Daily Messages

AVATAR MEHER BABA BOMBAY CENTRE Presents WINNING HIS HEART 2023 The Bombay Centre is back again with surprises galore for all Baba lovers. So hone up your talents and get set for the exciting 2023 season. Welcoming one and all, to soak in the rich heritage of Beloved Meher Baba This year too all the events will be virtual. Nevertheless, …

In late March, (1927) a young sadhu wandered into Meherabad and approached Baba begging for money to go to Hardwar. Baba took a special interest in him and gave him this discourse:  The meaning of a sadhu is one who performs spiritual practices with the object of controlling the mind. But since you are unable to keep your mind under control, what …

At Shahane’s house on March 25th, (1926) Meher Baba gave the following discourse on intelligence – the use of knowledge by the mind in the state of thinking: Intelligence not thinking is unconsciousness and may be likened to sound sleep. Thinking and imagination are latent in intelligence. When intelligence thinks of Itself, it realizes Its Self and is God. When it thinks …

Lateef presented a new bicycle to Meher Baba, and a lottery was proposed to decide to whom the Master should give it. All the tickets were sold to followers and it was decided that the drawing should be held during a picnic at the village of Chinchwad. Meher Baba met there with his followers on Saturday, March 25th, (1922) and in …

Baba had given out several messages during the war which were printed and circulated among his lovers and the public. In February, 1942, he dictated four messages: The Spiritual Significance of the Present War, Violence and Non-Violence, Action and Inaction, and The Need for Creative Leadership in India. (1) Baba also gave explanations and precise instructions to his lovers, devotees and the general public on what …

(March 1962) Joseph Harb had recently undergone gall bladder surgery, and Baba went to see him three times at the Jehangir Nursing Home. Herman Alvarado arrived and also saw Joseph. Harry Dedolchow and A. K. Das visited Guruprasad for three days at this time. Dedolchow asked Baba if he could go to the hospital and visit his friend Joseph. Baba …

On March 21st, (1936) when Mehendarge received news of his brother’s demise, he wept. Baba took him aside, stating: This life, body and death are all Maya, and to weep over the death of someone is ignorance. Remember, Maya does not mean this world and its affairs. The illusion that this world and everything in it is real – and of feeling …

(March 1953) FROM THE ASYLUM for the Blind in Dehra Dun several men came for Baba’s darshan. Although they could not see Meher Baba’s physical form, they had an appreciation of his love which they could feel. Baba consoled them: “The whole world is blind because it cannot see God as Truth, and whatever it sees is false. From that viewpoint, you …

Baba then apprised the workers of the reasons for calling them to the meeting that night: (March 1954)  The introduction is over and now real points start, to which you must all listen very carefully. It is about work for which you have been called here. You have been called workers. You must understand what work is. You Andhra workers, …

(March 1954) Narayana Rao asked, “How can we retain contact with the Avatar constantly?” In response, Baba clarified: He means that now that Baba is physically among us, we feel the contact. But when Baba physically leaves us, this contact gradually cools down. How to retain it constantly? I will explain. Do you feel constantly hungry? When you are hungry, …

Baba asked Gulmai to relate what Upasni Maharaj had told her about him years before in Sakori. Gulmai said, “Maharaj once told me that Merwan would come here and sit in this place. You are sitting on the very spot pointed out by Maharaj. Maharaj also said that many persons would be present here before you and you would deliver …

One point more. The difference between the Avatar (Rasool, Prophet) and the Sadguru (Qutub, Perfect Master) is that the Qutub, after going through the whole process of evolution, reincarnation and Realization, enters and lives the Life of God, whereas the Avatar has not to go through the process of evolution at all. He directly becomes  man. In living the Life of God, both the Sadguru …

During March, 1936, the question of whether or not to establish an ashram in Mysore was being seriously discussed between Baba and the mandali. However, Baba expressed that the people of Mysore were far too traditionally religious-minded and since they were so entangled in orthodox religiosity, it would be difficult to free them of their narrow-minded prejudices so his ashram …

(March 1958) Baba then left for Worli, a Bombay suburb, to visit a home for the blind. The young inmates received him warmly. Speaking reverentially on behalf of all, one of the young men eloquently welcomed Baba. Everyone gave a small rose to Baba, who embraced each. All went near the One who is the very basis of love, but …

On March 13th, (1937) Baba was in Nasik. Malcolm Schloss had met a Catholic priest at a religious conference in Nasik and he urged the priest to meet Baba, but he declined. When he told Baba, he also seemed uninterested. However, due to Malcolm’s persuasion a meeting was arranged. The following conversation between the priest and Meher Baba then ensued: …

Later that same day, March 12th, (1942) accompanied by Kaka, Gustadji and Baidul, Baba went to Gorakhpur in search of masts, visiting many places along the way. Once during the tour, Baba stopped in Sitapur. Although according to their itinerary they were not to stop there, and neither could they find a mast, it became evident to the mandali why …

On March 11th, 1922, the Hindu festival of Holi (Fire) was celebrated with a game of atya-patya and later by burning a fire in an earthen pit. Baba himself threw a fragment of wood into the fire and the Holi festival was started. He explained, “The fire is symbolic of the fire of divine love and the wood represents the lower self …

On March 10th, (1940) Baba wrote to Minta Toledano:   Your last letter ticked me off – for tempering or balancing my eternal suffering with eternal bliss, while humanity has to suffer without the joy of infinite bliss and happiness, implying was it fair? Darling Shalimar, I want you to be always outspoken and free with your Beloved. I know you love, but …

At one o’clock in the afternoon of March 9th, (1950) Baba with Eruch, Pendu, Baidul and Gustadji, took a bus to Rishikesh, where in the Himalayan foothills he contacted a number of saints, sadhus and mahatmas, including paying homage to those in the Kailash and Mangal Ashrams (1). Baba would lay his head on their feet or, at times, touch their …

A very large darshan program was scheduled to take place in Ahmednagar on March 6th, before Baba left for Guruprasad. The Navsari group had come for this, and Baba called them to Meherazad the day before. Many newcomers were in the group. Hoshang Bharucha’s brother, Marzban, was among them and Baba asked him, “What do you think I am?” Marzban …

On March 7th, (1927) Chanji brought all his relatives from Poona to Meherabad. Chanji’s brother, Naoroji H. Dadachanji, had taken a contract to build a boys’ hostel for Parsis in Poona and had been living there with his family for some time. Naoroji’s family consisted of his wife, Bachamai; three daughters, Arnavaz, Nargis and Rhoda; and a four-month old son, Tehemtan. …

At times, after the evening meal, the mandali would engage in writing poetry – but their poems usually had no meter or rhyme. On March 6th, (1923) while Baba was in the middle of composing a humorous poem he suddenly said, “I feel like using the toilet, but I don’t wish to leave the subject incomplete.” He then asked if …

About spirituality Baba stated: It is better to study it, than to be ignorant of it; better to feel it than to study it; better to experience it than to feel it; and best of all to become it! Baba then explained about the third eye: When the eyes are turned inward in full consciousness, then this eye (pointing to the center of his …

Enthused by her new liberties, one of the Western women suggested to Baba that he allow them to go swimming or on a tiger safari with Rustom. On March 4th, (1937) Baba observed: Very hard nuts to crack, all of you! Picnics are good, walking also. Games too are good, such as ping-pong and so forth for exercise. But this …

Leaving Madras on March 3rd, (1930) they proceeded to Bangalore. On the way, Sadashiv told Baba, “There is a person in Mysore who remembers his past lives. I’ve read that he recognizes his previous parents, their home and every detail.” Baba commented briefly: There are such people who abruptly remember events of their past lives. They generally are those who …