BABA’S MESSAGE FOR THE PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL

(April 1932) Meher Baba’s message for the Paramount Newsreel was as follows: My coming to the West is not with the object of establishing new creeds and spiritual societies and organizations, but it is intended to make people understand religion in its true sense. True religion consists in developing that attitude of mind, which would ultimately result in seeing one Infinite Existence prevailing throughout …

PEOPLE SHOULD HASTEN THEIR PREPARATIONS TO RECEIVE A SUDDEN OUTBURST OF LIGHT

(April 1947) S. M. Fossil arranged for Baba to visit a local high school. For those students, local artists, social workers and those associated with Madras’ public institutions, Baba gave the following message to those present: Literacy is not education, and education is not culture – and all these cumulatively do not represent Gnan or Gnosis, which stands in a class by itself, …

SPIRITUALITY IS THE UNDOING OF WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING SINCE AGES

(April 1940) In Karwar, Baba gave this explanation to the women about spiritual poise: What is spirituality? It is the undoing of what you have been doing since ages. You always thought of selfish motives for eating, preserving your life, and attending to every need with zeal. All these lives you have made a habit of looking to yourself. If …

BABA-TIME

(April 1959) MEANWHILE,  Baba had Francis Brabazon staying at Ramakrishnan’s home in Kirkee, because it was quieter and Francis found it easier to write there. Francis had to ride a bicycle three miles to Guruprasad every morning. Baba had instructed him to come at 9:00 A.M., and Francis would arrive at 8:45 A.M. One day, he came at his usual …

YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO ‘SEE’ ME BY SEEING ME PHYSICALLY

(April 1962). . .  Pendu had much pain passing urine and was admitted to the Jehangir Nursing Home. He had to have a prostate operation, but when the surgery failed to relieve his condition, he was operated upon a second time. This operation failed as well, but fortunately the third attempt was successful. So during Baba’s stay in Poona, Pendu …

ALL THIS TALK ABOUT YOUR SHIRTS WAS TO BRING OUT THE COLOR – ANGER

(April 1959) One day, Moorty appeared at Guruprasad in a canary yellow shirt. Baba asked him, “How did you ever get your master’s degree in college? You don’t even know what color clothes to put on? You look ridiculous!” The next day, Moorty came wearing a deep red shirt. Baba commented, “You look more ludicrous than yesterday. You really are …

TRY TO FORGET YOURSELF AND DO ALL AS BABA

Baba had directed the Westerners to do an hour of meditation each morning. On April 2nd, (1937) before leaving for Meherabad, he urged them to take the meditation seriously, and he also stressed to them that they should always think of him in everything they did. He stated: Try to do it very, very seriously as if your very spiritual …

ALL THAT IS NOT THE REAL HAS NO EXISTENCE EXCEPT AS ILLUSION

(April 1962) The condition of the world, the strife and uncertainty that is everywhere, the general dissatisfaction with, and rebellion against, any and every situation shows that the ideal of material perfection is an empty dream and proves the existence of an Eternal Reality beyond materiality. For if this Reality did not exist, the increased material well-being of millions of …

SORABJI SIGANPORIA AND KISHINCHAND GAJWANI – THE BABA TWINS OF THE BOMBAY CENTRE

As instructed, on Sunday, March 31st (1963) , Sohrabji Siganporia and Kishinchand Gajwani arrived at Guruprasad from Bombay. Gajwani wanted to live with Baba permanently. Upon seeing the two men, Baba first asked Gajwani, “Do you want me or God?” Gajwani replied, “You, Baba!” “Then will you do as I tell you?” With folded hands, Gajwani said, “Yes, Baba.” “You …

LOVE ME AND YOU WILL KNOW ME

On March 30th (1930), some devotees came to Nasik to see Baba who expounded on the nature of love to them: Love me and you will know me; but I am such a Reality that it is extremely difficult to know me. The price is love. No repetition of God’s name, no penance and no meditation is necessary – only love, …

EVEN IF YOU DIE, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT I HAVE SAVED YOU . . .

