say I am the Only One, I mean it. Christ also said the same thing when he said, "I and my Father are One!"
What is this "I?"
The difference between the I of the Ancient One and of you all is that the first I is free of all bindings, whereas your I is bound. What else can I say? I am THAT and I have to declare it. All else is illusion. After 100 years or so, you all will drop your bodies, but still you will be there. Don't think about your body, think only about me, and just before you drop the body take my name. What you see of me physically is not what I am.