Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center Baba inquired about Piloo’s sister, Shirin Damania. “She works very hard,” Piloo said. “Since our mother died years ago, and we were all so young, Shirin has looked after all of us brothers and sisters, brought us up and managed everything in the house.” Baba commented, “Working for and serving others, and undergoing so much strain, is very good. It wi... »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center On the 13th of October, at ten-thirty in the morning, Baba sent for Adi and Ghani. He told them, “Be mentally free and happy.” He then explained what he meant: As the cause, so the effect; the cause may be big and important, or small and insignificant, but the result will definitely be according to it. The woes of this world are imaginary and are the ... »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center Love burns the lover. Devotion burns the Beloved. Love seeks happiness for the Beloved. Devotion seeks for blessing from the Beloved. Love seeks to shoulder the burden of the Beloved. Love gives. Devotion asks. Love is silent and sublime, devoid of outward expressions. Devotion expresses itself outwards. Love does not require the presence of the Belove... »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center The next morning, Baba called Pendu and said in a very serious tone, “I am giving you two more weeks to complete the work*. It must be finished by August 25. I will have no place to stay. I am being evicted from the P.W.D.! So we have to come to Meherabad. I am coming on the 25th whether you have finished or not!” Pendu looked somewhat worried and Baba... »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center [continued from the previous post] “Hectic search for exhilarating experiences should not be mistaken for love. They are the forerunners of grim, relentless penalties and intense suffering. “Love from its lowest to its highest expression has its ups and downs. Love suffers the pangs of separation, the stings of jealousy; and all the little pricks that ... »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center Baba clapped His hands and we came running. Then, in the course of His talk with us, He spelled out on the board the different ways in which each loved Him. He turned to me and said, “And you love Me for Love itself.” It was not clear what Baba meant, but His words to this day remain deeply woven in my consciousness. Experience teaches us to accept wha... »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center To realize God, we must love Him, losing ourselves in His Infinite Self. We can love God by surrendering to the Perfect Master who is God’s personal Manifestation. We can also love God by loving our fellow-beings, by giving them happiness at the cost of our own happiness, by rendering them service at sacrifice of our interests and by dedicating our liv... »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center God does not listen to the language of the tongue which constitutes Japs (mental repetitions), Mantras (verbal repetitions), Zikra (either kind of repetition), and devotional songs. He does not listen to the language of the mind which constitutes meditation, concentration and thoughts about God. He listens only to the language of the heart, which const... »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center Divine Love is qualitatively different from human love. Human love is for the many in the one and Divine Love is for the One in the many. Human love leads to innumerable complications and tangles; but Divine Love leads to integration and freedom. Human love in its personal and impersonal aspects is limited; but Divine Love, with its fusion of the perso... »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center True love is very different from an evanescent outburst of indulgent emotionalism or the enervating stupor of a slumbering heart. It can never come to those whose heart is darkened by selfish cravings or weakened by constant reliance upon the lures and stimulations of the passing objects of sense. Even when one truly loves humanity, one longs to give o... »