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Lovely in Pink
In December 1924, after a period of seclusion at Meherabad, thirty-year-old Meher Baba, along with several companions, moved to Bombay for two months. Among those who had the good fortune to accompany Baba were seventeen-year-old Mehera Irani and her mother, Daulatmai. The morning of departure was chilly, and Baba told everyone to be sure to…
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The Man in the Door
If you were a young person in New York in the 1960s who heard about the God-Man, you likely would have made your way to a Monday Night Baba meeting. There, the door would have swung open to a striking sight: a tall, unusual-looking character, often wearing a black coat, a black hat, a black…
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Those Eyes!: Lagoon Cabin Stories
When Meher Baba visited Meher Center, He often met with individuals and small groups in the little intimate cabin that would become known as the Lagoon Cabin. While each person’s first meeting with Meher Baba in 1952 was unique, a common pattern emerges from the written and recorded experiences of those who were there: many instantly…
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“Take Me with you”: An Excerpt from Three Incredible Weeks with Meher Baba
In September of 1954, sixty-nine years ago this month, twenty of Meher Baba’s Western male lovers arrived in Meherabad. They had been personally invited by the Master to spend three weeks in His presence. This excerpt took place on September 16th, when Baba took the men on a tour of Meherazad and showed then a…
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The Truman Moore Touch
If you stay on the main paths of Meher Spiritual Center, you will never find yourself far from a building that was built by Truman Moore and Moore Construction. Truman Ellinwood Moore, a native of Shelby, NC, was born in 1901. He left his southern roots to attend the Chicago Institute of Art and graduated…
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Gratitude on Gratitude
On the morning of the last day of the Spring Cleaning Sahavas, all the participants sat in a circle in the Meeting Place. Melissa Collins, the coordinator of the Cabin Crew who also coordinated the Sahavas cleaning, spoke to the group. “I am overwhelmed at the amount of work that got done here,” she said…
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A Magic Carpet Ride: Tiger Valley Cave
Meher Baba’s Tiger Valley Cave is located in Panchgani, sixty miles from Pune, 12.5 miles from Mahabaleshwar, and was built especially for Meher Baba in the spring of 1930. Once Baba selected the site for the cave and approval was given by the Maharaja of Savantwadi, who owned the property, excavation began. Hewn into the cliffside, the…
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Celebrating the One God
In February 1922 in Pune, Meher Baba’s birthday was celebrated simply by His earliest disciples. There was singing, a delicious meal, arti, and a spirit of festivity and love. One disciple, Gulmai, gave Baba a thin gold chain with Zoroaster’s portrait in a locket. At that time, Baba had not said He was the Avatar,…
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Everybody’s Aunt and Uncle
When Norina and Elizabeth left New York in the late 1940s, someone was needed to host the Monday night Baba group and connect with newcomers. The issue was brought to Baba, and many names were presented to Him, each met with a negative. Finally, someone said, “Fred and Ella Winterfeldt?” “Those are the ones,” Baba…
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A Fortunate Responsibility
“This place is not a retreat for me,” Joe Dunn says of Meher Center. Every workday, Joe drives to the Center, parks his truck, walks to the maintenance shop, and begins his constant meticulous work of tending and repairing and rebuilding. Joe grew up in Myrtle Beach and spent time “running around the Center” ever…