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Chapter 37: East-West Gathering

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Later, on 19 February 1963, Adi wrote the following note to Jane Haynes:
Baba wants you to know he is very pleased with your efforts to secure some little space for him in the New York World's Fair. If you do not succeed in getting one, Baba does not want you to feel disappointed, for you already have a corner in his heart. Baba sends his love to you and to his dear Trio.
Baba sent this telegram to Jane Haynes on 7 March:
I would want those lovers in America who can afford to contribute toward the cost of this project to do so and thus spread my divine message of love through the World's Fair.
Thus, an important project in spreading Baba's message in America was set in motion.
On 7 March 1963, after repeated pleas to see him, Baba permitted Mansari, Kaikobad's family and Sushila to come to Meherazad. Padri and Don came on the 8th with Adi, who was almost a daily visitor.
On one occasion, Prem Khilnani, his wife Girja and their two sons, Vinod and Raj, came to Meherazad to meet Baba. Opposite Khushru Quarters, where the Khilnanis were living, was the Sarosh Cinema.
In the course of conversation, Baba remarked to Khilnani, "Now you must be having plenty of entertainment. Are you fond of seeing movies?"
Khilnani said, "There was a time when I liked to watch movies, but now I don't have any urge to go." Pointing to Girja, Baba asked her the same question. She said that she liked to attend select movies, especially those expounding spiritual themes.
There were constant tiffs between the husband and wife, and this problem was mentioned.
Baba smiled on seeing them and asked, "Did you have another fight?"
Prem said, "Fighting is always there. It will only disappear if your grace descends."
"Don't you remember what I told you in Guruprasad?"
"I remember, but to live up to it is difficult."
"Do you follow my orders?"
"I am trying to."
"Trying?" Baba joked. "You are always fighting with Girja! Is this your idea of trying?"
Baba again explained things to help reconcile them and the family left.
On 12 March 1963, Kutumba Sastri, his son Bhasker, Adi, the Khilnanis and a Chief Justice named Chainani and his wife met Baba at Meherazad.
Baba gave them a short discourse on love being the only way to realize God, and the necessity of having the courage to live with one's life on one's sleeve, "which only one in thousands has," Baba noted.
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