Session Ten of Meher Baba’s New Life: The New Life moves South to Satara
Session Ten of Ward Parks’ presentation on Meher Baba’s New Life.
Streamed January 18, 2026
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Meher Baba’s New Life: A Mid-Series Live Q&A with Ward Parks
Half way through Ward Park’s deep dive into Meher Baba’s New Life, he held a live question and answer session for viewers to ask the questions that have arisen for them throughout this course. Filled with informative responses and interesting insights, this session is not to be missed by anyone curious about this important yet enigmatic phase of Baba’s life and work.
To learn more about the series and to access the first eight sessions, click here.
Video, 1:28:59
On Zoom, January 4, 2026
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Session Nine—Meher Baba’s New Life; Final Months in North India, A New Plan, The Labor Phase, and The New Life Ghee Business
Session Nine of Ward Parks’ presentation on Meher Baba’s New Life.
Streamed January 18, 2026
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Explanations of Spirituality Written in Baba’s Own Hand; A presentation by Sevn McAuley
Around 1925, Meher Baba wrote thirty-nine pages by hand of spiritual and philosophical explanations, which today are some of the only writings of this kind we have in Baba’s own hand. These papers weren’t discovered until the early 2000s in Baba’s sister Mani’s possessions. In this presentation, Sevn McAuley dives into these incredible writings, displaying the pages and discussing the themes and deeper meanings they contain.
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Meeting Place, Meher Center, Myrtle Beach
November 28, 2025
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Uploaded 1/9/2026
Session Seven–Meher Baba’s New Life – “Manjri Mafi and the Three New Life Plans”
Join us for session seven of Ward Parks’ presentation on Meher Baba’s New Life.
Streamed December 7, 2025
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An Exploration of Norina Matchabelli’s Mystical Articles
In this insightful talk, Scott Makeig explores Meher Baba’s message that He has “not come to teach, but to Awaken” through Princess Norina Matchabelli’s mystical articles. Opening with a short biography of Norina, Scott then delves into the history of the Meher Baba Journals in which nineteen of Norina’s mystical articles were published between 1938 and 1942. “These articles are unique in that Baba specifically instructed the Journal editors to publish them just as contributed by Norina, assuring them that they would come to be appreciated ‘in future,’” Scott writes. These unusual articles, Scott argues, “compliment” Meher Baba’s “other descriptions of the great awakening” that Baba worked to prepare and manifest.
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Meeting Place, Meher Spiritual Center, Myrtle Beach
September 19, 2025
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Uploaded December 5, 2025
The Theme of Creation; An Exploration of Meher Baba’s GOD Speaks
In this accessible and comprehensive primer on God Speaks, filmmaker Tim Thelen explores the theme of creation through the lens of Meher Baba’s spiritual masterpiece. He follows “the journey of the soul from its unconscious origin through to human form and on to God-Realization.” He deftly incorporates Darwin’s theory of evolution with Baba’s correction that it is consciousness that drives evolution, not the other way around. The book’s ideas are explored through an array of interviews from a diverse cast of followers of Meher Baba, including Adele Wolkin, Phyllis Ott, Robert Dreyfuss, Carl Ernst, and Charmian Duce Knowles. Originally produced in 2005, this version was remastered in 2022.
Video, 53:40
Courtesy of Tim Thelen, Divine Sport Productions
Uploaded November 28, 2025
Meher Baba’s New Life – Wandering: The Begging, Langoti and Gypsy Phases; Nov-Dec 1949 A series by Ward Parks
In session six of this virtual series, Ward Parks dives into an extraordinary phase of The New Life period, in which Baba and his companions traveled on foot from Benares to Dehra Dun. Their journey was filled with stories of incredible generosity from poor villagers and city-dwellers alike, as well as tales of hardship as they navigated cold temperatures and lack of food, all while traveling with a large herd of animals in tow.
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Streamed November 16th, 2025
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Uploaded November 21, 2025
Meher Baba’s New Life, from the Great Seclusion to Manonash: An In-Depth Review Session Five
The Benares Interlude
Part five of Ward Parks’ ongoing series on Meher Baba’s New Life focuses on the continuation of the training period. The session begins as Baba and His companions move north from Belgaum to Benares (now called Varanasi.) Rich with details, it includes how the companions were to respond when asked about the New Life as well as the extraordinary, some would even say, outrageous, conditions imposed on people they were asked for help. Ward also discusses the four phases – labor, begging, langoti and gypsy lives – and what impact they could have on posterity.
To find the series schedule, syllabus, bibliography and to catch the next session, please visit our Virtual Programs page.
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Streamed November 2, 2025
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Uploaded November 7, 2025
Meher Baba’s New Life, from the Great Seclusion to Manonash: An In-Depth Review Session Four
In session four of this virtual series, Ward Parks explores the final preparations for the New Life and the departure of the group from Meherabad to Belgaum where they began the labor phase. Ward interweaves touching stories from the New Life including the story of Dr. Daulat Singh, who had to leave the New Life as he was found sobbing in the middle of the night. Yet, Meher Baba loved him dearly and asked him to live the New Life when he returned home. He explores the themes of helplessness, hopelessness, freedom and enjoyment of suffering as Baba presented them to the companions.
To watch Part 5, please click here.
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Streamed October 19, 2025
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Uploaded November 7. 2025