He sent a note to Baba with Waman on the scooter, and Waman brought the reply that Robert should come and visit Meherazad, because the mandali wanted to meet him since he had come so far, and that Baba might see him the next day. Robert was satisfied, as he planned on spending the next several years in India anyway, and perhaps later Baba would consent to see him.
Around noon, Manek drove Robert to Meherazad on the back of a scooter (which broke down twice on the way). As they approached the gates of Meherazad, Robert was reminded of the famous image in Zen Buddhism of "the gateless gate" — the gate through which one passes and leaves one's self behind.
At Meherazad, Robert was told to wait on a bench on the men's side. Soon Eruch walked over and spoke with him, asking him what had brought him to this level. They talked for about 45 minutes. Eruch asked him to wait and went and informed Baba about the young man. Baba had already retired to his room. Eruch returned and said, "I have very good news for you. Baba will see you in the morning. You are to stay tonight in the Blue Bus, which is a very rare privilege indeed."
Eruch took him into his cabin to talk further, and some of the other mandali joined them. Robert spoke about how he had heard of Baba. Eruch brought Allan Cohen's letter to Kitty, in which Cohen had described his experiences on LSD. They asked Robert, "Do you know what this LSD stuff is?" He replied that he did. (He had two doses in his knapsack which he planned to take on New Year's Eve in Nepal.) "Have you ever taken it?" Robert hesitantly replied that he had. "What is it like?" He briefly told them as best he could what an "acid trip" was, adding that his friends and he used to refer to LSD as "reality capsules," at which the mandali broke out laughing, shaking their heads in dismay and remarking, "Only in the West!"
"Are many young people taking this [LSD] pill?" Eruch inquired.
"Yes, many," Robert replied.
Eruch left and returned a few moments later and asked, "Would you like to see Baba now?" At about 3:00 P.M. he led Dreyfuss to Baba's room. The following is Robert Dreyfuss' description of his first meeting with the Lord of Love: