In Ajanta, during the month of November (1944), accompanied by Adi Sr., Baidul and Kaka, Baba contacted a great mast named Mian Saheb. Mian was a saint renowned throughout the area, and people claimed he was well over one hundred years old. The very advanced mast was awaiting Baba’s arrival. He took Baba to a room on the upper floor …
THREE ILLUSORY EXISTENCES INSIDE GOD
(Nov.1962) Baba then commented, “What is there to worry about? So don’t worry! Yesterday, it rained and you got drenched. What did happen? Nothing! Today, it is just the same here. Nothing happened yesterday; it is just today!” Baba took a large glass in his hands which was covered with bright golden paper and marked “GOD.” (Inside the big glass …
MY DEAR WORKERS.
NOVEMBER 3, 1962 – My dear workers: In spite of telling you very often that I will not give you any more messages or discourses, I find myself doing just this thing which is what I do not want to do. This is because most of you do things which I do not like you doing. I had to give you …
ONLY MY NAME CAN FREE YOU FROM ALL THIS BONDAGE
(Nov. 1955) Tomorrow, I will speak to you for five minutes and tell you about the gift of love. I am going to test who has understood love. I will see who is bold enough to deserve this gift. It matters not if what I am going to tell you to do, you are unable to do. If you feel …
MEANING OF REAL DARHAN
The glowing sun of his loving smile rose in Dehra Dun on Sunday, November 1st, 1953. A large tent was put up by Harish Chander Kochar opposite the mandali’s bungalow, and Pendu made all the arrangements for the program. Prakashwati, Meher Kanta and Freiny Nalavala decorated the hall in the mandali’s bungalow, and the bungalow and grounds looked resplendent. For …
ACCOMMODATION DONATION FOR BABA’S 55TH 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 …
55TH AMARTITHI OF AVATAR MEHER BABA
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ARBAB MERWAN
The next day, October 31st, (1929) Gustadji noticed a saintly-looking man near their house and told Baba about him. Happy to know of this, Baba immediately left to see him. No sooner did the man see Baba coming than he ran toward him and kissed Baba’s hands. After Baba embraced him, the man walked off down the street. Later, Baba …
MY OLD DEAR FRIEND AND COMPANION IN SILENCE, GUSTADJI, HAS REALIZED MY REAL SELF
ON WEDNESDAY, October 30th, (1957) Adi telephoned from Ahmednagar to inform Baba that, after a few days of not feeling well, Gustadji had passed away that day at 3:20 P.M. Eruch informed Baba, who had tears in his eyes for a while after receiving the news and reminiscing about his old friend Gustadji. This was one of the very rare …
HIS GOING FOR ENTERTAINMENT WAS ONLY FOR HIS SPIRITUAL WORK
Quentin Tod was in charge of the nightly entertainment and they would go each night to a different movie. One night, Tod took Baba to the Theater Espanol to see Love of the Sorcerer, a ballet. Another evening, Tod took Baba to see Cohen and Kelly at Madrid’s best movie theater, the Capitol, which had an orchestra and a revolving stage. Baba would …
BE LIKE MIRA
While at Meherabad, Baba would grant interviews. An Indian woman devotee came to see Baba on October 28th (1933). She complained openly before Baba that she wished to stop having sexual intercourse with her husband because of her desire to see God. But her husband was unwilling. Consoling her, Baba explained, “It is better to treat your husband with love …
LOOK WHAT LOVE CHANJI HAS FOR ME!
