https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog daily 0.75 2026-03-25 https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/darshan-courtyard-video monthly 0.5 2026-03-25 https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/darshan-courtyard-design monthly 0.5 2026-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/ef094698-d38e-45ef-948f-398e0c7cd3c1/Agnes+Baron+%26+Meher+Baba+-+Use.jpg Story Blog - "It's a beautiful piece of work. It's art - not just a structure." - Make it stand out AGNES BARON & AVATAR MEHER BABA sitting in front of the bay window of the Baba Room in the guesthouse at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. The window looks north to the Ojai Valley. The guesthouse was completely destroyed by the 1985 New Life Fire. The only remaining artifact is the chimney and flagstone fireplace that was in the room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/73fdfd85-da4a-4afd-8d0d-a652827972e0/MMnt-DarshanCourtyard-20251218%28Nancy+Pinckert%29+%281%29.jpg Story Blog - "It's a beautiful piece of work. It's art - not just a structure." - Make it stand out THE DARSHAN COURTYARD and Baba's Fireplace. It's made of concrete block and steel with a flagstone floor - all are fire resistant materials. (Photo: Nancy Pinckert, December 2025) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/silence-means-silence monthly 0.5 2025-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/dd115bee-af47-4407-8d09-0c49daea8002/NEW2_380-Meher+Nazar+-+1949+-Meherabad-Padri-New+Life+Meeting.jpg Story Blog - "Silence means silence." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/goher-kharas-mobed-talk monthly 0.5 2025-04-25 https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/babas-birthday-telegrams monthly 0.5 2025-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/8e16c536-e305-45ed-a012-9f9a4b0cc669/MN3312-colorize-Meher+Nazar+Publications.jpg Story Blog - Cables of Love to Meher Baba for His Birthday - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA in Andhra, India, in 1954. (Colorized by Jim Kirkpatrick) Courtesy of Meher Nazar Publications, Ahmednagar, India. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/baba-room-darshan-courtyard monthly 0.5 2026-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/89d80045-41a0-46e8-94fc-336091a85ec2/Meher+Baba+-+Meher+Mount+-+1956+-+Darwin+Shaw Story Blog - The Baba Room Becomes the Darshan Courtyard - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA with His followers at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. The building in the background was a farmhouse and garage on the property, which burned in 1985. In the picture are: (Left to right): Adi K. Irani (light grey jacket); Eruch Jessawala (dark suit); Bili Eaton (light scarf); Meher Baba (blue coat); Agnes Baron (orange skirt); Tex Hightower (striped shirt); Frank Hendrick (light grey suit); Marie Adair (black suit and pants); and Peter Saul (green shirt). Agnes Baron drove Meher Baba to Meher Mount in the ‘Woody’ station wagon pictured in the background while many of His followers traveled by bus. (Photo: Darwin Shaw, ©Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/3d347773-10ef-424a-bd58-b59e1b21384d/Baba%27s+Walkway+leading+to+Baba%27+Room+at+Meher+Mount+-+Lud+Dimpfl+%282%29.jpeg Story Blog - The Baba Room Becomes the Darshan Courtyard THE GUESTHOUSE as it looked in 1956 when Avatar Meher Baba visited. At the extreme upper right edge of the photograph is the outside of a bay window. Meher Baba sat inside in front of that window when He greeted guests and gave darshan (the grace of seeing the Divine). (Photo: Lud Dimpfl, November 1956) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1582564198474-A35057N2200U739ONB8W/Agnes+Baron+%26+Meher+Baba+-+Use.jpg Story Blog - The Baba Room Becomes the Darshan Courtyard AGNES BARON & AVATAR MEHER BABA sitting in front of the bay window of the Baba Room in the guesthouse at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. The window looks north to the Ojai Valley. The guesthouse was completely destroyed by the 1985 New Life Fire. The only remaining artifact is the chimney and flagstone fireplace that was in the room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/4e5099ca-c57f-4d7f-805c-7b4e9e86291a/Screenshot+-+Baba+Room+-+1970s+-+Agnes+Baron+-+Irwin+Luck.jpg Story Blog - The Baba Room Becomes the Darshan Courtyard - Make it stand out AGNES BARON, Meher Mount co-founder and lifetime caretaker, describes the Baba Room at Meher Mount in a 1970s recording by Irwin Luck. Here’s a link to the full video "Agnes Baron Remembers Meher Baba’s 1956 Visit to Meher Mount." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1622489994535-L557W9RZBABK9TQ11D26/The+Baba+Room+at+Meher+Mount%2C+1956 Story Blog - The Baba Room Becomes the Darshan Courtyard - Make it stand out THE BABA ROOM in the guesthouse at Meher Mount in November 1956, just months after Meher Baba’s August 2, 1956 visit. The flagstone fireplace is to the left of the photo. Now known as Baba’s Fireplace, it is the only remaining artifact of this special room where Meher Baba gave darshan to His followers. The wingback chair used by Meher Baba is to the right. The children are (left to right) Joan Dimpfl Harland, Claudia Dimpfl O’Hanrahan, and Diane Dimpfl Cobb (also known as 3B as nicknamed by Meher Baba). (Photo: Lud Dimpfl, 1956) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1582566403301-M78IGE5URI88HJ8QI9GF/Baba%27s+Fireplace+-+Winter+1978+-+Sam+Ervin+1.jpg Story Blog - The Baba Room Becomes the Darshan Courtyard THE FIREPLACE in the Baba Room at Meher Mount before the 1985 New Life Fire. There is a photograph covering the fireplace opening to close out the cold air. It was not being used as a fireplace at the time of this photograph. Meher Baba’s wingback chair (not seen) is to the right in front a bay window. (Photo: Sam Ervin, 1978) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1582564371831-ZZ394YZNTU5EZLWCOCE8/Baba%27s+Fireplace+-+Winter+1978+-+Sam+Ervin+2.jpg Story Blog - The Baba Room Becomes the Darshan Courtyard AN IMPROMPTU FLUTE CONCERT in the Baba Room at Meher Mount by Howard Babus and friend. (Photo: Sam Ervin, 1978) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1725220382792-XNE36OQG8ZZ7GKEDXXAN/Opposite+Baba%27s+Fireplace+-+Agnes+Baron+Elizabeth+Hartzell+Margaret+Magnus+-+Sam+Ervin+-+Winter+1978.jpg Story Blog - The Baba Room Becomes the Darshan Courtyard - Make it stand out AGNES BARON, Elizabeth Hartzell and Margaret Magnus are bundled up against the cold in the Baba Room one winter evening. This was before the 1985 New Life destroyed every building at Meher Mount. They are listening to the impromptu flute concert. (Photo: Sam Ervin, 1978) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1582566078777-IEBF2L929B0MJL85O72C/Baba%27s+Fireplace+-+Remains+of+Guesthouse+-+Oct+1985+-+Sam+Ervin+.jpg Story Blog - The Baba Room Becomes the Darshan Courtyard THE GUESTHOUSE and Baba Room at Meher Mount after the 1985 New Life Fire. The fireplace was part of the Baba Room where Avatar Meher Baba gave darshan in 1956. He was seated perpendicular and to the right of the fireplace. (Photo: Sam Ervin, October 1985) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1622492589518-L6E8OMACOH5KWJ3XQ5SH/Baba%27s+Fireplace+-+Meher+Mount+1985 Story Blog - The Baba Room Becomes the Darshan Courtyard - Make it stand out THE FIREPLACE — now known as Baba’s Fireplace — marks the Baba Room where Avatar Meher Baba gave darshan (His blessing) in August 1956. The photo was taken days after the October 14, 1985 wildfire burned everything at Meher Mount. (Photo: Sam Ervin, 1985) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/3708d1f4-b68b-47e6-b2b9-b98d8e0891d9/Chimney+-+Wayne+Myers+Feb+13.JPG Story Blog - The Baba Room Becomes the Darshan Courtyard - Make it stand out BABA’S FIREPLACE remained as a touchstone of Avatar Meher Baba’s 1956 visit. (Photo: Wayne Myers, 2010) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1622492875064-1C326HX8LOJQMYYCAFJ9/Meher+Mount+-+2015+Anniversary+-+Magnus+%2825%29.jpg Story Blog - The Baba Room Becomes the Darshan Courtyard - Make it stand out A TEMPORARY AWNING is erected to provide shade by Baba’s Fireplace for an Anniversary Sahavas of Avatar Meher Baba’s 1956 visit. (Photo: Margaret Magnus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/b9347935-8168-4226-bb2c-6d38098a2cae/Baba%27s+Fireplace+-+Cover+Photo.jpg Story Blog - The Baba Room Becomes the Darshan Courtyard BABA’S FIREPLACE with benches made from the fallen wood of Baba’s Tree. The wood from the 2017 Thomas Fire was salvaged. Several of the large limbs were used make the benches placed around Baba’s Tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/2a2e5cb7-2042-4f2d-9666-fc581b354573/8aa+-+Group+May+2008.jpg Story Blog - The Baba Room Becomes the Darshan Courtyard - Make it stand out OVER THE YEARS volunteers met at Meher Mount to discuss the options for Baba’s Fireplace and the area around it. (Left to right, top row): Mark Swearingen, Ken Pellman, Ron Holsey, Michael Markley, Ray Johnston, Elizabeth Arnold, Sam Ervin and Bing Heckman. (Left to right, bottom row): David McNeely, Kanji Miayo, Jim Whitson, Margaret Magnus, Nancy Pinckert and Byron Pinckert. (May 2008) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/2f812702-ab7c-4cb4-83ea-477ab18dc7c1/DarshanCourtyard-Design-Overhead.jpg Story Blog - The Baba Room Becomes the Darshan Courtyard A TOP-DOWN DRAWING of the Darshan Courtyard space. The roof is irregular to evoke the sense of a tree’s canopy. It does not touch Baba’s Fireplace and leaves it in full view. The design of the courtyard has been adapted and refined over the years by Byron and Nancy Pinckert. (Drawing: Alonzo Banuelos, Contractor) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/73fdfd85-da4a-4afd-8d0d-a652827972e0/MMnt-DarshanCourtyard-20251218%28Nancy+Pinckert%29+%281%29.jpg Story Blog - The Baba Room Becomes the Darshan Courtyard - Make it stand out THE DARSHAN COURTYARD by Baba's Fireplace at Meher Mount. The entire courtyard is made of concrete brick and steel given the constant threat of wildfires. (Photo: Nancy Pinckert, 2025) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/c1e450bb-17b5-4761-b1f9-395a2e7a6ebc/Screen+Capture+-+Darshan+Dhuni+-+June+2021+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - The Baba Room Becomes the Darshan Courtyard - Make it stand out THE 2021 DARSHAN DHUNI when 185 personally meaningful Meher Baba quotes were read aloud and placed in the dhuni (sacred fire). These ashes are to be placed under the spot where Meher Baba sat in the Baba Room with His followers in 1956. (Left to right): Eric Carlson, Margaret Magnus, Sam Ervin, Robert Turnage, Kristina Somma, Fred Stankus and Jim Whedon. (Photo: Screenshot from “Darshan Dhuni - Meher Mount”) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/9d08dba6-f89a-40b6-a1f7-9b4d61a98938/Courtyard+Groundbreaking+-+Juan+Mendez+-+Ashes+10-12-2024+-+Margaret+Magnus+-+cropped.jpg Story Blog - The Baba Room Becomes the Darshan Courtyard - Make it stand out THE DARSHAN COURTYARD GROUNDBREAKING on October 12, 2024. Juan Mendez is one of several volunteers burying the ashes of favorite Meher Baba quotes sent by 185 people from around the world. These quotes were burned in a special Darshan Dhuni on June 12, 2021. This is the spot where Meher Baba sat in the Baba Room when He visited Meher Mount in 1956. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/afc27f7e-f6aa-4848-b2c6-6e13f20fc216/Darshan+Courtyard+-+Patio+-+Heart+-+Ray+Johnston+-+Sept+2025+-+cropped.jpg Story Blog - The Baba Room Becomes the Darshan Courtyard - Make it stand out THE HEART in the flagstone patio mark the spot where Avatar Meher Baba sat in the Baba Room in 1956 and where the Darshan Dhuni ashes of Meher Baba’s quotes are buried. (Photo: Ray Johnston) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/2f57efe1-003f-48d5-888c-5f3eebcf7f0a/i-GQKmL6c-L.jpg Story Blog - The Baba Room Becomes the Darshan Courtyard - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA’S photograph adorned with flowers as it sits in Baba’s Fireplace. (Photo: Juan Mendez) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/meher-baba-and-gestures monthly 0.5 2025-04-24 https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/68/jeanne-shaw-at-meher-mount monthly 0.5 2025-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/a8fc9988-56d9-4e4d-81b6-36965bd40799/WEB+AMB+1956+-+Baba%27s+Walkway+-+Darwin+Shaw.jpg Story Blog - "And Take Me With You" - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA (blue coat) leads the group to the guesthouse at Meher Mount where He gave darshan (the grace of being in His presence) in the ‘Baba Room.’ (Photo: Darwin Shaw, August 2, 1956. (c) Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/4567c4bf-d640-4322-b69c-9c1f71442bce/WEB+AMB+1956+-+Main+House.jpg Story Blog - "And Take Me With You" - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA (blue coat) is leaving the guesthouse (hidden behind the main house) for a tour of Meher Mount. Beside Him in the white blouse and orange skirt is co-founder and caretaker Agnes Baron. (Photo: Darwin Shaw, August 2, 1956. (c) Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/330d7998-221d-4091-955c-5ddc7e12811c/Baba%27s+Tree+-+1970s+-+Sam+Ervin.jpg Story Blog - "And Take Me With You" - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out BABA'S TREE in the distance as seen in the 1970s. It is sitting on the brow of the mountain now called Avatar's Point. This view is somewhat similar to the one Jeanne Shaw describes in her story of Avatar Meher Baba’s day at Meher Mount in 1956. (Photo: Sam Ervin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/baf7a38e-bd47-4092-90ee-1cee96579ff2/WEB+AMB+1956+-+Baba%27s+Path.jpg Story Blog - "And Take Me With You" - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out WALKING TOWARD BABA'S TREE with Avatar Meher Baba (blue coat) and caretaker and co-founder Agnes Baron (white blouse and orange skirt). (Photo: Darwin Shaw, August 2, 1956. (c) Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/easter-1933-meher-baba monthly 0.5 2024-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/2103d2b1-6f0f-4816-93dc-3db66ef0a576/mn5827p+r+-+Meher+Baba+1933+-+Nasik+-+Din+%26+Hari+Studio+-+Meher+Nazar.jpg Story Blog - "They are all indivisibly longing for the same God." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA, 1933, in Nasik, India. Photo by Din & Hari Studio. (Source: ©Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2020/how-is-it-meher-baba-gets-born monthly 0.5 2024-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/31465a8d-a55a-4abc-a988-2ae2fdb1ded5/Mehera%2C+Rano%2C+Freny%2C+Shireen%2C+Meheru%2C+Mani+-+Shireen+Age+7.JPG Story Blog - "How is it that you [Meher Baba] get born?" SHIREEN IRANI BONNER (center) in India with the women mandali (close disciples of Meher Baba) and her mother. From left to right, Mehera J. Irani, Rano Gayley, Franey Irani (Shireen’s mother), Meheru R. Irani and Mani S. Irani (Meher Baba’s sister). (Source: Shireen Bonner) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/53f4c8a8-9036-4d08-a0a2-5f63c972d4ed/mn1107cn-Meher+Nazar+Publications+-+1954+Sep+-+Meherabad+-+Panday+-+probably.jpg Story Blog - "How is it that you [Meher Baba] get born?" AVATAR MEHER BABA in Meherabad, India, in 1954. Meher Baba was born February 25, 1894 in Pune, India. (Source: (c)Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/7fe083ff-2741-4f86-b853-cdd7dd7742e8/mn5282p-Meher+Nazar+Publications+-+St+Vincent+Circket+Team+-+circ+1911+-+Poona+-+F.B.+Dinshaw+-+cropped.jpg Story Blog - "How is it that you [Meher Baba] get born?" - Make it stand out MEHER BABA as a young boy, circa 1911, in a photo of the St. Vincent’s High School cricket team in Pune, India. Photographer: F.B. Dinshaw (Source: (c)Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/oh-meher-mount-music-video monthly 0.5 2024-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/509cfd3a-1cb0-45ea-993a-0bc7e8af8171/Mehr+Mount+Lyrics+-+Mark+Triscka.jpg Story Blog - "Feeling so blessed as Baba's guest" - A Music Video - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/9b298e49-9a31-4007-8845-c0635996008f/Mark+Triska+%26+Lisa+Brande+-+Meherazad+-+photo+by+Davana+Brown.jpg Story Blog - "Feeling so blessed as Baba's guest" - A Music Video - Make it stand out MARK TRICHKA & LISA BRANDE in Mandali Hall, Meherazad, India by Baba’s Chair. (Photo: Davana Brown) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/d30ff89a-e2ba-4df8-a927-78ff1bd6284d/Baba%27s+Tree+Film+-+Ben+Hoffman+-+May+2023+-+Margaret+Magnus+-+2.jpg Story Blog - "Feeling so blessed as Baba's guest" - A Music Video - Make it stand out BEN HOFFMAN filming at Meher Mount for the Baba’s Tree film. (Photo: Margaret Magnus) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/amartithi-means-to-me monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/e9e2ce48-4c4d-42a8-b240-b1601c41b340/mn3966_r-Meher+Nazar+-+Meher+Baba+-+Tomb.jpg Story Blog - What Amartithi Means to Me - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA standing outside His Tomb Shrine (Samadhi) in Upper Meherabad, India, in September 1954. Photographer: Panday. (Source: (c) Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/7034fc85-8687-429a-9d4b-fc0f2f8d00ba/Graphic+of+Heart.png Story Blog - What Amartithi Means to Me - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/7034fc85-8687-429a-9d4b-fc0f2f8d00ba/Graphic+of+Heart.png Story Blog - What Amartithi Means to Me - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/great-event-baba-dropped-his-body monthly 0.5 2024-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/fa308230-9087-4a8b-9b90-5efa3218a1e2/mn3062_hi-Meher+Nazar+Publications+-+Eruch+%26+Baba.jpg Story Blog - "We don't feel Baba's absence, but we surely miss Him" - Eruch Jessawala - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA at Guruprasad, Pune, India, in May 1965, during a Darshan program where Meher Baba is greeting His followers. Close disciple Eruch Jessawala (left) is attending to Meher Baba. Photographer: Meelan Studio. (Source: (c)Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/f9c5d4be-dac1-4de9-8ab5-4c6f4e69df9e/mn2580-Meher+Nazar+Publications+Meherazad+-+Cropped.jpg Story Blog - "We don't feel Baba's absence, but we surely miss Him" - Eruch Jessawala - Make it stand out THE FRONT PORCH of Meher Baba’s home in Meherazad, India, in 1976. After Meher Baba dropped His body on January 31, 1969, the men and women mandali (close disciples) continued to live in the compound. In the doorway is Dr. Goher Irani and speaking with her is Adi K. Irani (also known as Adi Sr.). Meherazad is now a major Meher Baba place of pilgrimage. Photographer: Meelan Studio. (Source: (c)Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/4b55b4eb-e4ff-415b-a8c3-348ba7f88a33/GH+33+Women_Mandali_Meherazad_Porch_1976.+-+Meher+Nazar+Publications.jpg Story Blog - "We don't feel Baba's absence, but we surely miss Him" - Eruch Jessawala - Make it stand out THE WOMEN MANDALI in 1976 posing for pilgrim Goody Harding (who took this picture) on what became known as ‘Mehera’s Porch’ in Meherazad, India. From left to right: Dr. Goher R. Irani, Mehera J. Irani (holding Baba’s photo), Meheru R. Irani, Rano Gayley, Naja R. Irani, and Mani S. Irani (standing). Both the women and men Mandali were generous with their time, their stories and their welcoming hugs for the hundreds of pilgrims who came to learn more of Meher Baba after He dropped His body. (Source: (c)Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/d1707160-7666-4b7a-9038-62e65041239f/mn1589-+Meher+Nazar+Publications+-+Internment+at+Samadhi.jpg Story Blog - "We don't feel Baba's absence, but we surely miss Him" - Eruch Jessawala - Make it stand out THE INTERMENT of Avatar Meher Baba’s body on February 7, 1969. During the period between January 31st (when Meher Baba dropped His physical form) and February 7th (the interment), thousands of followers from around the world came to pay their respects. This period is known as the Last Darshan. Photographer: Meelan Studio. (Source: (c)Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/035e68c7-1bbe-44d6-8864-ab9157dcda04/mn2268_08ref-Meher+Nazar+Publications+-+Meher+Baba%27s+Samadhi.jpg Story Blog - "We don't feel Baba's absence, but we surely miss Him" - Eruch Jessawala - Make it stand out THE SAMADHI (Tomb Shrine) of Avatar Meher Baba as seen in May 1972. Meher Baba’s Samadhi in Meherabad, India, is a place of world pilgrimage where people of all faiths come to bow down to Him, receiving His Darshan. Photographer: Faredoon (Padri) N. Driver. (Source: (c)Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/inner-peace-and-happiness monthly 0.5 2023-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/0e70b5c4-4845-4fcd-9d1c-81d78771b2cb/mn2669_hi-Meher+Nazar+-+Meher+Baba+-+Nov+1964+-+Meherazad+-+Meelan.jpg Story Blog - The Struggle for Peace and Happiness - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA in Mandali Hall, part of the Meherazad, India, compound that was Meher Baba’s last residence. November 1964. Photo by Meelan. (Source: Meher Nazar Publications) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/how-to-love-god monthly 0.5 2024-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/2767bf20-efef-40b1-ba9a-03bf73981805/Design+2a.jpg Story Blog - How to Love God - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/4b23494d-de8f-4611-821d-cf52bed8d228/Meher+Baba.jpg Story Blog - How to Love God - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/2767bf20-efef-40b1-ba9a-03bf73981805/Design+2a.jpg Story Blog - How to Love God - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/meher-baba-on-war monthly 0.5 2024-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/762746df-ac77-468d-a9e7-9115681976e7/Meher+Baba+-+1941+-+Upper+Meherabad+-+Padri+-+MN.jpg Story Blog - Meher Baba on War - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA in August 1941 at Upper Meherabad, India, just months before the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in December. The United States then declared war on Japan. Germany and Italy declared war on the U.S. a few days later. (Photo: (c)Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/puzzled-by-babas-new-life monthly 0.5 2025-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/4de03fe8-64aa-41e9-b9a2-3cf9902e0b6d/Bullock_Caravan_260_r+-+New+Life+Caravan.jpg Story Blog - “Almost all are puzzled by Baba’s New Life…” - Make it stand out THE NEW LIFE CARAVAN. This blue wooden caravan, pulled by bullocks, was used for a short time as a sleeping compartment by the women on the New Life. (Photo: (c)Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/ce295e21-a43b-46c3-986f-12bd1ae5846c/mn3218_hi-New+Life+-+Meher+Baba.jpg Story Blog - “Almost all are puzzled by Baba’s New Life…” - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA (center) begging during the New Life on November 25, 1949, in Benares, India. To the left is Adi K. Irani, Meher Baba’s secretary and close disciple. (Photo: (c) Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/b5867ecf-88e3-42d3-8191-ab242bccd3f2/mn3035_hi_r-Meher+Baba+-+New+Life+-+Accepting+Bhiksha.jpg Story Blog - “Almost all are puzzled by Baba’s New Life…” - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA being given bhiksha (alms) by Keki Nalavala in Dhera Dun, India, on March 1, 1950, during the New Life. Photographer: Burjor Chacha. (Photo: (c)Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/fa8329aa-c6f2-476e-9b7f-08dcc20a9f3d/vol10-3563-Meher+Nazar+-+Baba+Praying+-+New+Life.jpg Story Blog - “Almost all are puzzled by Baba’s New Life…” - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA praying for forgiveness before bowing to the New Life companions. They are in Mahabaleshwar, India, on February 12, 1951. At the side is close disciple Eruch Jessawala. Photographer: Faredoon Driver, known as Padri. (Photo: (c)Meher Nazar Publications) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/francis-the-deer monthly 0.5 2024-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/b485493e-f1b7-4804-b643-82f2f6d4eb12/Meher+Mount+-+Francis+the+Deer+-+Agnes+Montano+-+2023.jpg Story Blog - Francis (the deer) Visits St. Francis (the statue) - Make it stand out FRANCIS (the deer) settles quietly facing a statue of St. Francis in a garden at Meher Mount: (Photo: Agnes Montano, 2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/182f57d5-dff9-40ff-813b-07ff71553d06/Meher+Mount+-+Francis+the+Deer+-+Window+-+Agnes+Montano+-+2023.jpg Story Blog - Francis (the deer) Visits St. Francis (the statue) - Make it stand out FRANCIS (the deer) looks inside the Visitor Center at Meher Mount checking out the photos of Meher Baba (or at least that’s what we think). (Photo: Agnes Montano, 2023) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/merwan-dubash-talk monthly 0.5 2025-04-24 https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/earthquake-hits-meher-mount monthly 0.5 2024-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/e6c15d60-5aa6-4009-b627-d0402235c51b/Ojai+Valley+Flash+Flood+Alert+-+8-20-2023.jpg Story Blog - 5.1 Earthquake Hits Meher Mount - Make it stand out ALERT FOR FLASH FLOODING from Tropical Storm Hilary that was issued for the Ojai Valley on Sunday, August 20, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/c69c43d5-1a91-4519-ad6e-6d31a6b557b5/Earthquake+Alert+-+8-20-2023.jpg Story Blog - 5.1 Earthquake Hits Meher Mount - Make it stand out ALERT FOR AN EARTHQUAKE for the Ojai Valley on Sunday, August 20, 2023, issued in the midst of the the Tropical Storm Hilary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/09219dc5-45ff-422d-8ae8-58d420560f2d/Earthquake+-+U.S.+Geological+Survey.png Story Blog - 5.1 Earthquake Hits Meher Mount - Make it stand out A MAP OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA with the red image showing Ojai and the area of the 5.1 earthquake on Sunday, August 20, 2023. (Image: U.S. Geological Survey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/029dec3f-16b7-4305-82b2-09606c0c8e80/Meher+Mount+-+Earthquake+1+-+8-20-2023+-+Ray+Johnston.jpg Story Blog - 5.1 Earthquake Hits Meher Mount - Make it stand out GLASS DEBRIS on the floor of the Visitor Center after the 5.1 earthquake hit Meher Mount on Sunday, August 20, 2023. Caretaker Ray Johnston was mopping up after the gallon water dispenser toppled over and broke. (Photo: Ray Johnston) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/92a985a7-8671-46a9-a7fb-a0c092c10237/Meher+Mount+-+Earthquake+-+Outside+Kitchen+1+-+8-21-2023+-+Ray+Johnston.jpg Story Blog - 5.1 Earthquake Hits Meher Mount - Make it stand out MORE CRACKS damaging the veranda outside the Visitor Center on Monday, August 21, 2023. (Photo: Ray Johnston) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/39560c54-05a8-4c28-b0c9-1e8769b43e6b/Meher+Mount+-+Earthquake+2+-+8-20-2023+-+Ray+Johnston.jpg Story Blog - 5.1 Earthquake Hits Meher Mount - Make it stand out PICTURES TILTED, books on the floor, but Baba’s sadra (under the cloth covering) is undamaged. Baba’s Fireplace, an artifact of the ‘Baba Room’ where Avatar Meher Baba gave darshan (His blessing) to His followers in 1956, remains standing. (Photo: Ray Johnston) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/58/tlos-angeles-times-interviews-meher-baba-1956 monthly 0.5 2023-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/4ab859ca-f39e-41c5-86f9-01d9ae7224af/Meher+Baba+-+Los+Angeles+Times+1956.jpg Story Blog - The Los Angeles Times Interviews Meher Baba - 1956 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1440806554992-S803557H32CI4F72DTMD/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Los Angeles Times Interviews Meher Baba - 1956 AVATAR MEHER BABA (Photo: Los Angeles Times, August 1, 1956) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1440806578775-0T9XEA5RTYTL3DRR41JE/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Los Angeles Times Interviews Meher Baba - 1956 AVATAR MEHER BABA (Photo: Los Angeles Times, August 1, 1956) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1440806605613-INDBXIA7KOBIZQ7J7R9N/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Los Angeles Times Interviews Meher Baba - 1956 AVATAR MEHER BABA (Photo: Los Angeles Times, August 1, 1956) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1440806625757-9DFDN9VAH4USXSVAZNBA/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Los Angeles Times Interviews Meher Baba - 1956 AVATAR MEHER BABA (Photo: Los Angeles Times, August 1, 1956) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/bird-count monthly 0.5 2025-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/3310b512-8e6e-405c-a103-f16c4fcdc768/Acorn+Woodpeckers+-+Juan+Mendez+-+11-3-2019+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - Enjoy a Little Armchair Birdwatching - Make it stand out ACORN WOODPECKERS at Meher Mount. (Photo: Juan Mendez) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/2f72d8df-18ec-4d20-99f7-6c2ae7fb3b17/Hooded+Oriole+%28Male%29+-+Meher+Mount+-+Juan+Mendez+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - Enjoy a Little Armchair Birdwatching - Make it stand out HOODED ORIOLE (Male) at Meher Mount. (Photo: Juan Mendez) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/6c7df69e-bc6e-4fb7-97f4-83d9a241ff24/Lark+Sparrow+-+Adele+Fergusson+1.jpg Story Blog - Enjoy a Little Armchair Birdwatching - Make it stand out LARK SPARROW. (Photo: Adele Fergusson) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/9fc12503-8cd7-4e3e-b691-18f40e740557/White-crowned+Sparrow+-+Meher+Mount+-+Jan+2019+-+Juan+Mendez+%2815%29.jpg Story Blog - Enjoy a Little Armchair Birdwatching - Make it stand out WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW at Meher Mount. (Photo: Juan Mendez) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/84401ca1-55ef-4aeb-a2b5-2ec0e7d6eeb4/Coopers+Hawk+-+Meher+Mount+-+2022+-+Juan+Mendez.jpg Story Blog - Enjoy a Little Armchair Birdwatching - Make it stand out COOPERS HAWK at Meher Mount. (Photo: Juan Mendez) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/8d2d425c-7088-4331-b39e-cfe408701154/Cassin%27s+Finches+at+Feeder+-+Juan+Mendez+-+2023.jpg Story Blog - Enjoy a Little Armchair Birdwatching - Make it stand out CASSIN’S FINCHES at the bird feeder at Meher Mount. (Photo: Juan Mendez) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/c7fdea91-2412-44e4-99ee-6347ec7c9e6b/American+Robin+-+Meher+Mount+-+Juan+Mendez+-+Jan+2023.jpg Story Blog - Enjoy a Little Armchair Birdwatching - Make it stand out AMERICAN ROBIN at Meher Mount. (Photo: Juan Mendez) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/conviction-faith-eruch-jessawala monthly 0.5 2023-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/45b78abb-8332-480a-9df4-a7ac759df63b/Eruch+Jessawala+-+1+-+Sam+Ervin.jpg Story Blog - "I have blessed you with conviction." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out ERUCH JESSAWALA telling a story in Mandali Hall, Meherazad, India, in the 1990s. (Photo: Sam Ervin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/7567dbde-c061-4112-9e3c-178b861e5b8e/6-3610+-+MSI+Collection+-+Avatar+Meher+Baba.jpg Story Blog - "I have blessed you with conviction." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA (in the dark coat) with His mandali (close disciples) looking for a well in Lower Meherabad, India. Photographed by Faredoon Driver (Padri) circa 1939. (Source: MSI Collection. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/cfa2fdfa-76f3-4e70-bbc5-62f7044edcdd/6-3611-MSI+Collection+.jpg Story Blog - "I have blessed you with conviction." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out DIGGING A WELL with Avatar Meher Baba (in the dark coat) in Lower Meherabad, India, in mid-1939. Photographed by Faredoon Driver (Padri). (Source: MSI Collection. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/971ff685-3872-41e8-a039-c0f126d9e964/mn2573_08-Meher+Nazar+-+Avatar+Meher+Baba.jpg Story Blog - "I have blessed you with conviction." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA with Eruch Jessawala translating Meher Baba’s gestures. (Source: Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/e06e16de-c094-4020-96a0-10a08f0105eb/mn4123+-+Meher+Nazar+Avatar+Meher+Baba%282%29.jpg Story Blog - "I have blessed you with conviction." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA in Mandali Hall, Lower Meherabad, India, in November 1955, using gestures to communicate. Photographed by Faredoon Driver (Padri). (Source: Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/fc9b7ebe-81b4-4000-a16c-f08d4a699d34/mn2819+-+Meher+Nazar.jpg Story Blog - "I have blessed you with conviction." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA in Mandali Hall, Lower Meherabad, India in November 1955. Photographed by Panday. (Source: Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/35fdf558-1f53-43fe-86ed-3fbca3fcebbc/mn7910+-Rustom+K.+Irani+-+Meher+Nazar+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - "I have blessed you with conviction." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Rustom K. Irani. (Source: Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/65765786-3441-4a53-a0da-bfe619279c0c/mn3032+-+Meher+Nazar+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - "I have blessed you with conviction." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA with Eruch Jessawala (seated right) in Mandali Hall, Lower Meherabad, in November 1955. Photographed by Panday. (Source: Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.” https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/meher-baba-sadra-poem monthly 0.5 2024-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/71fc087e-2c8b-4951-bcf5-3835cc3546fc/Meher+Baba%27s+Sadra+2021-5-26+-+Ellen+Kwiatkowski+.JPG Story Blog - "This sadra speaks of the One, eternal and infinite..." - Make it stand out A SADRA worn by Avatar Meher Baba in the 1950s was given to Meher Mount in 2021. (Photo: Ellen Kwiatkowski) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/9f4fa160-7c91-48f9-9e56-52becaacb190/mn2142-Meher+Nazar.jpg Story Blog - "This sadra speaks of the One, eternal and infinite..." - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA in Poona (now Pune), India, on May 27, 1961. His nephews Rustom and Sohrab Irani are standing behind Him. Photograph by Meelan. (©Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/1969-meher-baba-birthday-message monthly 0.5 2023-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/177dbf27-c81c-4aae-b20c-35065caaf5ef/Meher+Baba+-+Diana+Le+Page+-+1.jpg Story Blog - "I am the Divine Beloved worthy of being loved because I am love." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA by Diana Le Page. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/sadra-full-circle-johnston monthly 0.5 2023-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/164b7c93-88bb-4fa7-b781-fd766f0c8ca9/Screen+Shot+-+Ray+Johnston+-+2022+-+6.jpg Story Blog - My Life Comes Full Circle - Make it stand out RAY JOHNSTON at Meher Mount to share his memories and insights for the film about Baba’s Tree. (Photo: Ben Hoffman) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/7cdbf133-ce21-4cc9-8de0-d6909b6c4a00/Meher-Baba-Listen-Humanity.jpg Story Blog - My Life Comes Full Circle - Make it stand out Listen, Humanity by Don E. Stevens is a favorite introductory book on Meher Baba. It includes more than 100 pages of messages from Meher Baba. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/5fcb3476-4e26-43f4-8baf-e84f5348bfbf/Meher+Baba%27s+Sadra+2021-5-26+-+Ellen+Kwiatkowski+.JPG Story Blog - My Life Comes Full Circle - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA’S sadra from the 1950s. (Photo: Ellen Kwiatkowski) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/324f208f-c1fa-4d47-a270-a847680ab70d/mn2177-Meher+Nazar+-+Meher+Baba+-+1960s.jpg Story Blog - My Life Comes Full Circle - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA is wearing a sadra at a gathering with His followers in the 1960s. Photographed by Meelan. (©Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/d3d6b7f5-00c6-42f9-a4b5-9afe9178ae25/Ron+Holsey+%26+Ray+Johnston+-+Stephanie+Ervin.jpg Story Blog - My Life Comes Full Circle - Make it stand out CARETAKER RAY JOHNSTON (right) circa 2010 talking with board member Ron Holsey. (Photo: Stephanie Ervin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1b5f35b4-32bd-42f3-9a64-f40afdc795f8/Sadra+-+Agnes+Montano+-+In+Plexiglass+-+12-16-2022.jpg Story Blog - My Life Comes Full Circle - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA’S sadra in an archival box on display at Meher Mount. The painting of Meher Baba is by Lyn Ott. (Photo: Agnes Montano, December 2022) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/meher-babas-sadra monthly 0.5 2024-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/de4658bb-c6f8-4b26-ba27-5108cf7b4193/mn1957-Meher+Nazar+-+sadra.jpg Story Blog - "You have no idea what just one scrap of My sadra will mean to the world in the future.” – Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA wearing a sadra. This photograph was taken by Meelan in Poona (now Pune), India, in 1957. (©Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/55b92684-c2bc-4f41-9c54-eeb48e0f065b/Meher+Baba+in+Sadra-1930s+photo+Elizabeth+Patterson+.jpg Story Blog - "You have no idea what just one scrap of My sadra will mean to the world in the future.” – Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA wearing a sadra during His visit to Portofino, Italy, in 1933. (Photo: Elizabeth Patterson) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/79cc10fb-d0a4-432a-9ab6-d08eb9cda20d/Sadra+-+Baba%27s+Tree+Wood+Cabinet+6+-+Kyle+Morrison+-+Aug+2023.jpg Story Blog - "You have no idea what just one scrap of My sadra will mean to the world in the future.” – Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/eternal-shepherd-meher-baba monthly 0.5 2023-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/9d6a8b82-e0a9-4530-853a-a308a48122e5/Meher_Baba_with_Goat+-+Meher+Nazar+-_18-%28ZF-4604-07865-1-001%29.jpg Story Blog - Avatar Meher Baba — The Eternal Shepherd - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA holding a baby goat in 1939. Photo taken in Alwar, India. (Colorized. Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/3c196a04-3a36-4919-abbb-920d06c1c22f/mn1564-Meher+Nazar+-+Mani%2C+Mehera%2C+Manu+Jessawala+-+1969+-+Tomb.jpg Story Blog - Avatar Meher Baba — The Eternal Shepherd - Make it stand out MANI S. IRANI, Mehera J. Irani and Manu Jessawala at Avatar Meher Baba’s Tomb Shrine in upper Meherabad, India, February 1-7, 1969, in the days after Meher Baba dropped His body on January 31, 1969. Photo taken by Meelan. (©Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/ac840ace-5053-4e6d-a06e-22aa16d28876/mn6013p-Meher+Nazar+-+Meherwan+%26+Eruch+Jessawala+-+1969+-+Tomb.jpg Story Blog - Avatar Meher Baba — The Eternal Shepherd - Make it stand out MEHERWAN & ERUCH JESSAWALA with Avatar Meher Baba’s Tomb Shrine in the background. Photo was taken in upper Meherabad, India, in February 1969, in the days after Meher Baba dropped His body on January 31, 1969. (©Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/10bf59dd-f0fc-4258-8f9a-6e1fed540995/Mani+S.+Irani+-+1990s+-+Sam+Ervin+WEB.jpg Story Blog - Avatar Meher Baba — The Eternal Shepherd - Make it stand out MANI S. IRANI in the 1990s sharing stories of her life with Meher Baba. She is in Mandali Hall, Meherazad, India, talking to the pilgrims. (Photo: Sam Ervin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/23f187c2-ddf7-43be-a7bc-a20100d3a409/Nasik_1935-Meher+Nazar+-+Meher+Baba+with+Goat.jpg Story Blog - Avatar Meher Baba — The Eternal Shepherd - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA feeding a goat. Photographed by Mani S. Irani in 1935 when they were staying at the ashram in Nasik, India. (©Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/b3b8588d-2216-4a84-808b-7df566a0078d/mn3966_r-Meher+Nazar+-+Meher+Baba+-+Tomb.jpg Story Blog - Avatar Meher Baba — The Eternal Shepherd - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA by His Tomb Shrine, also known as His Samadhi, in upper Meherabad, India, in September 1954 photographed by Panday. (©Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/god-as-water monthly 0.5 2023-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/0c37f002-0fdc-4ede-8fec-3c804d15fd4f/Baba_on_beach+-+Meher+Nazar.jpg Story Blog - "Regard God as water and the longing for water as love..." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA on the beach at the Meher Spiritual Center, Myrtle Beach, SC in July 1956. (©Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/73b5fa23-27f9-4f15-9811-7cf334087024/camview4101+-+Meher+Nazar.jpg Story Blog - "Regard God as water and the longing for water as love..." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA rafting on the Ganges River, Benares, India, in January 1939. (©Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/brabazon-ghazal-47-water monthly 0.5 2023-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/bc0e3350-1bb5-4eab-9a39-d21ee1a062c1/6-2706r+mm+-+Meher+Baba+-+SS+Circassia+-+MSI+Collection.jpg Story Blog - "As water are the lovers of God..." - Francis Brabazon, Poet - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA on the S.S. Circassia, returning to India from France, in November 1937. Photograph taken by Rano Gayley. (MSI Collection. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/a40cbfe7-130a-4b19-8e85-80db111df3e3/Francis+Brabazon%2C+Meher+Baba%2C+Eruch+Jessawala.jpg Story Blog - "As water are the lovers of God..." - Francis Brabazon, Poet - Make it stand out FRANCIS BRABAZON (left), Avatar Meher Baba, and Eruch Jessawala. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/songs-of-water-spirituality monthly 0.5 2023-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/aca6b8ff-3b4f-4aae-a069-a067f03d2807/Screenshot+-+Meher+Mount+Water+Playlist.jpg Story Blog - Songs of Water & Spirituality - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/creator-of-life-giving-water-painting monthly 0.5 2023-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/4c74de19-d7c8-48d6-8813-d44268ed0ec9/Creator+of+Life+Giving+Water+-+Will+David+-+January+2023.jpg Story Blog - Creator of Life-Giving Water - 101 Names of God - Make it stand out “CREATOR OF LIFE GIVING WATER” by Will David is inspired by the 101 Names of God. (Gift of the Artist, 2023) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/let-your-love-flow monthly 0.5 2023-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/4f2a3688-8515-4e73-b4e9-1e3339b9b498/2000-2_Untitled-00-2-64x54-Sam-Ervin-and-Margaret-Magnus.jpg Story Blog - "Let your love flow ceaselessly..." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA in 1938 along the Narmada River, India, by artist Charles Mills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/74b05eb4-cabf-43b4-9cc9-b5d749beb8af/4.16x9YouLaunchMe_0728+-+jon+Meyer+poem+-+water.jpg Story Blog - "Let your love flow ceaselessly..." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out “You Launch Me,” a poem by Jon Meyer from his book, Loves Poems from New England: reflections on states of mind and states of hear. Image by Jon Meyer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/ec8c5ed0-930b-44c6-80c1-27a424a66bc6/Ocean+of+Love%2C+2004%2C+Oil+on+Canvas%2C+Charles+Mills.jpg Story Blog - "Let your love flow ceaselessly..." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA in at the ocean by artist Charles Mills. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/water-is-life monthly 0.5 2023-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/bca99987-dede-4397-b2e1-b7ccc54cc282/Meher+Baba+mn4088cn+-+Meher+Nazar.jpg Story Blog - "The fact that one cannot live without water means water is life." - Mani S. Irani - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA (center) with Mehera J. Irani and Mani S. Irani in Mandla, India, in December 1938, photographed by Hedi Mertens. (Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/2418321d-b92d-4de6-8e2f-dbcddbeb8680/Avatar+Meher+Baba+-+Harmon+on+Hudson+-+1932+-+Sherman+Grinbergy+Film+Library+-+Screenshot+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - "The fact that one cannot live without water means water is life." - Mani S. Irani - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA at Harmon-on-Hudson in New York in 1932. This screenshot shows Meher Baba drawing water from a well. (Sherman Grinberg Film Library. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1c62f5a5-59c8-43ab-b53b-17f5ac833691/6-2726MPcn+r+mm+-+MSI+Collection.jpg Story Blog - "The fact that one cannot live without water means water is life." - Mani S. Irani - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA sitting by the falls at the Narmada River in India. Photographed by Rano Gayley in December 1938. (MSI Collection. Used with permission.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/prem-basera-tank-dirty-water monthly 0.5 2023-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/a680d853-7190-4bf4-a2df-5c24f03132a3/Margaret+Craske%2C+Meher+Baba%2C+1931+mn5512p+-+Meher+Nazar.jpg Story Blog - "In different ways, I am taking out the dirty water from everyone." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out MARGARET CRASKE and Avatar Meher Baba in 1931 in East Challacombe, Devonshire, UK. (Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/f83f63c7-e1cb-44b8-a548-6ff15a6b12de/mn0321cn+-+Meher+Nazar.jpg Story Blog - "In different ways, I am taking out the dirty water from everyone." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA in 1940 using the alphabet board. (Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/creator-of-life-giving-water monthly 0.5 2023-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/27c41d4c-c52f-4885-9944-c392056ea0c5/mn0674+-+Meher+Nazar.jpg Story Blog - "Do you know how much trouble I have to take to make this water? " - Make it stand out SAHASTRADHARA WATERFALLS in India photographed in 1938-1939 by Hedi Mertens during Meher Baba’s Blue Bus Tours. (Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/30bc3a93-6330-48a5-b621-bc87ed0faf35/Screenshot+-+Roshan+Kerawala.jpg Story Blog - "Do you know how much trouble I have to take to make this water? " - Make it stand out Roshan Kerawala speaking at the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California in 2005. “Those Were the Days.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/bf98abb1-71b6-4b22-9d8e-fcb115f3f385/mn0392_r+-+Meher+Nazar.jpg Story Blog - "Do you know how much trouble I have to take to make this water? " - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA at Pushkar Lake, Ajmer, India, in February 1939 photographed by Hedi Mertens. (Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/34027f83-ea1b-49d3-870e-11802da7ae20/mn0983+-+Meher+Nazar.jpg Story Blog - "Do you know how much trouble I have to take to make this water? " - Make it stand out WOMEN WASHING. Photograph taken by Hedi Mertens sometime between December 1938 to April 1939 during Meher Baba’s Blue Bus Tours. (Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/spiritual-meaning-of-water monthly 0.5 2023-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/d7dec337-dc42-4be9-99f2-399110e96445/Meher+Baba+-+mn5790p+-+Meher+Nazar.jpg Story Blog - The Spiritual Significance of Water - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA during the Blue Bus Tours. (Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/32fe2150-e22e-49c9-ba47-bd0a33c8d782/mn0850+-+Meher+Nazar.jpg Story Blog - The Spiritual Significance of Water - Make it stand out WOMAN CARRYING WATER at Marble Rocks in the Jabalpur district, India, in December 1938. Photographed by Hedi Mertens during Meher Baba’s Blue Bus Tours. (Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/b34e77d7-53ce-487c-920f-9c7c502f1e8a/Avatar+Meher+Baba Story Blog - The Spiritual Significance of Water - Make it stand out CREATOR OF LIFE-GIVING WATER — #69 of the 101 Names of God. Avatar Meher Baba. (Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/5087eb13-f95f-4fe1-96b9-71ee15c42f98/6-928r+mm+-+MSI+Collection.jpg Story Blog - The Spiritual Significance of Water - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA bathing a mast (a God-intoxicated soul) in Old Mandali Hall, Meherabad, India in June 1939, photographed by Faredoon Driver (Padri). (MSI Collection. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/476e260c-a641-4bdf-a21b-238e7a03a653/mn4218+-+Meher+Nazar+.jpg Story Blog - The Spiritual Significance of Water - Make it stand out THE RIVER GANGES in Benares in 1939 during Meher Baba’s Blue Bus Tours, photographed by Mani S. Irani. (Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/420f53a0-66f4-4865-acf0-3bbc341ef68d/Meher+Baba%2C+1958+mn2653_49+-+Meher+Nazar.jpg Story Blog - The Spiritual Significance of Water - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA washing His own feet at Meherabad, India, in 1958, photographed by Meelan. (Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/the-word-is-gratitude monthly 0.5 2023-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/51420da9-c545-4f58-a6b3-542856bb88e5/Meher+Mount+-+Sunrise+-+Nov+2022+-+Juan+Mendez.jpg Story Blog - The only word I can think of to sum up the day is 'gratitude' - Make it stand out WINTER SUNRISE at Meher Mount. (Photo: Juan Mendez, November 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/25ffcfe1-2607-4958-b32a-6972d0997873/Slope+-+Erosion+Protection+Meher+Mount+-+Agnes+Montano+-+Nov+11+2022.jpg Story Blog - The only word I can think of to sum up the day is 'gratitude' - Make it stand out STRAW WATTLES, straw blankets, and silt fence installed to prevent erosion on the hillside below the new well. (Photo: Agnes Montano, November 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/77f6406f-f5ab-427c-abd8-d9a287cc32ea/Meher+Mount+-+Visitor+Center+-+11-30-2018+-+Luis+Marroquin.jpg Story Blog - The only word I can think of to sum up the day is 'gratitude' - Make it stand out THE VISITOR CENTER at daybreak when the caretakers are getting everything ready to greet a guest like you. (Photo: Luis Marroquin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/d9ff146c-dc92-46f3-a08c-ea75cdb63659/Meher+Mount+-+Receptionist+Lizard+-+April+2018+-+Robert+Turnage.jpg Story Blog - The only word I can think of to sum up the day is 'gratitude' - Make it stand out THE RECEPTIONIST LIZARD needed help in greeting guests for the day. (Photo: Robert Turnage) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/a0e2250c-8c00-4f3b-a3f9-4199c790a75e/Sunset+-+Juan+Mendez+-+November+2019.jpg Story Blog - The only word I can think of to sum up the day is 'gratitude' - Make it stand out SUNSET over Baba’s Tree, the Channel Islands and the Pacific Ocean. (Photo: Juan Mendez) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/what-to-do-with-meher-mount monthly 0.5 2022-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/6534f461-0d34-415a-ad0c-e85cc867f417/Agnes+%26+Mani+1982+Amy+Nadel+Romanczuk++JPG.jpg Story Blog - What to do with Meher Mount? - Keeping Meher Mount for Meher Baba - Make it stand out AGNES BARON and Mani S. Irani (Meher Baba’s sister) in Meherazad, India, in 1982. (Photo: Amy Nadel Romanczuk) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/55f3c6bb-e487-4fb2-8ffc-2ab2a0ce7ada/Guesthouse+-+East+Side+-+2.jpg Story Blog - What to do with Meher Mount? - Keeping Meher Mount for Meher Baba - Make it stand out MEHER MOUNT as it looked in the early days before the 1985 New Life Fire. This is the ‘Baba House’ where Avatar Meher Baba gave darshan (His blessing) on August 2, 1956. (Photo: Archives) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/different-groups-want-meher-mount monthly 0.5 2022-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/332cb77c-7094-487e-a714-04365671d2ff/God+in+a+Pill.jpeg Story Blog - Groups Wanting Meher Mount for Their Own Use - Keeping It for Meher Baba - Make it stand out “GOD IN A PILL” was published in 1966 in response to Meher Baba’s statement about keeping young people off drugs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/893aef38-1c9f-4dbf-8b0c-28db90c42e13/Agnes+and+the+white+house.jpg Story Blog - Groups Wanting Meher Mount for Their Own Use - Keeping It for Meher Baba - Make it stand out THE “WHITE HOUSE” — an old carpenter’s shed that was brought on the property to house Meher Baba’s mandali (close disciples) when they visited in 1952. The building was destroyed in the 1985 New Life Fire. (Photo: Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/98ebb138-8232-4cb5-b56b-5b6e55e2b93c/Agnes+%26+Sam+-+Duncan+Knowles+Edit.jpg Story Blog - Groups Wanting Meher Mount for Their Own Use - Keeping It for Meher Baba - Make it stand out SAM ERVIN and Agnes Baron at Meher Mount. (Photo: Martha Markolf Aubin, 1970s) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/c6de2e2f-1ee1-4c10-83fd-cd55c68c655b/Agnes+Baron+1970.jpg Story Blog - Groups Wanting Meher Mount for Their Own Use - Keeping It for Meher Baba - Make it stand out AGNES BARON on the screened-in porch of the house she lived in at Meher Mount before the 1985 New Life Fire destroyed all the buildings. (Photo: Sam Ervin, 1970s) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/e4133853-daa9-4c2f-be75-dbe2e75cd5a5/Outbuildings+5+Ervin.jpg Story Blog - Groups Wanting Meher Mount for Their Own Use - Keeping It for Meher Baba - Make it stand out ONE OF MANY PILES OF RUBBLE that needed to be cleaned up after the 1985 New Life Fire. (Photo: Sam Ervin, October 1985) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/f94df6ce-cf5f-4497-a544-29189a552281/New+Life+Fire+-+Burned+out+refrig+-+Sam+Ervin+-+October+1985.jpg Story Blog - Groups Wanting Meher Mount for Their Own Use - Keeping It for Meher Baba - Make it stand out A BURNED OUT REFRIGERATOR was part of the debris that the was cleaned up after the 1985 New Life Fire. (Photo: Sam Ervin, October 1985) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/east-west-gathering monthly 0.5 2024-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/c96c84c7-3744-4996-bf17-ae0f60f4136d/Meher+Baba+-+East-West+Gathering+-+Beloved+Archives.jpg Story Blog - "Just Being in His Presence" - The 1962 East-West Gathering of Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Avatar Meher Baba giving darshan, East-West Gathering, 1962. (Photo: Beloved Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/98e1f32a-00a7-4a1c-8bb9-db6559908988/Meher+Baba+and+Kitty+Davy%2C+1932+-+Mandali+Hall.org.jpg Story Blog - "Just Being in His Presence" - The 1962 East-West Gathering of Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Avatar Meher Baba and Kitty Davy, St. Mark’s Square, Venice, Italy, 1932. (Photo: Mandali Hall.org) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/ba411761-7d63-413a-b818-e04794f24437/Meher+Baba+-+Guru+Prasad+-+1963.jpg Story Blog - "Just Being in His Presence" - The 1962 East-West Gathering of Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Meher Baba outside Guru Prasad, Poona, India (1960-61) (Photo: Meher Baba Travels) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/da78a591-fb36-4c70-b53d-a49ee4d82530/Meher+Baba%2C+East-West+Gathering+-+MB+Travels%2C+1962.jpg Story Blog - "Just Being in His Presence" - The 1962 East-West Gathering of Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Meher Baba, East-West Gathering, 1962. (Source: Meher Baba Travels, colorized by Anthony Zois) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/48e0d2cc-e094-42eb-9302-917a279ca69a/East-West+Gathering+Badge+-+MB+Travels.jpg Story Blog - "Just Being in His Presence" - The 1962 East-West Gathering of Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Event Badge: East-West Gathering, 1962 (Photo: Meher Baba Travels) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/9f812a27-d018-4cdd-bd27-f8664142dd35/Meher+Baba+-+Westerners+at+Guru+Prasad%2C+1962+-+Charles+Haynes.jpg Story Blog - "Just Being in His Presence" - The 1962 East-West Gathering of Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Meher Baba being escorted by the Westerners at Guru Prasad. (Photo: Courtesy of Charles Haynes. Meher Baba Travels) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/bf0f15fb-6cbf-4625-8529-8039fed98c02/Kitty+Davy+-+Goodwin+Harding.jpg Story Blog - "Just Being in His Presence" - The 1962 East-West Gathering of Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Kitty Davy in the 1970s at the Meher Spiritual Center, Myrtle Beach, SC. (Photo: Goodwin Harding. Image rendered by Anthony Zois. Meher Baba Travels) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/b539ec45-1b58-493f-915b-aa603f086175/Darwin+Shaw+-+Meher+Baba%2C+East-West+Gathering%2C+1962.jpg Story Blog - "Just Being in His Presence" - The 1962 East-West Gathering of Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Darwin Shaw (right) reading Avatar Meher Baba’s message, East-West Gathering, 1962. (Photo: Meher Baba Travels) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/hell-fire-and-damnation monthly 0.5 2023-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/96ce5a3b-0f51-4523-86d6-213311baebd5/Avatar+Meher+Baba+-+Agnes+Baron+-+1956+-+Mytle+Beach+-+Meher+Nazar+Publications.jpg Story Blog - Hell, Fire and Damnation - Keeping Meher Mount for Meher Baba - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA and Agnes Baron at Meher Spiritual Center, Myrtle Beach, SC, in 1956. (Photo: (c) Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/19124a87-796d-4366-a631-c257ef3720bd/La+Crescenta+Historic+view+04+copy.jpg Story Blog - Hell, Fire and Damnation - Keeping Meher Mount for Meher Baba - Make it stand out LA CRESCENTA VALLEY in the 1920s at the time the Bissel family owned the property which later became the New Life Center. The main north-south street in the valley was Los Angeles Street, now La Crescenta Avenue, heading toward the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. (Photo: Glendale Library) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/78828315-2c68-4aa0-889f-484d91b959b0/Avatar+Cover+2.jpg Story Blog - Hell, Fire and Damnation - Keeping Meher Mount for Meher Baba - Make it stand out A PRINTING of Avatar: The Life Story of Avatar Meher Baba by Jean Adriel, 1971, by The Beguine Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/e8c97a2f-2829-460f-a714-41c00885724f/The+Ojai+Article+-+1946+-+Meher+Mount.jpg Story Blog - Hell, Fire and Damnation - Keeping Meher Mount for Meher Baba - Make it stand out THE OJAI published this article, “Shri Meher Baba to Establish Center in Upper Ojai Valley,” announcing the founding of Meher Mount, which closed escrow on July 31, 1946. (Photo: Meher Mount Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/55bca75b-8ff5-4c30-908c-1ca91b415077/Guesthouse+-+East+Side+-+2.jpg Story Blog - Hell, Fire and Damnation - Keeping Meher Mount for Meher Baba - Make it stand out THE ORIGINAL GUEST HOUSE at Meher Mount in the 1940s. This was the building, the ‘Baba House’, where Avatar Meher Baba greeted visitors during His visit on August 2, 1956. This house and all the other buildings on the property were destroyed in the 1985 New Life Fire. (Archive photo.