We are delighted to share a talk from our latest series of informal talks at the Dilruba Reading Room!

Arsenio Rodriquez’s Baba’s story is rich in details, delightful coincidences and unusual signs. Raised in a Catholic family in Puerto Rico, he had a great love of Jesus as a child. He also had an imaginary friend he sometimes thought was Jesus. At one point, Arsenio even wanted to be a priest. But he eventually lost that faith in God. He first heard Meher Baba’s name in 1969 in a song by the artist Melanie. Several years later, after moving to Miami and having had a series of extraordinary experiences, he read God Speaks, Listen Humanity, and the Discourses. But it wasn’t until he went to the Center that he became a Baba lover.

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Dilruba Reading Room, Meher Spiritual Center, August 23, 2025
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