Tuning Into Meher Baba’s Silence

“Things that are real are always given and received in silence.” Meher Baba Meher Baba put aside His physical body on the 31st January 1969 but not His silence. It remains. When I first visited Meherabad in 1973 for the Amartithi, Baba’s presence was palpable, but... Read more

Lessons in Obedience at Manzil-e-Meem

This month marks the 103rd anniversary of the establishment of Baba’s first ashram in Bombay, India. After years of work by the Perfect Masters to awaken Him to meet His destiny, Merwan was proclaimed as the “Adi Shakti” and “Parvardigar” by Upasani Maharaj and Sai... Read more

The Master’s Programmer

Dennis McCabe never missed a weekend program. He never took vacation but a handful of times in the decades that he ran the programs at the Center. It happened to be a Friday night, April 25th, 2025, when instead of being at his treasured weekend... Read more

The Alligator Club

It is a little known fact, but during Meher Baba’s 1958 visit to the Meher Spiritual Center, an emergency surgery was performed in the Barn by three Viennese doctors. One’s name has been lost to history, the other two were Dr. Pfunster and Dr. Schmaltz.1... Read more

The Story of the Mound

Donned in green jungle boots and fired by a sense of “spiritual as well as physical adventure,” [1] a small group of devoted Baba lovers traipsed through the virgin woods nine miles north of Myrtle Beach. It was June, 1944, soon after Elizabeth Patterson’s father... Read more

Just to Serve Him

Karyl Tych has been a tour guide on Center for decades. Her tours have always been warm, welcoming and informative while being efficient and articulate. Over all the years, she has had the ability to connect and engage with any tour participant ranging from young... Read more

Cinema Stories

In June,1934, while in London, Meher Baba said, “When I work collectively, which is generally at plays, movies and sporting events — wherever people collect and concentrate on a particular object — it is easy for me to have my spiritual effect collectively on their... Read more

“Everything is an experience of Him”

It is Spring! A new life has sprung upon the natural habitat that is the Center. Flowers are starting to bud, the air is laden with impending humidity, the lake sparkles and spring rain clouds linger at a distance near the ocean. It is also... Read more

Shelving Sanskaras

It must have been sometime in the late seventies or early eighties. I was at Meherazad sitting outside the Mandali Hall with Eruch and other fellow pilgrims when Eruch asked, “what attracts you all to keep coming back to Meherazad?” All our answers amounted to... Read more

The Gondola: Meher Baba’s Boat Part Three

When Bhau Kalchuri came to the Center, he wanted to go out in the gondola under a full moon. During Aloba’s visit, he was determined to see an alligator from the Venetian vessel. And the twins, Rustom and Sohrab Irani, they just wanted to go... Read more