Talk by Merwan Dubash
Merwan Dubash (son of Adi and Rhoda Dubash) grew up in close contact with Meher Baba and spent time with the Master throughout his childhood and youth. In this talk, Merwan describes Amartithi at Meherabad from his experience of volunteering there over the past two decades. Then he focuses on six weeks that he spent with Baba in 1965, when he was 18 years old. Through his description of simple acts like reading the newspaper to Baba or playing card games with Him, we get a glimpse of intimate daily contact with God in human form.
Video, 44:30
Meher Center Virtual Amartithi Program, January 30, 2022
From the Meher Spiritual Center, Inc. Archives
“Has He kept His promise?”
In this talk, Meherwan Merchant powerfully describes the life of Pleader, one of Baba’s dear Mandali. While Pleader was seeking God-realization as a young man in 1928, he was told by Narayan Maharaj that he would find his guru within a month. Soon after, he found himself at Meher Baba’s feet. Baba promised Pleader God-realization, but not without severe suffering. From months of seclusion, to journeys through the Himalayas, to exhausting work with Masts, to intense physical pain, Pleader lived for Baba for thirty-two more years until the moment He fulfilled His promise.
Video, 1:18:49
Meher Center Meeting Place, April 7, 2012
From the Meher Spiritual Center, Inc. Archives
“Baba’s perfect timing”
In this talk, Jehangir Daver describes his journey to Baba. Despite his family’s relationship with Baba’s masters Hazrat Babajan and Narayan Maharaj, Jehangir’s first connection with the Avatar was a powerful love for Jesus. He didn’t hear Meher Baba’s name until 1962, when he was 23 years old. However, he says that Baba was watching over him constantly, and eventually made Himself known through His close Persian disciple, Raosaheb. After reading Baba’s books and being convinced that He was Jesus come again, Jehangir begged Raosaheb to take him to the Master—whose face, he found, was “radiating with divine love.”
Video, 1:25:32
Meher Center Meeting Place, June 1, 2012
From the Meher Spiritual Center, Inc. Archives
Opening Speaker Wendy Connor “Challenges are His gifts”
In this short but profound opening talk, Wendy Haynes Connor goes straight to the the heart of life with Baba. She talks about Baba’s grace in life’s challenges and the tools that He has provided to remember Him while interspersing stories of Kitty Davy to showcase the practice of the presence of God.
Video, 18:49
Meher Center New Year’s Eve Virtual Sahavas, December 31, 2021
Closing Speakers Vinod Khilnani & Preeti Hay
In this sweet, informal, and wise chat, father and daughter Vinod Khilnani and Preeti Hay discuss their lives with Baba. As they range from topics like Vinod’s life with Baba as a child, to the differences and deep commonalities between generations, to the role of intuition, their talk shines with love and remembrance of their common Beloved.
Video, 53:23
Meher Center New Year’s Eve Virtual Sahavas, December 31, 2021
“He is your Jesus”
Filis Frederick describes how she came to Baba: from first seeing Him as Jesus in a vision, to developing a deep connection with three of His Western women Mandali, to catching a glimpse of Him at the train station in New York, to finally spending a week with Him on Center in 1952. She gives an intimate description of that heavenly week, when through both playful, informal times and deep truths He brought home the importance of love for God.
Audio, 30:07
October 1, 1981
Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California
“He was always by my side”
Kavas Arjani grew up in a family devoted to Baba. Through stories of his parents’ unique paths to Baba in the late 1940’s and deep surrender to Him; Kavas’s childhood antics that made Baba and the Mandali laugh; Kavas’s inner struggle with Baba after his brother died in 1968; and many simple, timeless moments the family shared with the Master; Kavas brings to light Baba’s constant companionship and exquisite care.
Video, 49:53
Meher Center Meeting Place, May 6, 2016
From the Meher Spiritual Center, Inc. Archives
“He speaks to us within our hearts”
Raj Khilnani grew up around Meher Baba and retired as a senior officer in the police department in Maharashtra. As a child he lived with his family at Khushru quarters under Baba’s direction and the Khilnani family remained connected with Baba throughout their lives. Here, Raj reflects on how Baba helped him through the ups and downs of a highly competitive and challenging work life, the many “coincidences” that were Baba’s guiding, invisible hands and His speaking to us internally. He ends with reading letters that Baba wrote to him and his parents.
Video, 1:17:28
Meher Center Meeting Place, January 10, 2010
From the Meher Spiritual Center, Inc. Archives
“You loved Baba and He did the work”
In this frank talk, Donald Mahler shares his journey with Meher Baba. First learning about Baba through Margaret Craske while pursuing a career as a ballet dancer in the 1950’s, Donald met Baba twice at the Meher Center, and again at the East-West Gathering in 1962. But despite believing in Baba and trying to follow His orders, it was only after decades of hard-won lessons that Donald could feel the intimacy and love that were always there.
Audio, 51:31
Washington, D.C., April 27, 1990
Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California