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Videos are posted in the order they were sent out in the Weekly Offerings & Monthly Newsletters, with the most recent collection first.
Ahir Family Musical Performance
Pratap Ahir first heard of Meher Baba in the 1940s, and later became a member of the Poona Bhajan Mandali who wrote and performed many songs for Baba. In this video, we see his son and grandchildren perform a beautiful program of devotional pieces. Following the performance, a brief video of Pratap is shown, in which he shares some of his experiences with the Avatar. As he says, “Meher Baba has left very little space for anything else in our hearts.”
Audio, 54:18
Meeting Place, Meher Center, October, 24, 2025
Included video at Meher Center, April 11, 2001
Meher Center Archives
“To obey Him implicitly.”
In this video, Eruch tells a story that took place during the last leg of the New Life, at the Imampur Mosque. It begins with Baba telling Eruch to throw a mother bird outside who was disturbing His sleep, but became a lesson in humility. While Eruch describes the scene, the viewer is treated to a tour of the Mosque where the event took place.
Video, 6:19
Imampur, India
Courtesy of Meherabad Moments
Uploaded October 31, 2025
“The spiritual life consists of turning selfishness into selflessness.”
In this delightful talk, Buz and Wendy Connor paint a picture of three of the key women mandali of Meher Center: Elizabeth Chapin Patterson, Kitty Davy and Margaret Craske. While each woman differed from each other in personality and demeanor, they were united in their unwavering dedication and love for Meher Baba. Interwoven with history, personal stories and video clips of Elizabeth, Kitty and Margaret, this presentation leaves the viewer with a sense of what each of these inspiring disciples were like, and of the love they held for the Avatar above all else.
Video, 1:37:36
Meher Center Meeting Place, September 26, 2025
Meher Center Archives
Uploaded October 24, 2025
“That fragrance of freedom was there which can’t be described – really free.”
In this frank and delightful talk, Mani and Eruch begin by clarifying some wording in the New Life Song. They also make it clear the song is “nothing but… the points that He gave…for people who want to join Him in the New Life. The song is composed of His orders,” Eruch says.
Mani and Eruch go on to share their delight in the freedom they felt at the time, being only bound to Baba. Mani also clarifies the real meaning of the word: “We have such a distorted meaning…: license, liberty, freedom – we think it means we’re able to do what we like, do what what we want, then it’s freedom, but not so.”
They also share some humorous stories, including the one about the time she and Mehera refused a ride because they were on pilgrimage, only to have Baba quickly put their “pride” into perspective. “Pride in a goodly thing is worse than any other kind of pride, I know it!” Mani says.
Audio, 19:21
Mandali Hall, Meherazad
August 2, 1990
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
Uploaded October 24, 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.
Video, 1:35:12
Streamed October 5th, 2025
Meher Center Archives
Uploaded October 17, 2025
“This is a story that has touched our hearts ever since.”
Eruch Jessawalla tells the poignant story of Dr. Daulat Singh. He began the New Life with Baba, leaving behind his family and possessions, even missing a daughter’s wedding. One late night during the training period when all appeared to be sleeping, Baba suddenly woke Eruch. They walked around the camp and then found Daulat Singh sitting at a distance and quietly sobbing. Having broken the condition that one must be cheerful at all times in front of Baba, Baba then asked him to leave. But Baba also asked him to continue to live the New Life, which Daulat Singh did at a considerable cost.
Audio, 22:23
Mandali Hall, Meherazad, July 14, 1979
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
Uploaded October 17, 2025
“I didn’t feel that love that people talk about, I felt His pain, I felt His suffering.”
Anne Ross tells her Baba story, starting with her parents who were both early followers who met Meher Baba in the early 1930s. Her father met him in England (in East Challacombe) and her mother in New York in Harmon on Hudson. They later met in the United States. Replete with stories of intimate times with Baba and her mother’s poetry, it’s also got glimpses of fires, bagpipes, and brown lentils and brown rice (which her mother would make for them as children, saying, “This is what Baba ate!”) It’s a delightful story of a family’s long relationship with the Avatar.
Video, 56:03
Dilruba Reading Room at Meher Center, August 30, 2025
Meher Center Archives
Uploaded October 10, 2025
“He was here not only for us in the human form but also for the animals and the birds and all creatures.”
In this clear and heartfelt audio, Mani shares some memories of the New Life from her diary in an interview with Don Stevens. The recording includes the day Baba bowed down to 3,000 sadhus as well as her memories of July 25, 1950 in Satara, which Baba said was the “most eventful day of the New Life.” She then goes on to share more informally some of her general observations about the New Life, including how Baba included animals in the work He was doing.
Audio, 36:41
Mandali Hall, Meherazad, July 14, 1979
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
Uploaded October 10, 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.
Video, 1:13:28
Streamed September 21st, 2025
Meher Center Archives
Uploaded October 3, 2025
“Each one has to live the New Life….”
In this insightful audio clip about the meaning of the New Life, Eruch Jessawala shares that while he was living it with Meher Baba, he never thought about what it meant. It wasn’t until after Baba dropped His body, that he finally had an “ah hah!” moment. It was when a woman who wanted to commit suicide went to Baba in tears. He embraced her and instructed her to, essentially, commit suicide of the false self and then “To love Me and to remember Me, and that will be your life.” That’s when Eruch realized “That’s all. So that’s the meaning of the New Life.” Eruch then tells several other stories about the real meaning of suicide, which has nothing to do with the body, but living a life of love, remembrance of Baba, and accepting “all hardships, obeying all orders…without any question of why or what. All of this and keep a cheerful front all the time.”
Audio, 18:55
Mandali Hall, Meherazad, July 21, 1988
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
Uploaded October 3, 2025