Jai Baba!
Programs in 2016
At the Avatar Meher Baba Center of So. California
M e h e r a b o d e
Colophon
Meherabode
1214 South Van Ness Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90019
telephone: (323) 731-3737
bookstore: (323) 730-5281
All programs open to the public
All programs free of charge (unless otherwise noted)



This Weekend
Saturday, Oct. 29
& Sunday, Oct. 30:


Stay With God
a Seminar on the epic masterpiece
dedicated to Meher Baba
by poet Francis Brabazon
Conducted by Ward Parks


First of Two Weekends
Free of Charge
A Rare Opportunity!

October-November Calendar
AT MEHERABODE (Los Angeles)
Oct. 29-30 & Nov. 5-6:   Stay With God (1958) --
a 4-day seminar on the epic masterpiece by poet Francis Brabazon, conducted by Ward Parks
10:30 am - 12:30 pm and 2:30 - 4:30 pm

Also Happening at Meherabode:
Saturday, Oct. 29 (early): Board of Directors Meeting [see below]
Saturday, Nov. 5 (2:00-4:30pm): Concert -- songs performed by
                                                 Ward, Elaine, Greg, Gay, Brendan
Sunday, Nov. 13:   AMBCSC's Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Saturday, October 29 &
Sunday, October 30
SATURDAY, Oct. 29th:
10:30 am - 12:30 pm:  First Session
12:30 pm:  lunch available
2:30 - 4:30 pm :  Second Session
SUNDAY, Oct. 30th:
10:30 am - 12:30 pm:  Third Session
12:30 pm:  lunch available
2:30 - 4:30 pm :  Fourth Session


STAY WITH GOD
a Seminar 
conducted by Ward Parks
 

After Australian poet Francis Brabazon had lived in India with his spiritual master  Avatar Meher Baba for several years, he completed his magnum opus extolling and expounding what he had learned in Baba's company and in a lifetime dedicated to mystic literature. The result, a book-length prose-poem entitled Stay With God, was described by Meher Baba as offering " food for the mind and a feast for the heart."

Opening the pages of this feast and guiding us through its poetic intricacies will be the task of Ward Parks, Ph.D., a literary scholar who has trained his eagle eye on the work of Avatar Meher Baba and kindred mystics.

The SEMINAR will be presented in 7 sessions, the first 4 this weekend, the final 3 next weekend. Also, on the afternoon of Saturday, November 5th, in lieu of a seminar session, we will instead enjoy a CONCERT of music performed by Ward Parks, Elaine Munson, Greg & Gay Dunn, and Brendan Montague. The concert will feature song-settings from Stay With God, songs by Ward Parks from the New Life Play, and many other good things!

Note that lunch will be available each of the 4 days of this "feast for the heart."

While participants are encouraged to study the book in advance if possible, no such study is required. Come with open ears, and Ward will lead us through the narrative web woven by the 20th century poet whom Meher Baba called "My Hafiz."

Jai Baba!
Ward Parks
Ward Parks writes:
Composed at Meher Baba's directive, read out to Him several times, and incorporating Baba's own additions and corrections, Francis Brabazon's Stay with God stands alone in the "Meher Baba library" as a presentation without parallel of who the God-Man is and the significance of His Avataric Advent.  Sweeping in what it undertakes and supremely beautiful in its poetry, Francis's epic masterpiece lays a major foundation for the culture of New Humanity in the age to come. Indeed, Meher Baba Himself said that it was second in importance only to God Speaks.

For further details on the Seminar, you may review the two-page description:   Stay With God Seminar (PDF).

Also Happening on
Saturday, October 29 (early)
Board of Directors Meeting
Oct. 29 from 8:15 - 10:15 am
  • Board of Directors meetings, open to all AMBCSC Members, are conducted at Meherabode.
  • If there are any topics you wish to be added to the agenda for discussion at a Board meeting, please contact David Raphael Israel (Secretary) at davidrisrael@gmail.com at least 10 days prior to the Board meeting, stating the topic and offering a suggestion of the length of time you anticipate needing for the topic's discussion.

More Southern California Meetings 

Mondays at 7 PM in South Bay (San Pedro)
Call Glenn and Payam Russ:  (310) 519-7776
 
  Santa BarbaraMonthly Meetings
Call Donnalyn Karpeles:  (805) 682-1877   

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