low seat. She realized the situation and straightened her back and kissed me. As per the instructions given to us on the "mike," after embracing Mehera I walked into Baba's sitting room, then His bedroom and then stepped out into the garden once again. Any account of what happens when one embraces Baba is impossible. What each one receives from Him in the silence of His love can only be between the One and the one.

After all had had their embrace and drunk from the sourceless Source of love, Baba signaled that He would come and sit in the usual meeting room where the male Mandali every day collect around Him. To see Baba getting up from His chair made my heart cry for one could see how He suffered from the excruciating pain in His hip. A step forward and He was at the head of the steps. With great effort and with Mehera and Dr. Goher holding Him He got down the first step. He paused while our hearts stopped beating. Then another step and still another. It was an ordeal for Him and for us watching Him move at the pace of an ant. How much He suffers for us on the physical plane is beyond our conception, leave alone conception of His mental agony. He then walked very slowly through the garden of Maharani Shanta Devi and Mehera. Mani was busy with her movie camera as Baba walked along with the crowd of 250 women behind.

Once in His chair in the meeting room, He again looked cheerful. Seated in front of Him were all of us, while Mehera was on His right on the floor. Mani was on the "mike" that seemed to misbehave very much that day. Just then lovers from Poona, who had chartered a special bus, arrived. They embraced Baba and Mehera on their arrival. After all were seated, Baba asked us if we had slept well, whether we had had breakfast, and whether everyone felt quite fit. Several “Yes's" from the crowd were enough to tell that each one was in the best of spirits.

Baba then asked Lata to sing. He told us that she had been selected from Maharashtra State for an all-India light classical singing competition at Delhi. Baba had asked her to sing His two favorite songs. Lata won first prize in the age group of 15 to 20. President Radhakrishnan was very pleased with her singing. Lata sang the same two songs and won two embraces from the Beloved. Some other girls then sang a few songs. Subhadra from Poona then sang a new song she had composed for the occasion. It said that as Radha was to Krishna so Mehera is to Meher. Just as people say Radha-Krishna, in posterity people will say Mehera-Meher. The words of the song were so beautiful that her voice found an echo in