“After Baba dropped the body, the book went totally missing…”
Using Meher Baba’s lost book as a vehicle, in its centenary year, Rich Blum explores whether there is a connection between Meher Baba’s silence and His written revelations. This clear and concise presentation is packed with interesting stories about the history of the lost book and the search for it. It also includes a short video of Don Stevens interviewing Meherwan Jessawala about the book’s mysterious fate.
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Meeting Place at Meher Spiritual Center, July 12, 2025
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Uploaded August 1, 2025
Meher Baba’s Silence: A Talk by Peter Nordeen
For the occasion of the centenary year of Baba’s silence, Meher Baba scholar Peter Nordeen gives an in-depth talk about the Avatar of the Age’s great undertaking during this advent: His silence. Peter describes the start of the silence and the evolving modes of communication as Baba went deeper into His silence. He shares many of Baba’s messages about His silence, the breaking of the silence and all the promises around it, Meher Baba’s work vis-à-vis His need to “not teach but awaken” and other related messages.
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Meeting Place at Meher Center; June 7, 2025
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Uploaded July 11, 2025
Meher Baba’s Blue Bus Tours, A Presentation by Susan McKendree: Part 2
In part two of this presentation, Susan McKendree talks about the latter years of Meher Baba’s Blue Bus tours. Stories of His travels with His mandali throughout India and Ceylon are interwoven with fascinating details about Baba’s work with masts (God-intoxicated souls).
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Meeting Place at Meher Center, March 29th, 2025
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Uploaded 4/18/2025
The Blue Bus Tours: Part 1 A Presentation by Susan McKendree
Susan McKendree, the author of Meher Baba’s Blue Bus Tours, makes a presentation about this enigmatic period with Baba. On December 8th, 1938, Baba started His extensive tours of India on a Blue Bus along with Eastern and Western women disciples, with Elizabeth Patterson as the driver. The Tours ended in November, 1941. Susan explores the women’s experiences, the search for the universal center, places that they stayed in and Baba’s mast work during that period.
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Meeting Place at Meher Center, March 28th, 2025
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Uploaded 4/11/2025
The Role of Suffering in Meher Baba’s Universal Spiritual Work; A Presentation by Jamie Newell
In this presentation, Jamie Newell discusses the immense suffering that Meher Baba’s physical form endured during His advent, particularly in His later years following the two automobile accidents. Newell proposes that this suffering was integral to Baba’s Universal spiritual work for humanity, which in itself “was nothing but love in action.”
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Meeting Place at Meher Center, February 21st, 2025
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Uploaded 4/4/2025
The New Life: Then and Now Part Six
In the last session of this series, Ward Parks wraps up this in-depth series on Baba’s New Life. He focuses on the Free Life and its three phases: the Complicated Free Life, the Full Free Life, and the Fiery Free Life. He goes over Baba’s messages in His Life circulars and the declaration of His Avatarhood while interspersing reflections on this unique period along the way.
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Meeting Place at Meher Center, October 20th, 2024
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Uploaded 2/21/2025
The New Life: Then and Now Part Five
In part five of this series, Ward Parks talks about Baba’s last plan of the New Life and the curious happening where He stepped out of the New Life into the Old Life for just four hours. Baba moved His group to Satara and Mahabeleshwar, gave important messages, undertook a seclusion and began the Manonash phase.
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Meeting Place at Meher Center, October 20th, 2024
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Uploaded 2/14/2025
The New Life: Then and Now Part Four
In part four of this series, Ward Parks talks about the New Life strike and the group’s displeasure with Baba’s harsh conditions and how Baba handled the situation. He talks about the vacuum period and the plans of the Labor Phase. He goes through unfathomable acts such as Baba’s bowing down to thousands at the Kumbha Mela.
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Meeting Place at Meher Center, October 19th, 2024
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Uploaded 2/7/2025
The New Life: Then and Now Part Three
In part three of this series, Ward Parks focuses on the part of the New Life set in North India, particularly Dehradun and New Delhi. He also explores Baba’s work with sadhus at the Kumbh Mela, internal conflicts, the intensive Labor Phase and the ghee business. Throughout, Ward uses Baba’s words on the New Life to recreate the unmatchable atmosphere.
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Meeting Place at Meher Center, October 19th, 2024
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Uploaded: 1/24/2025
The New Life: Then and Now Part Two
In part two of this series, Ward Parks dives into the launching of the New life and the training period. He covers the four phases: the Labor, Begging, Langoti and Gypsy Lives. Along with many other profound reflections, Ward also reflects on writings by Baba and Ghani, including the eternal classical Baba song – the Song of the New life.
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Meeting Place at Meher Center, October 18th, 2024
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Uploaded 1/17/2025