THESE ODD THINGS WERE AN INVALUABLE TREASURE

On July 16th, (1943) in Kanganpur, at the very sight of Baba, a mast named Saiyid Rehmatullah began dancing with ecstasy and welcomed Baba with joy: “Come in, come in; I was waiting for your arrival and am ready for you.” He then conducted Baba to a graveyard a mile away where he had an abode and Baba sat with him alone. …

BELIEVE ME, I AM THE ANCIENT ONE

Believe me, I am the Ancient One. There is no doubt about it. I am not this body that you see. It is only a cloak. I am Infinite Consciousness. I sit with you, play with you and laugh with you; but remember, I am simultaneously working on all the planes of consciousness. I have before me walis and pirs, …

ALL PRAYERS AND SOUNDS ARE A MERE SHOW IF THEY DO NOT ORIGINATE FROM THE HEART

In Dhulia, a Brahmin priest lived in a room adjoining the mandali’s. Every morning he would get up early and loudly chant Hindu shlokas (verses) from the Shastras (Scriptures). The mandali complained about him to Baba. On July 14th, (1929) in reference to the Brahmin priest, Meher Baba explained: Everywhere in the world, in the name of prayer and worship, this sort of useless …

KHWAJA KHIZR

(July 1956) AFTERWARDS he spoke with Ivy Duce, Don Stevens and others about Saint Francis: “Saint Francis of Assisi was the only one of the very few saints in Europe to become a Perfect Master.” Don Stevens asked, “Baba, you have explained in the Discourses, God Speaks and elsewhere that an individual cannot attain God-Realization without the aid of a living Perfect …

GOD IS EXISTENCE, ETERNAL AND INFINITE

When a reporter from the L. A. Mirror-News asked what message he had for the world, Baba stated: Philosophers, atheists and others may affirm or refute the existence of God, but as long as they do not deny their very existence, they continue to testify their belief in God; for I tell you with divine authority that God is Existence, eternal and …

GOD ALONE IS

Finally, before the meeting came to an end, this final discourse by Baba, entitled God Alone Is,  was read by Eruch: Infinite Consciousness is infinite. Thus, it can never lessen at any point in time or space. Infinite Consciousness, being infinite, includes every aspect of consciousness. Unconsciousness is one of the aspects of Infinite Consciousness. Thus, Infinite Consciousness includes unconsciousness. It …

UNIVERSAL MESSAGE

Eruch read Meher Baba’s Universal Message: (July 10, 1958) I have come not to teach but to awaken. Understand therefore that I lay down no precepts. Throughout eternity I have laid down principles and precepts, but mankind has ignored them. Man’s inability to live God’s words makes the Avatar’s teaching a mockery. Instead of practicing the compassion he taught, man …

YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I AM GIVING YOU THROUGH THIS FOOD

EVEN THOUGH FASTING, Baba would often serve meals to the mandali and boys, and was careful to see that no food was wasted. On July 9th, (1928) some of the mandali discarded a portion of their lunch. When Baba found out, he asked with obvious displeasure, “Why did you throw away some food?” They replied that he had served them …

I CAN BE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY APPROACHED

A special message from Baba, dictated by him on July 7th, (1952) had been posted on a bulletin board. Jeanne Shaw had been assigned the duty of requiring everyone to read it. It read: I am equally approachable to one and all, big and small. To saints who rise and to sinners who fall, Through all the various Paths that …

BOMBAY CENTRE TO REMAIN OPEN ON SILENCE DAY

Dear all, On the occasion of the 98th Silence Anniversary of Beloved Avatar Meher Baba, the Avatar Meher Baba Bombay Centre will remain open from 10:30 am to 7:15 pm on Monday 10th July, 2023. Aarti and prayers will not be performed and all are welcome to visit the Centre and observe complete silence as per Beloved Baba’s wish. Jai …

