He knows what pleases me, but you don't! You know he is doing all this to please me. Yet, without having any thought for my pleasure, you on the contrary become angry with him. And you think that you are working while Gustadji is doing nothing, but sitting here and eating sweets. He really works! Whatever work you do is useless. If I do not give any sweets to Gustadji and send them to you with him, he would do it willingly without thinking any other thoughts. This is called work!
"So he is doing much more important work than you. Both of you are obeying me 100 percent, but the difference is that his obedience is giving me pleasure, yours is not."
Baba's warning, given at the May meeting in Poona, had been published as a small booklet and distributed to his lovers throughout the world. On 20 July 1957, Baba had the following circular issued through Adi:
I want all my lovers to pay heed to whatever I said in the printed booklet Warning From Baba to His Lovers, but with the understanding that it concerns only those who love me and obey me. It does not mean that those who follow their Gurus should leave them and follow me. Being the Avatar, I have come to awaken mankind and would like the entire world to come to me.
Real saints are dearest and nearest to my heart. Perfect Ones and lovers of God adorn the world and will ever do so. The physical presence of the Perfect Masters throughout eternity is not necessarily confined to any particular or special part of the globe.
My salutations to all the past, present and future Perfect Masters, real saints (known and unknown), lovers of God and to all other beings in all of whom I reside, whether consciously felt by them or not.
Baba now announced his plans for 75 days of "special work." From the 19th of July onward he began issuing instructions for the mandali to follow during this period and emphasized its importance.
He assigned duties to everyone during his 75 days of special work, and stated: "If you do the duty given to you and obey my every order, my work will be helped." He added, "Even though he is wearing dark glasses, Aloba is still trying to look at me from the side. So for these 75 days, he should not come in my presence!"