You can garland me and touch my feet. But on that day, there will be no time for embraces. Last night, I was engaged in my Universal work and when I was lying on the bed and changed sides and pressed any part of my body, I felt pain. It was due to the program of embraces yesterday."
About his upcoming birthday, he commented, "As far as I am concerned, it is not any special occasion. It might be and should be for you all. For me, every day is my birthday."
One devotee stood up and proclaimed, "If we cannot agree among ourselves about the twelve men and women to be chosen, we are not fit to be here." Baba, amidst laughter, assigned him to head the selection committee!
Baba sent the sahavas group for lunch, and at 2:45 P.M. he came back to the meeting pandal.
Many of the men were not present at the fixed time, 3:00 P.M., whereupon Baba remarked teasingly, "I hear a lot of noise. Are they snoring in the dormitory?"
Burjor Mehta replied, "It is not a dormitory, but a den of lions growling!"
Baba directed him, "Go and wake them up and ask them all to come here soon."
Several persons tried to suppress their coughs, causing Baba to remark, "No one should suppress coughs. All may cough freely. Be free, comfortable and at ease."
Resuming, Baba explained at length:
This morning I gave different categories of obedience. The obedience of some of my lovers does not come under any of those categories. It is of an altogether different type!
In the last circular issued to the group attending the sahavas, it was specifically mentioned that no one should seek to have separate interviews with me. When I call someone to my cabin, it is a different thing. It is my wish. Some have come from very long distances from distant parts, not only in India, but also from Lahore and Karachi, and other places, after undergoing great hardships, and it has been more than ten to fifteen years since they last saw me. They are ardent lovers of mine. If I call them to my cabin just for a light chat, it does not mean that they are being given special interviews. Even supposing that I, in some cases, do give a person or group an interview, it is my wish and it does not mean that others should ignore my circular and press for interviews.