The woman had faced opposition from her husband [the occultist, Paul Foster Case] and others, and Baba urged her, "Continue thinking of me and do not worry. I am with you." He promised to help her and her husband.

Baba was driven around the city for an hour and then returned to the hotel at 11:00 A.M.

Meanwhile at the hotel, there were about 25 Bostonians waiting to meet the Master, including Chester Green and Nicholas Bessaraboff, 37, who as a young man had been responsible for having P. D. Ouspensky's work translated into English.  Courtenay Baylor, 61, a religious psychotherapist, head of the Emmanuel Movement, and an expert on alcoholism, met Baba that day, as did George W. Coleman, a Boston businessman who had founded the Ford Hall Forum of free public lectures. Another invitee was a Quaker philanthropist, Mrs. Edward Sohier Welch. Baba explained to all about the oneness and indivisibility of the soul, emphasizing to them, "There is nothing else except God. He is wholly in everyone and you do not realize what He is doing for you."

Baba also met various people at the Vendome Hotel on the afternoon of the 22nd, from 2:00 to 5:00 P.M. These included Max and Anna Gysi, the astrologer-author Dane Rudhyar, 36, and the composer Williams Arms Fisher.  Richard Mayer (the person who had first told Malcolm about Baba) was also present and commented to Baba, "Only you know how you suffer."

In reply, Baba spelled out, "I am eternally happy [blissful], yet I feel compassion for all who suffer and help them through my knowledge and power. Thus, my mercy is my suffering."

A monk from India named Swami Paramananda, 47, arrived to meet Baba, accompanied by his niece and three of his students. Paramananda had come to America in 1906 as the youngest disciple of Swami Vivekananda and three years later founded the Vedanta Center in Boston.

During the interview, Paramananda invited Baba to visit the Ananda Ashram in Southern California, a retreat he had established as an extension of the Boston Vedanta Center in 1923 on 120 acres of land. Baba replied, "It is not possible on this trip. When I visit America again after six months, maybe I can." The niece also requested that Baba come to California, promising to prepare Indian food for him. Baba smiled, gesturing, "After six months."