"That is my way," he replied. "Continue doing as I say!"
Baba was more attentive toward his Bombay group this time, and they all received a lot of "sherbet" (love) to drink.
Rustom Dadachanji's wife Freny and Hoshang Dadachanji's wife Havovi came especially close in Baba's love-orbit at this time. In fact, from the dear "Chanji family" there was none whose head remained unbowed at Baba's feet.
Wishing to reap the benefit of Baba's darshan whenever available, the Bombay group rented Jamnagar House in Koregaon Park for three months. They moved in the day after they arrived and stayed the entire summer. For the first few days, only Arnavaz, Freny, Nargis and Dr. Alu were there; later, they were joined by Roda, Banoo Dadachanji, Katie, Dina Talati, Kharmen Masi and other Parsi women. Rustom, Hoshang, Nariman, Beheram (Dadachanji) and Jim Mistry would join them on weekends. For the first few days, their bungalow had no running water.
Hearing of this, on one occasion, Baba remarked, "There will be a severe shortage of water throughout the whole world."
From many parts of India, lovers flocked to Guruprasad Garden during the summer of 1963, and in Age's sweet chronicle of Meher Baba's life, these precious memories were added ...
Although darshan had originally been scheduled to begin on the 14th, this was changed, and the first day of darshan was moved ahead one week to Sunday, 7 April. Baba had announced that darshan would be given only on Sundays from 3:00 to 6:00 P.M.; but, in fact, the programs would begin on Friday and last all weekend. Singing programs were arranged, which Baba indicated would give him some much-needed relaxation after the intense inner work he had been doing at Meherazad the past three months, and which he would carry on with "double the intensity" on returning to Meherazad.
During the morning session at Guruprasad of the 7th, Baba joked, "Three things make me happy: First, taking on the suffering of the universe. Second, hearing good music — good singing, mind you, not the Deshmukh kind! Third, playing cards with my [Bombay] boys and seeing them rub their noses on the floor!"
When the group assembled that afternoon, Baba informed them, "During the last seclusion at Meherazad, I suffered a lot during the last three months due to the strain of my Universal work. Yet despite the strain, I gave several explanations and discourses to the mandali during that seclusion period."