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“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
“He was here not only for us in the human form but also for the animals and the birds and all creatures.”
In this clear and heartfelt audio, Mani shares some memories of the New Life from her diary in an interview with Don Stevens. The recording includes the day Baba bowed down to 3,000 sadhus as well as her memories of July 25, 1950 in Satara, which Baba said was the “most eventful day of the New Life.” She then goes on to share more informally some of her general observations about the New Life, including how Baba included animals in the work He was doing.
Audio, 36:41
Mandali Hall, Meherazad, July 14, 1979
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
Uploaded October 10, 2025
Meher Baba’s New Life, from the Great Seclusion to Manonash: An In-depth Review Part Two
In part two of his ongoing series on the New Life, Ward Parks focuses on the Adumbrations of the New Life, The Great Seclusion of June-July 1949 and the beginning of 1949 through the work at Mount Abu.
To find the series schedule, syllabus, bibliography and to catch the next session, please visit our Virtual Programs page.
Video, 1:13:28
Streamed September 21st, 2025
Meher Center Archives
Uploaded October 3, 2025
“Each one has to live the New Life….”
In this insightful audio clip about the meaning of the New Life, Eruch Jessawala shares that while he was living it with Meher Baba, he never thought about what it meant. It wasn’t until after Baba dropped His body, that he finally had an “ah hah!” moment. It was when a woman who wanted to commit suicide went to Baba in tears. He embraced her and instructed her to, essentially, commit suicide of the false self and then “To love Me and to remember Me, and that will be your life.” That’s when Eruch realized “That’s all. So that’s the meaning of the New Life.” Eruch then tells several other stories about the real meaning of suicide, which has nothing to do with the body, but living a life of love, remembrance of Baba, and accepting “all hardships, obeying all orders…without any question of why or what. All of this and keep a cheerful front all the time.”
Audio, 18:55
Mandali Hall, Meherazad, July 21, 1988
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
Uploaded October 3, 2025
Three Incredible Weeks
In September, 1954, Meher Baba invited twenty of His Western men followers to India to stay with Him. The time became known as the “Three Incredible Weeks,” during which the men got a sense of what life was like with the Avatar. They were given lots of personal loving attention and discourses as well as experiencing a mass darshan and playful games, among many other things. This excerpt from the film “Three Incredible Weeks” chronicles the events of one of those days, Friday, September 24th, when Baba took the Western men to visit the village of Arangaon. Narrated by Bill LePage with music by Bob and Jane Brown, it gives a wonderful sense of what it may have been like to be with Baba then.
Video, 3:56
Arangaon, India, September 1954
Courtesy of Robert Fredericks
Uploaded: 9/26/2025
“All of the questions that I had asked the priest, He answered… my mind was satisfied.”
We are delighted to share a talk from our latest series of informal talks at the Dilruba Reading Room!
Arsenio Rodriquez’s Baba’s story is rich in details, delightful coincidences and unusual signs. Raised in a Catholic family in Puerto Rico, he had a great love of Jesus as a child. He also had an imaginary friend he sometimes thought was Jesus. At one point, Arsenio even wanted to be a priest. But he eventually lost that faith in God. He first heard Meher Baba’s name in 1969 in a song by the artist Melanie. Several years later, after moving to Miami and having had a series of extraordinary experiences, he read God Speaks, Listen Humanity, and the Discourses. But it wasn’t until he went to the Center that he became a Baba lover.
Video, 1:07:24
Dilruba Reading Room, Meher Spiritual Center, August 23, 2025
Meher Center Archives
“… When you think of Him, that engenders the link, and the link engenders the love, and the love makes it easier for you.”
In Part Two of this humor-filled recording, Bili Eaton talks about the challenges of following Baba’s direct orders and how she once got an order wrong and the subsequent fallout. She also shares her experiences during the 1962 East West Gathering – including getting soaked in the unexpected rainstorm as well as how hard it was to go back to India after Baba dropped His body. When she did finally go back in 1979, she shares how Baba melted her concerns and criticisms when she arrived. She also says of loving Baba, “All He asks of you is that you try.”
Audio, 47:04
Location Unknown, October 4, 1988
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks