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Meher Baba (born Merwan Sheriar Irani; 25 February 1894 – 31 January 1969) was an Indian spiritual master who said he was the Avatar, or God in human form, of the age. [1] [2] [3] A spiritual figure of the 20th century, [4] [5] he had a following of hundreds of thousands of people, mostly in India, with a smaller number of followers in North America, Europe, South America, and Australia.
Meher Baba (25 February 1894 – 31 January 1969) Mehi (28 April 1885 – 8 June 1986) Mirra Alfassa (21 February 1878 – 17 November 1973) Morari Bapu (born 25 September 1946) Mother Meera [24] (born 26 December 1960) Muktabai (c.1279 – 1297), Marathi literature; Muktanand Swami (1758–1830) Muktananda [13] (16 May 1908 – 2 October 1982)
Meher Baba - "I am the Avatar of this Age!" [2] "You know that you are a human being, and I know that I am the Avatar.It is my whole life!" [3] "Irrespective of doubts and convictions, and for the Infinite Love I bear for one and all, I continue to come as the Avatar, to be judged time and again by humanity in its ignorance, in order to help man distinguish the Real from the false."
Perfect Master is the English term Meher Baba began to use in his writing as early as 1925 [1] to denote the Eastern idea of a sadguru or a qutub ().A Perfect Master, according to Baba, is a God-realized person (one whose limited individualized consciousness has merged with God) who can use his Divine attributes of Infinite Power, Knowledge and Bliss for the spiritual upliftment of others. [2]
Meherabad was originally established as an ashram by Meher Baba in 1923. [2] [3] [4] Amartithi is celebrated in Meherabad every year on January 31 commemorating entombment of Meher Baba's physical form on January 31, 1969. [5] The word "Amartithi" was coined by Meher Baba's Mandali and means "deathless day" (Literally, amar, deathless; tithi, day).
Kenneth Lux, Ph.D. writes: "God Speaks is Meher Baba's major book and it is famously difficult. But not only is it Baba's major book, it is his only book. All other books by Meher Baba, such as the Discourses and Listen Humanity, are not written as books, as God Speaks is, but are collections of essays and messages." [4] [5] [6]
Meher Baba, who often used the phrase "Don't worry, be happy". Indian spiritual Guru Meher Baba (1894–1969) often used the expression "Don't worry, be happy" when cabling his followers in the West, [12] and the expression was printed on inspirational cards and posters during the 1960s.
Meher Baba first met Upasani in 1915 when Upasani was staying in Shirdi with Sai Baba. Upasani moved to Sakori in July 1917 and Meher Baba frequently stayed there. According to Meher Baba, who had received God-realization in January 1914 from Hazrat Babajan, Upasni Maharaj gave him knowledge of the divine. [53]