The Khilnani and Kalchuri families were called on the 27th, and Gajwani and Siganporia had darshan on the 28th. Someone who was not called was Rati Baliwala, the mentally unsound woman from Bombay. She showed up at Meherazad again on the 29th, and had to be sent back to Bombay.
Amiya Kumar Hazra also arrived on 28 December, and spent two hours with Baba; he returned to Meherazad the next day. Hazra was a follower from Jabalpur, who, along with his family, availed himself of every opportunity for Baba's darshan.
On the 30th, Hazra brought Seth Govindas, a well-known Hindi writer and member of parliament from Jabalpur, whom he had told about Baba.
Govindas' son was a government minister in the Madhya Pradesh cabinet, but he had recently expired. Govindas was naturally deeply disconsolate over his son's death.
Govindas pleaded before Baba, "I want to be rid of this grief. I want peace."
Baba replied, "I will surely give you peace; but come to Poona in May."
"Will I not have peace until then?"
"It will come gradually; but in Poona, you will feel at peace completely."
"Where is my son, Baba?"
"He is with me!"
"I have no faith in God!"
"Who has faith in Him? If one had faith in God, what would there be to worry about? Everything happens according to His will, and once faith is born, there is no question of our existence or our passing away."
Baba instructed him to travel directly back to his home and convey Baba's love to his other family members. Govindas was highly impressed with the meeting, but he did not follow Baba instructions, because of a prior commitment to attend a Hindi literary conference in Bombay. Due to illness, he was also unable to attend the darshan in Poona in 1965. Later, when he recovered, he requested darshan, but being in seclusion Baba did not grant it.
On 31 December, Baba dictated this special message to be sent to Adi Arjani (in Pakistan), who was compiling Baba's statements for a daily-diary project:
"To love those whom you could not hate is natural; but to love those whom you cannot love is to love me as I should be loved."
Thus 1964 came to an end. Although Baba was in strict seclusion, a few fortunate souls had had the chance of seeing him. Baba's Universal work continued in seclusion and, in fact, was increasing. At the same time, so was his suffering.