"It was like seeing a champion boxer just beaten and bloody on the ground..."
Meher Mount
Your Friday photo is in honor of Baba’s Tree…
The comments from Ron Holsey, board vice president and guest caretaker, are from his interview for the feature documentary on Baba’s Tree — Tree of Fire: A Story of Love and Resilience.
This photo was taken by Margaret Magnus, producer of Tree of Fire, after the 2017 Thomas Fire and high winds felled Baba’s Tree. This picture shows a major section of the trunk lying on the ground after it broke off.
“The first time that I saw the tree after the fire, it was this grand majestic, strong living being that had been just decimated and was suffering.
“It was like seeing a champion boxer just beaten and bloody on the ground. It was this towering giant that had been felled. It was heartbreaking.
“I had a lot of empathy for tree. I just felt bad that Baba’s Tree tree had to go through that.
“It had been through so much. It had survived one fire already.”
Tree of Fire: A Story of Love and Resilience
Tree of Fire is the journey of a seemingly ordinary oak tree blessed by the presence of Avatar Meher Baba. For decades, Baba’s Tree fulfills its role of inspiring others. Then one night it is felled by fire and high winds. Its very existence is threatened.
Through the tree’s own resilience and love, it is transformed by fire to emerge even more powerful in radiating Meher Baba’s love.