DEVILS IN THE GUISE OF SAINTS!

During March, 1936, the question of whether or not to establish an ashram in Mysore was being seriously discussed between Baba and the mandali. However, Baba expressed that the people of Mysore were far too traditionally religious-minded and since they were so entangled in orthodox religiosity, it would be difficult to free them of their narrow-minded prejudices so his ashram …

EVEN THOSE YOU THINK CAN SEE ARE TRULY BLIND

(March 1958) Baba then left for Worli, a Bombay suburb, to visit a home for the blind. The young inmates received him warmly. Speaking reverentially on behalf of all, one of the young men eloquently welcomed Baba. Everyone gave a small rose to Baba, who embraced each. All went near the One who is the very basis of love, but …

HE IS ANY AND ALL THAT YOU TAKE HIM TO BE

INVITED BY THE PRIEST,  Father Rego, the principal of the Catholic Saint Joseph High School in Wadala, and by the secretary of the N. S. D. Industrial Home for the Blind in Worli, Baba paid a visit to both institutions on March 13th (1958). Dr. Alu Khambatta was a homeopathic consultant in the Saint Joseph High School and the priest had …

BABA GUIDES A YOUNG SADHU

(March 1953) DRESSED IN A PURPLE ROBE, a young sadhu had come for darshan in the morning, and Baba made him sit beside him. He came again in the afternoon and wanted to ask Baba something. Eruch discouraged him, but Baba allowed him to speak his mind. This conversation ensued: The young sadhu said, “My sadhana (spiritual practice) goes on, but I …

TO LOSE ONESELF TO FIND THE BELOVED BY HOOK OR CROOK IS THE MAIN THING

(March 1953) “How can we love God?” one visitor asked. How to love God? How do you love anything? If you fall in love with a beautiful girl, what happens? No system or principle exists for such a man. He will not fear ridicule. If people call him mad, he does not mind. To lose oneself to find the Beloved …

LOVE WITH UNDERSTANDING

On March 10th (1940), Baba wrote to Minta Toledano:   Your last letter ticked me off – for tempering or balancing my eternal suffering with eternal bliss, while humanity has to suffer without the joy of infinite bliss and happiness, implying was it fair?   Darling Shalimar, I want you to be always outspoken and free with your Beloved. I know you love, …

USE DISCRIMINATION

(March 1937) To be frank and fair is a quality and characteristic of persons who are honest and have the courage to openly say out what they feel rather than to keep things in the heart or say things behind people’s backs. Some take pride in that quality of being frightfully frank and hate those who do not say out things …

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 …