In this insightful audio clip about the meaning of the New Life, Eruch Jessawala shares that while he was living it with Meher Baba, he never thought about what it meant. It wasn’t until after Baba dropped His body, that he finally had an “ah hah!” moment. It was when a woman who wanted to commit suicide went to Baba in tears. He embraced her and instructed her to, essentially, commit suicide of the false self and then “To love Me and to remember Me, and that will be your life.” That’s when Eruch realized “That’s all. So that’s the meaning of the New Life.” Eruch then tells several other stories about the real meaning of suicide, which has nothing to do with the body, but living a life of love, remembrance of Baba, and accepting “all hardships, obeying all orders…without any question of why or what. All of this and keep a cheerful front all the time.”

Audio, 18:55
Mandali Hall, Meherazad, July 21, 1988
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
Uploaded October 3, 2025