Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center Hearing this, one of the disciples remarked, “Sire, if realization be so easy of attainment, then why is it that disciples are invariably made to undergo a long period of trials and austerities?” In reply, Ghaus Ali Shah related the following anecdote: “A certain man having two vessels encrusted with the rust and dirt of any years, decided to have them... »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center If you don’t want to be old before you really ought to be old, be cheerful in thought, word, deed and appearance – most of all in appearance. Maybe you are not happy inside, perhaps gas in your stomach. But you must look happy. I always find half of you garlic-faced. When you eat garlic, it is a smell passed on to all. So when you appear garlic-faced, ... »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center Mr. Vivian asked… “Could you show us some means to overcome our weaknesses and faults?” “By selfless service, devotion and love. By utilizing our best in the service of others. By remaining in the world, and yet not being of it,” Baba dictated. Mr. Vivian asked, “What about a person who is so engaged in various activities that he does not know which ac... »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center Giving an analogy of a water-diviner (a person who locates where a well should be dug), Baba said: There are five types of men: those who are water-diviners, those who know the water-diviners, those who use a machine to test for water, those who begin digging a well, and those who, in order to drink water, go to a well. The water-diviners are the Perfe... »
Source: AvatarMeher.org, AMB Hyderabad Center Someone else asked, “But how do we earn that opportunity (of meeting a Perfect Master)? All of us cannot think of God and have the intense desire for real bliss.” Baba explained at length: Naturally, this depends on one’s sanskaras. There is a course of experience through which every being must pass to realize God. Suppose an ordinary person who has no... »
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 ... »