BOMBAY CENTRE TO REMAIN OPEN ON SILENCE DAY

Dear all, On the occasion of the 98th Silence Anniversary of Beloved Avatar Meher Baba, the Avatar Meher Baba Bombay Centre will remain open from 10:30 am to 7:15 pm on Monday 10th July, 2023. Aarti and prayers will not be performed and all are welcome to visit the Centre and observe complete silence as per Beloved Baba’s wish. Jai …

BLISS AND SERVICE

(July 1929) Really speaking, everywhere in the entire universe is bliss. It is all bliss, bliss and bliss! But poor, ignorant mankind cannot enjoy it, as man does not know how to enjoy it. The whole universe is full of infinite bliss, but disregarding it, man hankers after the transient happiness of affluence, influence, possessions, name and fame. This is …

BABAB GIVEN A SPLENDID RECEPTION BY SADHU VASWANI

The social and charity worker Sadhu Vaswani, of Saint Mira High School in Poona, invited Baba to visit there. Baba accepted and set Sunday, July 6th, (1958) for the occasion. The night before, Baba had a high fever and was unable to pass either urine or stool. He tried several times, but without success. Still, at 7:00 A.M., he left …

AGE AFTER AGE, I HAVE BEEN SAYING NOTHING BUT “LOVE GOD”

(July 1956) After lunch, which was Baba’s only meal of the day and which he took privately upstairs, he came down again for more interviews. Afterwards, he invited all his lovers into the room. They sat down around him as the blinds were drawn open and Lowell Shaw, Charmian Duce, Don Stevens and an NBC-TV cameraman prepared to take films. …

BABA’S BLESSINGS

Rhoda had been a very religious child and somewhat romantic. She had always had a secret wish that when she got married God should bless her wedding in the form of a slight drizzle – a few sprinkles of rain – as a sign of his blessing. Just one day before her wedding in Karachi, on July 1st, 1945, she …

COMING, COMING, COMING, CAME . . .

One morning in July, (1968) Baba dictated this rhyme: “God always existed. God will always exist. He is never changing, ever the same, And illusion is his eternal game.” Later, in August, Baba continued the theme: “Everlasting, never ending Never changing, ever the same And his Oneness in its fullness Plays in manyness his game.” Another time, he spelled out, …

MEHER BABA’S LAST VERBAL DISCOURSE

ALTHOUGH it had been announced by mail that no outsiders should come to Meherabad after July 1st, (1925) a group of Parsi politicians came to see Meher Baba on July 2nd. After discussing with them the political and spiritual situation of India, the Master discoursed about the mind and body. This was to be his last recorded verbal discourse: Human …

SUCH WAS HER OBEDIENCE . . .

(July 1923) MEHER BABA had sent Soonamasi and Khorshed from  Ahmedabad to Ahmednagar with orders that they should remain there unless otherwise instructed. While Baba and the mandali were touring Gujarat, Soonamasi’s husband, Kaikhushru (called Masa), became seriously ill in Bombay. Although Soonamasi received a telegram urging her to immediately come to Bombay, she did not go. In a few …

GOD USES MAYA TO CONDUCT THE AFFAIRS OF THE UNIVERSE

On June 30th, (1926) explaining to the mandali about Maya, Meher Baba expounded: God uses Maya to conduct the affairs of the universe. Paramatma never uses Maya to make others free from Maya. Suppose Arjun is Paramatma and his cane is God. If you wrap a seven-colored string around this cane, that string is Maya. What a difference between Arjun and the string …

MAYA AND SANSKARAS

(June 1926) Baba then distinguished between Maya and sanskaras: Suppose you are assailed by anger, lust and greed or any bad emotion or feeling. This is Maya’s work. But suppose you feel hungry, thirsty or sleepy, which is due to sanskaras. If you eat, drink and engage in innocent enjoyment, it is not wrong because these are necessary to life. …

NO YOGA AND NO BHOGA

(June 1926) When someone mentioned doing yoga, Baba remarked: For you, no yoga and no bhoga! No spiritual exercise and no worldly enjoyment! All at once and quite in the dark, completely unknown to you, you are being taken up! What the Sadguru does for the members of his circle is to weaken and clear away their intellects and egos gradually, establishing …