Someone asked the old woman's name. Eruch said he didn't know, that it isn't mentioned.
Baba pretended to think for a moment and then joked, "It was so long ago that I can't remember."
Becoming serious, Baba gave these instructions about the important meeting that evening:
"I want you all to be in the Barn between 8:00 and 8:30 tonight. Wash your hands and face and take off your sandals or shoes before you enter the hall. Sit on the floor of the Barn, not on chairs. Listen to the instructions I will give and do accordingly."
Eruch inserted, "In India, Baba gives us instructions to wash not only our hands and faces but also our feet before we sit on the floor for meetings."
Baba continued, "I come down to your level where I appear to be gay and happy, mixing with you all and running about with you. At the same time, I am on a level with the members of every plane, although you only see my work here on this plane. With your gross eyes, you have only a limited view of me, working and dictating on this gross plane."
Baba reached out his hands for Fred to help him up; but as he rose, Baba playfully fell with his full weight on Fred. He then stretched out a hand to John Bass as if to shake hands, but instead slapped him on the back.
Taking movies of Baba on the Center was difficult, either because of the deep shadows, or bright sun, or someone's straw hat poking in front of the lens. But Andy Muir got what he could. When he learned that Baba was to go to Brookgreen Gardens, Andy felt this was his golden opportunity. He imagined Baba walking down the beautiful oak-lined path, moss hanging down, his white sadra gently blowing in the breeze, and he thought, "These are going to be the greatest movies of Meher Baba ever taken — not only of all the movies which I have taken, but that anybody has ever taken."
He arrived before Baba and was standing by the entranceway, his camera ready. As Baba approached, he raised the camera and began taking pictures. Baba walked directly up to him. He extended his hand very close, tilted his head to one side and smiled. Andy then followed Baba the entire afternoon, taking movies from every conceivable angle. When he got the films back, however, he saw Baba approach across the parking lot. He saw Baba extend his hand to him and tilt his head; and from that point on, he did not get a single solitary frame. There was nothing more of Brookgreen Gardens on all three 7" reels he had shot. The film was not under or overexposed — it was just blank. Andy was bitterly disappointed, but he realized that Baba was teaching him a lesson in not letting his ego get attached to the results.