In 1952, when Baba first traveled to His home in the West, He asked that only a few close disciples meet Him in New York and take the train with Him to South Carolina. However, when He arrived at Penn Station on the evening of... Read more

When I think about Ann Conlon now, I think about giving. It starts with her Baba story: she was a young journalist in New York who had grown up Catholic but who, when she heard about Baba and was told He was the Christ, found... Read more

Meher Baba’s time at the Center is reflective of the perfect union of His Godhood and Manhood. From its inception when He sent two women to hunt for a treasure that He had already planted to His turning the key of grace in being able... Read more

One of the buildings that Meher Center visitors have had the pleasure to return to in the last month has been the Saroja Library. For many, including myself, this quaint spot is a favorite! In thousands of handpicked books lining its white pine shelves, there... Read more

Last Saturday, after fifteen months of not being able to enter the Barn or the Lagoon Cabin, Jeff Craddock walked up the old brick steps to the Barn door, opened it, and went inside. It was the beginning of Jeff’s first shift at the Barn... Read more

One of Michael Tych’s co-members on the board of Meher Center says about him, “He watches and listens more than he speaks.” This rings true, because if you didn’t know him, you would never know that this unassuming man, one amongst many here, is the... Read more

Sometimes love shines extra bright during the hard times. On June 4, 1952, a haggard train of cars and ambulances carried Meher Baba and His mandali back to Myrtle Beach from Prague, Oklahoma, where they had been treated after the terrible car accident of May... Read more

Norina Matchebelli, Elizabeth’s companion in the creation of Meher Center, died on June 15, 1957. She asked Elizabeth and Kitty to not grieve her death. Knowing that Baba would wish it so as well, on the night after her death Elizabeth, Kitty and Margaret went... Read more

“For us, however, it is only hopelessness and helplessness. How else can I describe to you what our New Life is?” This was the last line of the “Song of the New Life,” which Baba sent to Elizabeth and Norina in 1949 as they toiled... Read more

For more than twenty years, Bryan West has been carefully tending to the grounds of Baba’s home in the West, and Meher Baba has been carefully tending to Bryan West. Bryan’s relationship with Baba began a few years before he first came to the Center.*... Read more