Meetings were held at Meherazad on Sunday, 11 August and two days later, about the upcoming sahavas. On the 12th, Eruch wrote to Elcha Mistry: "Baba's pain is worse and an atmosphere of sheer helplessness for the mandali and the women prevails." Because Baba's hip joint was so painful, on the 14th, the Westerners were informed by telegram that because a monthlong sahavas program would be a great strain on Baba, he had decided to curtail the program to twelve days beginning 15 February 1958.
For further treatment for his hip, Baba traveled to Poona on Saturday, 24 August 1957 with the women mandali, in Meherjee's Chevrolet. Adi Sr. drove Eruch, Bhau, Savak and Nariman. They stayed once again at Ganeshkhind, where Jalbhai joined them.
On the 25th, Baba called about 80 Poona lovers to Ganeshkhind, where a music program was held at 3:00 P.M. Hoshang Bharucha of Navsari was also present. Baba discoursed on "Action and Inaction," expounding on the difference between unconscious inaction, conscious action and conscious inaction. He explained that in the original Beyond, Beyond state of God there was unconscious inaction; the actions done in the physical body in illusion, on the other hand, were conscious actions, which created bindings, while those of the Sadgurus or the Avatar are actionless actions, which uproot the bindings of others.1
From 26 August, Baba began a series of treatments and deep physical therapy in an attempt to arrest further advancement of the osteo-arthritic condition in his hip. During his stay in Poona, he had three extensive sessions with Dr. M. S. Dikshit, a radiologist from Sassoon Hospital. Don went to Bombay to consult Dr. Katrak, a famous orthopedic doctor, about Baba's treatment.
The Bundellu family saw Baba on the 26th. Baba sorted out a family squabble between Subhadra and her father. Baba heard each side and brought them together, so that they left reconciled. Subhadra and her brother, Krishna, would also fight.
At one point, Baba remarked, "At the time of Lord Krishna, I settled your quarrels and again this time I have to! You each have an old connection with me."
While Baba was staying at Ganeshkhind, Dr. Moorty came for darshan also.
On Saturday, 31 August 1957, Baba was taken at 9:00 A.M. in Meherjee's car by Goher and Don to Bombay so that he could be examined by a famous orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Arvind Keshav Talwalkar. They stayed at Naoroji Dadachanji's home in Dadar, and Dr. Talwalkar examined Baba there. In the doctor's opinion, there was no dislocation present; Baba's pain was solely the result of osteo-arthritis, and no operation should be performed for at least several years, if then. Baba returned to Poona the same night, arriving at 9:00 P.M.
Footnotes
- 1.See p. 4738 for a more complete explanation of this discourse. Myrtle Beach, 24 May 1958.