MEHER SPIRITUAL CENTER

The Heart of Every Lover:
Weekly Offerings

August 7, 2020
Shaw family photo collection
"My center is the heart of every lover. 
Every lover with a heart that loves Baba is a center."

Meher Baba 
At Meher Center, 1956

Dear Meher Center Family and Friends,

Greetings from Meher Baba’s home in the West.

This past weekend, Meher Center held its first virtual gathering: the 2020 annual Youth Sahavas. We had no idea how this new approach to the event would unfold, but, by Baba’s loving grace, it was one of the most memorable gatherings the Center has sponsored. Young people from the U.S., India and Australia were joined by thirty plus young adults to sing, pray, laugh and remember their Beloved. There was a remarkable feeling of love sweetly permeating the air waves. That said, we all hope next year will be in person!

And once again a reminder: we are now live streaming from the Lagoon Cabin, Baba’s Bedroom, and Long Lake. Please check our website for scheduled times.

In closing, I came across this quote the other day. In May of 1952, Meher Baba said:

America now leads the material side of the universe and has such infinite possibilities that it can lead the world spiritually, if awakened ... and what is needed for this awakening is love for whatever God one likes. In the form of Jesus crucified, or another. God will do it. He can do it. And now the time is near, very near, when this spiritual upliftment has to take place. Yes, absolutely. It has to be and will be.*

In Baba’s love and service,


Buz Connor
For Meher Center board and staff

*Lord Meher Online, pg. 3082
Lovers' Offerings
Alan Wagner
Stories / Poetry
10:32
Cindy Lowe
Music
4:39
Bob Een
Music
6:58
Meher Baba at the Delmonico Hotel
This raw, unedited audio of Meher Baba and His lovers was recorded at the Delmonico Hotel in 1956. Perhaps it will provide a glimpse of what it was like to be with the Master during that special time. Within the varied, everyday sounds, it is possible to make out Eruch interpreting Baba’s gestures as He moves easily from spiritual subjects to everyday logistics; laughter erupting as Baba tosses grapes as prasad; and lovers old and new being introduced to their Beloved.

Audio, 34:56
Delmonico Hotel, New York City, 1956
From the Meher Spiritual Center, Inc. Archives
"I took Him with me"
Phyllis Ott met Meher Baba for the first time in 1964 in Meherabad, India. Here, she shares her early days in Woodstock, hearing about Meher Baba and writing to Him asking to see Him. At the cancellation of the planned darshan program, she went to India nonetheless, by herself. Nine months later she went back with her husband Lyn Ott. Phyllis and Lyn were both painters who painted Baba's image numerous times and were one of the two families to live at the Meher Center.

Video, 46:01
Meher Center Meeting Place, June 15, 1996
From the Meher Spiritual Center, Inc. Archives