Meher Baba’s Blue Bus Tours, A Presentation by Susan McKendree: Part 2
In part two of this presentation, Susan McKendree talks about the latter years of Meher Baba’s Blue Bus tours. Stories of His travels with His mandali throughout India and Ceylon are interwoven with fascinating details about Baba’s work with masts (God-intoxicated souls).
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Meeting Place at Meher Center, March 29th, 2025
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Uploaded 4/18/2025
The Blue Bus Tours: Part 1 A Presentation by Susan McKendree
Susan McKendree, the author of Meher Baba’s Blue Bus Tours, makes a presentation about this enigmatic period with Baba. On December 8th, 1938, Baba started His extensive tours of India on a Blue Bus along with Eastern and Western women disciples, with Elizabeth Patterson as the driver. The Tours ended in November, 1941. Susan explores the women’s experiences, the search for the universal center, places that they stayed in and Baba’s mast work during that period.
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Meeting Place at Meher Center, March 28th, 2025
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The Role of Suffering in Meher Baba’s Universal Spiritual Work; A Presentation by Jamie Newell
In this presentation, Jamie Newell discusses the immense suffering that Meher Baba’s physical form endured during His advent, particularly in His later years following the two automobile accidents. Newell proposes that this suffering was integral to Baba’s Universal spiritual work for humanity, which in itself “was nothing but love in action.”
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Meeting Place at Meher Center, February 21st, 2025
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Uploaded 4/4/2025
The New Life: Then and Now Part Six
In the last session of this series, Ward Parks wraps up this in-depth series on Baba’s New Life. He focuses on the Free Life and its three phases: the Complicated Free Life, the Full Free Life, and the Fiery Free Life. He goes over Baba’s messages in His Life circulars and the declaration of His Avatarhood while interspersing reflections on this unique period along the way.
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Meeting Place at Meher Center, October 20th, 2024
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Uploaded 2/21/2025
The New Life: Then and Now Part Five
In part five of this series, Ward Parks talks about Baba’s last plan of the New Life and the curious happening where He stepped out of the New Life into the Old Life for just four hours. Baba moved His group to Satara and Mahabeleshwar, gave important messages, undertook a seclusion and began the Manonash phase.
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Meeting Place at Meher Center, October 20th, 2024
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Uploaded 2/14/2025
The New Life: Then and Now Part Four
In part four of this series, Ward Parks talks about the New Life strike and the group’s displeasure with Baba’s harsh conditions and how Baba handled the situation. He talks about the vacuum period and the plans of the Labor Phase. He goes through unfathomable acts such as Baba’s bowing down to thousands at the Kumbha Mela.
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Meeting Place at Meher Center, October 19th, 2024
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Uploaded 2/7/2025
The New Life: Then and Now Part Three
In part three of this series, Ward Parks focuses on the part of the New Life set in North India, particularly Dehradun and New Delhi. He also explores Baba’s work with sadhus at the Kumbh Mela, internal conflicts, the intensive Labor Phase and the ghee business. Throughout, Ward uses Baba’s words on the New Life to recreate the unmatchable atmosphere.
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Meeting Place at Meher Center, October 19th, 2024
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Uploaded: 1/24/2025
The New Life: Then and Now Part Two
In part two of this series, Ward Parks dives into the launching of the New life and the training period. He covers the four phases: the Labor, Begging, Langoti and Gypsy Lives. Along with many other profound reflections, Ward also reflects on writings by Baba and Ghani, including the eternal classical Baba song – the Song of the New life.
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Meeting Place at Meher Center, October 18th, 2024
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Uploaded 1/17/2025
The New Life: Then and Now Part One
In October of 2024, Ward Parks gave a six-part presentation at Meher Center on the phase of Baba’s life He referred to as “The New Life.” We will be sharing each session in the Center’s offerings over the coming weeks. In this first session, Ward presents a general overview of this time-period in Baba’s work, laying the ground work to dive deeper in the following sessions.
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Meeting Place, Meher Center, October 18th, 2024
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Meher Baba of Ahmednagar His Life in Historical Perspective Part Ten
In the last talk of this well-loved series, Jamie Newell speaks about Meher Baba’s passing of the body, the great darshan, the Mandali Era, the preservation of Baba’s legacy, and the worldwide growth of the Meher Baba movement as it continues to grow today.
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On Zoom, December 15th, 2024
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Uploaded 1/3/2025