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Are Baba’s “Last Warning” and Eruch’s “Bell of Warning” passé?
The recent and ongoing fracas concerning rogue members of Meher Baba Center of No. Cal. and certain trustees of Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust giving Sufism Reoriented of Walnut Creek a wink and a nod to usurp the … Continue reading
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AMBPPCT sponsored focus group event to be held at Sufism “Re-reoriented”
In a major coup for Sufism Re-reoriented and their sympathizers, the Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Trust, based in India, is planning to have Sufism Re-reoriented host a focus group on the development of a long range plan for the … Continue reading
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The path of remembrance vs. the path of yoga based on Meher Baba’s teachings
Yoga is very big these modern days as the development of physical culture based on the practice of asana, or yogic posture. Asana, in fact, has almost nothing to do with the path of traditional yoga which is primarily based … Continue reading
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Fire as the power of love
In Zoroastrian cosmology, Ahuramazda and Ahriman vie in eternal conflict over the moral and spiritual universe. The principles of light and darkness are ever circling each other in eternal conflict. One of the most interesting points about Zoroastrian cosmology is … Continue reading
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The End of the World
Meher Baba’s statement in the “Final Declaration” of 1954 that 3/4’s of the world would be destroyed was later amended to read that he had made this comment “in my language alone”. Thus, we cannot take his remark literally; But … Continue reading
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Review of the 60th Anniversary of Meher Baba’s 1958 visit to Avatar’s Abode
Meher Baba visited Avatar’s Abode from June 3rd to June 6th, 1958. The property had been recently acquired by Francis Brabazon and under his direction was readied for Baba’s visit. “The Anniversary”, or “Anno” for short, commemorates with talks, song, … Continue reading
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The Death of America
America as the storybook lie is dying a horrible death. It’s like it is being strangulated over a 12 part multi season Netflix series. The America of fabricated dream is gasping horribly for air while losing control of its bowels … Continue reading
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Beloved Archives Running A Con.
Nosh Anzar, shyster in chief at the archival and publishing enterprise dedicated to Avatar Meher Baba and based in NJ, has just announced he is auctioning off two dozen or so Baba artifacts, including a signed copy of God Speaks … Continue reading
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Fascism, American Style
Fascism, American style, is gathering force and moving toward a decisive culmination or, possibly, a muddling apotheosis. Fascism in America is a direct result of neoliberalism in league with militarism. The deregulation of capitalism- the unleashing of corporate greed, … Continue reading
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America, Land of Amnesiacs
A problem of a homogenized society is the inability to remember. The cauldron of American patriotic identity demands forgetfulness. We are not our past, but some nationalistic stew that demands we lie about history. The genocide of the First Americans … Continue reading
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