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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 had cured Himself”
Dr. Ram Ginde was a renowned neurosurgeon from Bombay who became a lover of Baba through his role as a doctor to Baba and His Mandali. In these short audio clips he narrates the story of his first meeting and treatment of Baba in his capacity as a doctor; another interesting story about Baba placing a bet on him; his thoughts on living a life with God and realizing Him; and finally, though in relation to the drug problem, some profound words from Baba about the spiritual path.
Audio, 42:26
October 7, 1968
Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California
The Process of Awakening
In this quiet hour at Meherazad, Eruch Jessawala, Baba’s beloved disciple and interpreter for decades, talks to a group of Eastern and Western lovers about Baba’s work: how suffering is Baba’s tool to awaken us; how the seeker slowly becomes the sought; and how the whole purpose is just to love Him.
Video, 1:06:12
Meherazad India, January 21, 1993
Courtesy of Sheriar Foundation
“He could see right through me”
In this talk, Ann Eve relates her life with Baba. She first learned about Him as a child, when she and her parents spent time with Baba lovers in London like William and Mary Backett, Delia de Leon and Charles Purdom. Ann then met Baba Himself when He visited England in 1952 and in 1956 when she felt a “wonderful feeling of love” and being fully known by Him. Soon after, Ann moved in with a family of Indian Baba lovers in England: Baba’s brother, Adi Jr.; Adi’s wife, Freiny; and their daughter, Shireen, one of Baba’s favorite nieces. This connection led Ann to India in December of 1968, to the last group gathering with Baba—and to a tear-filled love embrace with God.
Video, 43:03
Meher Center Meeting Place, May 31, 1996
From the Meher Spiritual Center, Inc. Archives
“The object of life is to have consciousness on Divine Love”
In the the third and final part of this audio interview with Kitty Davy, done by Alan Cohen, Kitty continues the story of her life and training with Meher Baba. She shares how Baba prepared them for physical separation from Him during the New Life. That training helped when the New Life concluded and she was brought with Baba to Meher Center, a place which would become her home for the rest of her life. The accounts of her days on the Center are priceless treasures which end in her sharing her focus on the meaning of consciousness with Baba.
Audio, 40:48
Meher Center, Saroja Library, April 16, 1978
Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California
“He surrendered to Baba”
In this video, Digambar Gadekar tells the story of his father, Ramchandra Gadekar. Ramchandra Gadekar, known by Baba simply as “Gadekar,” first went to see Baba to ask Him to help relieve a stomach-ache—but ended up asking for God-realization instead. The rest of Gadekar’s life was totally devoted to Baba, from the moments when Baba stopped by his house to eat a meal or spend time with his family; to the darshan programs Gadekar arranged and the Arti he performed; to the end of Gadekar’s life, when Baba took loving care of His “Crown Jewel“ until he died with Baba’s name on his lips.
Video, 1:29:48
Meher Center Meeting Place, December 11, 2004
From the Meher Spiritual Center, Inc. Archives
“He brought things to the surface”
In part two of this audio interview with Kitty Davy by Alan Cohen, Kitty talks about the 1930’s and 40’s, when she had joined Baba’s ashram. Her detailed narration of the Nasik Ashram days involves nuanced sharing of the differences among the Ashram inmates and Baba’s working on them. Here, she shares the concept of the Provisional Ego that Baba taught them, where one’s ego is submitted to Baba so as everything that is done is done by Baba. This vivid account involves Baba’s plans for a film, the trip to Cannes and the Mandali’s lessons in controlling their moods.
Audio, 44:32
Meher Center, April 16, 1978
Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California
Entertaining Baba at Meher Center
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
The Secretary: A Comedy of Discipleship
The Secretary is a 35-minute play written by Philip Lutgendorf in 1973. Its sole character is the secretary for Meher Baba’s production company, Parvardigar Productions, played whole-heartedly by Susan Smith. Through her focused and tireless work for her boss, who is “out of the office” for 700 years, we catch a glimpse of how we might dedicate our lives to, and ultimately please, our own Beloved. The play is bookended by a musical performance by Susan’s husband and stage manager Darryl Smith, as well as the story of the original actress who starred in the play as a long-awaited response to Baba’s call.
Video, 1:06:34
Meher Center Meeting Place, March 23, 2019
From the Meher Spiritual Center, Inc. Archives