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BENEDIGTION TO THE AVATitRHOOD OFMEHER BABA,

Oh, Glorious "Deva Deva^'!

Aeons and aeons ago Thou oameth as theDIVINE PISH to ' retrieve the Vedio Lorepilfered by an Asura and expounded great truthsto the royal saint, Satyavrata, at the time ofa minor Deluge :

Thou, as the GREAT TORTOISE, gavethto the good natured Devas that rare immortalizing Nectar on the Mount Mandara :

; Incarnating as the MIGHTY BOAR Thoukilled the demon king, Hiranyaksha to preventthe devastation of this earth :

Prom the huge pillar Thou emerged forthas the invincible NARASIMHA to redress thethe wrongs done by Hiranyakasipa to Thy beloved Devotee, Prahlada,

As VAMANA, the DWARF YACHAKA,Thou outwitted Bali, the egotic 'Danava' bvffieasnring the three worlds with the span ofThy Holy Feet :

A- ZORATHRUSTRA Thou gaveth to theworld Thy famous *Mantra* *Tri Kama ShuddV

Aa PARaSURAM» Thou humbled all the

wicked kinga of the land :

Aa SRI RAMA, the moat righteous man andthe ideal king, Thou established ̂ Dharma' bykilling reveral , 'RaJeshasas^ and the mightyemperor,'the wicked Rarana, and helped all thosewho soaght Thy refuge to the great delight of thewhole of Bharaihavarsha :

COMING aa KRISHNA, a lov»ly cowherdin the form of a Blue Boy of Brundavan, Thou

manifested Thy Supreme Super Perfection, des-troyed Kamsa, helped the righteous Pandavasand annhilated the moat vicious highly self,

centred Kouravas . all for their apiritual elevation:

Thou hast given also to the posterity ThatImmortal Song, "Srimat Bhagavath Geetha" totrue the human standard in terms of a civilised

life by making them leave ail agency and th^fruit of action to Thy Sweet Will:

As GOUTHAMA BUDDHA, the Eternal

Light of all mankind, Thon preached and prao.tised *Ahimsa\ showed Compsseion to all thosssteeped in ignorance, sorrow and misery andferesled 'Nirvana' to all seekers of Trnth :

As JESUS CHRIST, the Blessed Son of th,Divioe Mother, Mary, Thou extended Forgivenesa

granted Mercy and showed Compassion even toThine enemies in spite of several persecutionsand acute suffering on the "Cross" :

As PROPHET MOHAMMED, the Harbingerof Peace and the Knower of Truth, Thou lightedup the Torch of Eternity in Arabia that Godalone is the O^e Reality and all men areinviolably linked together in the one UniversalBrotherhood :

As K.ALKI in the form of AVATAR

MEHER BABA incarnating as the Embodiment

of immaculate Purity and Divine Love, Thoahast come to establish a great age of Beatitudeby softening the ultras through awakening andnot by punishing the wicked through Thydjnamic terrific Glory. Therefore Thou hastdescended on earth as the Greatest God-man ofall cycles to awaken humanity to the sense ofReality on an unprecedented scale through Thymessage of 'Love and Truth'' by shouldering andabsorbing the infinite burden of the whole world.

Thou hast thus condescended oat of infiuiteCompassion to suffer physically and mentally likean ordinary nan through Thy Self imposedSilence and the Power of Thy infinite Blissjnst to relieve man from all suffering and from

1the present agnonieing travail of helplessness andhopelessneBB.

Thou hast thus ceme to awaken the highestTirtue and establish real 'Dharma' through ThyliTing Wisdom, infinite Compassion and Ticarioussnfferingt

Never before in the previous IncarnatiensThou hast observed suoh unique protraotsdSilence for over 40 years, which ia neither staticnor dull but nnnsually dynamic, wonderfullyinviting and highly dilightfnl. At tne same timeit is infinitely ediiying and immeasurably awake-Ding-

It is so much suffused with unbounded compassion and Bspreme wiedom that it has been

awakening the hearts and the minds of all thosewho voluntarily come to Thee with unshakablefaith and one-pointed devotion to rscsive theblessings of THY Universal Love, emanat-ingIrom Thy Solemn Silence to experience abidingpeace and dynamic harmony by the fusion ofthsir hearts and minds tbiough the oneness of alllifOj

Thy Silence is not meant for fulfilling anyTOW or sudhttnu so as to help Thine own spiritualadvancement, singe Thou art already the Highest

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of the High after realising anpreme Divine Con-soiouiBees asone and aeons ago.

