Addressing the qawaal, Baba urged, "Now let us hear some choice truths!"
The qawaal sang: I go on deceiving myself, living in the hope of dying!
Stopping him, Baba commented, "What a beautiful thought! In this state the lover is totally uprooted from the world. All his desires die, except one, and that is to die for the Beloved."
It was getting very hot in the hall so someone switched on the fan.
Baba had it turned off and told the qawaal, "All the doors are shut. It is warm. Baba has had the fan switched off. All are sweating."
Addressing one man who was overweight, Baba teased him, "It is good for you. You are perspiring and will slim down a bit."
Loud laughter followed Baba's remark.
He continued jokingly, "It is good you people feel the heat. Had it been cool here you would have said, 'Baba, now please don't stop!' Now you will leave sooner!"
The qawaal resumed:
Let my grief for You be kept safe; What else does my heart yearn for? This is my prayer, this is my life!
The singer continued, and intermittently Baba observed, "I am everything. I experience myself as the singer, as the instruments and everything else. This is not mere talk! This is my true experience."
Baba asked the qawaal to sing one last song. He sang:
The one hovering like a moth around the Divine Flame [the Master] Is regarded as a fool; but only by fools!
After the music, Baba shed more light on the discourse he had given in Poona about the four types of obedience.
Concluding, he stated: "I will now see how you carry out my wishes. Let me test your obedience! In five minutes I want this hall to be absolutely empty!"
All burst out laughing at Baba's clever ways, and they departed happily.
Leaving Hasman Hall, shortly after 7:00 P.M., Baba returned to Ashiana with the mandali. People had come to know of the program and hundreds were lined up outside the hall waiting for darshan. Baba waved to them as he drove past, and thus they were able to have a glimpse of him from a distance.