Although Ella had come simply out of curiosity,
she and her companion were highly impressed and satisfied with what Baba
related to them. Later that evening, Ella remarked, "I felt all the
time that Baba was preparing to leave [drop his body]."
During one occasion at Guruprasad, another
elderly woman had come, and the mandali had provided her a chair before
Baba came to the hall. Baba entered the hall and asked the
gathering:
Do you all know why you have come here? Why
have you been invited here? I have called you to let you know that I am
the God-Man, God in human form, and I am everywhere. But I have called
you to tell you that there is no need for you to go anywhere, because
God is everywhere. God is everywhere but his human form is not
everywhere.
It is like police dogs that are kept by the
police to trace the culprit: They take the dog to the site where the
crime has been committed. Likewise, I am the stealer of hearts and in
order to trace me time and again, you have to come here to have a sniff,
because my place is surcharged with the scent of my presence, and then
you go away after having the scent of me. But then you forget, and have
to come again and again.
Two audio tapes were received from Louis Agostini
of New York. These were played on a tape recorder for about an hour and
a half during the morning session of 14 April. One of the tapes was an
explanation of the Theme of Creation as given in God Speaks , and
also about the concept of the five Perfect Masters and the Avatar. The
other tape was the messages given by Baba at the East-West Gathering and
some Indian music. It ended with the Master's and Repentance
prayers. While the Repentance Prayer was being recited, Baba asked
everyone present to stand, and he himself stood. When Louis
Agostini's recording ended at 11:45 A.M., Baba asked the group to
leave for lunch and return at 2:30 P.M. Freny Dadachanji later
related:
I have never seen Baba as he was when the
Prayer of Repentance was recited. It was frightening to see him like
that, bent down with his suffering, trembling. It seemed he was asking
God to forgive all humanity and put the burden of sin on him. And he appeared crushed by the burden.