Baba sat down under a fruit tree in a secluded corner of the garden and we sat about Him on the grass. Noting Mrs. White was not among us, Baba sent Kitty to find her. She had felt too tired to follow us.

Baba played with His fingers and asked Peter Thibodeau if he could do the same. Peter tried, not too successfully. Then He called on Tex Hightower, the dancer, who also tried to imitate Baba turning over His fingers. It recalled to mind how Baba used to spin His alphabet board on thumbs and forefingers and then hand it to someone to try to do the same.

Baba looked almost reminiscent as He gazed at us scattered around Him on the thick verdant lawn.

"This reminds Me of the past when Buddha sat under the tree," He gestured. "After Buddha had been fasting for so many weeks, an old woman helped Him by giving Him a rice pudding. Following His eating of that pudding, Buddha sat under the tree, where He attained His goal. As Babajan was to Me, so that old woman was to Buddha, for just as that old woman helped Buddha get super-consciousness, just so did Babajan give super-consciousness to Me."

Upon being asked the old woman's name, Baba said that He did not recall it, it had not been recorded.

Then Baba changed His mood. Referring to the important meeting He had announced for that evening (Saturday), He gave these instructions: "I want you all to be in the barn between eight and eight thirty tonight. Wash your hands and face and take off your sandals or shoes before you enter the hall. Sit on the floor of the barn, not on the chairs. Listen to the instructions I will give and do accordingly."

Eruch caused some amusement by saying that in India Baba gives them instructions to wash not only their hands and face, but also their feet before they sit on the floor for meetings. Then as so often happens, Baba again zig-zagged our emotions from hilarity to seriousness, by reminding us, “I come down to your level, where I appear to be gay and happy mixing with you all and running about with you. At the same time, I am on a level with the members of every plane, although you only see My work here on this plane. With your gross eyes, you have only a limited view of Me working and dictating on this gross plane."

Baba then reached out His hands to Fred to help Him up but as He