On the evening of December 15th, (1956) Baba informed the women mandali: During the last seventy-five days of my seclusion, beginning from the day of the accident, I have to work through physical suffering. The main pattern of its intensity resembles climbing a hill: the first three weeks being in the ascension. Therefore, the critical week beginning tomorrow is the …
IT IS QUITE EASY TO EXTRICATE ONESELF FROM THE ROUNDS OF BIRTH AND DEATH
ENDING THE SECLUSION on December 14th (1935), Baba and a few mandali went to Bombay where a darshan program was held at Naoroji Dadachanji’s home. The family was now residing upstairs in Boman Lodge near Khodadad Circle in Dadar. During the darshan, the Master stopped and dictated this message for all present: One should be free from birth and death. …
THE SADGURUS AND AVATAR
After a short visit to Dhulia to see Kalemama, on the 15th of December (1929) , Baba gave the following explanation to the mandali about the difference between the Avatar and the Perfect Masters: Every God-Realized personality is perfect. However, those who come down and act as Masters – the Sadgurus and Avatar – come down with their minds universal and …
INTERNATIONAL MEHERABAD YOUNG ADULT SAHAVAS 2024
International Meherabad Young Adult Sahavas 2024 Saturday, June 8, 2024 to Friday, June 14, 2024, at Meherabad. Loving Jai Meher Baba!! We invite young adult Baba lovers to step into the warmth of Beloved Baba’s companionship as we unveil the eagerly awaited International Meherabad Young Adult Sahavas 2024. This special event provides a unique opportunity to find ways and avenues …
CELEBRATING DEAREST MEHERA’S BIRTHDAY
CELEBRATING DEAREST MEHERA’S BIRTHDAY AT MEHERAZAD, 2023 Avatar Meher Baba ki Jai!! The birthday of Beloved Baba’s own beloved, Mehera, will be happily celebrated at Meherazad on Friday, December 22nd, 2023. To honour this uniquely special day, Meherazad will be open to pilgrims at the usual times, 10:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m., for darshan, a music program, and the distribution of prasad packets, …
REPEAT MY NAME WITHOUT BEING BOTHERED BY THOUGHTS
On December 12th, (1941) Baba explained another point to the women about meditation: Those of you who are unable to meditate should repeat my name without being bothered by thoughts. Thoughts are like mosquitoes, and my name is the mosquito net. When you are within the mosquito net, the mosquitoes may buzz around you, but they cannot bite you. Thus, …
TRUE SPIRITUALITY
Garrett Fort was full of questions about what constituted spirituality, renunciation, and the spiritual path. On December 17th, (1936) Baba stated to the group, while directing his comments at Fort: “Divinity is not devoid of humanity – it lifts mankind to God. Nor does spirituality necessarily imply the renunciation of worldly activities. “True spirituality signifies the internal renunciation of mundane …
HOW COULD THEY KNOW OR UNDERSTAND HIS LEELA?
At night, Baba would become restless and sit up in bed gesturing, “I feel very hungry!” He did this every night during the entire period of the twenty-one-day fast, while his lovers were fasting at different places. Bhau knew from experience that whenever there were floods, famine or starvation prevalent anywhere in the world, Baba would silently cry out at …
IT IS A DIFFERENT GRACE . . .
Divine love is the gift of God to man. It can be compared with the grace of the Sadguru which enables man to realize God in a flash. The true lover of God (Mard-e-Khuda) is he whose whole life has become like dust. The agony of love is so dear to him that, although it burns him to ashes, he …
BAB TOLD THIS INTERESTING FACT
In a letter to William Donkin on December 8th (1937), Kitty Davy wrote: Baba told this interesting fact the other day – that all four aspects of four great Avatars were embodied in the present Avataric period. The Buddha – with his poise, peace, calm exterior, and renunciation – is present in all Avatars, whether it shows externally or not. …
SEARCH FOR THE IDEAL OR PERFECT BOY
MEHER BABA’S continuous search for the “ideal” or “perfect boy” began in the Meher Ashram in (Dec) 1927 and lasted until 1958. A search for a suitable boy for Baba’s personal work was inevitably conducted wherever he went. Over the course of these years, many boys were brought and all were returned, with the exception of one or two whom …
THIS IS THE HIGHEST TYPE OF RELIGION
At three in the afternoon on December 4th, Meher Baba discoursed about the different religions of the world: Who gave all these different religions? The Avatars! Why have they done so? To establish principles for people and to bring people to the point where their faces are turned toward God. Muhammad and Buddha both gave different precepts, but each according …
IT IS SHEER FOLLY TO FIGHT IN THE NAME OF RELIGION
This war is a necessary evil. It is in God’s plan, which is to awaken humanity to higher values. If humanity fails to profit by the lessons of war, it will have suffered in vain. This war is teaching that even the man in the street can rise to the greatest heights of sacrifice for the sake of a selfless …
BABA’S MERCY PUT AN END TO HIS MISERABLE STATE
On December 4th (1942), Baba left Lonavla for mast work in Raichur. (1) He returned after a week, on December 10th. Mehera, Mani and Gaimai all had the experience of being bothered by a ghost in Lonavla. When Mehera was sleeping, her arm was pulled; Mani’s entire body was shaken. Baba assured them, “Don’t worry about it; I will take …
RITUAL AND CEREMONIES OF DIFFERENT RELIGIONS AND CULTS
The diverse rituals and ceremonies of different religions and cults are intended to release divine love, but they mostly bind the soul to the repetitive mechanism of expressive forms. Attachment to the rigid forms of external expressions of love to God not only limits the love itself but creates separative divisions between one religion and another. Therefore the rituals and …
BABA EXPOUNDS ON THE TERMS MAHAPRALAYA AND ISHWAR
On the night of December 2nd (1927), Meher Baba expounded about the universe and mahapralaya – cosmic dissolution: How was the universe created? It was automatic. There are innumerable universes which are interlaced with one another; one universe creates another in a chain reaction. These universes are so numerous that even Sadgurus cannot count them. I once tried to count …
THE REMAINING SEVENTY DAYS . . .
