Conversations about Meher Baba

Late Night Chat with Margi & Peter: AMB Heartland Center, Feb 2, 2023, live on Baba Zoom

Late night chat centered around our Beloved. A sharing of hearts led by Margi Connor and Peter Goodman.Jai Baba all and Happy Baba’s Amartithi!I’m currently sitting on Meherabad hill listening to the Kiwali singers. Bringing all of you here and sending love from the Samadhi 🙏This week we have two very special guests-Alisa Genovese and Pamela Butler-Stone. They will be talking about the Heartland Center in OK. I just recently visited and had an incredibly power time. By Baba’s happenstance, just after I arrived in Asheville, Alisa and I connected and thought it would be great to have her and Pamela share about the center in Prague along with all the efforts being made to make it a place of pilgrimage for all. Alisa Genovese: Has been a Baba-Lover since age 19, over 40 years. She was fortunate to have been reunited with Him so young and grew up under His Wing. She heard His name from a friend while in college at UC Santa Barbara, who became her first true introduction into her life path with Baba. She has an MA in psychology and a private practice specializing in Graceful Life Transitions. Baba is the guiding force behind all she does. She is currently working on a project in conjunction with the Heartland Center in Prague OK to acquire and memorialize the sacred sites related to Baba’s 1952 accident and recuperation.Pamela Butler-Stone had been searching since childhood for what was real, and finally learned of Meher Baba from her art teacher in college, Enfield Richmond. As soon as she saw Baba‘s face and read His words on a small card, she knew that this was who she had been seeking her whole life.In the world, she is an artist, photographer, interior, designer, and president of the Avatar Meher Baba Heartland Center. In all of these roles, she tries to be true to Baba‘s message “To penetrate into the essence of all being and significance, and to release the fragrance of that inner attainment for the guidance and benefit of others, by expressing in the world of forms, truth, love purity, and beauty… “They will be sharing a bit about the history of Baba’s accident, as well as what the current state of the center is. Feel free to raise your hands and ask any questions.Talk to you all soon!In His Love,Margi and PeterTo join the email list for Late Night Chats, please contact Angela

Late Night Chat with Jeff Wolverton: Daniel Stone, Jan 29, 2023, 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! Topic: Guest Speaker, Daniel StoneDear folks of Baba, We have as our guest this week, Daniel Stone, who is originally from the Washington DC area, but has lived many years in here Myrtle Beach. Like many who were destined to be Baba lovers, Daniel grew up without any exposure to formal religion by his parents.. His father, a scientist, and his mother, a therapist, were both atheists, and so he was basically left to search for the ultimate meaning and purpose of life on his own. His journey was a colorful one, begun in his teens, which led him through, in his words, “a wilderness of experiences” as he sought the possibility of higher states of consciousness. This ultimately led him to the feet of a great master in India, who then guided him inwardly to Meher Baba. His is the story of many of us who began our search for God in the exploratory 1970s. Daniel has been to India many times and had a close association with Baba’s intimate mandali over the years and is open to any questions we might have of his exchanges with them. He headed up the DC Baba group for many years before moving to Myrtle Beach. He is on the board of the Meher Spiritual Center and has spent much time with the Trust in India helping to develop the fifty-year plan for Meherazad and Meherabad. Come with questions to draw out his wealth of experience in the Baba world. In His love, JeffTo join the email list for Late Night Chats, contact AngelaThis event was recorded live. To be first to be notified of a new video on this channel, please hit the red subscribe button, then the notifications bell. To join future live events, see www.babazoom.net. Please join our Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/meherbabafamily

Late Night Chat with Jeff Wolverton: “To be natural is most godly”, Jan 22, 2023, 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! Topic: “To be natural is most godly.” Meher BabaDear folks of Baba, Over the years in Mandali Hall, one of the most frequently shared quotes of Baba by Eruch, one of His intimate mandali, was the following: “To be natural is most godly.” And Eruch was just that—so natural. He would arrive in the hall, seemingly without any agenda and allow the morning and afternoon sessions to just unfold spontaneously. All of the mandali had that naturalness. As a result of decades of living with Baba were they in fact evolving toward being natural? Naturalness—a wonderful thought, and it seems so attainable. What could be easier than that? On a closer look, are there deeper issues that Baba is opening up? We think of little children as being natural, but when that child reaches its teenage years, the naturalness often turns to an unnatural self-consciousness. At this point, has the mind begun to interfere with the spontaneous response of our heart? But what does Baba mean by being natural? Why didn’t He say to be spiritual is most godly, or to be religious or helpful is most godly?` What interferes with naturalness? What about selfish impulses and desires? Or mental calculations about the situation we find ourselves in? In giving in to these, are we being natural in the sense that Baba means? To what extent do attitudes, opinions and beliefs interfere with naturalness? How does spontaneity figure into this? What part does love play in being natural? Is being natural really being loving? When love comes into play in an activity or type of work that we are completely absorbed in, doesn’t naturalness come quite effortlessly? Will making efforts to give up all forms of unnaturalness lead to naturalness? Is giving in to our desires, wants and negative emotions ultimately natural? Is there a line between being “desire" natural and “heart" natural? What part do awareness and intuition in each situation play in being natural? Victor Hugo, the French novelist, once said, “Virtue, as it the case of vice, is a calculated action. But love is not calculated. It wells up in the heart and expresses itself spontaneously.” In His love with help from dear friends, JeffTo join the email list for Late Night Chats, contact AngelaThis event was recorded live. To be first to be notified of a new video on this channel, please hit the red subscribe button, then the notifications bell. To join future live events, see www.babazoom.net. Please join our Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/meherbabafamily

