From this inner experience, he became convinced of Baba's divinity and after some time he began living at Meherabad.
After remaining closeted inside the Jhopdi for two days, Baba came out of the room on 23 January and broke his fast.
He held a two-and-a-half-hour meeting and touched on the subjects of the school, hospital and dispensary, concluding, "Now these projects will be done on a permanent basis. In the school there will be 150 resident students, for whom boarding arrangements will have to be provided."
When someone mentioned the chronic scarcity of water in Meherabad, Baba commented, "Don't worry about it. I promise you an ample water supply. I guarantee you there will be an abundance of water for all the needs of all the residents of Meherabad under any circumstances and developments."
Then a discussion ensued about obtaining the government's approval for opening a recognized school. The mandali felt that, even if they secured official consent, Baba's purpose would not be served as the curriculum proscribed by the government would be different from what he intended. Baba directed them to investigate all the legal regulations and red tape, and proceed accordingly in order to fulfill all the official requirements.
The next day, Pandoba's brother prepared a construction plan for a school building, which Baba examined minutely and said should be built by the road on the site of Sai Darbar. Meanwhile, Rustom arranged for the digging of a new well.
On the morning of Tuesday, 25 January 1927, while discussing plans about the new school, the news of Indian troops being sent to China by the British government was mentioned. Baba disapproved of the action and predicted:
Sending the Indian army to fight in a foreign war is a bad policy on the part of the British government. If it continues to do such things it will lose its prestige all over the world. If these frictions and hostilities in China do not cease soon and a reconciliation arrived at, the British will be the greatest sufferers, losing everything — their name, fame, and empire throughout the world. Their underhanded dealings and diplomatic policies have made almost the whole world their enemy. They will suffer for the injustices they have done to innumerable people and many countries with their policies.
The Chinese being against the British, however, is really the doing of Bolshevik Russia's mischief-making. Russia, while pretending to sit quietly, is sticking the end of a pin into China and exciting it.