Baba called Jim to him, embraced and kissed him and sent him out. Jim spent the rest of the morning seeing the various Baba spots around Poona with Jalbhai and then left for Bangalore and Delhi, returning to America on 1 May. He concludes:
My strongest memory of that interview is the memory of Baba's presence. Somehow, without saying it, he communicated to me that he loves me through and through, that I can trust him and that anything — literally anything — is worth enduring and suffering and working through for the experience of the bliss which he experiences continually and eternally. Somehow Baba had made me know one thing: at the end of the road, which is him, is something phenomenally beautiful. Baba awakened something in me which knew that.
I can understand how the masts throw away their very lives for him. I can understand why the close disciples want nothing more than to return to be with him, to love him and to serve him. A taste of the Wine of his love has made me thirsty for the entire keg. How I long for the day when I can see him as he really is.
In the letter he wrote to Baba, Jim said, "I hope that I will one day be big enough to be nothing."
Through Adi, Baba responded, "One day you will be."
Dr. Ram Ginde was allowed to see Baba briefly at Guruprasad in late April 1966, and returned to Bombay soon after his meeting. Adi was called for his usual work on 23 April. Adi returned on 5 May on his way to Hyderabad, where he was speaking at a function at Meher Vihar. A pair of silver-plated paduka (old-fashioned chappals) to be installed at Meher Vihar had been sent to Guruprasad, which Baba touched on the 5th with his feet. Don too was called to see Baba at Guruprasad at this time. Adi returned to Guruprasad on 9 May and gave Baba a report of the proceedings.
Meanwhile, Sheela Kalchuri's ear had become septic and full of pus, and she was in severe pain. A mastoid operation was necessary and the surgery was to be performed in Poona, so Baba sent for her, Rama and Mehernath and allowed them to stay in Guruprasad. Usually, whenever they came for Baba's darshan, Rama's brother, Dhiraj, would arrange for them to stay in a nearby hotel. But that year they had the chance of staying with Baba, and also in the years to follow.