In reply to the obeisance given by the people, Maharaj himself did sashtang namaskar to the crowd and then walked straight into my house.

No one was inside the house except the women of my family. They kissed Maharaj's hand in reverence. He sat down on the bare floor and told them in a serious tone, "I have come to talk about something with these people." He meant us at the Manzil, but I was the only one from the mandali present. "They don't understand things and misinterpret everything! They are trying to find loopholes in the orders so they can escape from them instead of facing them boldly."

He then told me, "Are you a child not to understand these things? Do you eat hens' droppings? Be particular to take a bath."

Ghani awoke at this point and was happily relieved to find that his mental distress had left him. After he narrated these dreams to Baba, Ghani posted a description of them on the notice board. A register was kept in the main hall for recording the dreams of the mandali, and occasionally Baba would ask someone to read from it.

On 3 January 1923, Baba called all the mandali to his upstairs room and said, "Somehow let us manage to spare an hour or two every evening to discuss domestic matters of the Manzil, and then to devote some time to recreation." All agreed to this, and a few rules were laid down for the nightly meeting. After a long discussion, this meeting was dubbed the Gutta — meaning the Wineshop.

Each of the men was allowed to voice his opinion and vote independently on matters. Ghani was elected secretary and kept a record of the proceedings, while Baba was the chairman. All were free to make suggestions irrespective of, and without fear of, others' opinions, and they were to vote on issues independently. One speaker was to follow another, but only after getting the chairman's permission. No one was otherwise allowed to speak — lest it turn into a normal tavern where uproar and disorder usually prevail. Each man had to raise his hand before speaking, and thus the Master established an official body of government in the Manzil.

Baily described the Gutta as follows:

All kinds of discussions took place in the Gutta. If anybody wanted to say anything — important, unimportant, worldly, or spiritual, pertaining to a close one or to others — anything and everything was discussed openly, freely, and frankly without any hesitation, shyness or fear.