Late Night Chat with Margi & Peter: guest Michelle McKeever, Jan 19, 2023, live on BabaZoom

Late night chat centered around our Beloved. A sharing of hearts led by Margi Connor and Peter Goodman.Jai Baba all!I know I said last week that we would have Mehera Blum on this week, but there has been a little switch up. She will be joining us the following week. This week we have the lovely Michelle McKeever.Michelle is one of my dearest friends and someone I have been so lucky to grow close to over the years. Her and I run a Baba podcast together called God In The Real World. We were invited to speak at the LA Zoom Sahavas this past summer and when they asked how she wanted to be introduced-her answer summed up perfectly what a practical, loving, and empathetic spirit she is. She said she wanted to be introduced as just another human being. For all of you that don't know her, this sums her energy and how she shows up in the world perfectly. Michelle is an educator, healer, and most of all, friend to everyone. She is heavily involved with the Youth Sahavas, as the coordinator of the worker wallas. Her energy over the years has greatly shaped the event. Her own "Baba story" started during her own years attending, and the reverence she has carried through her years of volunteering is contagious. Michelle will be sharing some of experiences of her inner life with Baba, followed by any questions you have for her. Feel free to put your hands up and ask away!In His Love,Margi and PeterTo join the email list for Late Night Chats, please contact AngelaThis event was recorded live. To be first to be notified of a new video on this channel, please hit the red subscribe button, then the notifications bell. To join future live events, see www.babazoom.net. Please join our Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/meherbabafamily

Late Night Chat with Jeff Wolverton: Self-forgetfulness, Jan 15, 2023, 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! Topic: Self-forgetfulness and Baba remembranceDear folks of Baba, Eruch, one of Baba's intimate mandali, talked about combining self-forgetfulness and Baba remembrance in our relationship with Baba--to forget ourselves in our activities and work, that is, to be deeply absorbed in what we do, and when we come out of that absorption, to then remember Baba. Self-forgetfulness in the sense that Eruch describes is a dynamic, creative and one-pointed focus, in contrast to a self-focused and half-hearted state. Eruch said when we truly forget ourselves in what we do, Baba can live through us even though we are not aware of it. At work, for example, we might be totally focused on the programming we’re doing on the computer; simultaneously Baba can be living through us. And when there is a break in that focus, we return to thinking of Baba. In Eruch’s words, “When we remember to remember, remember Baba."Margaret Craske’s dancers found that it didn’t work to remember Baba in the midst of their professional ballet performances, but instead they would remember Him before and after their performances.Do you feel your work or some of your activities take you away from Baba? Does that worry you?Darwin Shaw, a long time follower of Baba, shared with us a balanced example of being wholehearted about work, earning a living for his family, while at the same time staying intimately focused on Baba.In what activities do you lose yourself, such as sports, music, dance, art, walking in nature, being with your grandchildren?Is there a smooth transition between the two, shifting from self-forgetfulness to remembering Baba?Can too much conscious remembrance of Baba create an unnaturalness in us?In His love, JeffTo join the email list for Late Night Chats, contact AngelaThis event was recorded live. To be first to be notified of a new video on this channel, please hit the red subscribe button, then the notifications bell. To join future live events, see www.babazoom.net. Please join our Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/meherbabafamily

Late Night Chat with Margi & Peter: Navigating Relationships w Baba, Jan 13, 2023, live on BabaZoom

Late night chat centered around our Beloved. A sharing of hearts led by Margi Connor and Peter Goodman.Jai Baba everyone!Baba works on us in all sorts of ways. He pushes us to our limits and uses the people in our lives to do it. I have always felt that Baba uses the relationships we have with others to do the ultimate work. It can be easy to just live in your own bubble, in the same routine, and feel so close to Him. We get into a groove that helps us remember Him. It is almost as if when we are with ourselves, alone, we have no one to rub up against. Do you feel this to be the case?We then emerge from this bubble and have to maintain the inner connection in daily activities WITH PEOPLE. We feel so unshakeable, until someone in our lives says or does something that triggers our humanness. Does this happen to you? What are some examples? How do you navigate this?Baba wants us to love and serve others. Wouldn't it be easy if we didn't have to inertact with personalities and challenges of being human? It all seems so simple until one of our loved ones does something that doesn't fit the ideal we had imagined. How do you Love Him in them? How do you stay connected to Him?Relationships can also serve as a vessel of Love that connects us more to Him and opens our heart. Has that ever been the case for you? How did you not loose yourself to that relationship and remain internally connected to your one true Beloved?These are just a few thoughts that came to me regarding relationships and the spiritual path. It is a wide open concept and one that we inevtiably face head on each and every day.In His Love, Margi and PeterTo join the email list for Late Night Chats, please contact AngelaThis event was recorded live. To be first to be notified of a new video on this channel, please hit the red subscribe button, then the notifications bell. To join future live events, see www.babazoom.net. Please join our Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/meherbabafamily

