Before dropping his body, Upasni Maharaj and I met together in a hut near Sakori [October 1941]. I bowed down to Maharaj. Maharaj wept like a child. He told me to break my silence, but I did not do it. Maharaj then told me, "Merwan, I shall soon drop this body; keep an eye on Sakori."
I am the Ancient One. Not even the leaf of a tree quivers without my will. I am the One who is in everyone and everything. I also know what difficulties Godavri Mai had to face to maintain her seat on Upasni Maharaj's gaadi, after he passed on. I know how vast the difference is between the previous and present atmosphere in Sakori. I tell you all I am very happy and pleased with my "mother." I love her intensely.
Baba signaled the Poona singers to begin a bhajan, and at about 9:45 A.M. he asked Godavri Mai, "How do I look?"
"Quite well, Baba," she replied.
Baba then plunged into the "headache" of discourses and repeated in brief his discourse on "Opiumized Saints" for Godavri Mai's benefit. He also told her about Swami Mangalanand and how, at first, on the strength of his knowledge of the Vedas, he had opposed Baba. But after meeting Baba, on one word, Swami Mangalanand immediately left Meherabad to observe silence for 40 days and to fast only on water, according to Baba's instructions.
Baba enjoyed the singing for some time and beat time to the music by tapping the head of Balak Bhagwan, who was seated on Baba's left. After one song, Baba appeared deep in thought, and then began this discourse:
The affairs of the universe will continue without my paying any special attention to them, and without there being any burden on the Creator. The subject of discourses and explanations is a headache to me. One's breathing is natural and one has not to pay any attention to it, but after some exertion, the mind becomes conscious of it. In the same way, the affairs of the universe go on without my paying any special attention to them.