To those who observed him, it seemed that every tissue in his body was infused with suffering. Yet no one except those in his close proximity could have the slightest idea of this, because when Baba would come to Meherabad, he would appear radiant and happy.
Age commented, "It was a crucifixion for Baba to give his sahavas to people, and that, too, for a solid month. The Meherabad Sahavas program of 1955 was truly a historic occasion and a momentous example of the Avatar's infinite mercy and love. How fortunate were those who attended!"
Meherjee had aptly written to someone in the West: "Never before has Baba given so much to so many for so long."
During the four sahavas programs, as mentioned, Feram and Kishan Singh were writing down Baba's words, and Ramjoo later compiled these notes into a booklet titled The Company of God. Don Stevens, too, made use of this material in the book Listen, Humanity. In summing up the monthlong program, Ramjoo wrote:
God alone can keep company with God, but during the period of sahavas, which Baba gave so freely and fully, Baba left no stone unturned in order to help everyone invited make the most of the opportunity and get the largest possible share out of it. In the midst of each of the four different groups, Baba sat, worked, played, worshiped, heard, prayed, walked, "talked" and at rare moments allowed himself to be worshiped all so spontaneously and naturally ... And yet every week was different and distinct from the other.
Every little thing and big arrangement about the sahavas weeks received Baba's personal attention. He not merely issued instructions about the minutest bit to the collective arrangements but often personally checked them, and where necessary got them carried out in letter and spirit under his own supervision.
While freely mixing, moving and sitting with those living the life of his sahavas, what Baba said through his inimitable and animated gestures was all in the shape of small talk and general conversation. He never dwelt on any one particular subject for more than some minutes at a time. He would start explaining about love, and then suddenly switch over to the subject of cold and coughing. In between, he would remember some interesting point about his own life, return to the point of love and before it was finished, ask somebody to narrate some story.