Fortunately, by the 9th of November the pain in the hip joint was less, much to the relief of all concerned.
On 1 November 1965, Naosherwan Nalavala, of Dehra Dun, published the first issue of a periodical devoted to Baba titled the Spark .
On the 5th, in reply to a telegram from Carrie Ben Shammai, informing Baba that her father had passed away, Baba cabled, "Your father is indeed blessed through your love for me lighted in the heart of Israel."
On 11 November, the builder of Mehersthan in Kovvur, Koduri Krishna Rao, died of heart failure. Baba was cabled: "Koduri Krishna Rao reaching 4:00 A.M. Left today heart failure." Baba had this telegram sent in reply to his wife and family:
Your husband Koduri Krishna Rao's love for me and his service in the cause of the Avatar have made him immortal. Krishna Rao now lives eternally in me and is blissfully happy. I want you to be brave and to keep happy in Krishna Rao's happiness. My love blessing to you and your dear children.
To his Andhra lovers, this telegram was sent:
Koduri Krishna Rao was one of my dearest lovers and has come to rest eternally in me.
Koduri's son Prasad asked where the ashes should be buried and Baba replied that the ashes should be buried in the Mehersthan compound, near the entrance.
On the tombstone, Baba directed that these words be written: "Here lies the ashes of Koduri Krishna Rao, one of my dearest lovers. Meher Baba."
Nariman, Arnavaz and her sister Roda (Mistry) arrived on the 15th and stayed at Meherazad for six days.
In the spring of 1965, a college senior at Boston University named Robert Neal Dreyfuss, 22, visited his friend Allan Cohen at Harvard, who was studying in the psychology and social relations departments in an advanced graduate program. On the door of Allan Cohen's office was a card with this quote from Baba:
To penetrate into the essence of all being and significance, and to release the fragrance of that inner attainment for the guidance and benefit of others, by expressing, in the world of forms, truth, love, purity and beauty — this is the sole game which has any intrinsic and absolute worth. All other happenings, incidents and attainments can, in themselves, have no lasting importance.1
Footnotes
- 1.The quote is from one of Meher Baba's discourses on the occult.