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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.
The Meher Spiritual Center is 500-acre (200 ha) designated wildlife sanctuary, with more than 200 species of plants, 100 species of birds and 44 species of animals. [10] [8] [9] The Center has two lakes, many nature trails, and a mile of Atlantic shoreline. The Center has a house built for Meher Baba which is named "Meher Abode" but usually ...
It was later renamed "Meher House". In 1958 Brabazon established a new centre on a 100-acre (40 ha) estate on Kiel Mountain, Woombye, Queensland to host Meher Baba on his second visit. This was named Avatar's Abode. Brabazon's grave is on Avatar's Abode and the Avatar's Abode Trust holds copyright of his works.
Another disciple of Inayat Khan, Samuel Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti, d. 1971), left with her, but subsequently broke from her when Rabia Martin associated herself with Meher Baba. [18] [19] [20] Meher Baba, with the support of Rabia Martin's successor, Ivy Oneita Duce, reorganized this branch of the Sufi Movement and renamed it Sufism ...
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).
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."
The Theme of Creation : An Exploration of Meher Baba's "God Speaks" is a 2005 American documentary film produced, written, edited and directed by Tim Thelen. [2] [3] [4] The film is an analytical exploration of Meher Baba's "God Speaks", and William Donkin's "The Wayfarers", [5] [6] with interviews from religious scholars Carl W. Ernst, Rick Chapman, Allan Cohen, Kendra Crosen Burroughs ...
[6] [7] [8] The stock footage is compiled and edited together from Meher Baba Newsreel Footage (1932), Three Incredible Weeks (1954), Meherabad (1955), Meher Baba's USA Tour (1956/1958), Pune-Meherabad (1960), East-West Gathering (1962) by Robert Fredericks in tandem to the rhythm of the musical prayer. [9]