BABA STARTED USING THE ALPHABET BOARD

Initially, after he quit writing,(January 2, 1927) when Meher Baba wished to express himself, he would pick up a newspaper and point to the appropriate letters or words. But as this method was found to be cumbersome and time consuming, Chanji typed the English alphabet in capital letters on a piece of paper which Baba began using. This being too …

MOST IMPORTANT AND FUNDAMENTAL LESSON

After one day in Sholapur, Baba returned to Meherabad on January 6th (1942). Later that day, January 6th, Baba remarked about the war and India:  The greatest lesson that this war has taught to all of us is the futility of false values in life, such as wealth, property, possessions, et cetera, which have no consideration or value at all …

IF YOU PUT IN YOUR BEST EFFORTS, THERE IS NO CAUSE TO WORRY

On January 5th, (1939) Baba explained to Jal Kerawala: Always remain detached toward results. The result of something may be good or bad, but you should be detached from both. Like Ramakrishna, dedicate everything to your Master. Let not the dirt of the sanskaras of your thoughts and deeds touch you, by surrendering every thought and act at the feet …

REMINDER 57th AMARTITHI PILGRIMAGE – JANUARY 30 TO FEBRUARY 1, 2026

JAI BABA Avatar Meher Baba Bombay Centre has organised a pilgrimage to Meherabad during Baba’s 57th Amartithi from Friday 30th January  2026 to Sunday 1st of February 2026 (3 days) Cost Rs. 4000 per head. includes lodging, boarding and transport by Zubins Royal Fleet. Please do your own booking at MPR, MPC, etc. Single trip is not available now. Please …

KEY POINTS FROM THE AMARTITHI CIRCULAR

AVATAR MEHER BABA PERPETUAL PUBLIC CHARITABLE TRUST KING’S ROAD, POST BAG NO. 31, AHILYANAGAR, (M.S.) 414 001. Telephone No. (0241) 2343666, 2347093 Ahilyanagar, 2548777 Meherabad Office Email ID: ambppct.anr@gmail.com Avatar Meher Baba’s 57th Amartithi Key Points from the Amartithi Circular  The observance of the Fifty-Seventh Amartithi will be for two days, from 10:30 a.m. on 30th January to 1:00 …

I AM BEING WORSHIPPED BY THE ANGELS, WALIS AND PIRS

After tea on Sunday, January 4th, (1931) Baba desired to play a game of atya-patya and went to his Jhopdi to change clothes. When he returned, he found that the men had not started preparations for the game – sides had not been chosen, nor had the lines on the playing field been drawn. The mandali’s negligence caused Baba to …

WINNING HIS HEART – A NIGHT OUT IN SILENCE WITH MEHER BABA

WINNING HIS HEART    2025-26. DATE: 10th & 11th January. Saturday & Sunday. EVENT# 3 A NIGHT OUT IN SILENCE WITH MEHER BABA. “God has been everlastingly working in silence, unobserved, unheard, except by those who experience His Infinite Silence.” ~Avatar Meher Baba. The Avatar Meher Baba Bombay Centre extends a warm invitation to you, to spend the night with …

THE AVATAR COMES TO SWEEP THE WORLD CLEAN

(Jan. 1937) Love for a Perfect Master, however deep or devotional it may be, does not necessarily affect the original nature of a person because, despite apparent superficial changes, the individual nature remains the same up to the seventh plane. On the seventh plane there is no individual mind, therefore no individual nature. This nature is so powerful that it …

BABA STOPPED WRITING

On Saturday, January 1st, 1927, a year and a half after the Master began his silence, he wrote this message: “I intend to stop writing from tomorrow. It is not definite when I will resume writing or speaking. I may start again after some days, some months or even some years. It all depends on Hazrat Babajan.”Baba received many New …

REMINDER – TRUST CIRULAR FOR BABA’S FIFTY-SEVENTH AMARTITHI

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 …

A SPECIAL MESSAGE

On December 31st (1964) , Baba dictated this special message to be sent to Adi Arjani in Pakistan, who did a daily-diary project of collecting Baba’s statements: “To love those whom you could not hate is natural; but to love those whom you cannot love is to love me as I should be loved.” Lord Meher, Original Publication, Bhau Kalchuri, …

WHO HAS FAITH IN GOD?

