The breaking of My silence will mark the beginning of My glorification. My work will then have been done. I shall live for one year after breaking My silence and then I shall drop this body."

Some lovers who had arrived in Poona just today Came in for darshan. Baba said to Harry Kenmore, "You should leave India on the 8th. Come back in December."

To one lover who wished Baba to give him some duty, Baba said. "Go and tell the world that I am God in human form. When I break My silence, all will know that I am God." This lover had come to Baba for the first time. He told Baba, "We can't love you unless you fill us with love." Baba said, "I am happy to hear this. Remember the duty I have given you. If I fill you with love, you and I won't remain separate. Then there will be no question of performing the duty I have assigned to you. If you are as you are at present, you can carry out My orders."

To another lover Baba said, "Do you love Me more than your wife or your own self?" He replied, "If I love anybody, I love you, Baba.''

Baba asked us to tell him a joke. One lover said, "Once a man visited a boys' school. He asked the boys a question: 'If a train 300 yards long crosses a railway platform in three minutes, what is my age?' All the boys were dumbfounded. One boy suddenly raised his hand and when asked the answer to the question he replied, '46 years, sir.' The man was quite perplexed at the answer for that was his correct age. He asked the boy how he had calculated his age. The boy replied, 'My uncle who is 23 years old is only half mad, sir'!"

All enjoyed the joke. Baba then said that He would now give us a joke. He said, "During the East-West Sahavas in 1962, there was the Chinese aggression on India. During this Sahavas, there is Pakistani disturbance. All are alike to Me, whether they be Chinese or Pakistanis. But, the fact remains that I have taken birth in India, so don't feel nervous. This is My joke. My joke means your suffering in ignorance. This suffering of yours I take upon myself."

Baba asked someone about how he could get leave to come down to Poona. He replied, "My leave problem is not serious." Baba replied, "Nothing is serious in the world. The only thing serious is that you cannot see Me as I am."

3rd May.

I squeezed myself through the crowd at the gates of Guruprasad and waited for Baba in the side room. Baba came in at 7:30. After giving some instructions to a patient, a few specially-called persons were given darshan.