Daily Messages

Avatar Meher Baba Bombay Centre has planned 2 trips (3 days and 5 days) From Mumbai to Meherabad for Silence Day on the following dates:- 3 Day Trip- Thu 9th to Sat 11th July. The cost is ₹4,500 per person. And 5 Day Trip- Thu 9th to Mon 13th July The cost is ₹6,000 per person. This cost is inclusive …

ON JUNE 1st, 1931, accompanied by Agha Ali, Chanji, Buasaheb, Raosaheb and Gustadji, Baba left Quetta by train for his third visit to Persia. This time, too, Baba refused to write his signature for a British passport and traveled on his Persian passport. The route chosen was again plagued with trouble and hardships. They reached Duzdab five days later. From Duzdab, …

(May 1932) Since arriving in America, I have been asked many times what solution I have brought for the social problems now confronting you – what did I have to offer that would solve the problems of unemployment, prohibition and crime that would eliminate the strife between individuals and nations, and pour a healing balm of peace upon a troubled …

A GROUP of fifty lovers from Calcutta had also arrived on May 30th (1960). During the program, the following couplets of Hafiz (which Baba had previously translated into English) were read out: Hafiz says: “O ignorant one! Strive, so that one day you become a Master of Wisdom. Unless you yourself have traversed the path, how can you guide others? …

REACHING LOS ANGELES at eight-thirty on Sunday morning, May 29th (1932), Baba went to stay at the home of Priscilla and Marc Edmund Jones, at 2400 North Gower Street in Hollywood. Mr. Jones was an astrologer by profession and a friend of Malcolm Schloss. Chanji, Quentin and Meredith stayed with Baba at the Jones home. Kaka, Adi Jr. and Beheram …

(May 1958) Now we will listen to the discourses.” And this one about God and Cosmos was read out: (1) God is Infinite Reality; cosmos is infinite illusion. In infinite illusion there are infinite suns, stars, moons, planets and the creation as a whole evolves ad infinitum. For instance, take the head of a human being. The head is one, …

On May 27th, (1926) Meher Baba discoursed on the Personal and Impersonal sides of God: The foremost and highest object in life is personally serving a Sadguru and complete surrenderance to him. The second is constant meditation on the divine name. The third is selfless service, and the fourth is the offering of worship (prayer). Serving a Sadguru is like …

Hilda Thorpe of England was attending the sahavas with her son, Simon. On May 26th (1958), she wrote her other son, Anthony, [in New Zealand] about the sahavas and her first impressions of meeting Baba. The following is an extract from Hilda Thorpe’s letter: I don’t know how to write of this momentous experience which 220 of us are having …

(May 1958) Love burns the lover; devotion burns the Beloved. Love seeks happiness for the Beloved; devotion seeks blessings from the Beloved. Love seeks to shoulder the burden of the Beloved; devotion throws the burden on the Beloved. Love gives; devotion asks. Love is silent and sublime, devoid of outward expressions; devotion expresses itself outwardly. Love does not require the …

Yes, we must do something, but something that would really make people happy – not the apparent passing happiness, but real lasting happiness. I will tell you both. You, Consuella, are connected with me, and she, too, has long connection with me. So I will explain this selfless work. Life is one long, endless chain of existence, and real happiness …

(May 1939) Just as everything in the domain of duality is based on degrees, so also is perfection based on degrees, when concerned with duality. Good and bad, virtue and vice, strength and weakness are all based on degrees, when considered in relation to duality. Bad and good, vice and virtue, weakness and strength are all aspects of duality; but, …

Dr. Ghani was staying with Baba in Mahabaleshwar. He was joking with Baba on May 22nd, (1947) and when he said something in a lighter vein about Baba, Baba at once composed this rhyme about himself as Fire: “Baba is Fire! When you feel cold And sit near the fire, It drives out your cold And makes you perspire. When you …

Now, listen. I want all to observe silence on the 18th (May 1943) for twelve hours in such a way that it equals silence for one thousand two hundred days! This silence must be both within and without – internal as well as external. External silence is easy, but the internal is difficult. Now, what do I mean by internal …

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 …