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YOU ARE BORN ONCE, AND YOU REALLY DIE ONLY ONCE
Then a second discourse on Real Birth and Real Death was read: There is one real birth and one real death. You are born once, and you really die only once. What is real birth? It is the birth of a “drop” in the Ocean of Reality. What is meant by it? It is the advent of individuality, born of indivisibility through …
BABA IS FIRE
Dr. Ghani was staying with Baba in Mahabaleshwar. He was joking with Baba on May 22nd, (1947) and when he said something in a lighter vein about Baba, Baba at once composed this rhyme about himself as Fire: “Baba is Fire! When you feel cold And sit near the fire, It drives out your cold And makes you perspire. When you …
73rd ANNIVERSARY PROGRAM OF MEHER BABA’S CAR ACCIDENT ON MAY 24, 1952 AT PRAGUE, OKLAHOMA
— FORWARDED AS REQUESTED — The Avatar Meher Baba Heartland Center is coming up with a Virtual Program on the 25th of May (In India) to mark the occasion of Meher Baba’s automobile accident in America. The program will be held on the Heartland Center’s Zoom and the timings are 4.30am to 6.30am IST. The details of the program are …
WHAT BABA MEANS BY ‘TO COME TO ME’
Charles Purdom asked, “Will you comment on what you mean by ‘to come to me’?” Baba replied: To come to me means liberation, experiencing me as I am, no more bondage of births and deaths. But it does not mean the state of a Perfect Master or Perfection. That is only to be attained while alive in the gross body. So if …
LOVE ALWAYS SEEKS THE WILL, HAPPINESS, PLEASURE AND COMMANDS OF THE BELOVED – ALWAYS
After lunch on May 19th (1937) in Nasik, Baba offered mangoes to some of the group. Some declined, saying their stomachs were too upset to eat a mango. Baba did not like this and spelled out: What does not come spontaneously never comes! How many of you refused, how many of you hesitated, when I offered you the mangoes? In …
HERE WAS THE END – WHICH WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING
Hilda Thorpe of England was attending the sahavas with her son, Simon. On May 26th (1958), she wrote her other son, Anthony, [in New Zealand] about the sahavas and her first impressions of meeting Baba. The following is an extract from Hilda Thorpe’s letter: I don’t know how to write of this momentous experience which 220 of us are having …
EGO’S TRICKY NATURE
On May 18th(1960), a Shastri (Hindu priest) bowed to Baba and then sat down near his chair. He had also come the previous day when Baba was with the Hamirpur lovers. While the Shastri was there, Vishnu Sharma of Dhagwan entertained Baba by reciting his story, Chai Puran (Tale of Tea). The Shastri had left in the middle of the …
ENTRY IS FREE – TODAY EVENING – AT TEJPAL AUDITORIUM – DRAMA – SONG OF THE SPIRIT – DON’T MISS THE BEGINNING
SONG OF THE SPIRIT A Comical, Musical, Fantastical Tale happening once again on popular demand. Baba’s birthday play is now finally in Mumbai with the kind permission of the Avatar Meher Baba PPC Trust, Ahilyanagar and support of the Avatar Meher Baba Bombay Centre, Mumbai. Date: Saturday 17th May 2025 Time: 7:00 PM Duration: 2 hours Language: English …
I GIVE YOU ONE PIECE OF ADVICE. DO NOT DIG AT MANY PLACES
Back in November 1938, Consuella de Sides had come to see Baba in India; but she also paid visits to other gurus while there. It was in reference to this bad habit of visiting other spiritual personalities that Baba advised her on May 16th (1952) at 4:10 P.M.: You are one of my most intimate ones, one of the five …
SONG OF THE SPIRIT – AT TEJPAL AUDITORIUM – TOMORROW 17TH – ENTRY IS FREE
SONG OF THE SPIRIT A Comical, Musical, Fantastical Tale happening once again on popular demand. Baba’s birthday play is now finally in Mumbai with the kind permission of the Avatar Meher Baba PPC Trust, Ahilyanagar and support of the Avatar Meher Baba Bombay Centre, Mumbai. Date: Saturday 17th May 2025 Time: 7:00 PM Duration: 2 hours Language: English Venue: …
BABA HAS SMPLIFIED SPIRITUALITY TO THE MINIMUM
Baba had once revealed: “I come for all, but I am for a few.” This explains that although thousands and thousands recognized him when he held mass darshans, comparatively few surrendered their lives to him and followed him when he was on Earth. Allan Cohen was destined to be connected with Ivy O. Duce and to join Sufism Reoriented and lecture about …
SONG OF THE SPIRIT – AT TEJPAL AUDITORIUM – ENTRY IS FREE
SONG OF THE SPIRIT A Comical, Musical, Fantastical Tale happening once again on popular demand. Baba’s birthday play is now finally in Mumbai with the kind permission of the Avatar Meher Baba PPC Trust, Ahilyanagar and support of the Avatar Meher Baba Bombay Centre, Mumbai. Date: Saturday 17th May 2025 Time: 7:00 PM Duration: 2 hours Language: English Venue: …
THE GREATEST SERVICES WAS JUDAS’S BETRAYAL
