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Receiving His Gift
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 and work at the Center, I was not sure he…
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The Lustrous Beauty of Meher Baba’s Words
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 Ward Parks. Ward came to Baba in 1970 when he…
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This New Life is Endless
On October 16th, 1949, Meher Baba began His New Life. What does this mean? And Baba’s promise that “this New Life will live by itself eternally”? I do know that, seventy years ago, on an early rainy morning when it was still dark, Baba and twenty companions started down the road. A month before, Baba’s…
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Creating Access
I was in the Original Kitchen a few days ago when a young woman entered in a wheelchair. She was glowing. She had been to the Center numerous times over the years, but had never before been able to enter the Lagoon Cabin due to her disability. She told me that that morning, she was…
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Real Birth and Real Death
On May 26, 1958, Baba was carried into the Barn on His lift-chair. After a brief chat and the reading of a discourse, He commented, “All the so-called births and deaths are only sleeps and awakenings. The difference between sleep and death is that when you sleep, you awake and find yourself in the same…
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How Silence Day Began
Meher Baba’s silence has been a subject of great fascination. It is a part of His life that evokes awe, whether it has to do with its elusive significance, or its much awaited breaking and how that would come about, or simply an admiration of the possibility of someone being able to live a life…
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Working for Baba
For those who have been to the Center over the last several years, seeing Carole Kelly at the Gateway has been a quiet but definite part of the ‘Welcome Home’ experience. It is not a bombastic welcoming nor is it monastic; it is reliable and very thorough. Carole has been the silent pillar of stability…
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The Why of Youth Sahavas
Center staff and volunteers are in full swing preparing for this year’s Youth Sahavas. It feels a little like being in an anthill: we’re swarming, putting in flooring and setting up tents and washing load after load after load of dishes. Every regular staff and volunteer has their duties, not to mention the over sixty…