"You have asked for and been given enough words..." - Avatar Meher Baba
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Your Friday photo is in honor of the 100th Anniversary of Avatar Meher Baba’s silence on July 10th…
In this photo of Meher Baba in India, 1949, He is using the alphabet board to communicate. The photographer is Beheram Sheriar Irani, one of Meher Baba’s brothers; courtesy Meher Nazar Publications.
“You have asked for and been given enough words – it is now time to live them.”
Meher Baba explained about His silence:
“Man’s inability to live God’s words makes the Avatar’s teaching a mockery. Instead of practicing the compassion he taught, man has waged wars in his name.
“Instead of living the humility, purity, and truth of his words, man has given way to hatred, greed, and violence.
“Because man has been deaf to the principles and precepts laid down by God in the past, in this present Avataric form, I observe silence.
“You have asked for and been given enough words – it is now time to live them.”
~Avatar Meher Baba
“Why Meher Baba Observed Silence” — FREE eBook
Why did Avatar Meher Baba observe silence for 44 years? Was there a spiritual benefit? What is the deeper meaning of His silence?
Why do Meher Baba’s followers observe Silence Day on July 10th every year?
This eBook provides perspectives on Meher Baba’s silence. It’s a collection of stories about Meher Baba’s silence including comments by Him and His close disciples.
Source
Avatar Meher Baba, “The Universal Message,” ©Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust, Ahmednagar, India.