The young swami from Saikhed also returned with Gopal Swamy, and Adi and Rustom's father Khansaheb visited, too.
Dr. Ghani arrived on 12 July with new cricket bats and balls for the schools, and was appointed as a teacher in one of the Persian classes.
While discussing the different institutions he was establishing at Meherabad, Baba disclosed, "My work at Meherabad is like digging numerous canals and placing as many people as possible on the banks, so that when the spiritual flood is let loose, they may benefit by having the divine overflow within their reach."
The next day at the Family Quarters, while commenting on the preparation of the circle, Baba foretold:
My work for the circle is almost completed and only a little remains to be finished. When that is over, I will visit Europe and America. Discourses will only be given to selected individuals who ardently desire spiritual progress, but I will attract the masses with great miracles and thus draw a huge following like moths to a flame.
On Sunday, 17 July 1927, Baily arrived with one of his and Baba's former school chums, the son of Dinshaw Merwan Irani. They had brought a boy who sought admission in Meher Ashram. (Dinshaw Irani was a wealthy Poona Zoroastrian, who had helped finance one of Baba's school plays. He and his wife had recently come to Meherabad to meet Baba and tour the facilities.)1
A cricket match was played that day between the Meherabad school team and one from Ahmednagar. After the match, Baba personally supervised the arrangement of the new furniture in the school. Classrooms were set up with a writing table and chair for the teacher, a large wooden box for the study materials, and a blackboard on a tripod at the front of the room. Benches and desks were lined up according to the number in each class. The rooms were whitewashed and, on the whole, Baba was very pleased with how the school looked.
To ease the transition of the Persian boys' inclusion in the ashram, Baba ordered a brick oven to be constructed in which naan (thick Persian chapatis) could be baked. The oven was completed on 18 July, and all the Meherabad residents were served the novel bread.
That day, while discussing spiritual matters, Baba disclosed:
The Sadguru can interfere in the Creator's workings, but he rarely does so.
Footnotes
- 1.Baily left at 5:00 P.M. on 21 July 1927 with Ramjoo.