Baba wore a pink coat every day during the hours of darshan. On 8 April, some lovers expressed their desire to see him wear a coat of some other shade.
Baba smilingly replied: "If I started changing the color of my coat and clothes at the suggestion of my lovers, could you imagine what a variety of colors would be introduced in my wardrobe? I am the slave of your love, not of your whims!"
Someone who wanted Baba's blessing for a job reminded him, "Baba, you say you are the slave of your lovers. Well then, you must give me your blessing that I get this job."
Baba retorted with a smile, "I am not your slave. I am the slave of your love. Remember that."
On Sunday, 10 April 1960, from 2:00 to 6:00 P.M., Jaffer Qawaal sang before Baba for four hours. Shakila Banu and others, including Gajanan Watve, also sang, and Mangala S. Apte sang bhajans. As usual, Adi was also present for the occasion, as were those from the Ahmednagar Center. (Adi had arrived the day before at 8:00 A.M. with Chhagan and Sidhu.)
Baburao Kale, who was practicing a particular sadhana (spiritual practice) came that day for Baba's darshan. He told Baba about his dream wherein he found himself flying in the air and asked Baba, "Does this have any special meaning spiritually?"
Baba replied, "What meaning? Only that of a dream! We see the birds flying. What does that mean spiritually? In ancient times, some yogis were so powerful that they too could fly like birds. For a lover of God, such things are neither important nor essential."
Baba asked those sitting before him whether they had such dreams. Some hands were raised.
"Then such dreams are not uncommon," Baba commented. Pointing to Pukar, he joked, "Even such a plump person can fly in a dream! What a wonder!"
Baba continued, "Whether you walk on water or fly in the air, maybe in a dream as you had, or maybe in the normal awake state as the ancient yogis did, it has no meaning spiritually or very little meaning — worth ignoring.
"Try honestly to love God, and you will realize that except love, all other things are meaningless."
"Do you meditate?" Baba asked Him. "If so, on whom?"
Baburao Kale replied, "On God."
"Where is God?"
Kale replied, "God is everywhere and in everything, in every particle of dust, and beyond it also."
Baba asked, "Is not this mere book knowledge? Is this your experience? Even a child can make such statements. So unless you have experience, it is useless to make such statements.