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Mehernosh Mehta grew up in a Baba family and has been involved at the Avatar Meher Baba Bombay Center for over two decades serving in many roles. One of those roles includes being a Key Speaker. Here, he shares stories from the New Life and his own reflections on how the Master continues to inspire us to live this life—right here and right now.

In the last talk of this well-loved series, Jamie Newell speaks about Meher Baba’s passing of the body, the great darshan, the Mandali Era, the preservation of Baba’s legacy, and the worldwide growth of the Meher Baba movement as it continues to grow today.

In part nine of this series, Jamie Newell explores the final decade of Meher Baba’s life in His physical form. He focuses on Baba’s continued physical suffering resulting from his automobile accidents, His intense seclusion, and a look at His stated goal of completing His universal spiritual work for humanity. In addition, Jamie touches on the significance of the East-West Gathering, as well as Meher Baba’s message on drugs.

In part eight of this series about Meher Baba’s life in historical perspective, Jamie Newell explores the phase of Baba’s life from 1952 to 1958. After sharing an overview of the historical context of the world in these years, Jamie focuses on Baba’s three final visits to the West, including His inauguration of the Meher Center in Myrtle Beach as well as Avatar’s Abode in Australia. He delves into Baba’s public announcement that He is Avatar of the Age. And lastly, he examines Meher Baba’s two automobile accidents, one in America and one in India, and the lasting impact they had on Baba’s life and work.

In part seven of this ongoing series about Meher Baba’s life, Jamie Newell focuses on one of the most enigmatic phases: the New Life. During this phase, Baba left behind His old life and took twenty companions on this inexplicable journey where His perfect divinity was replaced by perfect humility. Jamie explores Baba’s words, the different phases of the New Life and the accounts of Baba’s companions.

In part six of this series about Meher Baba’s life in historical perspective, Jamie Newell explores the next phase of Baba’s work from the years 1939 to 1949. This phase focuses on the World War and Baba’s unique work with Masts. Here, Baba differentiates between madness and God-intoxication and starts His work at the Rahuri ashram before setting out all over India to work with the God-intoxicated souls whom He loved so much. Baba said that He worked for the entire humanity through them.

In part five of this series about Meher Baba’s life in historical perspective, Jamie Newell explores the next phase of Baba’s work from years 1931 to 1939. Merwan, the boy who was awakened by the Perfect Masters, is now Meher Baba. In this period, one sees His journey from being a fakir to the toast of Hollywood. Jamie goes through all of Baba’s trips to the West in the 1930s and their salient features, including the start of His association with western devotees who would become very close to Him for rest of their lives.

Gathering of Disciples, Early Ministry, and Silence: 1922-1930 Part 4 of 10 A series of ten biographical talks by James Newell This series will provide a broad overview of the life of Merwan Sheriar Irani, known affectionately as Meher Baba, in the context of history. Meher Baba’s Persian ethnicity as expressed through his love of the poet Hafiz will provide an explanatory frame for understanding much of Meher Baba’s life and activities. Additionally, central to any understanding of Meher Baba’s life is the importance of his relationship with the Muslim holy woman Hazrat Babajan and his experience of what he has described as his realization of his role as a spiritual master. The emphasis throughout the series will be on Meher Baba’s lifelong mission of bringing his own personal vision of spiritual beauty into the world. Many people in the Meher Baba community are familiar with the details of Meher Baba’s life as told by those who knew and loved him as their spiritual master. But how do academics and religious scholars understand Meher Baba? How would their telling of Meher Baba’s life story differ from the narratives that we know? Join Dr. James Newell as he explores these questions and the life of Meher Baba from the perspective of the history of religions.

This excellent introduction to Meher Baba includes an overview of His life, work, and spiritual message. Compiled and edited by Peter Booth, a long-time resident of Meherabad, India.

In this special presentation for Silence Day, Jamie Newell explores the mystery of Meher Baba’s silence. He presents Baba’s direct words about His silence, the short periods before July of 1925 when He was silent, and the implications of His silence with regards to the messages given by the Avatar throughout the ages. Video, 43:45 Meher Center Meeting Place, July 7, 2023 From the Meher Spiritual Center, Inc. Archives

Mehera tells the story of the gold ring that Upasni Maharaj gave her and how Baba used it to test her. Rich in details, Meher recounts how Upasni was given the ring and then, after wearing it on his toe and giving darshan, he put it on Mehera’s finger. Upasni then ordered her to “always keep it on your finger and don’t part with it.” But later, when she was with Baba, He asked for everyone’s gold rings. Mehera immediately complied, despite Upasni’s order, and gave the ring to Baba. Within minutes, He returned the ring to Mehera and then gave her a second one.

The second part of Ann Conlon’s “fairytale” opens with her momentous first sighting of Baba after waiting five long years to meet Him. She expected to be able to see Him for only one hour, but that hour stretched to three hours and then five full days. With her dry wit, she recounts Baba’s delight in a rambunctious, enthusiastic crowd, several stories He shared and what they meant to her, as well as what seemed like a truly confounding direction. After Baba had invited her into a meeting with the men mandali, He told her that when He returns in 700 years to “make sure that you come back as a man so you can attend these exclusive meetings.” After everyone laughed and she left, Ann thought “Wait a minute…”

Ann Conlon wittily recounts how she missed her first opportunity to meet Baba in 1958 and her subsequent longing and regret. And then, in 1961 was given an unexpected opportunity to travel to India. Despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles at work, the passport office, and the airlines she finally got to meet Baba. She called it her “fairytale.”

Christopher Wilson, April 09, 2025 - Meher Spiritual Center Meher Baba in Spain Meher Baba singled out St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) as one of His favorite Western saints and as a model of how to love Him. In October 1933, He took a group of His Eastern and Western disciples to visit places associated with her life in Avila, saying “I am so happy here.” The group then went to Madrid, where Baba spent two hours at the Prado Museum and was pleased by the paintings of the lives of Jesus and the saints by El Greco and other Spanish artists. Christopher will discuss the sites that Baba visited; the life, work, and writings of St. Teresa; and the paintings that He admired.

In this light and humor-filled audio, Lud Dimpfl talks about his life with Baba and "the different things Baba put me through." From money matters to false assumptions to the importance of honesty, Lud's delightful stories offer a glimpse into how Baba worked with a determined and devoted lover.