(Oct. 1928) Baba visited Gangapur Falls, and on the way he pointed out a small village called Gavalwadi and remarked, “This is the village where Upasni Maharaj often used to go. He used to collect cow dung here and take it on his head to Nasik to sell. On top of the adjoining mountain is Bhorgad Hill where Maharaj as …
UPASNI MAHARAJ HAS PUT THIS SPIRIT IN MY CHARGE
Early in the morning, on October 5th (1922), Meher Baba told the men he had not slept that night due to a noise in the backyard. He described the peculiar noise: “It was as if someone were leveling the ground with a heavy roller.” Then he explained that it was a ghost: “This spirit is always with me, wherever I …
WHAT BABA MEANT BY CONCENTRATING, AND PUTTING THE POWER OF HIS MIND IN IT
After tea the next day, (October 4, 1922) Baba played chess with Ramjoo, and though he played inattentively, he won. A discussion about the best chess player in the Manzil ensued, and Baba remarked, “If I concentrate and put my mind in any game, I can defeat the best of experts or champions!” Ghani inquired what Baba meant by concentrating, …
BY THRASHING YOU, I DID SOME IMPORTANT WORK
(Oct. 1943) From Ahmednagar, Baba had brought with him a lowly sweeper’s son named Amir Amin Syed. His sister was working for the women and she had asked Baba to keep her brother. Baba kept this poor fifteen-year-old boy in royal style, and Krishna was assigned the duty of serving him. Baba appeared to be very fond of Amir and …
LAST DAY FOR REGISTRATION TO PARTICIPATE IN BABA HOUSIE
EVENT DETAILS: DATE : Sunday, 5th October’25 TIME : 5.30pm onwards. {Online participants are requested to log in 15 mins prior to the scheduled time.} VENUE : Online and at the Bombay Centre. Hybrid Mode. Online Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82840249947?pwd=zMhW1phbZcFNNgirMElQgNtyEPHNku.1 All participants are required to submit their Housie ticket via email. Those attending the program at the Bombay Centre must also …
REMINDER – BABA HOUSE – THEME: CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS OF MEHERABAD -1925-2025
EVENT DETAILS: DATE : Sunday, 5th October’25 TIME : 5.30pm onwards. {Online participants are requested to log in 15 mins prior to the scheduled time.} VENUE : Online and at the Bombay Centre. Hybrid Mode. Online Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82840249947?pwd=zMhW1phbZcFNNgirMElQgNtyEPHNku.1 All participants are required to submit their Housie ticket via email. Those attending the program at the Bombay Centre must also …
THERE ARE TWO MEHER BABAS
(Oct. 1942) …Baba called Krishna inside his room. He motioned, “Talk about something.” Taken aback, Krishna did not know what to say. Baba then asked him, “Who am I?””Meher Baba.” “No, I mean previously.” “I don’t know,” Krishna said. Baba spelt on the board, “M-E-R-W-A-N. I was Merwan. After that I became Sadguru Meher Baba. After that, Avatar Meher Baba.” Then …
WHAT IS THE AIM OF LIFE?
(Oct. 1962) What is the aim of life? It is to see God and become One with God. If God is, then we must see Him! That is our sole aim. There are different ways of seeing God, called yogas. Some try to see God through meditation and concentration on the Absolute within. That too is a very long process. …
BABA’S LAST AMUSEMENT WITH GUSTADJI
On September 30th, (1957) one hundred and one elders from Pimpalgaon villagers were brought to Meherazad. As he had done with the lepers and children before, Baba bowed down to each old man and woman and gave ten rupees and sweets as his prasad. Baba continued working with Kaikobad for half an hour every day. Kaikobad did not have the least idea what great …
BABA HOUSIE – THEME: CENTENARY CELEBRATION OF MEHERABAD – 1925-2025
EVENT DETAILS: DATE : Sunday, 5th October’25 TIME : 5.30pm onwards. {Online participants are requested to log in 15 mins prior to the scheduled time.} VENUE : Online and at the Bombay Centre. Hybrid Mode. Online Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82840249947?pwd=zMhW1phbZcFNNgirMElQgNtyEPHNku.1 All participants are required to submit their Housie ticket via email. Those attending the program at the Bombay Centre must also …
DO NOT TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE METHOD OF MY WORKING
On Sunday, September 29th,(1957) another meeting about the sahavas was held at Meherazad. Baba invited the Ahmednagar lovers, and Rustom Kaka entertained Baba with melodious singing. Accommodations for the Western lovers coming for the sahavas were discussed, and Sarosh and Viloo assured Baba they would be able to manage it. Baba repeated some statements which he had stated at an …
SOON YOU WILL HAVE REST
A telegram from Adi Sr. in Ahmednagar was received, informing Baba about the death of Eruch’s younger sister, Meheru Damania, on September 28th (1953), at the age of thirty-two. She had died of cancer. She was the girl who had cooked during the Blue Bus travels [1938-39]. The last time Baba had seen her, he had remarked, “You have worked …
PAYING HOMAGE TO THE SHRINE TO REGAIN HIS SPEECH
Baba had originally announced his intention of continuing the present tour to the north, contacting masts in the Himalayas, but his health was deteriorating. He felt extremely fatigued and strained after the long hours of giving darshan in Surat and being continually on the move looking for masts in Gujarat. Moreover, the extreme heat of Baroda and Ahmedabad had a …
EVEN IN THE MIDST OF THIS CONFUSION, I AM QUITE HAPPY
BY SEPTEMBER 26th, (1929) they reached the Persian port of Mohammerah (Khorramshahr), and all were requested to be inoculated against cholera. Chanji tried to have Baba exempted from this as he had already had a vaccination in Bombay before leaving, but he failed and Baba was forced to take the injection. When they disembarked and were going through customs, the customs …
AWARENESS OF UNITY OF ALL PEOPLE WILL COME AT ITS PROPER TIME
The Hindu Brahmins among the mandali had separate cooking arrangements, separate water facilities, and they prevented anyone else from touching their drinking water. On the morning of September 26th, (1926) there was a decision among the other mandali to make one arrangement for everyone’s drinking water and do away with distinctions. But the Brahmins were not ready to accept such a …
WHO IS THIS CHRIST-LIKE PERSON?
