there were no alligators in sight and Baba asked Elizabeth where they were—and why the name? She replied they came up on the sand to lay their eggs and it was not the season.

We returned slowly behind Baba, who was holding the hand of a little boy on one side and his mother's hand on the other. The bus from town had just arrived— it was now 8 A.M.—and the others were crest-fallen to learn they had missed the early morning walk with the Beloved. Hilda de Long had placed a gardenia, one of the Master's favorite flowers, on His breakfast tray and now He wore it on His blue jacket. After pacing rapidly about for a few moments, He settled Himself on a wicker chair under a pine tree and we all seated ourselves facing Him on the dark brown tanbark, for the meetings on the "groups" that had been postponed from the night before. Baba, after reminding us He would step out of seclusion on February 15th, continued:

"Last evening I told John Bass and others that in India there are many groups. Each has a group head, and all work for the love of Me. All love Me. The group heads are responsible for the work the group does. In India, in the different groups, there are different castes, different religions, those of different economic status. There are Sikhs, Muslims, Hindus . . . but all love Baba. All want to work for Me and spread My message of love and truth. Muslims work in their own localities to bring Muslims; Parsees and Christians do the same thing. Here I have been hearing for a long time about the two groups in the U.S., but there has been some misunderstanding. What is the difficulty?"

John Bass, head of the Monday Night group, stood and said that at times there is a tendency to unite or try to attract each other's members. Baba turned to Ivy Duce, head of the Sufism Reoriented Group, and said, "Ivy, are you happy? How do you feel?" As she nodded, He said, "Fine Are you ready for a nice fight? How do you feel!"

Laughter broke out, and John continued, saying he always emphasized that those who had met Baba in 1952 did not need any "ism"—just to read and study Baba's own teachings. Ivy replied: "Since Baba Himself has designed and created a charter for Sufism Reoriented, it is silly to say, 'no ism is necessary.' Baba wants this ism."

Baba continued: "I want you all to bear in mind one thing. I now emphasize one point which I emphasized in India also, when I called all