Daily Messages

On May 14th, (1926) Meher Baba revealed to the mandali: Before the veil was torn asunder and I became God conscious, I experienced the greatest electric-like shock that created for some time severe vibrations, which are indescribable. This was followed by intense darkness and finally there was Light. The greatest imagination fails to conceive of the idea of this Effulgence, …

On the morning of Sunday, May 13th (1962), Vishnu was sitting on the doorstep of the hall in Guruprasad. Baba saw him and remarked to Nariman, “Vishnu has one foot in this room and one foot in the grave.” At the time, none of the men understood what Baba meant. That afternoon, Guruprasad was filled to overflowing during a program …

A Catholic priest, Father Anthony, the principal of Saint Catherine of Siena School in Bombay, came for Meher Baba’s darshan on May 12th, 1960. This Catholic priest had dedicated his life to serving the poor. Baba remarked to him: I am well pleased with your work among destitute and abandoned children. By serving the abandoned, you are really serving Jesus …

When the Hindu mandali were singing bhajans in front of the Jhopdi on Sunday morning, May 11th, (1924) Baba interrupted them and abruptly asked, “Do you all use a lantern while going out at night?” Receiving a negative answer, he upbraided them: “What is the use of your bhajans when you do not follow my instructions? What do you expect …

(May 1929) From Hardwar, Baba proceeded to Rishikesh the same day. Coming across a group of sadhus and sanyasis, Baba remarked, “Look at them. They wear long hair, apply ash to their bodies, put on robes and give spiritual discourses. This is only an outward show; within, they are merged in Maya. “They are hypocrites; it is a sin to …

(May 1932) As people were standing in line to pay their respects to Baba, he suddenly stopped the program and called one of the mandali. Baba pointed to a woman standing far back in the crowd and instructed that she be brought to the front to meet him. Baba’s summons was delivered by Norina Matchabelli and received by the woman …

(May 1961) One day a woman approached Baba for darshan with her child. She requested Baba to bless her baby. Baba commented, “As you wish. But do you remember how last year on your request, I permitted you to visit Guruprasad to have my darshan a second time? You did not come.”From the hundreds who had visited Guruprasad the past …

(May 1937) … Baba commented about habits: Anything that forms itself into a habit loses its freshness, sincerity and enthusiasm – even repentance. If you every day become weak and repent for having been weak, in the end you find your only weakness has been repenting. Only love remains ever-fresh. The habit of questioning and doubting in the end reacts on …

(May 1943) Now listen very carefully: The period of one month, beginning from May 15th, 1943, and ending on June 14th, 1943, is the most important period of my spiritual mission. During this whole month, I want every one of you to follow, literally, the following: 1.  Observe strict celibacy, even if you are married. 2.  Do not attend cinemas. …

Two days later, on May 5th (1961), Baba had this circular issued throughout India: Avatar Meher Baba is happy in the way his lovers are doing their best to help him remain absolutely undisturbed in his strict seclusion. He says that his seclusion will continue to remain as such, and he wants his loved ones also to continue to help …

(May 1958) Have you all heard of Saint Mira? In India, everyone knows her. People sing the bhajans sung by her in praise of Krishna. Mira was a very beautiful girl. She was the wife of a royal prince of a wealthy family in north India, who later became king. She loved Krishna with all her heart, but did not …

(May 1958) A discourse on Nirvan and Nirvikalp was to be read. (1) Baba prefaced it by stating: This is short, but difficult. Those who cannot follow it must not worry. It is nothing but words. Only love counts. If the most unintelligent one can love me as I ought to be loved, he is infinitely more blessed than the most intelligent one …

(May 1952) Margaret Scott had not seen Baba since 1935. “I am sorry I caused you suffering, Baba, for I know you have suffered for me,” she said. “But your love has compensated for all the suffering,” Baba assured her. “I know deep down you do love me. Baba loves you, too.” Margaret said, “Sometimes I am very naughty just …

MEHER BABA had promised Ramakrishnan to bless the Poona Center when the building work was completed, and directed him to arrange the inauguration in a simple and quiet manner because of his seclusion. The meeting hall being built could comfortably accommodate seven hundred people, and bathrooms and toilets were also provided, as well as an office and a room for …

Baba was to leave for Guruprasad the next day. (April 30, 1958). He instructed his close ones that they should depart for Poona by the luxury bus, and he would follow by car with both mandali. The next morning, they went to the bus stand, where they happened to find an empty taxicab. Sadashiv said if they went by taxi, …

BABA SUFFERED INTENSELY during his seclusion in Mahabaleshwar. His hemorrhoids (dubbed “piles”) and a fissure were painfully inflamed. (1) He was also passing a lot of blood in his stools. Baba sat for hours in seclusion despite his painful condition, and though his body suffered, the work did not. He never allowed his body to prevent him from fulfilling his duty to …

In Bangalore, Baba had sent a telegram to Eruch Jessawala in Nagpur to meet him in Panchgani. Eruch’s father was on tour when Baba’s telegram arrived and Gaimai told him to start immediately. Eruch casually replied that he would leave the next morning. But Gaimai urged, “Baba wants you immediately; does immediately mean tomorrow?” Eruch was preoccupied with caring for …

It was April 27th, 1924; a Zoroastrian of Ahmednagar named Nusserwan Naoroji Satha, who was twenty-seven years old, went out for a long stroll with his younger brother Piloo and happened to pass by Meherabad. From a distance they saw Meher Baba sitting alone under a tree in a majestic pose. Nusserwan thought: “Who is this person? He looks like Zarathustra!” …

. . . On April 26th, (1960) Baba was discoursing about the Path when he remarked: “The fun of it is that the One who is sought is Himself the seeker. It is the same One God who prompts the seeker to ask, ‘Where can I find God?’ … ‘How can I find God?’ “The seeker asking ‘Where can I …

Daulat Singh was practicing medicine in England when he had a dream in which the disciple Bhabhanand introduced him to his Master. This was Meher Baba, although Dr. Singh had never met either Bhabhanand or Baba. In the dream, the Master urged Dr. Singh, “Leave England and return to India. I have connections with you.” Dr. Singh followed the advice, …

(April 1926) Remember the story about the parrot who was free from the beginning, but did not know what freedom meant? It was put into a cage and inside there learned what the meaning of freedom was. When it was released, it fully realized its freedom and enjoyed it. Its freedom was taken away; it was put into a cage …

In Nasik on April 23rd, (1937) Baba gave an explanation about the seven spiritual planes and also stated: I am in Sahaj Samadhi every second. This state means: “I am everywhere; I am in everything; I am in everyone.” That is why to know me you have to realize the Self. You see me ordinarily in the physical body – but I …

On April 22nd, (1932) Baba went for a walk to the beach after lunch. Pointing to the ocean, Baba remarked to the group present: I am like the ocean you see before you – always ready to receive anything, good and bad. All your thoughts, feelings, all and everything, lay them at my feet and be free! I am like …

(April 1952) Baba answered questions, explaining various things, among them miracles: “Why should we produce petty imitation illusions in the already created mighty infinite illusion? Unless absolutely necessary for the spiritual purpose of a general collective drawing of mankind toward Self-Realization, miracles performed unnaturally or supernaturally can interfere with God’s ordained evolutionary process.” “What about healing?” someone asked. “Real healing is …

(April 1957) Maya Ganguli, a blind teenage girl (about age fifteen), had sung before Baba during the darshan program in Saint Mira High School in March (1957). She was a very good singer, and Baba liked her voice. One day, the teenage girl and her parents came to see Baba in Guruprasad. She sang before Baba again, and after the …