He added, "Sometime, somewhere, somehow, I will meet my old and new Western lovers before I break my silence."
Turning to Francis, Baba asked, "Will this cancellation affect or lessen the love of my Western lovers?"
With hardly any hesitation, Francis replied, "I don't think so, Baba. It would be a queer kind of love if it did."
When Baba asked him, Adi replied, "The Westerners will of course be tremendously disappointed, but it is certain that they will accept your will without question or doubt."
Baba looked pleased with Adi's answer and remarked, "I want no disturbance until November 1967. There will, therefore, not be any darshan for Easterners either before that time."
At the end of the meeting, Baba narrated this anecdote, which seemed appropriate in view of his cancellation:
There was a Perfect Master who used to continually postpone the giving of God-realization to a disciple of his, always promising that he would definitely give it on such-and-such a day. At last, the disciple got upset and said, "You who know everything, Master, why can't you know the definite date of giving me God-realization?" And the Master replied, "The Perfect Master knows everything; he also knows nothing; and he appears as if he does not know anything!"
It was Adi's birthday that day. When Kaikobad mentioned this to Baba, he permitted Adi to come forward, kiss his cheek and receive an embrace.
Regarding the sahavas cancellation, later on 4 September, this telegram was sent from Baba to Harry Kenmore, Elizabeth Patterson and Ivy Duce in America, Delia DeLeon in England, Bill Le Page and Denis O'Brien in Australia, and Adi Arjani in Pakistan:
Inform all concerned at your end that I have canceled the December sahavas. I know how disappointed my lovers will be, but I also know my lovers will accept my decision with complete resignation to my will. What I have decided is in accordance with my heavy burden of Universal work and suffering, and is for the good of all.
Sometime, somewhere, somehow I will meet my old and new Western lovers before I break my silence. My love and blessing to all my lovers.
Cable acknowledgment.