During the storm, Baba left his chair, got up and walked about restlessly. He stepped out on the verandah and his fingers worked. Then he sat down again. Soon Kitty came in to say the TV camera crew was at the airport.
Baba said, "The TV people have brought the rain with them!"
About the "silence-meeting" the next day, Baba stated:
When you are here, I want you to keep alert. Try to remain alert and fresh. Do not feel drowsy when you come tomorrow evening. Tomorrow is an important day. Avail yourself of the opportunity I want to give you all here in this Barn.
I come down to your level to such an extent that I mix with you all. I appear to you to be gay, cheerful, playful. [But] you have no idea of my divinity, of my all-pervading state. I have the greatest sense of humor, the same as Krishna. That sense of humor should not mislead you or make you forget who I really am. Don't mix me up as one of you! It is possible only for the saints and those on the higher path, the real saints of higher consciousness, to know me a little. If you had just a glimpse of me, you would lose your body consciousness completely.
I am like a child, playful, free, and also like an old man. I am soft as butter and hard as steel simultaneously. Only those who love me sincerely with all their hearts can know me a little. Mind can never know me, mind can never touch me. I am beyond that, beyond mind.
Here, we are all sitting, waiting patiently for the television people to come. For me, all this is immaterial. I do not like being bound by programs or such, but I do get myself bound because of your love. My lovers try to see that people in the world come to know of me. They learn the truth that I bring with me, and they try their best in one way or another. They have fixed this TV program. Therefore, I don't mind even getting myself bound, although I do not like to be bound. Of course, you all have to wait patiently with me. There is no chance of leaving. Even if you feel thirsty, simply keep quiet about it.
I asked Don to be here in ten minutes. He said, "Yes, Baba, ten minutes." I think not less than 30 minutes have passed! Whenever I ask anyone here how long you will take to do this or that, you simply say, "Baba, just a minute, Baba. Wait a minute, and I will do that! Just five minutes, Baba, and I'll be coming!" And I know I have simply to multiply by five!