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A problem with “Lord Meher”, the online biography of Avatar Meher Baba
The online biography of Avatar Meher Baba is an updated continuation of Bhau Kalchuri’s biography of Avatar Meher Baba published in print by Hermes Reiter between 1986 and 2001. It represents an outstanding amount of research and careful work by … Continue reading
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Meher Baba’s alleged imprimatur
Meher Baba’s work as the GodMan is unfathomable on the one hand, but he has provided an outline of it on the other hand: His universal work concerns the world based on His Manifestation, which will effect a New Humanity. … Continue reading
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Meher Baba on War
Avatar Meher Baba in “Listen, Humanity” speaks on the subject of war, or state sponsored violence. Here is the link to the text: https://avatarmeherbabatrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ListenHumanity.pdf Part 2, Chapter 3. Meher Baba discusses the effects and origin of war from different perspectives. … Continue reading
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What did Meher Baba mean by saying, “stay out of politics”?
There is great confusion in the Baba world as to what exactly Meher Baba meant by his various statements on politics, and the need to not mix up love for him with politics. Meher Baba had a dim view of … Continue reading
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The bull of Dharma is collapsing
In the Kali Yug, the bull of Dharma (righteousness) is highly unstable. It stands on one leg, having lost the support of its other legs in the the previous cosmological ages. In the Satya Age, or Golden Age, the bull … Continue reading
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UFOs and astral space
One of the more fascinating and significant contributions to the subject of aliens, UFOs, the cosmological universe, etc., is to be found in the work and comments by Avatar Meher Baba. In his most important work, God Speaks, which is … Continue reading
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Thoughts on Lahar
Meher Baba uses the word lahar as a synonym for the “Original Whim”, the original impulse from the “Beyond Beyond”, that initiates creation. This impulse is a whim because it is a lark, without cause or reason, that arises in … Continue reading
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Nature is a woman who makes lots of trouble
Nature is a woman who makes lots of trouble, always chasing after sparkle and bauble. She led us into exile with her divine whim; she shoved us out of the boat saying, “sink or swim”. Her willfulness is nothing but … Continue reading
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The tragedy of Israel
The tragedy of Israel is both graphic and surreal; it is both unimaginable and completely predictable. It is like the Aztec cult of human sacrifice in which the heart is cut out of the living victim to appease the gods … Continue reading
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Avatar Meher Baba on marijuana and psychedelics
In the mid-sixties, Avatar Meher Baba gave out anti-drug messages in response to the experimentation with marijuana and psychedelics going on in the US. His unequivocal message was that authentic spirituality has absolutely nothing to do with such drugs or … Continue reading
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