Abdullah Karim was made a peon and Tyebali was appointed an orderly.1 Rules were made for the committee to abide by.
Baba's personal inspection of all departments at Meherabad continued. For example, it was wintertime, and Baba made sure that each and every patient and guest staying at the dharamshala had enough blankets. Any child in the school who needed them was given socks and warm clothing.
One of Rustom and Behramji's duties was to meet each person before he or she took Baba's darshan. They were to ascertain the reason the person had come — whether for material help, the cure of some disease, or for answers to spiritual questions. There was such a demand for darshan that if each person had been allowed to speak with the Master, there would not have been time for Baba to meet everyone. Hence, Rustom or Behramji would first question each one.
To the general public, the mandali would refer to Meher Baba as Shri (His Holiness), a common term of respect in India for gurus and saints. The mandali would ask the visitors, "Why have you come? Do you wish to ask Shri anything?" When the person approached Baba, Rustom or Behramji would inform Baba of the person's purpose or reason for seeing the Master. This manner of introduction disclosed everything that was troubling the person and quickly brought whatever he or she was thinking out into the open.
During this period, Baba sometimes visited Nusserwan Satha's residence at Akbar Press in Ahmednagar. Nusserwan's sister, Gaimai, 25, who lived in Nagpur with her husband, would come regularly to Ahmednagar with her children during their Christmas and summer vacations.
It was during the Christmas holidays in 1925 that Gaimai had her first opportunity to meet Meher Baba. Her brothers and her daughter Manu, who was staying at Akbar Press, had written to her about Baba, and, being spiritually inclined, Gai longed for Baba's darshan.
Gaimai arrived in Ahmednagar with her other children, and shortly after, the whole Satha family rode to Meherabad in victorias. Baba was sitting under the tree by the Table Cabin at the time and saw the group approaching. It was evident to Gaimai from her first glance that Meher Baba was functioning at a higher level of existence. In the Master's Universal mind, he scans the whole world with his divine eye from a single vantage point.
Footnotes
- 1.Tyebali was a follower from Poona or Lonavla, who was living at Meherabad.