Adi K. Irani later told me that after my response was read to Baba, he placed his hand over his heart.
On Friday morning, 16 November 1962 Baba visited Viloo Villa (where he met Sarosh's family), and Khushru Quarters (where he saw the Khilnanis). The following day, Harry Dedolchow saw Baba at Meherazad. Baba asked him when was the last time he had been with a woman. Harry's face turned red and he admitted to having committed certain past indiscretions. Baba emphasized to him:
I am the Ocean. Everything gets dissolved and drowned in it. Now that you have come to me, have no worry. I have forgiven you, and you should be happy and not worry about the past. It is because of the mind that you feel worried. As long as the mind continues to play tricks and continues its game, you can have no peace nor that happiness you seek.
Do not be led away by your mind. Thoughts will come and pass away. Mind will wander from one good thought to another, and from one bad, lustful thought to another. Thoughts will not stop unless the mind itself is effaced. There will be good thoughts, elevating thoughts, uplifting thoughts; a moment afterwards, there will be bad thoughts, depressing thoughts and thoughts of desperation, dashing you down to earth from the uplifting thoughts.
So pay no heed to thoughts. Pay heed that you do not translate these thoughts of lust into action. Do not commit any lustful action with anyone, man or woman. Try your best to avoid committing any lustful action. I have forgiven you, so be happy now.
I have told the Easterners and Westerners that they should hold my daaman firmly, for the time is approaching very fast when the impact of my Word of words will be felt by the hearts of my lovers. I will break my silence soon. The time is at hand.
There is no need to fast or be on any sort of diet. You can eat meat, fish and eggs; you are free to eat any sort of food. You need not concentrate or meditate on any photo of Baba. A time will come when you will see me as I really am within your heart. Then all your worries will disappear and you will have that bliss you hanker for. In short, leave everything to Baba and do not worry about anything
There are many saints all over the place. I am not a saint, and therefore I do not give any spiritual exercises. I am God in human form! My grace can give you the experience of the ultimate Goal in a flash. My grace can take you to the Goal in a moment and not in stages. Therefore, you need not sit in meditation or concentrate on any Baba picture. A time will come when you will gaze on Baba himself in your heart!
I am the only Master and God. I want you to think of me and love me more and hold on to my daaman, as the time for the Word is drawing very near.
On 25 November, nine of Baba's Poona lovers came to Meherazad. Ramakrishnan read out his account of the East-West Gathering. Arnavaz and Nariman arrived on the 30th and brought food in honor of Nariman's birthday. Jim Mistry arrived on the 1st. All three stayed at Meherazad and returned to Bombay on the 2nd.
On 1 December 1962, a Life Circular was issued stating that for reasons of his very important Universal work, Baba did not wish his birthday celebrated in 1963, anywhere in the world. His lovers were also reminded that Baba wished them not to write to him or any of the mandali during 1963, except in cases of emergency.
On the morning of the 2nd, Baba explained:
I have two bodies — a human body and a Universal body. Also a human mind and a Universal mind. When it was absolutely essential to convince Arjuna, I [as Krishna] showed him a glimpse — just the tiniest glimpse — of my Universal body, and he felt overpowered with just that.
I have All-bliss but I do not touch it or make use of it. Not to make use of the Bliss which is mine is agony. But if the Avatar could make use of the Bliss that is his, how could his suffering be called "suffering," and of what benefit would his self-imposed suffering for mankind be! As a human, the Avatar does not touch the Bliss that is eternally at his beck and call and at his back, as it were. That is why Christ, in his agony cried, "Father, why hast Thou forsaken me?" He was telling himself that!
In my present Avataric form, I suffer more than I ever did as Christ, for then I was crucified but once — now it is a daily crucifixion for me. The Avatar suffers physically, mentally and spiritually.
He then spoke about Dhondi Bua, the Islampur mast with whom Baba had worked several times:
Dhondi Bua would say, "I cannot bear comfort." He would be practically naked in all weather and when a blanket or shirt, et cetera, were given him, he would refuse the gift saying, "Comfort does not agree with me. I cannot bear to come in contact with it!" Sometimes he would be seen rolling in the dust. This was from the agony of love for God that masts have. You can have not the slightest idea of what such love means. It is unbearable agony and burns the lover so that the mast is but a living fire.
To Padri, Don and the others living in Meherabad, Baba said: "Be prepared for whatever changes may occur during 1963."
But he informed them of nothing tangible about his plans, except to say that he wished to be free from 10 December to carry out the work he had set for himself.