On the evening of May 14th (1952), Baba asked them to tell him a story. Adele, feeling very nervous, stumbled her way through a story of Saint Peter. At one point, Baba bent his head and stated, “Peter loved me the most – but even he denied me.” Delia asked, “Was that a conscious act or did he do it …
ONE FOOT IN THIS ROOM AND ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE
On the morning of Sunday, May 13th (1962), Vishnu was sitting on the doorstep of the hall in Guruprasad. Baba saw him and remarked to Nariman, “Vishnu has one foot in this room and one foot in the grave.” At the time, none of the men understood what Baba meant. That afternoon, Guruprasad was filled to overflowing during a program …
YOU HAVE LEFT OUT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PART
A Catholic priest, Father Anthony, the principal of Saint Catherine of Siena School in Bombay, came for Meher Baba’s darshan on May 12th, 1960. This Catholic priest had dedicated his life to serving the poor. Baba remarked to him: I am well pleased with your work among destitute and abandoned children. By serving the abandoned, you are really serving Jesus …
I AM IN A MOOD TO HEAR GOOD BHAJAN TODAY
A bhajan program took place in Guruprasad three days later, on Sunday, May 11th.(1958) Baba remarked, “I am in a mood to hear good bhajans today so continue singing. You do not know what work I am doing today.” Madhusudan, Pratap, Subhadra, Thade and others proceeded to exhaust themselves by singing continuously from 8:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. Bhikhubhai, the …
SONG OF THE SPIRIT – AT TEJPAL AUDITORIUM – ENTRY FREE
SONG OF THE SPIRIT A Comical, Musical, Fantastical Tale happening once again on popular demand. Baba’s birthday play is now finally in Mumbai with the kind permission of the Avatar Meher Baba PPC Trust, Ahilyanagar and support of the Avatar Meher Baba Bombay Centre, Mumbai. Date: Saturday 17th May 2025 Time: 7:00 PM Duration: 2 hours Language: …
IN THE FIRE OF LOVE, ALL DIRT IS AUTOMATICALLY CONSUMED
One devoted couple, who met Baba for the first time during his visit to Myrtle Beach, was Fred and Ella Winterfeldt, two German immigrants who had settled in New York, where they had met and married. Both were interested in finding a spiritual Master. Fred, age fifty-four, had been searching for many years, and Ella, age fifty-five, had felt a …
WHAT IS THE USE OF YOUR BHAJANS WHEN YOU DO NOT FOLLOW MY INSTRUCTIONS?
When the Hindu mandali were singing bhajans in front of the Jhopdi on Sunday morning, May 11th, (1924) Baba interrupted them and abruptly asked, “Do you all use a lantern while going out at night?” Receiving a negative answer, he upbraided them: “What is the use of your bhajans when you do not follow my instructions? What do you expect …
ALWAYS CARRY OUT MY WISHES WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT
On May 11th, (1931) the entire group met together in Quetta, where Rusi had rented a special house for Baba. However, Baba did not like it and returned to his old room in Rusi’s home, while the mandali stayed in the adjoining house. At the time, Rusi’s two daughters, Goher and Katie, were fifteen and eleven respectively. Despite their young …
AFTER MONTHS BABA’S STATE OF DISINTERESTEDNESS TURNED INTO ONE OF INTEREST
Sunday, May 7th (1961), was the day Baba’s state of disinterestedness turned into one of interest, for on that day he gave darshan to over three hundred children in Guruprasad. At a time when he had been touching the hearts of his lovers with his Will Supreme, Baba’s heart was touched by the children of his lovers, whose hearts contain …
BABA LOVES YOU AND THAT MATTERS
Margaret Scott had not seen Baba since 1935. “I am sorry I caused you suffering, Baba, for I know you have suffered for me,” she said. “But your love has compensated for all the suffering,” Baba assured her. “I know deep down you do love me. Baba loves you, too.” Margaret said, “Sometimes I am very naughty just because I …
FAMILY LETTER OF MAY 1961
Meher Baba eventually decided to allow his lovers darshan. As Mani wrote in her Family Letter in May 1961: Having bound his lovers with the invisible cord of his wish that he might be left completely undisturbed, the first week of May found Baba in the mood to decide to open the Door of His Seclusion the merest slit to allow a glimpse of …
THE RIGHT WAY OF HELPING OTHERS
Yes, we must do something, but something that would really make people happy – not the apparent passing happiness, but real lasting happiness. I will tell you both. You, Consuella, are connected with me, and she, too, has long connection with me. So I will explain this selfless work. Life is one long, endless chain of existence, and real happiness …
KISHAN SINGH PROVED AN IMPORTANT CONTACT IN BABA’S WORK
Kishan Singh from Rawalpindi had first heard of Meher Baba in 1933. He had tried to meet Baba in Dehra Dun in May of 1941, but by the time he got there Baba had left. He began corresponding with Baba through Adi Sr., and longed for his darshan. He had been called to the meeting in May, but as it …