Daily Messages

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 …

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 …

FRAMROZE J. MISTRY                                                                                             24th October 2025 CHAIRMAN Dear Sisters and Brothers in Beloved Avatar Meher Baba,   The Fifty-Seventh Amartithi of Beloved Avatar Meher Baba falls on Saturday, 31st January 2026. The observance of the Fifty-Seventh Amartithi (Anniversary of Avatar Meher Baba’s Darshan) will be for two days, i.e., from 10:30 a.m. on 30th January to 1:00 p.m. on 1st …

Goma Ganesh Pathak, one of the former teachers of the Meher Ashram school, was doing social work in Ahmednagar and would come to see Baba from time to time. He invited Baba to the upcoming opening of a nursery school, Babawadi, for poor children, where they would be given free milk. Baba went for the opening in Ahmednagar on October …

When Meher Baba was in seclusion, he had to be very careful getting into the car when he went out to contact masts or when visiting places with the women, to avoid anyone coming to him and taking darshan. When Baba was about to leave Panchgani on October 28th, at noon, a God-mad Hindu called Jagannath, who was singing loudly, …

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 …

DURING THIS PERIOD, one of the men would escort Baba back and forth between Grafton and Rosewood bungalows, holding an umbrella over his head. One morning, after Aloba had escorted Baba to Jal Villa, he spotted Harish Chander Kochar on the roadside. He had come from Dehra Dun. Aloba was surprised at his appearance and asked Kochar why he had come. …

(Oct. 1947) During one train journey, Meherjee, in Bombay, offered to pay for first class tickets for Baba’s journey. “Can you afford it?” Baba asked. Usually Baba would travel third class, but this time he agreed. Two first class tickets were purchased and two tickets for Baidul and Gustadji in the small “servant-class” compartment, a third class compartment that adjoined …

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 …

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 …

… 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 …

(Oct. 1922) . . . Baba sent for Adi and Ghani. He told them, “Be mentally free and happy.” He then explained what he meant: As the cause, so the effect; the cause may be big and important, or small and insignificant, but the result will definitely be according to it. The woes of this world are imaginary and are …

Meher Baba’s Sermon given out on 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 …

Those men who were invited were eagerly looking forward to the October meeting, and Baba was engaged in inner and outer preparations for it. Nearly two hundred lovers and devotees from throughout India arrived in Mahabaleshwar on the evening of October 15th to attend the meeting. By 6:45 A.M., on Monday morning, October 16th, 1950, they had collected outside the …

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 …

On Sunday, October 13th (1940), he explained some more points about sanskaras, after his second typed article had been read out: Sanskaras must balance perfectly. This cannot be done by a mathematical process, or it would be easy. Good and bad sanskaras are both bindings. If you have good sanskaras, you may take birth as a great, rich man; with …

On October 12th (1949), in a warning tone, Baba stated: “This one month’s continuous working day and night, personally seeing to every detail of winding up the Old Life, and arranging for the endless New Life, and the continual sleepless nights, have made me literally dead exhausted, both mentally and physically, and brought me to the verge of a nervous …

“…But this New Life is endless, and even after My physical death, will be kept alive by those, who live the life of complete renunciation of falsehood, lies, hatred, anger, greed and lust; and who, to accomplish all this, do no lustful actions, do no harm to any one, do no backbiting, do not seek material possessions, or power, who …

On October 11th (1933), a woman visitor asked Baba, “When a person is surrounded on all sides by untoward circumstances and difficulties, without any avenue of escape, would he or she be justified in doing something which would ordinarily be termed undesirable or indecent?” Baba answered her at length: It is justifiable for a person in such circumstances to do …

During the period of his seclusion in Meherabad, Baba had given the women a chant to sing every day, and also this four-line song: “You are Formless, Parvardigar, Ahuramazda, Allah, Hu. You are Yezdan, You are God, Ahuramazda, Allah, Hu. You are Paramatma, Parabrahma; You are Almighty God, Ishwar. You are Parameshwar, Ezad, Ahuramazda, Allah, Hu.” Explaining it on October …

Some things in particular were bothering Herbert, and Baba discussed matters with him at considerable length. Herbert spoke out, “You promise to speak, but you do not do it. What will the world think of you?” Baba’s reply to Herbert was very poignant: It is good for mankind, rather essential, to adhere to religious and moral principles and observe religious …

On Sunday, October 8th, (1967) as desired by Baba, Kishanchand Gajwani, Sohrabji Siganporia, Jal Dastur and Kishore Mistry came to Meherazad from Bombay. An International Tourist Fair was to open in Bombay on October 30th, and after reading about what Canadian lovers had done at the Montreal Expo, Siganporia was inspired to set up a similar booth at this fair. …

Baba had brought three alphabet boards with him: one made of plywood, one plastic, and the other cardboard. The plywood board he presented to Kumar, and the plastic one to Dhake. The third alphabet board made of cardboard, which Baba had used much the past years, had printed letters and numerals pasted on it. The zero of this board was …

“…But this New Life is endless, and even after My physical death, will be kept alive by those, who live the life of complete renunciation of falsehood, lies, hatred, anger, greed and lust; and who, to accomplish all this, do no lustful actions, do no harm to any one, do no backbiting, do not seek material possessions, or power, who …

(Oct. 1928) Baba visited Gangapur Falls, and on the way he pointed out a small village called Gavalwadi and remarked, “This is the village where Upasni Maharaj often used to go. He used to collect cow dung here and take it on his head to Nasik to sell. On top of the adjoining mountain is Bhorgad Hill where Maharaj as …