Meher Baba the Awakener

144 Pages·2006·1.01 MB·English

MEHER BABA THE AWAKENER
Second Edition (1993)

By

Charles Haynes

An Avatar Meher Baba Trust eBook
June 2011

Copyright © 1989 by Charles Haynes

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MEHER BABA,
THE AWAKENER

Charles Haynes
AVATAR FOUNDATION, INC.
Meher Baba, The Awakener
Copyright © 1989 Charles Haynes

Second Edition, 1993

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without
permission in writing from the author.
All of Meher Baba's quotes Copyright © Avatar Meher Baba
Perpetual Public
Charitable Trust, Ahmednagar, India, except quotes from
God Speaks, Life at its Best and Beams from Meher Baba on the
Spiritual
Panorama Copyright © Sufism Reoriented,
Walnut Creek, California.

Other persons quoted from Love Alone Prevails, The God-Man
and Treasures from
the Meher Baba Journals Copyright © Meher Spiritual Center.

Other persons quoted from The Wayfarers and Silent Word
Copyright © Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable
Trust.

Other persons quoted from 82 Family Letters
Copyright © Universal Spiritual League in America
.
Other persons quoted from The Glow Copyright © Naosherwan
Anzar.

All quotes from While the World Slept
Copyright © Bhau Kalchuri, Ahmednagar, India.

All quotes from Much Silence Copyright © Meher Baba Spiritual
League, Ltd.

All photographs of Meher Baba Copyright © Lawrence Reiter,
Myrtle Beach, S.C.
except for photograph at Narbada River, Jabalpur, (page 110)
Copyright © Jayne Barry Haynes, Myrtle Beach, S.C.

All quotes and photographs used by permission.

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Cover Design: Keith Sheridan Associates, Inc.

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Acknowledgements

I wish to thank Meher Baba's men and women mandali for
the insight and inspiration that made this book possible. I
am especially grateful to Eruch Jessawala for his loving
help and encouragement.

Since he first proposed this book in 1986, Ken Coleman has
worked tirelessly and selflessly on every aspect of the
project. Jeff Wolverton and David Carter made many valu-
able suggestions that greatly strengthened the book. David
also spent many hours checking the references and proofing
the text. Robert Love helped in many ways, great and small,
throughout the project. Marsha Forman graciously assisted
in the final stages of production.

Though it has been much revised, much of the original
manuscript was written for my doctoral dissertation at
Emory University. I owe much to John Fenton and Jack
Boozer for their guidance and support during that time and
throughout my academic career.

Elizabeth Patterson, a disciple of Meher Baba, first
introduced me to him more than thirty years ago. Her life of
service will always stand as a living example of Meher
Baba's love in action. This book is dedicated to her.

Charles Haynes
Throughout this book, with the
exception of the Supplement,
Meher Baba's words appear
in italics. All of the material in
the Supplement was given by
Meher Baba.
Contents

INTRODUCTION ……..1

1. THE DIVINE THEME ……..5
The story of consciousness; The Journey of
Consciousness;
The Divine Romance; The Avatar

2. THE LIFE STORY ...….35
Veiled Youth; Realized Divinity; Seeker of
God;
The God-Man

3. THE UNIVERSAL WORK ……65
Speaking in Silence; Mastery in Servitude;
Agents and Masts;
Seclusion Work; Universal Suffering; The
New Humanity

4. THE AWAKENING OF THE HEART ……85
The Path of Love; Knowledge of the Heart;
Love, Obedience
and Surrender; Remembrance; The Awakener

SUPPLEMENT

Meher Baba's Universal Message …...111
The Avatar …...112
The Master's Prayer …...117
How TO Love God …...118
The Seven Realities …...119
The Highest of The High …...120

FOOTNOTES …...128
Meherabad, 1927-28