Tag Archives: Baba Lover Stories
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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. Since he had already been there as a newborn, I…
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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, often wearing a black coat, a black hat, a black…
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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 written and recorded experiences of those who were there: many instantly…
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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 roots to attend the Chicago Institute of Art and graduated…
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Everybody’s Aunt and Uncle
When Norina and Elizabeth left New York in the late 1940s, someone was needed to host the Monday night Baba group and connect with newcomers. The issue was brought to Baba, and many names were presented to Him, each met with a negative. Finally, someone said, “Fred and Ella Winterfeldt?” “Those are the ones,” Baba…
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A Fortunate Responsibility
“This place is not a retreat for me,” Joe Dunn says of Meher Center. Every workday, Joe drives to the Center, parks his truck, walks to the maintenance shop, and begins his constant meticulous work of tending and repairing and rebuilding. Joe grew up in Myrtle Beach and spent time “running around the Center” ever…
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Sam Cohen and His Beloved Baba
Sam Cohen was thirty-one when he met Meher Baba at the Hollywood Knickerbocker Hotel on a spring evening in 1932. Once Baba grasped Sam’s hand, he became entirely devoted to Meher Baba. When Meher Baba left California, Sam gravitated north to the town of Oceano, where in the coastal dunes, he found an eclectic group…
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An Extraordinary Pilgrimage
First visits to the Center are always memorable. Whether they elicit awe, surprise, tears, or a deep sense of returning home, there definitely is a subtle string of magic that runs through these visits. And yet each story is different. Inimitable. One of my favorite parts of working at the Center is to witness and…
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Doing His Best
If you’ve been to Meher Center in the last 16 years, you may well have met Peter Goodman. He’s quickly recognizable by his big heart, his endless enthusiasm, and his willingness to stop and chat (and often ask after your friends and relatives by name), no matter how much he has going on. Peter first…
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Divine Love in Action
It is unlikely that one has stayed at Meher Center and not met Jeff Wolverton. It is more unlikely that one has met him and forgotten him. For so many, Jeff Wolverton has been and continues to be an essential and noteworthy figure at the Center. Like countless children in the Baba world, I remember…