Most had jumped up as soon as the door opened and Baba entered. But those who were still sleeping got a whack! Baba began poking one after another. The instant the person woke up, Baba would signal to keep quiet. Thus, poking each person in turn, Baba woke everyone up and enjoyed startling them from their sleep.
Kisan Thade's wife Nirmala was quite stout and Baba asked her, "From which flour mill do you consume flour?"
She replied, "From your flour mill."
Baba joked, "It is most difficult to obtain flour from my mill, and he who gets it is himself ground into flour!"
Laxmikant Thade's wife Sunita was plagued by a series of miscarriages and once wrote to Baba about it. Baba sent for the couple and, giving her a chocolate, instructed her to eat it along with the paper it was wrapped in. During Baba's stay in Guruprasad in 1959, Sunita gave birth in Poona to a daughter, whom they named Alka. Baba instructed Sunita to come directly to Guruprasad with the child before returning home from the hospital. So she came with her newborn baby, and Baba took the infant in his lap and kissed her. Baba then ordered the family not to kiss the child for four months, to which they complied. Thus after several miscarriages, a healthy baby was born, and by the time the child was three years old she was dancing before the Ancient One!
Once Baba called some selected Poona workers to Guruprasad. Vinayak Whavale had a high fever and, because he was walking slowly, he did not arrive on time. Without inquiring why he was late, Baba gave him tea and bhujias. Because of his temperature, spicy bhujias were the last thing in the world he wanted to eat, and he had no intention of touching them. He was thinking only of his high fever and how unwell he was feeling, but without asking anything, Baba had handed him a plateful of bhujias to eat. Looking at him, Baba signaled him to finish them all. Vinayak did so, and soon afterwards he found that his fever had lowered. He felt ashamed for doubting Baba's omniscience and concern.
After getting married, Vinayak's younger brother Prabhakar, along with his bride, came for Baba's darshan.
Baba asked, "How did the wedding go?"
"Fine," he replied. "But none of my relatives attended."
Baba quipped, "None came? But I was there! Because I was there, all were there. And if I was not there, despite everyone else being present, no one would have been there."