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1761NASIK & CANNES1936

At two in the afternoon, Baba left Nasik for Rahuri.

Chummy, the pet cocker spaniel that Baba had purchased in Los Angeles two years before, died at Meherabad at 8:00 P.M. on 28 December 1936. Baba was present and gave Chummy a spoonful of brandy with his own hands to ease his pain. The dog was buried at Upper Meherabad the next day.

On the 29th, Norina and Elizabeth, accompanied by Kaka and Ramjoo, drove to Rahuri in the Ford Elizabeth had brought. A meeting of the Mandali Maintenance Trust was to be held at Rahuri that day, and they were to attend.

When they arrived, Baba gave Elizabeth and Norina a tour of the ashram. He showed them the Rahuri Cabin and explained about his work with the masts and mad. About some of the mad who were lepers, Baba commented, "However infected these men are, it does not affect me or my men helping me to bathe them. When I wash the mad at Rahuri, I am 'washing' them universally."

Baba pointed out which inmates were mad (suffering a mental disorder) and which were spiritually advanced masts (God-intoxicated), remarking, "Through some blows a breeze — a breeze of longing for God." On occasion, Baba would permit Elizabeth to take photographs, and she and Norina were deeply impressed at how lovingly Baba treated the mad and God-mad alike. Baba had lunch with them at a long table under the trees. After the trust meeting, Norina and Elizabeth returned to Nasik.

In Nasik, the following schedule and rules were posted at the retreat for the Westerners:

6:30 A.M. — rise
8 A.M. — breakfast
12 P.M. — lunch [The group ate together.]
7 P.M. — dinner
9:30 P.M. — sleep.

No one should sit in the sun between 10:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. [because of the strong rays].
Till February 25th, none of the Western devotees to walk beyond the property boundaries.
None of the Western devotees to converse with visitors, unless ordered by Baba.
None of the Western devotees to receive or invite guests for meals or to stay overnight, unless ordered by Baba.
No one to enter the kitchen.
Complaints to be referred to Norina who is given overall charge of the ashram.
For individual errands in Nasik or Bombay, refer to the office.
Access to the storeroom can be at any time during the day. Ask for the key at the office.
No one is allowed to use the automobiles without informing the office.

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