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Chapter 32: 1958 Meherabad Sahavas

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Baba cited cases in Andhra where the workers were spreading his message of love in every house. Despite differences of opinion, they were doing his work energetically. Baba asked the workers to follow his advice.
"If not, then it is better you give up the work completely," he concluded.
Before dispersing, Baba informed everyone that they should be present in the pandal at 3:30 P.M. after their tea.
Chhagan was in charge of the kitchen and labored tirelessly to provide tasty meals and tea to the congregation. He would go to sleep at 8:00 P.M., and Bhau would wake him at midnight to begin preparations for breakfast, and then go to sleep himself. Getting up at 4:00 A.M., Bhau would go to the makeshift kitchen where Chhagan would be ready with breakfast for 800 persons and would be starting to make their tea. At 5:00 A.M. the sahavas men and women would have breakfast, and everything would go off like clockwork. Yet, those who attended had no idea of how it was all managed!
The meeting tent was full to capacity long before 3:30, as the Dehra Dun bhajan group added fire to the Wine with lively, ecstatic singing. Baba entered the pandal looking serious and sat on the dais.
Baba called Abdul Majid Khan and urged him, "Focus your attention on me 100 percent, and I say this because I love you."
He chided Balak Bhagwan for dozing during the workers' meeting and urged him to stay awake. Balak Bhagwan replied, "Baba's mercy is there."
To which Baba responded, "It is my mercy that keeps you alive!"
One man entered the pandal late, and Baba questioned him about the reason. The man said he was sorry.
Baba observed, "If you are sorry, I am more sorry as I have created the universe, the burden of which I constantly bear! When I give a time to be present, all should be present before that time."
He then informed the gathering: "I want to leave for Meherazad at five o'clock, because there is a lot of work to do tomorrow. Tomorrow, Godavri Mai will be here, and I will be giving discourses. These days I have to spare time in Meherazad to reply to correspondence from the West about the forthcoming sahavas there [in Myrtle Beach]."
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