Glimpses of the God-Man, Meher Baba - Avatar Meher Baba Trust

42 GLIMPSES OF THE GOD-MAN
three seers of jowar and two yards of cloth to each person. Two
days earlier He gave some monetary help to about a hundred
and one wandering sadhus.
At Paithan, Baba came across a man named Maulvi Abdul
Wahab Mudaris. He was employed in one of the Urdu schools
as a teacher. He was regarded as a holy man, and daily the
school authorities would send someone to request him to come
and at least sign the muster roll. Sometimes his state was like
that of a majzoob. He was taken to Aurangabad, but as they
reached there he requested the mandali to permit him to get
down in the bazaar area, and from there he slipped off to
another village. Baidul had to search for him and bring him to
Baba for His contact. It was noticed that some masts in the
beginning showed willingness to come for Baba's contact, but
on one pretext or another they tried to escape and avoid meeting
Him.
At Bhir, Meher Baba contacted a mast named Chandu Mian
Baba. Baba remarked that he was one of the eighth type of
masts. Baba has classified the masts in eight categories, and the
eighth type represents the ones who are half mad and half mast.
Three-quarters of the masts are in this category. Another contact
at Bhir was Shanta Bai, a good mastani. She kept some dogs
always about her, and, as was common with other masts, she
fed these dogs before she ate. Shanta Bai would usually give
away the costly presents she received. Precious stones for the
masts are as good as pebbles.
Gorab Shah, Shivanand and Vasudeo Swami
By April 10, 1944, Baba had gone to Pimpalgaon, where He
stayed until July 7. Pimpalgaon ashram was later named
Meherazad. Here, Ali Shah from Ahmednagar was brought for
Baba's sahavas for a short period. Soon Baba left Ahmednagar
to visit Jhansi, Gwalior, Khandwa and other places to continue
His work with the masts. At Khandwa, Baba contacted Gorab
Shah, a very good and very old mast.