It was only love and obedience that mattered to him.
Gulmai's birthday was celebrated that day and Baba distributed sweets and tea.
At two o'clock Baba suddenly left the Table Cabin, complaining, "This place is not suitable for my work," and proceeded toward the riverside in search of a better place for seclusion.
He walked to many different spots but found none to his liking; finally he selected a corner near his gaadi where he could remain undisturbed.
But there was another reason for Baba's sudden break in his confinement. On Saturday, 7 July 1928, Aga Ali's father again came to Toka to take him away, saying that he had heard a report that Meher Baba had left the ashram and all the schoolboys had gone insane. Haji was taken to meet his son and after observing that the boy was well and normal, he returned to Bombay the following day.
As mentioned, Ardeshir Shapurji Baria, 37, had come to meet the Master at Toka and wished to stay in the ashram. To test him, Baba directed him to do the work of preparing bamboo matting. He was unfamiliar with such work, but Pendu showed him how to weave them and he brought the finished mats to Baba.
After inspecting the mats, Baba put on Baria's chappals and remarked, "Your chappals don't fit me. What can I do? When your chappals are my size, I will keep you with me."
Baria was confused by Baba's words. What Baba meant was that Ardeshir Baria was not yet ready to stay with him. So Baria left Toka after some days to pay the price for a suitable pair of chappals for Baba — to "prepare" himself and make his life worthy of staying with the Master.
Ardeshir was later known as Kaka Baria , and became one of Meher Baba's closest mandali, but he suffered two years of testing before he was fit to join the Beloved. Kaka was born in Navsari on 23 February 1891. He studied mechanical engineering in college and worked for two years for the Greaves Cotton Mills of Bombay (the same company for which Chanji had worked). After working for a similar firm in Nagpur for five years, Kaka spent two years at the Tata Iron & Steel Company in Jamshedpur. He had also worked in Iraq as an automotive mechanic. In 1928, when he met Baba, he was living in Bombay and was the owner of several taxicabs.