Daily Messages

Lighting of the First Dhuni at Meherabad: Ahmednagar (now Ahilyanagar), and the surrounding villages of Meherabad, fall under the rain shadow region of the Deccan plateau. Agriculture is totally dependent upon the mercy of monsoons, which usually begin around mid or end of May.  After the initial showers, there is usually a dry spell. The secondary monsoon is when the …

Quiz 2025 Syllabus EVENT DETAILS: WINNING HIS HEART  2025  Event # 2 *1925-2025 Centenary Quiz* _”The apparent is not real. Under many a life’s complicated problems are hidden some of the simplest truths which the veil of ignorance obscures from human vision.”_ ~ Meher Baba. The Avatar Meher Baba Bombay Centre invites you, to yet another enjoyable evening in Baba’s …

Baba did not come to Meherabad on November 9th. On that day, Adi Jr., Francis Brabazon and Don Stevens returned to Ahmednagar from their trip to the Ellora Caves, and the next morning, were driven with Nariman, Meherjee and Vishnu to Meherazad. Baba discussed matters with the mandali and then gave Francis and Don a tour of the property. Eruch …

(November 1944) The Master’s message, “The Two Aspects of Divinity,” was delivered on this occasion by Ghani Munsiff, an excerpt of which is as follows: However dark the clouds and whatever may be the poignancy of pain and despair, one spiritual fact, embodying cheer and hope to suffering humanity, must not be lost sight of, and which I am going …

After Bhau had joined Baba, his wife, Rama, and two children, Sheela and Mehernath, had gone to stay with Rama’s parents in a village about a hundred miles from Nagpur. Sheela was over four years old, and her brother was three. One day, Mehernath accidently knocked his sister against a large vessel of boiling milk, and Sheela suffered severe burns. …

ON NOVEMBER 7th, ​(1955) Baba arrived in Meherabad at about 8 A.M. Eruch and Kaka Baria accompanied him from Meherazad, as did Kumar and Kishan Singh, who had come from Dehra Dun for the program and were staying at Meherazad. According to Baba’s instructions, Adi Jr., Francis Brabazon and Don Stevens left early that day in Nariman’s car with his driver for …

(Nov. 1923) Arriving in Surat the following day,  the Master went to the bazaar near the railway station accompanied by Adi, Ghani, Gustadji and Ramjoo. On the way back, he spotted a Hindu boy of about eighteen in a pitiable condition. The boy was shivering in the cold. At Baba’s request, Ramjoo inquired and found that the boy had come …

AVATAR MEHER BABA BOMBAY CENTRE is pleased to announce the following initiatives: Reading Room Facility Days: Every Tuesday and Thursday Time: 7:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (after Aarti) Venue: New Hall adjacent to the Main Centre A quiet space to read and deepen one’s understanding of Beloved Meher Baba’s life and teachings. Library – Lending & Borrowing of Books Days: …

Later in the afternoon that day Baba decided to move to a house in Kandy. He remarked, “In Ceylon everything hopeful is hopeless, and everything hopeless is hopeful! At least in this new bungalow there are no ghosts!” When some of the women looked relieved by this last remark, Baba commented: Why be afraid of ghosts? A ghost means a …

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(Nov. 1955) Matra Dutta Shastri also could not sleep. He recited a Sanskrit shloka praising the advent of the Avatar Krishna, and then in a paroxysm of weeping sought Baba’s forgiveness for his sins. Baba called him and held him in a loving embrace. As Baba was consoling him, someone remarked about Matra Shastri, “He was feeling something within which …

Eruch was then asked to read twenty-one points which Baba had dictated. Eruch said, “Baba has given us twenty-one points, some not even as long as a line. They are not for the lovers of Baba, but for general use.” He read them out and Baba elaborated on some of them:  (Explanations not given here.) 1.     God is absolutely …

(Nov. 1955) Tomorrow, I will speak to you for five minutes and tell you about the gift of love. I am going to test who has understood love. I will see who is bold enough to deserve this gift. It matters not if what I am going to tell you to do, you are unable to do. If you feel …

In Ajanta, during the month of November, accompanied by Adi Sr., Baidul and Kaka, Baba contacted a great mast named Mian Saheb. Mian was a saint renowned throughout the area, and people claimed he was well over one hundred years old. The very advanced mast was awaiting Baba’s arrival. He took Baba to a room on the upper floor of a …

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The next day, October 31st (1929) , Gustadji noticed a saintly-looking man near their house and told Baba about him. Happy to know of this, Baba immediately left to see him. No sooner did the man see Baba coming than he ran toward him and kissed Baba’s hands. After Baba embraced him, the man walked off down the street. Later, …

With the onset of cool, damp, autumn weather in Cannes, Baba’s health noticeably suffered. On Sunday, October 31st (1937), one of the remaining Westerners asked Baba, “Why does a Master fall ill and make use of medicine?” In reply, Baba stated: The West differs from the East in its ideal of spiritual perfection. The West believes perfection to signify the …

Quentin Tod was in charge of the nightly entertainment and they would go each night to a different movie. One night, Tod took Baba to the Theater Espanol to see Love of the Sorcerer, a ballet. Another evening, Tod took Baba to see Cohen and Kelly at Madrid’s best movie theater, the Capitol, which had an orchestra and a revolving stage. Baba would …

While at Meherabad, Baba would grant interviews. An Indian woman devotee came to see Baba on October 28th (1934). She complained openly before Baba that she wished to stop having sexual intercourse with her husband because of her desire to see God. But her husband was unwilling. Consoling her, Baba explained, “It is better to treat your husband with love …

REACHING GENOA, Baba boarded the S. S. Roma at 10 P.M. on October 27th, (1931) bound for New York City. In Naples, Meredith introduced a Canadian lady from Toronto named Louise Skey to Baba. During the voyage, Miss Skey was taken with Baba and visited his cabin several times. Besides Meredith’s annoying behavior, Agha Ali would also behave like a spoiled child …

The next morning, (October 26, 1933) Baba was quite upset when he was not able to get hot water on time for a bath. He called Herbert, who had made the arrangements, and rebuked him severely, “I cannot work here! I will leave for Marseilles. With you taking care of me, I have never been able to have an early-morning …

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 …

Goma Ganesh Pathak, one of the former teachers of the Meher Ashram school, was doing social work in Ahmednagar and would come to see Baba from time to time. He invited Baba to the upcoming opening of a nursery school, Babawadi, for poor children, where they would be given free milk. Baba went for the opening in Ahmednagar on October …

When Meher Baba was in seclusion, he had to be very careful getting into the car when he went out to contact masts or when visiting places with the women, to avoid anyone coming to him and taking darshan. When Baba was about to leave Panchgani on October 28th, at noon, a God-mad Hindu called Jagannath, who was singing loudly, …

Baba left Ajmer on October 21st (1947), and arrived in Baroda at four o’clock the next morning. In Baroda, he worked with a seeker named Narayan and the sixth plane mast-saint, Badruddin Rafai Shah. When he contacted this saint, Baba gave him his own coat, and even held it for him as Badruddin slipped it on. But his most interesting …