Flowers of Love

So many images come rushing to mind when one thinks of Baba’s birthday. When I close my eyes, I see a heavily garlanded and decorated Samadhi. I relive the goosebumps at the thought that Baba was a couple feet away, at the Tin Shed, celebrating... Read more

The Reality Friend

Meher Baba tells us that all this world is an illusion and only God is Real. “It is time humanity had a fresh vision of the truth that all life is one and God is the only thing that is real and that matters. God... Read more

In Joy

In a talk honoring the fifteenth year of Baba’s Amartithi in 1984, Kitty Davy spoke to the crowd about remembrance and joy. Quoting the dictionary, Kitty defines joy as “a forceful, sustained state of happiness that is associated with sharing, self-realization, and high-mindedness—an exultation of... Read more

An Act of God; As told by Meherwan Jessawala

The following is an excerpt from the detailed account of Baba’s car accident in Satara, India in December of 1956, focused on Eruch’s experience as the driver of the vehicle. For the full story of the accident and events leading up to it, please click... Read more

The still, small voice

Do you remember setting foot on Center for the first time? You might have been a child when you first came, and you fit into the wondrous woodlands as a fish diving straight into water. However hard you might try now; the memory evades you.... Read more

The Necessity of Style

Kitty Davy, who first met Meher Baba in London in 1931 and spent the following twenty years in His company, some of the time in Europe and for a long period in India, made the memorable remark summing up her time living with her Master:... Read more

Resolving to Be His

Last year, on New Year’s Eve, thirty-seven-year-old Alex Davis made a sole New Year’s resolution. He resolved to visit the Center every month in the year 2023. The year is almost ending, and I have seen Alex on Center quite frequently, but has he really... Read more

How Eruch Came to Baba

The story of Meher Baba’s arrival in Meherabad is legendary. It is bursting at the seams with the impending scope of the Avatar’s ministry—a pivot point for many seeds that the Master would sow and links that He would create. One such connection was His... Read more

“High-end restoration on old shacks”

Every time I chat with Dean Nordquist, I learn something new. I look at Uncle Dean, as he is fondly referred to by Meher Center staff, as a man who could be a character from a classical novel. He has a distinctive look, an uncanny... Read more

In Readiness for Baba

If you were on the Center in the 1960s or 70s, you might have seen a brown station wagon slip through the trees and stop at a nearby cabin. A small, white haired and slightly bent woman would have gotten out and painstakingly, step by... Read more