Baba had asked them in Myrtle Beach, "Do you want to dance for me?" and told them to be ready in two days.
Although the dancers had not come prepared, they went to the beach and choreographed something together. They had no music, so they had to hum and clap out the rhythm. But Baba did not ask for their performance.
Only when they arrived in San Francisco did he tell them, "Tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 P.M. you will dance for me."
Baba closed off the interview room for them. Only he, the mandali, Margaret and Bili Eaton were present. Marie Adair, Tex Hightower, Bunty Kelley and Peter Saul performed a Highland fling, and Tex and Bunty did a dance from the 1920s called the "black bottom." Marie Adair's solo "Dance of the Sun Maid," from the Russian ballet "Land of the Midnight Sun," followed. Peter Saul brought some different shoes and danced solo for Baba. He was rewarded, as were the others, by Baba's warm embrace.
Baba, happy and relaxed, commented, "I would just like to go on watching dancing like this!"
He posed with Margaret and the group for Charmian. Later in his suite he gave the dancers a few minutes alone with him. He joked with them and played his old trick on Margaret of tapping her on the cheek when she was not expecting it.
Many times Baba met with individuals or small groups of two or three.
He urged one boy, "Love me more and more."
To another he remarked, "I am an innocent child, and I will make you innocent, too."
To a newcomer, Baba stated, "Know well that I am in everyone. I am not just this body. I am the Ocean. If you love me intensely, then you will find me everywhere."
To one person who had no family ties, he said: "You don't know how lucky you are to be unattached."
To three sisters who came before him, Baba advised: "Stay pure in heart."
Almost sobbing, Bili Eaton informed Baba, "Someone said to me that you were not my Master — that I was loaned to you by another Master."
"Masters, Masters!" Baba replied irritably. "Masters have nothing to do with it! I am your God !"
One young fireman came with a gift of fruit and asked Baba, "How can I open my heart more, love more?" Baba told him to repeat his name 100 times at midnight.
One woman who had been against Baba confessed tearfully the day after meeting him, "I can't think of anything but that beautiful man. I must confess I was a little prejudiced ... All I have done since I have seen him is to pray to God for forgiveness."