Ranga Rao declared, "I have given up!"
Dhanapathy said, "I will help in creating love among us, and then, each of us will spread your message of love."
Baba asked everyone individually, and all said they would carry out his wishes.
Changing the topic, Baba told this story:
When I was in Dehra Dun, a swami who was an M.A. came to see me.1 He was a professor in a Delhi college. He touched my heart. When he saw me, he said he would do what I told him. Then he met with Baba lovers and told them that I had made him my chargeman! In my name, he collected Rs.500 from one lover and Rs.2,000 from another. These two men had not yet had my darshan. One of them even wrote to Adi, requesting darshan and explained to him what had happened to show his love for me!
The main thing is to gain love and give love. Everything gets merged in love. As the members of one family are close to each other in love, you, too, come close to one another like one family. Love one another and then tell others to love one another. Even if the whole world goes against you, do not become distressed. The world does not know what you do. Don't be exasperated with it. Never become dismayed. It appears there are only a few [lovers] here, but if you follow me properly you will change the whole world.
I will be going out for a year. Do not correspond with me or Eruch. No one from Andhra should correspond directly with Adi, but should do so through the Andhra Center.
If anyone slaps you, take his hand lovingly and tell him, "Love Baba!" But no one loves Baba like this, not even me!
Baba stopped and, as desired by the members of the committee, their photographs were taken with him by Bhaiya Panday and P. Narayana Swamy.
After tea, at 3:10 P.M., the group gathered before Baba in the hall. On Baba's asking, Kutumba Sastri recapitulated what had transpired during the meeting.
Katta Subba Rao looked dissatisfied, and Baba remarked: "I think Katta Subba Rao is boiling within! This is understandable because when I was in Eluru, he served me well, spent for all my comforts, food and accommodation and for the mandali also. How is it that you have kept him off the committee?"
Footnotes
- 1.This refers to Swami Paramananda of Uttar Pradesh, who could not obey "three simple orders" Baba gave him.