THE ANSWER HAS BEEN SO SIMPLE THAT IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO GRASP

(May 31, 1932) Since arriving in America, I have been asked many times what solution I have brought for the social problems now confronting you – what did I have to offer that would solve the problems of unemployment, prohibition and crime that would eliminate the strife between individuals and nations, and pour a healing balm of peace upon a …

YOU DO NOT FIRMLY RESOLVE TO LEAD THE LIFE OF A REAL MAN

Baba asked Deshmukh to translate this into Marathi. Deshmukh hesitated on the grounds that it was a difficult task as the passage dealt with philosophy. Baba corrected him: Do not take this as a philosophical passage. It is not philosophy! It depicts Life Perennial. This is the life expected of a real man. The life that you lead is the life …

BABA GAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

(March 1953) THAT DAY, Harish Chander Kochar came before Baba for darshan. Daily, he would sit outside in front of Baba’s bungalow and consequently his mental and financial condition deteriorated. Baba stated, “Whatever you have to say, tell me in five minutes; and whatever you say, speak honestly.” “Free me of my mental anxieties,” Kochar requested, “and permit me to …

REMINDER – [Tavern-Talk] Trust Circular -Centenary Commemoration of Avatar Meher Baba’s Silence 1925-2025

AVATAR MEHER BABA PERPETUAL PUBLIC CHARITABLE TRUST Post Bag No. 31, King’s Road, Ahilyanagar – 414 001, Maharashtra State, INDIA Telephone No: (0241) 2343666/ 2347093/ 2974947 Ahilyanagar Office, 2548777 Meherabad Office.   28th March 2025.  “In the silence of your perfect surrender, My love, which is always silent, can flow to you — to be yours always to keep and to …

SAMADHI SUPER-STRUCTURE DESIGN SUBMISSION

TRUST CIRCULAR SAMADHI SUPER-STRUCTURE DESIGN SUBMISSION   Dear Sisters and Brothers in Avatar Meher Baba,   Avatar Meher Baba ki Jai! In establishing the Deed of the Avatar Meher Baba Trust, the Samadhi Super-Structure is the one feature Meher Baba designated explicitly for future development of the Trust Estate. His lovers are now presented with a unique opportunity to contribute …

WHO IS GREATER TUKARAM OR BHAGWAN?

On May 27th, (1926) Meher Baba discoursed on the Personal and Impersonal sides of God: The foremost and highest object in life is personally serving a Sadguru and complete surrenderance to him. The second is constant meditation on the divine name. The third is selfless service, and the fourth is the offering of worship (prayer). Serving a Sadguru is like …

DO NOT SEEK THEM ANYWHERE BUT WITHIN YOU

Baba had this discourse read on Planes of Consciousness in the Next Incarnation: Do persons on the spiritual planes of consciousness take birth having consciousness of the same plane? Yes, but the emergence of consciousness is very gradual, as when a person of gross consciousness dies and is reborn with consciousness of the gross world. The child gradually becomes aware, …

THE HEAD AND THE HAIR ON THE HEAD

Now we will listen to the discourses.” And this one about God and Cosmos was read out: (1) God is Infinite Reality; cosmos is infinite illusion. In infinite illusion there are infinite suns, stars, moons, planets and the creation as a whole evolves ad infinitum. For instance, take the head of a human being. The head is one, and there is one individual …

ALL THE THREE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD ARE LINKED WITH ONE ANOTHER

To experience your Real Self is the Goal. You are and you will ever be. There is no one else but you. Instantly, in a flash, you will know everything, including why you have no beginning and no end. But this knowing will have nothing whatsoever to do with mind, or reason, or logic. It is beyond mind. You know …

YOU ARE BORN ONCE, AND YOU REALLY DIE ONLY ONCE

Then a second discourse on Real Birth and Real Death was read: There is one real birth and one real death. You are born once, and you really die only once. What is real birth? It is the birth of a “drop” in the Ocean of Reality. What is meant by it? It is the advent of individuality, born of indivisibility through …