ON DECEMBER 30th(1964), a member of parliament in Delhi, named Seth Govindas, arrived in Meherazad with Amiya Kumar Hazra. Hazra was an old lover, who availed himself of every opportunity of Baba’s darshan with his family. Govindas came to know about Meher Baba through Hazra. Govindas’ son, who was a government minister in the Madhya Pradesh cabinet, had recently expired, …

BABA ALLOWED THEM TO ERECT WHATEVER THEY LOVINGLY WISHED TO DO

Keki Nalavala came to see Baba on Sunday, December 30th (1963), from Dehra Dun. Although he knew that there was a strict injunction against visitors, he had come anyway and met Adi at Khushru Quarters. Adi was so annoyed with him for coming that he refused to help him, even to the extent of not arranging for a taxi, because …

ONLY SPIRITUAL FREEDOM IS ABSOLUTE AND UNLIMITED

(Dec. 27, 1942) All over the world the spirit of man is crying out for freedom. Love of freedom and the search for freedom are the principal characteristics of humanity. In all races and in all climes, in all countries and at all times, the watchword for the groping and struggling humanity has always been freedom. There are very few …

WHAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US AND THE WORLD?

Meher Baba seldom celebrated Christian holidays, but for Christmas the school was closed on December 25th. Meredith Starr came to visit Baba at noon. According to Baba’s wish, no religious formalities were observed. Baba explained to Starr, “On all four sides, in every corner of the globe, religious precepts and ceremonies prevail. Were we to follow the same old sham …

I SWEAR I FELT HIS ROBE IN MY HAND

ON ONE OCCASION, Norina telephoned her old friend Mercedes D’Acosta, a movie screenwriter, to tell her there was someone in town she should meet. But the woman had been severely depressed of late and did not wish to meet anyone, but Norina urged her that she would not regret meeting this person. Norina would not say who he was since she wanted …

FROM THE OUTSET OF BABA’S WORK, OPPOSITION HAD BEGUN

On December 24th, 1922, at 11 A.M., Meher Baba called fourteen of the men to his room and told them, “My seclusion is because of spiritual reasons. Maharaj has recently imprisoned himself in a bamboo cage at Sakori and is suffering for the good of his mandali. Now that my real spiritual work has started, many of the present mandali …

REMINDER: ADDITIONAL TRIP TO MEHERABAD ON POPULAR REQUEST

Jai Baba. We have been receiving requests to arrange for an additional pilgrimage to Meherabad in early January 2026. Accordingly, the Avatar Meher Baba Bombay Centre has organized a trip to Meherabad from January 2 to January 4, 2026 (three days). The charges would be approximately R.4,500/- (all inclusive) depending upon the numbers. Those interested may please contact any one …

AS FOR MYSELF, I PREFER VAGABONDS TO HYPOCRITICAL SAINTS

A middle-aged woman saint named Tai Maharaj lived in Amraoti. She had a large following, and she invited Baba to her temple. Baba went on December 23rd (1952), and in the presence of over five hundred of her followers, she received Baba with tears in her eyes. She declared to all present, “The Avatar has come to me!”   Throughout the …

BABA GESTURED, “SOMETHING TERRIBLE IS GOING TO HAPPEN SHORTLY!”

TO COMPENSATE for the “all-male” day held at Meherazad back in October when Jaipuri Qawaal had come to sing, about two hundred fifty women from Ahmednagar, Poona, Bombay, Navsari and Meherabad were called to Meherazad to celebrate Mehera’s birthday. The large group of women arrived at 9:30 A.M. on Monday, December 23rd. They had been instructed not to bring their children …

MEMORIAL TOWER – A LASTING REMINDER TO THE WORLD

On December 22nd (1944), Baba left with the women to stay at Meherabad, where a unique event took place the next day. Baba called all his lovers from Ahmednagar to Meherabad on December 23rd, and also all the guests who had attended Nariman’s and Arnavaz’s wedding. A two-foot pit was dug near Masaji’s grave. Chanji’s bedding roll was then buried …

BE MY SLAVE AND SEE WHAT YOU GAIN WITHOUT EVEN ASKING

Christmas was celebrated on the 25th, and that night they took a boat ride on the Narmada River. Baba dipped his hands in the water and posed as Rano took a photograph of him. Gaimai wistfully observed, “How long the Narmada has awaited you, Baba.” Baba just smiled. After their return from the river, Baba said, “While we were on …