“”The solution is to love God as He should be loved. Love for God alone counts.
Ivy Duce was in Saudi Arabia with her husband, Terry, who worked for Aramco Oil Company. She had written for permission to see Baba. Baba allowed her to come and be in his presence for "five minutes only" and also "five minutes with the girls." She arrived and was brought to Guruprasad by Nariman and Meherjee on 16 January 1959. She saw the women immediately (Mehera, Mani, Goher, Rano and Khorshed; at the time Meheru was in Bombay for an operation). Ivy was then taken to Baba. Because in his last advent Baba was the Prophet Muhammad, she thought he would be pleased to hear all about the changes she had witnessed taking place in Saudi Arabia since she had last visited there five years before. Ivy launched into a description of how the king (Faisal ibn al Saud) was using huge sums of money made through oil royalties to help the common people.
“”But instead of being pleased, Baba commented, "Why all this talk about kings? You are now here with the real thing!"
Baba then asked, "When are you going home?"
Ivy replied that when she returned to Arabia, she and her husband had to make a trip to Egypt, and then they were going to Beirut, and from there ...
“”"You are telling me the story of your life!" Baba interrupted. "I asked when you are going home."
At the time, Ivy felt rebuffed and thought: "This is how my five minutes are being used up," but later she realized Baba was, as usual, "needling" her ego. The five minutes ended, but Baba consoled her by inviting her to be near him and watch him for four hours the next morning while he gave darshan.
Darshan was held on Saturday morning, 17 January, from eight o'clock until noon at Guruprasad. The darshan was to be only for selected Poona lovers, yet almost 700 men, women and children heard about it and came, even some from Andhra and Calcutta whom Baba had invited. Afterwards, Baba started to walk with Ivy to the women's side. Seeing him leave, a boy with a garland in his hand burst out weeping. Calling him, Baba cradled him in his arms. Ivy remarked, "I thought, Baba, that the dense crowds would smother or maim you."
“”Smiling, Baba replied, "Oh, this is nothing! You should have seen the large crowds at some of the programs in Andhra — you must have seen the film. In that darshan, the mandali were afraid for my life! Thousands rushed toward me to be near me."
