Daily Messages

Dear Baba-lovers, Jai Baba! Our Bombay Centre will remain open in the morning of the Amartithi, Tuesday, 31st January 2023 between 10:30 A.M. and 1:00 P.M. This is to afford an opportunity to those Baba-lovers who could not make it to Meherabad  for the Amartithi, to spend quiet time with Beloved Baba. Complete silence will be observed from 12:00 noon …

(Jan. 1939) Explaining to them about surrender and grace, Baba stated: To surrender is not as difficult as people think. It must not be external, but internal. You must do your duty toward your dear ones – your wife, children and others who depend on you. You must not shirk or avoid your responsibilities. But while doing these duties, one must not …

EARLY THAT EVENING, (Jan. 26, 1953) at about five o’clock, the largest mass darshan program during the three months of Baba’s Fiery Free Life took place at Ram Kothi (the name of the fairgrounds) in Eluru. A giant multitude of an estimated sixty thousand people had assembled. There was a sea of heads as far as the eye could see. …

(Jan. 1955) Meanwhile, two Nepalese boy-servants named Khushal and Kirpal had been brought to Satara from Dehra Dun for work. One morning when they failed to get up on time, Aloba treated them roughly. He was overseeing the kitchen work for several months, and the boys were working under his direction. The incident was mentioned to Baba, who ordered him …

The next morning, Baba served seven poor people. After washing the feet of a lad named Bhupati Rao, Baba also bowed his head to him, and gave him seven rupees as prasad. From Eluru, Baba sent Dr. Donkin back to Meherazad for some work; but from there Bal Natu joined the group that same day, January 24th. (1953). Baba expressed …

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Beloved Avatar Meher Baba, Beloved Baba’s 54th Amartithi is just a week away! We are all eagerly awaiting to gather for Amartithi at Meherabad in HIS love and remembrance, after a gap of two years. Keeping in mind the Covid-19 virus is still around, all pilgrims are advised to wear masks for their own safety. Looking …

23 January 2023 Jai Baba dear Beloved Meher’s family, We are pleased to inform you that the schedule/timetable for Beloved Baba’s 54th Amartithi Program Schedule (30th-31st Jan, 1st Feb. 2023) is now posted online on the Avatar Meher Baba Trust official website, avatarmeherbabatrust.org.  Here is the link:  https://avatarmeherbabatrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/54th-Amartithi-2023-Program-Schedule.pdf. Another way to find the schedule is open the Home page of avatarmeherbabatrust.org and click on the link that reads: “54th Amartithi Program …

(Jan. 1937) Baba took the Westerners to Rahuri. All rose early, at 4 A.M., and after breakfast left Nasik at six o’clock. Arriving at Rahuri, the group met the men mandali – Ghani, Vishnu, Pendu, Padri, Raosaheb, Baidul and Dr. Nilu. After they toured the ashram and saw the mad and masts, Baba discoursed about selfless service: As an object …

(CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY) (Jan. 1966) Meher Baba stated that Richard Alpert was a sincere seeker, and therefore he dictated this detailed reply which was sent to him in Los Altos, California, through his secretary, Adi K. Irani: Dear Mr. Alpert, Your letter and the book sent by you to Meher Baba have been received and brought to his attention and …

(Jan. 1966) According to Baba’s instructions, Robert Dreyfuss had returned to America and begun the work Baba had given him of dissuading young people from taking drugs. One day he received a long distance phone call from the clinical psychologist Dr. Richard Alpert, Allan Cohen’s former professor at Harvard. Dr. Alpert, with Dr. Timothy Leary and Dr. Ralph Metzner, had …

Dear Baba-lovers, Jai Baba! We are sorry to inform that owing to dear Hilla’s sudden ill-health, she had to regretfully cancel her talk at the Bombay Centre on Sunday the 22nd of January, 2023. We all wish her a speedy recovery. The weekly Sunday satsang will be conducted as usual. Please inform others in your contact. In Baba’s love, Cyrus …

FORWARDED MESSAGE Jai Meher Baba!  Dear Beloved Baba’s Family, This notice is lovingly intended for all those who have submitted a request to perform for Beloved Meher Baba during the 54th Amartithi programme on 30th Jan, 31st Jan and 1st Feb. 2023: The time limit for song or dance performance will be 4 minutes (not 5 minutes as previously announced.) This year, because of the …

