"The inaudible sound is from heart to heart..."

Your Friday photo is in honor of the 100th Anniversary of Avatar Meher Baba’s silence on July 10th…

“Those who have been in his presence know that Baba communicates through his silence.

What proceeds from him is beyond words, does not need words, could not be contained in them.

The inaudible sound is from heart to heart: silence that penetrates mind and heart.”

— C.B. Purdom, The God-Man

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The God-Man, by C.B. Purdom, is the first authoritative biography of Avatar Meher Baba. It includes Purdom's personal recollections and messages he took down as they were being conveyed by Meher Baba, along with selections from diaries and memories of other witnesses present.

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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.

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Sources

• C.B. Purdom, The God-Man: The Life, Journey and Work of Meher Baba with an Interpretation of his Silence and Spiritual Teaching, Second Edition, second printing with corrections (2010), Avatar Meher Baba Trust eBook, June 2011, pg. 410. ©1964 C.B. Purdom, ©Meher Spiritual Center, Inc.

• Photo: Avatar Meher Baba, Meherabad, India, 1954 by Darwin Shaw. Courtesy of Meher Nazar Publications.

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"You have asked for and been given enough words..." - Avatar Meher Baba

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.”

— Avatar Meher Baba

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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

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“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.

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Source

• Avatar Meher Baba, “The Universal Message,” ©Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust, Ahmednagar, India.

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"The inaudible sound is from heart to heart..."

Your Friday photo is in honor of Silence Day, July 10th.

Silence Day is when followers of Avatar Meher Baba keep silence for 24 hours.

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“Those who have been in his presence know that Baba communicates through his silence. What proceeds from him is beyond words, does not need words, could not be contained in them. The inaudible sound is from heart to heart; silence that penetrates mind and heart.”

— C.B. Purdom, Author of The God-Man

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Avatar Meher Baba began His silence on July 10, 1925. He said that His silence was not undertaken as a spiritual exercise, but solely in connection with His universal work.

After Meher Baba started His silence, He communicated by writing on a slate board.  After that, He pointed to letters on an alphabet board to spell out words. Later, He used a series of hand gestures that were interpreted by His close disciples.

He kept silence for 44 years until He dropped His body on January 31, 1969.

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Photo

Avatar Meher Baba, Bangalore, India, sometime between October 1939 to April 1940. Photographed by Bhaiya Panday. MSI Collection. Used with permission.

Quote

C.B. Purdom, The God-Man: The Life, Journey and Work of Meher Baba with an Interpretation of his Silence and Spiritual Teaching, Second Edition, second printing with corrections (2010), Avatar Meher Baba Trust eBook, June 2011, pg. 410. ©1964 C.B. Purdom, ©Meher Spiritual Center, Inc.

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"What occurs to me around Baba's Tree as far as sound or silence..."

Your Friday photo…

Thank you to volunteer Stephanie Ervin for this delightful photograph of Baba’s Tree.

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“What occurs to me around Baba’s Tree as far as sound or silence is how profoundly calm and quiet it can be.”

— Robert Turnage, Board Member

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Robert Turnage and Kristina Somma shared their thoughts about silence at Baba's Tree while being interviewed for the upcoming documentary about Baba’s Tree.

Robert Turnage

“What occurs to me around Baba’s Tree as far as sound or silence is how profoundly calm and quiet it can be.

“And there is a connection for me between that and the silence that Meher Baba observed for the last 44 years of His incarnation. You can definitely sense the silence at Baba’s Tree.”

Kristina Somma

“So if there’s any sound that emanates out from the sky or the tree, you’re listening. It's the silence, the calmness that allows you to be a deeper listener. I find myself listening very deeply at Baba’s Tree.

“My nature self is listening for any sound of an animal or a bird or any movement in the bushes.

“But also metaphorically, you could say that there's an opportunity to listen more deeply to your own inner self and more deeply to whatever Meher Baba might be asking you to hear. So they kind of come together for me.

“I tend to like to go to Baba's Tree on my own the first time I get back to Meher Mount. Because I am trying to allow myself that deeper listening place in that relationship.”

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Meher Baba’s Silence

Avatar Meher Baba began His silence on July 10, 1925. He said that His silence was not undertaken as a spiritual exercise, but solely in connection with His universal work.

After Meher Baba started His silence, He communicated by writing on a slate board.  After that, He pointed to letters on an alphabet board to spell out words. Later, He used a series of hand gestures that were interpreted by His close disciples.

He kept silence for 44 years until He dropped His body on January 31, 1969.

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