"Whenever I visit a place or stay there..." - Avatar Meher Baba
Meher Mount
Your Friday photo…
This night view of the newly completed Darshan Courtyard at Meher Mount was taken by resident caretaker Ray Johnston.
The Darshan Courtyard is in the space of the former Baba Room where Avatar Meher Baba met with His followers and gave darshan (the grace of seeing the Divine) in 1956. The original building was destroyed in the 1985 New Life Fire. The fireplace — Baba’s Fireplace — is the only remaining artifact of that room and is a central focus of the space.
“Whenever I visit a place or stay there, for however short a time, its spiritual atmosphere becomes greatly elevated.”
Note
The year 1956 is the 70th anniversary of Meher Baba’s visit to America including His time at Meher Mount. Earlier in 1930, Meher Baba commented about America’s spiritual potential:
“America has a tremendous future and will become a spiritually-minded nation. Whenever I visit a place and stay there, however short a time, its spiritual atmosphere becomes greatly elevated — and I intend to visit America.”
Source
Quote: Bhau Kalchuri, Lord Meher: The Biography of the Avatar of the Age, Meher Baba, Online Edition, pg. 1209, accessed February 5, 2025. ©Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust, Ahilyanagar, India.