Late Night Chat with Jeff Wolverton: Decision-making with Baba, Jan 8, 2023, 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 spontaneous chat, more readings, songs, quotes, you never know what treasures will be uncovered! Topic: Decision-making with BabaDear folks of Baba, In this life with Baba, we are continually having to make decisions, some much more crucial than others, which have relevance and often a serious impact on our inner life with Him. We may be at a crossroads in our work career: should we stay at our present job or accept another offer of employment? What if that offer would involve moving to another city? We may be faced with what college to go to among various choices. What major to go into? We may be having to decide whether it is time to get married. In many cases such as these, we may not feel we know ourselves well enough, we are out of our depths. What if we make a so-called mistake on a decision so crucial? In these moments, we turn to Baba. But how do we access His wish in these situations? We each have unique ways of endeavoring to hear Baba’s voice and distinguish it from the voice of our emotional impulses or the voice that’s always telling us what we “should” do. How do angst, stress, overload, confusion, frustration, physical pain figure into your consciously turning to Baba for help? Do your emotions ever get tangled up in your decisions, so that you get in your own way? What then? If you've asked Baba for his guidance and yet don't feel His response, what is your next move? What do you think about lightheartedly bringing Baba into simple everyday choices: "Okay, Baba, what's your pick for tonight's supper/movie/whatever?" Do you suppose He might surprise you with the outcome? What are some of the methods you turn to to determine what Baba might wish or might please Him? Some check in with their body to feel whether they are getting a green light from Baba in regard to a decision. Some might consult Baba’s words and see whether something resonates. Some go deep within and try to access their intuition that lets them know. Some use a method like Aloba, one of the mandali, who would write on pieces of paper, yes and no, fold them up, pray to Baba deeply and then choose one of them. A dear friend shared, “Let the mind respond to the heart and act accordingly.” How does that happen? What methods and even signs or indicators have worked for you?In His love, JeffTo join the email list for Late Night Chats, contact AngelaThis event was recorded live. To be first to be notified of a new video on this channel, please hit the red subscribe button, then the notifications bell. To join future live events, see www.babazoom.net. Please join our Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/meherbabafamily

Post-Arti Party, Jan 8, 2023, live on Baba Zoom

We have some informal chat after every arti, the "post-arti party"! Today Jack tells a Baba story.This event was recorded live. To be first to be notified of a new video on this channel, please hit the red subscribe button, then the notifications bell. To join future live events, see www.babazoom.net. Please join our Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/meherbabafamily

Late Night Chat with Margi Connor & Peter Goodman: , Jan 6, 2023, live on BabaZoom

Late night chat centered around our Beloved. A sharing of hearts led by Margi Connor and Peter Goodman.Jai Baba all and Happy New Year!I hope all of you enjoyed the holidays and are filled with the excitment of what Baba will bring you this year. I would love to discuss the concept of wholeheartedness this week. How do we do it? What does it truly mean? Baba tells us to do our best, but then leave the rest to Him. How are we to know when we have fully poured our whole heart into something? What do you do when you just don't feel like doing something? Of course, the things we love to do come to us with ease and full enthusiasm, but how do we do the "hard things" Baba calls us to do? He is constantly pushing our limits through humiliation and exhaustion. How do you prevail through? What are practices you have created to show up with the most Love? Is it a physical act or more of an internal shift? Hopefully these questions inspired some thought on this topic. I can't wait to see where this goes and hear everything you all have to share.In His Love, MargiTo join the email list for Late Night Chats, please contact AngelaThis event was recorded live. To be first to be notified of a new video on this channel, please hit the red subscribe button, then the notifications bell. To join future live events, see www.babazoom.net. Please join our Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/meherbabafamily

Late Night Chat with Bob Jaeger and Vesta Clinton, Jan 4, 2023, live on Baba Zoom

An impromptu conversation with Bob Jaeger and Vesta Clinton!We have some informal chat after every arti, the "post-arti party"! But twice a week, Jeff Wolverton joins us for some serious mining of the spiritual depths. Join us for spontaneous chat, more readings, songs, quotes, you never know what treasures will be uncovered! This event was recorded live. To be first to be notified of a new video on this channel, please hit the red subscribe button, then the notifications bell. To join future live events, see www.babazoom.net. Please join our Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/meherbabafamily