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 …
AS THE ANGLE OF VISION OF CONSCIOUSNESS CHANGES, YOUR HIGHER EXPERIENCE CHANGES
(May 1958) Do persons on the spiritual planes of consciousness take birth having consciousness of the same plane? Yes, but the emergence of consciousness is very gradual, as when a person of gross consciousness dies and is reborn with consciousness of the gross world. The child gradually becomes aware, as it grows older, of the same old gross world according …
ALL THIS MEANS LOVE, FAITH AND SACRIFICE
(May 1937) Changing the subject, Baba explained about Jesus Christ and his apostles Peter and Judas: Now, who is Christ? The individual soul. Who is Jesus? The Avatar (Prophet) of Nazareth. What is Christ? The Son of God state. (1) Judas helped Jesus Christ in his Universal work. If Christ had not undergone the crucifixion, he could not have taken the …
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 …
I HAVE COME TO ALLAH’S DARBAR
On May 19th, (1939) Baba went to Aurangabad with Kaka Baria. In Aurangabad, Baba brought a high mast named Mai Bap back to Khuldabad with him. It was observed that when Baba lovingly passed his hand over the man and patted his back, the mast cried out, “There is intense burning! … You have set me on fire! … I’m on fire!” …
RUSI’S TWO DAUGHTERS, GOHER AND KATIE
At the time, Rusi’s two daughters, Goher and Katie, were fifteen and eleven respectively. Despite their young age, they had great love for Baba. When Baba arrived at their house, Katie’s brother coaxed her to see Baba. She was feeling shy and quietly sat in a corner of Baba’s room. Pointing to her, Baba asked, “Who is this little flower …
EVEN IF IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET WATER, YOU SHOULD DIG AT ONLY ONE PLACE
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 …
A LETTER FROM ADI SR. TO ALLAN COHEN
Allan Cohen was destined to be connected with Ivy O. Duce and to join Sufism Reoriented and lecture about Meher Baba in America and Europe. Since giving up LSD and other such drugs and becoming interested in following Baba, Cohen had been corresponding with Adi K. Irani, Baba’s public secretary. This letter from Adi should prove to be of interest: May 15th, …
LIKE A FISH FLOPPING ABOUT OUT OF WATER
On May 14th, (1926) Meher Baba revealed to the mandali: Before the veil was torn asunder and I became God conscious, I experienced the greatest electric-like shock that created for some time severe vibrations, which are indescribable. This was followed by intense darkness and finally there was Light. The greatest imagination fails to conceive of the idea of this Effulgence, …
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 …
… AND I AM HE, UNDOUBTEDLY
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 …
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 …
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 …
EARLY DAYS IN MEHERABAD
The repair work in Arangaon of cleaning the mess hall, applying plaster to its ruined walls, and fixing the roof commenced again soon after their return. There was little time to oneself. Meher Baba’s orders came first; each man became more involved with his duties than his person. Right after the mandali finished their breakfast of bread and tea, they would be …
YOU KNOW, YOUR BABA IS NOT AS BAD AS I THOUGHT
(May 1932) On another occasion, a friend of Norina’s, who was an acute alcoholic, came to meet Baba in New York. For years, she had been in and out of one asylum after another. She hated her mother, with whom she lived, and would greet her each morning with such cruel words: “Why aren’t you dead yet?”Norina aroused her curiosity …
TO THIS QUESTION, THERE WAS NO REPLY
… Baba commented about habits: (May 1937) Anything that forms itself into a habit loses its freshness, sincerity and enthusiasm – even repentance. If you every day become weak and repent for having been weak, in the end you find your only weakness has been repenting. Only love remains ever-fresh. The habit of questioning and doubting in the end reacts on …
LOVE AND FORGET.
(May 1938) On another occasion, when there was a quarrel between two women, Baba intervened and stated: Love and forget. This is the only thing that matters, and it pays. Almost all of you are weak. By weak, I mean taken up with desires. Anger is weakness, pride is weakness, and so on. If a mother found her child weak, …
ALWAYS REMEMBER TO STAY ABOVE YOUR HEART’S SENTIMENTS AND WISHES THAT ARE CONTRARY TO MY ORDERS
(May 1929) The month of May is extremely hot in India. The railway compartment was overcrowded and stifling. Baba got down at Rohri station at 11:45 P.M. and stood motionless on the platform for a while. He complained of heart pain and appeared ghastly pale. Restlessness overcame him; one moment he would want to sit down and the next he …
WHEN YOU DON’T RESPECT MY WORDS, HOW CAN YOU RESPECT ME?
(May 1923) Pilamai had brought a small chair for Baba to sit on in the train. However, he did not use it and asked her why she did not sit on it. Humbly, Pilamai replied, “How could I sit on it when you are sitting on a bench? I have nothing but respect for you!” “When you don’t respect my …
THE ROOT OF ALL OUR DIFFICULTIES . . .
Since arriving in America, I have been asked many times what solution I have brought for the social problems now confronting you – what did I have to offer that would solve the problems of unemployment, prohibition and crime that would eliminate the strife between individuals and nations, and pour a healing balm of peace upon a troubled world? The …
I HAVE SAVED YOU FOR MY WORK
Rano had been suffering a very high temperature since the end of April. Her face was swollen, she had a rash on her chest and her skin itched. The doctor told Baba that there was little hope for her survival. Baba called Dr. Nilu from Rahuri, who properly diagnosed her illness as scarlet fever. Nilu began treating her according to Baba’s advice. (1) When in Nasik, …
INAUGURATION OF POONA CENTRE BY BELOVED BABA
MEHER BABA had promised Ramakrishnan to bless the Poona Center when the building work was completed, and directed him to arrange the inauguration in a simple and quiet manner because of his seclusion. The meeting hall being built could comfortably accommodate seven hundred people, and bathrooms and toilets were also provided, as well as an office and a room for …
WINNING HIS HEART – 2023 VOICELESS VOICE TODAY EVENING
Avatar Meher Baba Bombay Centre Presents WINNING HIS HEART 2023 VOICELESS VOICE. “I am never silent. I speak eternally. The voice that is heard deep within the soul is My voice – the voice of inspiration, of intuition, of guidance. Through those who are receptive to this voice I speak.” Meher Baba. Get enamored and lose your very being, as …
LACK OF ATTENTION LEADING TO UNNECESSARY HARDSHIP
Baba was to leave for Guruprasad the next day. (April 30, 1958). He instructed his close ones that they should depart for Poona by the luxury bus, and he would follow by car with both mandali. The next morning, they went to the bus stand, where they happened to find an empty taxicab. Sadashiv said if they went by taxi, …
WHATEVER YOU HAVE GIVEN IS TOO MUCH!
Daulat Singh was practicing medicine in England when he had a dream in which the disciple Bhabhanand introduced him to his Master. This was Meher Baba, although Dr. Singh had never met either Bhabhanand or Baba. In the dream, the Master urged Dr. Singh, “Leave England and return to India. I have connections with you.” Dr. Singh followed the advice, …