1958 Omnibus

Meher Baba hinted in October 1957, that a Sahavas program might take place at Meher Spiritual Center in May 1958. Kitty Davy recalled, “All my thoughts were focused on seeing Baba once again and the opportunity to prepare for His possible visit, even though it... Read more

Gulmai: Meher Baba’s Spiritual Mother

This Mother’s Day, I thought of Gulmai. The humble, steadfast and silently suffering woman who Meher Baba called His spiritual mother. Gulmai was the wife of Kaikhushru Sarosh Irani, a prominent businessman and civic leader in Ahmednagar. She was also one of Upasni Maharaj’s disciples.... Read more

Insights into Francis Brabazon’s ”Dawn through to Sunrise”

In early May 1952 at the Meher Center, Francis Brabazon met Meher Baba for the very first time. Six weeks earlier in New York he had a significant experience which he felt inwardly prepared him for that meeting. This occurred when he met “Sparkie” Lukes,... Read more

“She was filled with Baba’s love”

When the young dancer Merna Bailyn1 first heard of Meher Baba from Margaret Craske in the early 1950s, she was immediately “drawn towards Him with a strong feeling of love.”2 She drank in Miss Craske’s stories about her life with Baba. She read the Discourses... Read more

Excerpt from Life’s Surrender: Countess Nadine Tolstoy, Disciple of Avatar Meher Baba

The following excerpts are from the recently published Life’s Surrender: Countess Nadine Tolstoy, Disciple of Avatar Meher Baba by Christopher Wilson and Charles Haynes (Sheriar Foundation, 2025). Drawing on her unpublished private papers and articles that Nadine published during her lifetime, the book traces the... Read more

“Every grain of sand here…is so full of Baba”

Meher Akshay Bundellu was in no hurry to visit the Meher Spiritual Center when he moved from India to Cleveland to get a masters in computer science in January of 2021. A fourth generation Baba lover from Pune, his great-grandparents1 and grandparents2 were members of... Read more

The First Amartithi on the Sacred Hill

When I think of Amartithi, the Eternal date, images of huge, flowy pandals come to mind. Thousands of people under them in a united mass – the elderly, the very young, rich, poor, eastern, western, new and old, merging together in a rushing stream into... Read more

“The Treasure Untold”

Kitty Davy gave the following talk on the 19th Amartithi in 1988 at the Meher Spiritual Center in Myrtle Beach. It is excerpted from the book One Fine Thread, Talks on Meher Baba by Kitty Davy.1 Hidden in your penniless hands is Treasure untold Your... Read more

A Christmas Greeting from Mani Irani to Kitty Davy, 1961

Meherazad December 31, 1961 Hello, dear Kitty, This letter will be a snow goose and fly to Canada specially with a special load of love to you from Meherazad. We miss you very much particularly on these occasions, Kitty — birthdays, Christmas, etc. The pattern... Read more

Writing as an Act of Love

I’ve always enjoyed reading Bal Natu’s series of Conversations with the Awakener. In the Preamble to his first book, he poses the question, “Are these ‘conversations’ true or false, real or imaginary? What can I say?”1 And in his third book he answers his question: “The conversations are... Read more