On an early spring afternoon at the Center, while doing my rounds checking each quiet, unoccupied cabin, I stopped my golf cart in front of the Guest House. As I entered the wooden gates, I was greeted by pink flowers overflowing from the bushes all... Read more

Jennifer’s first visit to the Center was in the spring of 2019. She returned again this winter. In her introduction letter to the Center Jennifer wrote, “Baba has continued to be the director of my life. I know that I can find Him everywhere but... Read more

When Baba visited the Center in May of 1958, He requested a birthday party. The invitees to the party were children—adults could only come if brought by a child. In considering how to write an article on Baba’s birthday at the Center, for a few... Read more

Jonas is thirteen years old. Three years ago, I remember checking his mother Jessica, brother Ezra and him into the Center for their first overnight stay. Jessica had seen the Center on several occasions while driving by. She eventually did her research and had already... Read more

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

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

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

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

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

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