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“All thought and action became permeated with or centered on Baba and I was no longer alone.”

In this prepared talk on “Pleasing Baba,” Kitty Davy briefly recounts her first meeting with Baba and their time together in East Challacombe. Initially, Kitty talks about what Baba did to please them. They played games, like Cricket and Seven Tiles, as He drew them to Him. He made it clear that play and recreation are also part of His divine game. Then, she says, came the trials and tests and the challenge of pleasing Him, to try to keep “cheerful and happy” and keep Baba always in your thoughts. She also reads from letters that Baba sent to the English group and shares some biblical quotes on pleasing God.

Audio, 46:11
Location and Date Unknown
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
Uploaded September 5, 2025

“There’s no such thing as static love, love has to be active.”

In this to-the-point and inspiring video, Kitty Davy talks about how she was drawn to Baba “almost like a magnet.” She was particularly moved by His teaching that the practical life and the spiritual life should be lived “harmoniously together.” She also shares how from the beginning she immediately felt her love for Baba was meant to “translate itself into selfless love and selfless service.” She also reminds us that Baba never leaves the Center, which is meant to be a place where Easterners and Westerners from all over the world can come together “talk about God as easily as you can talk of your profession.”

Video, 09:41
Meher Spiritual Center, February 17, 1984
Meher Center Archive

“Always say ‘Yes’ to the Master.”

Meherwan Mistry, the son of Rhoda and Jimmy Mistry, spent time in Beloved Baba’s company as a child and teenager. His entire family had intimate contact with Baba from very early on in His advent. In this heartfelt talk, he talks about important subjects like Baba’s will, sticking to Him, remembering Him and more. Interspersed with stories, personal reflections, Huma poems, and sayings from Baba and the Perfect Masters, this is a treasure from the ocean of Baba’s love.

Video, 1:28:15
Meeting Place at Meher Center; August 10, 2025
Meher Center Archives
Uploaded August 22, 2025

“This dynamic love flowing from Him embraced all of the parts of me.”

In Part Two of this lively audio, Robert Dreyfuss talks about what it was like to be in Baba’s presence for the first time. He then shares Baba’s message about drugs being “harmful mentally, physically, and spiritually” and Baba’s direction to spread that message. Initially feeling daunted, Robert went back to the states and ended up working with Rick Chapman and Allan Cohen, the three of whom Baba called His “Boston Baba Boys.” 

Audio, 25:46
Mandal Hall, Meherazad, India, Date Unknown
Courtesy of Mandal Hall Talks
Uploaded August 22, 2025

How Meher Baba’s Messages on the Dangers of Drugs Laid the Foundation for a Whole New Generation of Meher Baba Lovers: A Presentation by Rich Blum

Starting in the mid-1960s Baba expressed grave concern about the use of hallucinogenic drugs by the youth in the West, and He issued a series of messages explaining the dangers of these drugs. He stated that not only was the experience induced by hallucinogens an illusion into illusion, and a far cry from real spiritual experience, but also that their continual use could cause physical, mental, and spiritual damage. This presentation focuses on how His messages led to millions hearing His name, which in turn fostered the formation of a new generation of Baba lovers.

Baba gave great importance to the spreading of his drug messages, and he specifically instructed his three young “Baba boys”, Allan Cohen, Rick Chapman, and Robert Dreyfuss to do that work. He referred to the boys as his apostles and often expressed how proud He was of them. This presentation chronicles their work through their own firsthand accounts, and illustrates how their efforts led to Baba’s statements penetrating the very core of the growing counter-culture in the U.S.

Video, 1:19:30
Meeting Place at Meher Center; May 16, 2025
Meher Center Archives
Uploaded August 15, 2025

“He was just beaming at me and I remember being just filled with the reality of His presence.”

In Part One of this delightful and detailed audio, Robert Dreyfuss shares his journey to try “to make sense of what one is here for.” From his efforts to explore “the frontiers of consciousness” through drugs to his long overland trek and ocean voyage to get to Meherazad in 1965 to his first meeting with Baba, this audio will make your heart smile. He is introduced briefly by Eruch.

Audio, 46:27
Mandali Hall, Meherazad, India, Date Unknown
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
Uploaded August 15, 2025

Poems of St. John of the Cross as Scripts for Manonash A Presentation by Christopher Wilson

In this beautiful presentation, Christopher Wilson shines the spotlight on St. John of the Cross who worked with St. Teresa of Avila. We see the life, work and times of St. John and examine his great works such as “The Dark Night of the Soul,” read here in English and native Spanish. Drawing parallels between these writings and the teachings of Baba, Christopher brings us to the heart of the eternal condition of longing where the lover not only seeks union but complete annihilation of self to finally achieve that union.

Video, 56:48
Meeting Place at Meher Center; April 11, 2025
Meher Center Archives

“How very man You are, how absolutely God.”

In this moving audio, Francis Brabazon reads the last three cantos from his poem “The Word at World’s End.” The title alludes to William Morris’ work, “The Well at World’s End,” according to Ross Keating. The book is a departure in style from “Stay with God” and shows Francis as a modern poet open to new forms of writing and experimentation.

The whole work was written while Francis was living at Meherazad during the 1960s and read in its entirety to Baba.

In a letter to Joan Le Page (27/11/64) Francis writes, “No doubt you will be happy to hear that a new book of mine is being read to beloved Baba every morning. It has a very grand title, Song at World’s End [working title at the time] and is all about the miserable condition of the present world. But beloved Baba seems to be enjoying it, for He gives big “grins” and “chuckles” during the reading. Strange sort of humour this Man has! Must be because He is God as well as Man” (taken from The Bill LePage Archives).

To read the text as you listen click here and scroll down to page 47.

Audio, 25:12
Place and Date Unknown
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
Uploaded August 8, 2025

“After Baba dropped the body, the book went totally missing…”

Using Meher Baba’s lost book as a vehicle, in its centenary year, Rich Blum explores whether there is a connection between Meher Baba’s silence and His written revelations. This clear and concise presentation is packed with interesting stories about the history of the lost book and the search for it. It also includes a short video of Don Stevens interviewing Meherwan Jessawala about the book’s mysterious fate.

Video, 1:06:54
Meeting Place at Meher Spiritual Center, July 12, 2025
Meher Center Archives
Uploaded August 1, 2025

“Baba suffered without a word spoken.”

In this confident and often witty talk, Meher Baba’s close disciple Dr. Hoshang Bharucha shares his “intellectual interpretation” of why he believes Baba has not yet broken His Silence. He draws on the six points Baba dictated in His 1954 Final Declaration, including how three-quarters of the world would be destroyed. He concludes the most important thing, regardless of what happens, is to love Baba and hold onto Baba’s daaman.  He also shares what it was like to be close to Baba as He endured His suffering.

Audio 33:45
Washington, DC,  July 16, 1981
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks