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Sufism Reoriented’s Charter Is Symbolic
Sufism Reoriented’s Charter Is Symbolic Much if not all of Avatar Meher Baba’s work can be called symbolic. In other … Continue reading
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A Brief Review of Sufism re-Reoriented
A Brief Review of Sufism re-Reoriented Sufism re-Reoriented is the moniker Eruch Jessawala gave to Sufism Reoriented in a letter written to followers of Avatar Meher Baba in 1980. This letter is known as the “Bell of Warning” in reference … Continue reading
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Sufism Reoriented and spiritual fascism
The global political response to climate crisis- the dominant global threat along with nuclear Armageddon, is denial and a retreat into nationalism and fascism, with the US leading the way. This is a stunning example of ironic and tragic American … Continue reading
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We are the resistance!
Baba lovers of northern California are the resistance against the corporate and institutional takeover of Avatar Meher Baba’s manifestation. We will not abide the slimy acquiescence to powerful subversive interests in commanding the narrative of Meher Baba’s wish. Meher Baba … Continue reading
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MBCNC draws a line in the pharaonic sand.
Hurray, Meher Baba Center of Northern California drew a line in the pharaonic sand! At a meeting last night of the board of directors and interested membership, the board passed a motion to address the Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public … Continue reading
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How competent is AMBPPCT?
Current events raise the question (once again), how competent is the Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust? The Trust is canvassing public opinion in an entirely symbolic manner by planning four focus group events in England, Australia, South Carolina … Continue reading
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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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