FROM FRIDAY, December 1st, 1967, Meher Baba’s state intensified and he powerfully embarked on what he indicated was “the remaining seventy days of his seclusion work.” After each session of work, he looked exhausted and was soaked with perspiration. Eruch would wipe him dry, apply talcum powder and help him change into a clean sadra. Explaining about his work one day, …
REMINDER TWO – 55TH AMARTITHI OF AVATAR MEHER BABA
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WHY DID YOU BREAK MY ORDER?
Baba declared his intention to do some special work from the 1st of December for forty days, so on the eve of it, November 30th (1954), a qawaali program was arranged, and the singer Jadhav Qawaal was called to Satara from Bombay. A few persons from Bombay and Ahmednagar, such as Nariman, Meherjee, Adi Sr., Waman and Bal Natu, were …
REMINDER TWO – ACCOMMODATION DONATION FOR BABA’S AMARTITHI
Avatar Meher Baba Ki Jai! As known, pilgrims who wish to be accommodated at Meherabad for 55th Amartithi must send an amount of Rs.50/- per person for lodging arrangements to the AMBPPC Trust as AMARTITHI DONATIONS. Now, you can send such donations through the AMBPPCT online app. This is the preferred and convenient mode of registration and payment for the …
I ALONE AM REAL, AND MY WILL GOVERNS THE COSMIC ILLUSION
(Nov. 1960) Baba had a few recent unpublished discourses read to them (Ben Hayman and Joseph Harb). One was on his “Will And Worry:” Duality signifies separateness. Separateness implies fear. Fear causes worry. The way of Oneness is the way to happiness; the way of manyness is the way to worry. I am the One who has no second, so …
THE ONLY THING I HAVE COME FOR AND CAN GIVE IS FORGIVENESS
(Nov. 1955) Matra Dutta Shastri also could not sleep. He recited a Sanskrit shloka praising the advent of the Avatar Krishna, and then in a paroxysm of weeping sought Baba’s forgiveness for his sins. Baba called him and held him in a loving embrace. As Baba was consoling him, someone remarked about Matra Shastri, “He was feeling something within which …
BE DISCIPLES OF THIS LIFE DIVINE WHICH VIBRATES ETERNALLY IN ONE AND ALL!
(N0v. 1952) In the world of quiet speculation, as well as in the world of surging political activity, or individual striving, men are desperately trying to remedy the many ills to which humanity is heir. All our creeds and faiths, all our parties and “isms” are so many practical solutions offered toward this purpose. But, though good in their intention …
HOW LONG WILL YOU GO ON WANDERING LIKE THIS?
On November 25th, (1964) an Englishman who had become a sanyasi (renunciant) and had taken the Sanskrit name of Mahendra Nath (1) showed up unexpectedly in Meherazad. During their meeting, Baba asked him, “Where will you proceed from here?” “Hardwar,” he replied. “And from Hardwar?” “Benares.” “How long will you go on wandering like this?” “I am not wandering but …
IT IS THE INTERNAL THAT MATTERS AND NOT THE EXTERNAL
The orchestra conductor Leopold Stokowski came to meet Baba at the Astor Hotel on November 25th (1931). The following is their conversation: Stokowski asked Baba, “How can unity be brought about between East and West, especially when the conditions prevailing are quite contrary?” Baba dictated, “Reconciliation is possible and can be achieved. It can and will be done. I will …