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The Heart of Every Lover:

Weekly Offerings


July 19, 2024

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"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 to all. As we are once again at the threshold of the wonderful Youth Sahavas at Meher Center, I thought it would be timely to share Meher Baba’s message to youth which He dictated on August 3, 1942 and which was published in an Indian magazine for youth, Comrade.*


“It is the privilege of youth to be full of energy and hope. Not being caught in any ruts, your dreams of the future have the advantage of being inspired by an unfettered imagination. In the glow of a newborn love or in the warmth of a newly caught enthusiasm, you are quick to respond to the call for action and sacrifice. 


“Life would be poorer without these qualities that are predominantly present in youth. But if you are to derive the full benefit of the qualities with which you are abundantly endowed, you must also try to acquire some other qualities which are rare in youth. 


“Hope should be fortified by a courage which can accept failure without upset. Enthusiasm should be harnessed by the wisdom that knows how to wait with patience for the fruit of action. Idealistic dreams about the future should be balanced by a sense of the realities of the present. And the glow of love should allow itself to be illumined by the full exercise of reason. 


“It is easy for youth to be so absorbed in realizing the ideal that it becomes bitter against the present and the past. But it is as well to cultivate a spirit of idealizing the real, while being appreciative of the heritage of the past. The world as it is may not seem to conform to the pattern which youth adores, but you must never forget that it is always good enough to merit your most loving attention. In your desire to improve the world, do not, by becoming bitter, surrender your right to be happy. 


“Youth loves freedom and therefore has a natural impulse to rebel against all authority. This is well and good, but you should make a real effort to keep free of the many illusions to which youth is particularly susceptible. True self-expression need not include irreverence for others. True criticism need not involve snobbishness or cynicism. True freedom need not manifest hostility or separateness. 


“Freedom without responsibility is a doubtful boon. Freedom is worth having only where there is self-restraint and willingness to cooperate with others. Youth is always willing to act and take risks. It should be allowed to yield freely to this fearless and imperative urge of life within. But while engaged in action, youth must take every care that it is creative, and not destructive. Let your watchwords always be LOVE and SERVICE.” **


In His love and service,



Buz Connor

For Meher Center board and staff


*Listen Humanity, by Meher Baba, p. 179

Meher Baba's Explanations on Meditation


In this very detailed and well laid out presentation, Rich Blum dives deep into Baba's explanations on meditation. Primarily sourced from the Discourses, the presentation touches on subjects of the four yogas or pathways to God, the function of meditation in spiritual advancement, the personality types at play, and the items of experience it produces. As we watch this presentation, we are made aware of the integration of meditation with the path of love that Baba laid out for His lovers.


Video, 57:07

Meeting Place at Meher Center, Myrtle Beach, May 18th, 2024

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"Baba sowed the seed of Love in my immature heart"

Dr. Bharucha who became a close disciple of Meher Baba, was first a devotee of Upsani Maharaj and Godavari Mai. Here, he narrates his encounters with saints, and one in particular who foretold his association with a great Master. While Dr. Bharucha had heard of Baba in 1948, he did not get a chance to meet Baba until April 18th, 1952, the day that Baba was leaving to come to America. An ordinary meeting with the God-man sowed the seed of love in him which was nurtured by Baba throughout his life.


Audio; 08:30

Washington, DC, USA, July 16th, 1981

Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks

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