On September 24th, (1929) Baba began goading Buasaheb. Once while Baba was teasing him, Buasaheb, in his vexation, said something regrettable, and Baba advised him, “Learn to swallow your anger. Try to remain cheerful in all circumstances. Try to be humble and don’t ever answer me back. “These sharp arrows of mine are very good for your spirit; the wine is hidden …
LOVE DELIGHTS AND GLORIFIES IN GIVING, NOT RECEIVING
(Sept. 1939) . . . in a lighter vein, Baba remarked to the mandali: Happiest is he who expects no happiness from others. Love delights and glorifies in giving, not receiving. So learn to love and give, and not to expect anything from others. You should really feel and consider yourself as the happiest and most fortunate among men that …
NO RITUAL IS NECESSARY AFTER TEN DAYS OF DEATH
While discoursing on September 22nd(1926), the Master explained to the mandali about the state after death: A person dies when his sanskaras are exhausted – spent in full. After a person dies his sanskaras snap the mind’s connection with the gross body, and at that time he receives such a shock that he forgets every incident of his past life. …
ALL THE DISORDER OF THE WORLD IS DUE TO MIND
On the night of September 21st (1929), the ship arrived in Karachi. Baba and the mandali were met by Pilamai Hormuzd, Baba’s maternal aunt Banumasi, and Merwan and Homi, her two sons who had been at the Meher Ashram school. The most distinguished among the others to receive them was the mayor of Karachi, Jamshed N. R. Mehta. Pilamai invited …
GOD EXISTS FOR ALL, BOTH GOOD AND BAD
On September 19th (1962), Baba dictated for the gathering: “There are some who exist to hate others, be jealous of others and make others unhappy; and there are some who exist to love others and make others happy. One who has become One with God, exists for all, both good and bad. And to become One with God, one has …
GENERATIONS TO COME WILL HONOR KHAN SAHEB FOR HIS GIFT OF LOVE
During 1945, Adi’s father, Khan Saheb Irani, had been ill and bedridden for the past several months. Baba went to see him at his home in Khushru Quarters, Ahmednagar, on September 19th. Khan Saheb had always had great reverence for Baba, but no love. Now, much to his wife Gulmai’s delight, he genuinely felt drawn to Baba. Baba asked him, …
EXPERIENCE OF BOTH IMPRISONMENT AND RELEASE IS OF ILLUSION
On Sunday, September 18th (1960), Baba explained how “the world is a prison:” The whole world is a prison, for the Soul experiences being behind the bars in a cell of its gross-subtle-mental body. The hold of illusion is so strong that it imprints the feeling of perpetual bondage. And the eternally free Soul – though Lone Sovereign and Supreme …
THE EXPERIENCE OF BOTH IMPRISONMENT AND RELEASE IS OF ILLUSION
The whole world is a prison, for the Soul experiences being behind the bars in a cell of its gross-subtle-mental body. The hold of illusion is so strong that it imprints the feeling of perpetual bondage. And the eternally free Soul – though Lone Sovereign and Supreme Lord – experiences itself as serf rather than Soul. Illusion stages the Lord’s …
SPIRITUALITY IS SIMPLE
A Lawyer named Mazumdar came to Nasik on the 16th of September (1933). Finding him anxiety-ridden, Baba consoled him: Do not brood over difficulties and do not take them too seriously. Let things come and go; do not worry over this or that. Keep your mind in check, steady under all circumstances. Spirituality is so simple, but the pundits (priests) …
INVITATION TO SHARE AT THE MPC PROGRAM ON 20TH SEPTEMBER 2025 (Correction in date)
=== FORWARDED MESSAGE === Jai Meher Baba Subject: Invitation to Share at the MPC Program on 20th September. With His grace, we are happy to share that a special program is being planned at MPC on Saturday, 20th September 2025. This gathering is being organized to honor and remember the first Pilgrim Facility started by Beloved Baba on 20th September 1925 — the …