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The New Life: Their spontaneous offering of love was a touching sight

[On October 21st 1950, Baba departed from Mahabaleshawar on a six-week tour of India – Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa , Bihat, West Bengal […]

The New Life: The incident that turned a revolutionary into a staunch lover (Part-2 of 2)

Unknown to anyone in the hall, this whole scene impacted one man in the group even more profoundly. He had come with the others […]

The New Life: The incident that turned a revolutionary into a staunch lover (Part-1 of 2)

Meher Baba at Mahabaleshwar, 16 October, 1950

[Baba left Dehra Dun on 17th June 1950 to move to Satara. From Satara Baba and […]

The New Life: The immeasurable gift of Baba’s physical contact to the saints, sadhus and mahatmas

Accompanied by Aloba, Baidul, Eruch, Gustadji, Murli, Pendu, Keki Desai, Keki Nalavala, and the servant-boy Satyapal, Baba left Manjri Mafi for Motichur on Friday, […]

The New Life: Don provided an example of love for him in the New Life worthy of being followed

Pendu, Don [Dr. William Donkin], Sadashiv, Baidul and Aloba arrived with the caravan, tongas and bullock cart on the 20th. Baba’s protective gaze […]

The New Life: Baba accepts Todi Singh’s request to offer bhiksha (Part -3 of 3)

On January 16th, Todi Singh returned to Manjri Mafi with his entire family: his mother, wife, daughter and sister with her little son. With […]

The New Life: Baba accepts Todi Singh’s request to offer bhiksha (Part -2 of 3)

Todi Singh made one final appeal, “Keep these tins of butter and send them to Baba.”

“I cannot interfere with His conditions on anyone’s […]

The New Life: Baba accepts Todi Singh’s request to offer bhiksha (Part -1 of 3)

Another person who played a special part in Baba’s stay at Manjri Mafi was a gentleman named Todi Singh. Earlier in August 1949 just […]

The New Life: Kumar – from Non-believer to Believer (Part -2 of 2)

In the early morning, long before dawn, he heard the rattling of keys outside his cell, and a jail officer suddenly opened the door […]

The New Life: Kumar – from Non-believer to Believer (Part -1 of 2)

Kumar holding umbrella

Kumar as a young man in the 1930s was an ardent revolutionary involved in fighting for Inches independence from the […]