Baba explained in response:
"From today, Babajan has ceased all her spiritual activities and duties, which have been transferred to others. Within 10 or 20 days or at the most 200 days, she will give up her body. After that, for two or three years, there will be great upheavals, chaos, and confusion in the world, and after that there will be a period of peace and spiritual advancement. Soon, there will be a change in my lifestyle, as well."
At three in the afternoon, the men's fast was broken at Shahane's house. Shortly afterward Sadashiv M. Borker, 52, of Ahmednagar arrived for Baba's darshan with boys from Anath Ashram, an orphanage he had founded and managed.
After becoming silent, there was a marked increase in the number of discourses given by Meher Baba and also in the intensity of his daily activities and physical labors. Baba's activities at the time consisted of grinding millet, bathing the children and washing their clothes, finishing the writing of his book, rendering service to the poor and afflicted, hearing the complaints of the lower-class villagers and aiding them in their difficulties, overseeing all the arrangements in Meherabad, paying particular attention to and overseeing the mandali, giving darshan to thousands and advising them about their problems, and attending to daily correspondence.
Not only were all these tasks time consuming, but accomplishing them in total silence was truly remarkable. Although Meher Baba expressed anger and forgiveness, displeasure and happiness, seriousness and humor, he showed perfect control and never let a word escape. He would wholeheartedly participate in all games, but even at the height of excitement he never uttered a sound.
That afternoon at Shahane's home, when Baba was giving out prasad, Waman Keshav Subnis, one of the residents of Meherabad, was somehow overlooked. Later at the time of the bhajan singing in the evening, Baba was observed to be looking at him in a peculiar way. And before retiring for the night, Subnis somehow missed offering Baba obeisance.
At ten o'clock that night, he suddenly became hysterical. He cried out, "Sadguru Meher Baba Maharaj ki jai!" and repeated, "Baba! Baba! Baba!" and began slapping his face.
The mandali tried to restrain him but pushing them aside, he kept slapping himself and shouting loudly for Baba! He wept, voicing complaints about being deprived of Baba's prasad and darshan before going to sleep. He remained in this frenzied state until midnight when he finally calmed down and became quiet.