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/d60e66f9-1284-4835-bd1e-3a66359a7c6e/Agnes+Baron+%26+Meher+Baba+-+Use.jpg Story Blog - Hell, Fire and Damnation - Keeping Meher Mount for Meher Baba - Make it stand out AGNES BARON and Avatar Meher Baba on August 2, 1956, when He visited Meher Mount. They are in the ‘Baba House’ that was destroyed in the 1985 New Life. (Photo: Meher Mount Archives) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/new-life-fire monthly 0.5 2025-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/386618d5-ba03-4f40-af83-190b2157e6ff/Plucky+Lady+%28+copy+from+Ojai+Valley+News+microfiche+%29+%29.jpg Story Blog - The New Life Fire - Keeping Meher Mount through Hellfire and Damnation - Make it stand out THE FRONT PAGE of the Ojai Valley News, October 16, 1985, reporting on the Ferndale Fire which struck Meher Mount on Monday, October 14, 1985. Meher Mount calls this fire the New Life Fire because it continued burning Baba’s Tree on the anniversary of Avatar Meher Baba’s New Life which began on October 16, 1949. The burned automobile pictured in the article was the “Woody” station wagon in which co-founder Agnes Baron drove Meher Baba to and from Hollywood on August 6, 1956. (Source: Ojai Valley News) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/d3699b2a-094a-4c71-9751-8d04357c9295/New+Life+Fire+-+Two+Fireplaces+-+Sam+Ervin+-+October+1985+.jpg Story Blog - The New Life Fire - Keeping Meher Mount through Hellfire and Damnation - Make it stand out ONLY TWO CHIMNEYS remain standing after the October 1985 New Life (Ferndale) Fire burns everything at Meher Mount. The fireplace facing forward was part of the ‘Baba House’ where Avatar Meher Baba gave darshan (His blessing) to His followers on August 2, 1956. That fireplace, now known as Baba’s Fireplace, still stands at Meher Mount as a touchstone of His visit. The chimney on the left was part of Agnes Baron’s home. (Photo: Sam Ervin, 1985) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1affce29-8b57-4503-8208-c77eedfeb898/New+Life+Fire+-+Burned+out+refrig+-+Sam+Ervin+-+October+1985.jpg Story Blog - The New Life Fire - Keeping Meher Mount through Hellfire and Damnation - Make it stand out A BURNED OUT REFRIGERATOR after the October 1985 New Life (Ferndale) Fire at Meher Mount. On this site was a small farmhouse connected to a working garage. In 2012, a workshop was built to replace this garage. The adjacent Topa Topa Patio was later added, where visitors now gather for events and picnics. (Photo: Sam Ervin, 1985) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/3cf565ac-ab26-412c-9b69-d3f32c6618d8/Outbuildings+-+Rusty+Bostwick%2C+Margaret+Magnus%2C+Agnes+Baron+-+Sam+Ervin+-+Oct+1985.jpg Story Blog - The New Life Fire - Keeping Meher Mount through Hellfire and Damnation - Make it stand out INSPECTING THE DAMAGE on Saturday after the New Life (Ferndale) Fire on Monday, October 14, 1985, are visitor and volunteer Rusty Bostwick (left), caretaker and co-founder Agnes Baron (center), and visitor and volunteer Margaret Magnus (right). This pile of rubble had been outbuildings that were used when the property was a working farm before it became Meher Mount in 1946. (Photo: Sam Ervin, 1985) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/e2495bde-11c3-44a7-88f3-e5ac30c91e2d/New+Life+Fire+-+Cleanup+Workshop+-+1985+-+Claudia+Wenning.jpg Story Blog - The New Life Fire - Keeping Meher Mount through Hellfire and Damnation - Make it stand out VOLUNTEERS visited Meher Mount for months after the October 1985 New Life (Ferndale) Fire to clean-up the debris. (Photo: Claudia Wenning, early 1986) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/4866fb55-bc94-41c0-beaa-daa232924803/Baba%27s+Tree+distance+-+1985+-+Sam+Ervin.jpg Story Blog - The New Life Fire - Keeping Meher Mount through Hellfire and Damnation - Make it stand out BABA’S TREE was severely damaged by the October 1985 New Life (Ferndale) Fire. Fire fighters were still dowsing the smoldering tree days after the fire first struck Meher Mount. (Photo: Sam Ervin, 1985) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/925f0b44-20ba-4779-a252-8d1a2bde17b4/Trailer+-+Copy+of+Meher+Mount+-+Trailer+Demo.jpg Story Blog - The New Life Fire - Keeping Meher Mount through Hellfire and Damnation - Make it stand out A TRAILER that was brought on the property after the October 1985 New Life (Ferndale) Fire for co-founder and caretaker to live in. She stayed here for almost all of the the remainder of her life. (Photo: Ray Johnston, during the process of its demolition in 2007) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/24929709-7d59-4d5a-a614-26cc7a2e56cb/4x6_photo_3.jpg Story Blog - The New Life Fire - Keeping Meher Mount through Hellfire and Damnation - Make it stand out THE VISITOR CENTER/CARETAKER QUARTERS was completed just months prior to the death of co-founder and lifetime caretaker Agnes Baron on July 5, 1994. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/moments-filled-with-wonder monthly 0.5 2022-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/5dcb2033-0a7b-4a6a-bb36-03ba4f2f3f57/34.+CA+GreatSunthrumistIMG_0032forbook14Xpoem+-+Jon+Meyer.jpg Story Blog - "Moments Filled with Wonder" - Poetry Inspired by the Clouds - Make it stand out MOMENTS FILLED WITH WONDER. This field on Sulphur Mountain [Meher Mount] is in a particularly dry area of California. The photo was taken when the trees appeared through the mist on a rare foggy day there. (Photo & Description: Jon Meyer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/a00d816a-e8cf-4b80-b8e2-634faa1e6bca/36.+CAGreatMistyValeMeherMtIMG_0085forbook8Rpoem+-+Jon+Meyer.jpg Story Blog - "Moments Filled with Wonder" - Poetry Inspired by the Clouds - Make it stand out YOU DISSIPATE THE FOG. It is very unusual for the dry climate of the Ojai region in California to yield such mist. This photo was taken also on Sulphur Mountain [Meher Mount] as the same day as “Moments Filled With Wonder.” (Photo & Description: Jon Meyer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/337fca00-4cd6-46ca-9d19-571f95fc8766/37.+Real+Success+CASingleTreeMeherMt_vert0064forbook20Opoem9.24.22+-+Jon+Meyer.jpg Story Blog - "Moments Filled with Wonder" - Poetry Inspired by the Clouds - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/hell-fire-damnation-agnes-baron-video monthly 0.5 2024-10-06 https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/luck-hard-work-meher-baba monthly 0.5 2023-09-14 https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/footprints-on-the-soul monthly 0.5 2023-01-12 https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/68/twhat-is-being-grown-are-there-orchards monthly 0.5 2022-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634595754838-RSIYU763KMXH44623N3F/Woody+Used+by+Meher+Baba+-+Meher+Mount+-+1970s+-+Sam+Ervin++%282%29.jpg Story Blog - "What is being grown? Are there orchards?" - Meher Baba - Make it stand out WOODY STATION WAGON owned by Agnes Baron. She drove Avatar Meher Baba and the four men mandali (close disciples) from the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles to Meher Mount in Ojai, CA, in 1956. (Photo: Sam Ervin, 1970s) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407345762047-XFNU98333YEG3VIW5ZMH/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - "What is being grown? Are there orchards?" - Meher Baba AN APRICOT ORCHARD on Highway 150 just east of the Sulphur Mountain Road turnoff leading to Meher Mount. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, 2012) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634595994214-U1TVKT33GD0G6T1XYN47/Drive+From+Meher+Mount+-+Screen+Capture.jpg Story Blog - "What is being grown? Are there orchards?" - Meher Baba - Make it stand out DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD in the Santa Clara Valley in 1956 with orchards growing on all sides. (Screen Capture: Meher Baba in the USA, 1956, filmed by Charmian Duce Knowles. Produced and copyrighted by Sufism Reoriented.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634596312896-JY5NCZ0JABBKOL2ABQYE/WEB+AMB+1956+-+Kitty+Davy+-+Darwin+Shaw.jpg Story Blog - "What is being grown? Are there orchards?" - Meher Baba - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA leaving Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. Western disciple Kitty L. Davy is holding the door for Him. (Photo: Darwin Shaw, (c) Meher Nazar Publications) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2022/new-well monthly 0.5 2022-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/96c893c1-56be-476c-bc45-4b8b2394c2e9/Old+Water+Tank+along+Well+Road+-+1970s+late+-+Ervin.jpg Story Blog - "Can't decide to go to expense of new pump or to drill a new well..." - Agnes Baron - Make it stand out AN OLD WATER tank along the current well road in the late 1970s. Probably, this tank was originally put in for the animals in the barn, which is not shown. It was later destroyed in the 1985 New Life Fire. (Photo: Sam Ervin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/bb0e00ef-ff70-4ee5-b697-2873ff0de330/Meher+Mount+-+New+Water+Tank+-+2004 Story Blog - "Can't decide to go to expense of new pump or to drill a new well..." - Agnes Baron - Make it stand out INSTALLING A NEW WATER TANK, near the swimming pool which is used as a water reservoir, after the new water treatment system was installed. (Photo: Sam Ervin, 2004) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/5d01de23-71ed-44a6-a948-d85bed998c02/Meher+Mount+-+Water+Treatment+System+-+01-30-2022+-+Margaret+Magnus+%285%29.jpg Story Blog - "Can't decide to go to expense of new pump or to drill a new well..." - Agnes Baron - Make it stand out THE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM. The covered pool on the left acts as reservoir to hold the water pumped from the well. There are two tanks — one for untreated agricultural use and one for treated water for use in the Visitor Center. The water treatment system on the right. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, January 2022) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/58/tthe-bees-are-calling monthly 0.5 2022-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/ddfc454e-104f-4aa5-a582-9dd828966b50/Baba%27s+Tree+Film+-+Meher+Mount+-+Ray+Johnston+-+Ben+Hoffman+-+April+2%2C+2022+-+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - The Bees Are Calling - Make it stand out RAY JOHNSTON on a foggy day in April 2022 being filmed at Baba's Tree by cameraperson Ben Hoffman. (Photo: Margaret Magnus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/9d0cf590-c00e-42df-bbd2-0ce0c90d15c0/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Inside+2+-+Simin+Mohajerani+-+2014.jpg Story Blog - The Bees Are Calling - Make it stand out THE HOLLOWS in Baba's Tree are from the 1985 New Life Fire and cavities where bees had moved in. (Photo: Simin Mohajerani, 2014) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1589581980551-6EDM5QRDPFYMBOCPMAU5/Bees+%26+Flowers+-+Juan+Mendez+-+11-2-2019.jpg Story Blog - The Bees Are Calling A BEEKEEPER CHOOSES this profession after getting the inspiration under Baba's Tree. Bees at Meher Mount (Photo: Juan Mendez, 2019) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/babas-tree-love-nature monthly 0.5 2024-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/4f75f7e0-32ca-4821-9498-50f394928bd9/Baba%27s+Tree+Limbs+2+-+July+2014+-+Sam+Ervin.JPG Story Blog - “Oh yeah, right, dad. Sure. It’s a tree. Big deal.” - Make it stand out UNDER THE LIMBS of Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount. (Photo: Sam Ervin, 2014) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/why-does-the-avatar-suffer monthly 0.5 2022-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/255b3857-2fff-4067-b254-fd1eec833af8/Meher+Baba+-+Myrtle+Beach+-+Sufism+Reoriented.jpg Story Blog - Why Does the Avatar Suffer? "...I Suffer Because I Love." - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA, Meher Spiritual Center, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, May 17, 1952. (Photo: (c) Sufism Reoriented) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/323b10dd-5cbb-462a-8502-0f75e979984e/Accident+Site+-+Prague%2C+OK+-+Wayne+Myers%2C+2011.jpg Story Blog - Why Does the Avatar Suffer? "...I Suffer Because I Love." - Make it stand out THE SITE of Meher Baba’s May 24, 1952, auto accident near Prague, Oklahoma. (Photo: Wayne Myers, September 2011) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/5e15fda4-775b-4917-b270-3a4b55807984/Meher+Baba+-+1952+-+Locarno+Switzerland%2C+colorized+by+Anthony+Zois.jpg Story Blog - Why Does the Avatar Suffer? "...I Suffer Because I Love." - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA recuperating in Locarno, Switzerland, after the May 24, 1952 accident near Prague, Oklahoma. (Photo: Colorized by Anthony Zois) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/change-of-heart monthly 0.5 2022-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/a89a81d1-1547-4f0c-9115-30021b919422/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Sign+-+Juan+Mendez+-+2021.jpg Story Blog - A Change of Heart - Make it stand out BABA’S TREE SIGN pointing the way to Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount. (Photo: Juan Mendez, 2021) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/blessed-and-refreshed monthly 0.5 2022-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/2cf5424e-956a-4c65-8ccf-1dbfb7c1d401/Baba%27s+Tree+at+Meher+Mount+-+2014+-+Stephanie+Ervin+%2813%29.jpg Story Blog - "I felt so blessed and refreshed..." - Make it stand out BABA’S TREE at Meher Mount with a bench inviting visitors to sit, relax and spend time under this tree blessed with the Presence of Avatar Meher Baba. (Photo: Stephanie Ervin, 2014) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/babas-tree-and-tarantulas monthly 0.5 2025-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/10b6e27e-bb4a-4d6e-a936-5aa3b06b6d25/Baba%27s+Tree+-+2010+-+Wayne+Myers.jpg Story Blog - "Do you like tarantulas?" - Make it stand out A LATE AFTERNOON near Baba’s Tree. The tree is on the right and in front is Baba’s Path which leads back to the Visitor Center. (Photo: Wayne Myers, October 2010) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/9dd20ecd-20a8-466f-a57c-3682113aaa56/Nature+-+Tarantula+JPEG+-+Ray+Johnston.jpg Story Blog - "Do you like tarantulas?" - Make it stand out A TARANTULA SIGHTING at Meher Mount. (Photo: Ray Johnston) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/babas-tree-pink-and-blue monthly 0.5 2022-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/81204fc5-df51-4109-bd26-9e41f418fa38/Meher+Baba-and-Mehera-with-Rabbit-94-1-Oil-52x40-Charles+Mills.jpg Story Blog - "Pink and blue, I love you." - Mehera J. Irani - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA and Mehera J. Irani. (Painting: Charles Mills, Charles Mills Studios) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/6137965c-da33-47fb-9b53-72a12a9209e2/Meher+Baba%27s+Flag.png Story Blog - "Pink and blue, I love you." - Mehera J. Irani - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA’S flag of seven colors. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/babas-tree-laughter monthly 0.5 2024-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/e4290015-476d-4835-981c-559ddefa1436/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Amartithi+2016+-+Wayne+Myers.JPG Story Blog - Their Laughter Was Music to His Ears - Make it stand out BABA’S TREE with flowers around the heart stone marking the spot where Avatar Meher Baba sat in 1956. Next to the flowers on the right is the wooden marker honoring co-founder and lifetime caretaker Agnes Baron (1907-1994). (Photo: Wayne Myers, 2016) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/babas-tree-gift monthly 0.5 2022-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/fb4a2345-38b1-4be8-a718-5d9294a1b3f4/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Flower+on+Limb+-+Juan+Mendez+-+February+2022.jpg Story Blog - "The sky is a tree, and the stars its branches ever reaching for us, like God." - Make it stand out A BURNED LIMB of Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount adorned with flowers for Avatar Meher Baba’s birthday. (Photo: Juan Mendez, 2022) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/family-vacation monthly 0.5 2022-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/4a9c4196-830a-45a5-a4db-07d1dd02b941/Spring+Vacation+at+Meher+Mount.png Story Blog - Spring Break at Meher Mount - Make it stand out THE KALAVAPUDI FAMILY at Avatar’s Point at Meher Mount. (Image: Screen Shot, March 2021) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/manonash-calypso-babas-tree monthly 0.5 2025-04-24 https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/every-breath-a-graduation-poem monthly 0.5 2022-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/8269a1d3-b841-46a3-b940-e69893ac3369/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Wayne+Myers+-+Amartithi+2016.JPG Story Blog - "I felt like I was breathing new life, new inspiration with every inhalation." - Make it stand out BABA’S TREE at Meher Mount. (Photo: Wayne Myers, 2016) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/ideal-prayer-to-the-lord monthly 0.5 2022-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/029b6a62-9832-4200-8879-8fa0eb9a10fe/masters_prayer_1953_gb62+-+Beloved+Archives.jpg Story Blog - The Ideal Prayer to the Lord - Make it stand out THE MASTER’S PRAYER dictated by Avatar Meher Baba in Dehra Dun, India, in 1953. The original is preserved by Beloved Archives and on display in Hamilton, NJ. A copy is on display at Meher Mount. (Photo: Beloved Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/cc016711-88b0-4e10-b086-6a22dbbf8fc6/Baba_in_Prayer-1+-+Trustmeher.org.jpg Story Blog - The Ideal Prayer to the Lord - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA in prayer. (Source: TrustMeher.org) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/fire-prevention-in-the-rain monthly 0.5 2022-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/75beb680-1597-47ca-9ad2-eaaf549d40aa/Fire+Extinguisher+-+Workshop+-+2021+-+Eric+Carlson.jpg Story Blog - Fire Prevention, Even in the Rain - Make it stand out A NEW fire extinguisher in the Workshop at Meher Mount. (Photo: Eric Carlson, December 2021) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/new-year-resolution-forget-forgive monthly 0.5 2023-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/50d21d76-c414-440a-ad17-01ed3e775b2e/Meher+Baba+-+Meher+Nazar+Publications%2C+1939%2C+Rano+Gayley.jpg Story Blog - A New Year's Resolution Worth Remembering - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA in Jabalpur, India, on January 6, 1939, during the Blue Bus Tours. Photographed by Rano Gayley. (Source: (c) Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/ustad-dhanyavad-newell monthly 0.5 2022-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/3cb06761-42ef-4d30-a9fa-1ff71f01d58e/Meher+Baba+as+Krishna+-+1920s+-+Trust.jpg Story Blog - In Recognition of the Same Eternal One... - Make it stand out “I was Rama, I was Krishna, I was this One, I was that One, and now I am Meher Baba.” (Photo: Avatar Meher Baba in the 1920s) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/9f9c3235-da0c-4b05-84df-923b6e9a029e/Meher+Baba+-+AMBPPCT+-+1925.jpg Story Blog - In Recognition of the Same Eternal One... - Make it stand out MEHER BABA, the Avatar (1925). “Meher Baba” means “Compassionate Father.” Most commonly, He is referred to as the “Avatar,” a Sanskrit word meaning “descent of God.” https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/letter-of-gratitude monthly 0.5 2022-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/7843eb13-616b-4794-b517-0d414116a6e9/Meher+Mount+-+Acorn+Woodpeckers+-+Juan+Mendez+-+11-3-2019.jpg Story Blog - A Thanksgiving Day Filled with Gratitude - Make it stand out ACORN WOODPECKERS take advantage of a quiet moment at Meher Mount. (Photo: Juan Mendez) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/ba9dece0-912a-4489-8dd3-7cc480705ba7/Avatar%27s+Point+looking+southeast+-+Buzz+Glaksy+-+Feb+2019.jpg Story Blog - A Thanksgiving Day Filled with Gratitude - Make it stand out A RAINBOW seen from Avatar’s Point at Meher Mount. (Photo: Buzz Glasky) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/f4146395-67ef-4b92-82d7-006551dc977a/Meher+Mount+-+Birds+at+the+Water+Fountain+-+Eric+Carlson.JPG Story Blog - A Thanksgiving Day Filled with Gratitude - Make it stand out THE BIRDS and other wildlife take advantage of the opportunity to be at the water fountain at Meher Mount. (Photo: Eric Carlson) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/thanking-meher-baba monthly 0.5 2022-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/189ff91f-4ad9-4c02-812e-b0a098c0d7a6/Avatar+Meher+Baba+by+Charles+Mills Story Blog - Thanking Meher Baba - Perspectives from His Close Disciples - Make it stand out Avatar Meher Baba by Charles Mills. (Mills Studios) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/see-the-views monthly 0.5 2021-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/c60a1d5c-3959-4eff-a329-cade1e172bdc/WEB+1956+-+Meher+Baba+%26+Sparkie.jpg Story Blog - "Now, go out and see the view and try to love Baba through nature." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. He is followed by the four men mandali (close disciples) that traveled with Him: Eruch Jessawala (just behind Meher Baba); Adi K. Irani (carrying the briefcase); Meherjee Karkaria (suit and tie); and Dr. Nilu (Vinayak Nilkanth Godse). (Photo: Darwin Shaw, (c) Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/f80e1e95-63ba-466c-9fd9-3aa0c8d3b1c0/Screen+Shot+-+Leatrice+Johnston+at+Meher+Mount%2C+1996.jpg Story Blog - "Now, go out and see the view and try to love Baba through nature." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out LEATRICE SHAW JOHNSTON describing Avatar Meher Baba’s visit to Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. This video was taken at the 40th anniversary celebration of Meher Baba’s visit in August 1996. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/9de26b4c-8f0b-41e1-9672-30a016562ac3/Ojai+1956.jpg Story Blog - "Now, go out and see the view and try to love Baba through nature." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out AGNES BARON taking Avatar Meher Baba (blue coat) on a tour of Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. Holding the umbrella is Eruch Jessawala. To the right of Agnes is Meherjee Karkaria. (Photo: Meher Mount Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/13addfcd-7e96-487a-8bec-90e9b9dd7f4d/The+Recorded+Survey+of+Meher+Mount+2008.JPG Story Blog - "Now, go out and see the view and try to love Baba through nature." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out THE RECORD OF SURVEY of Meher Mount filed in 2008 that answered Avatar Meher Baba’s question posed 52 years earlier during His visit on August 2, 1956. (Image: Meher Mount) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/search-for-meher-mount monthly 0.5 2021-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634310541200-9DH8WBDNORMTB3IQPP1S/Agnes+Baron+-+Lola+Long+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - “It was a hot day, so I thought I would go with them…” – Agnes Baron - Make it stand out AGNES BARON at Meher Mount sometime in the 1970s. (Photo: Lola Long) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634310057260-1BU9U76NN14D2FORRTCO/Meher+Mount+1949+-+Month+of+Silence+-+corner+of+Baba+House.jpg Story Blog - “It was a hot day, so I thought I would go with them…” – Agnes Baron - Make it stand out A CORNER OF THE GUESTHOUSE at Meher Mount. (Photo: Meher Mount Archives, 1949) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634310179535-D4KE17CBYD0GR52U92LR/Guesthouse+-+East+Side+-+1.JPG Story Blog - “It was a hot day, so I thought I would go with them…” – Agnes Baron - Make it stand out THE CORNER OF A COTTAGE that could be been from the road which led Agnes Baron to continue her investigation of the property. (Photo: Meher Mount Archives, mid to late 1940s) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634489251706-7P5JF84D8X2R8HGQPNP7/Walkway+between+main+house+and+guesthouse+at+Meher+Mount+-+Nov+1956+-+Lud+Dimpfl+%282%29.jpeg Story Blog - “It was a hot day, so I thought I would go with them…” – Agnes Baron - Make it stand out THE WALKWAY to the “beautifully furnished” guesthouse at Meher Mount. The ‘Baba Room’ where Meher Baba met with His followers later in 1956 is in the guesthouse. (Photo: Lud Dmpfl, November 1956) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634310100083-5K98EA3JS51SPU86AS2P/Jean+Adriel+-+Meher+Mount+-+Month+of+Silence+1949+-1.jpg Story Blog - “It was a hot day, so I thought I would go with them…” – Agnes Baron - Make it stand out JEAN ADRIEL in 1949. (Photo: Meher Mount Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634309795758-O9W9KQ9YQHNSFKJOYR9P/Agnes+Baron+-+Meher+Mount+-+Late+1940s Story Blog - “It was a hot day, so I thought I would go with them…” – Agnes Baron - Make it stand out AGNES BARON and (unidentified woman) working in the garden at Meher Mount. The caretaker house and garage are in the background. (Photo: Meher Mount archives, late 1940s). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634310749658-RYN6JRXJ1FAQG6F4SS1Y/Agnes++Margaret+Craske+Chopping+Weeds.jpg Story Blog - “It was a hot day, so I thought I would go with them…” – Agnes Baron - Make it stand out AGNES BARON (left) and Margaret Craske (right), a Western disciple of Avatar Meher Baba, cutting the grass at Meher Mount. (Photo: Meher Mount Archives, 1940s) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634309713215-NZI8LNRW4FZ54HOLHJZU/Agnes+Baron%27s+Car+-+1949+-+Meher+Mount+2+.jpg Story Blog - “It was a hot day, so I thought I would go with them…” – Agnes Baron - Make it stand out AUTOMOBILE used by Agnes Baron. (Photo: Meher Mount Archives, 1949) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2021/baron-drive-to-san-francisco-1956 monthly 0.5 2022-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634167540612-7C755YJ6V9BNOK5MR70R/Woody+-+Sam+Ervin+and+Martha+Aubin+-+Meher+Mount+-+1970s+1970s.jpg Story Blog - “You don’t know how hard I had to work to prevent a catastrophe.” - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out AGNES BARON’S woody station wagon. She drove Avatar Meher Baba from and to the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in this automobile on August 2, 1956. (Photo: Sam Ervin & Martha Aubin, 1970s) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634167764453-UBL0RTQM1J6SHX2I72BY/Avatar+Meher+Baba+-+1956+-+Meher+Mount+-+Meher+Baba.jpg Story Blog - “You don’t know how hard I had to work to prevent a catastrophe.” - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out ADI K. IRANI (right) was one of the men disciples traveling with Avatar Meher Baba (blue coat) on His 1956 around-the-world trip that included a day at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. Agnes Baron, Meher Mount co-founder and lifetime caretaker, is on the left. (Photo: Darwin Shaw, (c) Meher Nazar Publications.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634168997118-2NH1NWGPRSB9QKBQMB03/Avatar+Meher+Baba+-+Meher+Mount+-+1956+-+Meadow.jpg Story Blog - “You don’t know how hard I had to work to prevent a catastrophe.” - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out LUD DIMPFL (front, grey suit) was a follower of Avatar Meher Baba (blue coat) and at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. (Photo: Darwin Shaw, (c) Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634168130265-B3VTIEXUEES0UXAUN0J4/Beatrice+Dimpfl+and+four+Dimpfl+children+Nov+1956+-+Lud+Dimpfl.jpeg Story Blog - “You don’t know how hard I had to work to prevent a catastrophe.” - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out BEA DIMPFL with her children Bill (William) Dimpfl, Claudia Dimpfl O’Hanrahan, Joan Dimpfl Harland, and Diane Dimpfl Cobb (3B) at Meher Mount in November 1956, just months after Avatar Meher Baba’s visit on August 2, 1956. (Photo: Lud Dimpfl) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634167856645-SDDPKE1KYT6Q6FJPKDPG/Meher+Mount+-+August+2%2C+1956+-+Margaret+Craske+%28foreground+with+purse%29+-+Darwin+Shaw.jpg Story Blog - “You don’t know how hard I had to work to prevent a catastrophe.” - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out FOLLOWERS of Avatar Meher Baba who joined Him at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. (Photo: Darwin Shaw, (c) Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634168664178-P5UH1WWQPI837XVO3HP6/Hollywood+Roosevelt+Hotel+1960s.jpg Story Blog - “You don’t know how hard I had to work to prevent a catastrophe.” - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out THE HOLLYWOOD ROOSEVELT Hotel in the 1960s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634168508670-6AILD4TPA6IROOB9GHD9/40+MILES+PER+HOUR.jpg Story Blog - “You don’t know how hard I had to work to prevent a catastrophe.” - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634168622262-D0WBERUAM9CLE1VG6536/Policeman+vintage.jfif Story Blog - “You don’t know how hard I had to work to prevent a catastrophe.” - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634169943390-U7TPUR5AJK3H11K4FDAW/Holiday+Lodge+1+-+San+Francisco+-+Postcard.jpg Story Blog - “You don’t know how hard I had to work to prevent a catastrophe.” - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out A POSTCARD of the Holiday Lodge in San Francisco, where Avatar Meher Baba stayed in 1956. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2019/babas-tree-name monthly 0.5 2023-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1573146208261-3U4Y5VE727QELCU0HVCL/WEB+AMB+1956+-+Meadow.jpg Story Blog - "Baba, I've always thought of this as Your tree." - Agnes Baron AVATAR MEHER BABA (in blue) with His followers at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. They are in the meadow near Baba’s Tree. Co-founder and lifetime caretaker Agnes Baron is in the orange skirt and dark sweater. (Photo: Darwin Shaw, (c)Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634045991170-5DMUL4BO9JKWN9A5L4E3/Baba%27s+Tree+-+1970s+-+Meher+Mount+-+Sam+Ervin.jpg Story Blog - "Baba, I've always thought of this as Your tree." - Agnes Baron BABA’S TREE on the right at Avatar’s Point on Meher Mount. The wooden hay wagon burned in the 1985 New Life Fire. (Photo: Sam Ervin, 1970s) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1574274258392-WPAIFHVKCGIXOP79DJGY/928+-+Myers+2010.jpg Story Blog - "Baba, I've always thought of this as Your tree." - Agnes Baron FLOWERS and a naturally shaped heart stone honor the spot where Avatar Meher Baba sat at Meher Mount under Baba’s Tree on August 2, 1956. (Photo: Wayne Myers, 2010) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2021/agnes-baron-1970-film monthly 0.5 2024-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634221598164-SOSG3M3ABZLK01702KH9/Screen+Shot+-+Agnes+Baron+Sits+Where+Meher+Baba+Sat+Under+Baba%27s+Tree.jpg Story Blog - Agnes Baron Remembers Meher Baba's 1956 Visit - Make it stand out AGNES BARON under Baba’s Tree demonstrating where Avatar Meher Baba sat on August 2, 1956. (Screen Shot: Irwin Luck, 1970) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634221720245-W7KO8SWZUI6YWBHI4DTL/Agnes+Baron+%26+Meher+Baba+at+Meher+Mount.jpg Story Blog - Agnes Baron Remembers Meher Baba's 1956 Visit - Make it stand out AGNES BARON (seated) with Avatar Meher Baba in the ‘Baba Room’ at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. (Photo: Charmian Duce Knowles) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2021/area-newspapers-announce-founding-of-meher-mount monthly 0.5 2021-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634055673602-7TDK15EW8LLX1L9ZQRN7/Guesthouse+-+East+Side+-+Meher+Mount+2.jpg Story Blog - Newspapers Announce the Founding of Meher Mount - 1946 - Make it stand out THE MEHER MOUNT sign announcing the spiritual center dedicated to Avatar Meher Baba, founded on July 31, 1946 in Ojai, CA. (Photo: Meher Mount Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634068797378-HT1XG4XUGWTRXR0VB7P0/The+Ojai+Article+-+1946+-+Meher+Mount.jpg Story Blog - Newspapers Announce the Founding of Meher Mount - 1946 - Make it stand out THE OJAI published this article, “Shri Meher Baba to Establish Center in Upper Ojai Valley,” announcing the founding of Meher Mount, which closed escrow on July 31, 1946. (Photo: Meher Mount Archives) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/find-meher-mount-reading monthly 0.5 2021-10-20 https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/fence-fawn-calm monthly 0.5 2021-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1632860378505-1T0BSSO0TLHJ6PPI9QJI/Meher+Mount+Gate+-+April+2018+-+Cassandra+Bramucci.jpg Story Blog - A Fence, A Fawn, and the Gift of Calm - Make it stand out THE HEART GATE at Meher Mount was open, and the trapped fawn was to the left facing the road and stuck between two steel bars. The visitor was sitting outside the gate in front of the young deer quietly calming it down until the deer backed out of the fence and leapt to freedom. Each had calmed the other. (Photo: Cassandra Bramucci, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1632861667647-MS5A7IGRZ8ZJ0JYB6QTF/Meher+Mount+-+Deer+-+2020+-+Juan+Mendez.jpg Story Blog - A Fence, A Fawn, and the Gift of Calm - Make it stand out DEER often graze at Meher Mount and stop at the fountain for water. (Photo: Juan Mendez, December 2020) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2021/greg-harland-talk monthly 0.5 2021-10-20 https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2021/joan-harland-talk monthly 0.5 2021-10-20 https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2021/new-life-center monthly 0.5 2021-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1626389746384-WNM7RMEGTDKDEB2WESDL/La+Crescenta+Historic+view+04+copy.jpg Story Blog - The New Life Center Leads to the Founding of Meher Mount - Make it stand out LA CRESCENTA VALLEY in the 1920s at the time the Bissel family owned the property which later became the New Life Center. The main north-south street in the valley was Los Angeles Street, now La Crescenta Avenue, heading toward the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. (Photo: Glendale Library) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1626441664894-V6U5XB8HAAB3K4BRCMGE/Alexander+Markey.jpg Story Blog - The New Life Center Leads to the Founding of Meher Mount - Make it stand out ALEXANDER MARKEY first met Avatar Meher Baba in London in 1936 and later founded the New Life Center with Jean Adriel in La Crescenta, CA. (Photo: Meher Baba Travels) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1626390069907-RU3O6LGM56PX4XAR0RI5/Jean+Adriel+-+Meher+Mount+-+Month+of+Silence+1949+-1.jpg Story Blog - The New Life Center Leads to the Founding of Meher Mount - Make it stand out JEAN ADRIEL at Meher Mount during a month of silence in 1949. (Photo: Meher Mount Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1626389999680-42MBNGAPW4WL7NYRHIF0/6+-+Bissell+House+-+2012+-+Ervin.JPG Story Blog - The New Life Center Leads to the Founding of Meher Mount - Make it stand out THE FORMER BISSELL HOUSE which was part of the New Life Center. This area is reached by exiting Freeway 210 on La Crescenta Avenue (originally Los Angeles Avenue) toward the mountains. This photo was taken in 2012 and the property is a private home. (Photo: Sam Ervin, 2012) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1626390174562-JLUNFPN3T6WU3DW3CTVU/41+-+Ashrama+-+2012+-+Ervin.JPG Story Blog - The New Life Center Leads to the Founding of Meher Mount - Make it stand out ANANDA ASHRAMA, founded in 1923 by Swami Paramananda, in La Crescenta, CA, is adjacent to the former New Life Center. Through this proximity Agnes Baron, who was staying at the ashram, met Jean Adriel of the New Life Center. They were co-founders of Meher Mount. (Photo: Sam Ervin, 2012) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2021/darshan-dhuni-film monthly 0.5 2024-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1625960617316-JO53BWYDNSXO4AEUKXJS/Agnes+Baron+%26+Meher+Baba+-+Meher+Mount.jpg Story Blog - The Special Darshan Dhuni Film - Make it stand out “YOU ARE SO LUCKY TO BE WITH ME SO CLOSELY…” — Avatar Meher Baba. He and caretaker Agnes Baron are seated in the ‘Baba Room’ at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. (Photo: Meher Mount Archives) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2021/darshan-dhuni-quotes-contributors monthly 0.5 2022-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1625960230864-XV2NWYWYFNAQ0L6FVA45/Darshan+Dhuni+-+6-12-2021+-+Screen+Capture.jpg Story Blog - The Darshan Dhuni Quotes & Contributors - Make it stand out THE DARSHAN DHUNI at Meher Mount on Saturday, June 12, 2021, in the space of the ‘Baba Room’ where Avatar Meher Baba gave darshan (His blessing) to His followers in 1956. (Photo: Screen Capture from the video, “Darshan Dhuni.”) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1625960803810-ZSTXHPZJSBDMTLSCMFLX/Meher+Mount+Darshan+Dhuni+-+Cake+-+June+12+2021+-+Robert+Turnage.jpg Story Blog - The Darshan Dhuni Quotes & Contributors - Make it stand out “THIS IS ALL DUE MY LOVE…” — Avatar Meher Baba at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. This cake was for the Darshan Dhuni on June 12, 2021. (Photo: Robert Turnage) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/meher-babas-words monthly 0.5 2022-08-25 https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2021/baba-room monthly 0.5 2021-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1620742402264-2LKJ8G5EQSGR0PFV1FRP/Meher+Baba+at+Meher+Mount+-+1956 Story Blog - Meher Baba Calls Everyone into the 'Baba Room' - 1956 - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA with His followers at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. The building in the background was a farmhouse and garage on the property, which burned in 1985. In the picture are: (Left to right): Adi K. Irani (light grey jacket); Eruch Jessawala (dark suit); Bili Eaton (light scarf); Meher Baba (blue coat); Agnes Baron (orange skirt); Tex Hightower (striped shirt); Frank Hendrick (light grey suit); Marie Adair (black suit and pants); and Peter Saul (green shirt). Agnes Baron drove Meher Baba to Meher Mount in the ‘Woody’ station wagon pictured in the background while many of His followers traveled by bus. (Photo: Darwin Shaw, ©Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1620742501343-78Z8BJO5J1ME56D72P2H/Agnes+Baron+%26+Meher+Baba+-+Meher+Mount+1956 Story Blog - Meher Baba Calls Everyone into the 'Baba Room' - 1956 - Make it stand out AGNES BARON, co-founder and lifetime caretaker of Meher Mount is seated on the floor next to Avatar Meher Baba in the ‘Baba Room’ at Meher Mount in 1956. This room (later destroyed by wildfire in 1985) was where Meher Baba gave darshan (His blessing) to His followers. The window in the background overlooks the Ojai Valley. (Photo: Archives) . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1620742578976-LM1GEGROL9MAJ70M6LZM/Meher+Baba+on+a+Tour+of+Meher+Mount%2C+1956 Story Blog - Meher Baba Calls Everyone into the 'Baba Room' - 1956 - Make it stand out HURRYING TO KEEP UP with Avatar Meher Baba (blue coat) as He tours Meher Mount with co-founder and lifetime caretaker Agnes Baron (light orange skirt) on August 2, 1956. Lud Dimpfl is the man in the suit in front. (Photo: Darwin Shaw, ©Meher Nazar Publications) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/song-of-nothing monthly 0.5 2021-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1617374710060-3025WW6F2JLQ2C3XO4KI/Avatar+Meher+Baba Story Blog - Remembering Meher Baba in Simple, Ordinary Moments “…take God seriously, and life lightly.” — Avatar Meher Baba, 1940s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1617374965764-GN8XP6YK9FKO2BT5XENQ/Bal+Natu+follower+of+Meher+Baba%2C+Photo+-+Richard+Peikoff.jpg Story Blog - Remembering Meher Baba in Simple, Ordinary Moments Bal Natu (1919-2003), author of More Conversations with the Awakener. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1617375398868-TDGA5Z73M0JHX3XXLWZX/Avatar+Meher+Baba Story Blog - Remembering Meher Baba in Simple, Ordinary Moments “You have no idea of my love and compassion that sustains your very being.” — Avatar Meher Baba https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2021-sparks-meher-baba monthly 0.5 2023-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1615396027949-OGJIMETPU3Z8SNOURGL0/Meher+Baba+at+Meher+Mount+-+Meher+Nazar+Publications+copyright.jpg Story Blog - "...all that is good and all that is bad within you comes out in sparks..." - Avatar Meher Baba AVATAR MEHER BABA at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956, on His way to the Babaroom where He gave darshan (His blessing) to His followers. Behind Him are close disciples Eruch Jessawala and Meherjee Kakaria. (Photo: (c) Meher Nazar Publications) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2021-dont-love-everybody monthly 0.5 2023-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1595163162657-TKPWMEUZDETLKKAX2S9G/Agnes+%26+Baba+Walking+-+JPEG.jpg Story Blog - "I don't love everybody - what am I going to do about it? - Agnes Baron to Avatar Meher Baba AVATAR MEHER BABA touring Meher Mount on August 2, 1956, with co-founder and lifetime caretaker Agnes Baron as His host and guide. Eruch Jessawala is walking besides them. (Photo: Adele Wolkin) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/1967-birthday-message-meher-baba monthly 0.5 2021-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1614107105057-GBQ4LUN4S03ME0UV3251/Meher+Baba+-+Think+always+of+me+Pinterest+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - "I am wherever My lovers are." - Avatar Meher Baba AVATAR MEHER BABA, born at 5:00 a.m. on February 25, 1894, in Pune (formerly Poona), India. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/christmas-with-meher-baba-1936 monthly 0.5 2021-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1608830850853-LGMEELEJ8YKJQB4CDISN/2013-0_Untitled-13-0-Oil-24x18+-+Charles+Mills.jpg Story Blog - "My love flows eternally to all humanity..." - Avatar Meher Baba AVATAR MEHER BABA. (Artist: Charles Mills, Mills Studio) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/condors-at-meher-mount monthly 0.5 2021-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1608213271100-WV9AEFB19F6SV1O0AXOR/California+Condor+-+Turkey+Vulture+-+National+Park+Service.jpg Story Blog - Condors Soar Over Meher Mount THE CALIFORNIA CONDOR is the largest flying land bird in North America, with a wingspan of up to 10 feet. A condor weighs up to 26 pounds, and can soar and glide at speeds up to 50 MPH, traveling up to 100 miles in a day. This photo shows a comparison between a Turkey Vulture (top) and a California Condor (bottom). (Photo: U.S. National Park Service) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1608212512022-8SS234H2P71KLGZ0S5YF/US+Forest+Service+Map+-+Sespe+Condor+Sanctuary.png Story Blog - Condors Soar Over Meher Mount THE SESPE CONDOR SANCTUARY, established in 1947, is 53,000 acres in the Los Padres National Forest. The California Condor was recognized as endangered in 1967 and received legal protection in 1972. These protections include controlled public access to the sanctuary to protect condor nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat. (Map: U.S. Forest Service) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1608047324748-HM0MX4T2BUDONHBYHLWJ/Distance+-+Meher+Mount+-+Sespe+Condor+Sanctuary.png Story Blog - Condors Soar Over Meher Mount AS THE CONDOR FLIES. The flight distance from Meher Mount to the heart of the Sespe Condor Sanctuary is less than eight miles. (Source: Google Maps) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1607986867670-B8ZUFIQYWB71S08AQREP/California+Condor+-+Over+Meher+Mount+-+Eric+Carlson+-+Nov+2020.jpg Story Blog - Condors Soar Over Meher Mount CONDORS are “opportunistic scavengers” that feed on large, dead mammals. They live up to 60-years-old in the wild, mate for life, and produce one egg every other year. November 7, 2020 was the first recorded sighting of the California Condor at Meher Mount. (Photo: Eric Carlson, November 2020) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/silence-so-intense monthly 0.5 2022-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1607527333445-8PYL7Z9PLTZ1YDIPE3U2/View+above+the+clouds+from+Avatar%27s+Point+Meher+Mount+-+Juan+Mendez+-+Aug+2020.jpg Story Blog - “The silence was so intense… It filled me completely.” ABOVE THE CLOUDS - The view from Avatar’s Point at Meher Mount with the Pacific Ocean and the Channel Islands in the background. (Photo: Juan Mendez, August 2020) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/spot-in-our-hearts monthly 0.5 2022-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1607526685676-FD7GBN5A544MX3017W3Y/Sunset+Meher+Mount+-+Juan+Mendez+-+November+2019.jpg Story Blog - "This spot will be in our hearts forever." THE SUN SETS over Meher Mount and Baba’s Tree at Avatar’s Point. (Photo: Juan Mendez, November 2019) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/silence-serenity-new-beginnings monthly 0.5 2021-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1631911202647-YKVYJPO7K8TLFY4MD2DZ/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Field+-+Juan+Mendez+-+July+2021.jpg Story Blog - "It was meant for me to come here." BABA’S TREE in the distance at Meher Mount. (Photo: Juan Mendez, July 2020) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/postcard-meher-baba-coincidence monthly 0.5 2021-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1606743140524-C8KGSBHO60QRC29C9IQU/Postcard+-+Side+1+-+Ojai.jpg Story Blog - One of those Meher Baba 'coincidences' that makes you smile Postcard (front side) at the Porch Gallery Ojai. Concept-Design: Lisa Casoni of Porch Gallery Ojai and P. Lyn of P. Space/Ojai, CA. 2014 Series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1606743198030-JFH472V2VOKYPHFWAMD6/Postcard+-+Side+2+-+Meher+Baba+Happy.jpg Story Blog - One of those Meher Baba 'coincidences' that makes you smile Postcard (flip side). "Don't worry, be happy." Meher Baba - Lived in Ojai for one day, a self-described Avatar. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/facebook-memories-agnes-baron monthly 0.5 2021-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1603927152211-3GF2I4XH0855Q89Q1DKK/Agnes+Baron.jpg Story Blog - "I loved it when Agnes was our sub for the day!" AGNES BARON in the early 1980s sitting in of front her screened-in porch where she slept and heated with a wood stove. (Photo: Bill Le Page Family) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1603922428265-Q47R3I7QCRQFX23HOUS7/Facebook+-+Spink+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - "I loved it when Agnes was our sub for the day!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1603925451468-AV0YBIVB81KHSW04QRA6/Facebook+-+Brooks+%283%29.jpg Story Blog - "I loved it when Agnes was our sub for the day!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1603926873883-3CXJ1S2HFYB3HEALNMTS/Facebook+-+Va+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - "I loved it when Agnes was our sub for the day!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1603923088946-4MSISOXW49VKUSFR0GCS/Facebook+-+Chisler+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - "I loved it when Agnes was our sub for the day!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1603923437973-FTL4NVNLL2XW3HMFQD3D/Facebook+-+Gavenman+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - "I loved it when Agnes was our sub for the day!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1603926776478-USGYPAKJ2Z36Y829WY40/Facebook+-+Krause+-+Full+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - "I loved it when Agnes was our sub for the day!