REACHING GENOA, Baba boarded the S. S. Roma at 10 P.M. on October 27th, (1931) bound for New York City. In Naples, Meredith introduced a Canadian lady from Toronto named Louise Skey to Baba. During the voyage, Miss Skey was taken with Baba and visited his cabin several times. Besides Meredith’s annoying behavior, Agha Ali would also behave like a spoiled child …
LEARNING TO ACCEPT THE MASTER’S WAYS
The next morning, (October 26, 1933) Baba was quite upset when he was not able to get hot water on time for a bath. He called Herbert, who had made the arrangements, and rebuked him severely, “I cannot work here! I will leave for Marseilles. With you taking care of me, I have never been able to have an early-morning …
BABA’S FIRST SILENCE WITH THE MANDALI
On October 25th, (1923) at 2:30 A.M., all had to rise unusually early and get ready to depart. They had hardly drifted off to sleep when they were awakened; those who had to keep nightwatch had virtually no sleep at all. Soon after leaving Kasara, however, they came to another steep hill. The bullock was not strong enough to pull …
BABA’S REMARKS ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOOD
(Oct. 1928) The subject then turned to different types of food and Baba made the following remarks: There are three things that are good for increasing and purifying the blood: pomegranates, grapes and tomatoes; but grapes have one defect, they create bile. Okra is good for people with backaches. Potatoes give strength, but create gas. Lentils are good; beans, pumpkins, …
I WILL GIVE IT AT THE RIGHT TIME
On the morning of October 23rd, (1960) Baba, during the course of conversation, stated: “What can you achieve through talks? Reading also does not help. Any amount of reading or hearing has no value. Real understanding comes in a flash!” To Bharucha and Vesuna, Baba stated: “I have called you to Meherazad not for sahavas but to help me in …
CHAMBU SHAH’S UNCEASING HOSPITALITY
Baba left Ajmer on October 21st, (1947) and arrived in Baroda at four o’clock the next morning. In Baroda, he worked with a seeker named Narayan and the sixth plane mast-saint, Badruddin Rafai Shah. When he contacted this saint, Baba gave him his own coat, and even held it for him as Badruddin slipped it on. But his most interesting …
OPENING DAY OF THE EXTENDED AHMEDNAGAR CENTER ON THIS DAY IN 1962
The inception of the Ahmednagar Center in Khushru Quarters occurred in 1959. With the growing number of devotees in Ahmednagar, the need was felt for a larger accommodation, as the old building could only seat about fifty people. Sarosh headed the renovation committee, and two rooms at Khushru Quarters were joined to form a single large hall. Sunday, October 21st, …
DO WHAT YOU LIKE WITH GOD THE ABSOLUTE, BUT BE VERY CAREFUL WITH WALIS AND MASTS!
(Oct. 1952) He then quoted this Persian couplet: “Do what you like with God the Absolute But be very careful with walis and masts!” Baba explained: “Walis (saints), who borrow power from Vidnyan-bhumi (seventh plane), do not hesitate to use it, sometimes wiping off the best sanskaras of those who play mischief with them. Walis are independent. They are not …
LUST
Baba then confronted the men mandali, “Tell me one thing and be frank; I have a special reason to ask about it. Today I want you to disclose to me any wrong actions you have done before or after joining me. If you have done something, I want you to confess it with an open heart and without the least …
DIVINITY IN MAN, EXPRESSED THROUGH THE CHILD-GOD
… The vice-principal of Kolhapur University, a Mr. Dixit, invited Baba to participate in the opening of a new Montessori school, but because of his seclusion, Baba did not go. Instead, on Sunday, October 18th (1942), he sent Adi Sr. to deliver this message: The form of service that a Montessori school takes has a practical value, if one’s service …
DIFFERENT EVILS IN DIFFERENT AGES
On October 19th, (1968) Adi sent this telegram to Cohen: Your letter October 8th giving work report on visit to England and Holland made Baba very happy. Baba says he was, he is, and he will be with you while you are doing his work wholeheartedly. Baba sends his love to you. – Adi Earlier in October, Allan Cohen had …
MEHER BABA’S SERMON
(October 16, 1950) Being just now in the Old Life for these few hours, I will tell you what I feel to be the established divine facts: Essentially, we are all One. The feeling of our being otherwise is due to ignorance. Soul desires consciousness to know itself; but in its progress toward this Goal, which it cannot realize independently …
I HAVE TO DO GREAT WORK FOR THE WELFARE OF HUMANITY – IT IS MY UNIVERSAL DUTY
(Oct. 1931) It is absolutely impossible for an ordinary man to understand my work. With my universal mind, I work on an unlimited scale for the universe; to understand what I do is not within the bounds of human intellect. I always work for the universe and not for myself. Why would I need to work for myself? I do …
NO ONE, UNTIL YOU CAME, HAS TOUCHED MY HEART SO DEEPLY . . .
They arrived on the morning of October 12th, (1946) but then learned that Pir Fazal Shah, the saint they had come to see, had left for Kotah. Baba decided to leave the luggage at the station, and they boarded the train for Kotah, where they arrived at eight-forty that night. They immediately went to the saint’s abode. Pir Fazal, a mental …