…(In March 1930) The group’s conversation topic turned to wild animals, for there were tigers, lions and bears roaming the jungles surrounding Mysore. Meher Baba advised:  If you ever come across any such savage animals, or if you find yourselves in a perilous situation, cry out my name loudly. I will then save you. Even if you die, you should …

UNLESS A SNAKE IS KILLED BY A HUMAN BEING, IT REMAINS ALWAYS A SNAKE

The same day (March 28, 1938) a five-foot-long snake was seen outside the kitchen with a sparrow in its mouth. Baba was called, and he came with a few of the men. One man struck the snake on its back, and it released the sparrow which flew away. Baba gave the final killing blow, crushing its head. Later in the …

WHY MOVE THE CLOCK?

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 …

LET GO THE PULL OF ILLUSION THROUGH LOVE AND BECOME ONE WITH REALITY

(March 1954) In the Beyond state of God, sex does not exist. There, only One Indivisible Existence prevails. It is in the realm of illusory phenomenon called the Universe that sex asserts itself. Babajan, the Master who, in less than an instant, made me experience my Ancient Infinite State, had the Muslim form of a woman. Upasni Maharaj, who brought …

UNLESS GOD IS REALIZED, THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING A HUMAN BODY IS FRUSTRATED

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 …

YOU ARE STRANGLING ME! WHAT SORT OF LOVE IS THIS?

(March 1958) During this period, Baba called Sadashiv Patel to Mahabaleshwar from Poona. There were only three cots in Shapoor Hall for Eruch, Bhau or Savak and Jal. Baba specifically told them not to give their bed to Sadashiv when he came, but to tell him to put his bedding roll on the floor and sleep there. During this period, …

BABA DISCOURAGED ANNA FROM BRINGING PEOPLE TO HIM WHO WERE SEEKING MIRACLES

During this period, (March 1927) Anna 104 claimed that his leg had been miraculously healed by the Master. Anna began declaring to many of the local people that by repeating the name of Meher Baba, and by applying the juice of neem leaves on his leg, his deep wound was completely healed. One day, Anna brought two afflicted women to …

TO WEEP OVER THE DEATH OF SOMEONE IS IGNORANCE

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 …

HE WHO HAS THOUGHT FOR ME DOES NOT CARE FOR THE WORLD

March 21st (1955) was the Parsi New Year of Jamshed-e-Navroz. On this festival, it is customary to have a sweet, cool drink made with milk called falooda. When Baba came to Rosewood, he told Bhau to go back to Grafton to bring the drink. Bhau thought some servant would be there to carry the large pot of liquid, but as soon …

BABA CALLED THEM TO SET THEIR MINDS STRAIGHT

(March 1958) From Jabalpur, Amiya Kumar Hazra and Ram Lakhan Sharma were sent for by Baba. Hazra, in an attempt to humble his own ego, had given up his job as a college professor and was serving as an apprentice soapstone carver in Bhedaghat, about thirteen miles from Jabalpur. Hazra’s leaving the college caused much misery to his parents. After …

IF YOU TRY, YOU WILL BE DESERVING OF MY GRACE

(March 1953) BACK IN DEHRA DUN, while conversing with the mandali one day, Baba explained to Kishan Singh: “To a freight train are attached many wagons. Some contain good material, some bad – iron, copper, oil, waste products, et cetera – in different wagons. But, whether it is good material or bad, when attached to the engine the carriages go where …

WHEN ONE SEEKS WITH ALL ONE’S HEART, ONE GETS WHAT ONE SEEKS

(March 1953) Keshav Nigam’s brother, Devendra, brought a batch of students from the Ayurvedic College in Hardwar. Devendra told Baba, “I want to see God!” and Baba extemporaneously composed these poetic lines in reply: “Some seek money, Some seek name. Some seek power, Some seek fame. Some want children, Few want God. Life is a joke, And all is a …