One day when Pukar was about to take Kenmore for a walk, there was a heavy rain shower, so they could not go. Kenmore was staying in the cottage opposite the main house. Thinking that Kenmore's shoes and socks would get wet as he went to his room, Pukar lifted Kenmore on his back and carried him across the short open area to his room. Rano was there and reported the incident to Baba, who, the next morning, reprimanded Pukar.
"Why did you carry a heavy man like Dr. Kenmore?" he asked. "My sitting on your back is different. From this, you may get a heart attack."
Several days later Pukar did suffer a heart attack.
Baba told him, "You have brought this on yourself. But you won't die. I want to keep you alive until my manifestation. You will see my manifestation. I do not fulfill your wants, but I do fulfill your needs."
At 8:00 A.M. on Saturday, 12 September 1959, Baba came to the hall and warned the mandali that the proposed poor program was not to be made known to any outsider. Meherjee was to come that day, but even he was not to be told about it. Pukar was keeping a daily diary (in Hindi) during this period, and Baba mentioned that though he was permitted to describe the program in his account, it should be marked in red: Not For Publication .
After returning from Kaikobad's room, Baba complained about his health.
He remarked to Kenmore, "Today my condition is such that I feel as if I am dead. Even your funny stories will not make me laugh today."
Adi Sr. came in the morning to discuss some work, and Meherjee arrived at 1:00 P.M. He was permitted to stay for a few days.
On the 13th, Baba again spoke about his upcoming work, "None of you should cause any type of headache to me during this period. Everyone should try to keep me happy so that the work I am undertaking will be completed and fulfilled. The 40 days commencing on the 19th are the most important days of my working. Therefore, those who are entrusted with work should do their duties wholeheartedly. There should not be the slightest negligence."
He added, "We have not only to defeat maya, but to crush it completely."
On 16 September 1959, mentioning the forces of maya again, Baba said: "During these 40 days, maya will create obstacles. It will go to the extreme and, reaching its limits, it will expose itself. By exposing itself, maya will do my work. My work is to expose maya. When maya gets exposed, Reality is revealed. As maya opposes my work more and more and does its work speedily, it reaches its limit and gets exposed. Thus it becomes the cause of manifesting Reality. It works according to my wish.