9902 Sulphur Mountain Road
Ojai, CA 93023-9375
Phone: 805-640-0000
Email: info@mehermount.org
Wednesday-Sunday: Noon to 5:00 p.m.
Monday & Tuesday: Closed
Buzz & Ginger Glasky
Sam Ervin, Preident
Ron Holsey, Vice President
Ursula Reinhart, Treasurer
Jim Whitson, Director
Richard Mannis, Director
Margaret Magnus, Secretary
“When I became a lover I thought I had gained the Pearl of the God; foolish I did not know that his Pearl lies on the floor of an ocean which has innumerable waves to be encountered and great depths to be sounded.” — Hafiz
Read MoreAnd the squirrel looks down and says, ‘Hey.’
I have been saying ‘Hey’ lately too, to God.
Formalities just weren’t working.” — Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī
Caretaker Ray Johnston’s trail camera caught this nighttime visitor at the pond.
Skunks are normally nocturnal. They spend the day sleeping in burrows and search for food and water in early evening and through the night.
Read More“The love just poured out of Him. His vibrations were like a hummingbird. You couldn’t see the vibrations, but you knew the vibrating. You felt that in Baba.” — Agnes Baron on meeting Avatar Meher Baba
Read More“The pond is an essential part of Meher Mount’s role as a sanctuary for all life, large and small. A hub for life in a challenging environment. ” — Ray Johnston, Caretaker
Read MoreOne morning when the birds were singing and splashing in the fountain, I heard an amazing amount of buzzing coming from the rosemary bush by the Visitor Center.
Watching the bees swarm over the blossoms, I was inspired to pick up my sketchbook to do a quick draw. Later, I added some watercolor and played with my new paint pens.
Read More"In the 24 years I have lived at Meher Mount, I’ve come to think there is a battle going on here between the light and the dark,” lifetime caretaker Agnes Baron told Adi K. Irani, Meher Baba’s close disciple, in 1970.
“Agni, It’s not a battle between the light and the dark ,” Adi responded. “It’s a balancing.”
Read MoreOn this day Meher Mount is reminded of the indelible and enduring impressions of Agnes Baron (1907-1994), co-founder of Meher Mount whom Meher Baba affectionately called His watchdog.
Read MoreOn a walk along Baba’s Path, temporary caretakers Robert Turnage and Kristina Somma noticed a slight movement on the ground. There at the mouth of a gopher hole was a beautiful little frog, almost perfectly camouflaged by its brown color. What a lovely gift.
Read More“Lo, I am with you always means when you look for God,
God is in the look of your eyes,
in the thought of looking, nearer to you than your self,
or things that have happened to you
There’s no need to go outside.
Be melting snow.
Wash yourself or yourself.
A white flower grows in quietness.
Let your tongue become that flower.”
— Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī
Read More“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing,
there is a field. I’ll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass,
the world is too full to talk about.
Ideas, language, even the phrase each other
doesn’t make any sense.” — Rumi
“This is all due to my love. This whole creation, this nature, all the beauty you see, all came out of me.” — Avatar Meher Baba at Meher Mount
Read MoreRon Holsey and I were taking a hike around the grounds. I kept noticing how many fragrant, picturesque plants and flowers we were surrounded by.
All the colors were perfectly autumn and beautifully varied.
On the way back to the Visitor Center, I picked any that made me go, “Wow look at this one.’” I didn’t even have to arrange them. They formed a natural harmony like they did in the fields.
I appreciate how beautiful it is to be at Meher Mount.
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