Baba mounted the brick steps again and sat down on a white wood bench at the cliff's edge. He began tossing sweets to the crowd as prasad. The sweets ran out and Kitty ran for more. With a loving smile, Baba dropped a candy into Harry Kenmore's open palm. At 6:30 P.M., Baba retired to his house for the night.
Before leaving, he said: "I'll walk with you, I'll talk with you, I'll play with you, but I want you to remember that I am the Highest of the High."
On Friday morning , 27 July 1956, Baba had an early breakfast, because the television film crew was scheduled to arrive shortly. He also had a few private interviews, the first with Michael and Anne Kohanow of New York City.
Baba asked Michael, "Do you accept me as your Master?"
Michael replied, "My mind accepts you."
Baba explained to him, "Love, deep down, is calm like the depth of the ocean. Shallow waters show disturbance on the surface."
Sam Cohen, who it seems had not seen Baba since 1937 in Cannes, met with him that morning. Baba told Sam to begin repeating his name at midnight after Baba left Myrtle Beach.
One of those who met Baba for the first time was a lawyer from Washington, D.C., named Edward "Ned" Foote, 47. Ned had come to know of Baba through his wife, Dorothea, also 47, who had learned about Baba in 1954 from Ivy. Ivy's husband Terry and Ned were having a business meeting then, and so the wives were talking until they finished. Dorothea had been looking for a Master since 1944 and was intrigued by what Ivy told her of Baba. She had driven down to Myrtle Beach from Washington with Peggy and Andy Muir and eleven other Sufis. Ned was concerned about her involvement, but when she phoned him from the Center he consented to come down and meet Baba for himself. On entering the Lagoon Cabin, Ned looked straight into Baba's eyes and instantly knew who he was. Baba put a nut into his mouth as prasad.
Another married couple meeting Baba for the first time was Marvin and Jeannie Campen of Chicago. Marvin, 38, had joined Sufism Reoriented after becoming associated with Don Stevens in 1949. Jeannie, too, was interested in spirituality, although she never joined the Sufi order. Both were deeply drawn to Baba and became dedicated to his cause.
During their two-day stay at the Center, they met Baba in the Lagoon Cabin with Ivy. Marvin recalled: "As we walked into Baba's presence and knelt at his feet, a tremendous force literally struck me in the solar plexus. Then a warm glow flowed outward through all parts of my body. Afterwards came tears and a great feeling of peace and contentment that lingered long, even after we left Baba's physical presence."