I DID NOT LET HIM DROP HIS BODY BECAUSE HE DID NOT SAY MY NAME . . .

(March 1963) 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 …

IT IS TIME TO STOP PLAYING WITH THE SCINTILLATING TOYS OF ILLUSION

(March 1954) Each and every seemingly individual soul (atma) is destined to realize its One Indivisible Self. As soon as the atma begins to unfold to the first faint consciousness of its Infinite and Eternal State, it is confronted by its own shadow. The atma gets immediately lost in the consciousness of this shadow and from then on becomes involved in …

WHAT DID JESUS REALLY SAY?

Life at the school ashram returned to a normal schedule again. In the course of his explanations on March 5th (1928), the Master revealed what Jesus the Christ said:  If poor God were only to sit in heaven like a thief, then He must be pitied. If Jesus said that God is in heaven, then he was not the Christ. But …

THE AVATAR’S BECOMING AND THE SADGURU’S ACTING

(March 1954) 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, …

WHAT IS LIFE?

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 are luckier …

WHAT WILL YOU GAIN BY HAVING A STATUE BUILT?

(March 1957) After lunch, a meeting of the Andhra lovers was held, during which Kodury Krishna Rao expressed his desire to commission a statue of Baba for Kovvur. Baba remarked to him, “Install me in your heart! What will you gain by having a statue built?” Kodury replied, “The statue will serve as a medium to keep you in my …

MY ARTI, MY PUJA , GARLING ME, BOWING DOWN TO ME MEAN ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

It was nine o’clock on March 1st, 1954, when the meeting began in the Gurukul Hall at Rajahmundry. Several of the mandali and Andhra workers came after the meeting started. It was an important meeting, and Meher Baba’s explanations would serve as a beacon to pilgrims on the path for ages to come, giving them a true understanding of what real …

YOUR DUTY IS TO KEEP ME CONSTANTLY WITH YOU

(Feb 1954) Make me your constant companion. Think of me more than you think of your own self. The more you think of me, the more you will realize my love for you. Your duty is to keep me constantly with you throughout your thoughts, speech and actions. They do their duty who, sincere in their faith and love, surrender …

SHE IS BLESSED AND NOW RESTS IN ETERNAL BLISS IN ME

On Sunday, February 27th, 1965, Kaikobad’s eldest daughter, Meheru, died on Meherabad Hill after suffering very severe burns in a cooking fire accident. She was forty-four. While dying, Baba’s name was continuously on her lips. Baba remarked, “Meheru has come to me and is freed forever from the rounds of births and deaths.” Kaikobad was in Meherazad and did not …

BABA EXPLAINS NAAZ AND NIAZ

The next morning, February 26th (1954), at eight o’clock, Baba informed Ramjoo he wanted to dictate something about the Sufi terms “naaz and niaz,” and asked for Kishan Singh, who was not present but doing some work where the mandali were staying. Baba complained, “Whenever I get the urge to say something important, things go wrong; either the microphone does not …

PILGRIMAGE TO MEHERABAD FACILITATED BY THE BOMBAY CENTRE IN MARCH 2026

Dear Baba-lovers, Jai Baba! As a part of Beloved Baba’s 132nd Birth Anniversary celebrations, the Avatar Meher Baba Bombay Centre, Mumbai is facilitating a pilgrimage to Meherabad from Thursday March 12 (Dhuni Day) to Saturday March 14 at a cost of Rs.4,500/- (all inclusive). Interested persons to first book their reservations at the MPR and after receiving the confirmation, book …

YOUR SONGS WERE MY BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT

That morning (Feb. 25, 1965) at Meherazad, an unexpected but welcome visitor arrived. It was Begum Akhtar. She came to Ahmednagar to give a concert arranged by the local Center for Baba’s birthday, and wished to sing a few ghazals for Baba as her personal offering of love. Even though she was tired after the long train journey and her …

THE SECRET IS THAT YOU HAVE TO BECOME WHAT YOU ALREADY ARE

(Feb. 1954) … Ramjoo read out Filis Frederick’s editorial in The Awakener (January 1954 issue) on “The Divine Birth.” At 9:30 A.M., Ramjoo read out this message, which Baba had dictated shortly before leaving Mahabaleshwar: I am never born, I never die. Yet, every moment, I take birth and undergo death. The countless illusory births and deaths are necessary landmarks in the progression …

DIVINE GAMES PLAYED BY GOD WITH THE HELP OF MAYA

On Sunday, February 22nd (1942), Baba dictated points to Chanji for a new message about the war. The main points were: From the only real spiritual viewpoint, wars, battles, fights, et cetera, are divine games played by God with the help of Maya. Maya, being both the medium for entrapping the soul into the maze of illusion and freeing the …

MANIFESTATION

After returning to Ahmednagar, on February 22nd (1948), Baba in the evening discussed matters with the men mandali in the Ice Factory bungalow. In the course of the conversation, the subject of the Master’s manifestation came up and Baba asked those present, “What do you think constitutes one hundred percent proof of my manifestation as the Avatar?” Dr. Ghani, Dhakephalkar, Ramjoo Abdulla …

THE ONLY MESSAGE IS TO MAKE ONE LIKE ME

At 6:30 A.M. on Sunday, February 21st (1954), the mandali were called before Baba at his residence. Baba informed Dhanapathy Rao, “On the 2nd (of March) I want all workers present, small and big, every one of them, because work must be done honestly or be stopped. I work since ages. I am the only one who works. But if …

BUT THIS NEW LIFE IS ENDLESS

AFTER BREAKFAST on Monday, February 20th, 1950, Baba called the companions, and again explained in detail the implications and importance of the conditions. The entire day was spent in discussing and repeating the conditions of the various plans. A list of all the conditions was made, and Baba dictated the following: Although the New Life has emerged from me, I am …

UNFORTUNATELY DUPUIS FOLLOWED HIS OWN IMPULSE AND WAS NEVER HEARD FROM AGAIN

ON FEBRUARY 9th (1959), Baba went to Meherabad to give darshan to the Arangaon villagers. Phillipe Dupuis of Paris, France, had written to Baba for permission to come and see him. Baba granted permission, and Dupuis arrived in Bombay on February 6th. On February 9th, he was brought by Adi directly to Meherabad, arriving at 9:00 A.M. Without obtaining Baba’s …

YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT I WANT

On Sunday morning, February 18th (1962), at 9:45 A.M., the Ahmednagar bhajan group came to Meherazad to sing for Baba. Eruch and Don Stevens had gone out for a walk, as they would do every morning, but the Ahmednagar group had arrived fifteen minutes early. By the time Eruch and Don returned to Meherazad, Baba was already with them in …

I WILL HELP YOU OUT OF THE FILTH OF MAYA

(Feb. 1949) From Belgaum, Baba proceeded with the group to the town of Vengurla, where Donkin had made their arrangements for a stay of four or five days. As he had done two years previously when they visited this seaside spot, Baba permitted the women to swim in the ocean. Once, Baba himself waded in the sea with Eruch, though …