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
Amartithi Time Lapse
In this time lapse that captures the pulse of Baba’s 50th Amartithi in India, Bob Fredericks demonstrates the dramatic physical build up that supports the outpouring of collective love that spools at Meherabad each January. The atmosphere is charged even when the physical structures come down, and the power of His presence still reverberates and strikes hearts.
Video, 16:54
Courtesy of Bob Fredericks
“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
Baba Bolero
Celebrate the new year with this video by Bob Fredericks, a “photographic journey through the life of Avatar Meher Baba.”
Video, 16:54
Courtesy of Bob Fredericks
Eruch Jessawala: To Be Natural
This beautiful video is Eruch Jessawala at his best! One of Baba’s closest male Mandali, Eruch recounts his years with Baba with astute reflections upon a lover’s life with the Master. He shares his understanding of duty, obedience, Baba’s overwhelming presence, the alertness that was required of the Mandali and how we all are constantly participating in His advent.
Video, 48:32
Avatar Meher Baba Trust Office, Ahmednagar, India, September 15, 1982
Courtesy of Sheriar Foundation