MEHER SPIRITUAL CENTER

The Heart of Every Lover:
Weekly Offerings

October 8, 2021
Shaw Family Photo
"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,
 
A loving Jai Baba from Meher Center. It is a joy for the Center to now be welcoming both day visitors and overnight pilgrims who are returning for overnight retreats for the first time in over a year and a half. 
 
At the 1958 Sahavas in Meherabad, India, Meher Baba asked that the following message be displayed along with six others. These “Seven Sahavas Sayings” were later displayed in the Barn for the American Sahavas at the Center, and can be seen there to this day.
 
Be angry with none but your weakness
Hate none but your lustful self.
Be greedy to own more and more wealth of tolerance and justice.
Let your temptation be to tempt me with your love in order to receive my grace.
Wage war against your desires and Godhood will be your victory. 
 
By Baba’s grace we will see you at His home in the West sometime soon!
 
In Baba’s love and service,
 
 
Buz Connor
For Meher Center board and staff
Lovers' Offerings
Family Letter #2
Read by Christopher Wilson
3:56
"The guiding hand of God"
Louis Agostini first began seeking a higher truth when as a young child he suddenly recognized the inevitability of death. This search took him everywhere from beginning training as a Catholic priest to becoming secretary for Paul Brunton (who, while writing his famous book, In Search of Secret India, had garnered an unimpressive view of Meher Baba). Then, in 1960, Louis found himself at Meher Center with Kitty, Elizabeth, and a number of Baba books. At long last, Baba’s truths began to answer his deep-seated questions. When he met Baba two years later at the East-West gathering, all he could whisper was, “thank You for everything.” 

Video, 56:13
Meher Center Meeting Place, November 9, 2002
From the Meher Spiritual Center, Inc. Archives
"A fairytale filled with joy and pain"
The Kotwal family's love for Meher Baba spans generations. Najoo Kotwal grew up in Meher Baba's intimate company after her father Savak Kotwal and mother Nargiz decided to dedicate their lives to Baba and live under His direction at His ashram. In part one of this three part audio, Najoo recounts the early life of her father and what led him to seek God in the way he did, until he found Meher Baba in 1928. Baba's entry into their lives caused her mother such great misery that she went to confront Him, but things did not go quite as expected.

Audio, 21:52
Meher Pilgrim Center, Meherabad, India
Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California