I want very much to have the benefit of your love, direction and guidance, but the only thing preventing me from coming to see you is that I do not have all the money to make this trip. I cannot see where money should stand in the way of such an ideal, but I know if it is your will I will be able to come and see you.
Baba sent this reply: "Don't worry. Circumstances will adjust themselves."
True to Baba's promise, they did: Irwin got the amount needed and left within a day. Though he had originally planned to travel with his younger brother, their father put an end to Edward's coming by having the New York police stop him at Idlewild Airport just prior to their departure. They had not told their parents they were going, knowing they would object, and since Edward was still under legal adult age (21), his father was able to prevent him from leaving. Baba had informed them to come together, so Irwin thought he should return to Miami along with Edward. But Edward told him to go ahead, saying he would follow later.
(When Baba heard the story he punned, "One has more luck, the other more pluck!")
Irwin arrived in Bombay in the early hours of 1 June 1960 and was driven to Poona later the same day by Homa Dadachanji. Don had been summoned from Meherabad to stay in Poona to help look after and guide Irwin. Irwin was accommodated at Napier Hotel, where Don was staying, and told to get a good night's sleep and that he would be taken to see Baba the next morning at 7:30 A.M.
The following morning, 2 June, Irwin was brought to Guruprasad by Meherjee. As the car drove up, Irwin saw Baba standing in the doorway of one of the rooms, motioning him to come to him. Someone in the car said, "Baba is calling you." He got out and went inside. Meherjee had suggested he purchase a huge garland for Baba. Irwin had thought: "Why get a garland — I will be Baba's garland!" He bought it anyway and now put it around Baba. Baba immediately took it off, enfolded Irwin in a tight hug, kissed him on both cheeks, and then made him sit near him. Here is an account of Irwin Luck's first meeting: