“The more we involve Him, the more He becomes involved”
In this moving talk, Nick Principe shares intimate stories about his times with many of Baba’s mandali as well as the wisdom they imparted. From what Adi K. Irani, Baba’s secretary, told him about the difference between consciousness and awareness, to delightful stories about Elizabeth Patterson and Kitty Davy. Nick also talks about volunteering at the Center in the mid 1970s to 1980 as well as what it was like to have the privilege to wash and cut the hair of many of the mandali.
Video, 1:03:44
September 27, 2025
Dilruba Reading Room, Meher Center, Myrtle Beach
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Uploaded 1/9/2026
Meher Baba’s Beloved Mehera – Songs and Stories from Jamie Newell
Mehera was Baba’s closest female disciple, who He said was the “purest soul in the universe.” In this delightful recording in honor of Mehera’s birthday, Jamie Newell interweaves stories of his time with her with the music he played for her. Accompanied by a beautiful assortment of photos, Jamie brings to life Mehera’s purity and devotion to her Beloved.
Video, 1:17:50
Meeting Place, Meher Center, Myrtle Beach
December 19, 2025
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“What I seem to be learning is how little I know…”
With an easy going and engaging style, Steve Klein shares insights about life with Meher Baba through his prose poems, which he calls “prosems.” Opening with a tribute to the late Dennis McCabe, the Center’s dedicated and longtime program-walla, Steve eases seamlessly into stories about people who met Baba. His talk is interspersed with his prosems and focuses on the wide range of reactions people had upon meeting the Avatar of the Age.
Video, 56:10
Meeting Place Meher Center, Myrtle Beach
October 3, 2025
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“Be aware of details in service of others”
Cathy Riley and Lois Breger were fortunate enough to spend much of the 1970s and 1980s at Meher Center assisting Elizabeth Patterson, Kitty Davy and Margaret Craske. In this talk, they take turns sharing stories of their time with these incredible women, bringing to life their humor, kindness, and most of all, their unwavering devotion to Baba.
Video, 1:01:34
Meeting Place, Meher Spiritual Center, Myrtle Beach
October 31, 2025
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Uploaded 12/19/2025
“Elizabeth and Kitty were like our matriarchs, godmothers to all”
In this charming and thoughtful talk, Janet Files recounts her journey from a “Leave it to Beaver” childhood to a life with Meher Baba. Noting that a “restlessness” prompted her to travel overseas as a young woman, she never quite found what she was looking for. She eventually heard about Meher Baba and landed at Dilruba where “This lovely woman meets me at the door, it’s Kitty Davy.” Rich with tidbits about the history of the Center in the early 1970s, her story is not to be missed!
Video, 1:01:14
Saroja Library, Meher Center, Myrtle Beach
September 13,2025
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Uploaded 12/19/2025
“Baba said, ‘The circumstances will adjust themselves.'”
In this informal and intimate talk, Irwin Luck talks about the time he spent with Meher Baba. He intersperses these warm and personal stories with reflections on His advent, reading his poems, and taking questions from the audience. This Thanksgiving talk is full of Irwin’s sincerity in sharing the heartfelt experience of the Beloved in the past and the present.
Video, 1:50:32
Meeting Place, Meher Center, Myrtle Beach
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Uploaded December 12, 2025
“It’s as if some other eye was open…. I just suddenly understood so much.”
Susan Herr shares parts of her remarkable life from her friendship with author Henry Miller to waking up in Mehera’s arms during the Great Darshan. Susan had no interest in a spiritual life as a young woman, and then ended up close friends with Filis Frederick, whom she initially thought was “completely crazy.” Filis soon introduced her to Allan Cohen and Rick Chapman. Upon meeting them, Susan felt “as if I had known them all my life.” They became good friends but to Susan they had “a fatal flaw: They were followers just of some weirdo in India.” Soon afterward, she had a powerful dream. When she woke up, “I knew that Baba was God.”
Video, 1:07:04
Saroja Library, Meher Center, Myrtle Beach
September 6, 2025
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Uploaded December 12, 2025
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.
Video, 1:08:04
Meeting Place, Meher Spiritual Center, Myrtle Beach
September 19, 2025
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Uploaded December 5, 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.
Video, 1:02:47
Streamed November 16th, 2025
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Uploaded November 21, 2025
“A Jewel in Meher Baba’s Crown” A Talk by John Page
In this talk, John Page, a follower of Meher Baba since the late 1960s and founder of Mandali Hall Talks, shares stories of the life of Jean Adriel. Jean was one of Meher Baba’s early Western disciples, meeting Him for the first time at Harmon-on-Huson in 1931—a house which she and her husband Malcolm Schloss had arranged for Baba’s stay in the West. She was also the author of the book Avatar. In this talk, John brings Jean to life with a mixture of stories from her years with Baba, as well as his own experiences with her.
Video, 1:14:34
Meher Center Meeting Place, September 20, 2025
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Uploaded 11/14/2025