During his current seclusion, Baba would say, "I don't remember anything nowadays. Eruch, keep reminding me of things."
Baba would repeat this every day, so one day Eruch told him, "Our trust in you as God will not in the least be affected by your statements. You may say what you like, but our faith will remain."
Also, during this seclusion, Baba would repeat some things over and over again. For instance, while he was dictating points to Bhau, he would daily repeat that he had given 90 percent of the book he had written in 1925–26 in God Speaks , and the other ten percent he was giving to Bhau for The Nothing and The Everything . Eruch would have to repeat this in the hall before the other men several times.
Baba would also ask Bhau to repeat things when he was on nightwatch — at times for ten minutes continuously! At one point, for a month Bhau was instructed to come to Baba at exactly 5:45 P.M.
Baba would ask him, "What time will you come?"
Bhau would answer, "At 5:45."
After a few minutes, Baba would ask the same question, "At what time will you come?"
"A quarter to six," Bhau would reply patiently. After a few minutes, the same question from Baba and the same reply from Bhau was exchanged. This sometimes went on for an entire hour.
One day Baba instructed Bhau, "Tomorrow, come at 5:30 P.M." Then: "What time will you come?"
Irritably, Bhau said, "I know ! I will come at 5:30."
Baba smiled and simply said, "I won, you lost!" — meaning, Baba had won because Bhau lost his temper.
Once, Baba sent for Goher and asked her to repeat something she had to do. Goher continued saying it for some time, and then said, "I have understood it, Baba!"
Baba replied, "No, you have not!" and insisted she keep repeating it.
Goher did, but then said, "Baba, I realize that you simply want us to repeat things over and over again, but now we feel unaffected by such repetitions. We don't get irritated anymore."
Once Pendu also lost his patience and got upset with Baba over this, but Baba did not let up and insisted he repeat something. Pendu had to do it then for a few days in a row.