Baba intervened, stating, "It is neither his day nor your day but my day!"
Winking at Murari he gestured for him to let van Gasteren have his way.
After washing the seven lepers' feet and bowing to them, Baba gave each a blanket as the symbol of his love. They were also given tea and sweetmeats, and a meal was served to them in the afternoon.
After Baba finished his work with the seven lepers, van Gasteren requested that he sit in the garden for a few more film shots. Baba acceded and was filmed behind Meherazad near the dry nallah (streambed). A chair for Baba was kept under the shade of two babul trees with Seclusion Hill in the background. Van Gasteren was considerate of Baba's comfort and wishes during the filming. At one point, when some change of position had to be made to suit Baba, van Gasteren assured him with a gesture of his arms. "We will adjust it, Baba, it will be no problem, don't worry."
With a twinkle, Baba said, "My only worry is that I cannot worry!"
Louis van Gasteren offered Baba a branch of bougainvillea, and then questioned Baba. Seated in the open rural countryside, Baba looked more lustrous than the mandali had seen him in years. His smile was beatific! The following dialogue took place.
Van Gasteren asked, "Baba, who you are?"
Baba replied:
I am God in human form. My experience of Godhood is continuous, without a break. But there are those who call themselves God incarnate, and say that they experience God-realization, when they don't. They are hypocrites! Better than them are those who have not realized God, and who don't say that they are God.
In India, since ages there are those who use drugs such as ganja, charas and bhang [marijuana, hashish]. They feel uplifted when they take these drugs; they see colors and sights. They feel, through their hallucinations, that they have reached the Goal. In the end they go crazy, they become mad. That false experience is not continuous; there is a break in their experience. Only real experience is continuous.
"How can one find oneself, and therefore God?" van Gasteren asked.
The aim of life is to love God, and the goal of life is to become one with God. And to realize God, one must have love.
There are two kinds of love, one love is the worldly love — one loves his wife, his children, the world.