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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.
“Just sing out”
In 1927, Baba composed a simple prayer made up of seven names of God: “Hari, Paramatma, Allah, Ahuramazd, God, Yezdan, Hu.” He first had it repeated by the Prem Ashram boys, and later sung by the women Mandali. After Katie Irani retired in 1978 and followed Baba’s order to move to Meherazad, she would wake up in the early hours to pick flowers for Arti and clean the Blue Bus. This is her own tune to the “Seven Names of God” that she sang on some of these sacred mornings.
Audio, 6:30
Meherazad, India, November 30, 1999
Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California
Uploaded on 10/21/2022
“His silence was so natural, so expressive, that we didn’t even feel like He kept silent”
In this video, Meheru Irani, a close female disciple of Meher Baba, shares memories from the New Life. She describes the months leading up to October 1949, when the “bombshell” of the New Life hit. She recounts the stringent conditions He gave to the small band of Mandali members who were His travel companions. Meheru shares the trials, physical fatigue, and humor of life on the road with the Avatar.
Video: 54:17
Avatar Meher Baba Center, Los Angeles, California, June 1993
Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California
Uploaded on 10/14/2022
“A whiff of freedom, what true freedom means”
In this brief, informal chat in Mandali Hall, Eruch and Mani share glimmers of the beauty and toil of the New Life. They begin with the “Song of the New Life,” written by Baba and Dr. Ghani in 1949, talking about its translations and its central role as a collection of Baba’s orders. Then they share some of their own experiences of humor and hardship during the New Life, and glimpses of its inscrutable and immortal meaning.
Audio 19:45
Meherazad, India, August 2, 1990
Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California
Uploaded on 10/14/2022
“Love is the only thing that will counteract worry”
Henry Kashouty, a dedicated lover of Baba, tells his story of coming to Baba. He recounts his own pursuit of higher values and a deep desire to acquire these values. On reading the Bhagavad Gita, he wanted to meet a personification of those values. Right away he saw Baba’s face in the book God Speaks and knew that He was God. Henry went on to meet Baba at the Delmonico Hotel in 1956. Through impeccable oration, Henry shares his reflections on the depth of our lives with Baba and the lessons he learned.
Video, 59:38
Washington, D.C., 2003
Courtesy of Murali and Manjusha Kalavapudi
Uploaded on 10/7/2022
“The love that Baba expressed and showered was something very, very unique in one’s life”
In this talk, Adi K. Irani, Meher Baba’s Secretary and close disciple, describes how he was drawn to Meher Baba—through his mother Gulmai’s influence and Upasni Maharaj’s direction. He describes his early days with Baba beginning in 1921. Adi reflects on the love showered on him by Baba as well as the strict instructions given by Baba during the Manzil-e-Meem period.
Audio: 10:17
Meher Baba Bookstore, Hermosa Beach, CA, May 1970
Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California
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Uploaded on 10/7/2022