“”In separate telegrams sent, Baba stated: "Beryl was and is mine forever;" "Warren's love for me was unique;" and "Douglas is eternally blessed. Douglas is with me and is happy. I don't want you [his wife Mollie] or the family to be sad, but to rejoice in his happiness."
Douglas Eve had been ill with cancer for a year prior to his death.
“”In a letter to Mollie in December 1967, Mani had conveyed this message from Baba: "Douglas is very dear to me. And because of his deep love for me, his suffering is a blessing for him as it shares in mine. Tell Douglas to remember me constantly, and tell Mollie I am very proud of her. I am with them always."
One morning in July 1968, Baba dictated this rhyme:
“”God always existed.
God will always exist.
He is never changing, ever the same,
And illusion is his eternal game.
Later, in August, Baba continued the theme:
“”Everlasting, never ending
Never changing, ever the same
And his Oneness in its fullness
Plays in manyness his game.
Another time, he spelled out, "Coming, coming, coming — came!"
Francis said Eruch's words sounded like an auctioneer's call in reverse!
“”With a twinkle in his eyes, Baba gestured, "None of you can know what it means."
A few days later, he added another line, making it rhyme:
“”Coming, coming, coming — CAME!
I am tired of the illusion game!
A meeting of the Avatar Meher Baba Trust was held at Meherazad on Monday, 5 August 1968, but Baba did not meet any of the trustees except for Nariman, who was permitted to return on the 6th and see Baba before returning to Bombay.
In August 1968, Baba announced that he wished to hold a small meeting on the 1st of September to consider what kind of darshan should be held, if he agreed to give darshan. But a few days later, the meeting was postponed six weeks until the 13th of October.
On Sunday, 7 August, Baba had Rama Kalchuri prepare and send bhujias for himself and the women mandali. The next day, Rama sent Baba a rakhi (a bracelet-like amulet tied by a sister to her brother's wrist on the Hindu festival of the same name), which Baba lovingly accepted.
Although Baba's exclusion work ended on the 30th of July 1968, he kept working alone in his room for 20 minutes in the afternoons.
“”He commented: "Something was left out from the last stages of my work, which I have to make up."
He later called it "the tail" of his work.
Now that the major part of his work was completed, Baba began spending more time with the men in mandali hall every morning, and from 1:30 P.M. in the afternoon. In the mornings, he would listen as Bhau read out his Hindi translation of The Wayfarers. Eruch would massage Baba's feet while Bhau read.
