Baba approved this, assuring Naosherwan, "I am with you always."
Naosherwan did work at the Times for one year, but later gained a better opportunity with Air India.
Starting on 26 December, Baba's muscle spasms increased. Movements would sometimes precipitate a spasm. By the end of the month, his hemoglobin remained constant at 10 percent, but his urea level was still high at 136 mg.
Dr. Ginde wrote that he was concerned about it and could not understand the cause for it. But after Baba's second blood transfusion on 20 December, Baba ordered that no doctor should be called unless asked by him. Goher was afraid regarding his urea level, so Don was allowed to visit and check Baba's condition.
Whenever the mandali broached the topic of the Poona darshan, Baba would casually reply, "Do not worry about it."
Some days, he would get no spasms, but then they would recur.
Baba would often remark to the mandali, "The time is very near."
Thus the last days of 1968 passed painfully. Baba was crushing his body in the mill of infinite suffering, and both the men and women mandali were anxious and concerned about his fragile health.
Baba, however, continued to mask his real physical state, stating: "Do not forget that I am God! I know everything. Simply do as I say."
He explained: "The pressure of my Universal burden reflects upon my physical body. And as the strain of my work in seclusion is severe, the effect on my body is consequently severe. But though the effect is human, the cause is divine, and it is therefore in my hands."
He concluded: "I have taken on the form of man to take on the suffering of Man."
Adi Jr. had brought an antique brass gong from London, and it was hung outside the door of Baba's bedroom. As soon as it was struck, Eruch and Bhau would hurry to his room. Both the women and men mandali did their utmost during this period to serve Baba. By becoming quite helpless, Baba gave them the opportunity to do so.
As Age noted, "Baba's suffering for the sake of mankind rang in the New Year with the same song of infinite misery, and the echo of it was in complete accordance with his wish. The pulse of the universe is dependent upon the Avatar's wish; to keep its beat normal the Avatar burdens himself with the suffering of the universe."