A Force of Love

Every visit to Baba’s house is life changing in its imprint, gentle or pronounced, upon the soul. And yet, by His grace, on a recent visit I was touched beyond worldly measure. On a busy Friday afternoon, I brought my infant son to Baba’s house.... Read more

Early Meherabad: Gulmai, Gilori Shah and Meher Baba

Growing up, one of the stories that my grandfather told me was of being with Baba on His last visit to Meherabad in 1962. Incidentally, the occasion for His visit was the burial of Gulmai Irani, whom Baba called His spiritual mother. At the burial,... Read more

Lovely in Pink

In December 1924, after a period of seclusion at Meherabad, thirty-year-old Meher Baba, along with several companions, moved to Bombay for two months. Among those who had the good fortune to accompany Baba were seventeen-year-old Mehera Irani and her mother, Daulatmai. The morning of departure... Read more

The Man in the Door

If you were a young person in New York in the 1960s who heard about the God-Man, you likely would have made your way to a Monday Night Baba meeting. There, the door would have swung open to a striking sight: a tall, unusual-looking character,... Read more

Those Eyes!: Lagoon Cabin Stories

When Meher Baba visited Meher Center, He often met with individuals and small groups in the little intimate cabin that would become known as the Lagoon Cabin. While each person’s first meeting with Meher Baba in 1952 was unique, a common pattern emerges from the... Read more

“Take Me with you”: An Excerpt from Three Incredible Weeks with Meher Baba

In September of 1954, sixty-nine years ago this month, twenty of Meher Baba’s Western male lovers arrived in Meherabad. They had been personally invited by the Master to spend three weeks in His presence. This excerpt took place on September 16th, when Baba took the... Read more

The Truman Moore Touch

If you stay on the main paths of Meher Spiritual Center, you will never find yourself far from a building that was built by Truman Moore and Moore Construction. Truman Ellinwood Moore, a native of Shelby, NC, was born in 1901. He left his southern... Read more

Gratitude on Gratitude

On the morning of the last day of the Spring Cleaning Sahavas, all the participants sat in a circle in the Meeting Place. Melissa Collins, the coordinator of the Cabin Crew who also coordinated the Sahavas cleaning, spoke to the group. “I am overwhelmed at... Read more

A Magic Carpet Ride: Tiger Valley Cave

Meher Baba’s Tiger Valley Cave is located in Panchgani, sixty miles from Pune, 12.5 miles from Mahabaleshwar, and was built especially for Meher Baba in the spring of 1930. Once Baba selected the site for the cave and approval was given by the Maharaja of... Read more

Celebrating the One God

In February 1922 in Pune, Meher Baba’s birthday was celebrated simply by His earliest disciples. There was singing, a delicious meal, arti, and a spirit of festivity and love. One disciple, Gulmai, gave Baba a thin gold chain with Zoroaster’s portrait in a locket. At... Read more