When Dastur was feeling better, he was brought to the crypt-cabin. Baba discussed the school with him and announced a new idea. Baba said that a few Western children should be admitted to the school. He directed Dastur to go to England and bring back a few British boys to stay in Meher Ashram.
But Dastur resolutely declined, replying, "I wish to stay near you, Baba. I will not leave you even for a moment. I would rather die than be separated from you." Baba then chose Rustom for this mission.
The intensity of inner experiences for the four men in the Sadhak Ashram — who had now been sequestered for almost two months — went on increasing. On Friday, 20 January 1928, Manekar was dazed by a resplendent ray of light in his room and became entranced. In a semi-dazed condition, he left his room and, approaching the crypt, he fell unconscious at Baba's feet. Baba had just stepped out for a moment. After Manekar came to, Baba asked him why he had left his room. "Master, I heard you call me!" Manekar declared. Baba directed him to return and not to leave his cell again under any circumstances.
Four days later, Shankarnath burst from his room and began roaming about, shouting out Baba's name. With difficulty, Buasaheb restrained him and led him back to his cell.
Mehrabanpur was also profoundly affected during this period. He would often weep and repeatedly shout Baba's name again and again. Manekar and Gopal Swamy continued to have overwhelming inner experiences which convinced them of Baba's divinity. Manekar also experienced a light which was so bright in his darkened room that he claimed he could have read a book by it.
When Baba was told about this, he expressed his pleasure but remarked to the mandali, "This is not spirituality. Such phenomena are only a medium to attract the pilgrim to the Path. One should not be fooled and get ensnared. There is danger in the enchantment."
The women's group was always kept separate from the men mandali.
During this period of Baba's seclusion, when Baba was always on the hill and not visiting the women at lower Meherabad, Mehera, Naja, and Small Khorshed wondered how they could draw Baba's attention to them. They began preparing garlands of pink and yellow flowers, sending them to Baba with Kaikhushru Masa (Khorshed's father). They would do this work at night since they were busy all day with their chores, which consisted mostly of cooking for the several hundred people at Meherabad, and the 170 boys in the ashram.