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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Uploaded 1/10/2025
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
Meher Baba of Ahmednagar: His Life in Historical Perspective, Part 9
In part nine of this series, Jamie Newell explores the final decade of Meher Baba’s life in His physical form. He focuses on Baba’s continued physical suffering resulting from his automobile accidents, His intense seclusion, and a look at His stated goal of completing His universal spiritual work for humanity. In addition, Jamie touches on the significance of the East-West Gathering, as well as Meher Baba’s message on drugs.
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On Zoom, November 17th, 2024
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Uploaded 12/20/2024
Meher Baba Of Ahmednagar: His Life in Historical Perspective, Part 8
In part eight of this series about Meher Baba’s life in historical perspective, Jamie Newell explores the phase of Baba’s life from 1952 to 1958. After sharing an overview of the historical context of the world in these years, Jamie focuses on Baba’s three final visits to the West, including His inauguration of the Meher Center in Myrtle Beach as well as Avatar’s Abode in Australia. He delves into Baba’s public announcement that He is Avatar of the Age. And lastly, he examines Meher Baba’s two automobile accidents, one in America and one in India, and the lasting impact they had on Baba’s life and work.
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On Zoom, October 28th, 2024
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Uploaded 11/8/2024
Meher Baba of Ahmednagar: His Life in Historical Perspective Part 7
In part seven of this ongoing series about Meher Baba’s life, Jamie Newell focuses on one of the most enigmatic phases: the New Life. During this phase, Baba left behind His old life and took twenty companions on this inexplicable journey where His perfect divinity was replaced by perfect humility. Jamie explores Baba’s words, the different phases of the New Life and the accounts of Baba’s companions.
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On Zoom from Dilruba at Meher Center, September 15th, 2024
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Uploaded 10/4/2024
Meher Baba of Ahmednagar: His Life in Historical Perspective Part 6
In part six of this series about Meher Baba’s life in historical perspective, Jamie Newell explores the next phase of Baba’s work from the years 1939 to 1949. This phase focuses on the World War and Baba’s unique work with Masts. Here, Baba differentiates between madness and God-intoxication and starts His work at the Rahuri ashram before setting out all over India to work with the God-intoxicated souls whom He loved so much. Baba said that He worked for the entire humanity through them.
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On Zoom, August 18th, 2024
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Uploaded 9/13/2024
Meher Baba of Ahmednagar: His Life in Historical Perspective Part 5
In part five of this series about Meher Baba’s life in historical perspective, Jamie Newell explores the next phase of Baba’s work from years 1931 to 1939. Merwan, the boy who was awakened by the Perfect Masters, is now Meher Baba. In this period, one sees His journey from being a fakir to the toast of Hollywood. Jamie goes through all of Baba’s trips to the West in the 1930s and their salient features, including the start of His association with western devotees who would become very close to Him for rest of their lives.
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On Zoom, July 20th, 2024
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Uploaded: 8/23/24
Karma and Sanskaras: A Presentation by Daniel Stone
In this well researched presentation, Daniel Stone explores Baba’s powerful words on one of His fundamental concepts of Karma and Sanskaras. Daniel explains Karma which functions through sanskaras – their formation and function. He dives deeply into the process of the unwinding of sansakars and the Master’s role in the soul’s ultimate realization of God.
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The Meeting Place at Meher Center, June 14th, 2024
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Uploaded: 8/16/2024
Meher Baba’s Explanations on Meditation
In this very detailed and well laid out presentation, Rich Blum dives deep into Baba’s explanations on meditation. Primarily sourced from the Discourses, the presentation touches on subjects of the four yogas or pathways to God, the function of meditation in spiritual advancement, the personality types at play, and the items of experience it produces. As we watch this presentation, we are made aware of the integration of meditation with the path of love that Baba laid out for His lovers.
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Meeting Place at Meher Center, Myrtle Beach, May 18th, 2024
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Uploaded: 7/19/2024
Does Baba want us to meditate? A Presentation by Richard Blum
In part one of this engaging presentation, Richard Blum dives into the loaded question of whether Meher Baba wants His followers to meditate. Richard gives personal examples, observations and quotes from the Mandali and Baba’s direct words on the subject. Stay tuned for part two, where Richard will explore the different types of meditations as laid out by Baba.
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Meeting Place, Myrtle Beach, May 18th, 2024
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Uploaded: 7/11/2024