aside non-essentials. Nothing whatsoever could be left behind in storage. To this day I cannot imagine how I ever left behind "The Meher Journals." (They went to Adi Sr.) Of course they were two very bulky volumes! But what a treasure house. I did take the two volumes of Baba's Discourses!

Furniture, beds, fittings, all were to be sold for the benefit of any one in need. Baba had said, "All the proceeds from the sale of all my properties, i.e. ashrams . . . to provide for the immediate needs of those whom I have myself made to depend upon me." Meherabad seemed to some of us a shell, but this same shell is guarded I believe to this day by a day and night watchman.

We too wanted to share. Chinese coats appeared from trunks that had lain there since our arrival in India in 1933. Jewelry rarely worn was brought out and other treasures. All displayed their "wares" on the beds and one morning Baba came up the hill and went around systematically viewing what was laid out. He was deeply touched at our willingness to share in the spirit of the New Life, owning nothing but the barest necessities. Baba had made it clear that we could not dispose of anything that was really necessary. Not everything displayed was allowed to be sold. All I had of value was an amber necklace from Japan and a mandarin coat from China. I was fortunate. Baba allowed both to go "to the general fund." Others too were equally fortunate.

Packing and dismantling, one bhagulla (saucepan) remained on the last day. From August 25th, in the midst of all this upheaval, Baba began coming up the hill every afternoon at 3:00 to be with us. The time for departure was drawing near. Here was a test,—to forget the packing, play ping-pang, act charades, tell jokes, all with smiling faces and without tears!!

The majority of us were sent to Bombay to teach, train as nurses, doctors, etc. Though we were to be separated from Baba physically, he gave us the opportunity of sharing in his New Life by living the life chosen for us, by not possessing money, or buying new things or going to cinemas, and only accepting food, shelter, toilet necessities and shoe repairs from the parties with whom each group had been fixed to stay. Those who were not definitely to be with Baba must give up hope, 100% wholeheartedly and sincerely, of ever seeing Baba or meeting him again.