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The Spirit of God had incarnated on earth.
And with that Spirit, the winds
of tumultuous travel stormed upon the world.
At Meherabad, late in the afternoon on May 8th, 1929, Meher
Baba, accompanied by the Prem Ashram boy Ali Akbar, and his mandali Buasaheb,
Chanji, Chhagan, Gustadji, Masaji and Pesu, left for Ahmednagar. In the town,
Ramjoo and Baily met them at Akbar Press. Soon after, a discussion took place
over the destination of their journey. Suggestions were put forth but none satisfied
Baba. Baba concluded the discussion by stating his preference of going to Rishikesh
in the Himalayas.
The next day, Baba and the group left Ahmednagar for Nasik,
where he met Mehera, Freiny, Naja, Big Khorshed, Small Khorshed, Soona, and
their servant Valu,
as well as Rustom and Padri. He sent Padri to Bombay, and Rustom was ordered
to continue looking after the arrangements for the women mandali in Nasik while
Baba was on tour in the North.
On May 10th, the group took a bus to Manmad and then left
on the Delhi-Allahabad express train for Hardwar. Near the village of Khandwa
an accident occurred; a man was struck by the train and severely injured. Watching
the man on the ground, a large crowd gathered and meanwhile Baba dispatched
Chhagan to buy some rice and dal from a vendor. Chhagan thought to himself,
"A man has just been seriously hurt and all are rushing to see him, yet this
God feels hungry and wants something to eat! How can Baba be so merciless?
Who could eat at a time like this?" With these thoughts in his mind, Chhagan
made his way through the crowd to bring the food, but he could not return as
quickly because of the excited crowd on the platform. After some time Baba lost
his patience and sent Gustadji to look for him, and when Chhagan returned, Baba
admonished him for taking so long. |
