Separately, Eruch wrote to Naosherwan's father, Keki (on 30 March):
Baba wants Naosherwan to leave everything to his will and pleasure, and in it is Naosherwan's success and eventual Victory. To obey Baba is the highest form of renunciation, for in obedience to the dictates of Baba's wishes, we automatically "renounce" imperceptibly all yearnings, stage by stage, till eventually we renounce even the thought of renunciation!
Four months later in July 1966, Naosherwan Nalavala published a small book of poems dedicated to Baba titled In Lap of Love.
This message from Baba was printed at the front of the book: "God does not hear what your pen writes; He hears what your heart sings."1
Dhake would regularly send greeting cards and humorous notes to Baba, which Eruch would read out to him. In reply to one of Dhake's letters, Baba directed Eruch on 23 March 1966 to convey to him:
You are in search of God not knowing that you are God! So also you crave to love your beloved Baba not knowing that you love him deeply and fervently! Moreover, Baba is very happy with your love — and yet you do not know whether you love him!
Herman Alvarado arrived with Jalbhai on Friday, 25 March. He was given one of Baba's pink coats, but told to keep his visit to Meherazad private, considering Baba's seclusion.
Shirin Damania was called to Meherazad the following day at 9:00 A.M. She had been in poor health for many years.
Baba assured her, "You will not die. You will see my Glorification," and he urged her to take care of her health.
In September or October 1964, Tom and Yvonne Riley had sought and been given Baba's permission to build a house on the Myrtle Beach center property. The Rileys had been unable to do so, but their close friends, Lyn and Phyllis Ott, who were given permission also, moved with their children from Woodstock to live on the Center in 1965.
Soon after the New York World's Fair closed in October 1965, Baba had ordered Jane Haynes and her children, "the Trio" (John, Charles and Wendy), to return to Myrtle Beach, where Jane was to help Elizabeth and Kitty with the work at the Meher Spiritual Center. Jane was likewise given permission to build a house on the center property near Baba's and Elizabeth's houses and she began its construction in March 1966. Accepting her as a spiritual twin-sister, Elizabeth loved Jane and paid for the house. When the Haynes family moved into their new home later that year, Baba sent this telegram:
Now that Jane and Trio are at my Center, they should live a life which will be my message of Love and Truth to all they come in contact with. They will not and must not let me down because they are very dear to me.
Footnotes
- 1.When copies of the book were received at Meherazad, Baba autographed one and had it returned to Naosherwan.