BADLY INJURED IN ANOTHER CAR ACCIDENT

 
I couldn't bear that Baba was so badly injured in another car accident. I cried so much that blood got under my eyes and I could not see. I thought I was going blind. I tried putting mint oil on my eyes, but it burned them. So I let the tears run for quite a while. After that I opened my eyes and could see again. When both my eyes got better, I used some powder to soothe them.

It was good that Dr. Donkin was there to take care of Baba. I wanted to go to Satara because Baba was there, but everyone said, "Don't go because Baba is in a very bad condition and you should not disturb Him. Go later on."

So my mother and I went to Arnavaz's apartment in Bombay, but everyone there was just talking. I thought, "I can't waste time like this," and I started making arrangements myself to go to Poona, which is near Satara. I couldn't leave my mother alone, so the two of us went as soon as we could.

We also wanted to go to Poona to attend the last rites for Dr. Nilu, because Nilu meant so much to us. Following Baba's instructions, Dr. Nilu had given great help and service to us. Because of this, we especially respected and appreciated him. So even though my mother was sick at the time, we went to Poona alone. Unfortunately, when we reached Poona, we learned that Nilu's body had just been taken to Meherabad for cremation. So we went to Meherabad, with offerings for his cremation. Then we returned to Bombay.

I wrote a letter to Baba asking His permission to come to see Him. After Baba had shifted from Satara to Poona for better medical treatment, He called my mother and me to visit Him. So we went again to Poona. Someone told us not to go, but I refused to listen. So we got to spend a few precious days there with Baba. Baba was always smiling even with the terrible injury to His hip. His beautiful nose, which had been broken in the first accident, had been changed even more by this one. And even His tongue had been cut, so He could not eat His regular diet.

Baba suffered so much! But Baba is God. He controls everything. And He never showed a worrying face. Baba was always smiling, no matter what He went through. Baba put into practice: "Don't worry. Be happy." Then He told us to do that. Baba used to say that before a person can tell someone else to do something, he has to do it himself first. So Baba actually lived His motto: "Don't worry, be happy."