January, 2020
On January 31 st , 1969, at 12:15 PM, Meher Baba dropped His physical form. The grief was unimaginable for so many of the lovers who had grown accustomed to His physical presence. And alongside that grief started to appear something else— a silent, brilliant,... Read more

December, 2019
For Meherjyoti, coming to the Center was Baba’s birthday gift— one that reminded her of another gift He gave long ago. Meherjyoti had wanted to visit the Center for decades, but it was so far from her home in India that she didn’t know when... Read more

December, 2019
How could one explain who Mehera is? Lovers of God strive to emulate her love, and philosophers expend their intellectual prowess to understand her love. But who better than Meher Baba to explain her so simply, “She is the very breath without which I cannot... Read more

November, 2019
In 1968, one of the last things that Meher Baba signed was a children’s book that He sent as a gift for a group of children known as “Happy Club.” Happy Club began in 1966, when Elizabeth Patterson, one of the founders of the Center,... Read more

November, 2019
I left the room weeping after talking to Malcolm Clay. Malcolm worked at the center for 45 years, his job evolving until he was, for the last 30 years, in charge of the Center’s grounds. When I asked to talk to him about his life... Read more

October, 2019
Plato said, “Beauty is the splendor of Truth.” According to Ward Parks, a scholar on Meher Baba’s words, the Truth and power in Baba’s words bring out His beauty. This month, the Center hosted a seminar on ‘Reincarnation and the Purpose of Life’ given by... Read more

October, 2019
On October 16th, 1949, Meher Baba began His New Life. What does this mean? And Baba’s promise that “this New Life will live by itself eternally”? I do know that, seventy years ago, on an early rainy morning when it was still dark, Baba and... Read more

September, 2019
I was in the Original Kitchen a few days ago when a young woman entered in a wheelchair. She was glowing. She had been to the Center numerous times over the years, but had never before been able to enter the Lagoon Cabin due to... Read more

September, 2019
On May 26, 1958, Baba was carried into the Barn on His lift-chair. After a brief chat and the reading of a discourse, He commented, “All the so-called births and deaths are only sleeps and awakenings. The difference between sleep and death is that when... Read more

July, 2019
Meher Baba’s silence has been a subject of great fascination. It is a part of His life that evokes awe, whether it has to do with its elusive significance, or its much awaited breaking and how that would come about, or simply an admiration of... Read more
