The other Sufis assembled at Ivy's apartment at 2:00 P.M. on the 20th. Charmian had stayed at Scarsdale for lunch, and then drove Baba back to the city with the mandali.

A special message from Baba, dictated by him on 7 July, had been posted on a bulletin board. Jeanne Shaw had been assigned the duty of requiring everyone to read it. It read:

I am equally approachable to one and all, big and small.
To saints who rise and to sinners who fall,
Through all the various paths that give the Divine Call.
I am approachable alike to saint whom I adore
And to sinner whom I am for,
And equally through Sufism, Vedantism, Christianity,
Or Zoroastrianism and Buddhism, and other "isms"
Of any kind and also directly through no medium of "isms" at all!

Baba later explained his message:

This poster must have made it very clear to all that I can be directly or indirectly approached. That means through different isms, sects and different formations; or personally by direct contact; or in the Indian term sahavas, which means literally physical nearness and service. But today we are concerned with Sufism, so I will not go into details about the direct approach, but can tell those who are in personal contact through love or service that I can be Realized by their direct approach.

If you take Baba to be perfect and one with God, Baba is then the Ocean and these different paths — Sufism, Vedanta, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Jainism and Christianity — are as rivers to the Ocean. But now the time has arrived and a period has arrived when these rivers have more or less become dry. Those who follow these different paths do it only in form. More importance is given to ceremonies and practices, but the real purpose is lost sight of.

Vedanta, which is based on unity and assertion, finds its goal in the Aham Brahmasmi — "I Am God" — state. Buddhism, which is based on good living, finds its goal in nirvana. Zoroastrianism, which is based on pure thoughts, pure words and pure deeds, has its goal in Ahuramazda. Christianity, which is based especially on Christian mysticism, has its goal in becoming one with the Father. And Sufism, which is based on love, ends in fana and baqa, the annihilation and the Becoming.