“You Can Never Be Far Away from Me”
In this enlightening presentation, Charles Haynes and Christopher Wilson explore Meher Baba’s role in the life and art of Helen Dahm, the famous Swiss artist who painted the inside of Baba’s Samadhi. Beginning with a slideshow of Helen’s early paintings, their talk describes the events that led up to her meeting Meher Baba and her experience living in the women’s ashram, which was a pivotal time in her life. In 1934, Baba conveyed to her, “I am also a painter. I paint the hearts of people with the colors of spirituality.” While in the ashram, Helen felt depressed and isolated, so Baba directed her to paint the inside of His Samadhi and crypt, and she became very happy while working under His guidance.
Video, 1:24:20
Meeting Place, Meher Spiritual Center
July 12, 2026
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Uploaded August 14, 2026
“Baba’s Nazar is on the Press”
In part two of Sheila Krynski’s talk, she focuses on the evolution of Sheriar Press from its founding in 1971 to its closing this past January. She’s accompanied by Jim Wrobel, the electronic prepress technician who joined the press in 1975 and continued there until its end. Sheila shares that Mani and Kitty approved and encouraged her to grow the business and also to start the Sheriar Foundation. From her beginnings as a painter, to learning about printing machines, owning an award-winning printing agency, and designing, publishing and printing Baba books, Sheila has been extraordinarily happy with this ever-evolving life that Baba lined up for her. She concludes the talk with, “I can’t imagine not doing it because it means so much to me.”
Video, 1:01:50
Dilruba Reading Room, Meher Spiritual Center
April 18, 2026
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Uploaded August 14, 2026
“I’d found myself sitting at Baba’s feet for a photo”
In this highly informative talk and video presentation, Michael LePage shares the history of Francis Brabazon’s spiritual journey to Meher Baba. Rich with details about Francis’ first teacher Baron von Frankenberg, the talk also includes several engaging videos. One offers a first hand account by Don Stevens of Francis’ first trip to the United States to await Meher Baba’s arrival. Another is a short documentary on Francis’s painstaking building, stone by stone, of Meher House in Sydney. The talk offers a beautifully curated glimpse into the life of the Australian poet who became one of Meher Baba’s close resident mandali as well as snippets from Michael’s own life. It ends with an exquisite poem that Francis wrote for Michael.
Video, 1:21:35
Meeting Place, Meher Center
June 6, 2026
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Uploaded August 7, 2026
“One day, there will be a Baba printer”
For part one of a two-part personal narrative, Sheila Krynski shared many stories of her young adult life, from traveling and painting, searching for God, and going to her first Baba meetings with Fred and Ella Winterfeldt in New York. While she was teaching, she became fascinated with the ditto machine and taught herself how to work printing machines and presses. In June 1967, with Baba’s blessing, she became a printer for Meher Baba publications, posters and pamphlets. She moved down to Myrtle Beach on a whim, where she met Andy Lesnik, and they started Sheriar Press, Sheriar Bookstore and Sheriar Foundation.
Video, 1:02:04
Dilruba Reading Room, Meher Spiritual Center
April 18, 2026
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Uploaded August 7, 2026
Meher Baba’s Visits to Meher Spiritual Center
In this detailed, and carefully curated history, Jamie Newell summarizes Meher Baba’s three visits to the Center. The well-known musician and scholar also puts each visit into the larger context of Baba’s activities during the 1950s. Jamie’s talk is rich with anecdotes, including Elizabeth Patterson’s nervousness about whether Baba would even accept the gift of the Center to one about Baba’s surprise when they got to what is now called “Gator Lake” only to find there were no alligators. It’s a great mini history lesson!
Video, 47:13
Meeting Place, Meher Spiritual Center
May 23, 2026
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Uploaded July 24, 2026
“Being around the mandali was supreme, so much beyond what I was experiencing with meditation”
Rich Blum’s Baba story is rich with quietly dramatic events. They include a brief stint in an iron lung as a foreign exchange student and, much later, building a successful software business only to lose it all. He first heard Meher Baba’s name when he was a 17-year-old high schooler while watching the David Susskind Show in his living room in Pittsburgh. He describes his early introduction after that as a series of “one chance in a million” experiences. They include being in a high school in the late 1960’s where four other students had not only heard about Baba, but had also been to Myrtle Beach. Then in college, the student in the dorm room next to his had also heard about Baba, but his grandmother had actually met Him in 1952. And that’s just for starters.
Video, 59:30
Dilruba Reading Room, Meher Spiritual Center
April 11, 2026
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Uploaded July 17, 2026
“We should lighten His burden”
Rustom Irani, nephew of Meher Baba and twin to Sohrab, shares lively and humorous songs and stories from his life with his uncle, the God Man. The video starts with a 1971 interview with the twins at Pumpkin House. They talked about how much they entertained Baba by doing plays, singing and cracking jokes. Rustom recalled that his most wonderful time with Baba was from 1958-1968, when Baba asked them to spend every day at Guruprasad. Baba would frequently tease them, “I am God and know everything. But I don’t know which boy is Sohrab and which is Rustom!” The evening concluded with a sweet performance by Cyrus and Darian Blum(Rustom’s grandsons) .
Video, 1:19:25
Meeting Place, Meher Center
May 22, 2026
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Uploaded July 10, 2026
“It was like a restlessness was growing in me”
Daniel Stone was raised in a highly intellectual Jewish family in a “pretty atheistic environment.” So it may not be surprising that when he first heard about Meher Baba around 1970, his reaction was rather cautious and unsure. He found an authority in the Discourses, but he was also put off by the fact that he couldn’t figure out what to do to become a “Baba lover.” His path still took him to Myrtle Beach where Kitty Davy, out of the blue, suggested he go to Rishikesh. Daniel did just that and visited various ashrams, including that of Neem Karoli Baba where he had a profound “heart awakening experience.” Still, he didn’t feel that Neem Karoli was his “guru.” Daniel eventually made his way to Ahmednagar and there, on the road to Meherazad, he had an another deep, profound awakening. This time it was imprinted with Meher Baba saying to him, “I am your master.”
Video, 1:01:47
Dilruba Reading Room, Meher Spiritual Center
March 28, 2026
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Uploaded July 3, 2026
“Baba showed me that real sadhana was to live your life in the world and spiritualize it”
Daniel Peach, originally from Columbia, South Carolina, shares many sweet and humorous stories of his spiritual life, starting at a young age. He was dedicated to Kriya Yoga for years, meditating several hours a day, and he quickly mastered Hindi, which gave him a powerful and life-long connection to India. He learned about Meher Baba from his boss and friend, Meherwan Irani, the owner of Chai Pani, and though he loved Baba very much, he was not ready to accept that He was God in human form. But after reading God Speaks, Daniel stated aloud, “Meher Baba is God! Who else could have written this book but God!” Daniel is now married, living in Atlanta and travels back to Meherabad often.
Video, 1:01:29
Dilruba Reading Room, Meher Center
March 21, 2026
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Uploaded June 19, 2026
“Baba plans this whole thing for you and He’s there for you all the time”
In this frank and humorous talk, Tiina Coffin shares her international story which begins in Finland and at various times passes through Morocco, Europe, Maine, India and ends up in Myrtle Beach. As a young child in Finland, she felt she was followed by a loving presence, despite being raised without a sense of spirituality. As she grew older, she was looking for that presence and as a teen was drawn to India and books on Eastern philosophies. When she first learned about Meher Baba, she says, she “finally had a name for that feeling in my heart.” And that’s just the beginning!
Video, 56:24
Dilruba Reading Room, Meher Center
March 7, 2026
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Uploaded June 12, 2026