Thy Silenoe is now solely intended for thenplitt ef the entire humanity by nnlooking thedoors of their hearts through great punfioatiouand illamination.

It clearly reveals tho utter emptiness of allidle telks and verbal instruotions and also how acreative spiritual pewer oan be uniqaely transmitted by the God-man through His dynamic.Silenoe to raise fallen souls from the mire of illusion.

Thou also assufeth us that the breaking ofThy Silence shall express itself as one uniqueWord which is the Word of all words releasing infi-nate wisdom and nshering in a long expected eraof peace and plenty to the great delight of allhumanity.

Through Thy Sacred Mission 'Thou hast touchedmillions of hearts and established Thy permanentAbode in the hearts of fceveial 'if/mAitOs'awakening 'Sivam a Love, that oonscmfca all sslfishdesires and that inspires a flaming aspiration tothink of Thee constantly, to serve Thee in allcontinuously ' through pure love, sacrifice; andhumility and to merge in Thee finally.

Thou hast lighted up 'Sundaram^ that effulgent Beaiity in every form of Thy creation and ,inspired in Thy devoteeB a fine aesthetic sense toadmire Thy Splendour and perceive Thy uniqueGreatneae so as to glorify Thy superb Perfectionand absorb the same for ail creative acts.

Thus Thy Radiance has aroused the highestideals in all aspirants and sufiTuaed them withnnforgettablo happiaeee and bliss.

In those followers who have conBecrated their

lives to Thee to spread Thy Holy Name andmessage of Love and Truth, Thou hast ignited*Satyam\ that immaculate Purity and thatKnowledge of Divine ConsciousEese that God aloneIs. He IB the only one Reality without a second,and that Thou art always the Self same infiniteindivisible eternal £jcisten«e, experiencing

consciously infinite Knowledge, infinite Power andinfinite Bliss without a moment'B break and

BUBtaining this illusion with Thy Love Divine.This Benevolence is the binding link, keeping opall life in this illasory game which is Thy owncreation for the evolution of the consoiousnesB

of all jeevas to make them realise their Ultimate

Divinity.

By enlightening them with this Gospel ofLove and Trnth Thou hast firmly strengthened

their oonviotion that Thou art the aame symbolof the Highest Self, immanent in every one aadthat Thou ert utterly impereonal and whollydivine with infinite Lovo for all.

Thou art tlso the equality and the quality of

all things.

Besides imparting such Knowledge and suehspiritual Wisdom Thou hast ini'jlanted prioelessseeds of Divine Love in their hearts through Thyocoasienal eignifioant gifts and *DivyadrushtVand inspired all ardent lovers of Thina to pourforth abundant immaculate love so as to realise

their own Higher Solf through the lighting Touchof Thy Grace.

Thou hast also stimulated in Thy dear onesnot only a burning longing for that all-embraoingpure love bnt a real thirst for their whole-heartedobedienre and complete surrender to Thy Will

and Wish. Besides, Thou hast blessed tbem withneoessary strength, determination and fortitude

to be freed as quickly as posaibla from the pit ofignorance and from all binding eanskaras inorder to be finallv absorbed in Thy Divinity of

'Sat chit-Ananda' eoDseibusly for all times tooome.

In all spiritnal aepiranta Thoa hatt wonderfully stimulated a graat thirat for the life of theSpirit and shown the Way.

In all those earnest advaaoed eonls, ploddingtheir way to disentangle themselves from theever-binding shacJcles of 'Maya' and duality,Ihou hast hastened their Liberation markedlyin Bo many mysterious ways,

To the thirsty intelligent philosopher, everanxious for the Adhyatmic study and for deepmeditation, Ihon bast given a vast monumentalspiritual lore through a higbl^^ rational eoientifioappioach.

