I am the Sun which is hidden by the shadow of your self. Cease thinking that you are your shadow, and you will find that the Sun which I am is your own Reality.
This telegram was sent to Baba's Western followers:
I will be present in all hearts gathered in my name for my birthday. I send my love and blessings to you each.
And to air force officers under Wing Commander Sakhare, this telegram was sent:
Beloved Avatar Meher Baba directs me to convey to you ... he is always present in all hearts that remember him.
On 24 February 1966, a husband and wife from Andhra paid an unexpected visit to Meherazad. By way of introduction, they brought a letter from the Hyderabad Police Commissioner who had met Baba in December. The couple had previously participated in birthday functions in different Centers in Andhra. They came to Meherazad, reasoning: "If the birthday programs going on everywhere else are so grand, how much more so it must be at the source where Meher Baba resides."
Baba met the couple and they expressed their surprise and puzzlement to find things so quiet and simple. Eruch told them, "Although Baba is residing at Meherazad, he is actually with all his lovers, presiding at his programs wherever they are held. That is why Baba sent them the message: 'I shall be present among you all who gather in my love.' Therefore, you should hurry back to your hometown, so as not to miss being in his presence!" And it was true that at night Baba would often remember the different Centers where programs had been organized in his honor.
Among the birthday greetings, cards and cables was a poem from an American college student at Harvard named Rick Chapman, a friend of Robert Dreyfuss in Boston.
Hearing the poem Baba was touched by it and cabled Rick this message on the 27th: "The music of my love singing from your heart made me happy. Let your heartbeats be my song. I send my love to you and Robert."
On 25 February, Meherjee came to Meherazad.
That day Baba cabled Allan Cohen this message: "Your letter received. I know everything. Love alone makes me happy and you have made me happy. When I am your life, every breath is in service to me. I send blessings to you, Rick and Robert."
Justice Prasanta Bihari Mukharji of Calcutta delivered a talk for Baba's birthday, a copy of which was sent to Baba. In a telegram to him dated 26 February 1966, Baba stated: