Clarice said, "Well, you see, I believe Baba knows everything ..." She had intended explaining, "And, therefore, whatever he asked you to do would be right whether you understood it or not."
She did not need to continue for Colin's troubled face was now beaming and he said, "Oh, if he knows everything, that's all right then!"
After a little while, Baba retired to his house. Elsie Smart recalled her feelings after that first day's session with Baba:
Like people who have struggled through a great torrent and are now safe, we all felt the tension of the day and the last few days blown away as a thunderstorm clears the air. We seemed to see each other anew, our hearts thawed in the warmth of Baba's love. We left the first day's sahavas renewed in strength to face our own particular problems and sensitive to the reactions of our friends ... There was much discussion, laughter and talk at the evening meal: the buzz of conversation of a large and happy family.
On Wednesday, 4 June 1958, Baba woke at 6:00 A.M. and spent the morning giving private interviews at his house. He was seated in the room (now known as "Baba's Room") specially built for him. The room was the only structure properly finished for his visit. The four walls, ceiling and floor formed a complete "capsule" inside the otherwise metal building, as Francis at the time aimed to one day dismantle it and place it on the very peak of Keil Mountain in a more splendid building, worthy of the Avatar. The room was built of Australian hardwood timbers (to "last 700 years," Francis reasoned).
Baba again asked Cynthia Adams whether she would obey him. Cynthia, afraid that she would be sent home, had spent a troubled night pondering over this problem and answered, "I will try, Baba, as much as I can."
"One hundred percent? Will you try 100 percent?" Baba asked.
"Yes," she replied.
Cynthia later remembered exactly how she felt:
In 1956 when I first met Baba, I found him quite wonderful, very attentive, intriguing, but also awe-inspiring. But on this occasion at Avatar's Abode, I found Baba to be extremely powerful and very, very fierce. He terrified the wits out of me, harping on obedience and love — both of which I felt I did not have much of and could not do anyway.