You massage until I tell you to stop, not you tell you to stop.

Srutakirti : As Prabhupada's servant, massage was the best time for me, as I was in close contact with him and doing nice service. It always made me feel very good. During massage in the morning, Prabhupada's secretary would come in, and Prabhupada would hear his letters and answer them. While he was doing this I was massaging him. I would start on his head and continuously massage his head until he said, "Okay," or gave a gesture with his body, and then I'd go to the next spot. Sometimes, if he was immersed in something, I could massage part of his body for a long time. Massage generally lasted about one hour. But sometimes it would go to two hours or two and a half hours if he was absorbed in his business. It was very nice, but it could also become a little bit tiring. After being with him for some time, I started to feel that I knew what I was doing quite well. I would massage his head, and when I felt that I had done it sufficiently, I would move on to the next part of his body. I was doing this for probably a week or so. Then one day I was massaging his head, and I went on to massage his back. He didn't say anything. Then I stopped massaging his back and started to move around to the side when he said, "You massage until I tell you to stop, not you tell you to stop." From that time on, massage took a different turn, again I would do whatever Srila Prabhupada wanted.