But to the heretic and to the agnostic Thymystic ways and statementi all appear to behighly uneompromiaing and a riddle.

■How can they fathom the depths of Thyinfinite Ocean with their limited knowledge, falsethinking and coloured vision ?

For the contemporary humanity Thou ha»tput op through Thy exemplary Life an idealstandard against which man can meaanre what hecan became.

In this way Thou hast awakened in man areal understanding of his own epiritaal natur* bygearing up his act' ̂ 'Mcs in the Ueht of a divinisedhuman life.

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Through Thy message! and biography andthe shining examples of the dynamic lives of Thyintimate followers, Thon haet left behind to theposterity for close study, observation and emula«tion a right royal way to practise constantly aglorious redeeming life of high perfection Ofnobility, purity and humility with selSeas love andsnpreme sacrifice so as to establish real peace,harmony and universal fellowship.

Thou hast mysteriously attenuated the thickcurtain of man's complex false thinking and falsenature which have created all the while so manyfolds of separateness, aloofness and ego centricconsoiousness,

In this way Thou hast awakened all sleepingsouls from their deep elumber of ignorance torealise their latent Divine Consciousness of theirindivisible oneness and identity with God, whoalone is eternally real from the beginninglassBeginning and all phenomenal creation is nothingbut a world of shadows. This illnsion Is everehanging and never abiding. It is the creation ofThy Imagination for Thy own sportive Delight.

Thou hast thus inspired a longiog in thamfor things sublime to be freed from all bondageand hastened all of thera to thirst for their finalUnion with Thee so as to experience their iBftlieBa-

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ble Divinity, 'I am God State', as per their meritand intense loDKin^ throneh Thy grace of Illnmi-naticn and Divine Love.

Thy inoonoeivable Benediction in the form ofrepeated Blessings, G'fts and Nazar has wonderfully paved a clear way to naaka all thosefortnnate receptive earnest soula forget theirlittle selves completely and practise whole-heartedlv a, natural 'Sadhana' that is quitesnitab'e to their tastes, oapacity and environments.

Thy Divine Love which is in.cono6ivab1v<nniqne has manifested itself in all its glory aa."Thy Mastery in i^ervitndel' through the finalityof Thy infinite Consoionsness and infinite Compas-siop.

In this Incarnation of unpreoedentd LoveThon hast clearly manifested Thy Highest Statueas the Greatest Avatar of aU cycles throneh ThyCompassionate or'fiative work with the Mad, thoMast, the Sadhun. the Saints, the needy and thepoor.

Thou hast thns served them all with nnimaoi-nable patience, tenderness and love which haveno parallel, so far in all history without sho^insany invidious dislinotions of oaste, creed or

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Dationalityt in spite of so many overwhelminghandioapa and adverto conditions.

Then haat very kindly nnrsed all of them asa Divine Mother through Thy unique Masteryin Servitude, washed their feet and adored them

by seeing Thy universal Self in all. Thou hastalso given them very liberal charities purely asThy love gifts for their eustonaTna withoutmaking them feel obliged ia sny way out ofgenuine affection.

Thou hast thus helped several lakhi of peoplein 80 many ways and also utilized some of themas Thy effaofcive iuHtruments and channels forelevating innumerable souls, connected with theseapparent derelicts from time to time in differentspheres of work, unobserved in Thy uniquemanner.

Above all, Thy various tours in this sub-contineat, in the East and in the West olo&rlyindicate that Thou hast come down on earth notfor a f®w individuals as in the oase, of previousAvatara bit for several millions to give atremendons spiritual push oa a universal scalethrongh Thy special agents who are apread all•ver the; world.

Thou best thus purposely renewed and eata.blished Thy ancient links with these chosen men

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and oharg«>d them with the necessary power andauthority to share an infinitesmal part of Thyuniversal wo''k through Thy LOVE and Qracf.

This Love Divine is highly dynamio anduniquely expansive. It knows no decay or fear.It has enlivened the hearts of many with realaffection, mercy and forgiveness.

Besides this, it has lighted up the minds ofseveral contacts with an unclouded understanding, spiritual wisdom and real knowledge of thelife Eternal,

Words fail to sxpress Thy countless Glories,Oh, Merciful Bhagavan !

