Daily Messages

(March 1938) . . . a five-foot-long snake was seen outside the kitchen with a sparrow in its mouth. Baba was called, and he came with a few of the men. One man struck the snake on its back, and it released the sparrow which flew away. Baba gave the final killing blow, crushing its head. Later in the evening …

At Shahane’s house on March 25th, (1926) Meher Baba gave the following discourse on intelligence – the use of knowledge by the mind in the state of thinking:Intelligence not thinking is unconsciousness and may be likened to sound sleep. Thinking and imagination are latent in intelligence. When intelligence thinks of Itself, it realizes Its Self and is God. When it thinks about …

Three days later, on March 25th,(1958) Baba held another darshan program when the Poona bhajan group had the opportunity of offering a musical recital before him. A contingent of lovers from Calcutta also came for three days. Among them was a high court judge named P. K. Sarkar, who met Baba for the first time with his family and was …

DADA T. L. VASWANI, age seventy-eight, was a former college professor of English and history who had renounced all to serve humanity. He was called “Sadhu” and had established and was running the Saint Mira School in Poona, and was regarded by many to be a saint. There was a longstanding invitation from him to Baba to visit the school. Not …

Jai Baba ! We are delighted to announce that on coming Sunday, 23rd March, the Chairman of the Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust, Ahilyanagar, will be visiting our Bombay Centre to share his (Dadachanji and Mistry families’) connections with Beloved Baba. On this occasion, he will also officially inaugurate the Centre’s recently acquired adjoining premises. The Sunday Satsang …

Thus there were many who wanted Baba’s darshan, and so March 23rd (1953) (a public holiday for Ram’s birthday) was fixed for the purpose. The darshan was publicized in the newspapers, but Baba forbade erection of a canopy, and decided to give darshan in the hall of the mandali’s quarters. The time fixed for darshan was from 8 to 11 …

March 21st (1955) was the Parsi New Year of Jamshed-e-Navroz. On this festival, it is customary to have a sweet, cool drink made with milk called falooda. When Baba came to Rosewood, he told Bhau to go back to Grafton to bring the drink. Bhau thought some servant would be there to carry the large pot of liquid, but as …

Jai Baba ! We are delighted to announce that on coming Sunday, 23rd March, the Chairman of the Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust, Ahilyanagar, will be visiting our Bombay Centre to share his (Dadachanji and Mistry families’) connections with Beloved Baba. On this occasion, he will also officially inaugurate the Centre’s recently acquired adjoining premises. The Sunday Satsang …

On March 21st (1936), when Mehendarge received news of his brother’s demise, he wept. Baba took him aside, stating: This life, body and death are all Maya, and to weep over the death of someone is ignorance. Remember, Maya does not mean this world and its affairs. The illusion that this world and everything in it is real – and of feeling …

Meanwhile, Keshav Nigam had written asking if he and all Baba’s lovers and devotees in the Hamirpur district should participate in a havan yagna  (sacred Hindu fire ceremony) organized by a yogi named Yogiraj Dharma Dhruwa Gaur for the propagation of Truth. On hearing Keshav’s letter, Baba gave a poignant reply through Eruch on March 18th: (1959) I know all about …

On March 18th, (1955) Baba began signing approximately five hundred title pages of the book God Speaks, soon to be published in America. (1) The following is the promotional book review of God Speaks written by the scholar W. Y. Evans-Wentz, entitled The Uniqueness and Paramount Value of God Speaks: No other Teacher in our own time or in any known …

(March 1942) The following is the message that was delivered to the world leaders and that Meher Baba wanted them to read: (1) The Need for Creative Leadership in India Throughout the hoary ages of the past, India has played the most prominent part in shaping the spiritual history of humanity. She has been a home of Avatars, Prophets, Masters, …

Savak Kotwal had quit his job in Bombay and was preparing to go off to the Himalayas. His wife, Nargis, wrote to Meher Baba in Bangalore. In February, Baba called Savak to him. When he arrived, Baba informed him, “If you find a better Guru than me in the Himalayas, you may go; otherwise, come and stay with me.” Savak was only waiting to …

During March, 1936, the question of whether or not to establish an ashram in Mysore was being seriously discussed between Baba and the mandali. However, Baba expressed that the people of Mysore were far too traditionally religious-minded and since they were so entangled in orthodox religiosity, it would be difficult to free them of their narrow-minded prejudices so his ashram …

…(In March 1930) The group’s conversation topic turned to wild animals, for there were tigers, lions and bears roaming the jungles surrounding Mysore. Meher Baba advised: If you ever come across any such savage animals, or if you find yourselves in a perilous situation, cry out my name loudly. I will then save you. Even if you die, you should …

INVITED BY THE PRIEST,  Father Rego, the principal of the Catholic Saint Joseph High School in Wadala, and by the secretary of the N. S. D. Industrial Home for the Blind in Worli, Baba paid a visit to both institutions on March 13th. (1958) Dr. Alu Khambatta was a homeopathic consultant in the Saint Joseph High School and the priest …

(March 1954) Baba asked Gulmai to relate what Upasni Maharaj had told her about him years before in Sakori. Gulmai said, “Maharaj once told me that Merwan would come here and sit in this place. You are sitting on the very spot pointed out by Maharaj. Maharaj also said that many persons would be present here before you and you …

Later that same day, March 12th (1942), accompanied by Kaka, Gustadji and Baidul, Baba went to Gorakhpur in search of masts, visiting many places along the way. Once during the tour, Baba stopped in Sitapur. Although according to their itinerary they were not to stop there, and neither could they find a mast, it became evident to the mandali why …

On March 10th, (1940) Baba wrote to Minta Toledano: Your last letter ticked me off – for tempering or balancing my eternal suffering with eternal bliss, while humanity has to suffer without the joy of infinite bliss and happiness, implying was it fair? Darling Shalimar, I want you to be always outspoken and free with your Beloved. I know you love, but imperfectly …

(March 1954) The people heard the message from Meher Baba entitled “The Atma’s Love of Play:” Each and every seemingly individual soul (atma) is destined to realize its One Indivisible Self. As soon as the atma begins to unfold to the first faint consciousness of its Infinite and Eternal State, it is confronted by its own shadow. The atma gets …

ON MARCH 6th, 1956, Baba shifted to the Judge’s bungalow for his seclusion work. Although also an old structure, it was in a less dilapidated condition than Jal Villa and in a quieter locality. As instructed, Sidhu brought the mast Ali Shah from Meherabad to Satara the following day. Kumar’s mother, Jaimati, arrived with the mast Nilkanth from Hardwar on March …

Naoroji Dadachanji, along with Padri, was busy in supervising the construction work going on in Byramangala. Naoroji had a bad toothache. When Baba was informed, he sent Donkin and Nilu to Byramangala on March 7th (1940). Donkin, with much difficulty, extracted two of Naoroji’s teeth. But afterwards, the pain got worse and Naoroji was forced to lie down on his …

A very large darshan program was scheduled to take place in Ahmednagar on March 6th. (1960), before Baba left for Guruprasad. The Navsari group had come for this, and Baba called them to Meherazad the day before. Many newcomers were in the group. Hoshang Bharucha’s brother, Marzban, was among them and Baba asked him, “What do you think I am?” …