Harry Kenmore sent a request to return to India for two weeks to attend the sahavas.
Baba had him cabled on 17 January 1958: "Your genuine desire to come back [to] India fortnight at your cost shows not only how much you love me, but also how much I love you. Considering everything, I decide you don't come India and that your fortnight sahavas stay at Myrtle Beach will do the trick if I will it so."
Dhake was called to stay at Meherazad for three days from the 18th to help with editing, typing and arranging messages for the sahavas along with Ramjoo, who was also staying on and off at Meherazad then. Meherjee and Nariman arrived that day, and the next day there was a meeting to discuss travel arrangements to America and Australia. Pukar had been staying at Meherazad for some days, but was sent back to Hamirpur at this time and told to return for the sahavas.
On the 18th, Baba spoke to the mandali about the "dark cloud":
There are three factors which greatly threaten the bursting of the dark cloud. The first is the burden of the Universal working. The second is the burden of all my lovers, which is more threatening than the first. The third and the most threatening factor is of the intimate lovers — of whom seven intimate ones might leave me against my wish. Holding them to me is my suffering, and this is my most threatening burden.
On account of these threatenings of the outburst of the dark cloud, there is 100 percent physical suffering and 50 percent mental suffering. There is also spiritual suffering, too.
Therefore, I want my most intimate ones to hold fast to me, at least until 10 July [1958], under any circumstance. There are 56 such intimate ones who will be informed accordingly. I will name them. From 10 July, I will free the lovers in proportion to their existing bindings.
Baba added: "My physical helplessness is equal to 'Omnipresent Darkness.' My mental helplessness is equal to 'Omniscient Darkness.' My spiritual helplessness is equal to 'Omnipotent Darkness.' I will explain all this in the sahavas."
Before the sahavas began, Baba wished a week's change of pace, so on 21 January 1958 he was driven to Bombay once again with the men and women mandali, and stayed at Ashiana. There, too, preparations and discussions about the sahavas continued.