Sometimes the work would be so intense that Baba said he would feel faint. Bhau was instructed to tie a sash around Baba's waist and around the chair to prevent him from falling off. As Meherwan Jessawala recalled, after one of his stays, "It was tremendous work that was being done. Soon after the work was over and we would be called, we could see the physical part of it. Baba's body was so fatigued and tired out, as if all energy had been drained from him. He would be covered with sweat and very tired."
On Monday, 18 December 1967 in Khushru Quarters, Suman, one of Adi's woman servants and Rama Kalchuri had an argument over something. At around noon, Suman began yelling loudly and even abusing Baba himself. Rama was so upset by what the servant said that she slapped her. Adi was distraught over the fight and phoned Pimpalgaon to inform Baba. Later that day, Baba called them to Meherazad at 2:30 P.M. Adi drove both women, as well as Mehernath and Sheela.
Seated in the hall, Baba heard all the details about the dispute and then told Rama, "You have no idea what was to happen today, and what you have saved. Something terrible was about to happen today at noon, something very, very serious — not to any of you, but to me. You had no idea of it. It was to happen today, but because of your fighting, my mind was diverted and I stopped it from happening to me. My attention was drawn to Khushru Quarters, so it did not happen. Now the time has passed and it will not happen."
Baba repeated, "No one has any idea what was going to happen today. Rama has saved me."
And he beckoned Rama to him and embraced her.
What was going to happen? Maybe three-fourths of the world was going to be destroyed, the Kalchuris speculated. Little did they know that earlier that day when the women's fight had occurred, Baba's health had been so bad it looked as if he were on the verge of actually dropping his body. When Adi telephoned, Bhau was annoyed, thinking that Baba was being unnecessarily troubled over a petty domestic quarrel, but now he realized that it was all part of the Beloved's inner work. Baba had his reasons for actually precipitating the dispute.
Mehera's Birthday was celebrated on Friday, 22 December 1967 and Nariman, Arnavaz, Jimmy, Katie, Khorshed, Nargis and Roda were permitted to attend from Bombay and Manu from Poona. Every year, Francis would write a poem in English for the occasion, which he would read out to Baba in mandali hall. That year, Baba asked Bhau to write a poem also in Hindi for Mehera, and his composition was read out, too.