Baba then had another private meeting with Ivy. Soon after, she left with Meherjee for Bombay, carrying Baba's instructions to his American lovers.

During the darshan, a Dutch woman, married to an Indian editor and living in South Africa, came to meet Baba. She was a social worker and had been traveling extensively in India in the course of her work. She had happened to go by Guruprasad and was drawn inside by curiosity.

Baba asked her to sit down. "You are fortunate," he gestured and then inquired, "Which place did you like best?"

"The Himalayas," she replied. "I loved them for their grandeur and spiritual atmosphere."

Baba said: "Yes, there are and have been rishis [sages] and munis [silent yogis] in the Himalayas through the ages, but even they have not seen me as I really am. You like the Himalayas for their spiritual atmosphere. But what about the place within you where God dwells? Don't you love that place best? Once you visit that place, all other places, howsoever beautiful and glorious or filled with spiritual atmosphere, will hold no charm for you.

"The Himalayas, India, all other parts of the world [waving his hand at the crowds and grounds], that which is right here in front of you — they are all maya. Search within your heart for that which is true and lasting."

One man, while taking darshan, expressed his desire to follow Baba. In response Baba explained:

You want to follow me? Do you know what it means? It means to leave all and follow me. And do you know what it is to leave all? It is to leave everything, even your self, behind you. Mind, you have to follow me and not run ahead of me. This is so very simple, yet so very difficult.

If you walk ahead of me, taking your will as supreme, you become your own obstruction in my way to lead you. Again, you do not know the ditches and the pitfalls on the Way, so I have to keep a constant watch on you to save you, or else you fall. What this amounts to is that instead of you following me, I have to follow you!