Daily Messages

At times, after the evening meal, the mandali would engage in writing poetry – but their poems usually had no meter or rhyme. On March 6th, (1923) while Baba was in the middle of composing a humorous poem he suddenly said, “I feel like using the toilet, but I don’t wish to leave the subject incomplete.” He then asked if …

(March 1937) Baba then explained about the third eye: When the eyes are turned inward in full consciousness, then this eye (pointing to the center of his forehead) opens, and then only the internal is seen. This is insight. Union is then sought. Now you long for union, but without seeing the One with whom you want to be united. When the …

Enthused by her new liberties, one of the Western women suggested to Baba that he allow them to go swimming or on a tiger safari with Rustom. On March 4th, (1937) Baba observed: Very hard nuts to crack, all of you! Picnics are good, walking also. Games too are good, such as ping-pong and so forth for exercise. But this …

…A large function was held in Madras on Sun day, March 2nd, (1930) at a place called Goschen.(K.J.) Dastur delivered a speech in an excited manner. In his fervor, he declared, “We, as Meher Baba’s lovers, should be prepared to write his messages in our own blood! Let us kill ourselves in disseminating his divine message among the people!” At …

MEHER BABA left Rajahmundry for the town of Kakinada at 1 P.M. on March 2nd. (1954). On his way, he gave darshan in the village of Thapeshwaram in the Satchitananda Theosophical Lodge, where a program had been arranged. There, at two o’clock in the afternoon, the Parvardigar Prayer was read aloud and this message given: I am the one so many …

It was nine o’clock on March 1st, 1954, when the meeting began in the Gurukul Hall at Rajahmundry. Several of the mandali and Andhra workers came after the meeting started. It was an important meeting, and Meher Baba’s explanations would serve as a beacon to pilgrims on the path for ages to come, giving them a true understanding of what real …

(Feb. 1954) Upon Baba’s arrival, darshan started and Baba distributed prasad to person after person, numbering in the thousands. The whole district had been overcome by his love, and songs in his praise were sung continuously from the dais. It was a sight of souls intoxicated in his love. Their intoxication increased when this message was read out entitled “Divine …

(Feb. 1954) Make me your constant companion. Think of me more than you think of your own self. The more you think of me, the more you will realize my love for you. Your duty is to keep me constantly with you throughout your thoughts, speech and actions. They do their duty who, sincere in their faith and love, surrender …

On Sunday, February 27th, 1965, Kaikobad’s eldest daughter, Meheru, died on Meherabad Hill after suffering very severe burns in a cooking fire accident. She was forty-four. While dying, Baba’s name was continuously on her lips. Baba remarked, “Meheru has come to me and is freed forever from the rounds of births and deaths.” Kaikobad was in Meherazad and did not …

Today, (Feb. 26, 1954) I want to explain naaz and niaz. In olden days, Sufis always stressed this point about naaz and niaz, shama and parvana (candle and moth). Later on, these terms became so common that every Muslim poet, big or small, started using them. Now, naaz literally means “nakhra” – coquetry, hard to please, never satisfied – and is said …

The incident of birth is common to all life on earth. Unlike other living creatures which are born insignificantly, live an involuntary life and die an uncertain death, the physical birth of human beings connotes an important and, if they are circumspect about it, perhaps a final stage of their evolutionary progress. Here onward, they no longer are automatons but …

Baba devoted that day, (Feb.24, 1954) from 8:30 to 11:30 A.M., and again from 3:30 to 6 P.M., to house visits. At least sixty homes were visited, as well as a few schools, another Sai Baba temple, the Theosophical High School and various business establishments that were owned or managed by Baba lovers, such as the Venkatarah Printing Press. Baba …

AN APPEAL FOR DONATIONS   The Board of Trustees of the Avatar Meher Baba Bombay Centre is happy to announce that by the Grace of Beloved Baba, we have been able to procure the adjoining two blocks of office premises, namely, A-25 & 26 at a total consideration of Rs.2.10 crores. Although some of the other properties in the same …

(Feb. 1954) Baba was occupied with these visits until late that evening. A touching incident occurred when Baba visited the Venkata Rama Elementary School. Baba’s visit to Eluru had been publicized through handbills containing Baba’s photograph. A small boy had seen one and requested his parents to please take him to meet Meher Baba. But being a strictly orthodox Brahmin …

On Sunday, February 22nd, (1942) Baba dictated points to Chanji for a new message about the war. The main points were: From the only real spiritual viewpoint, wars, battles, fights, et cetera, are divine games played by God with the help of Maya. Maya, being both the medium for entrapping the soul into the maze of illusion and freeing the …

At 6:30 A.M. on Sunday, February 21st, (1954) the mandali were called before Baba at his residence. Baba informed Dhanapathy Rao, “On the 2nd (of March) I want all workers present, small and big, every one of them, because work must be done honestly or be stopped. I work since ages. I am the only one who works. But if …

AFTER BREAKFAST on Monday, February 20th, 1950, Baba called the companions, and again explained in detail the implications and importance of the conditions. The entire day was spent in discussing and repeating the conditions of the various plans. A list of all the conditions was made, and Baba dictated the following: Although the New Life has emerged from me, I am …

Dr. Deshmukh wanted to have group photographs taken with Baba, but Eruch explained that there was no time. On Deshmukh’s insistence, Baba asked who would take this responsibility. He added that if the person who took the responsibility failed to fulfill it, he would have to fast for seven days on water – not for any spiritual benefit but as …

Baba arrived at Meherabad at 8:15, on the morning of February 17th. (1958). Eight men took turns carrying him up the Hill in his lift-chair. The sahavas group in their enthusiasm disregarded Baba’s instructions to follow his chair and made much noise and raised a lot of dust by running in front of him. To control them, Baba ordered them …

Meanwhile, a Muslim named Maulvi Abdul Wahid of Hyderabad arrived in Bombay in search of a friend and stayed in the mosque at Dadar. While he was meditating in the mosque, he saw a bright light issuing from the Manzil. He immediately sensed that there must be a “holy” or “divine personality” inhabiting the building. The next day, when he …

Before moving to Mysore, Baba had emphasized to the mandali not to observe his birthday, since he would be in seclusion. Accordingly, it was not observed in Meherabad, Ahmednagar, Nasik or Mysore. Baba visited Bangalore on Sunday, February 16th, the day of his forty-second birthday according to the Zoroastrian calendar. He had already informed the Aiyangar family that his birthday …

There was no public celebration of Meher Baba’s fifty-second birthday on Friday, February 15th, 1946; but Baba did give this message to his lovers, issued through a circular: Your love, your devotion, your steadfastness amidst storms of opposition, self-created or real, are commendable. Your allegiance to the cause of Truth for which alone I stand is unique. Every year that …

On  Sunday, February 14th, 1943, the day of Baba’s forty-ninth birthday, gatherings were held in six different cities: Poona, Bombay, Nagpur, Sholapur, Madras and Lahore. One gathering could not be aranged in Hyderabad as Baba wished. Baba sent a representative to each place to deliver His message, “The Task for Spiritual Workers.” Adi Sr. went to Lahore, Savak Kotwal to Poona, …

On February 13th, (1927) while discoursing about the mind, sanskaras and the manner in which they work Baba explained: The process of spending old sanskaras and creating new ones applies to ordinary people, the masses of humanity. For those members of his circle, however, the Sadguru stops this creation of new sanskaras and gradually destroys the old ones. And when …