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1603925131321-MBDKG4B6A9OPOBYOFPQ8/Facebook+-+Belgum+%283%29.jpg Story Blog - "I loved it when Agnes was our sub for the day!" https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/a-blessed-six-weeks monthly 0.5 2021-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1602768738255-TQ9H1A9R4V8MVVUGLPUX/Juan+Mendez+-+Aug+2020+-+Agnes+Montano.jpg Story Blog - "What a Precious and Blessed Six Weeks!" JUAN MENDEZ at Avatar’s Point with his camera always at hand to take and share wonderful photos of Meher Mount. (Photo: Agnes Montano, August 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1602769995849-3KW7GYT7PTTR6F78GQ9X/Sunset+on+the+Veranda+-+Baba%27s+Fireplace+at+Meher+Mount-+Juan+Mendez+-+Aug+2020.jpg Story Blog - "What a Precious and Blessed Six Weeks!" SUNSET on the veranda of the Visitor Center/Caretaker Quarters at Meher Mount with Baba’s Fireplace in the background. (Photo: Juan Mendez, August 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1602770127457-A4UVEK0KLX30A5JKJFWH/Deer+at+Meher+Mount+-+Aug+2020+-+Juan+Mendez.jpg Story Blog - "What a Precious and Blessed Six Weeks!" A MULE DEER coming to drink from the water fountain and pond at Meher Mount. (Photo: Juan Mendez, August 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1602769211865-HGPPYJ5PUZG9QGSOCIS0/Joanitt+%26+Agnes+Montano+at+Meher+Mount+-+August+12+2020+-+Juan+Mendez.jpg Story Blog - "What a Precious and Blessed Six Weeks!" ON THE WAY to Baba’s Tree (left) are Agnes Montano (right) and her sister Joanitt Montano who also stayed and volunteered at Meher Mount for several weeks. (Photo: Juan Mendez, August 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1602770631643-6XSNG5OSTW1T227KTQU1/Woodpecker+at+the+Bird+Bath+-+Juan+Mendez+-+Aug+2020.jpg Story Blog - "What a Precious and Blessed Six Weeks!" A WOODPECKER at the bird bath at Meher Mount. (Photo: Juan Mendez, August 2020) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/tiny-treasure-trove monthly 0.5 2021-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1598656710054-R9OH56AZCZ8CJO0J688D/Wild+Flower+-+Meher+Mount+-+Agnes+Montano+-+Aug+2020.jpg Story Blog - Nature's Beauty - A Trove of Tiny Treasures (Photo: Agnes Montano, Summer 2020, Meher Mount) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1598656782839-5QGY9YGTWYKZUSXOWYUR/Flower+5+-+Agnes+Montano+-+Aug+2020.jpg Story Blog - Nature's Beauty - A Trove of Tiny Treasures (Photo: Agnes Montano, Summer 2020, Meher Mount) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1598656257469-0NDKJKVZ6VFNQVY0ZJGX/Funnel-Web+Spider+-+Meher+Mount+-+Agnes+Montano+-+Aug+2020.jpg Story Blog - Nature's Beauty - A Trove of Tiny Treasures (Photo: Agnes Montano, Summer 2020, Meher Mount) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1598656370554-JYW97SBKUP71CZY2VHSG/Dandelions+-+Meher+Mount+-+Agnes+Montano+-+Aug+2020.jpg Story Blog - Nature's Beauty - A Trove of Tiny Treasures (Photo: Agnes Montano, Summer 2020, Meher Mount) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1598656445319-72SIY6CXQ7VX421CGE3A/Baba%27s+Walkway+-+Meher+Mount+-+A+Leaf+-+Agnes+Montano+-+Aug+2020.jpg Story Blog - Nature's Beauty - A Trove of Tiny Treasures THE STONES of Baba’s Walkway at Meher Mount are accented by the leaf from a Coast Live Oak. (Photo: Agnes Montano, Summer 2020, Meher Mount) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1598656482968-N06SN6B01FYIPB0KFX8S/Coast+Life+Oak+Acorn+-+Meher+Mount+-+Agnes+Montano+-+Aug+2020.jpg Story Blog - Nature's Beauty - A Trove of Tiny Treasures (Photo: Agnes Montano, Summer 2020, Meher Mount) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1598656515411-Z8RXVH5HYGH89Y2LN18C/Purple+Wildflowers+-+Meher+Mount+-+Agnes+Montano+-+Aug+2020.jpg Story Blog - Nature's Beauty - A Trove of Tiny Treasures (Photo: Agnes Montano, Summer 2020, Meher Mount) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1598656559171-DFL9DAOACD38OMM0B8EY/Lichen+on+Baba%27s+Tree+-+Agnes+Montano+-+Aug+2020.jpg Story Blog - Nature's Beauty - A Trove of Tiny Treasures (Photo: Agnes Montano, Summer 2020, Meher Mount) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1598656592172-ZXZGJT0FQG0ZC78PWZ0V/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Bark+-+Agnes+Montano+-+Aug+2020.jpg Story Blog - Nature's Beauty - A Trove of Tiny Treasures THE BURNED INNER WOOD of Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount. (Photo: Agnes Montano, Summer 2020, Meher Mount) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1598656646663-BHUPJDHT9U51KZT8IHRD/Flower+-+Meher+Mount+-+Agnes+Montano+-+Aug+2020.jpg Story Blog - Nature's Beauty - A Trove of Tiny Treasures (Photo: Agnes Montano, Summer 2020, Meher Mount) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/meher-baba-music-videos-celebration monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/meher-baba-gestures monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1594324267457-3MU699BC9PP694LO2JWY/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Meher Baba Was the Master of Expression and the Perfection of Mime AVATAR MEHER BABA in one of the four photographs that appeared in the Los Angeles Times on August 1, 1956, which appeared at the top of the front page of the local news section of the Times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1594324288087-2IKERJDONY0DYXKGBZRZ/Meher+Baba+-+LAT+-+4.jpg Story Blog - Meher Baba Was the Master of Expression and the Perfection of Mime AVATAR MEHER BABA in one of the four photographs that appeared in the Los Angeles Times on August 1, 1956, which appeared at the top of the front page of the local news section of the Times. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2020/each-visit-unique monthly 0.5 2021-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1593097042042-I3IA0I6SR8O0GJEQJRVA/Meher+Mount+-+Summer+Solstice+-+June+2020+-+Kristina+Somma.jpeg Story Blog - The Gift of a Quiet Day of Refuge at Meher Mount SUMMER SOLSTICE when Meher Mount is enshrouded in the clouds. (Photo: Kristina Somma, June 20, 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1593097176674-UZVCQL5I5I12ICEGCUFI/Nature+-+Birds+-+Ravens+-+Cassandra+Bramucci+-+2017.jpg Story Blog - The Gift of a Quiet Day of Refuge at Meher Mount RAVENS in a protracted conversation in front of the pond at Meher Mount. (Photo: Cassandra Bramucci, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1593101448664-86CTVH4IJ4JQ30M0KHF0/WEB+AMB+1956+-+Eruch+Jessawala%2C+Meher+Baba%2C+Agnes+Baron.jpg Story Blog - The Gift of a Quiet Day of Refuge at Meher Mount A BLUE COAT, an uplifted hand — Avatar Meher Baba at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. Agnes Baron’s expression describes her joy in being with Meher Baba. (Photo: Darwin Shaw, Meher Nazar Publications) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2020/narrowness-limits-love monthly 0.5 2021-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1591990367642-9G014GRXVEFJ1XAUMVS6/1954+Wadia+Park.jpg Story Blog - "All narrowness limits love." - Avatar Meher Baba AVATAR MEHER BABA washing the feet of and bowing down to the poor in Wadia Park, Ahmednagar, India, in 1954. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1592076491056-2PRWASOIB9J7T6TBOZPW/Mohammed+the+Mast-+1939+-+MN+Publications.jpg Story Blog - "All narrowness limits love." - Avatar Meher Baba AVATAR MEHER BABA embracing Mohammed, a mast. Pronounced "must," the Sufi term mast refers to a God-intoxicated soul on the spiritual path. (Source: MN Publications, 1939) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2020/pandemic-oasis monthly 0.5 2021-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1590437506267-8PKAALVG6TRSBDBDUFXF/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Heart+Stone+-+5-24-2020+-+Margaret+Magnus+%283%29.JPG Story Blog - An Oasis in the Time of a Pandemic THE HEART STONE under Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount marks Avatar Meher Baba’s visit in 1956. These flowers were lovingly placed at the stone on May 24, 2020, by former Manager/Caretakers Buzz and Ginger Glasky on the anniversary of Meher Baba’s automobile accident near Prague, OK, in 1952. (Photo: Margaret Magnus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1590437597804-TKHHLCK2R05W0QJPLTVW/Guesthouse+-+East+Side+-+2.jpg Story Blog - An Oasis in the Time of a Pandemic HOW MEHER MOUNT looked on May 23, 1952, when the five men mandali arrived to await Meher Baba’s arrival. Meher Baba was traveling by automobile from Meher Spiritual Center in Myrtle Beach, SC, for a planned nine-day stay at Meher Mount in Ojai, CA. He never reached Meher Mount that year due to the automobile accident on May 24, 1952, near Prague, OK. Pictured is the guesthouse where Avatar Meher Baba gave darshan (His blessing) to His followers when He did arrive on August 2, 1956. (Photo: Meher Mount Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1590438039344-93LCQF5NY4P05OR8M5QP/Flowers+-+Deer+Weed+-+5-24-2020+-+Margaret+Magnus+%285%29.JPG Story Blog - An Oasis in the Time of a Pandemic THE MEHER MOUNT hills overlooking the Pacific Ocean are covered with bright yellow Deerweed (Acmispon glaber), a native California plant that blooms from March to August. It is most often seen in burned areas, along the coast, and in inland foothills, valleys and mountains. It is an excellent habitat for butterflies and moths. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1590500696131-MXMLV3YAH6O0AVESZ6M0/IMG_3574+%282%29.JPG Story Blog - An Oasis in the Time of a Pandemic CHAPARRAL CLARKIA (Clarkia affinis) are sprinkled throughout the meadow and along the path to Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount. It is endemic to California and mainly grows in the chaparral slopes and woodlands of the Coast Range. It provides habitat for butterflies, bees and moths. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1590438413383-L2YKZ0DCVSJXTJW143CW/Baba%27s+Tree+Grove+-+Seedlings+%26+Saplings+-+5-24-2020+-+Margaret+Magnus+%282%29.JPG Story Blog - An Oasis in the Time of a Pandemic A SAPLING OR SEEDLING from Baba’s Tree that is part of Baba’s Tree Grove. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1590438159832-O9FVKW6B5F3ZNTRGDZ3O/Baba%27s+Tree+Grwoth+-+5-24-2020+-+Margaret+Magnus++%288%29.JPG Story Blog - An Oasis in the Time of a Pandemic BABA’S TREE with all the growth since the December 2017 Thomas Fire. The limbs covered in white (for sunburn protection) extending on either side were severely burned. And although some of these limbs initially sprouted new growth, they died back and have not recovered. They show how far the tree extended. The semi-circle of wood in the foreground was part of the trunk of Baba’s Tree that shattered and fell in the high winds of the Thomas Fire. The heart rock to the right, adorned with flowers, marks the spot where Avatar Meher Baba sat in August 1956. The gold rope is a reminder that Baba’s Tree is still recovering and to be gentle and thoughtful around the tree. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1590438246595-PQSENGUJP21D8L761VGH/Baba%27s+Path+-+5-24-2020+-+Margaret+Magnus+%284%29.JPG Story Blog - An Oasis in the Time of a Pandemic THE PATH that Avatar Meher Baba took when He visited Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. Visitors can follow in His footsteps. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1590437390533-073JKBCCTBRI892WIDOF/Signage+-+COVID-19+-+5-24-2020+-+Margaret+Magnus+%283%29.JPG Story Blog - An Oasis in the Time of a Pandemic TOUCHLESS SIGN-IN. Meher Mount is still asking visitors to sign-in, but they can scan a QR code or go to the website. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 2020) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/magnificent-mystical-meher-mount monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1589412638850-YUPPX5FCI4ENCH8A6M6L/Agnes+Baron%27s+house+view+2+at+Meher+Mount+-+Nov+1956+-+Lud+Dimpfl.jpeg Story Blog - "It was a unique experience - with Baba so near in this tranquility..." AGNES BARON’S home at Meher Mount. The screened-in porch to the right of the building is where Marguerite Poley put a cot to sleep on while staying during the time Agnes was away in April 1950. (Photo: Lud Dimpfl, November 1956) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1590766165083-R4X120H8HV7RK624OE81/Marguerite+Poley%2C+Jean+Adriel%2C+Ssunny+Livingstone%2C1949.jpg Story Blog - "It was a unique experience - with Baba so near in this tranquility..." MARGUERITE POLEY, Jean Adriel, and Sunny Livingston in 1949. (Source: Meher Baba Travels) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2020/agnes-baron-meets-meher-baba-1952 monthly 0.5 2022-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1588623555882-GKXW3EBH9I0N0VTODM1P/Agnes+HS+Picture+-+Ceder+Source+-+Edited+-+Cleaned+up.JPG Story Blog - Agnes Baron Meets Meher Baba for the First Time AGNES BARON in her senior photo from Antioch College, 1928. (Photo: Antioch Yearbook) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1588713960150-YW4N6G9NG0BPAQY61U3B/46190020.JPG Story Blog - Agnes Baron Meets Meher Baba for the First Time AGNES BARON (left) working in the garden at Meher Mount. The farmhouse/garage is in the background where the Workshop now stands. (Photo: Meher Mount Archives, circa late 1940s) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1588623361039-37TADQ38U4ZVX674R3EL/Agnes++Baron+and+Margaret+Craske+Chopping+Weeds+at+Meher+Mount.jpg Story Blog - Agnes Baron Meets Meher Baba for the First Time AGNES BARON and Margaret Craske cutting weeds at Meher Mount as part of the annual clearance for fire prevention. (Photo: Meher Mount Archives, circa late 1940s) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1588623646685-X6IBFPPIS7IPP8WT4YEA/Avatar+Meher+Baba+-+Agnes+Baron+-+1952+-+Mytle+Beach+-+Meher+Nazar+Publications.jpg Story Blog - Agnes Baron Meets Meher Baba for the First Time AVATAR MEHER BABA and Agnes Baron at Meher Spiritual Center, Myrtle Beach, SC, in 1956. (Photo: (c) Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1588713783778-ZFLCU98EKQXY04OSL6KX/Meher+Baba+-+Myrtle+Beach+1952.jpg Story Blog - Agnes Baron Meets Meher Baba for the First Time AVATAR MEHER BABA at the Meher Spiritual Center in Myrtle Beach, SC, 1952. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1588623696819-S6Y53Y1EEA4BDC8P4UTB/WEB+AMB+1956+-+Eruch+Jessawala%2C+Meher+Baba%2C+Agnes+Baron.jpg Story Blog - Agnes Baron Meets Meher Baba for the First Time AVATAR MEHER BABA with Agnes Baron at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. Eruch Jessawala (left) is holding the umbrella. The man in the striped shirt is Tex Hightower, a professional dancer who studied under Margaret Craske. (Photo: (c) Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2020/mertens-your-beloved-baba-looks-on-you monthly 0.5 2022-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1587395092444-X305F5S4G8C0HJPONBRU/Walter+Mertens+-+Meher+Baba.jpg Story Blog - “Your beloved Baba looks on you and yours, and will not let you falter." AVATAR MEHER BABA with Walter Mertens in Switzerland in the 1930s. (Source: Lord Meher: The Biography of the Avatar of the Age Meher Baba by Bhau Kalchuri, print edition, pg. 1748.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1587393736806-PL94VQ03QGW2DCO79HQC/image-asset.png Story Blog - “Your beloved Baba looks on you and yours, and will not let you falter." EXCERPT OF A LETTER from Avatar Meher Baba to Walter Mertens, a Western disciple in Switzerland, circa 1934, during the lead up to World War II (September 1, 1939 - September 2, 1945). (Source: Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1587846785530-B5H2JBDPESZ16RM4VUD2/Avatar+Meher+Baba+on+Rajputana+1931+.jpg Story Blog - “Your beloved Baba looks on you and yours, and will not let you falter." AVATAR MEHER BABA. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2020/lyn-ott-painting monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1587315644813-H58YVDU71L10GMNGYGDO/Lyn_ott3+1996.jpg Story Blog - "Meher Baba used us all like puppets on a string..." ARTIST LYN OTT at Myrtle Beach, SC, in 1996. surrounded by several of his paintings of Avatar Meher Baba. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1587406896840-DPS5PPT2ZY4LRHC87TM9/Lyn+Ott+Painting+-+Cropped.jpg Story Blog - "Meher Baba used us all like puppets on a string..." AVATAR MEHER BABA painted by Lyn Ott (1926-1998) and acquired by Meher Mount in 2007. (Photo: Ellen Kwiatkowski) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2010/photo-meher-baba-portofino-patterson monthly 0.5 2022-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1587136883919-44YFRX3THIO7N1ICU7LV/Charles+Haynes+%26+Christopher+Wilson+-+Aug+4+2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%284%29.JPG Story Blog - The Gift of a Touched and Blessed Photograph of Meher Baba CHARLES HAYNES and Christopher Wilson in Ojai for the 2018 Anniversary Sahavas to celebrate the anniversary of Avatar Meher Baba’s 1956 visit to Meher Mount. (Photo: Sam Ervin, August 4, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1587136252646-CEDBV8LWKBUAG7NND9I8/Meher+Baba+-+Portofino+-+Elizabeth+Patterson+-+Donated+by+Charles+Haynes+%26+Christopher+Wilson+-+2019.jpeg Story Blog - The Gift of a Touched and Blessed Photograph of Meher Baba AVATAR MEHER BABA photographed at the Villa Altachiara in Portofino, Italy, in 1933 by Elizabeth Patterson, a close Western disciple and co-founder of the Meher Spiritual Center in Myrtle Beach, SC. This photograph was touched and blessed by Meher Baba and given to Meher Mount in 2019 by Charles Haynes and Christopher Wilson. (Photo of framed picture: Margaret Magnus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1587136409438-6BMBK2DE7S18UF4TSOS5/Prague+Oklahoma+Accident+Site+-+Wayne+Myers.jpg Story Blog - The Gift of a Touched and Blessed Photograph of Meher Baba THE SITE OF MEHER BABA’S automobile accident near Prague, OK, on May 24, 1952. About the accident, Meher Baba said, “…the personal disaster, for some years foretold by me, took place in the form of an automobile accident while crossing the American continent… It was necessary that it should happen in America. God willed it so.” Elizabeth Patterson was driving the automobile in which Meher Baba was riding. (Photo: Wayne Myers) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1587136530082-UJ47WK1CYA1SVO4YPU6O/WEB+-+1956+-+Patterson.jpg Story Blog - The Gift of a Touched and Blessed Photograph of Meher Baba ELIZABETH PATTERSON (center) at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. During this visit, Meher Baba donned Elizabeth’s coat and wrapped her red scarf around His head like a turban. Elizabeth was happy that Meher Baba wore her coat. He said to her, “Don’t part with this coat.” (Photo: Darwin Shaw, ©Meher Nazar Publications) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/an-walk-in-the-woods monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1585756496231-EQH0RWIEV4VALZEIEGDZ/Deer+Trail+Walk+-+Meher+Mount Story Blog - A Walk in the Woods PAUSING A MOMENT to enjoy the Coast Live Oak woodland forest at Meher Mount are Manager/Caretaker Ellen Kwiatkowski and fellow hiker Erin Sommerville. They are joined by Margaret Magnus who is taking the photograph. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, February 2, 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1585756681357-M986KB62W0L1PWUJXU74/Deer+Trail+Walk+-+Tree+Stump+Angel+1+-+2-2-2020+-+Margaret+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - A Walk in the Woods THE BURNED TRUNK of Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) at Meher Mount looks like an angel in the woodland beckoning the hikers to reach for the heavens. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, February 2, 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1585758135946-YPB0GDWI8OAZ5FA5XO6K/Deer+Trail+Walk+-+Tree+Stump+Inspiration+-+2-2-2020+-+Margaret+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - A Walk in the Woods NATURE MIGHT HAVE INSPIRED ART when a burned tree trunk at Meher Mount reminded us of a modern art sculpture by Alberto Giacometti. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, February 2, 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1585757570713-Z2YOWC1TETKB5TN4XMOJ/Alberto+Giacometti+Walking+Man+I%2C+1960.jpg Story Blog - A Walk in the Woods SWISS ARTIST Alberto Giacometti was awarded the grand prize for sculpture at the 1962 Venice Biennale. In 2010, Giacometti’s life-size bronze sculpture of a man, L’Homme qui marche I , became one of the most expensive sculptures ever to be sold at auction. The same work currently appears on the 100 Swiss Franc banknote. (Source: Tate, London) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1585759408732-88FV11U8USNO7YF4RUPB/Nature+-+Mountain+Lion+3+-+Eric+Carlson+-+3-9-2020.JPG Story Blog - A Walk in the Woods A MOUNTAIN LION photographed with a night trail camera posted by Manager/Caretaker Eric Carlson at Meher Mount near the deer trail. (Photo: Eric Carlson, March 9, 2020) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2020/heartache-following-me monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1584558137896-2RCK7FFE58U05NOWW16X/Meher+Baba+-+Cage+Room+Meherabad.jpg Story Blog - "There's a Heartache Following Me" - One of Meher Baba's Favorite Songs AVATAR MEHER BABA outside the Bamboo Cage Room on Meherabad Hill, India, on July 30, 1941. The Cage Room was one of the places Meher Baba spent time in seclusion. (Photo: MSI Collection. Photographer: Padri) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2020/god-has-to-worry-for-you monthly 0.5 2021-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1584717262507-A5V48QM61U5K01KJCEMP/Avatar+Meher+Baba+-+Keki+Nalavala+-+1950+-+Dehra+Dun%2C+36+Lytton+Road+-+Beloved+Archives+Image+Collection.jpg Story Blog - "If you stop worrying, God has to begin to worry for you!" - Avatar Meher Baba AVATAR MEHER BABA with Keki Nalavala standing beside him at 36 Lytton Road in Dehra Dun, India. (Photo: Beloved Archives Image Collection. Used with Permission.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/no-one-can-understand-my-ways monthly 0.5 2021-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1584216136827-P23WZJ5UPHBXC3FM8HF4/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Post+Seclusion+Fence+-+Eric+Carlson+-+March+11%2C+2020.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Tree Comes Out of Seclusion as the Coronavirus Is Declared a Pandemic BABA’S TREE at Meher Mount after the seclusion fence was taken down. The original canopy of Baba’s Tree — before the December 2017 Thomas Fire — extended to the stone marker on the left that says “Baba’s Tree.” (Photo: Eric Carlson, March 10, 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1584219306532-4H9HA2HGJ6PKTIX5Q73Q/Welcome+Sign+1+-+2017+-+Magnus.JPG Story Blog - Baba's Tree Comes Out of Seclusion as the Coronavirus Is Declared a Pandemic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1584215926841-P25H5OYFN7PI9G3E5PG8/Baba%27s+Tree+Interior+-+Ervin+-+12-12-2017+%285%29.JPG Story Blog - Baba's Tree Comes Out of Seclusion as the Coronavirus Is Declared a Pandemic THE SEVERELY BURNED and hollow trunk of Baba’s Tree just days after the Thomas Fire hit Meher Mount on December 4, 2017. (Photo: Sam Ervin, December 12, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1584215997782-P5JVE1WBL60WMXV3GT6L/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Seclusion+Fence+-+1-17-2018+-+Magnus+%284%29.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Tree Comes Out of Seclusion as the Coronavirus Is Declared a Pandemic THE SECLUSION FENCE around Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount just after the fence was installed on January 17, 2018. All the fallen limbs from Baba’s Tree were harvested and milled. (Photo: Margaret Magnus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1584223971524-RPTIWRVPWNR5VTV1D916/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Transplant+-+Ellen+Kwiatkowski+-+Eric+Carlson+-+March+11%2C+2020.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Tree Comes Out of Seclusion as the Coronavirus Is Declared a Pandemic SAPLINGS FROM BABA'S TREE are replanted to help create Baba's Tree Grove at Meher Mount. Manager/Caretaker Ellen Kwiatkowski is watering the new transplant. (Photo: Eric Carlson, March 10, 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1584216298142-7IN86PYQEH2Q5H8JK1GZ/Baba%27s+Tree+Map+-+Ellen+Kwiatkowski+-+2-25-2020.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Tree Comes Out of Seclusion as the Coronavirus Is Declared a Pandemic DRAWING OF BABA’S TREE and Baba’s Tree Grove outlining the pathways and areas to be roped off to visitors. The heart stone (red) marks the spot where Avatar Meher Baba sat on August 2, 1956. This marker is accessible to visitors. (Drawing: Ellen Kwiatkowski, February 25, 2020) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/babas-tree-grove-dedication monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1578498585334-PM8BE302QTZKIUDEPONP/Baba%27s+Tree+Grove+-+Preparation+-+12-6-2019+-+Sam+Ervin.JPG Story Blog - "One can only imagine what this grove might look like in 700 Years..." BABA’S TREE at Meher Mount two years after the December 2017 Thomas Fire and high winds toppled the canopy and destroyed much of the tree. In the foreground is the Baba’s Tree stone sign, which previously marked the edge of the canopy. The four seedlings waiting to be planted are from Baba’s Tree acorns that were harvested and germinated in September 2018. The hole to the right is where a seedling will be planted and protected by the wire mesh until it gets a strong foothold. (Photo: Sam Ervin, December 6, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1578584681573-W6ENRJM6ONFVELOSJPSC/Baba%27s+Tree+Grove+-+Agnes+Montano%2C+Naresh+Sharma%2C+Michael+Inaba%2C+Kristina+Somma+-+12-7-2019+-+Sam+Ervin+%282%29.JPG Story Blog - "One can only imagine what this grove might look like in 700 Years..." PLANTING A SEEDLING from an acorn of BABA’S TREE at Meher Mount. (Clockwise bottom left): Agnes Montano, Naresh Sharma, Duke Gribble (hidden), Michael Inaba and Kristina Somma. (Photo; Sam Ervin, December 7, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1578581626621-06NUUJYO4GKYEH26GVJT/Baba%27s+Tree+Grove+-+Juan+Mendez.jpg Story Blog - "One can only imagine what this grove might look like in 700 Years..." ARBORIST MICHAEL INABA (center) explains how to gently handle the root ball of the seedlings while Sam Ervin, Robert Turnage and Naresh Sharma watch and learn. Agnes Montano (right) is live streaming the event on Meher Mount’s Facebook page. (Photo: Juan Mendez, December 7, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1578581913809-5PR25WTMVKHL3LN9LFRI/Baba%27s+Tree+Seedling+-+Juan+Mendez.jpg Story Blog - "One can only imagine what this grove might look like in 700 Years..." A SEEDLING FROM BABA’S TREE is gently planted in its new home in Baba’s Tree Grove at Meher Mount by Ellen Kwiatkowski and Jim Whedon. (Photo: Juan Mendez, December 7, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1578582366737-W93SAEAVHPOERMKGY9CU/dedication+-+better+-+Juan+Mendez.jpg Story Blog - "One can only imagine what this grove might look like in 700 Years..." SAM ERVIN (center, gray jacket, tan hat) shares a few thoughts to dedicate the planting and emergence of Baba’s Tree Grove at Meher Mount. (Clockwise to the left): Perry Van Houten, journalist for the Ojai Valley News, Jim Whedon, Duke Gribble, Eric Turk, Eric Carlson, Naresh Sharma, Ian Newman, Agnes Montano, filming the live Facebook stream, Robert Turnage, Mark Bacin, Margaret Magnus and Kristina Somma. (Photo: Juan Mendez, December 7, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1578583622487-KE25MM6O5VGSKL95HC4K/BAA327%7E1.JPG Story Blog - "One can only imagine what this grove might look like in 700 Years..." A HAPPY GROUP at Meher Mount after planting the four seedlings from acorns of Baba’s Tree to finish the circle creating Baba’s Tree Grove. (Clockwise): Michael Inaba (yellow hat), Robert Turnage, Kristina Somma, Duke Gribble, Ellen Kwiatkowski, Eric Carlson, Eric Turk, Sam Ervin, Naresh Sharma, Margaret Magnus, Jim Whedon, Ian Newman, and Cassandra Bramucci. Not pictured are: Agnes Montano, Mark Bacin, Holly Meadors, and Juan Mendez. (Photo: Perry Van Houten, December 7, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1578582587582-BI4TD94M9BO5RV4J13T3/New+Heart+Stone.jpg Story Blog - "One can only imagine what this grove might look like in 700 Years..." A NEW HEART STONE marks the spot where Avatar Meher Baba sat under Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount in 1956. The previous stone cracked and split open after the 2017 Thomas Fire. The new stone was put in place by Marta Flores several weeks earlier. (Photo: Juan Mendez, December 7, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1578584540354-XTQCHLTI9PASK64YI31Q/heading+out+to+plant+-+mendez.jpg Story Blog - "One can only imagine what this grove might look like in 700 Years..." A RAINY DAY IN THE FOG did not deter the inspired volunteers who came to plant the four seedlings from acorns of Baba’s Tree and complete the circle of Coast Live Oaks (Quercus agrifolia) around Baba’s Tree creating Baba’s Tree Grove. Pictured are Kristina Somma and Agnes Montano. (Photo: Juan Mendez, December 7, 2019) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/ojai-valley monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1578327205127-JNMB496O0GREJ4R3BRL0/Ojai+Valley+2+-+Jennifer+Navarro-Marroquin+-+12-3-2018.jpg Story Blog - The Ojai Valley - A Place of Spiritual Pilgrimage THE SUNSET casts a reddish glow over the golden hillsides of the Ojai Valley. This photo is taken from Meher Mount looking north. (Photo: Jennifer Marvarro-Marroquin, December 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1578327439723-UX1Y11K45PYG7AIMYAOS/Full+Moon+at+Meher+Mount+-+12-21-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%282%29.JPG Story Blog - The Ojai Valley - A Place of Spiritual Pilgrimage THE MOON over Meher Mount. (Photo: Sam Ervin, December 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1578327860822-NZPYANCNL0FLJGS5QRAM/Topa+Topa+Bluffs+-+Buzz+Glasky+-+2014.jpg Story Blog - The Ojai Valley - A Place of Spiritual Pilgrimage THE PINK MOMENT on the 6,200-foot Topa Topa Bluffs as viewed from Meher Mount. (Photo: Buzz Glasky, 2014) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1578327957731-8T3F6KVI64C139GLVLXT/Agnes+Baron+%26+Meher+Baba+-+Use.jpg Story Blog - The Ojai Valley - A Place of Spiritual Pilgrimage AVATAR MEHER BABA (seated) when He visited Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. This photo is taken with caretaker Agnes Baron beside Him. They are in the guesthouse where Meher Baba met with His followers that day. This building was completely destroyed in the 1985 New Life Fire. (Archive photo.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2019/meher-baba-christmas-1961 monthly 0.5 2022-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1577028174242-UZMFZ5MPTUGFQCSBJZ7Y/Red-Robe-Oil-and-Acrylic-Charles+Mills.jpg Story Blog - Grant Us to See What the Wise Men Saw AVATAR MEHER BABA painted by Charles Mills. The “Red Robe” painting is oil on acrylic. (Charles Mills Studios) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1577028309675-6KQNYERJPFUW461YZ6FX/Meher+Mount+-+Christmas+Wreath+-+Ellen+Kwiatkowski+-+December+2019+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - Grant Us to See What the Wise Men Saw A CHRISTMAS WREATH at Meher Mount made by Caretakers Ellen Kwiatkowski and Eric Carlson from plants found on the property. The circular shape of a wreath is thought to symbolize eternal life, perfection, unity. A wreath hung on a door is said to invite the spirit of Christ inside. Meher Baba brought the Christ spirit to the world with His Advent. (Photo: Ellen Kwiatkowski, December 2019) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2019/my-childhood-caring-for-meher-mount monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1575991994112-24PFFEJ1IL354PEC5VBU/Baba%27s+Tree+-+12-2017+-+Buzz+Glasky.jpg Story Blog - My Beautiful Childhood Caring for Meher Mount BABA’S TREE days after the December 4, 2017, Thomas Fire hit Meher Mount. High winds and fire toppled the canopy and badly burned the tree’s core. It look as if Baba’s Tree might never recover. (Photo: Buzz Glasky) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1575992397283-DAYEF5K610HAZS4PHL1L/Agnes+Baron+Marker+-+Amartithi+2017+-+Wayne+Myers+1+%281%29.JPG Story Blog - My Beautiful Childhood Caring for Meher Mount AGNES BARON’S memorial marker which was placed under Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount after her passing in 1994. This marker was burned in the 2017 Thomas Fire. (Photo: Wayne Myers, Amartithi 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1575990893213-D9R72AQPXRFNXBP75ZNV/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Early+1986+-+Claudia+Wenning.jpg Story Blog - My Beautiful Childhood Caring for Meher Mount BABA’S TREE at Meher Mount in early 1986 after the October 1985 New Life Fire (known officially as the Ferndale Fire). (Photo: Claudia Wenning) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1575993475574-YFP5NUKXNOTCL5LYNGT4/Meadow+to+Baba%27s+Tree+-+Jan+2015+-+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - My Beautiful Childhood Caring for Meher Mount COAST LIVE OAKS along the meadow by Baba’s Tree (on the left by the Pine trees). All survived the 2017 Thomas Fire at Meher Mount, including Baba’s Tree. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, January 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1575993001693-UZDJQ9GK8XVM7F31TAX6/Agnes+Baron+-+late+1980s+-+Max+-+Ken+Ceder.jpg Story Blog - My Beautiful Childhood Caring for Meher Mount AGNES BARON playfully instructing her dog Max. This photo is after the 1985 New Life Fire destroyed everything, and Agnes is living in a trailer parked on the property. This would be around the time Marlow Morrison and her family lived at Meher Mount. (Photo: Ken Ceder, late 1980s) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1575991256870-1372N6TPF1RYIMPO8BZF/Baba%27s+Tree+Ash+-+Box%2C+Ash%2C+Tag+-+5-9-2018+-+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - My Beautiful Childhood Caring for Meher Mount A GIFT of ashes from Baba’s Tree sent to Meher Mount volunteers and donors. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1587143319418-I65J80LNK4XCGPKP5Z1P/Earl+Butler+%26+Marlow+Morrison+at+Meher+Mount+-+Marlow+Morrison.jpg Story Blog - My Beautiful Childhood Caring for Meher Mount EARL BUTLER, a former caretaker and board member at Meher Mount, with his daughter Marlow Morrison who lived at Meher Mount with her family as a young girl after the 1985 New Life Fire. (Photo: Courtesy of Marlow Morrison) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/babas-tree-grove monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1572526613852-UHWJ1DJO3U57JBP24N9V/Baba%27s+Tree+-+New+Growth+-+1-17-2018+-+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - From Fire, Baba's Tree Grove Emerges NEW SPROUTS on a limb of Baba’s Tree start to emerge within a month after the December 2017 Thomas Fire hit Meher Mount. This photo was taken on January 17, 2018. (Photo: Margaret Magnus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1572527536855-NXLX8QK9WXMLY8T9IPDS/Baby+Baba%27s+Tree+-+Amartithi+2016+-+Wayne+Myers.JPG Story Blog - From Fire, Baba's Tree Grove Emerges BABY BABA’S TREE is clearly visible in the background of this photo taken under Baba’s Tree during Amartithi 2016. “It was the silhouette of Baby Baba’s Tree in the light that caught my eye to frame this particular photo,” said Wayne Myers. The flowers mark the spot where Avatar Meher Baba sat during His 1956 visit. The small stump-like wood piece to the right of the flowers is a memorial to Agnes Baron which completely burned in the 2017 Thomas Fire. (Photo: Wayne Myers) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1572528797037-HUBZF7ITR1WNOL9QGMQO/Thomas+Fire+-+Baby+Baba%27s+Tree+-+1-5-2018+-+Sam+Ervin.JPG Story Blog - From Fire, Baba's Tree Grove Emerges BABY BABA’S TREE at Meher Mount a month after the December 2017 Thomas Fire. (Photo: Sam Ervin, January 5, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1567463102599-BMAHXEEQHFQEWX4OKYKY/Baby+Baba%27s+Tree+1+-+June+5%2C+2019+-+Margaret+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - From Fire, Baba's Tree Grove Emerges BABY BABA’S TREE more than 18 months after the December 2017 Thomas Fire at Meher Mount. This tree has benefited from the care, love and nurturing given to nearby Baba’s Tree. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, June 5, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1567463646134-TNSM0JBSNJ1TU9HJRXZ5/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Overall+-+9-19-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%281%29.JPG Story Blog - From Fire, Baba's Tree Grove Emerges THE NEW LIFE TREE emerged after the December 2017 Thomas Fire at Meher Mount. It grew from a growth-suppressed tree stump that been hidden under the canopy of Baba’s Tree. The white-wrapped limb is part of Baba’s Tree and is covered with floating row cover (trade name name Argibon®) to protect Baba’s Tree from sunburn. This branch produced some sprouts and growth in early 2018, but they died mid year. (Photo: Sam Ervin, September 19, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1572550412309-Y6YDRWQNOQN9PQIS18B9/Sweet+Baby+Oak+-+Kristina+Somma+-+1-25-2019.jpeg Story Blog - From Fire, Baba's Tree Grove Emerges “SWEET BABY OAK” by Kristina Somma, who was staying at Meher Mount in January 2019 with her husband Robert Turnage as temporary caretakers. She was doing an-art-project-a-day for the month of January and was inspired by the acorns from Baba’s Tree. She and Robert had harvested the acorns, germinated them and then planted them in pots to get their start in life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1567463853235-4B7KOX66A58LW0C0NDUR/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Acorns+-++-12-19-2018+-+Magnus+%281%29+WEB.JPG Story Blog - From Fire, Baba's Tree Grove Emerges CHECKING ON THE PLANTED ACORNS are Robert Turnage, arborist Michael Inaba, and Sam Ervin. The acorns are in pots under an oak tree near the Visitor Center at Meher Mount. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, December 19, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1573312126615-IK2HVV0FO5RCKW9CBDVC/Baba%27s+Tree+-+New+Cover+%26+Seedlings%2C+Saplings+-+June+2019+-+Margaret+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - From Fire, Baba's Tree Grove Emerges BABA’S TREE at Meher Mount almost 18 months after the December 2017 Thomas Fire. The tree is wrapped in floating row cover (trade name Argibon®) to protect from sunburn while the canopy continues to grow. The red flags mark the seedlings and saplings that have sprouted naturally. Baby Baba’s Tree is in the upper right-hand side of the photo. The New Life Tree is to the left and not seen in the photograph. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, June 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1572554983327-I0NDZH9AYY6UF8E76QBV/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Sept+2019+-+Margaret+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - From Fire, Baba's Tree Grove Emerges A CLOSE UP VIEW of Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount. The round center wrapped in white floating row cover is the trunk of Baba’s Tree. It is completely hollow inside, suffering the damage of two fires — the New Life Fire in October 1985 and the Thomas Fire in December 2017. A very thin cambian layer is supporting the tree and its growth. In front is a section of Baba’s Tree that detached in the high winds that accompanied the Thomas Fire. Dead limbs and branches stretch on both sides of the center. On the right, the limb which arches over the spot where Meher Baba sat in 1956, is propped up by a steel post with a strap around the limb. Baby Baba’s Tree is to the right (hidden), and the New Life Tree is to the left (hidden). (Photo: Margaret Magnus, September 2019) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2019/maria-fire monthly 0.5 2021-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1572889952994-HX0374LR0R0XDU82Y892/Reception+Stone+Sign+-+11-1-2019+-+Juan+Mendez.jpg Story Blog - "We Should Have Known It Wasn't Going to be a Smooth Ride" A RESIDENT SQUIRREL is part of the welcoming committee when Agnes Montano and Juan Mendez arrive at Meher Mount to be temporary caretakers on October 31, 2019. (Photo: Juan Mendez) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1572889036181-ZO4SQ97HC0XKFB7CIV3F/Maria+Fire+5+-+11-2-2019+-+Juan+Mendez.jpg Story Blog - "We Should Have Known It Wasn't Going to be a Smooth Ride" SUNSET at Meher Mount looking toward Baba’s Tree and Avatar’s Point. The smoke from the nearby Maria Fire contributes to the beauty. (Photo: Juan Mendez, November 2, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1572970375673-GW33TLY3H0L4PMMEC5WP/Bees+%26+Flowers+-+Juan+Mendez+-+11-2-2019.jpg Story Blog - "We Should Have Known It Wasn't Going to be a Smooth Ride" THE NATURAL BEAUTY and the rhythm of nature are part of the tranquility visitors experience at Meher Mount. (Photo: Juan Mendez, November 3, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1572888813225-4PVO9Q1D6WP8XVK7BXZO/Agnes+Montano+-+11-1-2019+-+Juan+Mendez.jpg Story Blog - "We Should Have Known It Wasn't Going to be a Smooth Ride" AGNES MONTANO at the top of the meadow to Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount. “That’s a shovel on her right hand, a true lady always carries one,” Juan Mendez amusingly posted on Facebook. (Photo: Juan Mendez, November 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1572888273937-IQB6ZEIW9DAWQWDK70XP/Maria+Fire+-+South+Mountain+-+11-1-2019+-+Juan+Mendez.jpg Story Blog - "We Should Have Known It Wasn't Going to be a Smooth Ride" SMOKE from the Maria Fire south of Meher Mount as seen from Avatar’s Point on Friday, November 1, 2019. The fire broke out around 6:00 p.m. the previous night, Halloween, October 31, 2019. (Photo: Juan Mendez) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1572883032890-W91XSIL3PGQ859PXXJ9L/Maria+Fire+-+11-2-2019+-+1+45+PM+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - "We Should Have Known It Wasn't Going to be a Smooth Ride" THE MARIA FIRE in relationship to Meher Mount. It started on South Mountain and moved west to the Pacific Ocean. It never crossed Highway 126 to the north. The flames could be seen from Meher Mount. (Google Maps, screen capture November 1, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1572888516473-3Q5MJKHEETQ8BUI5AT1L/Maria+Fire+-+Fire+Retardant+-+11-1-2019+-+Juan+Mendez.jpg Story Blog - "We Should Have Known It Wasn't Going to be a Smooth Ride" THE VENTURA COUNTY Fire Department drops fire retardant on the Maria Fire south of Meher Mount as seen from Baba’s Path. The city of Santa Paula is in the foreground. (Photo: Juan Mendez, November 1, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1572969462722-EMP0P68174V74TUDVRMX/Meher+Baba+-+LAT+-+4.jpg Story Blog - "We Should Have Known It Wasn't Going to be a Smooth Ride" AVATAR MEHER BABA photographed by the Los Angeles Times during an interview published on August 1, 1956 — the day before He visited Meher Mount. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1572969633423-84HMY37STLJHFS0JMI4O/Maria+Fire+-+Workshop+-+11-1-2019+-+Agnes+Montano.jpg Story Blog - "We Should Have Known It Wasn't Going to be a Smooth Ride" AN AIR TANKER on its way to drop water over the Maria Fire - about 17 miles from Meher Mount. The building in the foreground is the Workshop. (Photo: Anges Montano, November 1, 2019) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/advice-glasky monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1570717031571-WQVKAR7U3P1MSKBJAN6E/Meher+Baba+-+Glasky.jpg Story Blog - "Meher Baba will remind you that He does everything." THE PHOTO of Avatar Meher Baba that former caretakers Buzz and Ginger Glasky included in their email to new Meher Mount caretakers Ellen Kwiatkowski and Eric Carlson. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/raptor-release monthly 0.5 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1568479486978-OZ5F21RH2SXDWL3NALSJ/Raptor+Release+-+Jaclyn+DeSantis%2C+Robert+Turnage%2C+Jim+Whitson+-+Aug+2019+-+Cassandra+Bramucci.jpg Story Blog - "I've never seen this happen..." - Ojai Raptor Center RAPTORS IN BLUE BOXES on the way to Avatar’s Point at Meher Mount. Volunteers and staff from the Ojai Raptor Center (ORC) arrived at Meher Mount on August 15, 2019, to return a newly rehabilitated American Kestrel and a Red-Tailed Hawk to the wild. Pictured (left to right): Two Raptor Center volunteers, one carrying a blue box with a raptor inside; Manager/Caretaker Ellen Kwiatkoskwi; Kristina Somma (white hat); Jaclyn DeSantis (ORC) carrying another raptor; Meher Mount board member Robert Turnage; and board member Jim Whitson. (Photo: Cassandra Bramucci) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1568480229650-4FU6RWBDMRM7NI7CCT8F/Ratpor+Release+-+Jacyln+DeSantis+-+Aug+15+2019+-+Cassandra+Bramucci+%282%29.PNG Story Blog - "I've never seen this happen..." - Ojai Raptor Center JACLYN DESANTIS from the Ojai Raptor Center (ORC) releases a Red-Tailed Hawk at Avatar’s Point at Meher Mount. The raptor is being returned to the wild after its rescue and rehabilitation. Meher Mount board members James Whitson and Robert Turnage reached out to the ORC to suggest that Meher Mount would be a suitable location for raptor releases. (Photo: Cassandra Bramucci, August 15, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1568480039462-OH987LKCZUDFAKNOOHDO/Raptor+Release+-+Red-Tailed+Hawk+-+Aug+15+2019+-+Cassandra+Bramucci+%2824%29.png Story Blog - "I've never seen this happen..." - Ojai Raptor Center THE NEWLY RELEASED American Kestrel perches on the branch of a pine tree at Avatar’s Point next to Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount. “Odd that he is not flying away,” said Jaclyn DeSantis from the Ojai Raptor Center. (Photo: Cassandra Bramucci, August 15, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1568480777120-55ON4NE7KHWIJFMLM43E/Raptor+Release+-+American+Kestrel+-+Aug+15+2019+-+Cassandra+Bramucci+%2833%29.png Story Blog - "I've never seen this happen..." - Ojai Raptor Center THE NEWLY RELEASED Red-Tailed Hawk is flying in a circle past Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount before taking off over the valley below Avatar’s Point. (Photo: Cassandra Bramucci, August 15, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1568481047168-3ITGKP637CHTE9RCKETM/Raptor+Release+-+American+Kestrel+-+Aug+15+2019+-+Cassandra+Bramucci+%2829%29.png Story Blog - "I've never seen this happen..." - Ojai Raptor Center IN FLIGHT after its release at Avatar’s Point, the Red-Tailed Hawk soars about the valley below. The Ojai Raptor Center selected this spot at Meher Mount to release the two newly rehabilitated raptors — a Red-Tailed Hawk and an American Kestrel. (Photo: Cassandra Bramucci, August 15, 2019) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/caretakers-carlson-kwiatkowski monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1567264386474-ZN3LQYJ9GWX9H44GMLHV/Visitor+Center+-+11-30-2018+-+Luis+Marroquin.jpg Story Blog - The Two-Year Saga of Finding Caretakers CARETAKER QUARTERS at Meher Mount. This photo was taken by Luis Marroquin, who with his wife Jennifer Navarro-Marroquin, temporarily cared for Meher Mount in November 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1567263884594-L4USZFE6V7VE7IZ6LBFS/Buzz+%26+Ginger+Glasky+-+Oceano+-+2018.jpg Story Blog - The Two-Year Saga of Finding Caretakers BUZZ GLASKY & GINGER GLASKY parked their Airstream in Oceano, CA, after fleeing the December 2017 Thomas Fire that struck Meher Mount. In the background is Gavin Arthur’s Cabin which was part of the Dunite settlement at Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes near Oceano in the 1920s-1940s. Avatar Meher Baba stayed in this cabin on December 26, 1934. (Photo: Courtesy Buzz Glasky, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1568475612052-05NFON28NQQDJ500Q4TD/Caretaker+Recruitment+Flyer+-+Annual+Report+-+2018+%28002%29.jpg Story Blog - The Two-Year Saga of Finding Caretakers RECRUITMENT POSTCARD sent to about 1,200 households plus packets of cards sent to individuals who shared them with their Meher Baba group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1567263394725-2UIF8HMW524C5EDY4M72/India+-+October+16%2C+2018+-+Margaret+Magnus%2C+Ellen+Kwiatkowski%2C+Eric+Carlson+-+Sam+Ervin%283%29.JPG Story Blog - The Two-Year Saga of Finding Caretakers CARETAKER RECRUITMENT IN INDIA. Margaret Magnus and Sam Ervin (not pictured) met Ellen Kwiatkowski and Eric Carlson in India in October 2018 and encouraged them to consider being caretakers at Meher Mount. Ellen and Eric visited in January 2019, said yes months later, and arrived at Meher Mount by the end of June 2019. (Photo: Sam Ervin, October 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1567262962594-LCNLQLSSIOVMR7SBNAHN/Ellen+Kwiatkowski%2C+Eric+Carlson+-+August+3%2C+2019+-+Juan+Mendez.jpg Story Blog - The Two-Year Saga of Finding Caretakers ELLEN KWIATKOWSKI & ERIC CARLSON arrive in time to prepare for and help host the annual Anniversary Sahavas at Meher Mount commemorating Avatar Meher Baba’s 1956 visit. (Photo: Juan Mendez, August 3, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1567264144283-5QZBP426O7MGDS39UTIH/Sam+Ervin%2C+Cassandra+Brammuci+-+8-1-2018+-+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - The Two-Year Saga of Finding Caretakers CASSANDRA BRAMUCCI, Interim Caretaker, and Board President Sam Ervin are discussing the water system in the days of fire recovery and restoration following the December 2017 Thomas Fire. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, August 1, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1567264735850-XOHOXERVQPPB3ASGBVXA/Elizabeth+Arnold+-+Baba%27s+Tree+-+Sam+Ervin+-+9-19-2018+%288%29.JPG Story Blog - The Two-Year Saga of Finding Caretakers ELIZABETH ARNOLD, former Manager/Caretaker, came twice to be a temporary caretaker at Meher Mount in 2018. (Photo: Sam Ervin, September 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1567264783989-5LBQBYAHQG7TCFPUQTZL/Ray+Johnston+-+2-27-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%284%29.JPG Story Blog - The Two-Year Saga of Finding Caretakers RAY JOHNSTON, former Manager/Caretaker, answered the call to help with fire recovery and weed abatement several times during the two-year recruitment period. (Photo: Sam Ervin, February 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1567265694558-ZREW1444D392LGV7JZTO/Eric+Carlson+-+Painted+Benches+-+July+2019+-+Ellen+Kwiatkowksi+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - The Two-Year Saga of Finding Caretakers ERIC CARLSON relaxing for a moment after he and Ellen Kwiatkowski have refurbished and stained all the wood benches and chairs at Meher Mount. (Photo: Ellen Kwiatkowski, July 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1568475791170-WNXPJV28659MP49KNF7T/Apricot.jpeg Story Blog - The Two-Year Saga of Finding Caretakers "This old apricot tree, normally used for its cooling shade, produced the first fruit that we have ever seen. There are actually five apricots, and we decided the tree was welcoming Ellen and Eric," Buzz Glasky, June 28, 2019. (Text and Photo: Buzz Glasky) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1567263205359-4NDW31H9KK4X230O5AX1/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Cover+-+Ellen+Kwiatkowski%2C+Michael+Inaba%2C+Sam+Ervin+-+June+22%2C+2019+-+Margaret+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - The Two-Year Saga of Finding Caretakers ELLEN KWIATKOWSKI is getting an orientation to caring for Baba’s Tree from ISA Certified Arborist Michael Inaba. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, June 22, 2019) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/shireen-bonner-talk monthly 0.5 2023-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1582039485251-Z13WSGTL8NILVQPHBG8I/Mehera%2C+Rano%2C+Freny%2C+Shireen%2C+Meheru%2C+Mani+-+Shireen+Age+7.JPG Story Blog - "Growing Up in Meher Baba's Family" - Shireen Bonner - Make it stand out SHIREEN BONNER (center) at age seven with the women mandali and her mother. (Left to right): Mehera J. Irani, Rano Gayley, Franey Irani (her mother), Meheru Irani, and Mani S. Irani (Meher Baba's sister and Shireen's auntie). (Photo: Shireen Bonner) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2019/photos-1956-visit monthly 0.5 2024-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1562776860134-XVEZXP0REXVR5IVRHE43/WEB+AMB+1956+-+Eruch+Jessawala%2C+Meher+Baba%2C+Agnes+Baron.jpg Story Blog - "...here today, we feel relaxed, happy." - Avatar Meher Baba, Meher Mount AVATAR MEHER BABA and Agnes Baron at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. Agnes, a co-founder and lifetime caretaker of Meher Mount, is clearly delighted — long after the shock and sorrow of Meher Baba’s auto accident en route to Meher Mount four years earlier — that Meher Baba has finally arrived at Meher Mount. Close disciple Eruch Jessawala is holding the umbrella, and Tex Hightower, one of the dancers who studied with Margaret Craske (a close Western disciple), is in the striped shirt. (Photo: Darwin Shaw, ©Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/d8d829d0-4243-4c3f-8110-bf5a0be43f2a/AMB+1956+-+Bus+-+WEB.jpg Story Blog - "...here today, we feel relaxed, happy." - Avatar Meher Baba, Meher Mount AVATAR MEHER BABA with His followers at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. The building in the background was a farmhouse and garage on the property, which burned in 1985. In the picture are: (Left to right): Adi K. Irani (light grey jacket); Eruch Jessawala (dark suit); Bili Eaton (light scarf); Meher Baba (blue coat); Agnes Baron (orange skirt); Tex Hightower (striped shirt); Frank Hendrick (light grey suit); Marie Adair (black suit and pants); and Peter Saul (green shirt). Agnes Baron drove Meher Baba to Meher Mount in the ‘Woody’ station wagon pictured in the background while many of His followers traveled by bus. (Photo: Darwin Shaw, ©Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/a7c838b4-9c68-4e72-9faf-d84bdef2a6b2/WEB+AMB+1956+-+Baba%27s+Walkway+-+Darwin+Shaw.jpg Story Blog - "...here today, we feel relaxed, happy." - Avatar Meher Baba, Meher Mount AVATAR MEHER BABA just before He steps on a flagstone walkway at Meher Mount, now known as Baba’s Walkway. It is one of the few remnants of His visit after the 1985 fire destroyed all the buildings and vehicles on the property. (Photo: Darwin Shaw, ©Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/f80c3987-0ee8-484d-bed2-e038f432843e/WEB+Meher+Mount+-+August+2%2C+1956+-+Darwin+Shaw.jpg Story Blog - "...here today, we feel relaxed, happy." - Avatar Meher Baba, Meher Mount AT THE BROW of the hill at Meher Mount at what is now called Avatar’s Point which overlooks the Heritage Valley and the Pacific Ocean. (Photo: Darwin Shaw, ©Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/802878b7-9352-4272-965c-02c6fa438c31/AMB+11956+-+Eruch+%26+Agnes+-+WEB.jpg Story Blog - "...here today, we feel relaxed, happy." - Avatar Meher Baba, Meher Mount AVATAR MEHER BABA with the group following Him at Meher Mount in 1956. They appear to be coming from the guesthouse (situated behind this building and not pictured) where He had met with followers in what was called the ‘Baba Room.’ The house in view was were Agnes Baron lived and was completely destroyed in the 1985 New Life Fire. The current Visitor Center/Caretaker Quarters sits on this spot. (Left to right:) Eruch Jessawala, Bili Eaton, Adi K. Irani, Avatar Meher Baba, Enid Corfe, Agnes Baron, Fred Winterfeldt, Meherjee Karkaria, and Frank Hendrick. (Photo: Darwin Shaw, ©Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/77ad4943-3036-4d2a-89ec-569e952f492f/WEB+-+1956+-+Patterson.jpg Story Blog - "...here today, we feel relaxed, happy." - Avatar Meher Baba, Meher Mount ELIZABETH PATTERSON (center) in her white coat playfully worn by Meher Baba on their visit to Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. (Left to right): Unidentified; Elizabeth Patterson, one of the founders of the Meher Spiritual Center in Myrtle Beach, SC; and Dana Field. (Photo: Darwin Shaw, ©Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/f808bfe4-6605-497f-9975-967ad0618e7d/WEB+1956+-+Meher+Baba+%26+Sparkie.jpg Story Blog - "...here today, we feel relaxed, happy." - Avatar Meher Baba, Meher Mount AVATAR MEHER BABA at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. With Him are (left to right) Ivy Duce, Sparkie Lukes, Meherjee Karkaria, Adi K. Irani, and Eruch Jessalwala. (Photo: Darwin Shaw, ©Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/5e246839-2d4c-491c-9505-a315350d8f39/WEB+AMB+1956+-+Meadow.jpg Story Blog - "...here today, we feel relaxed, happy." - Avatar Meher Baba, Meher Mount HURRYING TO KEEP UP with Avatar Meher Baba (blue coat) as He tours Meher Mount with co-founder and lifetime caretaker Agnes Baron (light orange skirt) on August 2, 1956. Lud Dimpfl is the man in the suit in front. (Photo: Darwin Shaw, ©Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/35b8285b-514e-4cd4-b90f-20fb2d3001bc/AMB+1956+-+Pool+-+WEB.jpg Story Blog - "...here today, we feel relaxed, happy." - Avatar Meher Baba, Meher Mount AT THE SWIMMING POOL which is now a water reservoir at Meher Mount. (Left to right): Eruch Jessawala, Avatar Meher Baba, Bili Eaton (light scarf), Meher Mount co-founder and lifetime caretaker Agnes Baron (orange skirt), Adi K. Irani and Meherjee Karkaria. (Photo: Darwin Shaw, ©Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/33f14a82-c92e-4a51-b056-cf1d27cd3576/WEB+-+August+2%2C+1956+-+Margaret+Craske+%28foreground+with+purse%29+-+Darwin+Shaw.jpg Story Blog - "...here today, we feel relaxed, happy." - Avatar Meher Baba, Meher Mount AT DAY’S END on August 2, 1956, visiting Meher Mount with Avatar Meher Baba. Margaret Craske is in the foreground carrying the white purse. She is talking with Kitty Davy and an unidentified woman. (Photo: Darwin Shaw, ©Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/ea241a52-4bad-48d9-bb58-36220d513277/WEB+AMB+1956+-+Kitty+Davy+-+Darwin+Shaw.jpg Story Blog - "...here today, we feel relaxed, happy." - Avatar Meher Baba, Meher Mount AVATAR MEHER BABA entering the ‘Woody’ driven by Agnes Baron as He prepares to leave Meher Mount for the ride back to Hollywood on August 2, 1956. Pictured with Him is Kitty Davy, a close Western disciple, and one of the pillars of the Meher Spiritual Center in Myrtle Beach, SC. (Photo: Darwin Shaw, ©Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1562775877732-TW18CZEJGAY54Q1HN2JV/AMB+1956+-+Group+Close+up+-+WEB.jpg Story Blog - "...here today, we feel relaxed, happy." - Avatar Meher Baba, Meher Mount AVATAR MEHER BABA and Agnes Baron (right) at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. Also pictured (left to right) Eruch Jessawals, Adi K. Irani, Enid Corfe (gray hair), Fred Winterfeldt (white shirt), Bili Eaton (light scarf), Jeanne Shaw (white hat), Frank Hendrick (grey suit), Tex Hightower (striped shirt),Marie Adair (in black), and Peter Saul (green shirt). (Photo: Darwin Shaw, ©Meher Nazar Publications) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2017/meher-baba-usa-1956-film monthly 0.5 2021-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1563076721361-ER7B8VP4KP1T7DIYBZYN/Film+Screen+Capture+%285%29.png Story Blog - Film of Meher Baba at Meher Mount - 1956 Click here to see Meher Baba at Meher Mount — from the film, Meher Baba in the USA, 1956. The one-hour-and-23-minute film of Meher Baba’s trip to the U.S. was filmed by Charmian Duce Knowles and produced by Sufism Reoriented. There is a six-and-one-half minute section on Meher Baba’s visit to Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. It starts at 50:22 minutes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1562975442433-DQG9K21WQ5L5W8JYXFZE/Meher+Baba+-+New+York+-+1956.jpg Story Blog - Film of Meher Baba at Meher Mount - 1956 AVATAR MEHER BABA at the reception for Him at Longchamps Restaurant in New York City in 1956. (Image: Meher Baba Travels) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1563077358618-IGV0OKH2RN8RRE6IJ7S0/Meher+Baba+-+Arriving+San+Francisco+Airport+-+1956.jpg Story Blog - Film of Meher Baba at Meher Mount - 1956 AVATAR MEHER BABA arriving at San Francisco Airport in August 1956. With Him (left: Leatrice Shaw Johnston, Bili Eaton (with the white scarf), Kitty Davy (with the black beret), and Adi K. Irani. (Source: Meher Baba Travels) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1562975263896-8Z02M2X00RSIFKM8XTHU/Meher%2BBaba%2Bat%2BMeher%2BMount%2B-%2BDavid%2BPastor%2B-%2BSufi%2BFilm.jpg Story Blog - Film of Meher Baba at Meher Mount - 1956 AVATAR MEHER BABA’S FOLLOWERS are hurrying to keep up with Him on a tour of Meher Mount on August 6, 1956. This photograph is a screen capture from the film, Meher Baba in the USA, 1956, by Charmian Duce Knowles and produced and copyrighted by Sufism Reoriented. (Image: Courtesy David Pastor, Sufism Reoriented) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/meher-babas-silence monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1581532775496-FY6YFHXRQH1RYW68FC39/Meher+Baba+-+LAT+-+3.jpg Story Blog - Meher Baba's Silence Started on July 10, 1925 AVATAR MEHER BABA communicating with a series of hand gestures that are interpreted by His followers. (Photo: Los Angeles Times, 1956) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1581532727009-NHQ2GKCVJLKS7EXT7UZF/Jophdi+-+Sam+Ervin.jpg Story Blog - Meher Baba's Silence Started on July 10, 1925 AVATAR MEHER BABA came out of this jhopdi (hut) in Meherabad, India, at 5:00 a.m. on Friday, July 10, 1925, marking the start of His silence. Asked how He would teach in silence, Meher Baba replied, "I have come not to teach, but to awaken." (Photo: Sam Ervin) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/why-meher-baba-kept-silence monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1562422445073-ODY0TOBN9Z4QYGWO6YKP/Last+Msg+on+alphabet+Board.jpg Story Blog - Why Meher Baba Observed Silence AVATAR MEHER BABA using the alphabet board as His principle means of communication for the last time in 1954. He observed silence from July 10, 1925, until He dropped His body on January 31, 1969. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1562422406426-R2J7I0BIFVDIBWEBH7GO/Meher+Baba+-+Riding+in+a+Car.jpg Story Blog - Why Meher Baba Observed Silence AVATAR MEHER BABA communicating only with hand gestures after He stopped using the alphabet board in 1954. He was silent from July 10, 1925 until He dropped His body on January 31, 1969. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/babas-tree-sadra monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1561730352975-DXT3XJISBFF4XAQ7IWCH/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Feb+7%2C+2018+-+Margaret+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - A New ‘Sadra’ for Baba’s Tree BABA’S TREE at Meher Mount two months after the December 2017 Thomas Fire and high winds burned the tree and toppled the canopy. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, February 7, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1561732015141-AK06OTQZLVHT8PFDLS1T/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Cover+-+Ellen+Kwiatkowski%2C+Michael+Inaba%2C+Sam+Ervin+1+-+June+22%2C+2019+-+Margaret+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - A New ‘Sadra’ for Baba’s Tree ARBORIST MICHAEL INABA shows new Manager/Caretaker Ellen Kwiatkowski and Board President Sam Ervin how to change the floating row cover and trim the new branches on Baba’s Tree. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, June 22, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1561744902152-PRF2B3MHP84CF9R9OJ8R/Baba%27s+Tree+-+New+Cover+%26+Seedlings%2C+Saplings+-+June+2019+-+Margaret+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - A New ‘Sadra’ for Baba’s Tree BABA’S TREE about 19 months after the December 2017 Thomas Fire swept through Meher Mount. There’s new growth, the limbs are re-wrapped for sunburn and pest protection, and there are props to support the weaker limbs. The small red flags mark the seedlings and saplings that have popped up naturally under the former canopy of the tree. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, June 23, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1561731152654-ZOL9HI988OLWWVALPC1Z/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Twigs+%26+Small+Branches+-+2-6-2018+-+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - A New ‘Sadra’ for Baba’s Tree TWIGS & BRANCHES from Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount before the dhuni sticks were harvested, twig bouquets made and the remaining branches were chipped for mulch. The stone marker designates the edge of the canopy of Baba’s Tree before the December 2017 Thomas Fire. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, February 7, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1561731381281-97VK0D974PELQ1TVAKLF/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Chipping+Twigs+%26+Branches+3+-+June+24%2C+2019+-+Margaret+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - A New ‘Sadra’ for Baba’s Tree LNS TREE SERVICE chipping the remaining twigs and branches from the burned limbs of Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount to be used as mulch. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, June 24, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1561731709203-S8BYZF6634SJZ0WBHDTS/Baba%27s+Grove+-+Stump+Tree+1+-+6-4-2019+-+Margaret+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - A New ‘Sadra’ for Baba’s Tree A COAST LIVE OAK GROWS FROM A DEAD STUMP to create an emerging Baba’s Tree Grove at Meher Mount. With sunlight, rain and the watering for Baba’s Tree, this new growth sprang spontaneously after the December 2017 Thomas Fire. The limb in the background wrapped in white floating row cover is part of Baba’s Tree. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, June 4, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1561731482464-W8XUWUZ23X4E9W8HSFVY/Pruning+around+Baba%27s+Tree+-+Sam+Ervin%2C+Agnes+Montano+-+June+5%2C+2019+-+Margaret+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - A New ‘Sadra’ for Baba’s Tree SAM ERVIN & AGNES MONTANO are clearing the dead branches near Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount for extra fire protection. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, June 5, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1561746035406-U49ZV0GUXL3ZDXALPNKZ/Baba%27s+Grove+-+Baby+Baba%27s+Tree+-+Nov+30%2C+2018+-+Margaret+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - A New ‘Sadra’ for Baba’s Tree BABY BABA'S TREE was 'discovered' next to Baba's Tree after the Thomas Fire. It continues to add new branches and recover from the fire. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, November 30, 2018) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2019/weed-abatement monthly 0.5 2021-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1559063511079-EPRZMVQ574208F7NEVK5/Mowing+at+Meher+Mount+-+April+2019+-+Ginger+Glasky.jpg Story Blog - "I quite enjoyed a day out in the field." BUZZ GLASKY DRIVES the ride-on mower to begin the fire clearance process. (Photo: Ginger Glasky, April 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1559064111575-V7322T11ZFVVN1ALDPEI/Ron+Holsey+-+May+10%2C+2019+-+Buzz+Glasky+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - "I quite enjoyed a day out in the field." RON HOLSEY gets a head start on the weed whacking before the weekend begins. (Photo: Buzz Glasky, May 11, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1559222792479-M9TK6ZWLTM41NN5Q8AU2/Weed+Clearance+-+Bing+Heckman+-+5-28-2019+-+Margaret+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - "I quite enjoyed a day out in the field." BING HECKMAN is mowing the grassy area near the Visitor Center. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 18, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1559063842695-WL2Z9WXGTGSO8RU1FVDJ/Susie+Lemieux+-+Erin+Sommerville+-+5-17-2019+-+Margaret+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - "I quite enjoyed a day out in the field." WEEDING THE GARDEN by the Visitor Center at Meher Mount are volunteers Susie Lemieux and Erin Sommerville. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 18, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1559064377440-SIQNJ3GGZZ6JPAL399LS/Weed+Clearance+-+Ginger+Glasky+-+By+Visitor+Center+-+5-18-2019+-+Margaret+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - "I quite enjoyed a day out in the field." GINGER GLASKY is weeding the garden and open area by the Visitor Center/Caretaker Quarters. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 18, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1559063623537-TP3E88OJOCZWSJG5FRWO/Removing+Invasive+Thistle+1+-+Sam+Ervin+-+Cassandra+Bramucci+-+5-18-2019+-+Margaret+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - "I quite enjoyed a day out in the field." INVASIVE PURPLE THISTLE is under attack at Meher Mount from Sam Ervin and Cassandra Bramucci. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 18, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1559064301062-5A9KNWJPWYNHF4QBOOXI/Weed+Clearance+-+Bing+Heckman+2+-+5-18-2019+-+Margaret+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - "I quite enjoyed a day out in the field." CUTTING DOWN THE WEEDS by the Workshop and Topa Topa Patio at Meher Mount is long-time volunteer and supporter Bing Heckman. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 18, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1559063763738-1JC68MO2BHY01DQ9K3K3/Weed+Clearance+-+Eric+Turk+2+-+5-18-2019+-+Margaret+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - "I quite enjoyed a day out in the field." ERIC TURK uses the weed eater to clear away tall grass and weeds at the entrance to Meher Mount. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 19, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1559063340697-W8D3SFTSKATGL58GUK4O/Weed+Clearance+-+Steve+Bostwick+-+Sam+Ervin+-+Umakanth+Umapathy+1+-+5-18-2019+-+Margaret+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - "I quite enjoyed a day out in the field." WEEDS & INVASIVE PLANTS are no match for this team. (Left to right) Steve Bostwick, Sam Ervin and Umakanth Umapathy do fire abatement around Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 18, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1559224258359-6CKOE8JUBTX5BGF90W28/Preparing+Anniversary+Flyers+-+Khushman+Crawford+-+Cassandra+Bramucci+-+Cynthia+Griffin+-+5-18-2019+-+Margaret+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - "I quite enjoyed a day out in the field." FLYERS FOR THE 2019 ANNIVERSARY SAHAVAS at Meher Mount are being folded, stamped and addressed by (left to right) Khushnam Crawford, Cassandra Bramucci, and Cynthia Griffin. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 18, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1559064684984-WQRVCYJUBXRIMTUAR9X2/Baba%27s+Tree+Wood+-+Building+A-Frame+-+Ian+Whedon+-+Jim+Whedon+-+5-18-2019+-+Margaret+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - "I quite enjoyed a day out in the field." THE FATHER-SON TEAM of James Whedon and his son Ian (in blue) work on building the A-frame structure to protect the harvested and milled wood from Baba’s Tree. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 28, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1559227512927-PW46IYSY2LPLAE9JK9F2/Dinner+-+May+18%2C+2019.png Story Blog - "I quite enjoyed a day out in the field." DINNER after a hard day's work. (Left to right): Heather Mabbitt, Anthony LoGalbo, Erin Summerville, Margaret Magnus, Susie Lemieux, Sam Ervin, Cassandra Bramucci, Khushnam Crawford, Homayar Gandhi, Cynthia Griffin, Richard Griffin and Jim Whedon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1559064447497-MGVD3IPL7YC4C8SANHFX/Fire+Clearance+-+Ray+Johnston+-+Sam+Ervin+-+5-20-2019+-+Margaret+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - "I quite enjoyed a day out in the field." OFF TO MOW some of the more remote access fields of Meher Mount that are near the homes of Meher Mount’s neighbors. Ray Johnston, driving the tractor, and Sam Ervin. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 20, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1559224179590-BZ7T9QKYH8R8DVPFMLLO/CYNTHI%7E3.JPG Story Blog - "I quite enjoyed a day out in the field." ALMOST EVERYONE at Meher Mount on Saturday, May 18, 2019. (Left to right) Cynthia Griffin, Ian Whedon, Margaret Magnus, Steve Bostwick, Ervin Sommerville, Cassandra Bramucci, Umakanth Umapathy, Buzz Glasky, Nancy Rugo, Susie Lemieux, Ginger Glasky, Homayar Gandhi, Bing Heckman and Sam Ervin. (Photo: Khushnam Crawford) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2019/family-bird-watching-day monthly 0.5 2023-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1555286130309-VOVIPSAJU9Z2KTO9VMDY/Family+Bird+Day+-+Well+Road+-+Magnus+-+April+6%2C+2019.jpg Story Blog - The Birds Are Ready - Their Songs Fill the Air BIRD WATCHERS along the well road at Meher Mount guided by two volunteers from the Ventura Audubon Society, Rick Burgess and Karen Laing for Family Bird Watching Day, April 6, 2019. (Photo: Margaret Magnus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1555285881553-61IDU81IV12GEZGJBUJE/Cleaning+the+Pond+for+Family+Bird+Day+-+Kristina+Somma+-+Magnus+-+April+4%2C+2019.jpg Story Blog - The Birds Are Ready - Their Songs Fill the Air KRISTINA SOMMA along with Buzz and Ginger Glasky, Robert Turnage, and Cassandra Bramucci earlier drained the pond at Meher Mount and made sure the pump is working. Kristina is using the power washer to clean the pond before refilling it with water. This pond is a watering hole for birds, bobcats, deer and other animals that come to Meher Mount. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, April 4, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1555286440159-BNGJ4TDHXDY33ZU1AJDL/Family+Bird+Day+-+Cassandra+Bramucci+-+April+6%2C+2019+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - The Birds Are Ready - Their Songs Fill the Air THE FIRST GROUP of bird watchers gathers by the pond ready to walk to Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount for a morning of bird watching. (Photo: Cassandra Bramucci, April 6, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1555286207100-TIGS28BZQX9TKK5UAG1U/Family+Bird+Day+-+Ojai+Raptor+Center+Van+-+Magnus+-+4-6-2019.jpg Story Blog - The Birds Are Ready - Their Songs Fill the Air FIVE RAPTORS — American Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, Red-Tailed Hawk, Screech Owl and Burrowing Owl — arrive at Meher Mount from the Ojai Raptor Center for Family Bird Watching Day on April 6, 2019. (Photo: Margaret Magnus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1555344689757-D0570HQR5QQ48XDA16B5/Red-Tailed+Hawk+-+Jaclyn+DeSantis+-+Rio+Vogt+-+1+Ojai+Raptor+Center+-+4-6-2019+-+Cassandra+Bramucci.jpg Story Blog - The Birds Are Ready - Their Songs Fill the Air ROSIE, THE RED-TAILED HAWK, makes her appearance at Meher Mount for the Family Bird Watching Day, April 6, 2019. Jaclyn DeSantis (with Rosie on her arm) and Rio Vogt of the Ojai Raptor Center explain the habits of, and dangers to, five of these raptors, including Rosie, American Kestrels, Peregrine Falcons, Burrowing Owls and Screech Owls. In the background is the painting of Meher Baba at Meher Mount by Charles Mills. (Photo: Cassandra Bramucci) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1555345743679-N8WKTJQWU0FR4ILT9HLK/Meher+Mount+-+Stored+Acorns+-+Fence+Post+by+Pool+-+2-10-2019-+Magnus+%284%29.jpg Story Blog - The Birds Are Ready - Their Songs Fill the Air AN ACORN GRANARY created by the Woodpeckers in the fence posts by the swimming pool/reservoir at Meher Mount. (Photo: Margaret Magnus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1555285549995-1WRPKCOHEQJCWGEKKF2T/Family+Bird+Day+-+Bird+Art+-+Magnus+-+4-6-2019+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - The Birds Are Ready - Their Songs Fill the Air A BIRD HOUSE painted and decorated by one of the younger birders visiting Meher Mount for Family Bird Watching Day, April 6, 2019. Volunteer Lisa Morrison organized the bird art table for the kids. (Photo: Margaret Magnus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1555370315947-VDAI19KA7GEJ989EUL4H/Meher+Mount+-+Birds+-+Jan+2019+-+Juan+Mendez+%286%29.jpg Story Blog - The Birds Are Ready - Their Songs Fill the Air WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW sits on a tree branch at Meher Mount. (Photo: Juan Mendez, January 2019) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2019/the-super-bloom-at-meher-mount monthly 0.5 2026-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1553788769846-HMKR13Z8SVCFGL4P6NGV/CNPS+Hike+-+Poppies+-+March+2019+-+Stephanie+Ervin.jpg Story Blog - The Spring 'Super Bloom' Graces Meher Mount CALIFORNIA POPPIES (Eschscholzia californica ssp. californica) and a variety of the Popcornflower at Meher Mount looking south toward the Santa Monica Mountains and the Heritage Valley. (Photo: Stephanie Ervin, March 24, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1553802506031-1EPVTI6MVAMU1Z3DG4I4/Thomas+Fire+-+Sam+Ervin+-+12-21-2017+%28110%29.JPG Story Blog - The Spring 'Super Bloom' Graces Meher Mount A BURNED AREA on the way to the well head at Meher Mount just after the December 4, 2017 Thomas Fire. (Photo: Sam Ervin, December 21, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1553802576411-497LICDPNPWOCZGRRM7P/CNPS+Hike+-+March+24%2C+2019+-+Super+Green+-+Stephanie+Ervin+%286%29.jpg Story Blog - The Spring 'Super Bloom' Graces Meher Mount THE SAME GENERAL AREA at Meher Mount on the way to the well head, 15 months after the December 2017 Thomas Fire. (Photo: Stephanie Ervin, March 24, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1553801231055-L8C28EI3ZHAUQL01PYJX/CNPS+Hike+-+March+24%2C+2019+-+Group+-+Sam+Ervin.JPG Story Blog - The Spring 'Super Bloom' Graces Meher Mount MEMBERS and guests of the Channel Islands chapter of the California Native Plant Society on Sunday, March 24, 2019, view the native plants and flowers at Meher Mount. (Photo: Sam Ervin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1553790070913-3042HT88285NAUYXFPGY/CPNS+Hike+-+March+24%2C+2019+-+California+Peony+-+Sam+Ervin.JPG Story Blog - The Spring 'Super Bloom' Graces Meher Mount CALIFORNIA PEONY (Paeonia californica ) was blooming for the native plant hike at Meher Mount led by Rick Burgess of the California Native Plant Society, Channel Islands chapter. (Photo: Sam Ervin, March 24, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1553801374480-6Z64H93CTP4RGTI6R26U/Red+Maids+-+March+24%2C+2019+-+Stephanie+Ervin.jpg Story Blog - The Spring 'Super Bloom' Graces Meher Mount RED MAIDS (Calandrinia ciliata) are found in open areas of mostly woodland and grassland habitats. They were in bloom for the native plant hike at Meher Mount led by the California Native Plant Society, Channel Islands chapter on Sunday, March 24, 2019. (Photo: Stephanie Ervin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1553790482927-W6RUEXJTL82CG06OO7DU/Smilo+Grass+-+3-24-2019+-+Sam+Ervin+%282%29.JPG Story Blog - The Spring 'Super Bloom' Graces Meher Mount INVASIVE Smilo Grass (Stipa miliacea var. miliacea) at the well head at Meher Mount. (Photo: Sam Ervin, March 24, 2019) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2019/the-pacific-flyway monthly 0.5 2021-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1553195983771-E2AM33WA8GZY1YOBEH7F/Four+National+Flyways+-+NASA.jpg Story Blog - The Pacific Flyway - The Annual Bird Migration THE FOUR BIRD FLYWAYS established by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service are based largely on routes the birds follow as they migrate between nesting and wintering areas. The purpose is to facilitate management of migratory birds and their habitats (Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1553196003685-89NYL4781BUPP871YD04/The+Pacific+Flyway+-+Perkey-Pet+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - The Pacific Flyway - The Annual Bird Migration THE PACIFIC FLYWAY is about 4,000 miles long and 1,000 miles wide in places and i use by more than 300 species of birds. (Source: Perky-Pet®) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1553196057189-6TPAT6DC9E25ZH368F4Q/Oak+Titmouse+-+Meher+Mount+-+Adele+Fergusson+-+Jan+2019+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - The Pacific Flyway - The Annual Bird Migration OAK TITMOUSE at the water spigot at Meher Mount. (Photo: Adele Fergusson, Ventura Aududon Society, January 2019) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2019/saving-babas-tree-burned-branches-sheltered-mystic monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1554129971839-9O97K8WUETC79X5058E2/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Eric+Turk+-+Dec+2017.jpg Story Blog - Saving Baba's Tree: Burned branches sheltered mystic THE BURNED TRUNK of Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount after being struck by two fires — the New Life Fire in October 1985 and the Thomas Fire in 2017. (Photo: Eric Turk, December 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1554129817201-197QL4YC40CXRJAM9NGC/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Dec+1%2C+2018+-+Sam+Ervin.JPG Story Blog - Saving Baba's Tree: Burned branches sheltered mystic BABA’S TREE at Meher Mount showing signs of new growth one year after the December 2017 Thomas Fire. (Photo: Sam Ervin, December 1, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1554130127674-DRSTFM012U2IAEUMOVJK/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Wrapped+-+4-22-2018+-+Magnus+%284%29.JPG Story Blog - Saving Baba's Tree: Burned branches sheltered mystic BABA’S TREE at Meher Mount wrapped for sunburn protection. There is a temporary prop under one of the limbs. The green hose provides for judicial watering of the tree. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, April 22, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1554130290333-3HNIJVNMNOL8725MCDN2/Bench+-+Baba%27s+Tree+-+July+2018+-+Jess+Maron.jpg Story Blog - Saving Baba's Tree: Burned branches sheltered mystic ONE OF THE THREE BENCHES at Meher Mount made from the fallen wood of Baba’s Tree by artisan Harold Greene. (Photo: Jess Maron, July 2018) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2019/i-am-never-born-i-never-die monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1550516213703-P9PEDTGPJ31DVVTG59IA/Meher+Baba+-+Think+always+of+me+Pinterest.jpg Story Blog - "I am never born, I never die." AVATAR MEHER BABA https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2019/babas-tree-springs-back-to-life-after-being-nearly-destroyed-by-thomas-fire monthly 0.5 2021-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1554131995917-GN1YAO3JB6YNOZTAVKIM/Baba%27s+Tree+-+November+17%2C+2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%282%29.JPG Story Blog - Baba's Tree springs back to life after being nearly destroyed by Thomas Fire BABA’S TREE at Meher Mount with sunburn protection, props supporting the weak limbs, and hoses for occasional watering during hot, dry months to aid in recovery. The fallen piece in the center is part of the trunk that toppled in the December 2017 Thomas Fire. (Photo: Sam Ervin, November 17, 2018) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2019/progress-report-babas-tree monthly 0.5 2022-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1549586856093-3WS6UQPLXXH7YZ2RPPVH/Thomas+Fire+-+Baba%27s+Tree+-+1-5-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%288%29.JPG Story Blog - Baba's Tree - One Year After the Thomas Fire THE 2017 THOMAS FIRE severely burned the already damaged core of Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount. The interior tree trunk had burned earlier in the 1985 New Life Fire, and the hollow portion of the tree remained. (Photo: Sam Ervin, January 5, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1549586927788-AFRQUUOP1VQQT2SR0L0I/Thomas+Fire+-+Baba%27s+Tree+-+1-5-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%289%29.JPG Story Blog - Baba's Tree - One Year After the Thomas Fire A LARGE LIMB and part of the trunk of Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount broke off in the high winds that accompanied the December 2017 Thomas Fire. The core of the tree is completely burned. Only a thin shell remains to support the existing limbs and generate new growth. (Photo: Sam Ervin, January 5, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1549587179799-W6ZIWZKBT7BF7FSQ8HC5/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Pipe+Installation+-+1-18-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%2822%29.JPG Story Blog - Baba's Tree - One Year After the Thomas Fire JIM AUSTER creating a 600-foot long trench to pipe water from the pool/reservoir to Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount to provide for judicious watering in California’s continuing drought. (Photo: Sam Ervin, January 18, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1549587682112-HH2FXHSC19432442NMQ7/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Study+New+Pest+-+Michael+Inaba+-+2-13-2018+-+Magnus+%283%29.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Tree - One Year After the Thomas Fire ARBORIST MICHAEL INABA is continuing to document activity related to the potential of invasive species that could harm Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount. He is also sharing this information with other arborists in the area to help protect Coast Live Oaks (Quercus agrifolia) in the Ojai Valley. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, February 13, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1549588176515-85CRRDW7AF7GS3KFIU9V/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Installing+Props+-+Michael+Inaba+-+6-21-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%2811%29.JPG Story Blog - Baba's Tree - One Year After the Thomas Fire TEMPORARY PROPS for the largest limbs are being replaced by custom-made steel props supported with a concrete pad. The props protect volunteers, workers and visitors from being struck by a falling limb. They also protect the core of Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount from further damage from a broken limb. (Photo: Sam Ervin, June 21, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1549657324017-LS8O7WXWT9FFU0MJRLK8/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Wrapping+-+7-10-2018+-+Ron+Holsey+-+Sam+Ervin+%282%29+Brighter+WEB.JPG Story Blog - Baba's Tree - One Year After the Thomas Fire RON HOLSEY wrapping the limbs of Baba’s Tree on Silence Day at Meher Mount with floating row cover to protect the new buds and limbs from sunburn. (Photo: Sam Ervin, July 10, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1549587550119-GD5BU6GDOEH1257YAX5Q/Robert+Turnage+-+Jim+Whitson+-+2nd+Mulch+-+4-21-2018+-+Magnus+%285%29.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Tree - One Year After the Thomas Fire ROBERT TURNAGE & JIM WHITSON are helping to spread 24-cubic yards of professional mulch under Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount to hold in moisture and provide nutrients. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, April 21, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1549588590271-BR1IMP2JJGF1CKBPV02P/Baba%27s+Tree+-+New+Growth+-+1-17-2018+-+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Tree - One Year After the Thomas Fire BUDS EMERGE on a limb of Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount just weeks after the December 2017 Thomas Fire. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, January 17, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1549588667722-BP4I2FKRJADXPOO590HF/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Sep+19%2C+2018+-+Magnus+%285%29.JPG Story Blog - Baba's Tree - One Year After the Thomas Fire NEW GROWTH on that same limb of Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount almost nine months later. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, September 19, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1549589047781-U59EDHBF9F6T31LW7UMS/Baba%27s+Tree+-+November+17%2C+2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%282%29.JPG Story Blog - Baba's Tree - One Year After the Thomas Fire BABA’S TREE with the floating row cover providing sunburn protection, steel props supporting four large limbs, hoses and diffusers for watering. The new live growth is seen in the center, and the new, dead growth is to the left. (Photo: Sam Ervin, November 17, 2018). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1549589437224-OXJQ47P4DB2W3H7WPS1L/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Cutting+Limbs+-+Harold+Greene+-+Peter+Harnisch+-+2-5-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%289%29.JPG Story Blog - Baba's Tree - One Year After the Thomas Fire PETER HARNISCH (orange shirt) & HAROLD GREENE (pink shirt) spend three-and-a-half days harvesting the fallen wood of Baba’s Tree and milling the large limbs into planks. (Photo: Sam Ervin, February 5, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1549641587601-55RBC2NW0PD34CIO99MG/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Harvest+Wood+-+4-3-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%283%29.JPG Story Blog - Baba's Tree - One Year After the Thomas Fire WOOD FROM BABA’S TREE - including milled planks, walking-stick-sized limbs, end pieces and assorted other chunks - are collected and stored. They are covered with tarps and sitting on an old foundation from a shed that was on the property before the 1985 New Life Fire. (Photo: Sam Ervin, April 3, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1549641779460-WJ7ERP4I57QB5DOJB5K3/Bench+-+9-1-2018+-+Stephanie+Ervin+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Tree - One Year After the Thomas Fire A NATURAL BENCH from a section of one of the fallen limbs of Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount. (Photo: Stephanie Ervin, September 1, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1549642339332-UI14PAIWJBYKGLBIEWET/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Heart+Rock+-+Nov+2017+-+Sam+Ervin+%286%29.JPG Story Blog - Baba's Tree - One Year After the Thomas Fire A BITTERSWEET MEMORY of being under Baba’s Tree about a month before the December 2017 Thomas Fire at Meher Mount. The heart rock marks the spot where Avatar Meher Baba sat alone in 1956. (Photo: Sam Ervin, November 2017) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2019/dhuni-stick-harvest monthly 0.5 2025-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1547765802635-TQYVVS1SWBV4X0ITVF6Q/Dhuni+Harvest+%26+Fire+-+1-12-2019+-+Juan+Mendez+%2810%29.jpg Story Blog - The Great Dhuni Stick Harvest - A One-of-a-Kind Dhuni Day THE GREAT DHUNI STICK HARVEST volunteers at Meher Mount on January 12, 2019. (Left to right) Jim Whedon, David Springhorn, Kyle Morrisson, Jim Whitson, David Trombley, Sam Ervin, Cassandra Bramucci, Fred Stankus, Kristina Somma, Agnes Montano, and Juan Mendez. Margaret Magnus is taking the photo, and Robert Turnage is at the Visitor Center greeting guests. Lisa Morrison, Kristen Tarpey, and Mike Tarpey came later in the afternoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1547766823518-QQ7R7HEHB4GNYD6N4S5O/Dhuni+Harvest+-+1-12-2019+-+Juan+Mendez+%2821%29.jpg Story Blog - The Great Dhuni Stick Harvest - A One-of-a-Kind Dhuni Day VOLUNTEERS WALKING ON BABA’S PATH to Baba’s Tree (inside the seclusion fence) to harvest dhuni sticks at Meher Mount. The sun has just come out, and the skies were spectacular following the rainstorm. (Photo: Juan Mendez, January 12, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1547766158082-4J5F56GQMBMOPEM9N3AW/Boxed+Dhuni+Sticks+-+Jan+13%2C+2019+-+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - The Great Dhuni Stick Harvest - A One-of-a-Kind Dhuni Day A BOX OF DHUNI STICKS ready to be shipped to another Meher Baba group for use in a dhuni. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, January 12, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1547767224389-1Z2EAI2WSDNN3ALVCVXI/Dhuni+Harvest+-+1-12-2019+-+Juan+Mendez+%2829%29.jpg Story Blog - The Great Dhuni Stick Harvest - A One-of-a-Kind Dhuni Day THE FALLEN LIMBS AND BRANCHES of Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount are being harvested and cut into 1,200 dhuni-sized sticks to send to other Meher Baba groups for their dhuni. (Left to right): Agnes Montano, Sam Ervin, Kyle Morrison, Jim Whedon, Jim Whitson, Fred Stankus, David Springhorn, David Trombley, and Kristina Somma. (Photo: Juan Mendez, January 12, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1547765547400-V8H1N9RD2O7P621LXT2X/20190112_140044.jpg Story Blog - The Great Dhuni Stick Harvest - A One-of-a-Kind Dhuni Day BAKED DHUNI STICKS cooling after coming out of the 200-degree oven for six hours. The baking process is to rid the wood of pests before sending the dhuni sticks to other Meher Baba groups. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, January 12, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1547765310217-J82ZZ1944JWDGSRBORRC/Baba%27s+Fireplace+-+Dhuni+-+1-12-2019+-+Magnus+%281%29.jpg Story Blog - The Great Dhuni Stick Harvest - A One-of-a-Kind Dhuni Day BABA’S FIREPLACE & DARSHAN COURTYARD are the site of the January 12, 2019 dhuni at Meher Mount. The fire is contained in the metal charcoal BBQ pan, and the harvested dhuni sticks sit in the cart nearby so that each person can take a stick to throw into the fire. (Photo: Margaret Magnus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1547820566801-A37R2NW5ZCXVWH2W0OS2/Dhuni+-+1-12-2019+-+Juan+Mendez+%281%29.jpg Story Blog - The Great Dhuni Stick Harvest - A One-of-a-Kind Dhuni Day AROUND THE DHUNI at Meher Mount. (Left to right, counter clockwise) David Springhorn, Agnes Montano, Robert Turnage, Kristen Tarpey, Mike Tarpey, Kyle Morrison, Jim Whedon, David Trombley, Jim Whitson and Fred Stankus. (Photo: Juan Mendez, January 12, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1547765348441-CMIS4K4NMZTOA4OE5QPF/20190112_151044.jpg Story Blog - The Great Dhuni Stick Harvest - A One-of-a-Kind Dhuni Day DHUNI ASHES from Baba’s Tree branches at Meher Mount. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, January 12, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1547820729251-WDG0B6GH5URM7U792OF4/Dhuni+-+1-12-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%283%29.JPG Story Blog - The Great Dhuni Stick Harvest - A One-of-a-Kind Dhuni Day THE DHUNI at Meher Mount on January 12, 2019. (Front to left): David Trombley, Kristina Somma, Jim Whitson, Kyle Morrison, Lisa Morrison, Kristen Tarpey, Mike Tarpey, Margaret Magnus, Fred Stankus, Jim Whedon, David Springhorn, Robert Turnage, Agnes Montano and Juan Mendez. (Photo: Sam Ervin) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2018/christmas-greetings-from-meher-baba-1958 monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1545490783069-AGWO34G3SIFE12SC5DAU/Meher+Baba+at+Meher+Mount+-+Painting+-+Charles+Mills+-+June+2018.jpg Story Blog - Christmas Greetings from Meher Baba - 1958 https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2018/master-plan-guides-fire-recovery monthly 0.5 2021-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1537537539137-9HPF0N94E71E39KBAB7A/Master+Plan+Community+Mtg+July+22%2C+2017+-+Sam+Ervin+%284%29.JPG Story Blog - Meher Mount's Master Plan Guides Fire Recovery BABA’S FIREPLACE and courtyard area at Meher Mount was identified as a top priority at the July 2017 Community Meeting. This fireplace was in the room where followers of Avatar Meher Baba spent time with Him on August 2, 1956. (Left to right: Brent Carter, Richard Mannis, Nancy Pinckert, Ron Holsey, Steve Bostwick, Ursula Reinhart, Elliott Karpeles, Jim Whitson, Donnalyn Karpeles, Robert Turnage. (Photo: Sam Ervin, July 22, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1537535388762-8OQJD17WAE3KPY0UEG9C/Baba%27s+Fireplace+-+Eucs+Gone+-+4-6-2018+-+Magnus+%281%29.jpg Story Blog - Meher Mount's Master Plan Guides Fire Recovery BABA’S FIREPLACE commemorates the August 2, 1956 visit of Avatar Meher Baba to Meher Mount. This photo was taken just after the Eucalyptus stand that burned in the 2017 Thomas Fire was removed in April 2018. The Board of Directors is continuing to develop a plan for preserving the fireplace and enhancing the courtyard area with shade and landscaping. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, April 6, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1537536608199-EENBSY4ZZVCCW021OFIL/Bench+-+9-1-2018+-+Stephanie+Ervin+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - Meher Mount's Master Plan Guides Fire Recovery A BENCH made from a burned limb of Baba’s Tree in April 2018 will be part of the courtyard area by Baba’s Fireplace. (Photo: Stephanie Ervin, September 1, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1537541494117-8643BAC5MXMCCBIRT675/Water+Treatment+System+-+9-19-2018+-+Ervin-Magnus+%281%29.JPG Story Blog - Meher Mount's Master Plan Guides Fire Recovery ONE OF TWO WATER TANKS next to the upgraded water treatment system for Meher Mount’s well water. This large tank holds potable water, while a smaller “ag tank” holds untreated water for watering plants at the Visitor Center and Baba’s Tree. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, September 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1537539104161-4JMITMB2BZYP16HJ3MZ3/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Milled+Wood+-+Storage+-+2-6-2018+-+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - Meher Mount's Master Plan Guides Fire Recovery STACKED WOOD milled from the fallen limbs and branches of Baba’s Tree. All the wood is being stored for future use while it cures. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, February 6, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1537540513370-9IZT1MD13T89HRJHSQNV/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Twig+Bouquets+-+9-19-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%2811%29.JPG Story Blog - Meher Mount's Master Plan Guides Fire Recovery A TWIG BOUQUET from the downed limbs of Baba’s Tree. (Margaret Magnus, September 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1537537216740-EM0VEL90SW22WQPF2YG7/Jim+Whedon+-+5-19-2018+-+Magnus+%281%29.jpg Story Blog - Meher Mount's Master Plan Guides Fire Recovery VOLUNTEER DAYS COORDINATOR Jim Whedon uses an electric weed whacker to get ready for the June 1, 2018 deadline for fire abatement. Meher Mount was given a thumbs up by the Ventura County Fire Department. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 19, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1537538531033-YBMX0XYPCHGX1YOZOMUG/AMB+1956+-+WEB+Filis+Frederick%2C+Agnes+Baron%2C+Baba%2C+Eruch+Jessawala%2C+Adi+K.+Irani%2C+Fred+Winterfedlt%2C+Meherjee+Kakaria%2C+Lud+Dimpfl+-+Darwin+Shaw.jpg Story Blog - Meher Mount's Master Plan Guides Fire Recovery AVATAR MEHER BABA (center, blue coat) walking with His followers at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. Baba’s Path and is kept mowed so that visitors can walk in His footsteps. (Photo: Darwin Shaw, (c) Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1537538015968-138JDQJ93SMKDL72OB3B/Master+Plan+Community+Mtg+July+22%2C+2017+-+Sam+Ervin+%288%29.JPG Story Blog - Meher Mount's Master Plan Guides Fire Recovery COMMUNITY MEETING 2017 to update Meher Mount’s Master Plan. The group is in front of Baba’s Fireplace before the Eucalyptus trees to the right burned in the December 2017 Thomas Fire and were later removed. (Top row, left to right) Ron Holsey, Robert Turnage; (Middle row, left to right): Buzz Glasky, Steve Bostwick, Brent Carter, Jim Whitson, Marta Flores, Nancy Pinckert, Byron Pinckert, Donnalyn Karpeles, Elliott Karpeles, Eric Van Buskirk, Ursula Reinhart, Richard Mannis; (Front row) Ginger Glasky, Margaret Magnus, Patti Jones, Bing Heckman. Not pictured is Sam Ervin who is taking the photo, July 22, 2017. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2018/11/2011/tgratitude-is-the-art-of-accepting-life-moment-by-moment-in-whatever-situation-ones-finds-oneself monthly 0.5 2022-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1606397086364-1XQZMFPXHD7A6H59P6C2/Avatar+Meher+Baba.jpg Story Blog - Gratitude Is the Art of Accepting Life, Moment by Moment, in Whatever Situation One Finds Oneself “Just at that moment, You appeared before me…” - Bal Natu (Photo of Avatar Meher Baba) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1606397400772-VNT4X43Z8ZTJ92TAH4VY/Meher+Baba+-+Diana+Le+Page.jpg Story Blog - Gratitude Is the Art of Accepting Life, Moment by Moment, in Whatever Situation One Finds Oneself “I just wanted to express how deeply indebted I am to You.” - Bal Natu (Painting of Meher Baba by Diana Le Page) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1606397581429-29HV6M6UFPAOW74XP5BA/Avatar+Meher+Baba+-+Charles+Mills.jpg Story Blog - Gratitude Is the Art of Accepting Life, Moment by Moment, in Whatever Situation One Finds Oneself "In a sense, gratitude is the art of accepting life, moment by moment, in whatever situation one finds oneself..." - Conservations with The Awakener (Painting of Meher Baba by Charles Mills) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1606397943511-DZBZTHAF55FA48I9U8V6/Meher+Baba+-+Diana+Le+Page+2.jpg Story Blog - Gratitude Is the Art of Accepting Life, Moment by Moment, in Whatever Situation One Finds Oneself "As long as you depend on Me, My guidance shall flow to you. This way of life does not interfere with any of your outer activities. It is an inner relationship with Me which helps you to lead a simple, natural life, unobserved by others." - Conversations with The Awakener (Painting of Avatar Meher Baba by Diana Le Page) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2018/charles-mills-painting-meher-baba-at-meher-mount monthly 0.5 2023-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1545491203827-UH0WNPJHBR22YYPQEMKI/Meher+Baba+at+Meher+Mount+-+David+Pastor+-+Sufi+Film.jpg Story Blog - "I can't imagine a better painting for Meher Mount." A SCREENSHOT of Avatar Meher Baba at Meher Mount in 1956 from The Awakener, Meher Baba and Meher Baba in the USA, 1956 films. (Used with permission ©Sufism Reoriented. Footage was filmed by Charmian Duce Knowles.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1538683737658-ESEIRI9PASAIBJ0Q6TYW/Meher+Baba+at+Meher+Mount+-+Painting+-+Charles+Mills+-+June+2018.jpg Story Blog - "I can't imagine a better painting for Meher Mount." AVATAR MEHER BABA walking in the meadow from Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. Painted specifically for Meher Mount and donated by Charles Mills in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1538684661547-C7GLA8NY2EH24RX703HZ/Charlie+Mills+-+Sam+Ervin+-+Hanging+Painting+-+8-10-2018+-+Magnus+%283%29.JPG Story Blog - "I can't imagine a better painting for Meher Mount." CELEBRATING THE ARRIVAL of Charles Mill’s painting of Avatar Meher Baba and a special visit by Tom and Cathy Riley. (Left to right: Wayne Myers, Kristina Somma, Charles Mills, Robert Turnage (kneeling), Sam Ervin, Tom Riley, Marta Flores, Cathy Riley and Linda Mills. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, August 10, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1538783624836-8NAL05XWFLR8NN6P4KXL/Mills+-+Book+Cover.jpg Story Blog - "I can't imagine a better painting for Meher Mount." Meher Baba, Meditations on The Ancient One is a culmination of Charlie Mills’ 30 years of painting the Divine Beloved. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2018/a-little-anniversary-graffiti monthly 0.5 2021-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1538715492589-5VGH3V6KU2CU23KNUL7M/Ag+Tank+Leak+-+6-26-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%281%29.JPG Story Blog - A Little Anniversary Graffiti THE LEAKING agriculture water tank at Meher Mount. (Photo: Sam Ervin, June 26, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1538715634694-W8OYEK7JDUKV9ET6HWTU/Leaky+Ag+Tank+-+7-9-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%282%29.JPG Story Blog - A Little Anniversary Graffiti THE OLD agricultural tank waiting to be cut up and disposed of. (Photo: Sam Ervin, July 9, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1538715761164-CJXDWZ4ZZCH2DIOZPDTD/p.jpg Story Blog - A Little Anniversary Graffiti “I love Meher Mount very much and feel happy here,.” - Avatar Meher Baba at Meher Mount, 1956. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, August 1, 2018) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2018/caretakers-life-meher-babas-presence-is-everywhere monthly 0.5 2021-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1537812492100-JTK0YREIQ7MWUVP9BP6X/Sunset+-+April+21%2C+2018+-+Cassandra+Bramucci+%285%29.jpeg Story Blog - "It is evening, the sun is about to set, and even the busy hummingbirds are settling in." SUNSET from the veranda of the Visitor Center. The silhouette is Baba’s Fireplace — a reminder of Avatar Meher Baba’s visit to Meher Mount in 1956. (Photo: Cassandra Bramucci, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1537814838016-IN9VDU1NZPIXRSSREHIG/AMB+1956+-+Meadow+-+WEB.jpg Story Blog - "It is evening, the sun is about to set, and even the busy hummingbirds are settling in." AVATAR MEHER BABA (blue coat) walking through the meadow at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. (Photo: Darwin Shaw, (c)Meher Nazar Publications) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2018/uncover-babas-walkway monthly 0.5 2021-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1537625847383-Q2KGFCQ5GT043W47FRVG/AMB+1956+-+Baba%27s+Walkway+-+Darwin+Shaw+-+WEB.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Walkway Emerges After the Thomas Fire AVATAR MEHER BABA striding toward the flagstone path, now called Baba’s Walkway at Meher Mount. That walkway led Him to the screened-porch entrance to the main house where Agnes Baron lived. It extended around the corner of the main house to the guesthouse entrance where He spent much of the day on August 2, 1956. Behind Him are Eruch Jessawala, Agnes Baron, Tex Hightower, (unknown woman), Fred Winterfeldt. (Photo: Darwin Shaw, (c) Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1529857004240-58WWY7BS08RAUSKISAPR/Walkway+-+May+2018+-+Flowers+-+Cassandra+Bramucci+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Walkway Emerges After the Thomas Fire FLOWERS on part of Baba's Walkway near the circular driveway by the Visitor Center/Caretaker Quarters at Meher Mount. Avatar Meher Baba used this walkway to reach the guesthouse where He spent time with His followers on August 2, 1956. (Photo: Cassandra Bramucci, May 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1529856796518-YKBLQXWCKTWRWYLOXNLO/Walkway+-+2+-+5-31-2018+-+Cassandra+Bramucci+%284%29.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Walkway Emerges After the Thomas Fire WEED ABATEMENT work draws attention once again to Baba's Walkway at Meher Mount. Eric Turk began excavation work to uncover eight feet of the sandstone path. (Photo: Cassandra Bramucci, May 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1529856874951-CJZTH5PSDW9WVIQPE1VI/Walkway+-+May+2018+-+Cassandra+Bramucci+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Walkway Emerges After the Thomas Fire KYLE MORRISON continues excavation of Baba's Walkway at Meher Mount uncovering another 12 feet. (Photo: Cassandra Bramucci, May 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1529860733249-1IYTVDQ7YYPC8DT6BIKG/Meher+Baba+at+Meher+Mount+-+Meher+Nazar+Publications+copyright.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Walkway Emerges After the Thomas Fire AVATAR MEHER BABA walking from the guesthouse at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. On His left is screened porch of the main house, He is followed by Eruch Jessawala and Meherjee Karkaria. (Photo: (c) Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1536516582320-DRWI7Y7IEDGI021D90KF/Walkway+-+October+1985+-+Days+After+Fire+-+Sam+Ervin.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Walkway Emerges After the Thomas Fire BABA'S WALKWAY is covered with ash and dirt in the days following the 1985 New Life Fire which destroyed all the buildings and machinery on the property. Over time the walkway became more obscured by dirt and weeds. (Photo: Sam Ervin, October 1985) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2018/raptors monthly 0.5 2021-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1536157372122-BIXZ1CQVIALHKHCDTM9P/Kestrel+Box+-+Meher+Mount+-+8-1-2018+-+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - "Let's Hope the Birds Move in Soon!" THE AMERICAN KESTREL BOX placed in the walnut tree at Meher Mount near Baba's Path. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, August 1, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1536157090598-P5PAREF77CBX2KEKWY8Q/Installing+Box+Keven+McCloud+1+-+7-27-2018+-+Lynn+Barnes+%281%29.jpg Story Blog - "Let's Hope the Birds Move in Soon!" KEVIN McCLOUD from the Ojai Raptor Center installs an American Kestrel (Falco sparvaerius) box in the walnut tree near Baba's Path at Meher Mount. (Photo: Lynn Barnes, July 27, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1536157466454-JVFP0NWLNG73PS3U1CHP/Owl+Box+-+Aug+1%2C+2018+-+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - "Let's Hope the Birds Move in Soon!" THE BARN OWL BOX in the Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) by the pond in the driveway near the Visitor Center. