On the fourth Sunday of darshan, 28 April 1963, all assembled in the smaller hall of Guruprasad. Adi arrived as usual, and as instructed brought Baba's lift-chair from Meherazad. Baba told Adi that he and the Ahmednagar Center lovers were to come to Guruprasad every Sunday. (Adi and Dhake would be given lunch at Guruprasad.) Bal Natu arrived that day from Kurduwadi and stayed in Guruprasad for five weeks. It was his summer vacation from school, where he was a teacher.
A woman with two children came to see Baba.
He asked her, "Do they trouble you?" She said they did, and Baba remarked, "If only these two small kids can make your life a living hell, can you imagine my plight overburdened with billions of children?"
When a group of women arrived and wanted to embrace Baba, he commented, "You come here with big buckets to receive my love, but unfortunately, your buckets are tightly closed with lids. So, in spite of trying your best, you cannot take away my love. As a result, you want to embrace me every time you come here!"
Dr. Bharucha told Baba of a man in his hometown (Navsari) who professed to have the power to drive out evil spirits from people possessed by them. Bharucha asked Baba, "How are such powers developed, and are the people who have them really advanced souls on the path?"
In reply, Baba stated:
It is possible to derive such powers if you gain tantric knowledge [mystical formulas for attainment of supernatural powers]. These powers may then be utilized for good or bad purposes — good when they are used for removing evil spirits from people and ghosts, bad when they are used for selfish ends and self-aggrandizement. These tantric powers have nothing to do with the spiritual path and the divine powers of the planes. Miracles performed by people possessing such powers are very childish. Even Vivekananda got himself in a terribly bad predicament when he began to crave such powers. His guru, Ramakrishna, saved him in the nick of time.