Baba gestured, "Have you followed what Baba said? Who has not heard properly? Don, will you please repeat."
Don Stevens repeated the gist of this message, which was news to many present.
Baba continued: "There are many good saints in India. There are some on the Path. Some are advanced souls. There is one, Gadge Maharaj, in the Deccan. He is a great one.
"Don, have you heard of him, have you seen him?"
Don said he had not.
"Gadge Maharaj has a very large following. He is about 90 years of age and walks about all the time, telling others to love God. And Gadge Maharaj loves me intensely, very deeply. In India, when there was the sahavas meeting in 1954, and the Western men were there, Gadge Maharaj came to my darshan. Who has seen him at that time?"
Fred Winterfeldt, Darwin Shaw, John Bass, Dana Field, Joseph Harb and others put up their hands. Ben Hayman said he arrived in India too late.
"Gadge Maharaj came to me, he bowed down to me. I made him sit near me. He was sitting for a long time near me. He is very well known in different parts of India, although he works in the Deccan. Wherever he goes, a huge crowd gathers around him to hear him speak. And he loves me; he knows my greatness."
Adi related, "Once Gadge Maharaj told me: 'Tell Baba to bless me. He is the World Teacher and I am just an ordinary saint. He is the Big Sun and I am just a flame. Tell him to bless me!' "
Baba continued, "In India, there are many saints, but seven of them are my beloved chidren. One is Gadge Maharaj ... He is on the sixth plane. There are six others: Kirpal Singh, Kammu Baba, Nityananda of Bombay, [Swami Papa] Ramdas of Malabar. In the Himalayas, there is one Vishnu Datt Digambar; [Swami] Shivananda [of Rishikesh]. They are my beloved children.
I am thinking of having a big meeting after the 15th of February. I want to invite these seven [saints]. This meeting will be a very great affair, and I do not want you to miss the opportunity. If I invite you, try to come. Elizabeth, you must not try, but must come. After that meeting, the breaking of my silence, my glorification, my manifestation, all will happen in quick succession, as I have declared.
"All of you remember one thing. After the 15th of February, you may contribute if you wish; save now for the journey so that you can attend the meeting. From now on, try to save to attend the meeting if you are invited, so that you can afford the airfares and so forth. Do not think of giving to Baba now."