Prior to the trip, Agnes Baron met with Meher Baba in Myrtle Beach to discuss the planned nine-day stay in detail.
“Now do not go to any trouble,” Meher Baba told her. “I can sleep under the trees or on the floor.”
“Trouble!” Agnes replied, “I’ve just been waiting all these years for you to come. Everything has been painted and scrubbed.”
“Do not go to any trouble," Meher Baba repeated.
Meher Baba instructed five of the men mandali — Adi K. Irani, Dr. William Donkin, Gustadji Hansotia, Meherjee Kakaria, and Vinayak Nilkantha 'Nilu" Godse — to leave a day early for Meher Mount.
They were to make sure the proper arrangements were made at Meher Mount for for Meher Baba and the women mandali.
They arrived at Meher Mount on May 23, exhausted, as they had been told to drive as fast as possible. They were having tea the following morning when they learned about Meher Baba’s automobile accident.
Dr. Donkin flew back immediately, and the others drove back across the county.
“There was nothing but tears in our eyes and bleeding in our heart,” said Adi K. Irani.
“This was God’s will, and it will result in benefit to the whole world,” Meher Baba said. He said on other occasions that it would be necessary in His incarnation as Avatar to undergo this Self-sacrifice.
All the passengers in both automobiles survived, despite some severe injuries.
Four years later in 1956, Meher Baba returned to America. Upon this visit, Meher Baba at last fulfilled His intention of coming to Meher Mount.
