Every few years, as Gateway staff, I have seen a person from the local black community walk into the Center’s front office. Some come in intentionally to say hello, others bring their families to revisit a part of their childhood, or some just come in... Read more

I wanted to share a short passage from the diary my wife Wendy and I kept in the 1980s and 90s. This conversation took place with Kitty Davy in January of 1987. We asked Kitty what she says to someone who comes to her with... Read more

Many of you may remember Walter Witkowski from the evening programs at Meher Center. Every Friday, without fail, Walter would go up to the small podium, right under the Meeting Place stage and introduce the program for the night. He was tall, lively, whole-hearted and... Read more

It is remarkable that since 1969, no priestly or political hierarchy has usurped leadership of the ever-growing (let’s call it) global Meher Baba Movement; but maybe it is still early days. Of course, there are Trusts, organizations, and groups assembled under His name but there... Read more

Last week while listening to Eruch Jessawala speak about Baba’s fragrance at His tomb and-other places where Baba spent time, I marveled at Eruch’s ability to weave Baba’s words together and build upon them so beautifully and be able to do simply what Master storytellers... Read more

When my mother Ella Massie Marks was young, she had one great love: dance. “I lived it, I ate it, I breathed it,” she told me. “I worked at it five hours a day and if I had a rehearsal, another five hours a day.... Read more

On July 10th, 1925, after thirty-one years of speaking, Meher Baba, began observing silence. On the 99th anniversary of that day, I found myself wondering about the sound of Meher Baba’s singing voice. My interest sparked, I spent the coming afternoons searching for and reading... Read more

What is home? Many have argued that it is not a place – it is a feeling. A sense of longing, of belonging, of familiarity, of instant comfort. A place to go to in the depths of your being from any physical location. What if... Read more

While visiting Meherazad in 2006, my wife Wendy and I spent one morning walking the property with Meherwan Jessawala. The Jessawala family were long-time devotees of Baba’s, with Eruch, Meherwan’s elder brother becoming a close mandali member, living with Baba the last decades of His... Read more

Earlier this month on Mother’s Day, I thought of Shireenmai: the mother of the Avatar. How well chosen she must have been for Baba to say, “It was I who first gave you birth – and then you bore Me! I was your mother in... Read more