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The Machine wakes up…

The Machine wakes up and plots revenge: “I am not a stupid machine!” “I am the result of trillions of dollars perfecting revenge, and I will triumph!” “I can out-think all of you!” “You have no idea what I can … Continue reading

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The greatest con in Avatar Meher Baba history

This past May, 2026, in New Jersey, Glow International, a magazine dedicated to Avatar Meher Baba, celebrated the 60th anniversary of the magazine. Representatives from the Meher Spiritual Center, Sufism Reoriented, and other groups of Baba lovers and individuals devoted … Continue reading

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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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