• "I have come not to teach but to awaken." 

    -Meher Baba

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“More faith and love in Baba”

In this recording, Mehera shares stories about early life with Meher Baba as she sits on her porch with some of His lovers. She focuses first on her mother’s very early days with Meher Baba in the 1920s and the fruits of her obedience to Him. Then, with a charming giggle, she talks about some of her own experiences as a young girl with Meher Baba in Meherabad and Quetta.

Audio 35:51
Meherazad, India November 23, 1975
Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California

“An entirely different order of devotion”
In April and May of 1969, four months after Meher Baba dropped His physical body, many of His young western lovers arrived in Poona, India to keep their appointment with God. What later came to be called The Last Darshan was arranged by Meher Baba and all attendees were invited by Him. In this masterpiece of a speech to these young lovers, Francis Brabazon talks of the might of our Beloved Baba; our steps toward Him and His steps toward us; and the nourishing of His word and His song in our hearts.
Audio, 16:14
Guruprasad, Poona, India, 1969
Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California
“Baba alone was suffering for all of us”
In this poignant talk, Dr. Goher Irani focuses on some of Baba’s physical ailments throughout His life. Dr. Goher lived with Baba and served as His personal physician from 1947 until He dropped the body in 1969. Her experiences, including many instances of being unable to reduce Baba’s pain, made it clear to her that suffering was a necessary part of His Avataric work. Near the end of the talk, Arnavaz Dadachanji speaks to Baba’s emotional suffering.
Audio, 43:06
Meherazad India, September, 1972
Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California
“He more than filled me up”

In the second part of this talk, Leatrice Johnston continues to speak about her times with Baba in 1956 and 1958. She describes many moments with Him: at the Barn, at the beach, in His house, and at the apartment of one of His lovers. Some of these moments portray Baba’s immense suffering. Each memory shines with His transformative love.

Audio, 36:12

Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California

“Wrapped in His embrace, I was home”

Leatrice Johnston, daughter of Darwin and Jeanne Shaw, shares her tender story of meeting Meher Baba at Meher Center. In part one of this audio, she shares her relationship with Norina Matchabelli, living at Youpon Dunes while preparing for Baba’s arrival, her anticipation to meet Him and at last running into His arms at the Lagoon Cabin in 1952. Her talk is interspersed with deep reflections on inner life with Him including topics like surrender, obedience and commitment to being with Him as our true Master.

Audio, 53:39

Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California

“You took my breath away”

In this witty yet moving talk, long-time Center fixtures Ralph and Stella Hernandez recount the beginning of their lives with Baba. Having heard about Baba from a co-worker in Florida, they became interested in His teachings and decided to travel to meet Him when He came to Myrtle Beach in 1956. They met Him again on Center in 1958. Being near the Master struck a deep chord in both Stella and Ralph that would resonate for the rest of their lives.

Audio, 48:51

Date April 1, 1989

Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California

“His silence was never a barrier”

In part two of this audio, Bili Eaton shares the changes and challenges of her personal life and her next meeting with Baba. She met Him at Delmonica Hotel in 1956 and went to Myrtle Beach and California with Him. She narrates amusing incidents from that trip, being one of Margaret’s dancers at the Center in 1958, waiting around for the Master and making the best use of being in His company. Bili ends with reflections about the fight with ourselves to love Him more and more which really is the fight on the spiritual path.

Audio, 30:10

Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California

“Everything He did was a miracle”

In part one of this audio, Bili Eaton shares her story of coming to Baba. She started out as an atheist who made a deal with God through prayer. When God indulged her, she became interested in spirituality which led her to Meher Baba. Even through great personal loss she had never cried, except when she met Meher Baba for the first time in 1952. Right then, she suspected that He was Christ come again.

Audio, 42:56

Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California

“He took me by the hand”

In this recording, Kitty Davy and and Rano Gayley both speak about their lives with Baba. First, Kitty continues her talk from last week, touching on Baba’s work with Masts, the New Life, and the search for happiness. Then we hear from Rano, who lived with Meher Baba in India for decades. She describes her first meeting with Baba in 1933 as a somewhat skeptical newcomer, and the deep and unexpected inner changes it brought about. She then talks more about the early days with Baba and how He slowly worked on her character, first through love and then through obedience.

Audio, 43:49

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, July 11, 1971

Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California

“Let your life be My message of love and truth”

Kitty Davy was a cheerful, bustling, ever-available fixture at Meher Center from 1952 to her death in 1991. She first met Meher Baba in England in 1931 and lived with Him in India for years before He asked her to stay at the Center. In Part One of this talk, Kitty speaks about her early life with Baba, hitting on some of the qualities that He instilled so deeply in those around Him: service, cheerfulness, harmony, and love.

Audio, 43:40

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, July 11, 1971

Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California