Daily Messages

May is the middle of summer in India. Due to the extreme heat, the group with Baba would rise at 2 A.M. and start travelling long before dawn. They reached Nagpur at 11 A.M. and stayed at the Gorewala Guest House. India’s heat is scorchingly hot. In Nagpur, it was so hot that the women would wear wet clothing; but …

May 20, 2026, marks the 37th death anniversary of Mehera Jehangir Irani. Mehera was Avatar Meher Baba’s foremost female disciple and is considered the purest soul in the universe. Revered as His “Radha” or “Sita”, she was the heart of the women’s mandali (inner circle) and lived a completely secluded, devoted life centered entirely on her Beloved Lord. Meher Baba …

May 20, 2026, marks the 37th death anniversary of Mehera Jehangir Irani. Mehera was Avatar Meher Baba’s foremost female disciple and is considered the purest soul in the universe. Revered as His “Radha” or “Sita”, she was the heart of the women’s mandali (inner circle) and lived a completely secluded, devoted life centered entirely on her Beloved Lord. Meher Baba …

After lunch on May 19th (1937) in Nasik, Baba offered mangoes to some of the group. Some declined, saying their stomachs were too upset to eat a mango. Baba did not like this and spelled out: What does not come spontaneously never comes! How many of you refused, how many of you hesitated, when I offered you the mangoes? In …

In spite of going to bed late, all were up at five o’clock on Wednesday morning, May 18th, (1927) to celebrate Upasni Maharaj’s fifty-seventh birthday. A colorfully decorated bathing room was erected near the dhuni and nearby was a grand pavilion with flags and other decorations. The whole of Meherabad rang with a holiday atmosphere as different village bands played their boisterous music. At eight …

On the evening of May 14th (1952), Baba asked them to tell him a story. Adele, feeling very nervous, stumbled her way through a story of Saint Peter. At one point, Baba bent his head and stated, “Peter loved me the most – but even he denied me.” Delia asked, “Was that a conscious act or did he do it …

May 20, 2026, marks the 37th death anniversary of Mehera Jehangir Irani. Mehera was Avatar Meher Baba’s foremost female disciple and is considered the purest soul in the universe. Revered as His “Radha” or “Sita”, she was the heart of the women’s mandali (inner circle) and lived a completely secluded, devoted life centered entirely on her Beloved Lord. Meher Baba …

Back in November 1938, Consuella de Sides had come to see Baba in India; but she also paid visits to other gurus while there. It was in reference to this bad habit of visiting other spiritual personalities that Baba advised her on May 16th (1952) at 4:10 P.M.: You are one of my most intimate ones, one of the five …

The following instructions, if carried out wholeheartedly by you, will allow you to help my work of spiritualizing the world. They are not to be treated like long-established sermons, read, heard and forgotten. They are not to be understood in the light of philosophical slogans preached merely for the sake of preaching. They are simple, eternal truths which I want …

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 …