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In this recording of the Zoom presentation held last weekend, Meher Center board members share the current financial, programmatic and general updates related to the Center. The video also includes an uplifting sneak peek into the loving experience of Youth Sahavas 2022 through a musical slideshow.

Video, 24:52

Virtual Meeting, September 4, 2022

From the Meher Spiritual Center, Inc. Archives

Uploaded on 9/9/2022

In this talk, Dr. Hoshang Bharucha, devoted lover of Meher Baba, medical doctor, and the author of Meher Baba’s Last Sahavas and Glimpses of Guruprasad, describes his last meeting with Baba on October 18, 1968. He goes on to tell a fascinating love story of a family who traveled a great distance to have Baba’s darshan. They stood in the queue for hours. So many people were in line, the darshan ended before they could even catch a glimpse of Baba. There is a surprise ending to the story of how they did indeed have Baba’s darshan that involved them being locked in a garage!

Audio 13:17

July 16, 1981

Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California

Uploaded on 9/9/2022

Kusum Singh had Meher Baba for a neighbor when Baba rented two houses in Dehradun in 1953. She was in her teens when she met Baba for the first time that year. In this video, Kusum and her husband Mohkam Singh weave a captivating story of their times with Meher Baba, recounting Baba not inviting them to a darshan, receiving His private audience, singing for Baba, and humorous incidents around the Master. Their steadfast love of many years for Baba is reflected in this video.

Video, 11:14

Courtesy of the Irwin Luck Interview Series

Uploaded on 9/2/2022

Kitty Davy was a close disciple of Meher Baba who lived at the Meher Center from 1952 to 1991. In this wonderful talk, she recalls her first meeting with Meher Baba at her home in London in 1931 and intimate times with the Master.

Audio, 38:49

Meher Center, November 27, 1969

From the Meher Spiritual Center, Inc. Archives

Uploaded on 9/2/2022

This silent video highlights some of the joyful entertainment put on for Baba at the Center during the 1958 Sahavas. First, Lenny Willoughby leads the crowd in a rousing version of “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands,” with a backup band including Henry Kashouty on the trombone. Then, after a video of Baba being carried in His lift-chair by some of Margaret Craske’s dancers, we see a skit put on by a group of men dubbed, The Alligator Club. In the skit, Dana Field portrays a baby being wheeled around in a wheelbarrow “carriage” by his “mother.” Finally, there is a video of more Alligator Club members before a playful shot of Kitty Davy. Baba said that watching the Alligator Club’s work made Him laugh so hard He almost broke His silence.

Video, 2:27

Meher Spiritual Center, May 1958

Used with permission from Sufism Reoriented

Uploaded on 8/26/2022

Uploaded on 8/19/2022

In this exquisite, raw footage of Mani, she shares anecdotes about her life with Baba. Talking about her childhood, she spills some beans about the friction between her mother and Upasani Maharaj; her mother’s pain in letting her son go and her father’s deep search for God. She then talks about how Baba works on us and helps us lose ourselves. She ends with stories of creating skits for Baba.

Video, 47:42

Meherazad India, May 19, 1971

Courtesy of the Irwin Luck Interview Series

Uploaded on 8/19/2022

In this lively talk about speed typing for Baba, Mani tells a moving story that illustrates how Baba works on us. She says, “While He allows us the opportunity to do His work or to feel we are doing His work, He’s doing the real work on us.”

Audio, 9:22

Meherazad, India, July 25, 1987

Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California

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Uploaded on 8/19/2022