On 14 May, Baba revealed to the mandali:
Before the veil was torn asunder and I became God-conscious, I experienced the greatest [electric-like] shock that created for some time severe, violent vibrations, which are indescribable. This was followed by intense darkness and finally there was Light. The greatest imagination fails to conceive of the idea of this Effulgence, before which the light of the worldly sun is like a shadow of a drop of the infinite Ocean of dazzling Light. Similarly, the darkness I experienced cannot be described.
The world experiences darkness and light, but what I am talking about bears no similarity to these. Very few persons can see the Real Darkness and the Real Light. In the same way, very few experience real pain and misery which begins with the longing to experience God and the intense suffering at separation from Him.
Worldly pain and unhappiness are nothing but the outcome of mental weakness. In fact, no one in the world really suffers except those who thirst to have sight of the Divine Beloved. They feel like a fish flopping about out of water.
On Sunday, 16 May 1926, as he did each and every Sunday, Angal Pleader visited Meherabad and read from the Puranas to Baba, the mandali and the boys. Angal mentioned that when he had recently gone to Kedgaon, met Narayan Maharaj, and told him that he was devoted to Meher Baba, Narayan remarked, "I and he are One. By serving him, you are serving me. He is a Sat Purush [Perfect One]. He has been to me in the past."
When people who were in contact with Meher Baba would visit Upasni Maharaj, Narayan Maharaj and Hazrat Babajan and hear such expressions from these three Perfect Masters, their faith in Meher Baba would deepen. To some, Upasni Maharaj would even state emphatically, "What is there left in me? What is left here? Go to Meher Baba!" At various times, all three Masters would advise people who came to them to approach Meher Baba and follow him.
In the 1920s, Meher Baba never publicly declared himself to be the Avatar, but his Masters, Hazrat Babajan and Upasni Maharaj, did reveal this to their devotees who informed others.
A few weeks later, Baba explained:
Some Masters are known to the public and some are unknown. But that makes no difference in their duties and workings. These go on as usual.