by Baba which would occur on a certain date. About three months prior to the date, the follower felt that something should be happening to him. He began to get angry with Baba (mind you, he loved Baba; it didn't have anything to do with his love). But he got angry because he felt Baba wasn't keeping His promise. He starting blurting out to the other disciples and to whomever he came near, that Baba was acting like a stinking father. It didn't take long before Baba got wind of this. So Baba called him in and said, "Is something on your mind, is something troubling you that you want to tell Me?" The follower blurted out to Baba that He was acting like a stinking father and that Baba was not keeping His promise. He was really asking for it!

So Baba said, "Who's acting like the stinking one, the father or the son? After all, the time has not come yet when what I promised you is to take place, and you can't wait. After that time, if I don't fulfill the promise, then you can complain." Of course these are not the exact words. . . but Baba knocked him down a few pegs and made him realize how wrong he was.

There are always interesting things going on around Baba and people are constantly coming for His darshan. Some stop by just out of curiosity. Some don't even know who Baba is. Many who know who He is come from all over India, travelling hundreds of miles. It just so happened that at the time I was there some government officials were having a big convention and quite a few came to Baba for His blessing before they started the meeting. Then, too, there was a very famous singer who came to Baba, to sing for God. He was really terrific, and Baba said afterwards that he really sang for Baba's love. The man himself said that he felt that he'd never sung as well as he did that day.

You know I consider myself a pretty good card player because I can pick up card games quickly. But Baba plays a game which He must have invented and which I just could not grasp. It looked like the most simple game in the world . . . because everyone just sat around in a circle; Baba would give each player two or three cards and everyone would call out a certain name together. I was trying to figure out when I should call it out . . . everyone would tell me that I had to go in turn after each game, but they never did it that way and they'd call it out together. Sometimes I would be sitting next to Baba and I'd look up at Him and say, "I just