The door was opened, and Gandhi walked in. He said, "Baba, because I received a telegram from Jamshed Mehta, I have come. I would not have come on my own. I will see you for five minutes and then go away." I asked him to sit down. I was using the alphabet board then, and during his first visit, he stayed with me for three hours.
Gandhi asked questions about his difficulties, and I explained. He felt very happy. Every half hour, Mahadev, who was just outside the cabin, would remind him, "Bapu, it is time to leave." And every time, Gandhi would reply, "Just wait a while." I impressed him.
After this first visit, he left, and I embraced him before he departed. The second day, he was again at the cabin door. Again, he stayed long. He came for three days regularly. On the second day, I explained many things to him, dictating from the board. He interrupted at one point, saying, "Baba, it is time for you to speak, so that the world may hear your Word." He added, "I feel within that you are someone great. I did not feel the same way about Upasni Maharaj."
When I asked why, Gandhi said, "When I went to him, he had only a sackcloth wrapped around his waist. Seeing me, he parted it, revealing himself, and said, referring to me, 'However great or renowned in the world he may be, what have I to do with him?' "
Continuing about Mahatma Gandhi, Baba revealed:
I told Gandhi if he really felt I was someone great, then on the strength of the greatness that he attributed to me, then he should believe me when I said Maharaj was a Perfect Master. In India, there is no other such heart like Gandhiji's. From head to foot, he was for India. But he said: "Baba, I cannot understand how Upasni Maharaj can be a Sadguru; I can never feel satisfied with what you say about him."
I said: "If you find something great in me, I am satisfied. But you should believe the one whom you consider great, whether you are satisfied or not." He did not answer, and then, after a while, he inquired why I did not break my silence and why use the alphabet board. "Break your silence and tell the world what you have to say," he urged.