Finding Beauty and Truth

To tell the story of Australian poet and Mandali member Francis Brabazon’s first meeting with Baba without telling the story of the man and his search would be an erroneous and incomplete account. About his first meeting with Baba at Meher Center in 1952, Francis... Read more

“Baba waited for me”

“I was never a seeker. Baba came to get me,” said Judi Schoeck when we started talking about her life with Baba. Judi has been working at the Center Gateway for close to two decades and has been with Baba since the early seventies. So... Read more

The House of the Gatekeepers

When Meher Baba visited the Center for the first time in 1952, Elizabeth Patterson asked Him if He wanted her to move onto the Center property that she had spent so many years preparing for Him. “No,” He replied, “Not until I tell you to.”[i]... Read more

The Inward Journey

“External journeys are from place to place … the real journey is the inward journey.” -Meher Baba at the East-West Gathering, quoted by Darwin Shaw Diving into the lives of Baba’s close ones is like diving into the deep seas to find treasure. It is... Read more

Waiting for the Christ

In 1952, when Baba first traveled to His home in the West, He asked that only a few close disciples meet Him in New York and take the train with Him to South Carolina. However, when He arrived at Penn Station on the evening of... Read more

Giving and Giving

When I think about Ann Conlon now, I think about giving. It starts with her Baba story: she was a young journalist in New York who had grown up Catholic but who, when she heard about Baba and was told He was the Christ, found... Read more

Companionship with the God-Man

Meher Baba’s time at the Center is reflective of the perfect union of His Godhood and Manhood. From its inception when He sent two women to hunt for a treasure that He had already planted to His turning the key of grace in being able... Read more

A Gift for Service

One of the buildings that Meher Center visitors have had the pleasure to return to in the last month has been the Saroja Library. For many, including myself, this quaint spot is a favorite! In thousands of handpicked books lining its white pine shelves, there... Read more

Welcoming Back His Lovers

Last Saturday, after fifteen months of not being able to enter the Barn or the Lagoon Cabin, Jeff Craddock walked up the old brick steps to the Barn door, opened it, and went inside. It was the beginning of Jeff’s first shift at the Barn... Read more

Building on Sacred Ground

One of Michael Tych’s co-members on the board of Meher Center says about him, “He watches and listens more than he speaks.” This rings true, because if you didn’t know him, you would never know that this unassuming man, one amongst many here, is the... Read more