Misfortune

I saw a holy man on the seashore who had been
wounded by a tiger. No medicine could relieve his
pain; he suffered much but he nevertheless constantly
thanked God the most high, saying: ‘Praise be to God
that I have fallen into a calamity and not into sin.’

If that beloved Friend decrees me to be slain
I shall not say that moment that I grieve for life
Or say: What fault has thy slave committed?
My grief will be for having offended thee.

Sa'di

(Thanks to Rokko on the Meher Baba list serve for showing me this one)

HERE I AM

Lost am I
In the darkness
Trying to see
In vain it is
So lonely I feel
Wanting it to end
Despair fills the mind
Hopelessness surrounding
Crushing my self
I will never make it
There is nothing
I give up
Where is my beloved?




HERE I AM

I am equally approachable...

Given by Meher Baba on 20 July 1952.

I am equally approachable to one and all, big and small,
To saints who rise and sinners who fall,
Through all the various paths that give the divine call.
I am approachable alike to saint whom I adore
And to sinner whom I am for,
And equally through Sufism, Vedantism, Christianity,
Or Zoroastrianism and Buddhism and other isms
Of any kind and also directly through no medium of 'isms' at all.

Passing Passions

Passing Passions Drive
Ego Engine Suffering
Mind Fooled Yet Again

Rememberance

If God-realization is the goal, and Remembrance is the key, then everything else is whiling away your time. Whatever you do, do it for Him, that way Remembrance becomes part of your life.

-Eruch Jessawalla

Meher Baba, God to Man and Man to God, p. 259

Enjoy all, don’t discard anything, but think it is Baba — Baba who enjoys, Baba who is eating. It is Baba sleeping soundly and when you wake up, remember it is Baba getting up! Keep this one thought constantly with you.

poem from Meher Baba to disciple Dr. Donkin on his birthday 4/5/44

In the Moonlight Just you and me
When everything is bright Just you and me
In darkness or in light Just you and me
In wrong or in right Just you and me
When devil is in flight Just you and me
When God is in sight Just you and me
When Truth is all Might Just you and me
When difficulties are slight Just you and me
In corners all tight Just you and me.

Fractal Water Consciouness

Fractal Iterate
Water Spinning Vortices
Consciousness Awake

Return to the Game

Fall down and get up
Shake the head and brush the knees
Return to the Game

Fool

Meher played a fool
to save us all from death
at the same moment