After listening to some music, Baba left the Barn for the Lagoon Cabin. Jane Haynes was allowed to be present when the dancers came. Baba asked her what she had been thinking while watching their performance in the Barn. Jane laughed and said, "You know, Baba. Because they are so brilliant and beautiful, I would like to keep them here for my theater."
"I thought that was what you were thinking," Baba replied, and he too chuckled.
At 1:45 P.M. he left the Lagoon Cabin and was driven to his house by Elizabeth.
At Baba's request, Adi came out on the porch at 2:00 P.M. and asked if all the men had arrived. They were ushered into the living room where Baba sat in the far corner, wearing a pink coat. Baba was in a hearty mood, recalling the hilarious show the men had put on for him the day before.
Baba gestured, "Embrace me, receive prasad and then walk through the house."
He embraced each man and put a piece of individually wrapped candy in their hands as prasad.
Afterwards Baba walked slowly out of the house, assisted by Adi and Eruch. ("He looked terribly weak and helpless," Max recorded.) He stopped near a magnolia tree in the shade and an armchair was brought for him. He began throwing pieces of candy to the men, looking in one direction and throwing in another.
Baba remarked, "This is not a game. It is a link between myself and each lover for the future."
After everyone had caught his prasad, the group gathered in front of Baba, and he began to explain the significance of prasad:
It is the gift of God to man. If you eat it with the feeling that it is that, you benefit, but if you eat it as mere candy, it has no meaning. Don't give the candy to someone else. Eat it immediately.
Afterward, he revealed:
Krishna was the first Avatar to institute the custom of prasad. Once he was in the company of four companions or lovers, and a rishi [sage] who lived in the mountain fastnesses came for Krishna's prasad. He had been so long in meditation that his eyelashes grew downwards, and ants had made their home on his body.