Late Night Chat with Jeff: Pilgrimages, Dec 15, 2024, live on Baba Zoom

We have some informal chat after every arti, the "post-arti party"! But once a week, Jeff Wolverton joins us for some serious mining of the spiritual depths. Join us for conversation, more readings, songs, quotes - you never know what treasures will be uncovered!

Dear folks of Baba,

I thought to continue with last week’s topic that was rudely interrupted by some octogenarian’s birthday. No really, I want to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart for your very kind words and touching acknowledgement; I couldn’t help thinking during the celebration what love Baba has generated over the entire sweep of a lifetime; how fortunate we are to have the Lord of Creation looking after all of us and participating so personally in our lives!

Here is this Sunday’s topic again:

The Late Night Chat Sunday December 15th 10 pm EST

Topic: Pilgrimages to Baba Places

Dear folks of Baba,

I have just returned from my yearly pilgrimage to Meherabad and Meherazad, where I stayed for nearly six weeks in these two most heavenly places on earth. This isn’t to say that Baba’s presence is not equally everywhere, but there the veil of illusion is infinitely more transparent compared to most other places on the earth. As soon as I come into the environs of Meherabad and Meherazad, my whole being is lightened; you might say my mass of sanskaras (my conditioning) is dissolved to such an extent that I instantly experience the spiritual or the more refined side of myself. Due to Baba’s work in these places, Meherabad and Meherazad are treasure houses of His divine impressions which spontaneously and gradually dissolve our good and bad impressions and fill us with His love.

Eruch used to say that our pilgrimage to Meherabad is “your gift to Baba.” Of course, we all know that it is His gift to us, but it is our gift to Him as well. As early as the 1930s, Baba said, “In the future, Meherabad will be like Jerusalem. For My spiritual work, it is the best place. It will always be the center of My work.” On another occasion, He said, “The whole universe is Mine, but this place is especially Mine.” Meherabad is one of His major hospitals, so to speak, with all the latest equipment and technology to perform the most sophisticated treatments and operations when a doctor’s house visits are not succeeding. His work within us is usually done with an anesthetic, though on rare occasions His surgery can be painful. In either case, we are relieved of spiritual blockages, complexes and other weaknesses often unknown to us, which may have been impeding the flow of our love.

I have found that other places where Baba has been such as the Meher Center, Meher Mount and the Heartland Center also have Baba’s divine impressions and uplifting atmosphere. Also, the places His lovers have dedicated to Him--and their very homes--definitely hold His loving atmosphere. Baba once gave a graphic metaphor about the need for pilgrimages to sacred places, that they are like crime scenes: blood hounds are brought in and given some article of clothing and personal items of the fugitive to smell, and then they set out in all directions, following the scent. But sometimes, when they are too far afield, the dogs lose the scent of the quarry and have to be brought back to the scene of the crime. Likewise, Baba says, when His lovers return from Baba places to their life in the world again, over time they often lose the divine scent and need to be immersed in it again. From time to time, people who haven’t been to the Center in decades admit that they had forgotten the intimacy of Baba’s special loving presence that can be felt here, and they are uplifted in His love.

What have been some of your experiences in being in India, the Meher Center or any of the other places dedicated to Baba? What effect has it had on your inner life with Him? Feel free to share any treasured stories of your pilgrimages.

In His love, Jeff

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