Caracas

There are no initiates in Caracas; this was a stop for rest and to change planes. However, about a dozen dear ones accompanied Master here, and three dear souls from the island of Grenada in the West Indies – two initiates and one seeker desiring initiation – seized the opportunity to have His Darshan at last.

Master was here only a short time; but during that time He gave initiation to the seeker from Grenada – who thus became the last of the 2,146 persons initiated in the Western Hemisphere – and gave a special meditation sitting to those dear ones who had accompanied Him so far that must surely rank as one of their most memorable experiences ever.

Also while here, Master placed a long distance telephone call to California to say a last goodbye to dear Reno and Ann Sirrine, who had had to leave Him in Mexico City, after accompanying Him throughout.

On the evening of 28^th December, after saying goodbye to all the dear ones with including Mr and Mrs T. S. Khanna, who had accompanied Him since the beginning in Washington, and Dr German Duque, who had accompanied Him throughout all of Latin America beginning in Miami, He and His party of three – B.S. Gyani, S.R. Bhalla, and Harcharan Singh – left the Western hemisphere and flew non-stop to Rome, en route to Delhi.