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Discourses, Part 1, 7Th Ed. 3Rd Printing DISCOURSES Seventh Revised Edition (1987) Third Printing (1995) by Meher Baba An Avatar Meher Baba Trust Online Release June 2011 Copyright © 1967 by Adi K. Irani, AhMednagar, India Copyright © 1987 Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust, Ahmednagar, India Short publication history: Readers interested in the publication history of the Sixth Edition of the Discourses should refer to Web editors' supplementary Material at: http://aMbppct.org/Meherbaba/Discourses.php 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. Copyright © 1967 Adi K. Irani, Ahmednagar, India Copyright © 1987 Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust, Ahmednagar, India. Seventh revised edition 1987. Third Printing, 1995. Cover photograph of Meher Baba, Meherabad, 1927. Copyright © Lawrence Reiter. Photograph retouching by Chris Riger. Frontispiece photograph of Meher Baba, Ahmednagar, 1945. Copyright © Lawrence Reiter. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. by Sheriar Press, Inc. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise without prior written permission of the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion in a magazine, newspaper, or broadcast. For information write: Sheriar Foundation, 3005 Highway 17 North ByPass, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 29577, U.S.A. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data: Meher Baba, 1894-1969. Discourses / Meher Baba. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-880619-08-3 : $25.00. - ISBN 1-880619-09-1 (pbk.): $15.00. 1. Spiritual life. I. Title. BP610.M43127 1995 299'.93-dc20 94-36972 CIP ISBN 1^880619-08-3 (previously ISBN 0-913078-57- 3) ISBN 1-880619-09-1 (pbk.) (previously ISBN 0- 913078-584) ________________________________________________ v Contents FOREWORD ……………………………………………………. viii INTRODUCTION TO THE SEVENTH EDITION ………………......... xiii THE SEVEN REALITIES …………………………………………. 1 THE NEW HUMANITY ………………………………………….. 3 SELFISHNESS ………………………………………………….. 10 GOD AND THE INDIVIDUAL ……………………………………. 16 THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF CREATION ………………….. 23 THE FORMATION AND FUNCTION OF SANSKARAS ……………… 32 THE REMOVAL OF SANSKARAS Part I The Cessation, the Wearing Out, and the Unwinding of Sanskaras ……………………………………………….. 40 Part II The Dispersion and Exhaustion of Sanskaras 49 Part III The Wiping Out of Sanskaras ……………………… 57 GOOD AND EVIL ………………………………………….......... 61 VIOLENCE AND NONVIOLENCE ………………………………… 67 VIOLENCE AND NONVIOLENCE FURTHER EXPLAINED ………….. 72 ACTION AND INACTION ………………………………………… 76 PERFECTION …………………………………………………… 78 THE LIFE OF THE SPIRIT ………………………………………… 83 SELFLESS SERVICE ……………………………………………... 89 THE AVENUES TO UNDERSTANDING ……………………………. 94 THE PROBLEM OF SEX ………………………………………….. 99 vi CONTENTS THE SANCTIFICATION OF MARRIED LIFE ....................................... 104 LOVE …………………………………………………………….. 110 THE INFINITY OF THE TRUTH …………………………………….. 117 THE SEARCH FOR GOD ………………………………………........ 123 THE STAGES OF THE PATH ……………………………………….. 128 ARRIVING AT SELF-KNOWLEDGE ……………………………....... 135 GOD-REALIZATION ……………………………………………… 141 TRUE DISCIPLESHIP ……………………………………………… 146 THE WAYS OF THE MASTERS …………………………………….. 153 THE NATURE OF THE EGO AND ITS TERMINATION Part I The Ego as the Center of Conflict …………………. 160 Part II The Ego as an Affirmation of Separateness ……….. 166 Part III The Forms of the Ego and Their Dissolution ……… 172 THE PLACE OF OCCULTISM IN SPIRITUAL LIFE Part I The Value of Occult Experiences …………………….. 179 Part II The Relationship with the Master in Spiritual Life ….. 186 Part III Occultism and Spirituality …………………………… 193 THE TYPES OF MEDITATION Part I The Nature of Meditation and Its Conditions ……… 201 Part II The Chief Types of Meditation and Their Relative Value ……………………………………... 207 Part III General Classification of the Forms of Meditation … 213 Part IV Assimilation of the Divine Truths …………………. 219 Part V Specialized Meditations That Are Personal ………... 228 Part VI Specialized Meditations That Are Impersonal …….. 234 Part VII Nirvikalpa Samadhi ………………………………… 240 Part VIII Sahaj Samadhi …………………………………….. 246 THE DYNAMICS OF SPIRITUAL ADVANCEMENT …………………. 252 THE DEEPER ASPECTS OF SADHANA …………………………….. 258 THE AVATAR ……………………………………………………. 266 THE MAN-GOD …………………………………………………… Part I Aspirants and God-realized Beings ………………… 271 Part II The State of the Man-God ………………………….. 276 Part III The Work of the Man-God …………………………. 282 THE CIRCLE ……………………………………………………… 288 THE CIRCLES OF THE AVATAR …………………………………… 293 CONTENTS vii THE TRAVAIL OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER ……………………….. 298 REINCARNATION AND KARMA Part I The Significance of Death …………………………….. 301 Part II Hell and Heaven ………………………………………. 307 Part III The Existence and the Memory of Past Lives ……….. 313 Part IV Specific Conditions of an Incarnation ………………... 319 Part V The Need for Male and Female Incarnations …………. 323 Part VI The Operation of Karma Through Successive Lives …………………………………………… 327 Part VII The Destiny of the Reincarnating Individual ………... 334 LIVE FOR GOD AND DIE FOR GOD …………………………………. 339 WORK FOR THE SPIRITUAL FREEDOM OF HUMANITY ……………… 340 THE TASK FOR SPIRITUAL WORKERS ………………………........... 344 QUALIFICATIONS OF THE ASPIRANT Part I Entering into the Realities of Inner Life ……………….. 350 Part II Some Divine Qualities ………………………………… 360 Part III Readiness to Serve ……………………………………. 365 Part IV Fatih …………………………………………………... MAYA Part I False Values ……………………………………………. 370 Part II False Beliefs …………………………………………… 375 Part III Transcending the Falsehoods of Maya ……………….. 379 Part IV God and Maya ………………………………………… 384 THE CONDITIONS OF HAPPINESS Part I The Overcoming of Suffering Through Detachment ……………………………………………. 388 Part II Contentment, Love, and God-realization ……………... 394 GOD AS INFINITE LOVE …………………………………………… 399 EPILOGUE: TWELVE WAYS OF REALIZING ME …………………….. 404 GLOSSARY ……………………………………………………….. 407 Part I Terms Used in the Text of the Discourses ………….. 410 Part II Terms Commonly Used in Other Meher Baba Literature ………………………………………. 420 BIBLIOGRAPHY ……………………………………………........... 421 INDEX ……………………………………………………………. 424 INFORMATION CENTERS …………………………………………. 432 viii Foreword The editors of this seventh edition felt that it would be useful to present a brief publishing history of the Discourses and to comment on the reasons why a new, revised edition was desirable at this time. Publishing History of the Discourses From time to time and over a period of years, Meher Baba dictated discourses and messages on His alphabet board to various individuals and groups. When the Meher Baba Journal first appeared in November 1938, it was arranged that a discourse or message by Meher Baba would be included in each issue. Dr. Chakradhar D. Deshmukh, a member of the Meher Editorial Committee, had the primary responsi- bility of editing and preparing the dictated material for inclusion in the Journal, though several other individuals also participated in this
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