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An Extraordinary Pilgrimage
First visits to the Center are always memorable. Whether they elicit awe, surprise, tears, or a deep sense of returning home, there definitely is a subtle string of magic that runs through these visits. And yet each story is different. Inimitable. One of my favorite parts of working at the Center is to witness and…
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“Messiah who adores Ping-Pong”
The Sunday Mercury published in Birmingham England, June 12, 1932, ran an article entitled, “The Silent Man ‘Messiah’ who Adores Ping-Pong”. The article read, “Meher Baba is a vegetarian, teetotaler and non-smoker, wears long hair and a plush blazer and plays an excellent game of ping-pong.” Meher Baba did indeed enjoy a good game of…
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What Each Child Needs
Meherwan Jessawala’s first memory of meeting Meher Baba was in 1937, when he was a shy seven-year-old. He had heard that Baba was Krishna (his favorite Avataric advent) come again, and had made a small string of flowers to garland Him at the darshan program his family was hosting. But when he saw Baba sitting…
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“A Gift of Pearls from His Ocean”
On the western end of the city of Bombay lies a quieter beach known as Marve. Many may not have heard of this beach. Many may also not know its curious link with Meher Center and Baba’s first visit to His home in the West in 1952. Like many links with Baba, this link may…
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A Divine Explanation
On May 14, 1943, 125 men gathered in Meherabad to spend five days with Baba and hear His explanation of the “Divine Theme.” Not uncommonly, Baba had shifted the dates of the meeting in the month leading up to it. But, as Bhau Kalchuri put it, “out of the instability surrounding Meher Baba’s activities came…
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The Doctor Who Treated God
On May 20, at 2:30 p.m., Meher Baba drove in a car toward His inevitable destiny along with His carefully chosen followers: Mehera, Mani, Meheru and Elizabeth. He was traveling from Myrtle Beach to California. But God willed it otherwise. In a few days would be the historic event that He had predicted on May…
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Champagne, Curry and Chicken
On April 18, 1952, Meher Baba and the women boarded a TWA (Trans World Atlantic) flight from Bombay heading for New York. After several postponements, the time had finally arrived for Baba to travel to His ‘home in the West’ and for the first and only time, the women Mandali accompanied Him to the Center….
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Life at the Center
After seven years of immense and loving effort, Elizabeth Patterson wrote Baba in the fall of 1951 that His Center in Myrtle Beach was ready, that all His conditions for visiting the West had been met, and that she hoped He would come soon. He cabled back, “Absolutely happy EliNorina [Baba’s nickname for Elizabeth Patterson…
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God’s Father
It is Sheriar Moondegar Irani’s 169th birthday this month. Meher Baba’s sister, Mani, recalled that their father “was a living example of what Baba tells us to do, to be in the world but not of it.”[i] It started early. By age twelve, Sheriar’s longing for God was so intense that he left his home…
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Doing His Best
If you’ve been to Meher Center in the last 16 years, you may well have met Peter Goodman. He’s quickly recognizable by his big heart, his endless enthusiasm, and his willingness to stop and chat (and often ask after your friends and relatives by name), no matter how much he has going on. Peter first…