Meher Baba, Avatar of the AgeDaily quotes, with links to messages, organizations, writings, websites, art and music, recent books, pilgrimage instructions, and information about the Avatar Meher Baba community worldwide.Gary E. Mullins: In His Hands- (Found June 24, 2008 ) My most vivid memory that afternoon happened when Baba referred to the Cuban missile crisis. He quickly wiped his hand across his brow, as if he had really been sweating it out, and said, "I promised that world-wide disaster would not break out all at once. It will gradually build up over a long period of time." He then put up two fingers with a tiny space between them and said, "You have no idea how close the world came to nuclear holocaust. And how hard I had to work to prevent it." I had no..http://www.avatarmeherbaba.org/erics/080609.html Judith Garbett: Future Suffering- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Mansari recalled a time when all the women were sitting around Baba who was on His gadi on the 'tin shed' verandah, Meherabad Hill. He told them that India would suffer greatly, and that the whole world population had to be reduced. During Avataric periods so many souls come from other planets and the population increase is very great. He said that wars and accidents account for the deaths of many, but there would come a time when there was no food, and people would eat their clothing. Baba...http://www.avatarmeherbaba.org/erics/080610.html Meher Baba: Questions And Answers- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Unless you question, you can never learn. Let not the false sense of propriety or fear of blasphemy deter you from questioning the why and wherefor of your being. The answer to these questions will lead you to perfection. Do not expect the living saints to answer these questions for you. If they give answers at all, they are to no avail to you. The answer must come from your own self. Completehttp://www.avatarmeherbaba.org/erics/080622.html Meher Baba: A Big Worldwide War- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Every day, every hour, every minute of a man's life is a sort of minor war between the heart and mind, emotion and intellect, good and bad. And when these individual conflicts spread out and develop, the collective result eventually takes the shape of a big, worldwide war which can never be avoided by any number of peace conferences, unless and until the very root cause is removed. Completehttp://www.avatarmeherbaba.org/erics/080621.html C. B. Purdom: If You Eat It As Mere Candy, It Has No Meaning- (Found June 24, 2008 ) A chair was brought out and Baba was seated. He told the men to fan out so that they might catch the candy he would throw, and began tossing it in his usual way, i.e. looking in one direction and throwing it in another. When the candy was not caught, it was returned, as Baba said it was not to be retained as prasad. "This is not a game," he said. It was a link between himself and each lover, for the future. "If you eat it with the feeling that it is a gift from God, you benefit; but if you eat..http://www.avatarmeherbaba.org/erics/080620.html Dr. G. S. N. Moorty: The Separation Of My Folded Hands- (Found June 24, 2008 ) I stood dumb with folded hands before Baba — totally speechless. Baba gestured to me to come closer to Him, and separated my folded hands in order to hold my whole body into His embrace whereby a gradual understanding unfolded in my heart of hearts that my human folding of hands was symbolic of fear for God whereas, the separation of my folded hands by the Divine hands of Baba removed all fear for God and it was perhaps an esoteric indication that unless my two hands were thus separated,.http://www.avatarmeherbaba.org/erics/080619.html Meher Baba: A Mighty Joke- (Found June 24, 2008 ) One of the visitors asked Meher Baba: "What is life" Baba smilingly replied: "Life is a mighty joke. He who knows this can hardly be understood by others. He who does not know it finds himself in a state of delusion. He may ponder over this problem day and night but will find himself incapable of knowing it. Why Because people take life seriously, and God lightly; whereas we must take God seriously, and life lightly. Then we know that we always were the same and will ever remain the same...the..http://www.avatarmeherbaba.org/erics/080618.html Meher Baba: Harmony With The Universe- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Question: If all the beautiful things we have known — moonlight, stars, music, the sound of the sea, the fragrance of flowers, our little dreams — are Maya, what is there left to take their place when you sweep them out of our hearts and minds and leave only the concept of a very far-off and abstract goal — Realization For until we are realized, it leaves us with nothing but emptiness — and very sad. Answer: Beauty and ugliness have relative existence. To one trudging...http://www.avatarmeherbaba.org/erics/080617.html Eruch Jessawala: Real Gain And Real Loss- (Found June 24, 2008 ) She tells Baba her story. She is the Rani of a certain state in North India, and her daughter had married a prince in Punjab. The daughter was beautiful and greatly liked by the in-laws with whom she lived. She conceived, and as was customary among Indians, just before the delivery of her first child she was brought home to her mother's house. But at the time of delivery, the daughter died. The mother was greatly distressed with the loss of her daughter. At this time, Baba asks a question:...http://www.avatarmeherbaba.org/erics/080612.html Meher Baba: Degrees Of Madness- (Found June 24, 2008 ) According to one way of interpretation, madness is a deviation from the average mode of consciousness and behaviour; and its degree is to be measured by the amount of its departure from the average pattern. But according to another way of interpretation, madness is the incapacity of consciousness to understand or express truth. If these two distinct standards are mixed up with each other and applied simultaneously, they inevitably lead to a confusion between the abnormal mad states and the...http://www.avatarmeherbaba.org/erics/080611.html |