Meher Baba became famous for this simple adage; he said, “I have come to sow the seed of LOVE in your hearts“. Meher Baba (February 25, 1894 – January 31, 1969), was an Indian mystic and spiritual master who declared publicly in 1954 that he was the Avatar of the age. From July 10, 1925 to the end of his life, he maintained silence, and communicated by means of an alphabet board or by unique hand gestures. With his mandali (‘circle’ of disciples), he spent long periods in seclusion in which he often fasted. He would intersperse these periods with wide-ranging travels, public gatherings, and works of charity, including working with lepers, the poor, and the mentally ill. He is one of my favorite Avatars. It’s claimed that there are always five Perfect Masters or Avatars residing on earth, who are direct incarnations from the Infinite Light. Baba states, “Even when the work of the Man-God is measured by the magnitude of its results, the results achieved by the worldly-minded are mostly trivial in comparison. The greatest of souls who are still in spiritual bondage cannot approach the achievements of the Man-God. The Master has behind his work the infinite power of God, while the worldly person is working with the limited power available to him through his ego-mind”.
Baba continues, “From the stage of the atom till the realization of God, the soul is bound by the impressions of duality; and all that happens to it is determined by these impressions. When the soul realizes God, all its sanskaras (accumulated imprints of past experiences, which determine one’s desires and actions) disappear. If the God-realized soul returns to normal consciousness of the world of duality, it assumes universal mind. Absolute Oneness prevails in Reality. Space and time are but illusory. They are merely the effect of the reflection of God’s infinitude.” The points elucidated through Baba’s writings emphasize that until we are free from duality, through realization of our own Divinity, our lives are stuck in limitations which bind. It’s time to remind our Selves of our True Nature, during these days of transition back through the in-breath of the Infinite Light. When we are suffering, fighting, arguing or attached to any aspect of limited creation or illusion, we are identified within the minutia of the illusion. We are “forgetting ourselves”. Many lifetimes are spent in recurring cycles that become crystallized, prisons of our own making. Yet, we fear facing the truth of our own magnificence and being, forever escaping into the world of illusion.
When our lives are focused on the mundane, which relates mainly to survival, sex, and power, all riddled with fears and attachments, there exists a “disconnect” from True Reality. We become lost in a world of greed, corruption and duality, living in fear and escaping through identification and addictions. This is a necessary aspect of self-realization; yet a seemingly endless path. Though the unimaginable length of time for self-perfection seems infinite, so are we. Time dissolves in “no time”. Indigenous cultures, alive today, agree that we approach the “end of time”. Transformation occurs by using every negative as a catalyst for evolution and ultimate transcendence of duality, desires and attachments. That there are those who are fulfilling their own soul’s path through the experience of dominating, controlling and owning everything material, their path is a mere drop in the ocean of bliss and love, which surrounds all. How do we move out of this lower vibration and reconnect with the Source within? Ah, Grasshopper, that is the question! The authentic journey is not one of gaining material stuff, but of spiritual evolution and higher consciousness.
Being fragments of the Whole, each must find or weave their own path; actually, the “way“ has already been created by us at the soul level. Life becomes simple, when in alignment with our own authenticity and truth. In this process, invisible hands guide, lighting our path at every step. From the moment of birth, when the soul becomes embodied, to the moment this form is dropped, we are literally lifted up with each breath. That we don’t realize this is an aspect of veiled consciousness, or “sleep”. True teachings advise: “Sleeper, Awake!”. We are on a journey to “Re-Member our Selves”, and it’s a personal effort that no other can make for us, or judge. The Great Work of inner transformation continues, regardless where others or we are “at” in the present. It’s only in the present that we are. Part of escaping the duality and polarized consciousness around us is to move out of our minds, and begin opening and living from the inner chamber of the Heart. Until balance is restored between the male and female within, there is strife in the triad of juggling the phantoms of “more, better and different”.
Illusion is “solidified” by focusing on it. What we resist persists. This is where an imaginary battle between the “love and lighters” and “conspiracy seekers” forks. Seeking out and knowing various conspiracy truths du jour is an important part of many soul’s evolution. Eventually, it’s realized that focusing on negative self-absorbed aspects, who vainly convince us they are in control, is a self-limiting waste of time. In relation to the higher Realities which await each one of us, as a unified Whole, Baba would say it’s “trivial”. We each hit roadblocks in re-connecting to Source. This is a difficult period which is like being “lost“. The truth is, we never were disconnected. It’s largely a matter of removing our baggage and illusions. This process is similar to courting a lover. At some point, we know we must “back off” and stop pursuing our “true love“, to allow the other to come to us. Patience and allowance are required. We can be prepared and ready for Source to come to us, as we strive to ascend and meet It in the middle. There, Divine and human unite and become One. The few quotes I’ve selected here pale in comparison to the documentary film, “God In Human Form – The Biography of Meher Baba”. To watch this amazing video, click on the following link:
http://www.meherfilmworks.org/videos/ghf_english.html
To find out more about the ongoing work, here are a couple of websites:
http://www.meherbabainformation.org/
http://www.avatarmeherbaba.org/
Meher Baba lived in total silence for most of his life. It seems foolish to write from my own limited, veiled consciousness, as there truly is nothing new under the sun. Yet, we’re all in this together and by sharing our experiences from the heart, we all grow towards the inevitable reunion with one another, in Unity Consciousness with All That Is.
May true love light our shared journey,
Zany Mystic