November 7th. I have decided the meeting will start November 7th and continue. I will send instructions to those whom I will invite from the West and others in India. These will include instructions informing the Western group when they should arrive, how long they should stay . . . . one month. I will send the instructions in March, 1957, to all invitees and I will expect an early reply for the board and lodging arrangements. The group coming from different parts of the globe will have to stay one month. Dana, repeat all this so loudly that those on Mars can hear you!”

Dana Field did his best. Elizabeth Patterson asked, "Can we reply now?"

Baba continued: "I will require 6 months for the arrangements. There will be so many from different parts of India . . . all the Indian groups. That will take time—making arrangements for them. Don, say all this so loudly that the fishes in the ocean can hear you! Start with the beginning. Baba cannot hear . . . it must be the fog!"

Laughter shook the room. Baba's eyes flashed with inner fire. There was an air of tremendous, barely-suppressed excitement in us all. Beloved had called us at last to India! Baba continued, telling us each invitee must pay his or her traveling expenses. Those who could afford to, might contribute their amounts after February 15th. Contributions would also be invited from the Indian groups. The arrangements for a one-month stay will cost a good deal. Ben Hayman asked if the meeting would be for men only. Cries of protest!

Baba replied: "The Indian women are annoyed with me because it was not possible for them to have my sahavas (as promised). This meeting will be for men and women. It will be unprecedented in the history of my activities. I will also invite saints —' the seven favorites.'

"It will be 90% women and 10% men," Baba finished, to our amusement. Marion Florsheim asked something about raising funds and Baba smilingly told her to raise "20 billion dollars!"

We dispersed to have breakfast around 8 a.m. In the dining room I met a person who was upset when she heard of the meeting to which she had not been called. But Baba had specifically ordered only those on the trip with him to be there. During the morning, Baba visited the homes of Ivy Duce, Don Stevens and Fred Frey, San Francisco Sufis. As usual, he invited others to go along. Ivy's house, destined as a future Sufi center, was first;