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30771952 TRIP TO THE WEST1952

Lud Dimpfl, one of Ivy's Sufis from San Francisco, collected $4,500 and flew to Myrtle Beach with a check for Baba's trip. He arrived on the 16th, and handed the amount to Baba. Ivy tried to persuade Baba to travel to Los Angeles by plane, but Baba preferred going by car.

Ivy's husband James Terry Duce also arrived on 16 May, and met Baba at 9:00 A.M. Terry was a senior executive with the ARAMCO oil company in Arabia and a seasoned world traveler, so Baba asked him to plan their route to the West Coast — a quick, straight route for the men mandali, who were to go ahead, and a more casual, scenic route for himself and the women.

Baba also told him, "I love you dearly. I want you to understand, so that you may not be confused. You may think it has come about by chance, but your coming was destined. God alone is real. He does everything for everyone. We cannot escape His will. He loves us, and the goal of life is to love Him, know Him in absolute honesty and, avoiding all temptations, be united with Him."

Baba continued, "My work now is to be universal. The time is approaching when there will be a great upheaval, both material and spiritual. The whole world is to be topsy-turvy. There will be a climax. From November, my Fiery Life will take the greatest part in this upheaval. So my program, by God's will, is that I go to California safely on the 20th, and then come back and stay here for one month. I will not see anyone then. I will be free to chalk out the plan for this Center, which I want by God's grace to be a Universal Center. Then I leave for England and Europe by July end, and leave for India in November.

"I will return here in July [1953] to stay for one year to work out the Center on the biggest scale. I know you can help me in that, and I would like you to work with me in constructing and planning four centers, which I want in this one Universal Center. So, I would like you to decide, and let me know if you would help me in this work."

"I do not know what my commitments are or will be, but I will do what I can," Terry promised.

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