Tag Archives: Meher Baba’s Life
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Alphabet Board Stories
In January 1927, two significant forms of communication occurred: the first transatlantic telephone call between New York and London and the first BBC news bulletin. Another exciting breakthrough in communication took place that January, but of a different kind. Meher Baba, who had been silently communicating since July 10, 1925, by writing on paper or…
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Excerpt from “Three incredible weeks with Meher Baba: September 11th to September 30th, 1954″
During what came to be known as the “Three Incredible Weeks” in 1954, Meher Baba asked Charles Purdom and Malcom Schloss to keep diaries. They later published them in book form.1 The second half of the book, titled Facets of the Diamond, consists of other individual’s personal recollections from the time. This excerpt is by Fred Frey…
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Tuning Into Meher Baba’s Silence
“Things that are real are always given and received in silence.” Meher Baba Meher Baba put aside His physical body on the 31st January 1969 but not His silence. It remains. When I first visited Meherabad in 1973 for the Amartithi, Baba’s presence was palpable, but silent. From my Christian background it felt something like the…
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Lessons in Obedience at Manzil-e-Meem
This month marks the 103rd anniversary of the establishment of Baba’s first ashram in Bombay, India. After years of work by the Perfect Masters to awaken Him to meet His destiny, Merwan was proclaimed as the “Adi Shakti” and “Parvardigar” by Upasani Maharaj and Sai Baba respectively. And He gathered His very first disciples. One…
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Cinema Stories
In June,1934, while in London, Meher Baba said, “When I work collectively, which is generally at plays, movies and sporting events — wherever people collect and concentrate on a particular object — it is easy for me to have my spiritual effect collectively on their minds.” [1] Going to the movies with Meher Baba was…
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Meher Baba’s Crucifixion
On January 30th, 1969, Meher Baba remarked, “This is my crucifixion! Christ was crucified once, but I am being crucified every moment.”[1] Meher Baba had hinted at His impending dropping of the body in many ways. In August 1968, Baba had remarked, “’Coming, coming, came. I am tired of this illusion game!’ And during these…
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Meher Baba’s Declaration of Avatarhood
This year marks the 70th anniversary of a momentous year in Meher Baba’s life. In 1954, Baba held the Three Incredible Weeks sahavas, gave his Final Declaration, and gave up the alphabet board. But by far, the most awe-inspiring event of the year was His public declaration of His Avatarhood. Meher Baba was sixty years…
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The Most Beautiful Voice
On July 10th, 1925, after thirty-one years of speaking, Meher Baba, began observing silence. On the 99th anniversary of that day, I found myself wondering about the sound of Meher Baba’s singing voice. My interest sparked, I spent the coming afternoons searching for and reading about the voice that Mehera, Baba’s closest female disciple, described…
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The Lover and Beloved Relationship
While visiting Meherazad in 2006, my wife Wendy and I spent one morning walking the property with Meherwan Jessawala. The Jessawala family were long-time devotees of Baba’s, with Eruch, Meherwan’s elder brother becoming a close mandali member, living with Baba the last decades of His Advent. Meherwan told us this story as we walked past…
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The Mother of the Avatar
Earlier this month on Mother’s Day, I thought of Shireenmai: the mother of the Avatar. How well chosen she must have been for Baba to say, “It was I who first gave you birth – and then you bore Me! I was your mother in the beginning of creation, and now you are My mother.”1…