The minister said, "Even the Chinese situation is bad."
Baba replied, "I know everything. India need not worry. When I break my silence, the world will know who I am. All misery will disappear when people will begin to love me. They will then come to know that only God is worth worrying about."
The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, K. Brahmananda Reddi, had also learned of Baba and sent a request for Baba's blessing on his birthday.
Baba sent it along with this message: "Face life boldly and honestly. I am with you."
Todi Singh Verma of Aligarh entered the room. He was a longtime lover who, during the New Life in 1950, had fed Baba and the mandali for ten days. At this time, he looked more like a mast than a prosperous businessman!
Aloba led in Jehangir Mehrabanpur, his wife and six others from Iran, who had come to Poona after overcoming great hardships. The oldest woman in the group had fallen and broken a rib in Bombay but came to Guruprasad daily despite her pain, not telling anyone of the extent of her injuries. The Iranians brought many packets of dried fruit, which they lovingly laid at Baba's feet. One lady brought an offering of money from another woman in Iran and explained whom it was from: "Just before we left, this woman was in a very complicated and difficult labor, and the doctors were preparing to perform a caesarian to save her. She kept repeatedly calling, 'Baba, Baba!' Within moments, to the amazement of the doctors, she safely delivered twins without the surgery. She asked me to place this love-offering at your feet."
Baba told her to return the money to the woman who had sent it, along with his love, and to instruct her to feed the poor in Iran with the money.
One Persian woman, while taking darshan, wept bitterly and told Baba, "I cannot bear your separation."
Baba replied, "I too cannot bear my own separation!"
To another from Iran, he said, "Only 100 percent honesty leads one to Baba. Never pose. Be outwardly what you are within."
Then others approached. Pankhraj asked Baba, "How is the pain in your neck?"
Baba replied, "Infinite. It is both physical and Universal. When I break my silence, it will vanish."