It was still raining and the second group of women came somewhat late. Baba gave each of them a gift, to some handkerchiefs and to others something else.
He asked Anna Karrasch, "Where is the little lover?" meaning her son Larry.
She asked, "Did you want me to bring him?" Baba shook his head, then reached over to a tray of gifts and felt among them. Finally he pulled out a small snuff box, remarking it was filled with his love, and handed it to Annarosa for her to give to her son.
After each woman had received a gift from Baba's hands, they left, their hearts filled with gratitude.
Elizabeth's car was not working one morning, and Ned Foote was enlisted to drive Baba to the Barn in his blue Cadillac. Baba sat in the front seat, Nariman and Eruch in the back. Ned also drove Baba back to his house from the Barn. At one point on the way back, Baba laughed and patted Ned on the back.
Baba arrived at the Barn at ten o'clock on the morning of Monday, 26 May 1958 and remarked:
"For the first time today I am punctual. According to my time it is nine o'clock. From six to eight I was busy with the mandali concerning the sahavas; from eight to nine busy with people for work. From nine to ten o'clock, I was busy in the Lagoon Cabin with those leaving today and newcomers. I will leave the Barn at 11:45 A.M. and go to the Lagoon Cabin; I have to see certain people. I will return here at two o'clock. Kitty, are there more newcomers? Only two? How many are expected for the second week?"
"Three or four," Kitty replied.
"If they really meet me for only one second, it is sufficient for a lifetime. Now we will listen to the discourses."
This one about "God and Cosmos" was read out:1
God is Infinite Reality; cosmos is infinite illusion. In infinite illusion there are infinite suns, stars, moons, planets and the creation as a whole evolves ad infinitum.
For instance, take the head of a human being. The head is one, and there is one individual mind. Yet innumerable hairs grow over this one head. Even when all the hair is shaved, the growth of hair does not cease; the hair reappears and covers the head.
Footnotes
- 1.This discourse was also referred to as "The Head and the Hair on the Head."