BABA IS FIRE

Dr. Ghani was staying with Baba in Mahabaleshwar. He was joking with Baba on May 22nd, (1947) and when he said something in a lighter vein about Baba, Baba at once composed this rhyme about himself as Fire: “Baba is Fire! When you feel cold And sit near the fire, It drives out your cold And makes you perspire. When you …

WHAT BABA MEANS BY ‘TO COME TO ME’

Charles Purdom asked, “Will you comment on what you mean by ‘to come to me’?” Baba replied: To come to me means liberation, experiencing me as I am, no more bondage of births and deaths. But it does not mean the state of a Perfect Master or Perfection. That is only to be attained while alive in the gross body. So if …

HERE WAS THE END – WHICH WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING

Hilda Thorpe of England was attending the sahavas with her son, Simon. On May 26th (1958), she wrote her other son, Anthony, [in New Zealand] about the sahavas and her first impressions of meeting Baba. The following is an extract from Hilda Thorpe’s letter: I don’t know how to write of this momentous experience which 220 of us are having …

EGO’S TRICKY NATURE

On May 18th(1960), a Shastri (Hindu priest) bowed to Baba and then sat down near his chair. He had also come the previous day when Baba was with the Hamirpur lovers. While the Shastri was there, Vishnu Sharma of Dhagwan entertained Baba by reciting his story, Chai Puran (Tale of Tea). The Shastri had left in the middle of the …

I GIVE YOU ONE PIECE OF ADVICE. DO NOT DIG AT MANY PLACES

Back in November 1938, Consuella de Sides had come to see Baba in India; but she also paid visits to other gurus while there. It was in reference to this bad habit of visiting other spiritual personalities that Baba advised her on May 16th (1952) at 4:10 P.M.: You are one of my most intimate ones, one of the five …

SONG OF THE SPIRIT – AT TEJPAL AUDITORIUM – TOMORROW 17TH – ENTRY IS FREE

  SONG OF THE SPIRIT A Comical, Musical, Fantastical Tale happening once again on popular demand. Baba’s birthday play is now finally in Mumbai with the kind permission of the Avatar Meher Baba PPC Trust, Ahilyanagar and support of the Avatar Meher Baba Bombay Centre, Mumbai. Date: Saturday 17th May 2025 Time: 7:00 PM Duration: 2 hours Language: English Venue: …

BABA HAS SMPLIFIED SPIRITUALITY TO THE MINIMUM

Baba had once revealed: “I come for all, but I am for a few.” This explains that although thousands and thousands recognized him when he held mass darshans, comparatively few surrendered their lives to him and followed him when he was on Earth. Allan Cohen was destined to be connected with Ivy O. Duce and to join Sufism Reoriented and lecture about …

SONG OF THE SPIRIT – AT TEJPAL AUDITORIUM – ENTRY IS FREE

  SONG OF THE SPIRIT A Comical, Musical, Fantastical Tale happening once again on popular demand. Baba’s birthday play is now finally in Mumbai with the kind permission of the Avatar Meher Baba PPC Trust, Ahilyanagar and support of the Avatar Meher Baba Bombay Centre, Mumbai. Date: Saturday 17th May 2025 Time: 7:00 PM Duration: 2 hours Language: English Venue: …

THE GREATEST SERVICES WAS JUDAS’S BETRAYAL

On the evening of May 14th (1952), Baba asked them to tell him a story. Adele, feeling very nervous, stumbled her way through a story of Saint Peter. At one point, Baba bent his head and stated, “Peter loved me the most – but even he denied me.” Delia asked, “Was that a conscious act or did he do it …

ONE FOOT IN THIS ROOM AND ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE

On the morning of Sunday, May 13th (1962), Vishnu was sitting on the doorstep of the hall in Guruprasad. Baba saw him and remarked to Nariman, “Vishnu has one foot in this room and one foot in the grave.” At the time, none of the men understood what Baba meant. That afternoon, Guruprasad was filled to overflowing during a program …