Meher Today – 15th May
15 May 1943 Baba explains the Divine Theme to a gathering of 125 men at Meherabad. 15 May 1958 Baba leaves India for his thirteenth visit to the West. Source: sheriarfoundation.com »
Author: Prasad Raju
Meher Today – 14th May
14 May 1922 At the threshold of Upasni Maharaj’s hut a dais had been erected, on which he was requested to sit. Maharaj refused to do so, exclaiming, “Oh, no! I am not the type to sit on silken cushions!”. Baba and Khansaheb, however, persuaded him to do so. Then, with much resistance, his gunny sack was removed and he was dressed in new clothes. A pink turban was placed on his h... »
Meher Today – 8th May
8 May 1936 Despite it being the height of summer, Baba complained of fever and pneumonia on 8 May 1925. His brother Jamshed came to see him from Poona, but when Jamshed began arguing with him, Baba picked up a cane and struck him with it. Rustom and Gustadji also got into an argument, which prompted Baba to send all away from Meherabad. Things were back to normal by the following day, and a film t... »
Meher Today – 1st May
1 May 1945 Ali Shah was sent back to Ahmednagar, and Baba began a ten-day fast on water mixed with Glucose D for seven days, and water and orange juice on the final two days. As they had so many times before, the mandali realized the significance of Baba’s work with Ali Shah and his fast, when they heard on the radio on May 1st that Adolf Hitler had committed suicide the day before, knowing ... »
Meher Today – 26th April
26 April 1949 From Benares, Baba left for Gaya, where, on 26 April 1949, he worked with more advanced souls. Most noteworthy was Shah Rehmatullah Pir, an elderly man of 70, who had a large group of disciples. 26 April 1950 At 7:30 A.M. on Wednesday, 26 April 1950, the companions gathered for a meeting with Baba in which the possibility of starting a business in Delhi was discussed. 26 April 1952 A... »
Meher Today – 25th April
25 April 1924 On 25 April more construction began to extend the stone-floor verandah of Baba’s Jhopdi and to build a private bathroom for him. Mehera’s horse Sufi also arrived at Meherabad that day. The horse was pure white and very beautiful. A section of the Mess Quarters was converted into a stable where the horse was kept. Although quite handsome, Sufi proved to have a devil of a s... »
The Greater value
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center There is greater value in conquering the heart of a single enemy than in gaining victory over the bodies of thousands of enemies. The mind is capable of turning the bitterest enemy into the sweetest friend by constantly thinking well (charitably) of him. -Treasures from the Meher Baba journals, p10, ed Jane Haynes »
Your conscience is the best judge
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center Neither praise nor blame should distract you from the path of your duty. Leave aside all other considerations; if your conscience tells you that you have discharged the duty properly, that is enough. Your conscience is the best judge. It is human to err, and there must be mistakes, you can only do your best. Always be in time, look after your work pers... »
An absolute turnover
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center Recently the Beloved has been telling us not so much of the close-at-hand breaking of His Silence, but of the monumental change that will come about on earth when He does so. One morning while we were sitting at breakfast with Baba, and a humming bird was hovering before a window-pane in ecstasy of its own reflection, we got to talking of His Silence. ... »
Beyond Time (A parable)
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center God has come again and again in various forms, has spoken again and again in different words and different languages the Same One Truth — but how many are there that live up to it? Instead of making Truth the vital breath of life, man compromises by making over and over again a mechanical religion of it — as a handy staff to lean on in times of adversi... »