Finally, as previously arranged, Baba laid his head on the feet of 25 elderly villagers from Arangaon, to whom he gave five rupees each as prasad. One villager burst forth with, "Avatar Meher Baba ki jai!" which Baba felt inappropriate for the occasion. Because of the man's interruption, Baba lost his temper with someone and his mood was disturbed. But Baba's mood was restored after he bowed down two times at the feet of each of the mandali present.
Baba then went to visit Rama, Mehernath and Sheela Kalchuri, as well as Jangle's family, in the Family Quarters. He visited with Mansari and Kaikobad's family living on the hill, as well as the mandali in lower Meherabad. After discussing with Padri and the other mandali about the sahavas program, he was driven back to Meherazad. He felt feverish and generally indisposed. His hip joint pained continuously.
On 5 November 1957, the chiropractor Harry Kenmore arrived in Meherazad with Meherjee. He had brought his own folding table, and began treating Baba in mandali hall for an hour every morning and another hour every evening, and added more protein and vitamins to Baba's diet. Baba was uncomfortable lying on the table, and although he endured his treatment patiently, it was without avail. ("A nasty piece of work," Kenmore remarked when he first examined Baba's hip.)
There was no doubt about Dr. Kenmore's skill; in fact, one day Baba remarked to him, "If you had not become blind you would have become a great, world renowned surgeon — but then there would have been no Baba [his contact]!"
One day Baba remarked to Kenmore, "Someday, I will give you true sight — a glimpse of myself which will make you realize that it is the only thing worth seeing. What others see with their physical eyes has no value."
Kenmore was manipulating Baba another day when he felt a tear in Baba's sadra and quipped, "I don't wonder your sadra is torn, Baba. Since there are so many hanging on to your daaman, there is bound to be some wear and tear!"