"You may disperse now, but do not go out for a swim. Who was on the beach just before lunch? Did anyone go out swimming?"
Christine Wise spoke up, and said that she had gone swimming alone. Baba mentioned that it would be better if they always went to the beach in a group, not alone.1
They were about to disperse when Baba explained about sending Mahdah Love back home. As mentioned, Mahdah had become a follower of Kirpal Singh. Baba asked Bili Eaton to read the notes of explanation he had dictated. In them, Baba explained that Mahdah had come all the way from Florida to see him. Baba embraced her and told her that he loved her and that she had a good heart. She said that Baba had helped her very much since she met him in 1952. She was also very happy to know that Kirpal Singh, at the age of 62, had come all the way from Delhi to Satara in the extreme heat to take Baba's darshan, and she thought it significant.
Baba replied to her, "I love Kirpal Singh very much. I am the Lord of the Universe and all saints are my children."
And he added, "Just as Kirpal Singh went directly back to Delhi after seeing me, so you, too, should do the same and return to Florida," and she agreed.
When Mahdah Love questioned Baba whether he would return to Myrtle Beach, he replied, "It all depends on my wishes. I might come here in the future and stay for a longer time."
After the notes were read out and copies given to all present, Baba joked, "There is this trouble about an 'old' man of 62! So, if Kirpal Singh is 62 and can be called an old man, then I should be called an old man also!"
Someone quipped, "Baba is 62 years young!" to which he answered, "I am very ancient; I am the Ancient One."
He turned to Ben Hayman (who was 66) and said, "Ben, you and I are young!"
The television crew had not yet arrived, so Baba was driven to the Barn. It looked like rain was imminent, and Baba called everyone inside. About 91 people had his darshan. Baba instructed Don and Fred, and later Charmian, to drive to the airport and wait for the TV people.
Footnotes
- 1.Christine Wise was an old friend of Agnes Baron. They had attended Antioch College together. She met Baba in 1952, and later assisted Harry Kenmore.