This whole world is an illusion; and a miracle is an illusion into illusion.

Someone then posed the question to Baba as to why he did not destroy this illusion. Baba gave this explanation:

The sun that gives you light at present will burst after many crores [tens of millions] of years, but another sun will take its place. The earth is getting cooler and will eventually turn into a moon; but another planet, just like the present earth, will take its place.

What has been in the past will be in the future. The processes of evolution and involution will go on forever. Ignorance and creation go hand in hand.

The following day, Baba's parents, Sheriarji and Shireenmai, arrived in advance to attend his birthday celebration. In the evening they had an hourlong discussion with Baba about family matters. Chanji returned the same morning with Kaka Baria and a few others, and Rustom and Padri arrived at midnight from Nasik.

Meher Baba's 35th birthday was celebrated in Meherabad on Sunday, 17 February 1929. The official program that day was as follows:

7:30 — Tea with rawa

8:00 A.M. — Procession to Arangaon and puja there

9:00 A.M. — Washing of Baba's feet by 200 devotees [on the hill], singing by Shankarbhau and friends

10:00 A.M. — Talk about Baba's life by Angal Pleader

11:00 A.M. — Baba rocked in a cradle.

Noon — Lunch on the hill

2:00 - 8:00 P.M. — Qawaali singing by Pyaroo Qawaal with an interval for tea.

8:00 - 9:00 P.M. — Dinner on the hill

9:30 P.M. - 2:00 A.M. — Play by a local drama troupe and a procession.

The procession started from Meherabad Hill and went along the railway tracks to the Arangaon level crossing, and then back to the dhuni, with a marching band and dancing by the villagers. Two to three hundred persons joined in. More songs were performed at the dhuni. All walked up the hill and departed at three o'clock. Hundreds had taken Baba's darshan that day. Visitors included Ghani, Khak Saheb, Babu Cyclewalla, Sadashiv Patil, and Baily.

The next morning at nine o'clock in the Water Tank Hall No. 1 (west room), a classical singer named Master Krishna sang to Baba for four hours. Baba did not usually enjoy classical singing, but he was so pleased with Krishna's performance that he presented him with an elaborately woven spread.