The following is Eruch Jessawala’s full reply to P. Ramalingeshwara Rao: (Yesterday’s post). Meherazad Ahmednagar February 1st, 1963 My dear brother, Your letter of 19th January was forwarded to me by dear brother Adi for being read out to Beloved Baba and for reply to you. In spite of Baba’s ban for a full year on the flow of correspondence …

Dear Baba-lovers, Jai Baba! We are very happy to inform you that Mrs. Hilla Talwar, daughter of Nergiz and Savak Kotwal (Baba’s mandali) and sister of Naju Kotwal (Author of ‘He gves The Ocean’) will be visiting our Bombay Centre on Sunday, 22nd January 2023 in the evening. The Kotwal family was privileged to have dedicated their entire lives to …

Kodury Krishna Rao had established Mehersthan (House of Meher) on the western banks of the Godavri River in Kovvur, Andhra, where Baba had given darshan in 1954. A life-sized bronze statue of Baba had been built and installed at Mehersthan. The opening ceremony was fixed for February 28th, 1963. Baba sent the following eight messages to Kodury to be displayed in Mehersthan: …

When Baba was in Kashmir during August of 1929, Kaikhushru Masa was kidnapped by his relatives and confined to his house in Bombay. A year later, Masa signed over all his property to the relatives and thereby was released. His wife Soona and daughter Khorshed went to Bombay and brought him back to Nasik, but Masa’s health was broken and …

During the following day, (January 17, 1937) Baba allowed the Westerners to ask him questions. Baba began by dictating: “It is so easy for you to love those whom you already love, but to love those whom you hate, that is something! “By loving I mean not merely being kind. Does any one of you think it is possible to …

(Jan. 1931) . . . Baba desired to play a game of atya-patya and went to his Jhopdi to change clothes. When he returned, he found that the men had not started preparations for the game – sides had not been chosen, nor had the lines on the playing field been drawn. The mandali’s negligence caused Baba to become extremely …

On January l5th, (1923) the Master offered to explain to Khak Saheb and Ghani about the current melancholy prevalent in the minds of the men:   In this path, ordinarily one has to pass through three stages. The first stage consists of a keen interest and intense longing to know about and experience God, resulting in bright hopes and pleasant …

On January14th, 1921, the Hindu holiday Makarsankrant was celebrated at Sakori. Upasni Maharaj’s men and women disciples assembled and performed puja before him. Upasni sat naked except for his gunny sack while the women put their gold ornaments on his body. Later, many poor people from the neighboring villages came to share in the feast and Upasni distributed clothes to them. Afterward …

As the six-month period drew to a close and it was becoming evident that Meher Baba was soon to depart from Sakori, Upasni Maharaj would tell those who came for his darshan, “Go to Merwan! I have given over my charge and authority to him. Meher now holds my key.” (Upasni always referred to Meher Baba as Merwan.) On another …

During this seclusion, Baba would discourse in the evenings, after which those Prem Ashram and Meher Ashram boys, whom Baba kept under his guidance in Nasik, would meditate for an hour. During one of these discourses on Sunday, January 12th, (1930) Baba further explained the significance of the number seven: The evolution of creation has seven stages. There are seven planes …

(Jan. 1937) Baba continued upon the same theme of living together harmoniously: Love for a Perfect Master, however deep or devotional it may be, does not necessarily affect the original nature of a person because, despite apparent superficial changes, the individual nature remains the same up to the seventh plane. On the seventh plane there is no individual mind, therefore …

The war between India and Pakistan had finally ceased in October 1965, due to firm action taken by the Security Council of the United Nations. A cease-fire had been ordered to which both nations complied. The war had reached a stalemate, yet neither country was willing to withdraw from the military positions they had gained. In January 1966, the Soviet …

It was in Jaipur, on Thursday, January 9th, 1941, that the Master dictated his message, The Seven Realities of Meher Baba’s Teaching. It stated: Meher Baba’s teaching gives no importance to creed, dogma, caste systems and the performance of religious ceremonies and rites, but to the UNDERSTANDING of the following seven Realities: 1.  The only Real Existence is that of …