Inspire us to respond to Thy clarion call tohold on to Thy Daavnan at all costs in ailsituations through unswearing faith, intense love,implicit obedience, and complete enrrender inorder tO; know Thee, see Thee and experienceThy Reality by remembering Thee always withone-pointed devotion and by resigning everythingto Thy sweet Will and Wish.

^ Dr. T. DHANAPATHY RAO,, L a hnmble devotee,

Meher Nllayam,Oandhinasar,

• K*KINADAi

MtstcTmiTi Prtateri Kfikinada

THE UhlVEPSAL PRAYER

{Tkit PHayER was dictated byMEHER BAB A)

O PaRVARDIGAR, the Preserver and Protectorof all.

You are withont Beginning, and without End;Non dual, betond Comparison; and none can

measure You.

You are without color, withont expression, without form, and without attributes

You are unlimited and unfathomable, beyondimagination and conoeption; eternal andimperishable.

You indiTislble; „d .one enn eee von, bnlWith eyes Divine.

Yon nlwnje were, Yon .l,,y, nr., and Yonalways will be;

You are everywhere, You are in everything, andYou are also beyond eveywhere and beyond

everything.You ara in the firmament and in the depths, ^ 'You are manifest and nnmanifeet; on all planes

and beyond all planes. *

Yon are in the three vorldB, and alsoi)e:^ond thethree worlds; ;

Yew are imperceptible and independent.Ton are the Creator, the. Lord of Lords, the

Knower of all minds and hearts;

You are Omnipotent and Omnipresent.You are Knowledge [nfinite, Power Infinite, and

BlUs Infinite.

You are the Ocean of Knowledge, All-Knowing,Infinitely-Knowing; the Knower of the past,the present and the future, and Y#u areKnowledge itself.

You are All-merciful and eternally beneTolent;You are the Soul of soula, the One with Infinite

attribntos; You are the Trinity of Troth,Knowledge, and Bliss;

You are the Scarce of Truth, the Ocean of Loto;Yon are the Ancient One, the Highest of the High;You are Prabhu and Parameehwar;

You are the Beyond-God, and the Beyond-Beyond-Qod also; You are Parabrahma;Allah; Elah'; Yezdan; Ahuramazda; GodAlmighty; and God the BeloTed.

Ton aro named Ezad; i.o., the only one, w,ortby of■ worship.. ^

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Prayer For Baba's Lovers S Mantlali{^dictated by ME HER BAB A)

Beloved God, help na all to love you more aacmore.

and more and more and atill yet more,till we become worthy of Union with you;and help ua ail to hold fast to Baba's daamantill the very end.

INTRODUCTION

The truth of all religions ia LOVE for GOD, th iOne and the only God Who resides equally in ul^all and is approachable by one and all, high andlow, rich and poor, any caste, creed, race, religionor nationality.Prayer ia the eye through which wo aeo God andprayer is the inner approach to Godi

MIHHB SA.BA

THE PRAYER OF REPENTANCE(This Prayer was dictated By MEHER BABA)

DM Parabrahma Paramatma,Ta-Yazdan, La ilaha Illallah,O God, Father in Heaven !

We repent. 0 GOD Most Merciful for all our sine*for every thought that was false or unjustor unclean; for every word spoken thatought not to have been spoken; for everydeed done that ought not to have been done«

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We repent for every deed and word and thoughliinipired by Belfishness, and for every deedand word and thoaght inspired by hatred.

We repent most epeoially for every laatfolthoaght and every laetful aotion; for everylie; for all hypocrisy; for every promise givenbat not fnlfiUed, and for all slander and

backbiting'

Most specially also we repent for every aotionthat has brought ruin to others; for everyword and deed that has given others pain;and for every wish that pain shonld befallothers. ,

In your Unbounded Mercy, we ask you to forgivens, 0 God ! for all these sins committed by

us, and to forgive os for our cooBtant failures

to think and speak and act according toYour Will.

With the Kind Permission of Sri Adi K. Irani,Sole Licencee of Avatar MERER BABA ~

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