On the 10th, Baba sent William Reading instructions not to travel to Nepal, as he had intended to, but to return home to Australia, which he did, although the bus ride back to Poona was a tearful departure for him. In Reading's words, "I felt like I was leaving my true home." He left Ahmednagar around 12 August 1968 and had his 21st birthday a few days later. Reading continued to write more notes to Baba through Adi until he arrived back at his parents' home in Sydney.

Bill Reading also sent another drawing of Baba holding the world in his arms, to which Baba sent this reply through Adi, "Baba liked it, but not as much as the first drawing ..."

Raj Kumar Sharma of Kanpur also attempted to see Baba at this time, going directly to Meherazad on 11 August, but he was refused entrance and was persuaded to leave.

There were sharp differences among some of the workers of the Poona Center and Adi attended their meeting in Poona on 1 September 1968 to help reconcile them. After he reported to Baba the following day, Baba sent this telegram to Ramakrishnan:

The time for my manifestation is drawing very near. Therefore, I want you and all to forgive one another and forget lovingly all past differences, so that Avatar Meher Baba Poona Center can carry on the work in one team in a spirit of give-and-take, and so that this center in the city where I was physically born and made aware of my Avatarhood stands foremost.

That day, Baba commented, "The personal disaster to me will happen." He quoted a couplet of Hafiz and noted, "Hafiz's words are as meaningful as the poetry is beautiful. There are thousands of subtle and minute points as numerous as the hairs on the head. None who shaves his head knows spirituality of the Path."

On some special occasion or celebration, such as a birthday or anniversary, occasionally Baba would permit his lovers to pay to have food prepared for him and the mandali. Adi Ghaswala, a Bombay lover, had sent Adi Sr. a check or money order for Rs.100 for food to be sent for Baba, but the money was somehow lost in transit. Ghaswala felt terrible, but Baba appreciated the thought, and on 2 September cabled Ghaswala his love and blessings stating, "Anything given with love is not lost."

On the 12th Sarosh, Viloo, Adi and Rustom Kaka came to Meherazad with a tape recorder, so that Baba could listen to a recording made by Gajwani of Jaipuri Qawaal. The speed was not quite correct, so the tape was stopped. Adi returned to Meherazad the following day with Don. They were having differences among themselves in Don's living arrangements at Khushru Quarters and Baba told them to sort it out among themselves.