Memo had gone to Hazrat Babajan with a garland of flowers one night. She wanted to put it around Babajan's neck, but when she stood before the ancient woman, Babajan asked her to garland herself with it. Memo hesitated. But persuaded by those present, she garlanded herself and then immediately took off the garland and gave it to Babajan. Merwan's photograph was kept nearby. Babajan placed the garland of flowers around it and, resting her hand on the photograph, began to weep. She told Memo, "My son will shake the whole world!" And she added, "You are in for a surprise today."
When Memo returned home, she heard her daughter Mani cry out. When she went to her, Mani exclaimed, "Look, a string is wrapped around my leg and won't come off! It moves!" To her horror, Memo saw a small snake wrapped around Mani's leg. It quickly disappeared, and she later explained to Mani that it was not "a string" but a snake.
Meher Baba's Masters would openly express their love and affection for him. During this period, news continued to come from Poona that Babajan would bow her head on Baba's photograph and shed tears.
From Sakori stories were told that Upasni Maharaj was telling his followers: "There is nothing here. Go to Merwan in Arangaon." In a similar manner, devotees who took Narayan Maharaj's darshan would be sent to Meherabad, which showed that Narayan was also publicly acknowledging Meher Baba's divinity and was frequently remembering him these days.
Once during this time, Narayan Maharaj came to Meherabad. Narayan would often travel on tour throughout India, and as he was in the train going from Kedgaon en route to the north, the train was about to pass through Ahmednagar when it suddenly came to a halt. Narayan asked those circle members traveling with him what had happened. They did not know; a signal might be down or there might be an obstruction on the tracks. "No!" Narayan said. "This is Meher Baba's ashram. Go look." And to their amazement, when his disciples opened the door and looked out, there was Meher Baba standing under a tree with his hands folded. Lined up by the railway tracks were many of Baba's mandali, also standing with folded hands.
Narayan was informed that Meher Baba was nearby and he came out of his compartment and stood at the door of the train, silently looking at Baba.