rainbow appeared in the East! We boarded buses again for the Poona Baba Center. Here we found many beautiful Baba pictures and books; and met the Baba workers of the Center, including Mr. Ramakrishnan. Then we were shown "The Great Darshan", the movie of Baba's entombment. It was partly taken by Mani and the rest by Don Stevens. Certain scenes were incredibly beautiful and heart-rending. Yet, one did not feel sorrow in an ordinary sense—to see dear Beloved's "Coat" being laid in His Tomb. His living Presence among us was too strong. The song Begin the Beguine was played as they laid Beloved to rest, as He wished. It has become His Liebestod.

Saturday June 7th: The 4th Day of Darshan.

Up at dawn—while the crows cry out in the flaming gold Mohur trees, and the bicycles begin to flow down Poona road. Early tea on the terrace, then breakfast downstairs, and off to Guruprasad. Jay Falk, who was not feeling well, had revived and came to Guruprasad for the first time, on Dr. Bharucha's cycle.

Eruch greets us again: Mehera and I garland Baba's picture; darshan has begun! Eruch says; "Last night when the men were here with the mandali, we could not finish answering everyone's questions . . .about the New Life. When we asked Baba, He would always say, 'there's only one real question to be asked and ever will be asked, 'Who am I', and there's only one answer to that original question—'I am God.' There are many false questions, and naturally in illusion, the answers are also false. So yesterday we were sorting out the falseness of the questions:— —and we missed saying something of the New Life.

"Nothing more can be said about the New Life than the song we used to sing then in the company of our Beloved Baba; it was composed in Hindi by Dr. Ghani Munsiff, helped by Baba Himself. Here is the English translation." Eruch read The Song of the New Life—and said, "this will give you some idea of what the New Life is. I don't say was, because Baba said this New Life will be led eternally.

"Baba lived as a companion with us, to such an extent, he would sweep His own room, wash His own clothes, and utensils, as we did. He went one step further. He had given us instructions to be honest, truthful, kind. If a dog bothered us, that was a slip in living that life, and Baba ordered us to draw His attention to it. As our companion, He tried to guide us so we all would obey Him implicitly. And we also had to point out any slip made by Him.

Once it happened, on the last leg of the New Life journey, returning to Meherazad Hill. It was late at night, we had no stopping place, so we found an old dilapidated building in the dark. There were three of us with Baba. We found some room for Him and the rest of us tried to make do in the dark. I was on night watch. Then Baba clapped His hands and said, 'What's the noise going on outside! There's disturbance! 'So I just stood quietly in the night and I heard wings flapping. It was a dove nesting and I told Baba, and He said, 'throw it out, it disturbs me.'

According to the New Life we had to obey orders 'good, bad, or extraordinary,'—I knew very well that Baba had told us to point out the slip to be kind to all, but the orders were simultaneous, like His asking us to get up and sit down at the same time—that was the New Life. So I tried to catch the dove in a blanket, then Baba says 'It is you who have slipped—why didn't you remind me? We'll see tomorrow - now you go and rest '. So Baba allowed the bird to stay.

"Next morning Baba said, 'Why didn't you remind Me of the slip, it was an unkind act!' I said, 'Yes, Baba, I forgot to remind you about it at that time, but then I kept quiet because of the ban on any argument'. Baba replied, 'There should be no argument, but since you kept quiet, the only thing that can rectify this slip of mine, as you are my companion, is that some punishment be given to Me.' I said 'as you wish, Baba.' He removed His sandals, and said, 'each of you should give me a slap with the sandal.' So we had to carry out the order.

He was our companion, He was our friend, He was our God, He was our Beloved, He was everything to us, yet we had to obey Him, and each one of us took the sandal and gave His kneecap just a light slap. And Baba pinched His ears and said, 'We should remember to be kind to all things and beings:

"All this was significant—He had to set an example for humanity, He had to undergo all