Celebrating Meher Baba's Declaration as the Highest of the High in Hamirpur.

Guest speakers who met Pukar either in Hamirpur, at the Maine Mela, 8-10 August 1975, in Athens Maine, or who connected with Pukar on 2.5 month journey in the USA

Tonight, our guest is Charles Haynes

Hosted by A R Powell in CA

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We have some informal chat after every arti, the "post-arti party"! But once a week, Jeff Wolverton joins us for some serious mining of the spiritual depths. Join us for conversation, more readings, songs, quotes - you never know what treasures will be uncovered!

The Topic: Baba’s Personal Intervention

Dear folks of Baba,

Darwin Shaw impressed on us that Baba is not awakening us from some divine realm high above us, but rather that He personally comes down and enters into the very life of anyone who seeks the Divine Love that He has come to bring. He waits patiently until we invite Him in. Darwin himself was the embodiment of a lifetime of immense effort and dedication to opening up to Baba’s love. Fortunately, he traveled through the many stages of the inner journey with his eyes open and remembered the obstacles and the breakthroughs that he experienced along the way. He generously shared this with us. As I’ve mentioned before, he is not describing the path to Self-Realization, but is inviting us on the journey to Self-Effacement, the vacating of the self which Baba encourages.

In this process of self-effacement, Baba enables us to give up many things that keep us bound to the world of time and space before we very gradually enter, almost imperceptibly, the timeless and expansive realm of Divine Love. Our untiring efforts and the inevitable suffering that this involves is more than compensated by a growing experience of inner freedom, a blossoming love and Baba’s exquisite presence that makes it all worthwhile. And Baba’s intimate presence provides the inspiration that accompanies us all along the way. Even if we made no progress, Baba’s companionship would be enough to fulfill our deepest longing.

Our consciousness is enmeshed in the survival of our ego and the many demands of our life in the world which keep us convinced that this universe is real. Our work, as Darwin describes metaphorically, is to withdraw the tentacles of our consciousness from being enmeshed in this grand illusion by attaching them to the personality of Baba Himself. His divine love gradually dissolves our helplessly ego-addictive nature. Darwin depicts this inner journey as a joyous and enthusiastic adventure, not a grim, humorless renunciation that we embark upon like a child being made to take castor oil.

In your years with Baba, how would you describe His inner work in you? How has He freed you from some of your deep attachments such as emotional blocks and needs, physical cravings, superiority or inferiority complexes, loneliness and feeling separate? Over the years, has your self-confidence improved? Do you worry less? Are you able to love certain people that in the past you were put off by? How has Baba helped you find the essence of someone behind their personality self?

“If the door of your soul were to open for an instant, you would see that the heart of every existent thing is your intimate friend.”

Rumi

In His love, Jeff

PS: We resume on page 5 from Effort and Grace

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Every other Monday, Merwan will come and tell his Baba stories! He has a lot to share and tells the stories well, so be sure to listen to the whole series!

There will be time for questions after every session.

Hosted by Prakash Dheram in NJ

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