When the Word of my love breaks out of its silence and speaks in your hearts, telling you who I really am, you will know that that is the Real Word you have been always longing to hear.
Baba then stood up assisted by Eruch and Dr. Bharucha, and he waved to the gathering. When he would stand, everyone would do likewise and stand up. Baba directed them not to stand, for his intention in standing was to give his darshan to his lovers at the far back. And if all in the front rows stood up, then those in the far back could not see him.
Eruch announced: "Those who have had darshan should not come again. There will be a Burra Katha [the Telugu dance-drama] at 7:00 P.M. tonight at the Poona Center. [Every Monday evening was the Poona Center meeting night.] Today is the darshan day for lovers from Andhra Pradesh, but those leaving today may also have darshan."
At 9:00 A.M. the darshan commenced. Many new lovers had arrived. The experience of P. V. L. Narasimham of Kakinada is perhaps typical of many who were meeting Baba for the first time. Narasimham described how Baba appeared when he stepped onto the stage that morning:
... His body seemed to emanate a perceptible radiance, as if some fluorescent material was lit up under the transparent golden skin of his body. Just as ships caught in a storm in darkness gain courage and hope on seeing the flash of a nearby lighthouse, so the many souls struggling for relief in the darkness of ignorance from their ever-tightening bonds of sanskaras, felt hope and joy on seeing Baba, who seemed to emit rays of spiritual light and love.
Being quite cautious by temperament, Narasimham thought that if Meher Baba really possessed the divinity he claimed he did, he should look at him as he took darshan. He related:
Scarcely did I think so when Baba lifted up his head and stared fully at me for an instant. I felt a bit nervous that he read my thoughts and inwardly prayed that no evil or doubtful thoughts should enter my mind.