Kitty Davy was a close disciple of Meher Baba who lived at the Meher Center from 1952 to 1991. In this wonderful talk, she recalls her first meeting with Meher Baba at her home in London in 1931 and intimate times with the Master.

Audio, 38:49

Meher Center, November 27, 1969

From the Meher Spiritual Center, Inc. Archives

Uploaded on 9/2/2022

In this exquisite, raw footage of Mani, she shares anecdotes about her life with Baba. Talking about her childhood, she spills some beans about the friction between her mother and Upasani Maharaj; her mother’s pain in letting her son go and her father’s deep search for God. She then talks about how Baba works on us and helps us lose ourselves. She ends with stories of creating skits for Baba.

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Meherazad India, May 19, 1971

Courtesy of the Irwin Luck Interview Series

Uploaded on 8/19/2022

In this lively talk about speed typing for Baba, Mani tells a moving story that illustrates how Baba works on us. She says, “While He allows us the opportunity to do His work or to feel we are doing His work, He’s doing the real work on us.”

Audio, 9:22

Meherazad, India, July 25, 1987

Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California

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Uploaded on 8/19/2022

Bhau Kalchuri, writer, poet, biographer of Meher Baba and Mandali member narrates how Meher Baba composed You Alone Exist. Baba told him, “This is the only prayer which gives all pervading nature of God. Don’t change anything.”

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Midwest Gathering, Rockford Illinois, July 24th, 2004

Courtesy of Bob Fredericks

Uploaded on 8/12/2022

Naja Rustom Irani was Meher Baba’s cousin (the sister of Pendu and daughter of Baba’s aunt Piroja and uncle Masaji). She was also part of His intimate Mandali from the early days on. Naja was Baba’s cook at His ashram and Meher Baba called her His Martha. Here, she narrates simple incidents of being with God in Human form: cooking for Him, playing games with Him, experiencing His silence and entertaining Him to lighten His universal burden.

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Meherazad India, May 19, 1971

Courtesy of the Irwin Luck Interview Series

Uploaded on 7/22/2022

Here are three vignettes gleaned from a talk given by Kitty Davy, Darwin Shaw and Lyn Ott at Meher Spiritual Center in 1979. Darwin speaks of the search for the Center and the pioneering spirit of those involved in its development. Lyn talks of how the Center remains the same even though there has been constant change and improvements. Kitty provides a lively account of her role and the instructions given by Meher Baba on maintaining special buildings. Finally, all three contribute to a discussion on the significance of Meher Baba’s Tomb.

Audio, 22:40

Meher Spiritual Center, 1979

Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California

Uploaded on 7/15/2022

Meherjee Karkaria first met Meher Baba in 1923 at Meherabad and went on to become a close disciple who exemplified obedience. He was one of the Eastern men who accompanied Baba to the Meher Center in Myrtle Beach in 1952 and 1956. In this talk given by Meherjee at the Meher Spiritual Center on July 7, 1978, he speaks of the “interesting relationship that Meher Baba has given us between love, silence and sound.”

Audio, 14:50

Meher Center, July 7, 1978

From the Meher Spiritual Center, Inc. Archives

Uploaded on 7/8/2022

In this dynamic talk alongside Eruch, Mani, and the pilgrims in Mandali Hall, Agnes Baron shares the story of Meher Mount and her life with Baba. In the early 1950s, Agnes was disillusioned with spiritual teachers. Nevertheless, she found herself tagging along with a group of Baba lovers to look at a beautiful property in Ojai, California as a potential center for Baba. Agnes would soon meet Meher Baba at Meher Center and become completely devoted to Him. But even before she met Him, after seeing that property later known as Meher Mount, she found herself writing her first letter to Him. It ended with a promise that, if He wanted the property, “I’ll keep it for you through hellfire and damnation.” And, over the decades, she did.

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Mandali Hall, Meherazad, India, September, 1982

Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California

Uploaded on 07/01/2022

In part two of this talk, Aloba recounts his reunion with Baba. After he left Baba’s school, Aloba went to Bombay where he studied in a Persian school from 1928 to 1934. After that, while in business, Aloba secretly longed for Baba until he decided to look for Him again. Eventually, he found Baba in Nasik. Here, he describes Baba’s grandest birthday celebration, talks about His orders, dreaming of Him and how Baba worked on Aloba’s relationship with money.

Audio, 25:04

Meherazad, India, August 16, 1987

Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California

In part one of this audio, Aloba (Ali Akbar Shapurseman) talks about his arrival in India in 1927 to attend Prem Ashram, Meher Baba’s ashram school for boys, without even knowing who Meher Baba was. He narrates the experience of longing and love while with Baba and the restlessness that the boys experienced while away from Him. Filled with great details about the teachings, schedules and vignettes from Prem Ashram, this talk is a unique glimpse into the lives of the boys that were obviously chosen by the Avatar of the age.

Audio, 34:48

Meherazad, India, August 16, 1987

Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California