Leaving Udaipur, Mik and Ursula got lost in the mountainous region of Rajasthan, sidetracking off the main road. A man, going to Nathdwara, picked them up in a jeep. On arriving in Nathdwara, the man told them he first had to stop at the famous Krishna temple (Sri Nathji) to perform puja. He asked Mik if he would like to come in the temple with him. However, when Mik entered, the crowd in the temple asked him to leave because he was not a Hindu. Outside the temple, the question "Where are you?" reached a climax in his mind and he threw his arms up and shouted at the top of his voice, "Where are you?" As if struck down, he instantaneously fell down on his knees with the sound of "Baba" in his mind. The name repeated itself automatically over and over. He became dazed, unable to speak and could barely walk. Ursula led him to the train station, where they boarded a train for Delhi. (Years later, Mik found out that "Nathdwara" means "Door of the Lord.")
In Delhi, Mik realized what had happened. He had called out for Krishna, and he had answered — he was in the form of Meher Baba. He told Ursula that they must go back to see Meher Baba. Ursula found this hard to accept. "It is 800 miles away!" she protested. "We have just come from there! Why do you want to go see this Baba?"
But Mik insisted they go, and on 22 January 1966, he sent this telegram to Baba:
Dearest Beloved, we are ready to surrender for the awakening of all. We implore your grace. We have come to you; should we come before you in Ahmednagar?
Three days later, a reply from Baba arrived:
“”Do not come to Ahmednagar. Remember me wholeheartedly and you will feel my presence wherever you are. My love blessings to you. Contact my lover Was Deo Kain, 16 President Estate, New Delhi.
Upon receiving the telegram, Mik "wept tears of joy at the thought that Baba had thought about them for one single instant."
They went to Was Deo Kain's home. Although Kain was instructed by Baba not to lodge them in his home or give them any monetary help, he gave them two of the Discourses by Baba. In a bookstore Mik bought a copy of God Speaks, which he read in one sitting! Later he stated about God Speaks, "It was the most intellectually satisfying experience of my life. The words went into my mind like butter on hot toast; it was almost as if the words came from inside of me. Never had I sensed such authority."
