MEHER SPIRITUAL CENTER


The Heart of Every Lover:

Weekly Offerings


March 15, 2024

Darwin Shaw 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 Center. We are in the midst of the Spring Cleaning Sahavas where lovers from near and afar have gathered to offer service to Baba's home in the West.


In 1944, Meher Baba and some of His disciples traveled to Aurangabad, India. Below is an account from that trip:


There was a small tank-like pond in the Prem Basera compound, but no pipeline to fill it. Men were hired to carry water from a distant well to fill the tank. They would bring it in buffalo skins, by bullock cart and motor trolley. Kaka supervised the work and it was completed on 22 March. Margaret suggested that the women be allowed to swim in the tank, and for some days they did. (Kaka and Baidul erected tattas according to Baba's instruction.) The tank, however, proved too shallow and small for much swimming. There was no filter, of course, and after a few days the water smelled; so Baba asked Margaret to see that the water was changed. It was summertime, and Margaret had to supervise the draining of the pool and its refilling in the hot sun. Although the pool was small, it was deep in places and took a long time to empty. It was tiring work and, at times, she thought to herself what a bother.


Later, Baba asked her, "What did you have to do to fill the pool?" Margaret explained that she first took the dirty water out, and then refilled the pool with fresh water. Baba spelled out, "Within you is dirty water too, and I have also to take it out, to make room for the fresh water of my love. Thus, in different ways, I am taking out the dirty water from everyone. I am training you, so that you may one day dive deep into my Ocean and obtain the treasure." *



In Baba’s Love and service,



Buz Connor,

For Meher Center board and staff

* Lord Meher Online edition, by Bhau Kalchuri, p.2400

Meher Baba's Discourse on Love

In this rare recording of the Discourse Meeting at the Center in the spring of 2002, Darwin Shaw reads aloud Baba's discourse on "Love." Darwin first met Meher Baba in 1934 and continued to have intimate contact with the Avatar. He held Discourse meetings at the Center from 1989 to 2005. This reading is followed by a poignant session of discussion where Darwin answers questions about love, infatuation, the inner life, and the direct experience of love when he met Baba.


Video, 1:11:02

Dilruba Reading Room at Meher Center, March 25th, 2002

Meher Spiritual Center Archives

"A perfect love"

Left to right: Mani, Mehera, Dr. Goher, Filis Frederick

In this beautiful recording, Filis Frederick shares precious tidbits of the early days at the Center, back when they had to wear "jungle boots" to hack through the Youpon, and Baba's first visit was an unknown moment in the future for which everyone was preparing enthusiastically. Elizabeth Patterson chimes in to offer further details here and there. Filis goes on to describe her long-awaited first meeting with Baba, in which she felt she "was just drowning in Baba's love."


Audio, 30:28

Recorded at Meher Center, May 2nd, 1971

Meher Spiritual Center Archives

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