Baba paid another house visit on 8 June 1960, and on the 9th he visited the Hindu Women's Rescue Home, an institution for neglected women and abandoned children. First the teachers bowed to Baba, and then the orphan girls filed past. Baba embraced some and gave this message:
Love and understanding never condemn, but seek to help and encourage. Men and women have departed from the custom and laws of Truth and Goodness, but God never condemns us or turns us from His door. Therefore, we should not condemn even those who condemn us.
I bless you to try to understand and love those who are trying to help you to take your place in God's work through serving His humanity.
Irwin Luck was with Baba and at the end of the program Baba remarked, "It was a short but sweet visit."
On the way back to Guruprasad in the car, Baba asked Irwin what he was thinking. He replied, "Baba, I was thinking I would like to know you. I would like to know your Reality."
Baba asked, "Are you willing to pay the price?"
Irwin wondered: "Is the price my ego?" Frightening images of being burnt at the stake came to mind. But Baba patted him on the knee, gesturing for him not to worry over it anymore.
Changing the subject, Irwin said, "A lot of good must come to these orphans when you are there."
Baba replied, "A tremendous amount of good is being done to them."
When Irwin had first arrived, Baba instructed him to write to his father informing him that he was all right. Irwin found it difficult to do anything, and Baba had to remind him about it two or three times.
As he would sit before Baba each day, at times thoughts would come into his mind such as: "I want to stay here and live with Baba. But if I am in Miami with my father, it would be the same as being with Baba."
One day, just as this thought surfaced yet again, Baba asked, "Would you rather be here with me, or would you rather return back and stay with your father?"
"I would rather be with you, Baba," Irwin said.
"You will benefit the same whether you are here or there. But you don't have to decide this minute. Think about it and tell me later."
Irwin needed no time to consider; he knew he wanted to be with Baba. However, nothing more was said about it, and he realized Baba had put these thoughts into his mind for some purpose.
On the morning Irwin left, Baba remarked, "Distance means nothing to me. Time and space are no barriers for me. I will be with you wherever you are. Don't worry; remain happy and cheerful. And remember: I am always with you."