Upset, Baba remarked, "Some go out for a stroll, some occupy themselves in prayer, while I am left here alone waiting for everybody to return!"

Hearing this, Ramjoo was profoundly impressed, because he had been in a secluded spot where no one could have seen him and Baba had stayed inside the bungalow the whole time. This sudden uncanny observation gave Ramjoo, too, an overwhelming experience of Meher Baba's omniscience.

After lunch at Mandwa, a renowned singer and sitar player, who had traveled with the group on the boat from Bombay, played for Baba and his companions. The old man performed so well, and the effect was so profound, that Abdulla Jaffer suddenly began weeping uncontrollably. Lateef was even more overwhelmed and began to jump up and down slowly in an ecstatic motion. He then began jumping higher and faster. The tempo of his movements became more frenzied until his whole body was shaking. He shouted, "Call a serpent from the jungle to dance to the strains of this heavenly music!"

Lateef, seemingly out of control, was having an experience of ecstasy. Baba looked at him carefully, then told the sitar player to continue playing or it would be fatal to Lateef. The old man continued, gradually slowing the rhythm. Lateef, in turn, gradually stopped jumping.

Afterward Baba explained, "What Lateef experienced was not a trance. His experience was caused by the vibration from the music. He had to jump! It is a very rare gift in a singer to be able to create such a vibration. The voice has to be just right — the sound can both kill and revive!"

Baba remained in Mandwa for a few days, and it was during this stay that he referred to himself as being a God-conscious Master, a Sadguru or Qutub, and mentioned his mandali — circle of disciples — for the first time:

From the very beginning, I have a circle consisting of a fixed number of individuals. In the near future, these men will gain the ultimate experience of Truth and Knowledge.

Out of millions of souls, only one becomes perfect. Perfection entails unimaginable hardships and sufferings. The Perfect Man can bestow divine consciousness upon anyone in the twinkling of an eye. He bestows it at the right moment upon those who have an age-old connection with him.

To clarify this, suppose a man has suddenly come into wealth. After becoming rich, however generous he may be, he will not distribute his riches to every poor person in the world.