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

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

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 Drawing on her unpublished private papers and articles that Nadine published during her lifetime, the book traces the...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

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

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

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

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

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

“It is infinitely better to hope for the best than to fear the worst. Time is composed equally of night and day. In its inevitable course of ups and downs, the world is fast approaching once again a glorious dawn.” [1] I often find refuge... Read more

Years ago, at one of his seminars, Ward Parks brought up the term “Baba culture.” I had never heard that term before, and was instinctively intrigued by it. While I could not define it in my mind, I knew viscerally what he meant! Giving it... Read more