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Tales from the New Life with Meher Baba Tales From the New Life with Meher Baba Edited by D. E. Stevens Rick M. Chapman James M. Hastings Gary and Patty Freeman An Avatar Meher Baba Trust eBook December 2011 Updated June 2013 Copyright © 1976 by the Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust Ahmednagar, India SOURCE: This eBook is based on the edition published by The Beguine Library in 1976. eBooks at the Avatar Meher Baba Trust Web Site The Avatar Meher Baba Trust’s eBooks aspire to be textually exact though non-facsimile reproductions of published books, journals and articles. With the consent of the copyright holders, these online editions are being made available through the Avatar Meher Baba Trust’s web site, for the research needs of Meher Baba’s lovers and the general public around the world. Again, the eBooks reproduce the text, though not the exact visual likeness, of the original publications. They have been created through a process of scanning the original pages, running these scans through optical character recognition (OCR) software, reflowing the new text, and proofreading it. Except in rare cases where we specify otherwise, the texts that you will find here correspond, page for page, with those of the original publications: in other words, page citations reliably correspond to those of the source books. But in other respects—such as lineation and font—the page designs differ. Our purpose is to provide digital texts that are more readily downloadable and searchable than photo facsimile images of the originals would have been. Moreover, they are often much more readable, especially in the case of older books, whose discoloration and deteriorated condition often makes them partly illegible. Since all this work of scanning and reflowing and proofreading has been accomplished by a team of volunteers, it is always possible that errors have crept into these online editions. If you find any of these, please let us know, by emailing us at [email protected]. The aim of the Trust’s online library is to reproduce the original texts faithfully. In certain cases, however—and this applies especially to some of the older books that were never republished in updated versions—we have corrected certain small errors of a typographic order. When this has been done, all of these corrections are listed in the “Register of Editorial Alterations” that appears at the end of the digital book. If you want the original text in its exact original form, warts and all, you can reconstruct this with the aid of the “register.” The Trust’s Online Library remains very much a work in progress. With your help and input, it will increase in scope and improve in elegance and accuracy as the years go by. In the meantime, we hope it will serve the needs of those seeking to deepen and broaden their own familiarity with Avatar Meher Baba’s life and message and to disseminate this good news throughout the world. TALES FROM THE NEW LIFE There are many books available by and about Meher Baba. For infor- mation please write: Meher Baba Information, Box 1101, Berkeley, California 94701. TALES FROM THE NEW LIFE WITH MEHER BABA NARRATED BY ERUCH, MEHERA, MANI AND MEHERU Edited by D. E. Stevens Rick M. Chapman James M. Hastings Gary and Patty Freeman THE BEGUINE LIBRARY BERKELEY © Copyright 1976 Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust cover design: nancy patton Published by THE BEGUINE LIBRARY Berkeley, California 94701 Background Meher Baba, born Merwan Irani in Poona, India, in l894 and rechristened ‘Compassionate Father’ by some of the first who loved him more than as a human being, has been one of the most com- pelling contemporary masters of the inner life. In January, 1969, to use his own language, Meher Baba dropped the body. This appears to have had no damping effect on the vitality of the influences Meher Baba set underway in contemporary life. From this observation one concludes that he was one who par- ticipated in that timeless ability to tap the Truth which characterizes the unforgettable great ones of science, poetry, music, mysticism and philosophy who, throughout the ages, provide mankind with the keys and sustainment to continue to struggle to understand the meaning of their existence. Not least of which has been his blunt statement that he is the Avatar, or Christ, of this age, as well as his observation of silence from 1925 until he left the body in 1969. Meher Baba has generated many puzzles; his suggested keys to many of these questions have been cryptic. One of the most obscure of all has been the ‘New Life’ which he led with a few carefully selected adherents during 1949-l951. There has never in the past been the opportunity to capture the essence of such an experience from those who participated in it. The stories which unfold in the ensuing pages pose some of the most touching incidents and at the same time some of the most puzzling questions that have been caught in the arena of the inner search. After more than twenty-five years of living closely with a group of devoted disciples in an ambience of guru-disciple relationship conforming generally and vigorously to classic structure, Meher Baba announced one day in l949 that he intended to cut all ties with past associations and embark with a few close ones into a New Life. This volume describes from the memories of several of those who participated, the external and perhaps some of the internal characteristics of that period. It has now been another twenty-five years since the occurrence of those events. There are slips of memory and inconsistencies which occur. I have not attempted to reconcile these, nor to interpret. The raw force of this tale speaks for itself and will add ii one more insistent voice to the instinct of those who search for the reality underlying the puzzle of the pattern of their lives. Madrid 2 April, 1974 D. E. Stevens Acknowledgements There are many people who have contributed in a great many ways in making this work possible. Among these one would wish especially to acknowledge the contribution of Georgina San Roque, Barbara Amos and the Society for Avatar Meher Baba. iii ‘This New Life is endless, and even after my physical death it will be kept alive by those who live the life of complete renunciation of falsehood, lies, hatred, anger, greed and lust; and who, to accom- plish all this, do no lustful actions, do no harm to anyone, do no back- biting, do not seek material possessions or power, who accept no homage, neither covet honor nor shun disgrace, and fear no one and nothing; by those who rely wholly and solely on God, and who love God purely for the sake of loving; and believe in the lovers of God and in manifestations, and yet do not expect to receive any spiritual or material reward; who do not let go the hand of Truth, and who, without being upset by calamities, bravely and wholeheartedly face all hardships with one hundred per cent cheerfulness, and give no importance to caste, creed and religious ceremonies.’ Meher Baba September 1950 iv Preface Not long after Meher Baba dropped his body, Eruch was willing on an occasion together in Ahmednagar to recount some of his memories of the New Life. Several of the women mandali, know- ing of the project, were also happy to combine their recollections. Having been urged years before by Murshida Duce to preserve such material in permanent record form for posterity, I asked if I might tape the accounts, and it was so agreed. As the material spun out on the reels the flavor of life with the Avatar, with the balance pushed towards the man side of the God- Man, was so rich that I asked if I could have the transcript made and consider publishing it for a more readily available record. Again the answer was yes. Then the sticky side arose. The original project was personal, with parts in the form of a dialogue. Too, there were some incon- sistencies in comparing accounts of different persons. The decision that had to be made was whether to keep the original taped form and edit only for smoother reading, or to rewrite entirely as a story sequence. The mandali who participated left the decision to me. Although I took several months to decide, there was never any real doubt in my mind. The first public record of priceless source mate- rial must be as close to the original rendering as is feasible. Then, with this as the indisputable base, the gifted writers and interpreters of generations to come can give out beautiful renderings to delight all tastes. I knew that if I had tried to do this, I would have lost the exquisite sense of the presence of the Beloved that moves through the account of the mandali. D. E. Stevens Madrid June 19, 1975 v Introduction I I cannot help asking who I am to introduce this New Life. I did not see you, touch, live with you, though I have observed a few of your New Life companions as they are at the end of a lifetime of relationship with you. I can see what real love does to a soul and I like what I see. I also know that a real live internal relationship is possible with you even though your body does lie in the Tomb on Meherabad Hill. I am not sure what you did for us during that unique phase of your work which you called the New Life.
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