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Videos are posted in the order they were sent out in the Weekly Offerings & Monthly Newsletters, with the most recent collection first.
“He does live in our hearts and His love is stronger than ever and always is with us”
With a gentle clarity, Leatrice Shaw Johnston shares her rich, detailed experiences at the 1962 East West Gathering. She begins in 1956 when Baba first planted a desire in her to go to India. She then launches directly into what it was like to be in His presence at Guruprasad, where “the love just flowed out of Him.” She also talks about what it was like to have the rare experience of being with Baba with a group of only women. “lt felt like all of the finest attributes of womanhood were heightened, all of the loveliness, all of the beauty – everything that a woman stands for was being accentuated so we could be more aware of it and enjoy being what we are.” She also talks about the difference between being with Baba in Myrtle Beach, New York, and India, among many other wonderful experiences.
Audio, 36:03
Location Unknown, September 6, 1985
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
Uploaded 11/14/2025
Meher Baba’s New Life, from the Great Seclusion to Manonash: An In-Depth Review Session Five
The Benares Interlude
Part five of Ward Parks’ ongoing series on Meher Baba’s New Life focuses on the continuation of the training period. The session begins as Baba and His companions move north from Belgaum to Benares (now called Varanasi.) Rich with details, it includes how the companions were to respond when asked about the New Life as well as the extraordinary, some would even say, outrageous, conditions imposed on people they were asked for help. Ward also discusses the four phases – labor, begging, langoti and gypsy lives – and what impact they could have on posterity.
To find the series schedule, syllabus, bibliography and to catch the next session, please visit our Virtual Programs page.
Video, 1:35:40
Streamed November 2, 2025
Meher Center Archives
Uploaded November 7, 2025
Meher Baba’s New Life, from the Great Seclusion to Manonash: An In-Depth Review Session Four
In session four of this virtual series, Ward Parks explores the final preparations for the New Life and the departure of the group from Meherabad to Belgaum where they began the labor phase. Ward interweaves touching stories from the New Life including the story of Dr. Daulat Singh, who had to leave the New Life as he was found sobbing in the middle of the night. Yet, Meher Baba loved him dearly and asked him to live the New Life when he returned home. He explores the themes of helplessness, hopelessness, freedom and enjoyment of suffering as Baba presented them to the companions.
To watch Part 5, please click here.
Video, 1:16:07
Streamed October 19, 2025
Meher Center Archives
Uploaded November 7. 2025
Ahir Family Musical Performance
Pratap Ahir first heard of Meher Baba in the 1940s, and later became a member of the Poona Bhajan Mandali who wrote and performed many songs for Baba. In this video, we see his son and grandchildren perform a beautiful program of devotional pieces. Following the performance, a brief video of Pratap is shown, in which he shares some of his experiences with the Avatar. As he says, “Meher Baba has left very little space for anything else in our hearts.”
Audio, 54:18
Meeting Place, Meher Center, October, 24, 2025
Included video at Meher Center, April 11, 2001
Meher Center Archives
“To obey Him implicitly.”
In this video, Eruch tells a story that took place during the last leg of the New Life, at the Imampur Mosque. It begins with Baba telling Eruch to throw a mother bird outside who was disturbing His sleep, but became a lesson in humility. While Eruch describes the scene, the viewer is treated to a tour of the Mosque where the event took place.
Video, 6:19
Imampur, India
Courtesy of Meherabad Moments
Uploaded October 31, 2025
“The spiritual life consists of turning selfishness into selflessness.”
In this delightful talk, Buz and Wendy Connor paint a picture of three of the key women mandali of Meher Center: Elizabeth Chapin Patterson, Kitty Davy and Margaret Craske. While each woman differed from each other in personality and demeanor, they were united in their unwavering dedication and love for Meher Baba. Interwoven with history, personal stories and video clips of Elizabeth, Kitty and Margaret, this presentation leaves the viewer with a sense of what each of these inspiring disciples were like, and of the love they held for the Avatar above all else.
Video, 1:37:36
Meher Center Meeting Place, September 26, 2025
Meher Center Archives
Uploaded October 24, 2025
“That fragrance of freedom was there which can’t be described – really free.”
In this frank and delightful talk, Mani and Eruch begin by clarifying some wording in the New Life Song. They also make it clear the song is “nothing but… the points that He gave…for people who want to join Him in the New Life. The song is composed of His orders,” Eruch says.
Mani and Eruch go on to share their delight in the freedom they felt at the time, being only bound to Baba. Mani also clarifies the real meaning of the word: “We have such a distorted meaning…: license, liberty, freedom – we think it means we’re able to do what we like, do what what we want, then it’s freedom, but not so.”
They also share some humorous stories, including the one about the time she and Mehera refused a ride because they were on pilgrimage, only to have Baba quickly put their “pride” into perspective. “Pride in a goodly thing is worse than any other kind of pride, I know it!” Mani says.
Audio, 19:21
Mandali Hall, Meherazad
August 2, 1990
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
Uploaded October 24, 2025
Meher Baba’s New Life, from the Great Seclusion to Manonash: An In-depth Review Part Three
In part three of his ongoing series on the New Life, Ward Parks focuses on the period of the New Life from from August 1949 to October of 1949. In this time, Meher Baba definitively announced the New Life, making it clear that everything was about to change forever, and that those who stayed behind would never see Him again.
To find the series schedule, syllabus, bibliography and to catch the next session, please visit our Virtual Programs page.
Video, 1:35:12
Streamed October 5th, 2025
Meher Center Archives
Uploaded October 17, 2025
“This is a story that has touched our hearts ever since.”
Eruch Jessawalla tells the poignant story of Dr. Daulat Singh. He began the New Life with Baba, leaving behind his family and possessions, even missing a daughter’s wedding. One late night during the training period when all appeared to be sleeping, Baba suddenly woke Eruch. They walked around the camp and then found Daulat Singh sitting at a distance and quietly sobbing. Having broken the condition that one must be cheerful at all times in front of Baba, Baba then asked him to leave. But Baba also asked him to continue to live the New Life, which Daulat Singh did at a considerable cost.
Audio, 22:23
Mandali Hall, Meherazad, July 14, 1979
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
Uploaded October 17, 2025
“I didn’t feel that love that people talk about, I felt His pain, I felt His suffering.”
Anne Ross tells her Baba story, starting with her parents who were both early followers who met Meher Baba in the early 1930s. Her father met him in England (in East Challacombe) and her mother in New York in Harmon on Hudson. They later met in the United States. Replete with stories of intimate times with Baba and her mother’s poetry, it’s also got glimpses of fires, bagpipes, and brown lentils and brown rice (which her mother would make for them as children, saying, “This is what Baba ate!”) It’s a delightful story of a family’s long relationship with the Avatar.
Video, 56:03
Dilruba Reading Room at Meher Center, August 30, 2025
Meher Center Archives
Uploaded October 10, 2025