These four miracles are a sort of chamatkar [miracles, magic], but miracles are not in my line. Mine will be the Miracle of all miracles. It will be when I break my silence. It will be the first and last miracle of its kind since Creation.
Meanwhile, correspondence concerning Baba's health continued between Dr. Ram Ginde in Bombay and the mandali in Meherazad. On 6 October, Eruch had written to Ginde:
... Baba does not want you to send Shri Shinde for another collar yet. Regarding his pain, he wants you to bear in mind that there is no one in creation who can cure him of the pain, for his pain is not physical but divine. And, from the highest level this pain also gets translated onto the physical level, giving the Divine Pain an appearance of physical pain.
Baba also wants you to know that, after the end of November 1967, there will be the turning point for everything, and as such he wants you to keep well and go slow in your hard work, to be ready for him after 1967. You are dear to him.
On 24 November, Goher wrote Ginde that the pain in Baba's neck was persisting and affecting his shoulder and arm with numbness and tingling. Every fifteen days it became severe and was not responding to analgesics. Baba was wearing a new collar that Ginde had sent, but it was uncomfortable when worn for long periods. During periods of intense pain, Baba would use the old collar which was looser and low at the back. The "traction collar" was no longer needed.
Dr. Ginde wrote back to Eruch and Goher:
I got news about beloved Baba's neck pain from brother Adi, who was with us a day before I left for Delhi, and your letter confirms the same. He also said that you are much worried. I am also in the same predicament. Whatever I know from the knowledge of his cervical condition, I have tried to do in all sincerity. But I must admit, as I have admitted before, my utter failure in regard to relieving beloved Baba's pain. I plead quite helpless in treating him who is as powerful as — nay, more powerful than — an ocean and as helpless as a kitten at one and the same time. I can only ask his forgiveness.
Baba smiled with love when he heard the letter, and immediately had Eruch write him: "Tell Ram Ginde not to be worried, but to remember that he is very dear to me. The root cause of my pain is not physical but Universal, and it will leave me only in my time."