Meher Baba’s Messages on Drugs, A Presentation by Rich Blum, Meeting Place

Starting in the mid-1960s Baba expressed grave concern about the use of hallucinogenic drugs by the youth in the West, and He issued a series of messages explaining the dangers of these drugs. He stated that not only was the experience induced by hallucinogens an illusion into illusion, and a far cry from real spiritual experience, but also that their continual use could cause physical, mental, and spiritual damage. Baba gave great importance to the spreading of his drug messages, and He specifically instructed His three young “Baba boys”, Allan Cohen, Rick Chapman, and Robert Dreyfuss to do that work. He referred to the boys as His apostles and often expressed how proud He was of them. This presentation will chronicle their work through their own firsthand accounts, and illustrate how their efforts led to Baba’s statements penetrating the very core of the growing counter-culture in the U.S. This in turn laid the groundwork for the formation of a whole new generation of Western Baba lovers.