The newsreel was shown late that night on television in the New York area.
Baba left the interview room and went into a smaller room next door for a press conference with reporters from the New York newspapers. About a dozen or so had come to interview him. Ivy had already briefed them on Baba's life and background. Eruch, as usual, interpreted for Baba:
"I am very happy to see you all. While I was giving the interviews a few minutes ago, this gentleman asked, 'Baba, what is your title?' Do you remember?"
The reporter said, "Yes, I do."
"In India the Indians call me Avatar, which means God in human form, God descending in human form. But I say to everyone, you are all Avatars. Why? Because God is in all. I and you are One. That is what I say to all. In India when I go to different places to give darshan, that is when the people see me and bow down to me, then I bow down to them — to the aged, to the lepers, to the children — to make them understand that the only Reality is God. Every individual should be happy, but no one is. Why? It is due to ignorance. They do not understand that God resides in all, that God knows everything. If they would just resign to the will of God, they would be happy because they would know how to feel happy. One should not think of self; one should think of others and try to make others happy. Then there will not be any strife. All would be happy; everything would be harmonious.
"Yesterday, I gave out this message: God who is all-power, all-wisdom, all-love, all-mercy and all-bliss resides in us all. There also reside in us all the opposite aspects of these infinite qualities like helplessness, ignorance, lust, cruelty and suffering. He who desires God develops compassion, selflessness and self-denying renunciation. He who runs after transitory shadow objects of desires cultivates selfishness, greed and hatred. The former brings peace on Earth; the latter brings war and destruction. Give up low desires and unnecessary cravings, and you will experience heaven on earth."
Another reporter asked, "We have here many excerpts of messages concerning your silence. Is there any one statement that is more significant than the other?"
"There is one," Baba replied. "When I break my silence, the world will come to know that I am the One whom they were waiting for."