Warnings by Baba

Baba gave a series of warnings in 1957 and 58, repeating them both in India and America.

The warnings were given in metaphors, rather than directly. They alluded to something that would challenge our faith in him, that he saw coming. The metaphors he used were:

a dark cloud
cobras tossed into a crowded room

He not only said that he 'saw' the dark cloud coming, but on several occasions oddly said that the dark cloud was watching him as well, noting this in the barn more than once whenever he coughed.

Then, before leaving the pandal, Baba sipped a little water, which made him cough. He recalled that the day before, at the same time, he had also coughed while drinking water. He remarked, "What is the significance of this? It shows that the dark cloud remembers me." (Lord Meher, 1986 print edition, p. 5305)

When Baba sipped a little water at 5:00 P.M., he again coughed. He commented, "Even in the first group I got this cough at this hour. Who is remembering me?" Eruch said that when Baba put this question to the first group, they could not answer. But Baba repeated that it was the "impending dark cloud" that remembers him. Baba confirmed this by remarking, "It is a fact that the dark cloud is coming and that cloud is remembering me." (Lord Meher, 1986 print edition, p. 5305) 

After the gathering had dispersed, Baba again coughed while drinking water at 4:35 P.M. When the third group came to see him five minutes later, Baba mentioned this and added, "I am feeling within my heart that this body will leave me soon. The dark cloud is fast approaching and has been remembering me for the past few afternoons. (Lord Meher, 1986 print edition, p. 5305) 

Baba mentioned the dark cloud fifteen times. Twice Baba said that he saw the dark cloud 'hovering' over him, and once that he saw 'its picture.' 

He associated the dark cloud with his coming humiliation.

Another term that Baba used several times was the anti-God thinking, an anti-God trend(s), and anti-God element(s). In 1948 Baba said to Ivy Duce:

Don't expect anything to be easy; life will be full of problems and the world even more so. In fact, in years to come the world will reach a zenith of anti-God thinking, immorality, lust and greed, because the ending of a vast cycle of cycles is taking place. But after the climax a new era of real brotherly love will be ushered in by God, who knows all that is going on. (Lord Meher, 1986 print edition, p. 3230) 

 And later he said this:

I have often referred in the past to the present world conditions and the anti-God trends prevailing the world over ­– Tibet being no exception. Leaders do not trust each other, and the entire world is getting more and more steeped in rank materialism.

 In 1963 Baba said:

Science and anti-God elements will reach their zenith in the nine months before I break my silence. (Lord Meher, 1986 print edition, p. 6170)