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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 come every month? “Yes,” he exclaims, “sometimes even twice in…
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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 link with the Satha and Jessawala families. In Ahmednagar, there…
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“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 sense of humor, a bubbling laughter and a unique point…
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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 step, made her way inside. This was Elizabeth Chapin Patterson,…
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The Shifting of Consciousness
Kitty Davy simply saw her life divided into three parts: the time before she met Baba, the time after she met Baba and lived with Him in India, and the time she lived apart from Baba in America. When Kitty began writing her talks to be given at Meher Center and other places, her initial…
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Touring His Home
There have been many tours of Meher Center, but a particular one in 1952 stands out. Meher Baba arrived at the Center for the first time on April 21, 1952. The next day, Elizabeth took Him on a tour—driving Him and some of the women mandali around the whole property in her car. Afterward, Baba…
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Youth Sahavas over the Generations
One of the great joys for Center staff is to watch pilgrims return to the Center. Over the years, newcomers become old timers, their love and relationship with Baba and the Center grows, and somewhere in there, they bring their families. Most naturally, as is Baba’s way many a time, they become part of the…
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The Dhuni and Answered Prayer
What is answered prayer? Once, in Mandali Hall, Meher Baba’s close disciple Eruch told the story of a British dairy farmer named Michael who loved Baba.[i] In 1976, England was experiencing a terrible drought. As it wore on, Michael started going up to his second floor terrace each day to look at the bright unforgiving…
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A Force of Love
Every visit to Baba’s house is life changing in its imprint, gentle or pronounced, upon the soul. And yet, by His grace, on a recent visit I was touched beyond worldly measure. On a busy Friday afternoon, I brought my infant son to Baba’s house. Since he had already been there as a newborn, I…
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Early Meherabad: Gulmai, Gilori Shah and Meher Baba
Growing up, one of the stories that my grandfather told me was of being with Baba on His last visit to Meherabad in 1962. Incidentally, the occasion for His visit was the burial of Gulmai Irani, whom Baba called His spiritual mother. At the burial, my grandfather (Prem Khilnani) said to Baba, “Someday Meherabad will…