An Exploration of Norina Matchabelli’s Mystical Articles
In this insightful talk, Scott Makeig explores Meher Baba’s message that He has “not come to teach, but to Awaken” through Princess Norina Matchabelli’s mystical articles. Opening with a short biography of Norina, Scott then delves into the history of the Meher Baba Journals in which nineteen of Norina’s mystical articles were published between 1938 and 1942. “These articles are unique in that Baba specifically instructed the Journal editors to publish them just as contributed by Norina, assuring them that they would come to be appreciated ‘in future,’” Scott writes. These unusual articles, Scott argues, “compliment” Meher Baba’s “other descriptions of the great awakening” that Baba worked to prepare and manifest.
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Meeting Place, Meher Spiritual Center, Myrtle Beach
September 19, 2025
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Uploaded December 5, 2025
The Theme of Creation; An Exploration of Meher Baba’s GOD Speaks
In this accessible and comprehensive primer on God Speaks, filmmaker Tim Thelen explores the theme of creation through the lens of Meher Baba’s spiritual masterpiece. He follows “the journey of the soul from its unconscious origin through to human form and on to God-Realization.” He deftly incorporates Darwin’s theory of evolution with Baba’s correction that it is consciousness that drives evolution, not the other way around. The book’s ideas are explored through an array of interviews from a diverse cast of followers of Meher Baba, including Adele Wolkin, Phyllis Ott, Robert Dreyfuss, Carl Ernst, and Charmian Duce Knowles. Originally produced in 2005, this version was remastered in 2022.
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Courtesy of Tim Thelen, Divine Sport Productions
Uploaded November 28, 2025
Meher Baba’s New Life – Wandering: The Begging, Langoti and Gypsy Phases; Nov-Dec 1949 A series by Ward Parks
In session six of this virtual series, Ward Parks dives into an extraordinary phase of The New Life period, in which Baba and his companions traveled on foot from Benares to Dehra Dun. Their journey was filled with stories of incredible generosity from poor villagers and city-dwellers alike, as well as tales of hardship as they navigated cold temperatures and lack of food, all while traveling with a large herd of animals in tow.
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Streamed November 16th, 2025
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Uploaded November 21, 2025
Meher Baba’s New Life, from the Great Seclusion to Manonash: An In-Depth Review Session Five
The Benares Interlude
Part five of Ward Parks’ ongoing series on Meher Baba’s New Life focuses on the continuation of the training period. The session begins as Baba and His companions move north from Belgaum to Benares (now called Varanasi.) Rich with details, it includes how the companions were to respond when asked about the New Life as well as the extraordinary, some would even say, outrageous, conditions imposed on people they were asked for help. Ward also discusses the four phases – labor, begging, langoti and gypsy lives – and what impact they could have on posterity.
To find the series schedule, syllabus, bibliography and to catch the next session, please visit our Virtual Programs page.
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Streamed November 2, 2025
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Uploaded November 7, 2025
Meher Baba’s New Life, from the Great Seclusion to Manonash: An In-Depth Review Session Four
In session four of this virtual series, Ward Parks explores the final preparations for the New Life and the departure of the group from Meherabad to Belgaum where they began the labor phase. Ward interweaves touching stories from the New Life including the story of Dr. Daulat Singh, who had to leave the New Life as he was found sobbing in the middle of the night. Yet, Meher Baba loved him dearly and asked him to live the New Life when he returned home. He explores the themes of helplessness, hopelessness, freedom and enjoyment of suffering as Baba presented them to the companions.
To watch Part 5, please click here.
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Streamed October 19, 2025
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Uploaded November 7. 2025
Meher Baba’s New Life, from the Great Seclusion to Manonash: An In-depth Review Part Three
In part three of his ongoing series on the New Life, Ward Parks focuses on the period of the New Life from from August 1949 to October of 1949. In this time, Meher Baba definitively announced the New Life, making it clear that everything was about to change forever, and that those who stayed behind would never see Him again.
To find the series schedule, syllabus, bibliography and to catch the next session, please visit our Virtual Programs page.
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Streamed October 5th, 2025
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Uploaded October 17, 2025
Meher Baba’s New Life, from the Great Seclusion to Manonash: An In-depth Review Part Two
In part two of his ongoing series on the New Life, Ward Parks focuses on the Adumbrations of the New Life, The Great Seclusion of June-July 1949 and the beginning of 1949 through the work at Mount Abu.
To find the series schedule, syllabus, bibliography and to catch the next session, please visit our Virtual Programs page.
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Streamed September 21st, 2025
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Uploaded October 3, 2025
Meher Baba’s New Life, from the Great Seclusion to Manonash: An In-depth Review Part One
We are delighted to share the first session of Ward Parks’ virtual series on Meher Baba’s New Life from this past Sunday!
In this introductory session, Ward covers the significance of the New Life in Meher Baba’s greater Avataric career. He performs a brief historical survey of the New Life from 1949 to 1952. Finally, he explores, the New Life phases and the major New Life themes.
To find the series schedule, syllabus, bibliography and to catch the next session, please visit our Virtual Programs page.
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Streamed September 7th, 2025
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How Meher Baba’s Messages on the Dangers of Drugs Laid the Foundation for a Whole New Generation of Meher Baba Lovers: A Presentation by Rich Blum
Starting in the mid-1960s Baba expressed grave concern about the use of hallucinogenic drugs by the youth in the West, and He issued a series of messages explaining the dangers of these drugs. He stated that not only was the experience induced by hallucinogens an illusion into illusion, and a far cry from real spiritual experience, but also that their continual use could cause physical, mental, and spiritual damage. This presentation focuses on how His messages led to millions hearing His name, which in turn fostered the formation of a new generation of Baba lovers.
Baba gave great importance to the spreading of his drug messages, and he specifically instructed his three young “Baba boys”, Allan Cohen, Rick Chapman, and Robert Dreyfuss to do that work. He referred to the boys as his apostles and often expressed how proud He was of them. This presentation chronicles their work through their own firsthand accounts, and illustrates how their efforts led to Baba’s statements penetrating the very core of the growing counter-culture in the U.S.
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Meeting Place at Meher Center; May 16, 2025
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Uploaded August 15, 2025
Poems of St. John of the Cross as Scripts for Manonash A Presentation by Christopher Wilson
In this beautiful presentation, Christopher Wilson shines the spotlight on St. John of the Cross who worked with St. Teresa of Avila. We see the life, work and times of St. John and examine his great works such as “The Dark Night of the Soul,” read here in English and native Spanish. Drawing parallels between these writings and the teachings of Baba, Christopher brings us to the heart of the eternal condition of longing where the lover not only seeks union but complete annihilation of self to finally achieve that union.
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Meeting Place at Meher Center; April 11, 2025
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