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, July 31, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1536157212830-PWBH8FVR9BF71IJJ31RN/Rat+Poison+%26+Local+Wildlife+-+National+Park+Service.jpg Story Blog - "Let's Hope the Birds Move in Soon!" THE DANGER TO WILDLIFE of rat poison in the food chain. (Source: National Park Service) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1536156826542-46TCTN6UDG577FBNJATD/16558-an-american-kestrel-in-flight-pv+-+free+stock+photos.jpg Story Blog - "Let's Hope the Birds Move in Soon!" AN AMERICAN KESTREL in flight. (Source: Free Stock Photos) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1536156881653-X1A0LF6XS5YDFJZ3SEIR/Barn+Owl+-+Wikipedia.jpg Story Blog - "Let's Hope the Birds Move in Soon!" THE BARN OWL (Tyto alba) is the most widely distributed species of owl. (Source: Wikipedia) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2018/6/recovery-milestones-V4Qaj monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530727246639-2JWA0P1G8EY4TU16RGBE/Thomas+Fire+-+Burned+Log+-+Prasad+Orchard+-+1-5-2018+-+Magnus+%281%29.jpg Story Blog - Break Out the Champagne - Fire Recovery Is Complete A BURNED COAST LIVE OAK in the Prasad Orchard below Baba's Tree at Meher Mount a month after the December 2017 Thomas Fire. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, January 5, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530813859122-HDZN10OE5INU0UF8SXXH/Activity+Logs.jpg Story Blog - Break Out the Champagne - Fire Recovery Is Complete RANDOM PAGES from the activity logs of Margaret Magnus and Sam Ervin who started writing down daily accomplished tasks for fire recovery and regeneration at Meher Mount just to feel that progress was being made. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530745497701-BG2Y1GAOHBSW1WESWKV6/2017-12-21+-+topo+property+fire+survey+-+Byron+Pinckert.jpg Story Blog - Break Out the Champagne - Fire Recovery Is Complete MAP showing Meher Mount's boundaries and major areas suffering damage from the December 2017 Thomas Fire. (Image: Byron Pinckert, December 21, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530744923238-5S3TS1QTMC8IP6SNSRYO/Prasad+Orchard+Trail+-+Russell+Latimer+-+1-4-2018+-+Drone.jpg Story Blog - Break Out the Champagne - Fire Recovery Is Complete AN AERIAL VIEW of some of the damage at Meher Mount from the December 2017 Thomas Fire. The road/trail goes from Avatar's Point - where Baba's Tree is located - to the Prasad Orchard. (Drone Photo: Russell Latimer, January 4, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530745093605-OJ25XFGIIJ7IZCW3MOCN/Baba%27s+Tree+1+-+Russell+Latimer+-+1-4-2018+-+Drone.jpg Story Blog - Break Out the Champagne - Fire Recovery Is Complete BABA'S TREE at Meher Mount is burned and toppled in the December 2017 Thomas Fire. (Drone Photo: Russell Latimer, January 4, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530745309944-N7LUZVR27M1UL43MGZZ4/Twelve+Quarts+Gathered+-+Cassandra+Bramucci++%282%29.JPG Story Blog - Break Out the Champagne - Fire Recovery Is Complete BABA'S TREE ASHES were collected and placed in clean canning jars at Meher Mount. (Photo: Cassandra Bramucci, December 16, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530746022294-DI2Y0C7SQVSOV0VXFTA5/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Sunburn+Protection+-+Michael+Inaba+%26+M+Magnus+-+2-17-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - Break Out the Champagne - Fire Recovery Is Complete ARBORIST MICHAEL INABA shows Margaret Magnus how to wrap limbs of Baba's Tree at Meher Mount for sunburn protection and then cut holes in the floating row cover to allow the new branches to grow. (Photo: Sam Ervin, February 17, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530746198424-2EHMEIQ765WFD1UIE6FE/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Pipe+Installation+-+1-18-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%2822%29.JPG Story Blog - Break Out the Champagne - Fire Recovery Is Complete VOLUNTEER JIM AUSTER, a former board member, uses a trench digger at Meher Mount to create a 600-foot trench from the pool/reservoir to Baba's Tree to set up a watering system. (Photo: Sam Ervin, January 18, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530746472602-2T8L2YL7UIQ0I1ZVL2MA/Installing+Seclusion+Fence+-+1-17-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%283%29.JPG Story Blog - Break Out the Champagne - Fire Recovery Is Complete CAL-STATE SITE SERVICES installs a temporary seclusion fence around Baba's Tree at Meher Mount to protect visitors and to help the tree recover from the December 2017 Thomas Fire. (Photo: Sam Ervin, January 17, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530746659825-PVD2F0BYW02AK95B82ZY/Ian+Dibble%2C+Yolanda+Koumidou%2C+Nancy+Rugo%2C+Michelle+Choug%2C+Annabelle+Orme%2C+Tim+DeGraff+%26+Jim+Whedon+-+1-28-2018+-+Cassandra+Bramucci.jpg Story Blog - Break Out the Champagne - Fire Recovery Is Complete JIM WHEDON (right) giving instructions regarding tilling the hardened, ash-crusted soil under a Coast Life Oak at the entryway to Meher Mount. (Left to right): Ian Dibble, Yolanda Koumidou, Nancy Rugo, Michelle Choug, Annabelle Orme and Tim DeGraff. (Photo: Cassandra Bramucci, January 28, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530808744603-V3KM79SAROQPNF4ABH7Q/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Milling+Wood+-+2-5-2018+-+Magnus+%289%29.jpg Story Blog - Break Out the Champagne - Fire Recovery Is Complete HAROLD GREENE (left) documenting the milling process while Peter Harnisch (right) handles the portable sawmill he brought to harvest the fallen wood from Baba's Tree at Meher Mount. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, February 5, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530746925267-M86DWFDBVPYED03LB7BK/Filling+Hole+by+Topa+Topa+Patio+-+Feb+2018+-+Ray+Johnston+-+Magnus+%285%29.jpg Story Blog - Break Out the Champagne - Fire Recovery Is Complete RAY JOHNSTON, former Manager/Caretaker, returns to Meher Mount to help with fire recovery. He fills a hole created when the 2017 Thomas Fire burned a dead oak and its roots. The fire did not touch the Topa Topa Patio with the exception of some charring of the bamboo patio cover. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, February 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530726100239-UWTK4SAW027B08Y8IN9Y/Trailers+-+Buzz+Glasky+-+Dec+2017.jpg Story Blog - Break Out the Champagne - Fire Recovery Is Complete TWO TRAILERS - One survived the fire (left), and other did not (right). The burned wooden trailer belonged to Meher Mount. The metal trailer was purchased from Buzz Glasky and used extensively during wood harvesting and fire recovery. (Photo: Buzz Glaksy, December 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530726392805-BP036NHSLQP6D0PZ3RUZ/Well+pipe+post-fire+-+Buzz+Glasky+-+Dec+2017.jpg Story Blog - Break Out the Champagne - Fire Recovery Is Complete BURNED PIPE is part of the fire damage at the well head at Meher Mount. The electrical also needed to be replaced so that water could be pumped to the reservoir and then to the Visitor Center/Caretaker Quarters. (Photo: Buzz Glasky, December 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530748722655-CG8SBTBD8D7R80G4A6E1/Day%27s+End+-+3-11-2018+-+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - Break Out the Champagne - Fire Recovery Is Complete AT DAY'S END on Sunday, March 11, 2018, after a weekend of fire recovery and restoration at Meher Mount. The three blue lumps are the three benches made from fallen wood of Baba's Treet. Baba's Tree is in seclusion. The rains have helped life return to the burned landscape. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, March 11, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530726602522-3LV63GSE5BFRNL2T1PV3/20180403_084554.jpg Story Blog - Break Out the Champagne - Fire Recovery Is Complete NEW HEATING/AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM for the Visitor Center/Caretaker Quarters. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, April 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530747430754-7NLYN11Z1B9EL6TU9YGF/Benches+-+Harold+Greene+-+4-20-2018+-+Magnus+%283%29.jpg Story Blog - Break Out the Champagne - Fire Recovery Is Complete ARTISAN HAROLD GREENE cutting a space for the legs for the bench made from fallen wood of Baba's Tree at Meher Mount. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, April 20, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530726728050-GLLXX37TMVXFLUWRMTBU/Thomas+Fire+-+Diga+Alert+Signs+-+1-17-2018+-+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - Break Out the Champagne - Fire Recovery Is Complete DIRECTIONAL SIGNS for inspection to get the DigAlert sign-off so Ojai Electrical can replace the electrical poles as required by Southern California Edison before they can make repairs and restore power. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, January 17, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530747691872-Y73EOW5Y8HAVDT5LMD4G/Kristina+Somma+%26+Robert+Turnage+-+April+2018+-+Cassandra+Bramucci.jpg Story Blog - Break Out the Champagne - Fire Recovery Is Complete MOWING THE MEADOW leading to Baba's Tree at Meher Mount. Kristina Somma and Board Member Robert Turnage stay at Meher Mount to help with fire recovery and to get ready for the June 1, 2018, fire inspection. (Photo: Cassandra Bramucci, April 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530747930196-4K0SINXVJT8NUH9OXFWY/Baba%27s+Tree+Ash+-+Box%2C+Ash%2C+Tag+-+5-9-2018+-+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - Break Out the Champagne - Fire Recovery Is Complete ASH KEEPSAKES from Baba's Tree at Meher Mount. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530726910406-BYXVBY082YNR5XQI6PMD/Tenting+for+Termites+-+June+2018+-+Cassandra+Bramucci.jpg Story Blog - Break Out the Champagne - Fire Recovery Is Complete TENTING the Visitor Center/Caretaker Quarters at Meher Mount for termite fumigation. (Photo: Cassandra Bramucci, June 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530838755226-BRTIWFSGISG0ZVSRBFAJ/Finished+Trellis+WEB+-+6-25-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%288%29.JPG Story Blog - Break Out the Champagne - Fire Recovery Is Complete REPAIRED AND IMPROVED SHADE TRELLIS for the Visitor Center/Caretaker Quarters brought about by a minor burn from the Thomas Fire. Baba's Fireplace - the last remaining man-made artifact of Meher Baba's 1956 visit - is in the foreground. (Photo: Sam Ervin, June 25, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530727989545-7B9O9R67W3JF5WITEN0B/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Installing+Props+-+6-26-2018+-+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - Break Out the Champagne - Fire Recovery Is Complete CARE FOR BABA'S TREE at Meher Mount continues. Props to support weak limbs are installed. Limbs are wrapped for sunburn protection. Water is carefully given during dry periods. New branches continue to grow. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, June 26, 2018) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2017/a-silver-lining monthly 0.5 2021-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530627656020-60LANERH5BMQ8C35C1VA/Oceano+-+Buzz+%26+Ginger+Glasky+-+2018.jpg Story Blog - The Thomas Fire - A Silver Lining SUNRISE ON THE OCEANO DUNES. Buzz and Ginger Glasky, after evacuating from Meher Mount in December 2017, parked their Airsteam Trailer next to the Oceano Dunes in Oceano, CA. (Photo: Buzz Glasky, February 19, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530627692313-33660GHI9CV2OL354SUF/Buzz+%26+Ginger+Glasky+-+Oceano+-+2018.jpg Story Blog - The Thomas Fire - A Silver Lining BUZZ AND GINGER GLAKSY with the restored house of Arthur Gavin in the background. Gavin was part of the Dunite group living in the dunes at Oceano when Avatar Meher Baba visited and spent the night in that house in 1934. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2018/ash-keepsake monthly 0.5 2022-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530283090886-6VOZ0X1WRG7OTREVXIJX/Baba%27s+Tree+Ash+-+Box%2C+Ash%2C+Tag+-+5-9-2018+-+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Tree Ashes - A Keepsake and a Connection KEEPSAKES VIALS of ash from Baba's Tree are a thank you to all donors and volunteers supporting Meher Mount in the year of the Thomas Fire. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 9, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530283322233-5IRWAKV2NB11QXNCSPJV/Ash+Site+-+Baba%27s+Tree+-+12-21-2017+-+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Tree Ashes - A Keepsake and a Connection SITE WHERE ASHES from Baba's Tree at Meher Mount were collected by Cassandra Bramucci and Margaret Magnus. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, December 21, 2017) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2018/fire-abatement-2018 monthly 0.5 2021-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1527098738619-XV0B65D0CWOQHMH494IV/Mowing+the+Meadow+-+April+2018+-+Kristina+Somma.jpg Story Blog - "Hard, hard work..." Getting Ready for Fire Inspection & Visitors ROBERT TURNAGE takes a first pass at mowing the almost-waist-high grass in the meadow to Baba's Tree. Interim Caretaker Cassandra Bramucci has kept the paths to Baba's Tree cleared after the grasses started to grow. (Photo: Kristina Somma, April 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1527099408609-ZFHLOL7VLP16555KK134/Poppies+Grow+-+4-6-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+WEB.JPG Story Blog - "Hard, hard work..." Getting Ready for Fire Inspection & Visitors CALIFORNIA POPPIES return to Meher Mount along with lupine and other flowers after the December 2017 Thomas Fire. There is still charred ground in the background where the area is not as lush - but showing signs of new life. (Photo: Sam Ervin, April 6, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1527098542812-S85TUEHJI2LANT3H52FV/Khushnam+Crawford+-+5-19-2018+-+Magnus+%283%29.jpg Story Blog - "Hard, hard work..." Getting Ready for Fire Inspection & Visitors KHUSHNAM CRAWFORD clears the garden area of weeds helping to give Meher Mount that "cared for" look. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 19, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1527170997495-2TVR275U7K43E4V5IUNI/Kristina+Somma+%26+Robert+Turnage+-+April+2018+-+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - "Hard, hard work..." Getting Ready for Fire Inspection & Visitors KRISTINA SOMMA & ROBERT TURNAGE helping out at Meher Mount for 12 days in April 2018. (Photo: Margaret Magnus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1527099552030-TMZUMK02O2R7FYW4TZ6X/Cassandra+Bramucci+-+May+20%2C+2018.jpg Story Blog - "Hard, hard work..." Getting Ready for Fire Inspection & Visitors INTERIM CARETAKER Cassandra Bramucci is smiling because all her work for weed abatement means the job will get finished. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 20, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1527099238301-2VMZPUK0LSDAX3HSP4K0/Jim+Whedon+-+5-19-2018+-+Magnus+%281%29.jpg Story Blog - "Hard, hard work..." Getting Ready for Fire Inspection & Visitors JIM WHEDON with a gas-powered weed wacker to reach difficult places. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 19, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1527098916195-21OX6CPQM7BHLUKTNEIQ/Kathy+Najar+-+May+20%2C+2018+-+Magnus+%283%29.jpg Story Blog - "Hard, hard work..." Getting Ready for Fire Inspection & Visitors KATHY NAJAR came from Arizona with her partner Rudy Duran to volunteer for the two work days at Meher Mount. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 20, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1527098804563-WJILW5909NIDGINTZ1SS/Sam+Ervin%2C+Homayar+Gandhi%2C+Jim+Whitson+-+5-19-2018+-+Magnus+%281%29.jpg Story Blog - "Hard, hard work..." Getting Ready for Fire Inspection & Visitors SAM ERVIN, HOMAYAR GANDHI & JIM WHITSON clear Spanish or golden thistle (Scolymus hispanicus) from around Baba's Tree. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 19, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1527171259502-C7JFUMDTSR494NFLKDFG/Hauling+Branches+-+5-20-2018+-+Magnus%2C+Whedon%2C+Duran+-+Cassandra+Bramucci.jpg Story Blog - "Hard, hard work..." Getting Ready for Fire Inspection & Visitors PUTTING THE TRIMMED BRANCHES under the forest's canopy required going up and down the mountain a number of times. Pictured here are (left to right) Margaret Magnus, James Whedon and Rudy Duran. (Photo: Cassandra Bramucci, May 20, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1527099111689-1M30WH0I8UQPLL2MSB1E/Sam+Ervin+-+50th+Anniversary+-+5-19-2019+-+Magnus+%284%29.jpg Story Blog - "Hard, hard work..." Getting Ready for Fire Inspection & Visitors 50 YEARS OF PULLING WEEDS. Sam Ervin celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first time he pulled weeds at Meher Mount - May 19, 1968. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 19, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1527101178206-3HCDWKMUR042LI6A543D/Rudy+Duran+-+Changing+Walter+Filter+-+May+20%2C+2018+-+Magnus+%283%29.jpg Story Blog - "Hard, hard work..." Getting Ready for Fire Inspection & Visitors RUDY DURAN brought his water system expertise and changed the filters on the water treatment system. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 20, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1527099172824-RDMIRGCLH6JWFR5OZRRI/Brad+Spurr+-+5-19-2018+-+Magnus+%283%29.jpg Story Blog - "Hard, hard work..." Getting Ready for Fire Inspection & Visitors BRAD SPURR used the weed wacker around the pool and water treatment system. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 19, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1527098682820-LDJ0IEVJ75LO9FTUW5LF/Dinner+at+Sea+Fresh+-+5-19-2018+-+Ervin%2C+Bramucci%2C+Crawford%2C+Gandhi%2C+Turk%2C+Magnus%2C+Whedon+%26+Whitson.jpg Story Blog - "Hard, hard work..." Getting Ready for Fire Inspection & Visitors RELAXING AFTER A HARD DAY'S WORK at Sea Fresh Restaurant in Ojai. (Left to right) Sam Ervin, Cassandra Bramucci, Khushnam Crawford, Homayar Gandhi, Eric Turk, Margaret Magnus, Jim Whedon and Jim Whitson. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2018/damaged-in-thomas-fire-babas-tree-limbs-live-on-as-benches-at-ojais-meher-mount monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1526394436305-E6C3MV4QMBP7BAZT09KK/Harold+Greene+-+Benches+-+4-21-2018+-+Magnus+%281%29.JPG Story Blog - Damaged in Thomas Fire, Baba's Tree limbs live on as benches at Ojai's Meher Mount ARTISAN HAROLD GREENE attaching the legs - made of burned wood from Baba's Tree - to the half logs that were milled specifically to be used as outdoor benches at Meher Mount. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, April 21, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1526394570469-40UH7R51QC9SMUBIT2E3/Working+on+Benches+-+Harold+Greene+-+4-22-2018+-+Magnus+%282%29.JPG Story Blog - Damaged in Thomas Fire, Baba's Tree limbs live on as benches at Ojai's Meher Mount TURNING THE HALF LOGS after the legs have been attached takes four people - artisan Harold Greene and Meher Mount board members Jim Whitson, Robert Turnage and Sam L. Ervin. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, April 21, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1526394723431-X85YSE0IIGUMQ7AX4A63/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Sunburn+Protection+-+4-21-2018+-+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - Damaged in Thomas Fire, Baba's Tree limbs live on as benches at Ojai's Meher Mount NEW GROWTH on Baba's Tree at Meher Mount which is wrapped in floating row cover for sunburn protection. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, April 21, 2018) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2018/babas-tree-repurpose-news monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1525793491758-M0ICP69I22KSXZVK6HJS/Harold+Greene+-+Fitting+the+Legs+-+4-20-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%281%29.JPG Story Blog - Baba's Tree repurpose effort is firmly seated in history ARTISAN HAROLD GREENE fitting and attaching the legs onto one of the benches made from the fallen limbs of Baba's Tree at Meher Mount. (Photo: Sam Ervin, April 20, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1525793622556-2O9VT7H0PBNUV0RZJZ63/Tools+of+the+Process+-+4-20-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%282%29.JPG Story Blog - Baba's Tree repurpose effort is firmly seated in history A SANDER AND NOISE PROTECTORS are some of the tools used by woodworking artisan Harold Greene to create the benches made from the fallen wood of Baba's Tree at Meher Mount. (Photo: Sam Ervin, April 20, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1525793903972-DQ096AAO536Z1TQ0XSSV/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Wrapped+-+4-22-2018+-+Magnus+%284%29.JPG Story Blog - Baba's Tree repurpose effort is firmly seated in history BABA'S TREE at Meher Mount wrapped for sunburn protection, a limb propped for support, and hoses with soaking nozzles - all in support of the recovery of Baba's Tree following the December 2017 Thomas Fire. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, April 22, 2018) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2018/benches-babas-tree monthly 0.5 2022-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1524589115819-EBWITR0HVVGVDO5GNYH6/Baba%27s+Tree+-+12-21-2017+-+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - Fire Is a Creative Force - Three Benches from Baba's Tree MOST OF BABA'S TREE was detached and lying on its side after the December 2017 Thomas Fire. Even though this might look like a standing tree, the bulk of the branches and limbs have fallen to the north of the main trunk of Baba's Tree. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, December 21, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1524589773060-CO2O69X462S2L4EA77Z0/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Large+Trunks+Need+Larger+Mill+-+2-7-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%286%29.JPG Story Blog - Fire Is a Creative Force - Three Benches from Baba's Tree THREE LARGE LIMBS waiting for Peter Harnisch of Harnisch Tree Care to return with a special mill to create wood planks and the benches. The Seclusion Fence around Baba's Tree is to protect both the tree and visitors. Other logs are waiting to be transported to the storage area. (Photo: Sam Ervin, February 7, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1524580367227-QI3RS17J5MM6BWNQ69RP/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Milling+3+Logs+-+Planks+%26+Benches+-+2-13-2018+-+Sam+Ervi+%2810%29.JPG Story Blog - Fire Is a Creative Force - Three Benches from Baba's Tree HAROLD GREENE (left) assessing the milling process of one the large limbs that would become an outdoor bench at Meher Mount. The top section was milled into planks, and the bottom section used for a bench. Peter Harnisch (center) is doing the actual milling with his portable saw on site at Meher Mount on February 13, 2018. (Photo: Sam Ervin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1524580629372-58AUC2GWDEUXWS6PBQ4O/Baba%27s+Tree+-+3+Benches+-+Milled+-+2-13-2018+-+Magnus+%283%29.jpg Story Blog - Fire Is a Creative Force - Three Benches from Baba's Tree THREE HALF-LIMBS are milled and ready to be finished to create outdoor benches at Meher Mount. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, February 13, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1524580096707-D8NFLG0GQB1R62O8XNZ9/Design+for+Baba%27s+Tree+Benches+-+Feb+2018+-+Harold+Greene.jpg Story Blog - Fire Is a Creative Force - Three Benches from Baba's Tree A SKETCH for using the half-logs from Baba's Tree for the major portion of the bench. The 18-inch legs are from burned sections of logs of Baba's Tree. (Sketch: Harold Greene, February 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1524580842431-GRMHAMWYWPQTPOMUX8L3/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Burned+Branches+Used+for+Legs+-+4-20-2018+-+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - Fire Is a Creative Force - Three Benches from Baba's Tree BURNED BRANCHES were cut into pieces to form the legs of the three outdoor benches. These legs were set on teak to help protect them from ground moisture. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, April 20, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1524589460012-SVN4VCT1Y8NVGFWRF818/Benches+-+Harold+Greene+-+4-20-2018+-+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - Fire Is a Creative Force - Three Benches from Baba's Tree THE HALF LOG is turned upside down so that Harold Greene can fashion a spot to insert the legs cut from other limbs of Baba's Tree. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, April 20, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1524589579003-JKWP63NY1VSJYZIKGHQC/Flipping+the+Benches+-+4-21-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%281%29.JPG Story Blog - Fire Is a Creative Force - Three Benches from Baba's Tree A STRONG-MEN TEAM helped flip the benches. (Left to right) Sean Hemeon, Aaron Hemeon and Harold Greene. Not pictured: Robert Turnage, Gerry Bond, Jim Whitson and Sam Ervin. (Photo: Sam Ervin, April 21, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1524590084705-7NCA0D1NZ8XX7YU81Y9Z/Finishing+the+Benches+-+Harold+Greene+-+4-21-2018+-+Sam+Ervin.JPG Story Blog - Fire Is a Creative Force - Three Benches from Baba's Tree HAROLD GREENE finishing the top of the benches by sanding down the rough edges. (Photo: Sam Ervin, April 21, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1524591424859-Q869V15N0VUENFEWXN8O/meher+mount+visitor+center+remodel+1+partial+%28002%29.jpg Story Blog - Fire Is a Creative Force - Three Benches from Baba's Tree A CONCEPTUAL DRAWING of the area by Baba's Fireplace, which was part of the room where Avatar Meher Baba met with His followers on August 2, 1956. The fireplace is the only remaining man-made artifact from His visit. Everything else was destroyed in the 1985 New Life Fire. Conceptually, the plan is to create a quiet area for contemplation. The benches are shown for potential placement. The plan is not yet completed as the board finalizes the specifics. (Drawing: Byron Pinckert, April 17, 2018) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2018/milling-babas-tree-wood monthly 0.5 2022-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530637324185-JF3N244KVVXKYU8X6T6S/Baba%27s+Tree+-+12-12-2017+-+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Tree - Saving the Fallen Wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530635081440-08DE5FESWS3F2BO490HM/Vase+2+-+Ken+Pellman+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Tree - Saving the Fallen Wood VASE MADE from reclaimed wood of Baba's Tree by artisan Harold Greene of Antiques of the Future in San Pedro, CA. (Photo: Ken Pellman, May 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1523541305032-DZ63O0TKLEKN1601MQJ8/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Inventory+-+1H%2C+1G%2C+1F.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Tree - Saving the Fallen Wood TAGGING A SECTION OF BABA'S TREE before cutting the limbs and milling each section into planks was a part of the process. Sam Ervin is in the blue shirt assisting Harold Greene, who is standing behind him in the bright pink shirt. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, February 5, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1523539968972-ISR0XVEK0KPZJ32YBOK8/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Inventory+Sheet+-+2-5-2018+-+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Tree - Saving the Fallen Wood THE TOOLS FOR TAKING INVENTORY - the inventory template, a clipboard, pen and a tape measure. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, February 6, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530636442439-7VWCFFP6ZRGTY6TWPKA6/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Harvesting+Wood+-+2-5-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%284%29.JPG Story Blog - Baba's Tree - Saving the Fallen Wood HAROLD GREENE (left, pink shirt) and Peter Harnisch (right, orange shirt) cut branches and limbs prior to milling fallen portions of Baba's Tree at Meher Mount. (Photo: Sam Ervin, February 5, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530636239548-1Q0N1QLEKGY9EJ4E2M90/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Harvesting+Wood+-+Harold+Greene+-+2-5-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%2825%29.JPG Story Blog - Baba's Tree - Saving the Fallen Wood PETER HARNISCH is cutting the medium-sized limbs to reach very large limbs that were milled into wood planks. (Photo: Sam Ervin, February 5, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530804248554-QAPRGC264LSM5D653Y6H/WEB+-+Milling+3+Logs+-+2-13-2018+-+Sam+Ervin.JPG Story Blog - Baba's Tree - Saving the Fallen Wood HAROLD GREENE (left) and Peter Harnisch (right) return to Meher Mount with a second type of portable sawmill to finish milling the largest limbs that are to be made into outdoor benches. (Photo: Sam Ervin, February 13, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530803953243-H6NKYN1H6GZZ4S60PKD5/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Milling+Wood+-+2-5-2018+-+Magnus+%288%29.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Tree - Saving the Fallen Wood HAROLD GREENE (left) documenting the milling process while Peter Harnisch (right) handles the portable sawmill he brought to harvest the fallen wood from Baba's Tree at Meher Mount. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, February 5, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530804479862-7T483D1PY1FUZBYNEYNT/Sam+Ervin+-+Moving+Baba%27s+Tree+Wood+-+2-13-2018+-+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Tree - Saving the Fallen Wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530636066913-63VG0R2GEN9SBYSMSII8/Pad+Debris+-+1-19-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%285%29.JPG Story Blog - Baba's Tree - Saving the Fallen Wood OLD CONCRETE FOUNDATION of a work shed at Meher Mount that burned to the ground in the 1985 New Life Fire. Volunteers cleared the area so this pad could be used to store milled wood from Baba's Tree. (Photo: Sam Ervin, January 19, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530635417665-8GEX008DH96VGZLW796H/Baba%27s+Tree+-+New+Storage+Pad+-+1-7-2018+-+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Tree - Saving the Fallen Wood "NEW" STORAGE PAD to store the salvaged wood from Baba's Tree is created from recycling used and unused building materials from the Topa Topa Patio and Workshop. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, January 7, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1530635904894-UGHX5DKGGEESVRFAMX2E/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Milled+Wood+-+Storage+Pad+-+2-6-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%288%29.JPG Story Blog - Baba's Tree - Saving the Fallen Wood MILLED AND STACKED WOOD from Baba's Tree at Meher Mount. Each plank is tagged with a number that corresponds to its description in the inventory. (Photo: Sam Ervin, February 6, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/c8c80cf9-d802-4f57-8148-cd1c7790f294/Baba%27s+Tree+Wood+-+Container+%26+A-Frame+-+08-2020+1+-+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Tree - Saving the Fallen Wood - Make it stand out AN A-FRAME and used cargo container are used to store the milled and salvaged wood from Baba’s Tree. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, August 2020) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2018/babas-tree-ash-harvest monthly 0.5 2022-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1520971578789-CZS6GTJCRRJQD7WAPM4N/Thomas+Fire+-+Baba%27s+Tree+-+12-21-2017+-+Byron+Pinckert+%281%29.jpeg Story Blog - Baba's Tree - Gathering the Ash BURNED PORTIONS OF BABA'S TREE after the December 4, 2017 Thomas Fire struck Meher Mount. (Photo: Byron Pinckert, December 21, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1520971104024-KUQFBUPTR07LVLCV3Z18/Ash+Site+-+Baba%27s+Tree+-+12-21-2017+-+Magnus+%284%29.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Tree - Gathering the Ash ASH DEPOSITS from Baba's Tree at Meher Mount. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, December 21, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1520970850057-8H8QEG0RP3I1FKHGACWV/Twelve+Quarts+Gathered+-+Cassandra+Bramucci++%282%29.JPG Story Blog - Baba's Tree - Gathering the Ash ASH FROM BABA'S TREE at Meher Mount collected by Cassandra Bramucci on December 16, 2017. (Photo: Cassandra Bramucci) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1520970897084-DZJB871H08SXGM2OBALJ/Thomas+Fire+-+Harvesting+Ashes+-+Margaret+Magnus+-+12-21-2017+-+Byron+Pinckert+%281%29.jpeg Story Blog - Baba's Tree - Gathering the Ash MARGARET MAGNUS collecting ash from Baba's Tree at Meher Mount. (Photo: Byron Pinckert, December 21, 2017.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1520971318859-Y6I9L12FKS4ZQ2H76S14/Empty+Jars+-+Baba%27s+Tree+-+12-21-2017+-+Magnus+%285%29.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Tree - Gathering the Ash EMPTY JARS waiting for ash from Baba's Tree at Meher Mount. (Photo: Margaret Magnus) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2018/restoration-weekend monthly 0.5 2021-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1520953575432-OHF20ISGOAO6TRSX9FC2/Eric+Turk+%26+Jim+Whitson+-+3-10-2018+-+Magnus+%281%29.jpg Story Blog - Neither Rain, Nor Drizzle, Nor Fog Stops Meher Mount's Volunteers ERIC TURK AND JIM WHITSON load the wheelbarrow with mulch to spread under Baba's Tree at Meher Mount to help hold in the moisture. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, March 10, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1520954926894-P35X9ILRJASSVNXPB5IE/Tim+Hurley+-+3-10-2018+-+Magnus+%283%29.jpg Story Blog - Neither Rain, Nor Drizzle, Nor Fog Stops Meher Mount's Volunteers TIM HURLEY spreading the mulch under Baba's Tree at Meher Mount. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, March 10, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1520953602067-AYQDAF7HP9LVZKQHXHBZ/Jim+Whitson+%26+Oanh+Hurley+-+3-10-2018+-+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - Neither Rain, Nor Drizzle, Nor Fog Stops Meher Mount's Volunteers JIM WHITSON AND OANH HURLEY smoothing out the mulch under Baba's Tree at Meher Mount. The white material wrapped around the limb of Baba's Tree is for sunburn protection while the protective canopy grows back. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, March 10, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1520954098503-L2RAWJP5840O5LBGPKDN/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Wood+to+Be+Stored+-+2-7-2018+-+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - Neither Rain, Nor Drizzle, Nor Fog Stops Meher Mount's Volunteers LOGS HARVESTED from Baba's Tree in early February 2018 that need to be moved to the storage area. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, February 7, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1520954147463-IS5WIP4CIT0YX1468T7E/Eric+Turk%2C+Sam+Ervin%2C+Jim+Whedon%2C+Bing+Heckman%2C+Jim+Whitson+-+3-10-2018+-+Magnus+%281%29.jpg Story Blog - Neither Rain, Nor Drizzle, Nor Fog Stops Meher Mount's Volunteers THE LOG TRANSPORT and storage team. (Left to right) Eric Turk, Sam Ervin, James Whedon, Bing Heckman and Jim Whitson. Not shown is Kyle Morrision who is at the storage area waiting to unload and stack this last bucket of logs. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, March 10, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1520955099776-K04BHKHBHP0C8QNNQUZN/Water+Junction+Hole+Covered+-+2-22-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%282%29.JPG Story Blog - Neither Rain, Nor Drizzle, Nor Fog Stops Meher Mount's Volunteers A FORMER HOLE IN THE GROUND with board planks covering it turned out to be a water junction. The hole was cleared of leaf debris and plastic valve box was added for protection and future identification. But there needed to be a better solution to the unsightly warning cones. (Photo: Sam Ervin, February 22, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1520955237675-7WMGF4PIE8VWJFLSNFNY/Jim+Whedon+-+Moving+Rock+-+3-10-2018+-+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - Neither Rain, Nor Drizzle, Nor Fog Stops Meher Mount's Volunteers JAMES WHEDON taking a turn at the tractor to haul rocks that been hidden under the brush before the Thomas Fire. These rocks were used to create a more decorative barrier and outline the driveway. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, March 10, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1520955167229-U1UUHZEI64D6KJ7NQ6ST/Water+Junction+-+Surrounded+by+Rock+Barrier+-+3-11-2018+-+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - Neither Rain, Nor Drizzle, Nor Fog Stops Meher Mount's Volunteers THE ROCKS outlining the driveway and providing a protective barrier for the plumbing junction box. The removal of the old, rotten utility pole in the background is on a future "to do" list. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, March 11, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1520959174435-55RHSQBHBTABV85U6UUT/Group+-+3-10-2018+-+%283%29.jpg Story Blog - Neither Rain, Nor Drizzle, Nor Fog Stops Meher Mount's Volunteers DAY ONE of the Restoration Weekend. (Left to right, back row): Sam Ervin, Lizzy Morrison, Tim Hurley, James Whedon, Eric Turk, Bing Heckman. (Left to right, front row): Kyle Morrison, Oanh Hurley and Jim Whitson. Not pictured are Cassandra Bramucci, who is setting up for lunch, and Lisa Morrison, who is making homemade chocolate chip cookies. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, March 10, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1520957229899-JAEXKV8LZ0R4HK5AEDV4/Toyon+Near+Leak+-+3-11-2018+-+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - Neither Rain, Nor Drizzle, Nor Fog Stops Meher Mount's Volunteers A BURNED TOYON that is showing signs of new life and growth around the base. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, March 11, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1520957513804-J1W29TXBSJOMV3NTIXBB/Leaking+Pipe+-+3-11-2018+-+Kyle+Morrison+%26+Homayar+Gandhi+-+Magnus+%2810%29.jpg Story Blog - Neither Rain, Nor Drizzle, Nor Fog Stops Meher Mount's Volunteers KYLE MORRISON AND HOMAYAR GANDHI digging to find the source of the leak - a broken pipe. But why did it start now, after all these years? (Photo: Margaret Magnus, March 11, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1520896582059-1V9MBFYKHWJH2TU4D31H/Clearing+the+Back+Access+Road+-+3-11-2018+-+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - Neither Rain, Nor Drizzle, Nor Fog Stops Meher Mount's Volunteers CLEARING THE EMERGENCY access road at Meher Mount. (Left to right) Homayar Gandhi, James Whedon, Brad Spurr, Sam Ervin (on the tractor), Kyle Morrison and Khushnam Crawford. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, March 11, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1520896681884-KETKF101EY92Y5K2Z7X8/20180311_134521.jpg Story Blog - Neither Rain, Nor Drizzle, Nor Fog Stops Meher Mount's Volunteers LOOKING BACK on the group's handiwork in the clearing the back, emergency access road at Meher Mount. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, March 11, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1520896410562-SDZMS8Q2HE0Q6SOH126Y/Group+-+3-11-2018+-+Gandhi+%281%29.jpg Story Blog - Neither Rain, Nor Drizzle, Nor Fog Stops Meher Mount's Volunteers DAY 2 of Restoration Weekend, March 11, 2018.. (Left to right): Khushnam Crawford, James Whedon, Cassandra Bramucci, Kyle Morrison, Sam Ervin, Margaret Magnus, and Brad Spurr. Not shown is Gina Franz Martenson. Homayar Gandhi is taking the photo. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2018/babas-tree-publicity monthly 0.5 2021-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1520264891673-V47YRV04KS9OFWC8KH0J/Baba%27s+Tree+-+2-13-2018+-+Magnus+%289%29.jpg Story Blog - Fate of Baba's Tree Is Front Page News BABA'S TREE after the Thomas Fire and after harvesting of most of the dead wood and branches. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, February 13, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1520263482492-2U4SPDTB0GXTYWELY6Q8/Baba%27s+Birthday+Cake+-+2-25-2018+-+Buzz+Glasky.jpg Story Blog - Fate of Baba's Tree Is Front Page News BIRTHDAY CAKE in honor of Beloved Meher Baba's birthday on February 25, 2018 at Meher Mount. (Photo: Buzz Glasky) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1521189332772-B6NSEV183H9UKV2Z3JV8/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Mulch+%26+Wrapping+-+2-18-2018+-+Ray+Johnston.jpg Story Blog - Fate of Baba's Tree Is Front Page News BABA'S TREE with the newly delivered mulch to spread around and under the tree. (Photo: Ray Johnston, February 18, 2018) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2018/farewell-to-the-glaskys monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1519673934718-3IUPH4D0DE1QMMWE6BRD/Buzz+%26+Ginger+Glasky+-+Oceano+-+2018.jpg Story Blog - A Fond Farewell - Goodbye to the Glaskys BUZZ & GINGER GLASKY just hanging out in front of Gavin Arthur's cabin at the Oceano Depot after they evacuated from the Thomas Fire at Meher Mount. Avatar Meher Baba slept in this cabin on December 26, 1934. (Photo: Posted on Facebook, December 11, 2017, by Ela Chi) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1519694545726-A7H3D22QWXCG8OEGPX0U/Oceano+-+Buzz+%26+Ginger+Glasky+-+2018.jpg Story Blog - A Fond Farewell - Goodbye to the Glaskys OCEANO DUNES at the backdoor of Buzz and Ginger Glaksy's Airstream trailer. (Photo: Posted on Facebook, February 17, 2018, by Ela Chi) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1519694684233-YETSRPTUT5XAOL3ILDWP/Group+Photo+-+Baba%27s+Birthday+2018+-+Margaret+Magnus+%281%29.JPG Story Blog - A Fond Farewell - Goodbye to the Glaskys A GROUP PHOTO after arti on Baba's Birthday at Meher Mount. (Left to right, standing) Kristina Somma, Cassandra Bramucci, Robert Turnage, Erin Sommerville, Candy Bloeme, Buzz Glasky, Ginger Glasky, Maureen Lehman, Marta Flores, Nigel Sampson, Jim Whitson, James Whedon, Sam Ervin, Fernando Escobar, Rachael. (Left to right, kneeling) Mai Abe, Solomon and Mark Bonnlander, Tim Hurley. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, February 25, 2018) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2018/babas-tree-burned-fights-for-survival monthly 0.5 2021-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1519785622428-642J1OOYD9M1KBN80Z3Z/Baba%27s+Tree+-+2-13-2018+-+Magnus+%285%29.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Tree, burned in Thomas Fire, fights for survival in Ojai BABA'S TREE after the 2017 Thomas Fire struck the semi-hollow trunk already burned in the 1985 Ferndale Fire, called the New Life Fire by Meher Mount. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, February 13, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1519785652646-ZTF6AEE5TVSFYAXYEX6Q/Baba%27s+Tree+-+2-13-2018+-+Magnus+%288%29.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Tree, burned in Thomas Fire, fights for survival in Ojai BABA'S TREE with a fallen limb framing the spot where Avatar Meher Baba sat during His August 2, 1956 visit to Meher Mount. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, February 13, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1519786022541-KTS9QZUQ9JNMO9E0DDSA/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Wood+to+Be+Stored+-+2-7-2018+-+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Tree, burned in Thomas Fire, fights for survival in Ojai LARGE LIMBS and branches saved from Baba's Tree to be preserved for future use. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, February 7, 2018) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2018/thomas-fire-cleanup-day monthly 0.5 2021-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1518217362589-LWXUOKPVWGD95HFSF1US/Ian+Dibble%2C+Yolanda+Koumidou%2C+Nancy+Rugo%2C+Michelle+Choug%2C+Annabelle+Orme%2C+Tim+DeGraff+%26+Jim+Whedon+-+1-28-2018+-+Cassandra+Bramucci.jpg Story Blog - Thomas Fire No Match for Meher Baba and His Lovers JIM WHEDON (right) giving instructions regarding tilling the hardened, ash-crusted soil under a Coast Life Oak at the entryway to Meher Mount. (Left to right): Ian Dibble, Yolanda Koumidou, Nancy Rugo, Michelle Choug, Annabelle Orme and Tim DeGraff. (Photo: Cassandra Bramucci, January 28, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1518217402492-SBR8ROSJU723JR7XHDTI/Yolanda+Koumidou%2C+Khushnam+Crawford%2C+Margaret+Magnus+-+1-28-2018+-+Cassandra+Bramucci.jpg Story Blog - Thomas Fire No Match for Meher Baba and His Lovers CLEANUP OF MORE DEBRIS along the path to Baba's Tree. (Left to right): Yolanda Koumidou, Khushnam Crawford and Margaret Magnus. (Photo: Cassandra Bramucci, January 28, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1518220574682-D2VTWX21FIXGVNUGJRQH/Jim+Auster%2C+Jim+Whitson+-+1-28-2017+-+Sarah+Larsen.jpg Story Blog - Thomas Fire No Match for Meher Baba and His Lovers JIM AUSTER & JAMES WHITSON after the watering system for Baba's Tree is finished. (Photo: Sarah Larsen) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1518219421351-WS6F09H9L7AY560KV3OW/Bing+Heckman%2C+Buzz+Glaksy%2C+Sam+Ervin+-+1-28-2018+-+Cassandra+Bramucci.jpg Story Blog - Thomas Fire No Match for Meher Baba and His Lovers SAM ERVIN driving the Kubota tractor conferring with Manager/Caretaker Buzz Glasky giving him maneuvering pointers as he dumps old steel pipes in the dumpster. Bing Heckman looks on. (Photo: Cassandra Bramucci, January 28, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1518282816162-79EPR4PVILX7FGC11VCR/Margaret+Magnus+-+2-+28-2018+-+Cassandra+Bramucci.jpg Story Blog - Thomas Fire No Match for Meher Baba and His Lovers WITH HER FACE SMUDGED WITH ASH and tired limbs, Margaret Magnus is delighted with the accomplishments of the day. (Photo: Cassandra Bramucci, January 28, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1518219828258-B88MDVPLN97LY4VJFU82/J+Auster%2C+M+Bliss%2C+J+Whedon%2C+J+Whitson%2C+B+Glasky%2C+S+Ervin%2C+Y+Koumidou%2C+G+Glasky%2C+Homiyar+Crawford%2C+K+Crawford%2C+M+Flores%2C+S+Keyes%2C+S+Larsen%2C+Magnus+-+2018.jpg Story Blog - Thomas Fire No Match for Meher Baba and His Lovers AT DAY'S END by the now-full dumpster. (Left to right) Jim Auster, Merrliee Bliss, James Whedon, James Whitson, Buzz Glasky, Sam L. Ervin, Yolanda Koumidou, Ginger Glasky, Homayar Gandhi, Khushnam Crawford, Marta Flores, Satya Keyes. (Kneeling) Sarah Larsen, Margaret Magnus. (In shadow) Bing Heckman. (Photo: Cassandra Bramucci, January 28, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1518219496826-8QAWJPQKAT0774M2WWAM/Sunset+-+Jan+28+2018+-+Bing+Heckman.jpeg Story Blog - Thomas Fire No Match for Meher Baba and His Lovers A SUNSET over the Pacific Ocean as seen from Avatar's Point and Baba's Tree marks the conclusion of a very successful workday at Meher Mount. (Photo: Bing Heckman, January 28, 2010) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2018/newspaper-article monthly 0.5 2021-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1518151938017-FTNFDGWE8MB96DUINIKC/Baba%27s+Tree+Interior+-+Ervin+-+12-12-2017+%285%29.JPG Story Blog - Group mounting significant effort to try to save Baba's Tree THE BURNED TRUNK of Baba's Tree at Meher Mount creates its own sculptural beauty. (Photo: Sam Ervin, December 12, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1518151269610-5LQK7QLLY5G9O1WXDKK9/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Buds+-+2-5-2018+-+Sam+Ervin.JPG Story Blog - Group mounting significant effort to try to save Baba's Tree NEW GROWTH on one of the limbs of Baba's Tree just two months after the December 2017 Thomas Fire. (Photo: Sam Ervin, February 5, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1518152049164-69RNHKOMY5A7TLH20RBO/Baba%27s+Tree+Sculpture+by+Fire+-+Magnus+-+12-12-2017+%284%29.jpg Story Blog - Group mounting significant effort to try to save Baba's Tree THE INTERIOR of Baba's Tree at Meher Mount is severely burned by the 2017 Thomas Fire. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, December 12, 2017) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2018/babas-tree-survival-plan monthly 0.5 2021-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1516990761817-IHYZHXD64YQLXO7J8XUI/Thomas+Fire+-+Michael+Inaba+-+1-4-2018+-+Magnus+%284%29.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Tree Survival Plan ARBORIST MICHAEL INABA identifying one of the limbs of Baba's Tree that shows signs of life and needs bracing to keep it from breaking off the main trunk. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, January 4, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1517072737766-ID73WP7S780WV8MD98SW/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Pipe+Installation+-+1-18-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%2826%29.JPG Story Blog - Baba's Tree Survival Plan JIM AUSTER, working the trencher near Baba's Tree, and Merrilee Bliss, connecting pipe segments, install 300 feet of pipe from Baba's Tree to the pool/reservoir. (Photo: Sam Ervin, January 18, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1517072873015-0R1Y2V22J5JEYSXAVLC6/Thomas+Fire+-+Downed+Oak+by+Road+-+1-19-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%282%29.JPG Story Blog - Baba's Tree Survival Plan A BURNED & FALLEN OAK near the entryway along Sulphur Mountain Road that needs to be removed. Wood chips from this Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) can be used as mulch for Baba's Tree at Meher Mount. (Photo: Sam Ervin, January 19, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1517072987035-4KOHJVLI7OMRYWLILLWW/Thomas+Fire+-+Michael+Inaba+-+Arborist+-+1-5-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%281%29.JPG Story Blog - Baba's Tree Survival Plan SIGNS OF FUNGUS infestation in a Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) at the pond near the Visitor Center/Caretaker Quarters at Meher Mount. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, January 5, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1516991682048-U6QT08WYEZ4GX27NC5GK/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Seclusion+Fence+Installation+-+1-17-2018+-+Magnus+%283%29.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Tree Survival Plan INSTALLATION OF THE SECLUSION FENCE for Baba's Tree at Meher Mount by Cal-State Site Services. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, January 17, 2018) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2018/babas-tree-in-seclusion monthly 0.5 2022-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1516859757373-266PKRQHN7GLE9XXPHFP/Meher+Baba+Cage+Room+Alphabet+Board.jpg Story Blog - Baba's Tree in Seclusion AVATAR MEHER BABA using an alphabet board to communicate during a period of seclusion in the cage room in upper Meherabad, India. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1582986780262-WUSV2ZPNXCDTFOQ3THG4/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Seclusion+Fence+-+1-17-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%283%29.JPG Story Blog - Baba's Tree in Seclusion BABA'S TREE at Meher Mount with signs of life as seen through the seclusion fence that was installed on January 17, 2018. (Photo: Sam Ervin, January 17, 2018) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/babas-tree-signs-of-life monthly 0.5 2021-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1516134652179-JGTBPRJ1VC3Q63VYS6WL/2017-12-21+-+fire+suvey+babas+tree+-+Byron+Pinckert.jpg Story Blog - Signs of Life in Baba's Tree After the Thomas Fire A MAP OF THE MEADOW TO BABA'S TREE, Baba's Tree, and Avatar's Point highlighting the burned areas and damage from the 2017 Thomas Fire. This is one of seven maps documenting the fire damage at Meher Mount. (Map: Byron Pinckert, December 21, 2017. See "Mapping the Thomas Fire Damage at Meher Mount") https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1516075629521-234HEPJQH37O80XNALIX/Thomas+Fire+-+Baba%27s+Tree+-+1-5-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%286%29.JPG Story Blog - Signs of Life in Baba's Tree After the Thomas Fire BABA'S TREE after the Thomas Fire struck Meher Mount on December 4, 2017. (Photo: Sam Ervin, January 5, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1516461501489-PGGATUFDSYKYPRTK788F/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Green+Leaves+Surviving+-+1-17-2018+-+Magnus+%281%29.jpg Story Blog - Signs of Life in Baba's Tree After the Thomas Fire THE GREEN LEAVES on Baba's Tree at Meher Mount are a sign of life. These leaves are attached to a living portion of Baba's Tree or Baby Baba's Tree. The brown leaves are attached to fallen, broken and dead parts of the tree. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, January 17, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1516461834916-FFMUFZDDCEN7LZQV7R40/Baba%27s+Tree+-+New+Growth+-+1-17-2018+-+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - Signs of Life in Baba's Tree After the Thomas Fire NEW BUDS on a limb of Baba's Tree is a sign of life after the 2017 Thomas Fire at Meher Mount. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, January 17, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1516076075395-DOQ3H8GJBW5768MKBPBJ/Lim+with+New+Growth+-+1-5-2018+-+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - Signs of Life in Baba's Tree After the Thomas Fire A LIVING LIMB of Baba's Tree at Meher Mount. Seen here is one of the limbs of Baba's Tree that shows signs of hydration and new bud growth just 30 days after the fire. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, January 5, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1631833221510-UIM934F65NO8BH2APJL9/WEB+AMB+1956+-+Meher+Mount+-+Meher+Baba.jpg Story Blog - Signs of Life in Baba's Tree After the Thomas Fire - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA at Meher Mount, August 2, 1956. With Him are Meher Mount caretaker Agnes Baron and close disciple Adi K. Irani. (Photo: Darwin Shaw. Courtesy of : (c) Meher Nazar Publications, Ahmednagar, India) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2018/drone-photos-fire-damage monthly 0.5 2025-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1528134641138-0D4OI87SVGB1L05RA7YN/Using+Drone+-+Russell+-+Latimer+-+1-4-2018+-+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - Drone Photos Capture Fire Damage at Meher Mount RUSSELL LATIMER working the drone camera to capture Meher Mount's landscape and fire damage just a month after the December 2017 Thomas Fire. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, January 4, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1528144301007-88ZK9TIWUX1CH1MWAWMH/Prasad+Orchard+Trail+-+Russell+Latimer+-+1-4-2018+-+Drone.jpg Story Blog - Drone Photos Capture Fire Damage at Meher Mount THE PRASAD ORCHARD TRAIL winds down the charred hillside to the meadow called The Prasad Orchard. Avatar's Point, where Baba's Tree is located, is in the upper right-hand corner. (Photo: Russell Latimer, January 4, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1528144576254-1VXY84NHTG794UOI71YS/Top+of+the+Mountain+-+Russell+Latimer+-+1-4-2018+-+Drone.jpg Story Blog - Drone Photos Capture Fire Damage at Meher Mount THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN at Meher Mount. The white-roofed building in the foreground is the Visitor Center/Caretaker Quarters. Above it, the green-roofed buildings are the Workshop, Topa Topa Patio, and carport. The black rectangle is the former swimming pool, now water reservoir for the water treatment system. The pathways lead to Baba's Tree. (Photo: Russell Latimer, January 4, 2018) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2018/babas-tree-fire-twice monthly 0.5 2025-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1515700786417-RYXWPA9I19I6SOUDEB0K/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Russell+Latimer+-+1-4-2018+-+Drone.jpg Story Blog - Fire Burns Baba's Tree - Twice AN AERIAL VIEW of Baba's Tree a month after the Thomas Fire struck Meher Mount on December 4, 2017. The fire shattered the tree's crown and much of the trunk. (Photo: Russell Latimer, Eye of Mine Action Cameras, January 4, 2018). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1515700832561-MC4SXQMCWQFDC4YGH4FQ/Baba%27s+Tree+Fire+Closeup+%282%29+-+1985+-+Sam+Ervin.jpg Story Blog - Fire Burns Baba's Tree - Twice FIREMEN WERE STILL putting out the fire at Baba's Tree on October 19, 1985, five days after the New Life Fire burned all the structures and vehicles at Meher Mount. (Photo: Sam Ervin, October 19, 1985) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1515700861371-CC4NAUA6YJTJE472ZQOV/Baba%27s+Tree+distance+-+1985+-+Sam+Ervin.jpg Story Blog - Fire Burns Baba's Tree - Twice BABA'S TREE at Meher Mount is black and scarred after the New Life Fire on October 14, 1985. (Photo: Sam Ervin, 1985) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1515703423380-9YY9BF38OFPNQUQ75JC2/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Hollow+at+Trunk+-+2012+-+Sam+Ervin.jpg Story Blog - Fire Burns Baba's Tree - Twice ALMOST 27 YEARS after the 1985 New Life Fire, the burned hollow of Baba's Tree trunk remained. It continued to support growing limbs and branches along with new foliage. (Photo: Sam Ervin, 2012) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1515790527916-NENYHNLDMV70TUOAWRTG/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Eric+Turk.jpg Story Blog - Fire Burns Baba's Tree - Twice BABA'S TREE after the 2017 Thomas Fire struck Meher Mount. There are broken and detached limbs, but part of the main trunk, that was badly burned in 1985, is still standing. (Photo: Eric Turk, December 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1515791127482-699DXIPY2Q61FYM2KVSU/Thomas+Fire+-+Baba%27s+Tree+-+1-5-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%286%29.JPG Story Blog - Fire Burns Baba's Tree - Twice BABA'S TREE shown 30 days after the 2017 Thomas Fire with flowers marking the approximate spot where Meher Baba sat in 1956. (Photo: Sam Ervin, January 5, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1515702110678-JHKIKDJJZ1VN2DAEVDZT/20180105_124315%280%29.jpg Story Blog - Fire Burns Baba's Tree - Twice BABY BABA'S TREE appears to have grown from a downed limb, but it could have been an acorn. It's roots are intertwined with and may be connected to those of Baba's Tree. Either way, arborist Michael Inaba said the roots "communicate" with one another. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, January 5, 2018) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2017/thomas-fire-maps monthly 0.5 2025-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1514914090717-GDV7AR7P48M2YQYEBHE9/Byron+Pinckert+-+Mapping+-+12-21-2017+-+Magnus+%281%29.jpg Story Blog - Mapping the Thomas Fire Damage at Meher Mount BYRON PINCKERT is taking photographs of Baba's Tree at Meher Mount after the 2017 Thomas Fire. The white spot to his right is the series of maps on which he is taking notes and marking the extent of the fire damage. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, December 21, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1514914224045-L9Q9HIP1FN4NNMSAUW9P/2017-12-21+-+topo+property+fire+survey+-+Byron+Pinckert.jpg Story Blog - Mapping the Thomas Fire Damage at Meher Mount A MAP OF MEHER MOUNT highlighting the burned areas from the 2017 Thomas Fire. (Map: Byron Pinckert, December 21, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1514914307593-LQ7PIZB64FM7S9XU40Z8/2017-12-21+-+fire+suvey+babas+tree+-+Byron+Pinckert.jpg Story Blog - Mapping the Thomas Fire Damage at Meher Mount A MAP OF THE MEADOW TO BABA'S TREE, Baba's Tree and Avatar's Point at Meher Mount highlighting the burned areas and damage from the 2017 Thomas Fire. (Map: Byron Pinckert, December 21, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1514914359220-CCJWKVB9E7U0Z2EFU961/2017-12-21+-+fire+suvey+visitor+center+-+Byron+Pinckert.jpg Story Blog - Mapping the Thomas Fire Damage at Meher Mount MAP OF THE VISITOR CENTER area at Meher Mount highlighting damage from the 2017 Thomas Fire. (Map: Byron Pinckert, December 21, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1514914420407-A53267LADZWOCVL9QR04/2017-12-21+-+fire+suvey+workshop+-+Byron+Pinckert+.jpg Story Blog - Mapping the Thomas Fire Damage at Meher Mount A MAP of the Topa Topa Patio and Workshop (AgShed) at Meher Mount after the 2017 Thomas Fire. (Map: Byron Pinckert, December 21, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1514914476887-31OSAKZYDNY9VTIGS366/2017-12-21+-+fire+suvey+entry+-+Byron+Pinckert.jpg Story Blog - Mapping the Thomas Fire Damage at Meher Mount A MAP of the entry way and front gate at Meher Mount detailing the damage from 2017 Thomas Fire. (Map: Byron Pinckert, December 21, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1514914543540-KVFM3LWNG3IZB3VOJN7E/2017-12-21+-+fire+survey+well+-+Byron+Pinckert.jpg Story Blog - Mapping the Thomas Fire Damage at Meher Mount A MAP outlining the damage along the Well Road and at the well head at Meher Mount after the 2017 Thomas Fire. (Map: Byron Pinckert, December 21, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1514914591645-770E39NU5J5IMKON5NI8/2017-12-21+-+fire+survey+pool+-+Byron+Pinckert.jpg Story Blog - Mapping the Thomas Fire Damage at Meher Mount A MAP of the pool/reservior and water treatment system at Meher Mount highlighting damage from the 2017 Thomas Fire. (Map: Byron Pinckert, December 21, 2017) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2017/hafiz-quotes monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1513626512723-GJ4B63U6PDMHHV7IEKLR/Meher+Baba+-+Charles+Mills.jpg Story Blog - "Have no anxiety as to the future!" AVATAR MEHER BABA. Painting by Charles Mills of Mills Studio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1513786497980-YN6TR0L43VCVFATNPMS0/Dr+Ghani+Letter+-+Dec+1921+-+2.jpg Story Blog - "Have no anxiety as to the future!" LETTER FROM AVATAR MEHER BABA to Dr. Abdul Ghani Munsiff on December 30, 2021. The Hafiz couplet in Persian is at the top of page one of the letter. The first line of the letter, Meher Baba writes, "Have no anxiety as to the future!" (Image: Courtesy Avatar Meher Baba Trust Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1514305597441-TC4II0M25MIY88Q13BXK/Dr+Ghani+Letter+-+Dec+1921+-+1.jpg Story Blog - "Have no anxiety as to the future!" MEHER BABA'S signature, "Merwan," is at the end of His letter to Dr. Abdul Ghani Munsiff on December 30, 1921. Meher Baba also repeats in the closing, "Have no anxiety." (Image: Courtesy Avatar Meher Baba Trust Archives) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2017/coins monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1514071860424-NYJH9X0DMUJL0ZP188B4/IMG_1560.JPG Story Blog - Coins on the Mountain 21 COINS were unearthed at Avatar's Point next to a pine tree after the Thomas Fire. (Photo: Sam Ervin, December 12, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1514218017991-EQ36TWD7QO2YQI2EL1LL/Avatar%27s+Point+-+2017+-+Stephanie+Ervin.jpeg Story Blog - Coins on the Mountain TWO OF THE PINE TREES at Avatar's Point in 2017 before the Thomas Fire on December 4, 2017. The pine trees are still standing. The Avatar's Point sign is blackened. The two chairs on the left are completely gone, and the two chairs on the right are charred and burned. (Photo: Stephanie Ervin) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2017/nothing-that-love-cannot-achieve monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1514068642652-2G2ZIDSBED0NQMC1RPJ9/Meher+Baba+Photo+under+Baba%27s+Tree+--+Anniversary+2015+-+Buzz+Glasky.jpg Story Blog - "There Is Nothing that Love Cannot Achieve..." AVATAR MEHER BABA photo surrounded by flowers under Baba's Tree at Meher Mount. (Photo: Buzz Glasky, Anniversary Celebration 2015) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2017/thomas-fire-2 monthly 0.5 2021-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1513354675878-KUQDTI4QOYVKC2GIHVHP/Baba%27s+Tree+Distance+1+-+Magnus+-+12-12-2017+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - Totally Random or Divinely Orchestrated? An Update on the Thomas Fire BABA'S TREE is in the center at Avatar's Point. There are other trees to the left, right and behind Baba's Tree. To the right, the burned area borders the path to the Prasad Orchard. The view is looking south toward Los Angeles with the Santa Monica Mountains in the background. The Pacific Ocean is to the right. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, December 12, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1513354328260-DQUPP8GRAYQNM27TTJ1P/Baba%27s+Tree+Interior+-+Ervin+-+12-12-2017+%281%29.JPG Story Blog - Totally Random or Divinely Orchestrated? An Update on the Thomas Fire THE HEART STONE, placed approximately where Avatar Meher Baba sat when He visited in 1956, is framed by a limb of Baba's Tree. (Photo: Sam Ervin, December 12, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1513355356525-KFK4EOFD1EC932UOWLOB/Equipment+Revealed+-+Prasad+Orchard+-+Magnus+-+12-12-2017.jpg Story Blog - Totally Random or Divinely Orchestrated? An Update on the Thomas Fire OLD FARM EQUIPMENT, seen through the hazy smoke, was previously hidden from view in the Prasad Orchard. It was uncovered by the Thomas Fire. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, December 12, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1513355622549-J5S7LLS7NA3WSM63PVCO/Topa+Topa+Patio+-+Deja+Vu+-+Magnus+-+12-12-2017+%281%29.jpg Story Blog - Totally Random or Divinely Orchestrated? An Update on the Thomas Fire DÉJÀ VU. The Workshop and Topa Topa Patio are untouched by the 2017 Thomas Fire. They sit next to the foundation of the farmhouse and outbuilding that remains from the 1985 New Life Fire. Manager/Caretaker Buzz Glasky and Board Chairman Sam Ervin survey the area. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, December 12, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1513354504687-1J7S04G36TYPC9T66DIE/Baba%27s+Tree+Sculphture+by+Fire+-+Magnus+-+12-12-2017+%281%29.jpg Story Blog - Totally Random or Divinely Orchestrated? An Update on the Thomas Fire THE WIND CREATES a sculpture of part of Baba's Tree at Meher Mount. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, December 12, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1513357028390-8XZ9D9LRNE7TP7UXVIIN/Thomas+Fire+Map+-+12-15-2017+-+CalFire.jpg Story Blog - Totally Random or Divinely Orchestrated? An Update on the Thomas Fire FIRE AND EVACUATION MAP for the Thomas Fire as of December 15, 2017. It is estimated that only 35% of the 252,500-acre fire is contained. It has destroyed 972 structures to date. Total personnel fighting the fire is 8,369. (Source: CalFire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1513356649264-22LOM1U6MXF4D4H1SDZE/Avatar%27s+Point+-+Magnus+-+12-12-2017.jpg Story Blog - Totally Random or Divinely Orchestrated? An Update on the Thomas Fire A BLACKENED STONE SIGN for Avatar's Point, charred and burned Adirondack chairs, and an incredible view remain after the Thomas Fire. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, December 12, 2017) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2017/wishes monthly 0.5 2021-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1513048977122-6MTWORO2B7N6RSO8QEYA/Meher+Archive+Collection+-+Meher+Baba+at+Meher+Mount.jpg Story Blog - The Community Responds with Love & Prayers AVATAR MEHER BABA (center, blue coat) with His followers at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. (Photo: Meher Archive Collection) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/thomas-fire monthly 0.5 2021-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1513043439389-8E844T21ZSYIALFNYECW/Cnn+fire+image+-+12+-11-2017.jpg Story Blog - Meher Mount Survives Largest Wildfire in California History THE THOMAS FIRE, in the upper left-hand corner of the map, has burned more than 230,500 acres and is only 15% contained. As of Monday, December 11, 2017 at 7:00 a.m., 794 structures had been destroyed. CalFire estimates the current firefighting at more than $38 million. The Thomas fire is one of five fires currently burning in Southern California. (Image Source: CNN) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1513043654848-H7YY6USKYT5KJZK1QNK3/Baba%27s+Tree+post-fire+-+Buzz+Glasky+-+Dec+2017+.jpg Story Blog - Meher Mount Survives Largest Wildfire in California History BABA'S TREE was toppled by 80-mile-per-hour winds. Then the fallen piece caught on fire. The remaining tree is still green. (Photo: Buzz Glaksy, December 8, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1513043956379-5E28N90A2T2BJV2BAH1Y/Capture.JPG Story Blog - Meher Mount Survives Largest Wildfire in California History THE THOMAS FIRE LINE, as of Tuesday, December 5, 2017, included Meher Mount in the burned area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1513043977605-EFIO08CR75BA19T82WEI/Fire+12-6-2017+%28002%29.jpg Story Blog - Meher Mount Survives Largest Wildfire in California History A VIEW OF THE LARGER THOMAS FIRE AREA also on Tuesday, December 5, 2017. Meher Mount is located near the top and to the right of the yellow-shaded area. The structures at the bottom of the map are in the cities of Ventura (left) and Santa Paula (right). The structures at the top of the map are in the cities of Ojai and Meiners Oaks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1513045939707-O2G6QLMEQ37UV4Z0YR1C/Baba%27s+Tree+Sign+-+Buzz+Glasky+-+Dec+2017.jpg Story Blog - Meher Mount Survives Largest Wildfire in California History BRANCHES from Baba's Tree laying on top of the Baba's Tree sign. (Photo: Buzz Glasky, December 6, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1513043696623-407HLSJ2AHD2NLNKHP4B/Baba%27s+Tree+post+fire+-+Ginger+Glaksy+-+Dec+2017+.jpg Story Blog - Meher Mount Survives Largest Wildfire in California History MANAGER/CARETAKER BUZZ GLASKY puts out smoldering hot spots near Baba's Tree. (Photo: Ginger Glasky, December 6, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1513043742627-MOXFKDGYV8NBFCYJCO2E/Visitor+Ctr+burn+-+1+-+Buzz+Glasky+-+Dec+2017+.jpg Story Blog - Meher Mount Survives Largest Wildfire in California History A PORTION OF THE TRELLIS on the porch of the Visitor Center/Caretaker Quarters burned and then fell to the ground. The fire left the rest of the buildings untouched. (Photo: Buzz Glasky, December 8, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1513043791102-JGZFA7BD49ZCUFSYB1ZU/Well+pipe+post-fire+-+Buzz+Glasky+-+Dec+2017.jpg Story Blog - Meher Mount Survives Largest Wildfire in California History DAMAGED WATER PIPES at the wellhead will need replacing as will the electrical system. (Photo: Buzz Glasky, December 8, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1513043828966-DRTZZX44BKQVN1TW5UP7/Burned+Dumpsters+-+Not+Meher+Mount%27s+-+Buzz+Glasky+-+Dec+2017.jpg Story Blog - Meher Mount Survives Largest Wildfire in California History "A LITTLE HUMOR, ME THINKS," wrote Buzz Glasky in his December 7, 2017, post on Facebook. All the garbage dumpsters at the foot of Sulphur Mountain Road burned except Meher Mount's. (Photo: Buzz Glasky) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2017/signs-installed monthly 0.5 2021-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1510246994113-TN5F1U38Z53CPEW3DA7G/IMG_0430.JPG Story Blog - Stone Signs & Markers Guide the Way MEMBERS OF THE SIGN COMMITTEE walk the property to discuss the signage options. (Left to right): Marta Flores, sign advocate; Jim Whitson, board member; Buzz Glasky, manager/caretaker; Bryon Pinckert, architect volunteer; Nancy Pinckert, graphic desinger; and Margaret Magnus, communications director. (Photo: Sam Ervin, January 2016) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1510247369942-JLZTZ3S5OG2VCF7UAKQ7/Avatar%27s+Point+-+2017+-+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - Stone Signs & Markers Guide the Way AVATAR'S POINT after the stone sign/place marker is installed. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1509031736644-27XX1WSPB5P4B0CAX7MU/20170116_132646.jpg Story Blog - Stone Signs & Markers Guide the Way SAM ERVIN, board president, and Rob Conover of Stonehenge Signs, Inc. guide the crane operator in installing the gateway sign. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, January 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1509386656141-07NHJRI4SM76DR47O7YK/20170116_130538.jpg Story Blog - Stone Signs & Markers Guide the Way WELCOME sign just outside the gate. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, January 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1631537100419-8IU76ME77UFI86GO11VZ/A+Place+of+Universal+Pilgrimage.jpg Story Blog - Stone Signs & Markers Guide the Way - Make it stand out “WHAT IS THIS PLACE?” Because Meher Mount gets so many first-time visitors (more than half, at least), they often ask, “What is this place?” Meher Mount is a place of universal pilgrimage dedicated to Avatar Meher Baba. (Photo: Nancy Pinckert, January 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1509032189233-6FLQITGIJCNNNE9LBGJT/3Jj4TtoVTBBGbrh268RzjZp_8IDOL-Nik3tBwg1x1Cs.jpg Story Blog - Stone Signs & Markers Guide the Way DIANE CONOVER of Stonehenge Signs, Inc. dusting off all the signs, including this one for Avatar's Point. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, January 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1509032876616-TSORKAEKV2AVYPRTEMG6/IMG_0738.JPG Story Blog - Stone Signs & Markers Guide the Way NANCY & BRYON PINCKERT and the Stone Sign & Marker Committee determine placement and final sizes of the stones using cardboard cutouts before the signs go into production. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, November 2016) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1509031429943-SILCQT0MQGATH90NCH2S/20170115_163936.jpg Story Blog - Stone Signs & Markers Guide the Way THE 14 SIGNS were transported from Stonehenge Signs, Inc. in from Quincy, CA - a distance of about 535 miles - to Meher Mount in Ojai, CA. They are photographed outside the motel in downtown Oaji where Rob and Diane Conover stayed before delivering the signs to Meher Mount. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1509031211226-A3LI3ACJ3XAXD17AZAAE/Sign+Holes+-+Patio+-+Buzz+-+Ginger+Jan+2017.jpg Story Blog - Stone Signs & Markers Guide the Way MANAGER/CARETAKER BUZZ GLASKY digs 14 holes that had been carefully marked in preparation for the sign installation. (Photo: Ginger Glasky, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1509386855875-IE8P3W4ORKD0RQRT0NN7/20170116_102123.jpg Story Blog - Stone Signs & Markers Guide the Way THE TRUCK, CRANE and operator setting up before lowering a parking sign into place. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, January 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1509386514889-3TV1LKYXUWZNT60XM1WW/Gateway+2+-+2017+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - Stone Signs & Markers Guide the Way THE NEW HOME for the cedar gateway sign created by Jim Auster in 2001. It's on the outside of the Workshop facing the Topa Topa Patio. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1509032061759-A2EV2XPE62A4H8GTLS6X/Group+-+Baba%27s+Path.jpg Story Blog - Stone Signs & Markers Guide the Way A HAPPY GROUP after 14 stone signs and markers have been installed. (Left to right): Rob Conover, Sam Ervin, Diane Conover, two helpers, Buzz Glasky, Ginger Glasky. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1510247471712-TWW48X01E4I8YDT357OJ/IMG_0844.JPG Story Blog - Stone Signs & Markers Guide the Way BABA'S TREE at Meher Mount is a touchstone for most visitors who often find inspiration, solace and rejuvenation under the Tree. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, 2017) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2017/1982-india-trip monthly 0.5 2022-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1507238905251-MBMCN1PJ2DCK619A820M/Agnes+and+the+white+house.jpg Story Blog - Agnes Baron's 1982 Trip to India AGNES BARON pointing the "white house," the carpenter's shed brought onto the property as a place to stay for the men mandali who were to accompany Avatar Meher Baba in 1952. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1507238641749-K5YK6RQH0TE3WU86U2JE/Agnes+%26+Mani+1982+Amy+Nadel+Romanczuk++JPG.jpg Story Blog - Agnes Baron's 1982 Trip to India AGNES BARON talking with Mani S. Irani at Meherazad, India, in 1982. Mani, Meher Baba's sister, was chairman of the Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust (AMBPPCT). In the background is Bhau Kalchuri, another close disciple of Avatar Meher Baba. (Photo: Amy Nadel Romanczuk) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1507242690326-BWZIMW0QMGIBKAVABQAU/Mansari+Desai+-+Sam+Ervin+1983.jpg Story Blog - Agnes Baron's 1982 Trip to India MANSARI DESAI, one of Meher Baba's women mandali (close follower) on Meherabad Hill in 1983. (Photo: Sam Ervin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1507239204280-KBOFFGI3UWEAXDXZPKOB/Cover+-+Beloved%27s+Watchdog+Video.jpg Story Blog - Agnes Baron's 1982 Trip to India The Beloved's Watchdog: Agnes Baron Remembers Her Life with Meher Baba is part of A Witness Series (TM) Video. It was filmed in Ojai and at a surprise birthday party for Agnes in Berkeley, CA, 1986. The program was produced and directed by Wendell Brustman; Bill Haviland was the camerman and editor; and Tom Brustman did the sound. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/agnes-baron-karma-yoga monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634505372804-DNIFOZCIEDVX43UVKTXP/46190020.JPG Story Blog - Karma Yoga Is a Central Practice in Agnes Baron's Life - Make it stand out AGNES BARON and an unidentified woman working in the garden at Meher Mount. (Photo: Meher Mount Archives, late 1940s) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634505435930-K2UYPGGRVHYNTS04RTVB/Agnes+Sam+Silence+Day+82+-+Cropped+in.jpg Story Blog - Karma Yoga Is a Central Practice in Agnes Baron's Life - Make it stand out AGNES BARON writing instructions to volunteer Sam L. Ervin during a ‘work party’ at Meher Mount on Silence Day. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, late 1970s/early 1980s). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634505321001-1OGJK7PLCSJJ017C5043/Agnes+Baron+-+Horse+1+-+Lola+Long.jpg Story Blog - Karma Yoga Is a Central Practice in Agnes Baron's Life - Make it stand out AGNES BARON also loved animals. For a brief period of time, she boarded horses at Meher Mount as a way to support herself and Meher Mount. (Photo: Lola Long, 1970s) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2017/agnes-vedanta monthly 0.5 2024-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1505154458121-TENBLLVEETCE8ZREJAFQ/41+-+Ashrama+-+2012+-+Ervin.JPG Story Blog - Vedanta Leads Agnes Baron to Meher Baba "TRUTH IS ONE" is inscribed over a doorway at the Vedanta Ananda Ashrama in La Crescenta, CA, where Meher Mount co-founder Agnes Baron was staying when she first learned about Avatar Meher Baba in the 1940s. The Ashrama was founded by Swami Paramananda who met Meher Baba in Boston in 1931. (Photo: Sam Ervin, 2012) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1505154772987-VLPZSTRL6MC4EFBV076R/Agnes+Baron+Business+Card.jpg Story Blog - Vedanta Leads Agnes Baron to Meher Baba A BUSINESS CARD for Agnes Baron during her years of reporting and traveling in Europe and the Middle East prior to the entry of the U.S. in World War II. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1505238700748-Y4BDRZAWF6DEOZVX9VML/402667_3129009030064_1409873885_3213207_504594822_n.jpg Story Blog - Vedanta Leads Agnes Baron to Meher Baba DR. MANMATHA NATH CHATTERJEE professor at Antioch College in Ohio and Agnes Baron's mentor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1629733598657-FCS75ZPNV9NV2Z1ERJR0/vedanta-temple-santa-barbara.jpg Story Blog - Vedanta Leads Agnes Baron to Meher Baba - Make it stand out THE TEMPLE for Vedanta Society of Southern California at 927 Ladera Lane in Santa Barbara, CA. Agnes Baron lived the life of a nun here for a year in the 1940s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1505153464017-JWXN2U5239RL4UPE7O5Y/33+-+Ashrama+-+5301+Pennsylvania+Ave+-+2012+-+Ervin.JPG Story Blog - Vedanta Leads Agnes Baron to Meher Baba A PLAQUE at the entrance to the Vedanta Ananda Ashrama in La Crescenta, CA, where Agnes Baron was living when she first heard about Avatar Meher Baba. This Ashrama was next to the New Life Center where Jean Adriel was working on her book, Avatar, The Life Story of the Perfect Master Meher Baba, published in 1947. (Photo: Sam Ervin, 2012) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1505153341833-SVLGAE70J2XR32V39H53/Avatar+Cover+2.jpg Story Blog - Vedanta Leads Agnes Baron to Meher Baba THE THIRD PRINTING of Avatar: The Life Story of Avatar Meher Baba by Jean Adriel, 1971, by The Beguine Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634501640347-6STXXUUH1S9MIRMKARAY/Agnes+in+her+living+room+at+Meher+Mount+view+1+-+Nov+1956+-+Lud+Dimpfl.jpeg Story Blog - Vedanta Leads Agnes Baron to Meher Baba AGNES BARON in her living room at Meher Mount in 1956. (Photo: Lud Dimpfl, Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust Archives, 2014) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2017/adriel-avatar monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1505148748310-S2A3F6XYSQYYQPRNZ7KM/Original+Cover+of+Avatar.jpg Story Blog - Jean Adriel Writes Avatar - A Biography of Meher Baba THE ORIGINAL COVER of the hard copy edition of Avatar: The Life Story of the Perfect Master Meher Baba by Jean Adriel, 1947, published by the J.F. Rowny Press, Santa Barbara, CA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1505148880240-O26G1U862G1L6L7JJ99E/Jean+%26+Malcolm+-+Meher+Baba+Travels.jpg Story Blog - Jean Adriel Writes Avatar - A Biography of Meher Baba JEAN ADRIEL & MALCOLM SCHLOSS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1505148280555-HM0LENO2RQI60BIC6KAM/Jean+Adriel+-+Meher+Mount.jpg Story Blog - Jean Adriel Writes Avatar - A Biography of Meher Baba JEAN ADRIEL at Meher Mount in 1949. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1509652301106-3WOFLWUPSMR5JZSVOVSK/Cover+of+Avatar.jpg Story Blog - Jean Adriel Writes Avatar - A Biography of Meher Baba A PRINTING of Avatar: The Life Story of Avatar Meher Baba by Jean Adriel, 1971, by The Beguine Library. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2017/life-at-meher-mount monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1504556945199-NUUUM5SSZJIDD7H23E0N/Amartithi+Flowers+-+2016+-+Buzz+Glasky.jpg Story Blog - The Caretakers' Life at Meher Mount A PHOTO OF AVATAR MEHER BABA'S visit to Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. This picture is next to a casting of Meher Baba's hand by Jurgis Sapkus. Both are in the Visitor Center at Meher Mount and are decorated here for Amartithi. (Photo: Buzz Glasky, 2016) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1504559143089-0JOMBI1F8Z2T75DUSCOI/bridgers+2+under+tree+2010.jpg Story Blog - The Caretakers' Life at Meher Mount SAMANTHA & LESLIE BRIDGER under Baba's Tree in 2010 at the beginning of their time at Meher Mount. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1504559240159-9VROCXQTN3YHYG70FFD4/Weichbergers_MeherMount+05-06.jpg Story Blog - The Caretakers' Life at Meher Mount LILLY, LAURENT & ASPEN WEICHBERGER at Meher Mount in 2005. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1504559429255-1XISUQFHQXPES478MPTX/50th+Anniversary+Celebration+-+Arnold+JPEG.jpg Story Blog - The Caretakers' Life at Meher Mount ELIZABETH ARNOLD welcoming guests to the 50th Anniversary Celebration of Avatar Meher Baba's 1956 visit to Meher Mount. (Photo: Sam Ervin, 2006) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1504556511513-INU6XI2YU3WNVD3234QI/Bobcat+-+Ray+Johnston.jpg Story Blog - The Caretakers' Life at Meher Mount A BOBCAT or two can occasionally be seen at Meher Mount. (Photo: Ray Johnston) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1504556319566-MSOVUILNUMXUV7XX4MKO/Buzz+on+Mower+-+2015+-+Ginger+Glasky.jpg Story Blog - The Caretakers' Life at Meher Mount BUZZ GLASKY mowing Avatar's Point by Baba's Tree after a rainstorm brought new vegetation. (Photo: Ginger Glasky, 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1504558262239-595XYDOEM0XKQQF4XTP3/Meher+Mount+-+Building+the+Gate+-+Ray+Johnston.jpg Story Blog - The Caretakers' Life at Meher Mount RAY JOHNSTON is building a gate in the mid-2000s to manage Meher Mount access. The new Workshop has not yet been built. (Photo: Elizabeth Arnold) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1504558448052-6PUVFJXCZGX73BF63JVG/Goodrum+-+1+-+2000+-+cropped.jpg Story Blog - The Caretakers' Life at Meher Mount VISITORS Kacy Cook (Meherazad, India), Stephanie Ervin (Long Beach, CA) with Manager/Caretakers Billy and Pamela Goodrum and their daughter Rose. (Photo: Sam Ervin, 2000) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1504558959709-0A4XU050D2LAA48N1Q8Q/P1010001.JPG Story Blog - The Caretakers' Life at Meher Mount MANAGER/CARETAKER GINGER GLASKY preparing a special treat for Amartithi 2014 - her homemade Indian samosas. (Photo: Buzz Glasky) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1504557029363-FNZAH18OV8GSDBDGW8PA/Heart+Stone+-+Amartithi+2016+-+Wayne+Myers.JPG Story Blog - The Caretakers' Life at Meher Mount A HEART STONE and flowers mark the spot under Baba's Tree at Meher Mount where Avatar Meher Baba sat during His visit on August 2, 1956. (Photo: Wayne Myers, Amartithi 2016) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2017/the-new-life monthly 0.5 2025-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1504484112502-MSLA8J7QJY3IMZQ8KOK5/450px-New_Life_%28Meher_Baba%29.jpg Story Blog - Meher Baba's New Life AVATAR MEHER BABA (center) walking with His close disciple and secretary, Adi K. Irani (left). This is the cover photo of the book, Tales of the New Life with Meher Baba, edited by Don E. Stevens. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2017/light-and-dark monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1503283727613-Y77JHB634BJHDY9IGBOK/a-total-solar-eclipse-1113799_1280+-+Pixzbay.jpg Story Blog - A Balancing of the Light and the Dark A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. (Photo: Creative Commons CC0, Pixabay) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1503283962197-HDWCB0S4JBWQEUIPNKVG/Agnes+Baron+Adi+K+Irani+Late+1970s.JPG Story Blog - A Balancing of the Light and the Dark AGNES BARON & ADI K. IRANI at Meher Mount in 1977. (Photo: Sam Ervin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1503285574698-CEDHVYS0AQVIJDXZB305/Meadow+to+Baba%27s+Tree+-+Jan+2015+-+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - A Balancing of the Light and the Dark THE MEADOW TO BABA'S TREE. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, January 2015) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2017/how-silence-day-started monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1498158803729-O5XCUCNKBEO6SKYHYR0F/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - How Silence Day Started AVATAR MEHER BABA is using an alphabet board to communicate with His disciples. Meher Baba later used only hand gestures to communicate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1499440022901-U3KIVW9LN8BUPF5EW246/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - How Silence Day Started AVATAR MEHER BABA using hand gestures to communicate to His followers. (Photo: Los Angeles Times, 1956.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1499457486383-NWIX66OX8V7ALPRAVCKK/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - How Silence Day Started AVATAR MEHER BABA came out of this jhopdi(hut) in Meherabad, India, at 5:00 a.m. on Friday, July 10, 1925, marking the start of His silence. Asked how He would teach in silence, Meher Baba replied, "I have come not to teach, but to awaken." (Photo: Sam Ervin) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2017/weeds-n-water monthly 0.5 2021-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1498404225431-PV1WKLSEAKDOB26VPAWB/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Legacy of Weeds 'n' Water PUSHING THE 5,000-GALLON WATER TANK up the hill to sit beside the former swimming pool. The pool serves as a reservoir for water pumped from the well. The water goes from the pool through the treatment process and is stored in this tank. From the tank, the treated water goes to the Visitor Center/Caretakers Quarters. At the kitchen, there is also a reverse osmosis filter. (Photo: Sam Ervin, 2014) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1498404539248-U60L6NKZYNJULGW3FKAG/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Legacy of Weeds 'n' Water THE PRASAD ORCHARD TRAIL created during a Young Adult Sahavas at Meher Mount. (Photo: Stephanie Ervin, 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1498404139077-G6IPH4NSDOZ2V7DOEVW5/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Legacy of Weeds 'n' Water SETTING THE 5,000-GALLON water tank, which was part of Weeds 'n' Water, in place near the swimming pool/water reservoir. These volunteers were at Meher Mount in February 2004 participating in a long-range planning community meeting. They took a break to install the tank. (From left to right: Fred Stankus, Ray Johnston, Jamshid Ebrahimzadeh, Jim Auster, unknown, Merwan Scott, and Marko Swearingen.) (Photo: Sam Ervin, 2004) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1498403987695-EZO6OTZS0I74VQTLONVS/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Legacy of Weeds 'n' Water MORE THAN 10 YEARS after the ride-on mower was purchased in 2003, Caretaker Buzz Glasky is using it to mow around Baba's Tree at Avatar's Point. (Photo: Ginger Glasky, 2015) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2017/for-the-first-time-i-visited-meher-mount monthly 0.5 2021-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1496704383558-Q5A855RS6R4C94X2HU5S/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Now for the First Time, I Visit Meher Mount SEEING THE SUNRISE at Meher Mount in Ojai, CA, is one of the joys of being a caretaker. (Photo: Renate Moritz, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1496594156903-RBIQKE39H7UF21OHFLOY/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Now for the First Time, I Visit Meher Mount BABA'S TREE where the 1985 New Life Fire burned a significant portion of the trunk. The tree is a Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia). (Photo: Judy Ann Barkow, August 2012) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1496708280729-FFEZQY2UQ1IZ5Z830SBN/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Now for the First Time, I Visit Meher Mount LISTENING TO THE SILENCE under a Coast Live Oak at Meher Mount. (Photo: Renate Moritz, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1496704454446-SJ7BN27ETG6STPHV9F5R/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Now for the First Time, I Visit Meher Mount THE CHANGING LIGHT in the skies at Meher Mount calls to photographers and painters. (Photo: Renate Moritz, 2017) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2017/meher-baba-sheds-his-blood-in-america monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1495571361468-GVHDT1FRZV0WPM5MXYXU/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - "...the personal disaster, for some years foretold by me, took place..." THE MEHER SPIRITUAL CENTER in Myrtle Beach, SC, is considered Avatar Meher Baba's "Home in the West." It was founded by Western disciples Elizabeth Patterson and Norina Matchabelli. (Photo: Meher Spiritual Center) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1495571454843-XOVLA7SQSQIOEPPRYCMG/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - "...the personal disaster, for some years foretold by me, took place..." AVATAR MEHER BABA and His closest woman disciple, Mehera J. Irani, at the Meher Spiritual Center in 1952. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1495571553350-WU3DGAK1BYL1NTE2V7NG/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - "...the personal disaster, for some years foretold by me, took place..." AGNES BARON, the caretaker of Meher Mount, pointing to the carpenter's shed, known as "the white house," which was brought on the property to house the men mandali traveling with Avatar Meher Baba's for His planned nine-day stay in 1952. He did not arrive at Meher Mount in 1952 due to the automobile accident on May 24 near Prague, OK. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1495574872380-RFH8EOBPF8VPQ3AWOOJF/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - "...the personal disaster, for some years foretold by me, took place..." AVATAR MEHER BABA standing outside the "Guest House" at the Meher Spiritual Center in Myrtle Beach, SC, in 1952. (Photo: Glow International) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1495586015205-GNK18QN96G4DXAYBTZLN/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - "...the personal disaster, for some years foretold by me, took place..." AVATAR MEHER BABA with many of His women followers at the Meher Spiritual Center in Myrtle Beach, SC, in 1952. (Left to right): Adele Wolkin, Filis Frederick, Mani S. Irani (Meher Baba's sister), Rita "Sparkie" Lukes, Charmian Duce Knowles, Meher Baba, Mehera J. Irani, Delia DeLeon, and Meheru Irani. (Photo: Sufism Reoriented) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1495575095292-11SFVDCPU2FQH0Y72JGX/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - "...the personal disaster, for some years foretold by me, took place..." FLOWERS at the site of Avatar Meher Baba's 1952 automobile accident near Prague, OK on U.S. Highway 62. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1495585215011-I4QF6LRATTJ814LF2IFK/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - "...the personal disaster, for some years foretold by me, took place..." DR. WILLIAM DONKIN (1911-1969) was an Englishman who became was one of Meher Baba's close disciples. (Photo: Wikipedia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1495628028310-KAI7CO5XAY22WIHTLNAD/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - "...the personal disaster, for some years foretold by me, took place..." AN ESTIMATED 90,000 oil workers from 22 unions were on strike around the time of Meher Baba's automobile accident, thus limiting the availability of gasoline for all transportation. (Photo: Front Page of the Chicago Daily Tribune, May 7, 1952) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1495585079306-QZEGRBSCLV8COSLPYMKJ/Adi+K.+Irani+-+Jack+Small.jpg Story Blog - "...the personal disaster, for some years foretold by me, took place..." ADI K. IRANI (1903-1980) served as Meher Baba's secretary. (Photo: Jack Small) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1495585612043-VSKOA4VKHUUTGNRZAEG5/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - "...the personal disaster, for some years foretold by me, took place..." AVATAR MEHER BABA at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. Close disciple Eruch Jessawalla is holding the umbrella and Meher Mount caretaker Agnes Baron is describing the property to Meher Baba. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2017/under-babas-tree monthly 0.5 2022-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1491173905123-ZF35VXX3HPMBBHMYWW8K/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - "Under Baba's Tree" - A Poem UNDER BABA'S TREE at Meher Mount on Amartithi 2016. The stone heart marks the spot where Avatar Meher Baba sat when He visited on August 2, 1956. (Photo: Wayne Myers) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2017/tips-for-being-a-volunteer monthly 0.5 2021-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1553366132790-8BY88TL4KCPNETKL20LM/time.png Story Blog - Tips for Being a Volunteer YOUR TIME IS HIGHLY VALUABLE. Carefully choose those organizations and causes that are you value and want to see flourish. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2017the-personal-benefits-of-a-being-a-volunteer monthly 0.5 2021-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1553365230052-X6LSFNJD22SEQ2IBYH09/Work+Party+Jan+13+07+edited+web.jpg Story Blog - The Personal Benefits of a Being a Volunteer FELLOWSHIP, CAMARADERIE and a sense of purpose are some of the benefits of volunteering. (Left to right) Jamshid Ebrahimzadeh, Ellie Azhang, Ron Holsey and Billy Goodrum. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, 2007) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2017/one-indivisible-god monthly 0.5 2021-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1486394957294-M1OPAB3SI9AYIBAUCC83/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Meher Baba's Messages for His Birthday AVATAR MEHER BABA. (Painting by Charles Mills. Mills Studio.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2017/mehera-amartithi-message monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1485460333005-YVEDPPQ23PLSXDRQA8W5/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Mehera's Message at the First Amartithi AVATAR MEHER BABA with His closest woman disciple, Mehera J. Irani. He said she was the purest soul in the universe. (Painting: Charcoal and Watercolor by Diana Le Page, 2013) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2017/cherished-memories-caring-for-agnes-baron monthly 0.5 2021-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1483987714722-HTUGDHXCKPO1YGSVA11E/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Cherished Memories of Caring for Agnes Baron A CHERISHED PHOTOGRAPH with Agnes Baron (center) for caretakers (left to right) Ken Ceder, Len Ceder, and Tom Entwistle. (Photo: Peter Carni, early 1990s) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1484073433148-QQ5SBHF1LVBXJWD0EP81/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Cherished Memories of Caring for Agnes Baron THE HIGH SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPH of Agnes Baron that she gave to Ken and Len Ceder. She graduated high school in 1923. (Source: Len Ceder) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1484073964390-A2WL1QSW0EPD4K63N2SA/Trailer+-+Copy+of+Meher+Mount+-+Trailer+Demo.jpg Story Blog - Cherished Memories of Caring for Agnes Baron THE TRAILER brought onto the property after the 1985 New Life Fire by Board member Bing Heckman. Agnes Baron lived here until the Visitor Center/Caretaker Quarters was built in 1994. This photo is many years later in 2007 when the trailer was eventually demolished and removed from the property. (Photo: Ray Johnston, 2007) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2016/christmas-1962-with-meher-baba monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1482602589257-IXEE6QLPQF67FP47RQ0Y/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Christmas Morning in 1962 with Meher Baba https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2016/the-water-diviner monthly 0.5 2023-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/4e8147d4-d775-4db7-b3cb-3e0efb2cb26f/6-3612+r+mm+-+MSI+Collection.jpg Story Blog - The Water Diviner & The Spiritual Master AVATAR MEHER BABA with His men disciples mid-1939 at the groundbreaking of the Sahavas Well in lower Meherabad, India. (MSI Collection. Used with permission.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2016/50-years-later-a-chance-encounter-with-a-friend monthly 0.5 2021-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1476977865720-5ZP7ZPS116738XWBBBM1/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - 50 Years Later: Agnes Baron Serendipitously Meets an Old Friend NEWS ARTICLE, "New Drug Program Sought in County," from The Press-Courier (Oxnard, CA) on Sunday, December 10, 1972, about a drug program in Arizona of interest to Agnes Baron. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1476979499635-CSBS1MH7HWEHHEVYVMA9/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - 50 Years Later: Agnes Baron Serendipitously Meets an Old Friend AGNES BARON in the early 1980s pointing to the "white house," the army carpenter's shed brought onto the property to house Meher Baba's mandali (close disciples) for His planned 1952 visit to Meher Mount. Agnes (1907-1994) was a co-founder and lifetime caretaker for Meher Mount. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1476976989261-VPAHN83AJGDBVSVZWIWC/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - 50 Years Later: Agnes Baron Serendipitously Meets an Old Friend GEORGE MCGOVERN for President 1972 campaign button. (Source: Terapeak.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2016/dart monthly 0.5 2021-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1475636201533-Y9NIXV1GE1LSGH3PBOX8/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - "I Bullied them into Funding the DART Program" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1476979212385-523LW4QSC255M6HS5Y7B/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - "I Bullied them into Funding the DART Program" AVATAR MEHER BABA at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956, with Agnes Baron, co-founder and lifetime caretaker of Meher Mount. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1475680559775-XJSD33D835WNUND3FJ8C/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - "I Bullied them into Funding the DART Program" DR. ALLAN Y. COHEN sharing stories of his drug prevention work. He was the guest speaker for Meher Baba's Birthday celebration at Meher Mount in February 2013. (Photo: Sam Ervin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1475636317725-TIHH1H9KWVN38LC4WBC5/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - "I Bullied them into Funding the DART Program" THE SEAL of Ventura County. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1475636432130-ISTHFJJNZX943TOVDYCU/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - "I Bullied them into Funding the DART Program" MAP of Ventura County, California showing the major cities. (Source: Ventura County Ask Now Real Estate) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1476979342486-PXRS1TAVXL8AR8UHGQ9G/Sam+Ervin%2C+Agnes+Baron+%26+Leonard+Pflanz+-+Martha+Aubin+1969+-+cropped.jpg Story Blog - "I Bullied them into Funding the DART Program" SAM ERVIN at Meher Mount with Agnes Baron in 1969. (Photo: Martha Aubin) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2016/what-has-one-gained-in-being-with-meher-baba monthly 0.5 2021-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1474911689301-53QK8GWUQ3SZKS40Y8D2/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - What Has One Gained in Being with Meher Baba? AVATAR MEHER BABA exiting Meher House in Sydney, Australia. Bill Le Page is standing to the right by the side of house. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2016/the-long-reach-of-the-hopi monthly 0.5 2021-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1473735003978-D62OP5U3PKG5QW15TU39/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Long Reach of the Hopi MONTEZUMA CASTLE NATIONAL MONUMENT in Arizona, a well preserved cliff dwelling of the Sinagua people. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1474996908674-QPCCTIPZPP1D3EFV9W5F/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Long Reach of the Hopi AGNES BARON in 1972 exploring Montezuma Castle National Monument in Arizona. (Photo: Martha Aubin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1473742584799-XILNCROGCD1B689XRTGL/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Long Reach of the Hopi CANYON DE CHELLY NATIONAL MONUMENT in Arizona. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1473734767904-IH1FNIYT9YDN4A0NAZ9K/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Long Reach of the Hopi A VOLKSWAGEN STATION WAGON similar to the one Sam and Martha Aubin (then Ervin) drove to Arizona with Agnes Baron in 1972. (Photo: World Encyclopedia of Cars) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1473778359045-273NLE04H85I9J8SK5D3/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Long Reach of the Hopi A PANORAMA of the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, 2010. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1473741971800-FCC4YIXDD2M39UB5UKBE/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Long Reach of the Hopi TRAIN STATION in Albuquerque, New Mexico, before it was destroyed by fire in 1993. The account of Meher Baba meeting with the Indian agent in Albuquerque was included in Jean Adriel's book Avatar, which Agnes Baron helped edit. (Photo: TrainWeb, 1972.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1473742059058-64MIWQJH3QQGWXGRCXA7/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Long Reach of the Hopi THE HOPI RESERVATION is approximately 1.5 million acres surrounded by the Navajo Reservation in northeastern Arizona. (Map: Crystalinks.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1473777664921-OBUZW49ZCYWCV2AD5FX6/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Long Reach of the Hopi SOME THIRTY ELDERS reveal the Hopi worldview for the first time in written form. Book by Frank Waters and Oswald White Bear Fredericks. (Photo: Amazon) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1473743162184-DH7D19T0VUCUS2DVA0DS/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Long Reach of the Hopi HOPI TOWN, Oraibi, Mokitown, Arizona. (Photo: John K. Hillers, 1843-1925, US National Archives and Records Administration.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1473798252314-6LKHD5BO1KG2048XAUCA/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Long Reach of the Hopi FLAG of the Hopi Nation. (Photo: Wikipedia.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2016/books-about-avatar-meher-baba monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1473185653442-KO0D4DB0BJHPQHSYV8HT/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Books on Meher Baba's Life & Words https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2016/1956 monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1468206173404-1E66RZLA4FEF3125FQEY/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - 1956 World Events & Meher Baba AVATAR MEHER BABA on National Airlines Flight 320, Wilmington, NC, to Washington, DC, in 1956. (Source: Meher Baba Travels) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1468183203502-V37AM7WHIVU6O7DA56A2/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - 1956 World Events & Meher Baba CELEBRATION of the 2500th Anniversary of the birth of Lord Buddha in New Delhi, India, in 1956. Included in the photograph are: India’s first Prime Minister after its independence Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964); His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet (1935- ); India’s first President after independence Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963); and the 10th Panchen Lama (1938-1989). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1468183327111-QZ2L9ASB2RVJ49TTWFS4/Agatha+Christie+Novel Story Blog - 1956 World Events & Meher Baba THE FIRST BOOK COVER of Dead Man’s Folly (Hercule Poirot #31) by Agatha Christie, published in October 1956. (Source: Wikipedia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1468183688248-X3HJXZHSX05A2XU0D3LT/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - 1956 World Events & Meher Baba TWO BLACK MEN are shown here notably sitting behind the bus driver. The 13-month-long Montgomery Bus Boycott ended with the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that ended segregation on city buses. (Source: Finding Dulcinea) [5] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1468248510867-XVZYFAKJ1M8DX8AA8WGN/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - 1956 World Events & Meher Baba https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1468183964234-07HUJRM4R0E2WZ6LY5W3/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - 1956 World Events & Meher Baba THE NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY (NBC) first used the peacock logo in 1956 to highlight the network’s color programming. It was created by John J. Graham. (Source: Famous Logos) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1468183863842-HV4NJP0DZK4V1MANNFI8/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - 1956 World Events & Meher Baba THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Charlton Heston as Moses, was released October 5, 1956, and won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1957. (Source: Wikipedia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1468184217105-BQPNXGHBJ8PZK07ZT8LF/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - 1956 World Events & Meher Baba LIFE MAGAZINE covers the sinking of the Andrea Doria in its August 6, 1956, issue. (Source: The Dusty Loft) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1468247493838-G1NP13USY2J9ZDXT46DU/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - 1956 World Events & Meher Baba DURING THE BATTLE for the Suez Canal, the Egyptians sank ships to create a blockade in late October 1956. The canal was of strategic importance as it had become the main passageway for oil from the Middle East to Europe. (Source: The Telegraph) [20] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1468184376226-SEKPZLAYA2FKNDJGHNF5/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - 1956 World Events & Meher Baba TIME MAGAZINE cover of Dwight D. Eisenhower who was elected President of the United States for a second term (1956-1960) on November 6, 1956 . (Source: TIME.com) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1468184510047-WNV35S5C0YPZOSG7LKQV/Hungarian+Revolution.jpg Story Blog - 1956 World Events & Meher Baba THE HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION, lasting from October 23-November 10, 1956, was a revolt against Soviet-imposed policies. (Source: Marxsite) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1468184888479-EPHS0VRNPT4BJ2HPP4VP/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - 1956 World Events & Meher Baba MELBOURNE was the first Australian city to host the Olympic games, November 22-December 8, 1956. It was the first time that the Summer Olympics were held in the Southern Hemisphere during the Northern Hemisphere’s winter. (Source: Britannica.com) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2016/meher-mount-inspires-plein-air-artists monthly 0.5 2021-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1627136182147-8P2Y675TG0Z8L1LIV6YO/Plein+Air+by+Garen+Tolkin.jpg Story Blog - Meher Mount Inspires En Plein Air Artists - Make it stand out EN PLEIN AIR painting by Garen Tolkin at Meher Mount. (Photo: Buzz Glasky) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1466438798341-1MJ9DR1ABGDAKXN8UT5N/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Meher Mount Inspires En Plein Air Artists EACH ARTIST has his or her own unique view of the landscape. (Photo: Buzz Glasky, 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1466439006646-AJ2WX6G0X4MQ1NHU2WQ3/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Meher Mount Inspires En Plein Air Artists ARTISTS TAKE ADVANTAGE of the views at Meher Mount for inspiration. (Photo: Buzz Glasky, 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1466438955779-91QV7W8KD3HVW96V9H3D/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Meher Mount Inspires En Plein Air Artists A SPOT AT MEHER MOUNT is the subject of this painting by Nancy Freeman, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1466438866160-WGCVIC4QK12D5UFVQ3PF/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Meher Mount Inspires En Plein Air Artists MEHER MOUNT offers landscapes, views, and structures as subjects to paint. (Photo: Buzz Glasky, 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1466614192987-J7OEODB1XF160HZESYE0/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Meher Mount Inspires En Plein Air Artists ARTISTS' PAINTS AND EASELS are at various spots on the property - including the patio of the Visitor Center/Caretaker Quarters. (Photo: Buzz Glasky, 2016) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2016/tmmeher-mount-in-black-white monthly 0.5 2021-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1460390728057-M886ZOQYLW2J5GNO72Q9/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Amartithi Brings Rain, Wind and Dramatic Skies THE MEADOW and path to Baba's Tree at Meher Mount in Ojai, CA. (c) Edward Brooks, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1460390855616-WP59IV5YYDEX0ZZ7FJD2/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Amartithi Brings Rain, Wind and Dramatic Skies A LONE TREE at Meher Mount in Ojai, CA, with a view of the Pacific Ocean. (c) Edward Brooks, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1460390969812-ODHBMBD5D83T6JKRF0AG/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Amartithi Brings Rain, Wind and Dramatic Skies A PATHWAY at Meher Mount in Ojai, CA. (c) Edward Brooks, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1460390791175-K0AC6Y9AO5I72MW6CC7G/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Amartithi Brings Rain, Wind and Dramatic Skies THE VISITOR CENTER entrance at Meher Mount in Ojai, CA. (c) Edward Brooks, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1460390885110-KCXCN9K7LCJQXJ02W2OV/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Amartithi Brings Rain, Wind and Dramatic Skies THE INTERIOR of Baba's Tree at Meher Mount in Ojai, CA. Flowers mark where Avatar Meher Baba spent time seated alone in 1956. (c) Edward Brooks, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1460390934598-YLXVELZFAL6RNS5FTBRU/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Amartithi Brings Rain, Wind and Dramatic Skies LOOKING SOUTH to the Santa Monica Mountain Range from Avatar's Point at Meher Mount in Ojai, CA. (c) Edward Brooks, 2016. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2016/to-his-disciples monthly 0.5 2021-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1460137000892-3FBEE9NA6KU99N83F5C9/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - "To His Disciples Meher Baba Says..." - A Poem by Mani S. Irani MANI S. IRANI, Avatar Meher Baba's sister, pictured here in Mandali Hall in Meherazad, India, in the early 1990s where she would tell stories of her life with Meher Baba. (Sam Ervin photo.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2016/baba-mother-dream monthly 0.5 2021-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1454351755711-3WX521AIDP3D3FT1CBWL/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Meher Baba's Mother Has an Auspicious Dream SHIREEN IRANI, the mother of Avatar Meher Baba. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1454348226318-S71EJ8NIFGBA64XOZ18Z/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Meher Baba's Mother Has an Auspicious Dream SASSOON GENERAL HOSPITAL in Pune (then Poona), India, circa 1850s, where Merwan Sheriar Irani - later called Meher Baba - was born. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2016/amartithi-is-joyous monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1453495893350-0A5B0EF8F95RZ8IPCG5V/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Amartithi Is a Joyous Sharing of Meher Baba's Presence AVATAR MEHER BABA painting by Charles Mills. (Mills Studio) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2016/hiss-but-dont-bite monthly 0.5 2021-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1631323517895-M2BQ8E1W23HSO64IRPSE/Sam+Ervin%2C+Agnes+Baron+-+Meher+Mount+-+Martha+Aubin+1969+-+cropped.jpg Story Blog - Hiss, But Don't Bite AGNES BARON with Sam Ervin at Meher Mount in the 1970s. (Photo: Martha Aubin) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2015/how-agnes-baron-captured-my-heart monthly 0.5 2021-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1452297380927-S641CVB1CXUS7FTG6UZZ/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - How Agnes Baron Captured My Heart AGNES BARON (1907-1994) at Meher Mount, probably sometime in the 1970s. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2015/my-last-goodbye-to-agnes-baron monthly 0.5 2021-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1449600283385-GSAFXZJB658C8WLME4YS/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - My Last Goodbye to Agnes Baron AGNES BARON with Larry Pesta at Meher Mount in the mid-1980s. (Photo: Bing Heckman) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1449600320492-YCLVL31HZPJKBTH87YY7/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - My Last Goodbye to Agnes Baron LARRY PESTA and Agnes Baron at Meher Mount in the mid-1980s. (Photo: Bing Heckman) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2015/the-second-loincloth monthly 0.5 2026-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/352940cd-7b39-4a15-9ac5-1f7ccad3ed37/image-asset.jpg Story Blog - The Second Loincloth SAM ERVIN listening to Agnes Baron tell stories at Meher Mount, 1978. (Photo: Margaret Magnus) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2015/meher-babas-1935-christmas-telegram monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1450378281275-Y9I13ETDWHWPD1MB0VXH/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Meher Baba's 1935 Christmas Telegram AVATAR MEHER BABA at the Narmada River, India, Christmas 1938. (Painting: Charles Mills Studios. Used with permission.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2015/fire-prevention-improves-walking-trails monthly 0.5 2021-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1445619599818-8YUT80KIPS79Z4PW1NFJ/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Fire Prevention Improves Walking Trails JUNE 1st IS THE DEADLINE every year to clear brush and mow tall grass to pass the fire-prevention inspection by the Ventura County Fire Department. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1445619509048-G8EJNXQMMZM6MIP5WRL0/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Fire Prevention Improves Walking Trails WINTER RAINS bring green grasses than turn to brown in the summer. Manager/Caretaker Buzz Glasky mows year-round to help reduce the threat of fire. (Photo: Ginger Glasky, 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1445619736288-AQWJUDNWTTUS2RF2C0OT/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Fire Prevention Improves Walking Trails CLEARING THE WELL ROAD: Buzz Glasky (tractor), Barry Nachshon, Margaret Magnus, Brian Drygas, Naresh Sharma and Katherine Armstrong. (Photo: Jess Maron, 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1445619787115-P6N88TP4532MB13D20C1/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Fire Prevention Improves Walking Trails 2015 TRIM-THE-TRAIL WORK GROUP: Jess Maron, Buzz Glasky, Ginger Glasky, Eric Turk, Katherine Armstrong, Naresh Sharma, Sam Ervin, Brian Drygas, Margaret Magnus & Barry Nachshon. (Photo: Jess Maron) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2015/meher-baba-invites-his-dearest-friends monthly 0.5 2021-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1445874154691-M1B3UTSWK278RZNWQ1OX/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Meher Baba Invites His Dearest Friends THE SUN RISES over Baba's Tree at Avatar's Point in preparation for the day at Meher Mount. (Photo: Buzz Glasky, 2014) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1445874415268-C74FXXNV1TUEKN35I570/Austin+Bernard+%26+Tajuddin+Glasky+-+1+-+March+2014+-+Buzz+Glasky.jpg Story Blog - Meher Baba Invites His Dearest Friends AUSTIN BERNARD AND TAJUDDIN GLASKY spend a school break working at Meher Mount and helping to greet visitors. (Photo: Buzz Glasky.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1445873288108-L9UE1OZKCVE8KLRO3JHZ/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Meher Baba Invites His Dearest Friends Afek Arezeemanian, Valed Maeilian, Anita Yerayan and Armon Toumasian stand by Meher Baba's chimney at Meher Mount. (Photo: Buzz Glasky, October 2014) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1445714974736-GVP9AYUD5O6ZRDLNN7CQ/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Meher Baba Invites His Dearest Friends AT THE KITCHEN TABLE (left to right) Ginger Glasky, Charles Mills, Phil and Ina from Santa Barbara, and Linda Mills. (Photo: Buzz Glasky, 2014) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1445873327913-1LTWTPFTO4MMFQDCNHMV/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Meher Baba Invites His Dearest Friends Deviner Chana, his sister Harjinder, and son Devin are sitting at the kitchen table with our grandson Austin Bernard and Ginger Glasky. (Photo: Buzz Glasky, April 2015) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2015/remember-to-thank-meher-baba monthly 0.5 2021-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1584714850998-I7ELVLV1OB5ZYAR9YTX5/Avatar+Meher+Baba Story Blog - Remembering to Thank Meher Baba AVATAR MEHER BABA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1448035497089-CGB05VZ3WYNYC3HUM3VC/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Remembering to Thank Meher Baba ANN CONLON. (Photo used with permission from The Awakener Magazine online.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2015/two-spiritual-secrets monthly 0.5 2023-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1605442980529-6OUW3IN78WINOWAT67J1/Meher+Baba+-+Seclusion+Hill+-+Charles+Mills.jpeg Story Blog - Two Spiritual Secrets Avatar Meher Baba. (Painting: Charles Mills. Used with permission.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2015/10/2810/tthankful-for-suffering monthly 0.5 2021-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1446053308294-RFCD9OE4WD6ZPWB69SMM/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Thank You for All the Joy and Pain in My Life AVATAR MEHER BABA in Cannes, France, in 1937, traveling with His Eastern and Western disciples. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2015/why-do-we-suffer monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1445367989579-QPTCQ56ODR9ZCQZTYKLA/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Why Do We Suffer? AVATAR MEHER BABA in Ahmednagar, India, 1926. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2015/spirituality-includes-the-whole-of-life monthly 0.5 2021-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1440809509414-ZJ5E7KCIWRYWHM00G4E7/Francis-and-Bill.jpg Story Blog - Spirituality Includes the Whole of Life AVATAR MEHER BABA (left) with Frank Simon Hendrick, Francis Brabazon and Bill Le Page in 1954. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2015/playing-cards-with-meher-baba monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1440687057492-FFGQR8EOE3TZB7D5WNB9/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Playing Cards with Meher Baba AVATAR MEHER BABA playing marbles with His disciples and followers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1440687569222-QRQE0Y87LTXT62O2TN92/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Playing Cards with Meher Baba AVATAR MEHER BABA playing cricket - one of His favorite games. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2015/fruit-salad-story monthly 0.5 2021-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1436459139441-MDIX7L0BYY0XYGG3KJEG/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Fruit Salad Story - Bunty Bernstein and Meher Baba's Visit to Meher Mount AVATAR MEHER BABA is flanked by Tex Hightower (who also visited Meher Mount in 1956) on the top left and Peter Saul (right). Margaret Craske is center with Bunty Bernstein (left) and Marie Adair (right). This photo was taken after dancing for Meher Baba in San Francisco in 1956 - just after His visit to Meher Mount. (Photo: Glow International.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1436459452872-HJDBCQU5RJKSJCE2BMRV/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Fruit Salad Story - Bunty Bernstein and Meher Baba's Visit to Meher Mount BUNTY BERNSTEIN at 12-years-old. Later in her life, she worked in Hollywood. "I used to go up to Meher Mount, Agnes Baron's place whenever I could, and nearly always for Silence Day," she wrote in Glow International, Winter 2014. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2015/a-month-of-silence-at-meher-mount-july-1949 monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1435697884667-O8M3EN6DOD2H3CYK6VAF/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Month of Silence at Meher Mount - July 1949 AVATAR MEHER BABA at the Los Angeles International Airport on July 31, 1956. Marguerite Poley is next to Meher Baba in the headscarf. To her right is Gladys Carr. On Meher Baba's left are Ruth White (with a hat) and Hilda Fuchs. (Photo: Love Street Lamp Post, 1st Quarter, 1988. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1625495368773-HYD7HX8XDQDY759H8HAO/Meher+Mount+1949_Volunteers+-+Month+of+Silence.jpg Story Blog - The Month of Silence at Meher Mount - July 1949 - Make it stand out TWO SCHOOL TEACHERS from Palm Desert, CA, at Meher Mount during the month of silence July 1949. They were friends of co-founder Jean Adriel. (Photo: Meher Mount Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1435700234730-FCH16EJ2TV6TIT05XFNC/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Month of Silence at Meher Mount - July 1949 AGNES BARON (left) and Margaret Craske (right) doing weed clearing chores at Meher Mount during the month of silence in July 1949. (Photo: Meher Mount Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1625494651001-3PW7TTEHHE9VQT0OE74X/Jean+Adriel+-+Meher+Mount+-+Month+of+Silence+1949+-1.jpg Story Blog - The Month of Silence at Meher Mount - July 1949 JEAN ADRIEL, co-founder of Meher Mount, during the month of silence, July 1949 at Meher Mount. (Photo: Meher Mount Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1625494154477-PV7TVMQ1RMWQFTF14399/Meher+Mount+1949+-+Mary+Beasley+-+Side+1.jpg Story Blog - The Month of Silence at Meher Mount - July 1949 MARY BEASLEY, a devotee of Sufi master Hazrat Inayat Khan, stayed at Meher Mount during the July 1949 month of silence. She was the spokeswoman when she and Agnes went to get needed supplies. (Photo: Meher Mount Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1625496571204-7XNK1V87JYRQ37F4RNDN/Lady+from+Palm+Springs+with+dog.jpg Story Blog - The Month of Silence at Meher Mount - July 1949 - Make it stand out BOBBY, A FRIEND of Jean Adriel’s from Palm Springs, CA, who was allowed to bring her dog to Meher Mount during the month of silence July 1949. (Photo: Meher Mount Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1625495950034-3BG7TNWBQDLK4SBY6NVU/MonthofSilence1949+-+Ruth+Chase.jpg Story Blog - The Month of Silence at Meher Mount - July 1949 - Make it stand out RUTH CASE from Morgan Hill, CA, painting a mandala during the July 1949 month of silence at Meher Mount. (Photo: Meher Mount Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1625496847863-CYF7WXUJJURC0XAQWH78/Meher+Mount+1949+-+Month+of+Silence+-+corner+of+Baba+House.jpg Story Blog - The Month of Silence at Meher Mount - July 1949 - Make it stand out THE VIEW from Meher Mount looking toward Ojai around sunset during the July 1949 month of silence. The building on the left was the guesthouse that included the ‘Baba Room’ where Avatar Meher Baba gave darshan (His blessing) during His 1956 visit. (Photo: Meher Mount Archives) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2015/the-unstruck-music-of-meher-baba monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1435867510784-TXS2SLPHRURK20LP3BRR/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Unstruck Music of Meher Baba - A Source of Daily Inspiration THE UNSTRUCK MUSIC OF MEHER BABA has quotes about and by Avatar Meher Baba — one for every day of the year. It was compiled by Maud Kennedy and was a favorite of Meher Mount co-founder and lifetime caretaker, Agnes Baron (1907-1994.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1435867691704-WBRK81BCG2Q5L59MTH5R/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Unstruck Music of Meher Baba - A Source of Daily Inspiration AGNES BARON holding a copy of The Unstruck Music of Meher Baba while visiting with guests at Meher Mount. (Sam Ervin photo, 1979.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2015/divine-will-and-free-will monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1430416471544-X5C0ASOTZ7G7DP62VI97/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Divine Will and Free Will MANI IRANI in Mandali Hall in Meherazad telling stories to the pilgrims. (Sam Ervin photo, 1990s.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2015/musing-on-the-young-adult-sahavas-june-2000 monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1430344283869-NQXYIUFCN3QWVYLUV40F/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Musing on the Young Adult Sahavas: 2000 THE LAMP STREET LAMP POST cover of the October-January 2001 issue with Avatar Meher Baba from which this article is excerpted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1430344489770-E1Z7KQIB4MVI8WFX6D45/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Musing on the Young Adult Sahavas: 2000 "MUSINGS ON THE YOUNG ADULT SAHAVAS" article in the Love Street Lamp Post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1430346646233-OT1UZGIMZ4RUO24FGXOM/image-asset.png Story Blog - Musing on the Young Adult Sahavas: 2000 https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2015/young-adult-sahavas-at-meher-mount-1998 monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1430342679978-JLH0I94IT99A1WQPDQQP/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Young Adult Sahavas at Meher Mount: 1998 COVER OF THE LOVE STREET LAMP POST issue from which this article is reprinted. Meher Baba's disciple Bhau Kalchuri - who encouraged this Young Adult Sahavas - is pictured. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1430342714347-7PEUS8N9YPFAYN5YDG6O/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Young Adult Sahavas at Meher Mount: 1998 THE YOUNG ADULT SAHAVAS was August 7-9, 1998. Photos in the original article were taken by Flint Mednick and show some of the activities of the gathering. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2015/the-awakener-magazine-a-journal-devoted-to-meher-baba monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1429799721962-YWH00T3ZGJ1G38DYZ6XQ/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Awakener: A Journal Devoted to Meher Baba THE FIRST ISSUE of The Awakener: A Journal Devoted to Meher Baba. The editor and founder was Phyllis (Filis) Frederick. The magazine was published by Warren C. Healy, and the initial editorial advisors were: Elizabeth C. Patterson, Margaret Craske, Will Backett, Kitty Davy, Malcolm Schloss, Darwin Shaw, Ivy O. Duce, Norina Matchabelli, Mildred Kyle. John Bass was in charge of circulation, and Fred Winterfeldt was the treasurer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1429802076528-RCCCGRVCVI5KPRZ75WGQ/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Awakener: A Journal Devoted to Meher Baba FILIS FREDERICK - founder and editor of The Awakener - pictured in July 1985. See this tribute to Filis published along with the magazine archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1429799602530-ONHS0E4HDF957ELDWF1S/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Awakener: A Journal Devoted to Meher Baba THE 30th ANNIVERSARY ISSUE of The Awakener. "All little magazines in America have a fragile life, due to postal and printing costs. We too have almost foundered many times. In 1956, in San Francisco, Baba called a staff meeting. He told us to carry on... As He wished, we stay focused 100% on Him and hope to continue," wrote Editor Filis Frederick in that issue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1429805259235-OSZMGNTWP997XX6L09YH/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Awakener: A Journal Devoted to Meher Baba https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1429802422268-R4JNF4PDTZXAD6XBRX2E/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Awakener: A Journal Devoted to Meher Baba MEHER BABA as a young boy in 1910 on the St. Vincent's school cricket team in Pune, India. From The Awakener's special photo issue, 1971. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2015/1956-photos-discovered monthly 0.5 2021-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1626636220117-K1YVLVNBDQLPOM7YM2SP/Agnes+Baron%27s+house+view+2+at+Meher+Mount+-+Nov+1956+-+Lud+Dimpfl.jpeg Story Blog - Surprise Discovery of Meher Mount Photos from 1956 - Make it stand out THE HOUSE WHERE AGNES BARON LIVED at Meher Mount until it was completely burned in the October 14, 1985 New Life (Ferndale) Fire. The ‘Baba House’ where Avatar Meher Baba met with His followers on August 2, 1956, is behind this main house. (Photo: Lud Dimpfl, November 1956; Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust Archives.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1626636445745-XDM9L57QSHNBM5TGOHRV/Agnes+and+Kali+Meher+Mount+Nov+1956+-+Lud+Dimpfl.jpeg Story Blog - Surprise Discovery of Meher Mount Photos from 1956 AGNES BARON and her dog Kali. Agnes said that when Meher Baba visited in 1956, Kali would follow Baba everywhere. When Meher Baba was getting in the car to return to Los Angeles, He patted Kali on the head and said the dog would be a human in her next life. (Photo: Lud Dimpfl, November 1956; Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1412352905015-XU0HCR9UL3O3LLZE9NM5/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Surprise Discovery of Meher Mount Photos from 1956 THE FRONT of the envelope sent to Mehera J. Irani, Meher Baba's closest woman disciple, containing the 1956 photographs of Meher Mount. (Source: Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust Archives, 2014.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1412352977527-4JA272IZ0MFZ2UNW3ZNC/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Surprise Discovery of Meher Mount Photos from 1956 THE BACK OF the envelope sent to Mehera J. Irani containing the photos. Someone had written "Mh: Mount" on the envelope. It was also stamped upon its arrival at the Meher Baba Trust office in Ahmednagar, India. (Source: Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust Archives, 2014) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1412358433678-WEKOY3S6F09X25FTO8KA/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Surprise Discovery of Meher Mount Photos from 1956 WRITEN ON THE BACK of this photo: "Bill, Agnes, Claudia, BBB, Joan. The corner of Agnes' cottage in the background. The screen porch is where we served buffet lunch on the day Baba visited Meher Mount." (Photo: Lud Dimpfl, November 1956; Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1626636999728-QJL5U0S4RBMWDN86DFXW/Agnes+Baron+Meher+Mount+and+four+Dimpfl+children+Nov+1956+-+Lud+Dimpfl.jpeg Story Blog - Surprise Discovery of Meher Mount Photos from 1956 - Make it stand out THE DIMPFL CHILDREN with Agnes Baron: Bill (William) Dimpfl, Agnes Baron, Claudia Dimpfl O’Hanrahan, Diane Dimpfl Cobb (3B), and Joan Dimpfl Harland. Lud Dimpfl noted that the screen porch is where they served a buffet lunch when Meher Baba was at Meher Mount in August 1956. In later years, this porch was where Agnes slept and spent most of her time when indoors. (Photo: Lud Dimpfl, November 1956; Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1626637155802-BHQGV94CQSF3Q5XFVBJU/Claudia+and+Joan+Dimpfl++%22Baba+House%27+Meher+Mount+1956 Story Blog - Surprise Discovery of Meher Mount Photos from 1956 THE BEDROOM IN THE GUESTHOUSE, also known as the ‘Baba House,’ where Meher Baba met with His followers in August 1956. Seated in the window are Joan Dimpfl Harland and her sister Claudia Dimpfl O’Hanrahan. (Photo: Lud Dimpfl, November 1956; Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1626637497478-K3CDV0NUM9DXNW0HH0ZB/Agnes+Baron+Meher+Mount+1956 Story Blog - Surprise Discovery of Meher Mount Photos from 1956 AGNES BARON "in the living room of her cottage," Lud Dimpfl wrote on the back of these photos of Meher Mount before he sent them to India. (Photo: Lud Dimpfl, November 1956; Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1626637550947-518ZEE4HQMV2TWO9QJDV/Agnes+Baron+Main+House+Meher+Mount+1956 Story Blog - Surprise Discovery of Meher Mount Photos from 1956 AGNES BARON in the living room of her home at Meher Mount. (Photo: Lud Dimpfl, November 1956; Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust Archives) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2015/2/12/babas-tree-featured-in-article monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1423758156031-LZ6ZR8DHWQMFG7VBW0IT/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Baba's Tree Featured in Article on "Ojai's Trees" BABA'S TREE at Meher Mount with flowers and a heart rock near the spot where Avatar Meher Baba sat when He visited on August 2, 1956. (Perry Van Houten photo for The Ojai Valley Visitors Guide, Winter 2014 edition.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1423693839518-Y7WT2LAJ2MT3W3TLOVTC/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Baba's Tree Featured in Article on "Ojai's Trees" BABA'S TREE days after what Meher Mount calls the "New Life Fire" which occurred on October 14, 1985. (Sam Ervin photo, 1985.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2015/1/271/meher-baba-asked-for-begin-the-beguine monthly 0.5 2025-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/12f6853f-5b64-4271-a325-5beba1a62803/Meher+Baba+-+Tin+Shed+-+India+-+1937+or+%2738+-+Trust+Archives.jpg Story Blog - Meher Baba Asked for "Begin the Beguine" to Be Played When He Dropped His Body - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA sitting on the threshold of the tin cabin next to His Tomb Shrine on Meherabad Hill, India, in 1937 or 1938. The stretcher carrying Meher Baba’s physical form was temporarily placed inside on January 31, 1969. The stretcher is now archived there, encased in glass, and the tin shed is open for pilgrims. (Photo: Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/32d85366-1a49-45c9-8bc7-b921b3741886/Baba%27s+Samadhi+June+1969+S+Ervin.jpg Story Blog - Meher Baba Asked for "Begin the Beguine" to Be Played When He Dropped His Body - Make it stand out THE SAMADHI (Tomb Shrine) of Avatar Meher Baba on Meherabad Hill, India, just months after Meher Baba dropped His physical form on January 31, 1969. Followers gather to pay their respect during the Great Darshan. (Photo: Sam Ervin, June 1969) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2015/1/191/ti-am-not-this-body monthly 0.5 2023-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1421700279169-VHNQLPQVQ2G6506LF9A4/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - "I am not this body." AVATAR MEHER BABA at Mahableshwar, India, painted by Charlie Mills. (Mills Studios) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2015/1/141/tagnes-baron monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1421346187319-H3NIV1V0I6C4KO0U0YE5/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Agnes Baron - A Short Biography AVATAR MEHER BABA with Agnes Baron at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1421346646247-204KSRPX6OERVQRHQ9OU/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Agnes Baron - A Short Biography AGNES BARON in the 1928 Antioch College yearbook Towers. She was on the crew for three different plays when she was a student. (Antioch College photo.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1421347282499-JQY9POP9IZTF4RHW7HMB/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Agnes Baron - A Short Biography AGNES BARON'S MENTOR Manmatha Chatterjee, author of Out of Confusion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1421346225726-KGNV8SHUHRQUXKT38FAG/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Agnes Baron - A Short Biography THE BUSINESS CARD for Agnes Baron when she was a journalist in Europe and the Middle East in the 1930s/1940s. (Document Scan). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1421347177458-VWU44H10RQI1IB2DSEJH/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Agnes Baron - A Short Biography HELPING EDIT Avatar by Jean Adriel was Agnes Baron's introduction to Meher Baba. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1421346293733-2M7VBIOUB13ANOCBZTOJ/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Agnes Baron - A Short Biography CARING FOR MEHER MOUNT was a Agnes' life work. She is pictured here (left) with Margaret Craske, a professional dancer and close disciple of Avatar Meher Baba. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1421347634459-A342BMX3Q8BR50RVL0S3/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Agnes Baron - A Short Biography AGNES BARON at Meher Mount having lunch with visitors on her front lawn. (Sam Ervin photo, late 1970s.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1421346341491-4LFMDKFGD9QLK74OCXOP/Agnes+Sam+Silence+Day+82+-+Cropped+in.jpg Story Blog - Agnes Baron - A Short Biography AGNES BARON writing instructions to Sam Ervin during a Silence Day "Work Party" at Meher Mount in the late 1970s. (Margaret Magnus photo.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2015/1/81/brown-brown-you-got-me-a-brown-car monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1420729424602-TF7T7THSCI0HR6QRH998/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - "Brown? Brown! You Got Me a Brown Car?" A 1973 Chevelle Malibu Station Wagon similar in appearance to the car given to Agnes Baron in the late 1970s/early 1980s. (Wikipedia.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1420742133813-G1GFJGF4326MEQ2TNPLH/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - "Brown? Brown! You Got Me a Brown Car?" THE WHITE TOYOTA station wagon that Agnes Baron (right) got for herself is in the background. Visiting Agnes are (left) Margaret Magnus and her daughter Stephanie Ervin. (Sam Ervin photo, 1985.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2015/1/51/where-will-you-look-for-me monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1420482960212-QT8TS779CSUQDTLAF40Y/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - "Where Will You Look for Me? I Am Hiding in Your Heart..." - Avatar Meher Baba A painting of Avatar Meher Baba by Charlie Mills. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2015/1/51/i-have-come-to-sow-the-seed-of-love-in-your-hearts monthly 0.5 2021-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1420478134566-VHBOX87UX6OE3H8W5IWF/Topa+Topa+%3D+Dec+2014+Buzz+Glasky.jpg Story Blog - "I have come to sow the seed of love in your hearts..." SUNSET on Winter Solstice Eve 2014 looking to the east from Meher Mount toward the Topa Topa Bluffs. This is Ojai's famous "pink moment" captured by Buzz Glasky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1420478392385-KORO25YZGIR6IG0IEHYS/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - "I have come to sow the seed of love in your hearts..." AVATAR MEHER BABA on the cover of the 1976 album With Love dedicated to Meher Baba featuring Pete Townshend and other musicians. (Wikipedia) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/12/1312/twinter-is-my-favorite-time-of-year-to-visit monthly 0.5 2021-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1418496839109-13H15W41HTBJ91NBH7R4/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Winter Is My Favorite Time of Year to Visit A VIEW FROM AVATAR'S POINT overlooking the Heritage Valley and Oxnard Plain and the Pacific Ocean. (Stephanie Ervin photo, January 2014.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1418496545217-P2I0MNBRR9EORY7JS3CS/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Winter Is My Favorite Time of Year to Visit BABA'S TREE in winter with the green meadows in the foreground. (Wayne Myers photo, February 2013.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/12/112/twhat-meher-mount-means-to-me monthly 0.5 2021-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1417474332274-CXRHY3LPN891XS3CCTLG/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - What Meher Mount Means to Me MEHER MOUNT VIEWS are always spectacular. This view looks toward the Pacific Ocean with the Channel Islands in the background. This picturesque scene was captured on Thanksgiving Day 2014. (Buzz Glasky photo.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/10/1410/td7reincarnation-and-meher-baba monthly 0.5 2021-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1413305991043-NT427YT9T0TXRB3OUV0E/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Reincarnation According to Avatar Meher Baba "The recurring incident of death is matched by the recurring incident of birth." - Avatar Meher Baba https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/68/tmanzil-e-meem-house-of-the-master monthly 0.5 2021-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407362998638-NTLSOSKVTFVFT3BI1LOD/Manzil-e-Meem+1922-1923.jpg Story Blog - The Early Ashram at Manzil-e-Meem THE MANZIL-E-MEEM disciples with Avatar Meher Baba (center with a white headscarf) in 1923. (Source: Meher Baba Travels website.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407348769122-9Q1K3HFXAVU5HHHRHGOP/Avatar+Meher+Baba+1922.jpg Story Blog - The Early Ashram at Manzil-e-Meem AVATAR MEHER BABA in 1922 during the Manzil-e-Meem days. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/9/49/twhat-was-it-like-to-be-with-meher-baba monthly 0.5 2021-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1409859127341-S7UEB3Q43Z9B4LOBY20S/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - What Was It Like to Be with Meher Baba? BILL LE PAGE saying farewell to Avatar Meher Baba in 1954 after the "Three Incredible Weeks" gathering in Meherabad, India. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/9/49/tlife-is-happy monthly 0.5 2024-06-29 https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/238/tthe-topa-topa-patio-takes-advantage-of-the-views monthly 0.5 2021-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1408888596007-LW4B61X95TYBKDD3L5UE/THE+TOPA+TOPA+BLUFFS+as+viewed+from+Meher+Mount.+%28Brad+Spurr+photo.%29 Story Blog - The Topa Topa Patio Takes Advantage of the Views THE TOPA TOPA BLUFFS as viewed from Meher Mount. (Brad Spurr photo.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1408888664668-TIDQJKWTPIW4NIZL1BU1/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Topa Topa Patio Takes Advantage of the Views THE 6,200-FOOT TOPA TOPA BLUFFS as seen from Meher Mount after a winter storm. (Brad Spurr photo.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1408891625045-3EZBZQ6I48CA7IG83GL7/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Topa Topa Patio Takes Advantage of the Views AN EARLY DRAWING of a workshop/garage with a roof-top patio. The concept was too expensive, but led to the idea of building a patio with views of the Topa Topa Bluffs. (Byron Pinckert conceptual drawing.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1408891685885-EH35524DE9UTCQSTAMRG/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Topa Topa Patio Takes Advantage of the Views THE TOPA TOPA PATIO is adjacent to the Workshop providing an ideal spot to take advantage of the views plus the practical consideration of storage and electricity provided by the Workshop. (Byron Pinckert conceptual drawing.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1408891018168-IF137XEG3PO24X47HW6P/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Topa Topa Patio Takes Advantage of the Views THE TOPA TOPA PATIO extends from the Workshop creating a visualy cohesive and practical set of structures that enhance the visitor's experience at Meher Mount. (Leslie Bridger photo, 2012.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1408910581893-QOW531ATXZAWQ0UW0XX5/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Topa Topa Patio Takes Advantage of the Views THE PATIO TRELLIS is painted the same color at the Workshop roof to visually unify the structures. (Leslie Bridger photo, April 2013.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1408890839000-0OHNG37A9AVMJBDTY5SG/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Topa Topa Patio Takes Advantage of the Views THE INDUSTRIAL SINK and counter top, salvaged from Amgen when it was moving its offices, fit perfectly into the design and use of the Topa Topa Patio. (Sam Ervin photo, 2012.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1408890060037-L8ZYLWT7AUSP364IIQF5/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Topa Topa Patio Takes Advantage of the Views THE MEHER MOUNT WORK APRON helped kick-off the campaign to raise funds fro the Topa Topa Patio. It had two large pockets, an adjustable neck strap, tie waist, and the Meher Mount logo silk-screened on the front. It was provided by a donor who assumed all the costs of the apron, including shipping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1408891260245-M9BRBIJC6IESD515LCRC/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Topa Topa Patio Takes Advantage of the Views CONSTRUCTION for the Topa Topa Patio finally gets underway in September 2012, more than four years after the initial plan was conceived the for the patio. (Leslie Bridger photo, 2012.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1408892163331-T7AFZEZYMX27ZV2U27FC/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Topa Topa Patio Takes Advantage of the Views MAJOR CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED on the Topa Topa Patio in December 2012. The Topa Topa Bluffs are in the background. (Leslie Bridger photo, 2012.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1408892965137-Z1H1EGW0LREIFMUSFMFV/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Topa Topa Patio Takes Advantage of the Views THE GUTTA BREAKFAST starts with breakfast and continues with the discussion of Avatar Meher Mount and His words and life. Hosted by Fred Stankus and Gigi Driessen, this was the first event on the newly completed patio. (Byron Pinckert, December 2012.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1408893295499-6I39B969Z49SJCE6YD3C/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Topa Topa Patio Takes Advantage of the Views DISCUSSING THE PLANS AND ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION are Sam Ervin (chair), Byron Pinckert (architect), Dusttin Paren (contractor), and Leslie Bridger (manager/caretaker). (Margaret Magnus photo, 2012.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/68/tavatar-meher-baba-is-part-of-ojai-art-exhibit monthly 0.5 2021-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407350118997-IXQQSE1V4R5K1YGMYNCT/Hologram+by+Mike+Saijo+-+Buzz+Glasky+photo+2014%2Cjpg Story Blog - A Hologram of Meher Baba in Ojai Art Exhibit A HOLOGRAM of Avatar Meher Baba created by artist Mike Saijo for the "We Are Spiritual Machines" exhibit at the Porch Gallery in Ojai, CA. (Buzz Glasky photo, 2014.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407350356439-31YIX0TD541WY9I0HJHJ/Exhibit+Description+by+Mike+Saijo+-+Buzz+Glasky+photo+2014.jpg Story Blog - A Hologram of Meher Baba in Ojai Art Exhibit A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF Avatar Meher Baba written by the artist Mike Saijo for the "We Are Spiritual Machines" exhibit at the Porch Gallery in Ojai. (Buzz Glasky photo, 2014.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2013/pull-of-destiny monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1502660693319-X1HG641O9GH02QTAQ4SO/image-asset.png Story Blog - Caretaker Transitions: The Pull of Destiny THREE SETS OF CARETAKERS (left to right) Ray Johnston (2002-2005, 2006-2010), Samantha and Leslie Bridger 2010-2013), Ginger and Buzz Glasky (2013-2017). (Photo: 2014) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1502728081709-BYFAKA4F62PW07YJ58EV/Leslie+Bridger+Working+on+Doors+-+2012+-+Rebecca+Bridger++WEB.jpg Story Blog - Caretaker Transitions: The Pull of Destiny LESLIE BRIDGER sanding the door and window frames in preparation for painting them. (Photo: Rebecca Bridger, 2012) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/98/ta-promise-fulfilled monthly 0.5 2024-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407682747350-AAA62XKS3M1JJYWUSBKJ/image-asset.png Story Blog - A Promise Fulfilled - Almost 50 Years Later URSULA REINHART in front of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India in the 1960s. (Ursula Reinhart photo.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407602172030-HFT8QZC61ZVD1F7TARGX/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - A Promise Fulfilled - Almost 50 Years Later URSULA REINHART and Board President Sam Ervin at the 2010 Anniversary Celebration at Meher Mount when she was the guest speaker. (Wayne Myers photo, 2010.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2013/boundary-dispute-settled monthly 0.5 2021-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407353283684-O027IN72288HW8CT099M/Agnes+Baba+Walking+at+Meher+Mount+-+1956+-+good+version.jpg Story Blog - Boundary Dispute Is Settled AGNES BARON, caretaker and co-founder, taking Avatar Meher Baba on a tour of Meher Mount property in Ojai, CA, on August 2, 1956. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1635603512290-6VE63YK22SV1VFI82GM2/Meher+Mount+-+Recorded+Survey+2008.JPG Story Blog - Boundary Dispute Is Settled - Make it stand out THE RECORD OF SURVEY of Meher Mount filed on March 31, 2008, with Ventura County. (Image: Meher Mount) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1504027682376-LFT6I9C278C1JV6W0PBB/Ventura+Superior+Courthouse.jpg Story Blog - Boundary Dispute Is Settled VENTURA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, Ventura, CA. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/58/tthe-woodpecker-residency-in-babas-tree monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1555294546359-DAJTG39YLJ8UBAQ7J6JN/Woodpecker+Hole+4+-+Eric+Turk+-+2013-+Baba%27s+Tree+-+WEB.jpg Story Blog - Woodpeckers in Residency in Baba’s Tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1555294575903-B76KOPR0EYH54GGPSGUX/Acorn+Woodpecker+3+-+Male.png Story Blog - Woodpeckers in Residency in Baba’s Tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1555294597989-LXPYRDAZJHF6TFW7H0PX/acorn_woodpecker_glamor_stephen_ramirez+-+All+about+Birds.jpg Story Blog - Woodpeckers in Residency in Baba’s Tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1555294507753-181TE3BXZ8OWMUZSFCIQ/Woodpecker+Hole+-+Eric+Turk+-+2013+-+Baba%27s+Tree.png Story Blog - Woodpeckers in Residency in Baba’s Tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1555294532471-MWGNOUK0EGGEKXZ9FT0U/Woodpecker+Hole+2+-+Eric%2BTurk+-+2013+-+Baba%27s+Tree.png Story Blog - Woodpeckers in Residency in Baba’s Tree https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/58/tbabas-tree-on-babas-birthday monthly 0.5 2022-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407264065176-PC36QV0FFBAKKDUAZCN8/Baba%27s+Tree+Feb+25+2013+-+Eric+Turk.jpg Story Blog - "An infinite number of branches spread out from me." - Avatar Meher Baba THE BRANCHES of Baba's Tree at Meher Mount on His birthday, February 25, 2013. (Eric Turk photo, 2013.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/58/tmeher-babas-comments-on-americas-spiritual-potential monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407290385491-PR86F9IL5T6WYTT968FP/Charcoal+Drawing+of+Meher+Baba+by+Diana+Le+Page.jpg Story Blog - Meher Baba's Comments on America's Spiritual Potential AVATAR MEHER BABA in a charcoal drawing by artist Diana Le Page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407290488014-BT5QL7Z69R7I6T1SQ9K3/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Meher Baba's Comments on America's Spiritual Potential MAHATMA GANDHI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407290524119-5SSJZK66AVB7DTL5IZJP/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Meher Baba's Comments on America's Spiritual Potential THE CEYLON OBSERVER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407290568156-KPC7J6PP3FKXH97GHTVW/Toni+Rothbert.jpg Story Blog - Meher Baba's Comments on America's Spiritual Potential TONI ROOTHBERT https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/58/tmeher-baba-at-meher-mount-a-will-david-painting monthly 0.5 2023-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407289158327-XS173IWG5TIZI6C3IMYO/Will+David+Painting+of+Meher+Baba+at+Meher+Mount+1996.jpg Story Blog - Will David's Painting of Meher Baba at Meher Mount https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/88/tguests-are-engulfed-by-the-clouds monthly 0.5 2021-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1631481152854-S6RZI0B1M8CSQMMFQJBH/In+the+Clouds+-+Wheel+-+Instagram+-+Apr+2013+-+Steph+Ervin+%282%29.jpg Story Blog - Guests Are Engulfed in the Clouds - Make it stand out A PICTURESQUE PIECE of old farm equipment at Meher Mount. (Photo: Stephanie Ervin, 2013) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1631480100816-13SG0TSM7YPTYHF1N8SI/In+the+Clouds+-+Meher+Mount+-+Stephanie+Ervin Story Blog - Guests Are Engulfed in the Clouds - Make it stand out THE TRUNK of a fallen Coast Live Oak at Meher Mount. (Photo: Stephanie Ervin, 2013) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1631480172382-U3GRWSLW6OZK0FJNMUFC/In+the+Clouds+-+Tree+-+Apr+2013+-+Steph+Ervin.jpg Story Blog - Guests Are Engulfed in the Clouds - Make it stand out CLOUDS surrounding an avocado tree at Meher Mount. (Photo: Stephanie Ervin, 2013) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1631480256386-BLMJKXR7TFEK448PRBVP/In+the+Clouds+-+Bird+Feeder+-+Meher+Mount+-+Apr+2013+-+Steph+Ervin.jpg Story Blog - Guests Are Engulfed in the Clouds - Make it stand out THE BIRD FEEDERS at Meher Mount. (Photo: Stephanie Ervin, 2013) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1631480454364-Y42AO38E6Y9CF9CLH0RU/In+the+Clouds+-+Baba%27s+Tree+-Meher+Mount+-+Apr+2013+-+Steph+Ervin.jpg Story Blog - Guests Are Engulfed in the Clouds - Make it stand out LOOKING UP inside Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount. (Photo: Stephanie Ervin, 2013) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1631481017421-MHXDL2E2WWDGFWKDYAZS/In+the+Clouds+-+Baba%27s+Tree+with+People+-+April+2013+-+Steph+Ervin.jpg Story Blog - Guests Are Engulfed in the Clouds - Make it stand out TAKING A MOMENT under the canopy of Baba’s Tree. (Photo: Stephanie Ervin, April 2013) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1631481106902-97QU5J0VQCNVZZ02OPLQ/In+the+Clouds+-+Visitor+Center+-+Apr+2013+-+Steph+Ervin.jpg Story Blog - Guests Are Engulfed in the Clouds - Make it stand out THE VISITOR CENTER in the clouds. (Photo: Stephanie Ervin, April 2013) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/68/tprogress-in-eliminating-yellow-starthistle monthly 0.5 2021-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407352831424-YF1WRMOCFVQC10S8OU5G/Work+Group+7-7-12+-+Bridger+photo+WEB.jpg Story Blog - Progress in Eliminating Yellow Starthistle YELLOW STARTHISTLE WORK PARTY in July 2012. (Back row:) Margaret Magnus, Eric Turk, Dusttin Paren. (Front Row:) Ian Dibble, Michelle Choug, Sam Ervin, Josh McGill. Not pictured are Samantha Bridger and Leslie Bridger. (Leslie Bridger photo, 2012.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1445627682678-RGOQ5OE76OXCTKOK70GS/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Progress in Eliminating Yellow Starthistle DUSTTIN PAREN arrived early and tackled the Yellow Starthistle removal with gusto. (Photo: Leslie Bridger, 2012) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1445627725222-9F2B6MNZ4HRVYZGVLNW7/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Progress in Eliminating Yellow Starthistle MICHELLE CHOUG filled barrels with Yellow Starthistle plants. (Photo: Leslie Bridger, 2012) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1445627775370-IH6QG33AOTB6M2DHCGND/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Progress in Eliminating Yellow Starthistle IAN DIBBLE taking a just-emptied trash can back down the hill for more weed pulling of the invasive Yellow Starthistle. (Photo: Leslie Bridger, 2012) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1445627832786-T0R2R8ZIVDUZIJ13IWOD/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Progress in Eliminating Yellow Starthistle MANAGER/CARETAKER Leslie Bridger feeling a sense of accomplishment for the day's work in removing Yellow Stathistle. (Photo: Samantha Bridger, 2012) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1445627870398-ZJO4CMUGF3W26ANQD40R/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Progress in Eliminating Yellow Starthistle MARGARET MAGNUS is sitting down on the job (to avoid too much stooping) and Sam Ervin is showing the fruits of his labor in removing Yellow Starthistle. (Photo: Leslie Bridger, 2012) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1445627909892-9QJG3T22VYI7JX367Y1Y/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Progress in Eliminating Yellow Starthistle ERIC TURK has filled another barrel with Yellow Starthistle plants he removed from along the Well Road. (Photo: Leslie Bridger, 2012) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1445628393727-4O69XPCD6T6NRTBJC1GZ/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Progress in Eliminating Yellow Starthistle TAKING A LUNCH BREAK in the Workshop out of the July sun after working all morning on removing Yellow Starthistle. (Left to right): Margaret Magnus, Dusttin Paren, Sam Ervin, Michelle Choug, Josh McGill, Ian Dibble, and Samantha Bridger. (Photo: Leslie Bridger, 2012) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/88/tthe-workshop-the-need-for-a-master-plan monthly 0.5 2021-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407515560992-SMNOHTV4UGKGPLGIXMKH/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Workshop - The Need for a Master Plan PLANNING DISCUSSIONS for the proposed Workshop. (Left to right): Glenn Russ, Elizabeth Arnold (Manager/Caretaker), Ray Johnston (Manager/Caretaker), Byron Pinckert, Sam Ervin (Board President), Margaret Magnus (Board Secretayr), and Jamshid Ebrahimzadeh (Board Members). (Nancy Pinckert photo, 2007.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407943040150-YULETCIPGWK19YFXUIQH/Planning+Group Story Blog - The Workshop - The Need for a Master Plan AFTER ONE OF MANY PLANNING SESSIONS, a group gathers around Baba's Chimney. Pictured in the back row: Marko Swearingen, Ken Pellman, Ron Holsey (Board Members), Mike Markely, Ray Johnston (Manager/Caretaker), Elizabeth Arnold (Manager/Caretaker), Sam Ervin (Board President), Bing Heckman (Board Members). Front row: David McNeely, Kanji Miayo, Jim Whiston (Board Member), Margaret Magnus (Board Secretary), Nancy Pinckert, and Byron Pinckert. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/78/tthe-workshop-a-new-tractor-sets-the-planning-in-motion-NEsIX monthly 0.5 2021-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407465053158-ZYT07RQG48926ALM08PU/The+Kubota+Tractor+-+Ray+Johnston+photo Story Blog - The Workshop - It All Started with a New Tractor THE KUBOTA TRACTOR and its three major implements created the ability to do more in less time. (Photo: Ray Johnston, 2007) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1632089222594-UW002OZ4BJWNQ23A8Y5G/Original+Farmhouse+Garage.jpg Story Blog - The Workshop - It All Started with a New Tractor THE ORIGINAL FARMHOUSE AND WORKSHOP on the property. This is the site of the new Workshop completed in 2012. (Archive photo, possibly 1950s.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1632089018238-WZJAM1517N6VOE3F821R/Old+Garage+Barn.jpg Story Blog - The Workshop - It All Started with a New Tractor - Make it stand out THE REMAINS OF THE FARMHOUSE and workshop after the October 14, 1985 New Life Fire. This is the site of the new Workshop completed in 2012. (Sam Ervin photo, October 1985.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1632088438674-7QDYZAZWCL95XQT88749/Temporary+Workshop+-+David+McNeely+Photo+2008.JPG Story Blog - The Workshop - It All Started with a New Tractor - Make it stand out THE ‘TEMPORARY’ WORKSHOP built in 1985 with found materials. There were subsequent repairs and a door replacement in later years. (David McNeely photo, 2008.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1632088675918-A379HUMPNV9NNPPXZ1OF/Temporary+Workshop+-+2010+-+Margaret+Magnus+2.JPG Story Blog - The Workshop - It All Started with a New Tractor - Make it stand out THE DOWNHILL SIDE of the ‘temporary’ workshop built in 1985. A side "porch" addition had been slightly upgraded to provide a pottery workshop for Caretaker Lilly Weichberger in 2005. (Margaret Magnus photo, 2010.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1632089663917-NGXHA0FRRHJPFOSMOUW0/Conceptual+Drawing+1+-+Byron+Pinckert.jpg Story Blog - The Workshop - It All Started with a New Tractor - Make it stand out THE CONCEPTUAL DRAWING of the Workshop and the Topa Topa Patio. (Designer: Byron Pinckert, 2012) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1632091574882-5LAR95ZMLUI24MX3HVS1/Laying+the+Foundation+7+-+Leslie+Bridger+-+March+2011.JPG Story Blog - The Workshop - It All Started with a New Tractor - Make it stand out LAYING THE FOUNDATION for the new workshop and setting up the concrete block walls with rebar. (Photo: Leslie Bridger, 2012) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1632090204857-CJGR7NDKQDA8TOHIOZJB/Concrete+Blocks+-+Jan+2011+-+Leslie+Bridger.jpg Story Blog - The Workshop - It All Started with a New Tractor - Make it stand out DEMOLITION starts with the foundation of the farmhouse and garage that existed when the property was purchased in 1946. (Photo: Leslie Bridger, 2011) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1632091634589-YR49WDZUOOCU6Q150296/Workshop+-+2013+-+Rebecca+Bridger.jpg Story Blog - The Workshop - It All Started with a New Tractor - Make it stand out THE COMPLETED WORKSHOP made of scored, split-face concrete and steel roof to meet the requirements of a ‘fireproof’ garage for the new tractor. (Photo: Rebecca Bridger, 2013) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1632091860994-W1RAAMC7JQYZL025LEMY/DSC00270.JPG Story Blog - The Workshop - It All Started with a New Tractor - Make it stand out BOARD PRESIDENT Sam Ervin cutting the ribbon to honor the official completion of the Workshop at the 2012 celebration of the anniversary of Avatar Meher Baba’s visit to Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. (Photo: Nancy Pinckert) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1632089372022-AGRY6U1O3ARTQWT6NNJI/Workbench+-+Leslie+Bridger+-+7-+2012+-+Samantha+Bridger.jpg Story Blog - The Workshop - It All Started with a New Tractor CARETAKER LESLIE BRIDGER is thrilled with the new work table donated for the Workshop. (Photo: Samantha Bridger, 2012 https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2012/206/taustralian-paints-meher-baustralian-paints-babas-visit-to-meher-mount monthly 0.5 2023-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1466440347658-W8DNKYFX8GMHCJO26L6S/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Australian Paints Meher Baba's Visit to Meher Mount AVATAR MEHER BABA at Meher Mount with Eruch Jessawala and Agnes Baron. Painted in 2000 by Karl Gallagher (1943-2016). (c)2009 https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2016/master-plan-adopted monthly 0.5 2021-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1482352236046-WYHW3OUV2QK0SQK8WWGK/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Master Plan Is Adopted ONE OF MANY long-range planning discussions. Pariticipants (left to right): Kanji Miyao; Ray Johnston (Manager/Caretaker); Elizabeth Arnold (Manager/Caretaker); Byron Pinckert (Volunteer Consulting Architect); Ron Holsey (Board Member); Jim Auster (Board Member); Ellie Azhang (hidden); Jamshid Ebrahimzadeh (Board Member); Sam Ervin (Board President); Nancy Pinckert (Volunteer Graphic Designer); and Jim Whitson (Board Member). (Photo: Margaret Magnus, 2008) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1482353070725-F1P7EBAMPU9E4GBG1PYM/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Master Plan Is Adopted PARTICIPANTS IN THE PLANNING PROCESS are gathered around the chimney after a meeting. (Back row left to right) Marko Swearingen; Ken Pellman; Ron Holsey (Board Member); Michael Markley (Volunteer Legal Adviser); Ray Johnston (Manager/Caretaker); Elizabeth Arnold (Manager/Caretaker); Sam Ervin (Board President); Bing Heckman (Board Member). (Front row left to right) David McNeely; Kanji Miyao; Jim Whitson (Board Member); Margaret Magnus (Board Secretary); Nancy Pinckert (Volunteer Graphic Designer); and Byron Pinckert (Volunteer Consulting Architect). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1482351930555-38M6YF4F8MW6A0RXZVIU/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Master Plan Is Adopted THE 2004 COMMUNITY MEETING kicks off the master planning process at Meher Mount. Pictured are: Payam Ajang Russ, Glenn Russ, Fred Stankus, Len Ceder (former Manager/Caretaker), Suhas Ginde, Kebi Brown, Missy Choi, Rose Choi and Kanji Miyao. (Photo. Sam Ervin, 2004) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1482352739810-Y6HMR23Z6A2WDU6WHVVR/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Master Plan Is Adopted THE ONGOING MASTER PLAN DISCUSSION. Pictured are (left to right): Tom Dortch (Volunteer Management Consultant); Jim Auster (Board Member); and Deborah Dortch (Volunteer Management Consultant). (Photo: Sam Ervin, 2004) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1482352942954-D7ROKUL6NXSJIEG11OGV/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Master Plan Is Adopted WALKING THE PROPERTY are (left to right): Glenn Russ; Elizabeth Arnold (Manager/Caretaker); Ray Johnston (Manager/Caretaker); Byron Pinckert (Volunteer Consulting Architect); Sam Ervin (Board President); Margaret Magnus (Board Secretary); and Jamshid Ebrahimzadeh (Board Member). (Photo: Nancy Pinckert, 2007) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/58/tcuts-scrapes-bruises monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407288047996-474Y82XT8B8C9FSU3CL3/Agnes+Baron+late+1970s+-+Sam+Ervin.jpg Story Blog - Cuts, Scrapes & Bruises AGNES BARON in the late 1970s on a summer day sitting in front of the main house where she lived. (Sam Ervin photo, 1970s.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/58/ta-few-moments-of-respite-under-babas-tree monthly 0.5 2023-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407287753875-ZLIDHLI2G7VA55O5WGK0/Welcome+Sign+at+Gate+-+2009+Margaret+Magnus.jpg Story Blog - A Few Moments of Respite Under Baba's Tree https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/58/tthat-cathedral-tree monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407287024809-X3DAFNQC12SXNQ12O02A/Under+Baba%27s+Tree+-+Laurent+Weichberger+2005.jpg Story Blog - That Cathedral Tree THAT CATHEDRAL TREE is Baba's Tree at Meher Mount. (Laurent Weichberger photo, 2005.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2017/calling-answered monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1502997403019-13L39PIEZBF6WT0HJKUZ/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - A Calling Answered SAMANTHA & LESLIE BRIDGER under Baba's Tree at Meher Mount, 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1502997561798-066R5LH6N4MPEHIJ51G5/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - A Calling Answered SAM ERVIN, SAMANTHA BRIDGER & LESLIE BRIDGER on the porch of the Visitor Center/Caretaker Quarters at Meher Mount. (Photo: Wayne Myers, 2010) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1502997855469-L05CK69LSLHK0O4HKD9M/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - A Calling Answered A SIGN AT THE GATEWAY made by Manager/Caretaker Leslie Bridger. (Photo: Leslie Bridger, 2012) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2011/summer-song monthly 0.5 2021-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1429367407775-FRXC3C4GM72T8NCUGZJ7/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - "Summer Song" SUMMERTIME AT MEHER MOUNT with a view of the Topa Topa Bluffs. (Leslie Bridger photo, June 2011.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/58/tcelebrating-the-rhythm-of-nature monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407282435191-N79LDOK6HWTNS2FWQ3SA/Rattlesnake+at+Meher+Mount+2009+-+Ray+Johnston.jpg Story Blog - Celebrating the Rhythm of Nature A RATTLESNAKE at Meher Mount is not uncommon in this semi-wilderness area. (Ray Johnston photo, 2009.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2011/april-poppies monthly 0.5 2021-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1429365191795-4YZ6XUS12H9HT866VTLS/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - "April Poppies" A FIELD OF CALIFORNIA POPPIES in the meadow on the way to Baba's Tree at Meher Mount. (Leslie Bridger photo, April 2011.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/38/tf8ws1w3kp90mspqp1tw577ovc0i3l9 monthly 0.5 2021-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407106162611-WL7A9VRW0NTD6IX1ZNJ9/Aerial+View+for+Web.JPG Story Blog - Visitors Are Inexplicably Drawn to Meher Mount AN AERIAL VIEW of Meher Mount. (Photo courtesy of Ray Johnston.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407106267377-2ORH1F2YKE28YSH1V4ZS/Meadow+to+Baba%27s+Tree+2013+Wayne+Myers.jpg Story Blog - Visitors Are Inexplicably Drawn to Meher Mount THE MEADOW between the Visitor Center and Baba's Tree. (Wayne Myers photo, 2013.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407105833694-D16Z5WYFMHAGBL0HTRBA/Tarantula+Ray+Johnston.jpg Story Blog - Visitors Are Inexplicably Drawn to Meher Mount TARANTULAS MIGRATE on a route that passes through Meher Mount across the Visitor Center patio. (Ray Johnston photo.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/58/tthe-911-call monthly 0.5 2021-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407277283418-39FFEBEM54AGMHODSNFI/Weichberger+Family+2006.jpg Story Blog - The 911 Call CARETAKERS Laurent and Lilly Weichberger with their daughter Aspen. They lived at Meher Mount from 2005 to 2006. (Photo courtesy Laurent Weichberger.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/58/tmeher-mount-and-theilhard-de-chardin monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407357538188-JXK1OR4CEDQB7F27D1N3/Pierre+Teilhard+de+Chardin Story Blog - Could I Give Agnes Baron's Friend a Ride to Meher Mount? Pierre Teilhard de Chardin https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/38/tkeeping-agnes-company-while-others-cleanup-fire-debris monthly 0.5 2021-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407107394693-PZSE69SJDKB9WE1VW84V/Meher+Mount+after+Fire+Sam+Ervin+1985.jpg Story Blog - Keeping Agnes Company While Others Cleanup After the Fire TWO CHIMNEYS remain standing after the October 14, 1985, New Life Fire destroyed all the buildings at Meher Mount. (Sam Ervin photo, 1985.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/38/trx5jkzlq4o6yt1rdu0mwglvtz2g8w3 monthly 0.5 2021-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407107882845-BZKJ342SWC98W8E9QPD9/Burned+Woody+Sam+Ervin+1985.jpg Story Blog - Will You Allow Meher Baba to Burn You Out? THE BURNED OUT "WOODY" station wagon after the 1985 New Life Fire. Avatar Meher Baba rode in this car when He visited Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. (Sam Ervin photo, 1985.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407108122352-YVJPC0ROAP7W50LNTWXU/Agnes+Baron+1985+-+Sam+Ervin.jpg Story Blog - Will You Allow Meher Baba to Burn You Out? AGNES BARON the Christmas after the New Life Fire on October 14, 1985. (Sam Ervin photo, 1985.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/7/297/tencounters-of-the-animal-kind-the-mountain-lion monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1406654697273-XGFWONHSBE4W93Z8WUSR/Mountain+Lion+-+Geoffrey+Kucherea+Dramstime.com.jpg Story Blog - Encounters of the Animal Kind - The Mountain Lion MOUNTAIN LIONS, also known as California Cougars, make the mountains in Southern California home. (Photo: (c) Geoffrey Kuchera, Dreamstime.com. Used with permission.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/7/297/tencounters-of-the-animal-kind-the-fox monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1406654059101-Z7LNJS5BUDQM7XTTQKMD/Fox+-+FreeDigitalPhotos.jpg Story Blog - Encounters of the Animal Kind - The Fox WILD ANIMALS also call Meher Mount home. (FreeDigitalPhotos.net) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/7/297/tencounters-of-the-animal-kind-the-owl monthly 0.5 2021-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1406653566306-W5Z04FRGFTJW1SR6FE8F/Barn+Owl+-+Free+Digital+Photos.jpg Story Blog - Encounters of the Bird Kind - The Owl A BARN OWL is among a number of owls seen in the Ojai Valley area. (Liz Noffsinger/FreeDigitalPhotos.net) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/7/277/tkklwpwueuut9s654cq8st7acn27ilh monthly 0.5 2021-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1406476027374-FLCDCIYJD8YACNBHMCLN/Heart+Gate+-+2010+Leslie+Bridger+photo.jpg Story Blog - The Heart Gate - Years Earlier THE HEART GATE marks the entryway to Meher Mount. It was donated in November2003 by a long-time neighbor. (Leslie Bridger photo, 2010.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1521765367194-UJWHL4T99XDEN2TTS3JY/Scan+of+Heart+Gate+-+November+2003+%28002%29.jpg Story Blog - The Heart Gate - Years Earlier THE HEART GATE when it was installed in November 2003. (Photos: Ray Johnston) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/7/277/twhat-the-hawk-saw monthly 0.5 2023-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1491178882192-VQO0Q07WZPVV7KTVZHCL/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - "With far seeing eyes the hawk slides up the wind..." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1406475273124-R07TLDOIMVE6U0DDUZ8N/Sam+reading+poem+Myers+2010.JPG Story Blog - "With far seeing eyes the hawk slides up the wind..." SAM ERVIN shares his poem, "Meher Baba, the Tree, and the Hawk," at the 2010 Anniversary Celebration of Avatar Meher Baba's 1956 visit. (Wayne Myers photo.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/7/297/tmeher-mount-inspires-young-poet monthly 0.5 2021-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1406651633083-CXAW5QMNY5AWJVY67QF3/Weichberger+Family+2005+-+Weichberger+photo.jpg Story Blog - Meher Mount Inspires Young Poet LILLY, LAURENT & ASPEN WEICHBERGER. Aspen, then 10-years-old, adapted very quickly to life on the mountain and wrote these poems to Avatar Meher Baba and Meher Mount. (Weichberger photo, 2005.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/7/277/tan-adventure-at-the-well monthly 0.5 2021-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1406472473473-1TWRSYJZ4ULT42R0G3Y0/Agnes+Baron+1985+-+M+Magnus+photo.jpg Story Blog - An Adventure at the Well AGNES BARON with Charles Christian, Rusty Bostwick, Bob Hazard, and Sam Ervin in 1985, long after the well incident. (Margaret Magnus photo.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1480970557596-DDVBDVH46MW5C6ODKHC9/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - An Adventure at the Well THE CANYON at Meher Mount where the well head is located. (Photo: Sam Ervin, 2016) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407596010425-GLIQC1KSIEVLEBEPIDZC/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - An Adventure at the Well THE TRACTOR AGNES USED during the well adventure. Agnes Baron is discussing the working condition of the tractor in 1978 with a visitor. (Sam Ervin photo, 1978.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/7/277/tthe-well-an-unmet-challenge monthly 0.5 2021-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1406473882131-J6ZC1EMWLWJCTOET27Y8/Agnes+Baron+Kitchen+Late+1970s+-+Margaret+Magnus+photo.jpg Story Blog - The Well - To the Rescue AGNES BARON in her kitchen at the Meher Mount in 1978 before all the buildings were destroyed by the 1985 New Life" Fire. (Margaret Magnus photo.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2010/being-caretakers-is-a-calling monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1502723640361-LWYVMHQ51OA2C2QA1T0O/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Being Caretakers at Meher Mount Is a Calling THE RIDE-ON MOWER, purchased in 2003, is still used by the Manager/Caretakers. (Photo: Buzz Glasky, 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1502723784061-B84IGQLS9GFALMDJIP4L/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Being Caretakers at Meher Mount Is a Calling MEHER MOUNT is part of the Ojai Valley Museum exhibit the "Essence of Ojai" featuring five spiritual centers in the area. It was organized by Fred Kidder. (Photo: Ray Johnston) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1502724033595-WV4E7P7FBCWE3E62ECGK/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Being Caretakers at Meher Mount Is a Calling NOT ALL WILDLIFE are in Africa. There's a bobcat that regularly makes an early morning visit to Meher Mount. (Ray Johnston photo.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1502724137173-6B19QLJDOSP2LK07BF4N/Meher+Mount+equipment-2.jpg Story Blog - Being Caretakers at Meher Mount Is a Calling THE INDISPENSIBLE TRACTOR with four different detachable implements ushered in a new era of Manager/Caretaker capabilities and responsibilities. (Photo: Sam Ervin, 2013) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1502724377955-ATA7JA3BSOE0V1LI03XB/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Being Caretakers at Meher Mount Is a Calling A LONG-RANGE PLANNING DISCUSSION in 2004. (Left to right) Elizabeth Arnold, Manager/Caretaker; Ray Johnston, Manager/Caretaker; Jamshed Ebrahimzadeh, Board Member; and Bing Heckman, Board Member. (Photo: Sam Ervin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1502724648294-6BM1RXPHG44ZMD5YQQPB/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Being Caretakers at Meher Mount Is a Calling RAY JOHNSTON (center) points out the location of the corner post to Margaret Magnus (left) and Elizabeth Arnold (right) which Meher Baba had asked Agnes Baron about. (Sam Ervin photo.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1502724952898-SYHSZEFVX5JHFHQGJKYG/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Being Caretakers at Meher Mount Is a Calling ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD at Meher Mount. (Photo: Ray Johnston) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1502725234530-ZO62FNSKES2TUH4QOXFE/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Being Caretakers at Meher Mount Is a Calling RAY JOHNSTON & ELIZABETH ARNOLD (standing) share a pleasant moment with guests Diana and Bill Le Page who are visiting from Australia for a tea and talk. (Photo: Sam Ervin, 2017) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/68/toak-grove-school-students-share-their-view-of-meher-mount monthly 0.5 2022-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/6b78068b-f05b-4670-8153-3da276312c7b/7+Sep+2009+Ervin.JPG Story Blog - Oak Grove Students Visit Meher Mount HEART STONE under Baba’s Tree at Meher Mount. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, 2009.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/228/tthe-audubon-society-goes-birdwatching-at-meher-mount monthly 0.5 2021-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1408761499123-DNL6ILO0WQTG7GZX60LJ/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Audubon Society Goes Bird Watching at Meher Mount THE AUDUBON SOCIETY visits Meher Mount on April 11, 2009, to enjoy bird watching in this semi-wilderness area. (Ray Johnston photo, 2009.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1408761658167-UO809NVC7H21Z4UR674B/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - The Audubon Society Goes Bird Watching at Meher Mount HAWKS AND VULTURES fly in the sky over Meher Mount. A bird watcher catches these birds in flight. (Sam Ervin photo, 2009.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/58/tan-answer-to-meher-babas-question monthly 0.5 2021-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407257896453-4Y48PATSHZ2F62AKXNQZ/Meher+Baba+at+Meher+Mount+1956+-+Adele+Wolkin.jpg Story Blog - An Answer to Meher Baba's Question AVATAR MEHER BABA taking a tour of the Meher Mount property on August 2, 1956, with caretaker Agnes Baron and close disciple Eruch Jessawalls. Meher Baba asked about boundaries, particularly the southeast corner. (Adele Wolkin photo, 1956.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407258254409-MQR6WUEHNZL7BKB7K4MV/Look+at+the+southeast+corner+2008+-+Sam+Ervin.jpg Story Blog - An Answer to Meher Baba's Question LOOKING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST CORNER of the property are Margaret Magnus (left) with Manager/Caretakers Ray Johnston and Elizabeth Arnold. (Sam Ervin photo, 2008.) https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2014/8/58/tthe-meher-mount-logo monthly 0.5 2025-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407262493389-8A2SC37VAA3NM76MJRA3/Meher+Mount+Logo+2008.jpg Story Blog - The Symbolism of the Meher Mount Logo https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2017/opportunity-to-serve monthly 0.5 2021-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1502999204774-FOAWB9T4EZ9ZW7VTYB0Q/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - An Opportunity to Serve Meher Baba LILLY, LAURENT & ASPEN WEICHBERGER who served as Manager/Caretakers at Meher Mount from 2005-2006. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1589380679980-PHX0RZ3K370ZQX37VH2R/Meher+Mount+Sign+-+Compressed.jpg Story Blog - An Opportunity to Serve Meher Baba SIGN at the entrance to Meher Mount, 9902 Sulphur Mountain Road, Ojai, CA. https://www.mehermount.org/story-blog/2003/new-caretakers monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1502731143485-MMVHL3APSENQQI9RS8NP/image-asset.jpeg Story Blog - Meet the New Caretakers at Meher Mount ELIZABETH ARNOLD & RAY JOHNSTON at Meher Mount in 2003. 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(Photo: Anne Giles, 1970s) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2026/meher-babas-birthday-open-house monthly 0.5 2026-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1580309997646-0IUB2U56CNGCFPYOV5VD/Birthday+1958+WEB.jpg Events - Meher Baba's Birthday Open House 2026 THE 1958 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION for Avatar Meher Baba at the Meher Spiritual Center in Myrtle Beach, SC. Meher Baba (center) is flanked by close disciples Kitty Davy (left) and Eruch Jessawala (right). https://www.mehermount.org/events/2025/tree-of-fire-mpr-india monthly 0.5 2026-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/c5646432-44cd-4cc7-8c2c-a5efd81a153e/Meherabad+India.png Events - Tree of Fire - Screening in Meherabad, India - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2025/tree-of-fire-festival-wrtiy monthly 0.5 2025-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/af9c5455-653a-49f1-8441-14415b551189/OFFICIAL+SELECTION+2025+-+COLOR+-+WRTIY.png Events - Tree of Fire - We Regret to Inform You Film Festival - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2026/amartithi-open-house monthly 0.5 2026-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1723660935217-B94S5N1U2B6NF0KLLAJG/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Flowers+1+-+Wayne+Myers.jpg Events - Amartithi Open House 2026 AVATAR MEHER BABA. Photo and flowers at the heart rock under Baba’s Tree. (Photo: Wayne Myers) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2025/anniversary-sahavas monthly 0.5 2025-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/959a72d9-36f2-4780-ba0c-f7b8dc8eedf7/WEB+AMB+1956+-+Eruch+Jessawala%2C+Meher+Baba%2C+Agnes+Baron.jpg Events - Special Screening "Tree of Fire" at the 2025 Anniversary Sahavas AVATAR MEHER BABA (center, blue coat) at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. Co-founder and lifetime caretaker Agnes Baron is taking Him on a tour of the property. (Photo: Darwin Shaw (c) Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/27ee5f1e-0550-43fa-b707-3abccebf9449/Bowl+by+Darrel+Wilson+-++Honorable+Mention+Ventura+County+Fair.jpg.png Events - Special Screening "Tree of Fire" at the 2025 Anniversary Sahavas - Make it stand out DECORATIVE BOWL made from Baba’s Tree wood by Darrel Wilson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1516076175971-U5VVI2DR4UCKRAOWFQ0I/Baba%27s+Tree+Side+2010+Myers.JPG Events - Special Screening "Tree of Fire" at the 2025 Anniversary Sahavas - Make it stand out BABA’S TREE at Meher Mount before the 2017 Thomas Fire. The film Tree of Fire traces the journey of Baba’s Tree through two fires. It is a heartfelt story of loss, survival, and spiritual connection. Come for the special preview on August 2, 2025. (Photo: Wayne Myers) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2026/darshan-courtyard-dedication monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/ef094698-d38e-45ef-948f-398e0c7cd3c1/Agnes+Baron+%26+Meher+Baba+-+Use.jpg Events - Darshan Courtyard Dedication - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA in the Baba Room at Meher Mount in 1956. Seated next to Him is Meher Mount co-founder and lifetime caretaker, Agnes Baron. This room burned to the ground in 1985. The Darshan Courtyard is in this space. The year 1956 is the 70th anniversary of Meher Baba’s visit to America including His time at Meher Mount https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/d771d9a6-e94a-4204-8d66-a34050d7dd88/MMnt-DarshanCourtyard-20251218%28Nancy+Pinckert%29+%281%29.jpg Events - Darshan Courtyard Dedication - Make it stand out THE DARSHAN COURTYARD at Meher Mount. Avatar Meher Baba gave darshan (the grace of seeing the Divine) in this space 70 years ago in 1956. (Photo: Nancy Pinckert, December 2025) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/158f3efd-7bff-41b2-8a01-9047f55b425e/Darshan+Courtyard+-+Deer+-+August+2025+-+Ray+Johnston.jpg Events - Darshan Courtyard Dedication - Make it stand out THE DEER are noting the information on the temporary sign explaining the courtyard and should be ready to answer your questions. Please plan to attend the Darshan Courtyard Dedication on Saturday, March 28, 2026. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2025/silence-day-open-house monthly 0.5 2026-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/0bcc544b-97d5-4bae-a869-5be84cb10412/6-635R-MSI+-+1950+-+Padri+cropped.jpg Events - Silence Day Open House 2025 AVATAR MEHER BABA using the alphabet board to communicate with His followers. July 10, 2025 is the 100th anniversary of Meher Baba’s silence. (Photo: Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://www.mehermount.org/events/agnes-baron-program monthly 0.5 2025-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634505435930-K2UYPGGRVHYNTS04RTVB/Agnes+Sam+Silence+Day+82+-+Cropped+in.jpg Events - Remembrance of Agnes Baron - Stories from Her Life - Make it stand out AGNES BARON explaining to Sam Ervin what work she wants him to do at Meher Mount on Silence Day, July 10, 1982. (Photo: Margaret Magnus) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2025/meher-babas-birthday-open-house monthly 0.5 2025-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1580309997646-0IUB2U56CNGCFPYOV5VD/Birthday+1958+WEB.jpg Events - Meher Baba's Birthday Open House 2025 THE 1958 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION for Avatar Meher Baba at the Meher Spiritual Center in Myrtle Beach, SC. Meher Baba (center) is flanked by close disciples Kitty Davy (left) and Eruch Jessawala (right). https://www.mehermount.org/events/2025/amartithi-open-house monthly 0.5 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1723660935217-B94S5N1U2B6NF0KLLAJG/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Flowers+1+-+Wayne+Myers.jpg Events - Amartithi Open House 2025 AVATAR MEHER BABA. Photo and flowers at the heart rock under Baba’s Tree. (Photo: Wayne Myers) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/ad789292-19ba-457f-802a-fa7894977ecf/Peter+Nordeen.jpg Events - Amartithi Open House 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2025-darshan-courtyard-groundbreaking monthly 0.5 2024-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1727961470224-B3FQZY5MT8QHC5OQ7QAE/Meher+Mount+-+Baba%27s+Fireplace+-+Chris+Barker+1+-+2023.jpeg Events - Darshan Courtyard Groundbreaking - Make it stand out THE DARSHAN COURTYARD — next to Baba’s Fireplace — is to be an intimate space that evokes the Baba Room where Avatar Meher Baba gave darshan (the grace of seeing the Divine) in 1956. The benches made from the fallen wood of Baba’s Tree are part of this special touchstone. (Photo: Chris Barker, 2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1622492589518-L6E8OMACOH5KWJ3XQ5SH/New+Life+Fire+-+Guest+House+Fireplace+-+Sam+Ervin+-+October+1985.jpg Events - Darshan Courtyard Groundbreaking THE BABA ROOM at Meher Mount was reduced to ashes and ruble after the October 14, 1985, New Life Fire. This is where Avatar Meher Baba gave darshan (the grace of seeing the Divine) to His followers on August 2, 1956. The stone fireplace — Baba’s Fireplace — remains as a touchstone of His visit and His Presence in our lives. (Photo: Sam Ervin, October 1985) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1625960617316-JO53BWYDNSXO4AEUKXJS/Agnes+Baron+%26+Meher+Baba+-+Use.jpg Events - Darshan Courtyard Groundbreaking AGNES BARON sitting next to Avatar Meher Baba in the Baba Room at Meher Mount in 1956. The ashes from the special Darshan Dhuni containing personally favorite Meher Baba quotes from 185 people around the world will be buried under this spot. They will symbolically become part of the foundation for the Darshan Courtyard. https://www.mehermount.org/events/ojai-day-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1696027213140-UONP919X77HRMT5YYNGF/Topa+Topa+Bluffs+-+MeherMount_202102+-+Juan+Mendez.jpg Events - Ojai Day 2024 - Make it stand out THE TOPA TOPA BLUFFS are a symbol of the beauty of the Ojai Valley. This view is taken from Meher Mount. (Photo: Juan Mendez) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1696026892385-OHNP0B0BO1AM22TNMGHO/Ojai+Day+-+Image.png Events - Ojai Day 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/events/inside-look-walkway-film-wood monthly 0.5 2024-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/a8fc9988-56d9-4e4d-81b6-36965bd40799/WEB+AMB+1956+-+Baba%27s+Walkway+-+Darwin+Shaw.jpg Events - An Inside Look - What's New at Meher Mount - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA as is He about to step onto what is now called Baba’s Walkway on August 2, 1956. (Photo: Darwin Shaw, Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/9841962a-46a4-4b6b-b716-208b8d702b77/Baba%27s+Tree+Film+-+Ben+Hoffman+-+May+2023+-+Margaret+Magnus+-+1.jpg Events - An Inside Look - What's New at Meher Mount - Make it stand out BEN HOFFMAN of Square Productions is filming “B-roll” for the Baba’s Tree documentary. (Photo: Margaret Magnus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/e7f05eed-ce6a-4edf-ad95-605572a5a45c/Baba%27s+Tree+Wood+-+Box+1d.jpg Events - An Inside Look - What's New at Meher Mount - Make it stand out A KEEPSAKE BOX made from salvaged Baba’s Tree wood by artisan Harold Greene of Harold Greene Hand Made. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2024/anniversary-sahavas monthly 0.5 2024-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/959a72d9-36f2-4780-ba0c-f7b8dc8eedf7/WEB+AMB+1956+-+Eruch+Jessawala%2C+Meher+Baba%2C+Agnes+Baron.jpg Events - 2024 Anniversary Sahavas AVATAR MEHER BABA (center, blue coat) at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. Co-founder and lifetime caretaker Agnes Baron is taking Him on a tour of the property. (Photo: Darwin Shaw (c) Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/dd4ea91c-a8f5-4475-a8df-52cb8ed086e4/Goher+Mobed.jpg Events - 2024 Anniversary Sahavas - Make it stand out GOHER (KHARAS) MOBED will share stories from her childhood of being with Meher Baba. Her father, Minoo Kharas, was one of Meher Baba’s closest disciples. Their home in Karachi, Pakistan, was a Meher Baba Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/0fce2580-aa95-4786-848c-4058e64f3f05/Goher+%26+Danny+Mobed.jpg Events - 2024 Anniversary Sahavas - Make it stand out GOHER MOBED with her husband Danny Mobed will be at the 2024 Anniversary Sahavas at Meher Mount on Saturday, August 3, 2024. Goher will share her family’s stories of following Avatar Meher Baba. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2024/silence-day-open-house monthly 0.5 2024-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/4b251cad-1c34-4392-82e3-7570436418b5/mn0321cn+-+Meher+Nazar.jpg Events - Silence Day Open House AVATAR MEHER BABA using the alphabet board to communicate with His followers. (Photo: Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2024/meher-babas-birthday-open-house monthly 0.5 2024-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1580309997646-0IUB2U56CNGCFPYOV5VD/Birthday+1958+WEB.jpg Events - Meher Baba's Birthday Open House THE 1958 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION for Avatar Meher Baba at the Meher Spiritual Center in Myrtle Beach, SC. Meher Baba (center) is flanked by by close disciples Kitty Davy (left) and Eruch Jessawala (right). https://www.mehermount.org/events/2024/amartithi-open-house monthly 0.5 2024-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/3d99ac99-ddd9-423c-8f99-5c734356c1cc/IRWIN-BOOK-COVER-PHOTO-ONLY-215x300+%281%29.jpg Events - Amartithi Open House - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA and Irwin Luck, Guruprasad, Pune, India, 1960. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1580309806754-YQW7M6BKGZLPP6Z9JTIE/i-GQKmL6c-L.jpg Events - Amartithi Open House AVATAR MEHER BABA. Photo and flowers at Baba’s Fireplace which was part of the ‘Baba Room’ where Meher Baba gave Darshan (the grace of seeing the Divine) to His followers on August 2, 1956. (Photo: Juan Mendez) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2023/tea-ward-parks monthly 0.5 2023-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/12eb47aa-c896-461a-80cb-8b54c3aeff51/IMG_0706.JPG Events - Tea & Conversation with Dr. Ward Parks Dr. Ward Parks speaking at the Ojai Library in 2016. (Photo: Sam Ervin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/49939c55-e9cb-49a1-896e-d3453301435c/Dr+Ward+Parks+at+Meher+Mount%2C+2017 Events - Tea & Conversation with Dr. Ward Parks MUSICIAN, COMPOSER AND PERFORMER and Avatar Meher Baba scholar Dr. Ward Parks at Meher Mount in 2017. (Photo: Margaret Magnus) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2023-divine-gift-of-water-los-angeles monthly 0.5 2023-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/76dd9700-e89b-4ddd-a24e-e3d5a6408b38/The+Divine+Gift+of+Water.png Events - Showing of "The Divine Gift of Water" in Los Angeles - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2023/anniversary-sahavas monthly 0.5 2024-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/2f7d1e81-2d85-4cf3-b88f-c4dd9ce0238e/WEB+AMB+1956+-+Group+Close+up.jpg Events - 2023 Anniversary Sahavas AVATAR MEHER BABA (center, blue coat) at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. Co-founder and lifetime caretaker Agnes Baron is taking Him on a tour of the property. (Photo: Darwin Shaw (c) Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/eb798ca5-65fe-4d51-aa06-6b07dd43f512/Merwan+Dubash+-+Avatar%27s+Abode%2C+Queensland%2C+Australia.jpg Events - 2023 Anniversary Sahavas MERWAN DUBASH will share his experiences of being with Meher Baba as a teen. Merwan is the special guest at the Anniversary Sahavas on August 5, 2023. (Photo: Avatar’s Abode in Queensland, Australia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/80c5620d-6e03-4e9b-88f0-89db372b4f66/Dubash+Family-1967+.jpg Events - 2023 Anniversary Sahavas - Make it stand out MERWAN DUBASH, special guest speaker at the 2023 Anniversary Sahavas at Meher Mount, with his parents, Rhoda and Adi Dubash, in Karachi, Pakistan, in 1967. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/79953bf7-c4d7-492c-bfbe-d72e363a24f4/Merwan++Ruby+Dubash.JPG Events - 2023 Anniversary Sahavas - Make it stand out MERWAN AND RUBY DUBASH are the special guests for the 2023 Anniversary Sahavas at Meher Mount on August 5, 2023. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2023-celebrating-agnes-baron-baba-zoom monthly 0.5 2023-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/16f71268-552d-4a5d-9b33-52f2722e58da/WEB+AMB+1956+-+Eruch+Jessawala%2C+Meher+Baba%2C+Agnes+Baron.jpg Events - Celebrating Agnes Baron - A Virtual Sharing - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA on a tour of Meher Mount with co-founder and lifetime caretaker Agnes Baron in August 1956. (Photo: Darwin Shaw. (c) Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2023/silence-day-open-house monthly 0.5 2023-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/4b251cad-1c34-4392-82e3-7570436418b5/mn0321cn+-+Meher+Nazar.jpg Events - Silence Day Open House AVATAR MEHER BABA using the alphabet board to communicate with His followers. (Photo: Meher Nazar Publications. Used with permission.) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2023/water-celebration monthly 0.5 2024-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/9d5d0818-9563-4011-9098-67dc0a98d917/Meher+Baba+at+the+Narmada+River+-+6-2728+r+mm+-+MSI+Collection.jpg Events - Celebration of Water - Make it stand out “CREATOR OF LIFE-GIVING WATER” — #69 of the 101 Names of God. Avatar Meher Baba at the Narmada River, India, 1938, photographed by Rano Gayley. (MSI Collection. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/e0a24ec1-a96f-4c9d-b1b2-429a4c4c0667/Meher+Mount+-+WellDrilling-Sept+29+2022+-+Eric+Carlson+.jpg Events - Celebration of Water CLEAR, CLEAN and drinkable water from the new well at Meher Mount. Come celebrate this momentous occasion at the “Celebration of Water” on March 25, 2023. (Photo: Eric Carlson) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/09b2896d-a2f3-4ef0-a642-e42f93c04e55/YouLaunchMe_0728+-+jon+Meyer+poem+-+water.jpg Events - Celebration of Water - Make it stand out “You Launch Me,” a poem by Jon Meyer from his book, Loves Poems from New England: reflections on states of mind and states of heart. Jon was prompted to write this poem, using the analogy of flowing water for the spiritual path, after hearing stories of being with Meher Baba from Bhau Kalchuri, one of Meher Baba’s close disciples. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2023/amartithi-open-house monthly 0.5 2023-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1580309806754-YQW7M6BKGZLPP6Z9JTIE/i-GQKmL6c-L.jpg Events - Amartithi Open House AVATAR MEHER BABA. Photo and flowers at Baba’s Fireplace which was part of the ‘Baba Room’ where Meher Baba gave darshan (His blessing) to His followers on August 2, 1956. (Photo: Juan Mendez) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2023/meher-babas-birthday-open-house monthly 0.5 2023-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1580309997646-0IUB2U56CNGCFPYOV5VD/Birthday+1958+WEB.jpg Events - Meher Baba's Birthday Open House THE 1958 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION for Avatar Meher Baba at the Meher Spiritual Center in Myrtle Beach, SC. Meher Baba (center) is flanked by by close disciples Kitty Davy (left) and Eruch Jessawala (right). https://www.mehermount.org/events/2022/anniversary-sahavas monthly 0.5 2023-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1633960290843-8JLYWOUH5ZRLU5EJ0VC0/WEB+AMB+1956+-+Eruch+Jessawala%2C+Meher+Baba%2C+Agnes+Baron.jpg Events - 2022 Anniversary Sahavas - In-Person & Virtual AVATAR MEHER BABA at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. Co-founder and lifetime caretaker Agnes Baron is clearly delighted with His visit. (Photo: Darwin Shaw (c) Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1634505435930-K2UYPGGRVHYNTS04RTVB/Agnes+Sam+Silence+Day+82+-+Cropped+in.jpg Events - 2022 Anniversary Sahavas - In-Person & Virtual AGNES BARON (1907-1994) giving instructions to Sam Ervin for work to be done on Silence Day, July 10, 1982. At the 2022 Anniversary Sahavas, Sam will share stories about Agnes Baron keeping Meher Mount for Meher Baba. (Photo: Margaret Magnus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/d09affdd-63b6-47dc-9b53-e1c58fa94bb8/Filling+Hole+by+Topa+Topa+Patio+-+Feb+2018+-+Ray+Johnston+-+Magnus+%285%29.jpg Events - 2022 Anniversary Sahavas - In-Person & Virtual - Make it stand out RAY JOHNSTON filling in a hole by the Topa Topa Patio after the 2017 Thomas Fire. At the 2022 Anniversary Sahavas, Ray will share his stories of keeping Meher Mount for Meher Baba. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, February 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/e51f3ba1-0657-4c0b-b858-94e4467aecb6/Elizabeth+Arnold+-+Baba%27s+Tree+-+Sam+Ervin+-+9-19-2018+%288%29.JPG Events - 2022 Anniversary Sahavas - In-Person & Virtual ELIZABETH ARNOLD at Baba’s Tree after the 2017 Thomas Fire when she came to stay at Meher Mount as an interim caretaker in September 2019. At the 2022 Anniversary Sahavas, Elizabeth will share her stories of keeping Meher Mount for Meher Baba. (Photo: Sam Ervin) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2022/silence-day-open-house monthly 0.5 2023-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1617470407109-W197UZHYN6SV4XD41OK0/Last+Msg+on+alphabet+Board.jpg Events - Silence Day Open House AVATAR MEHER BABA using the alphabet board to communicate with His followers. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2022/meher-babas-birthday-open-house monthly 0.5 2022-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1580309997646-0IUB2U56CNGCFPYOV5VD/Birthday+1958+WEB.jpg Events - Meher Baba's Birthday Open House THE 1958 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION for Avatar Meher Baba at the Meher Spiritual Center in Myrtle Beach, SC. Meher Baba (center) is flanked by by close disciples Kitty Davy (left) and Eruch Jessawala (right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1580310058643-WUTVY4Q8L7Z9IUMFHANS/Baba%27s+Birthday+-+2016+-+Meher+Mount+-+Buzz+Glasky.jpg Events - Meher Baba's Birthday Open House BIRTHDAY CAKE lovingly made by Manager/Caretaker Ginger Glasky for Avatar Meher Baba's birthday at the 2016 open house at Meher Mount. (Photo: Buzz Glasky) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2022/amartithi-open-house monthly 0.5 2022-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1580309806754-YQW7M6BKGZLPP6Z9JTIE/i-GQKmL6c-L.jpg Events - Amartithi Open House AVATAR MEHER BABA. Photo and flowers at Baba’s Fireplace which was part of the ‘Baba Room’ where Meher Baba gave darshan (His blessing) to His followers on August 2, 1956. (Photo: Juan Mendez) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1579707194543-2Z1C8W4VC2QU6DMZUQAW/1454862_1422231674678117_1790144208_n.jpg Events - Amartithi Open House AVATAR MEHER BABA (Painting by Charles Mills, Mills Studios) https://www.mehermount.org/events/stories-babas-visit-zoom-65-anniversary monthly 0.5 2021-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1627657794238-PXUBZV12V2AF9G0W7AAB/Agnes+Baron+%26+Meher+Baba+Walking+Meher+Mount-+JPEG.jpg Events - Stories of Meher Baba's 1956 Visit - Zoom - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2021/anniversary-sahavas-zoom monthly 0.5 2021-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1617466993285-07LMJ3LJCOVGGDJXEIE2/WEB+AMB+1956+-+Eruch+Jessawala%2C+Meher+Baba%2C+Agnes+Baron.jpg Events - Virtual 2021 Anniversary Sahavas (Zoom) AVATAR MEHER BABA at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. Co-founder and lifetime caretaker Agnes Baron is clearly delighted with His visit. (Photo: Darwin Shaw (c) Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1626290471293-P7GA4L72B4MDHJFRS5AK/Joan+Harland+%26+Meher+Baba.jpg Events - Virtual 2021 Anniversary Sahavas (Zoom) JOAN DIMPFL HARLAND first met Avatar Meher Baba when she was four years old. With her family, she had subsequent opportunities to be with Him. She will share these stories at the 2021 Anniversary Sahavas at Meher Mount. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1617466323694-TXMIJJF51NRUFLY9AW52/Greg+Harland+.jpg Events - Virtual 2021 Anniversary Sahavas (Zoom) GREG HARLAND will share his stories — at the 2021 Anniversary Sahavas at Meher Mount — of living in Meherabad, India, and being with Meher Baba’s close disciples (mandali). https://www.mehermount.org/events/2021/silence-day-open-house monthly 0.5 2022-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1617470407109-W197UZHYN6SV4XD41OK0/Last+Msg+on+alphabet+Board.jpg Events - Silence Day Open House AVATAR MEHER BABA using the alphabet board to communicate with His followers. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2021/darshan-quote-share monthly 0.5 2021-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1621266927702-WBGNUH62Z9ADOLWNJKCZ/Sunset+at+Baba%27s+Fireplace+Meher+MountDecember+2018+%282%29.jpg Events - Virtual Meetings: Sharing Meaningful Meher Baba Quotes BABA’S FIREPLACE was part of the ‘Baba Room’ where Avatar Meher Baba gave darshan (His blessing) to His followers in 1956. The future Darshan Courtyard — the area in front of Baba’s Fireplace — is designed to evoke the ‘Baba Room’ and provide shade to all who wish to spend time here in His Presence. (Photo: Jennifer Navarro-Marroquin, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1544740309433-ZYXL4IJNWFVW2P0L4K8L/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Dhuni+Sticks+-+11-27-2018+-+Jennifer+Navarro-Marroquin.jpg Events - Virtual Meetings: Sharing Meaningful Meher Baba Quotes DHUNI STICKS from Baba's Tree which will be part of the Darshan Dhuni on Saturday, June 12, 2021. (Photo: Jennifer Navarro-Marroquin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1619974675350-VDBVAD9V5RD7B8ZW1WZF/Darshan+Courtyard+Plans+-+Meher+Mount Events - Virtual Meetings: Sharing Meaningful Meher Baba Quotes THE DARSHAN COURTYARD drawings. All the quotations (and the names of people who send them) will be part of a special dhuni at Meher Mount. These dhuni ashes then will be part of the foundation of the round pillar that represents and connects Baba’s Tree to the Darshan Courtyard. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2021/darshan-dhuni monthly 0.5 2022-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1621352114904-L4P9YFLSM22RV5ECKTMP/Baba%27s+Fireplace+-+Dhuni+-+Meher+Mount+1-12-2019+-+Magnus+%281%29.jpg Events - The Darshan Dhuni BABA’S FIREPLACE was part of the ‘Baba Room’ where Avatar Meher Baba gave darshan (His blessing) to His followers in 1956. The future Darshan Courtyard — the area in front of Baba’s Fireplace — is designed to evoke the ‘Baba Room’ and provide shade to all who wish to spend time here in His Presence. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, January 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1544740309433-ZYXL4IJNWFVW2P0L4K8L/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Dhuni+Sticks+-+11-27-2018+-+Jennifer+Navarro-Marroquin.jpg Events - The Darshan Dhuni DHUNI STICKS from Baba's Tree which will be part of the Darshan Dhuni on Saturday, June 12, 2021. (Photo: Jennifer Navarro-Marroquin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1619974675350-VDBVAD9V5RD7B8ZW1WZF/Darshan+Courtyard+Plans+-+Meher+Mount Events - The Darshan Dhuni THE DARSHAN COURTYARD drawings. All the quotations (and the names of people who send them) will be part of a special dhuni at Meher Mount. These dhuni ashes then will be part of the foundation of the round pillar that represents and connects Baba’s Tree to the Darshan Courtyard. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2021/anniversary-sahavas monthly 0.5 2021-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1627683736510-EW1BPTKQ89YTL9ZWL4CT/WEB+AMB+1956+-+Meadow.jpg Events - In-Person 2021 Anniversary Sahavas AVATAR MEHER BABA at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. Co-founder and lifetime caretaker Agnes Baron is clearly delighted with His visit. (Photo: Darwin Shaw (c) Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1626290471293-P7GA4L72B4MDHJFRS5AK/Joan+Harland+%26+Meher+Baba.jpg Events - In-Person 2021 Anniversary Sahavas JOAN DIMPFL HARLAND first met Avatar Meher Baba when she was four years old. With her family, she had subsequent opportunities to be with Him. She will share these stories at the 2021 Anniversary Sahavas at Meher Mount. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1617466323694-TXMIJJF51NRUFLY9AW52/Greg+Harland+.jpg Events - In-Person 2021 Anniversary Sahavas GREG HARLAND will share his stories — at the 2021 Anniversary Sahavas at Meher Mount — of living in Meherabad, India, and being with Meher Baba’s close disciples (mandali). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1617467334079-P3PKZATC10DQT8GJTQPT/6d+-+Meher+Mount+Anniversary-2013+Myers.JPG Events - In-Person 2021 Anniversary Sahavas JOAN DIMPFL HARLAND (center in orange blouse) returns to Meher Mount on Saturday, August 7, 2021, to share her wonderful stories of being with Avatar Meher Baba. You’re invited to join the group and be part of the celebration. (Photo: Wayne Myers, Anniversary Sahavas 2013) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2020/anniversary-open-house monthly 0.5 2020-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1553129712423-TB8N87TZQXBKGHL8XL7O/AMB+1956+-+WEB+Eruch+Jessawala%2C+Agnes+Baron%2C+Meherjee+Karkaria+-+Darwin+Shaw.jpg Events - Open House - Anniversary of Avatar Meher Baba's 1956 Visit AVATAR MEHER BABA at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. Walking next to Meher Baba is co-founder and lifetime caretaker of Meher Mount, Agnes Baron. Also with Him are two of the men mandali (close disciples) Eruch Jessawala (left) and Meherjee Karkaria (right) traveling from India with Meher Baba. (Photo: Drawin Shaw (c) Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1595011178407-W1CXBON90UTVUZ5KIENH/Meher+Baba+at+Meher+Mount+-+Painting+-+Charles+Mills+-+June+2018.jpg Events - Open House - Anniversary of Avatar Meher Baba's 1956 Visit “He moved so swiftly at times, it seemed his feet didn’t even touch the ground,” wrote Charmian Duce about the challenges in filming Avatar Meher Baba. Artist Charles Mills captures the swiftness of Meher Baba’s strides as He crosses the meadow at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2020/anniversary-of-meher-babas-accident-an-international-japa-cejle monthly 0.5 2020-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1556201894333-L8R6A068ZZLWPP5AOEJM/Prague+Oklahoma+Accident+Site+-+Wayne+Myers.jpg Events - International Japa in Remembrance of Avatar Meher Baba's Automobile Accident in America THE SITE of Avatar Meher Baba’s automobile accident on May 24, 1952, near Prague, OK. (Photo: Wayne Myers) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1556201701014-0EM2J9YEY0PC6P72VC6E/Meher_Baba_1952_1-940x0.jpg Events - International Japa in Remembrance of Avatar Meher Baba's Automobile Accident in America AVATAR MEHER BABA at the Meher Spiritual Center in Myrtle Beach, SC, 1956. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2020/silence-day-open-house monthly 0.5 2021-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1486259430117-YQL7JMNTKSYLIA9HQXLU/image-asset.jpeg Events - Silence Day Open House AVATAR MEHER BABA using the alphabet board to communicate with His followers. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2020/family-bird-wildflower-day monthly 0.5 2026-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1581526686073-ZO91066X6HSB830CYL0A/Meher+Mount+-+Birds+-+Jan+2019+-+Juan+Mendez+%287%29.jpg Events - Cancelled - Family Nature & Bird Watching Day A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW at Meher Mount. (Photo: Juan Mendez) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1549312203784-Z4HSBGL32JSFL9O2LDZ1/Rosie+the+Red-Tailed+Hawk+-+Ojai+Raptor+Center+-+2019.jpg Events - Cancelled - Family Nature & Bird Watching Day ROSIE the Red-tailed Hawk — along with other raptors — will make a special guest appearance at Meher Mount for the Family Bird & Natur Watching Day on Saturday, April 4, 2020, courtesy of the Ojai Raptor Center. (Photo: Ojai Raptor Center) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2020/meher-babas-birthday-open-house monthly 0.5 2022-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1580309997646-0IUB2U56CNGCFPYOV5VD/Birthday+1958+WEB.jpg Events - Meher Baba's Birthday Open House THE 1958 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION for Avatar Meher Baba at the Meher Spiritual Center in Myrtle Beach, SC. Meher Baba (center) is flanked by by close disciples Kitty Davy (left) and Eruch Jessawala (right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1580310058643-WUTVY4Q8L7Z9IUMFHANS/Baba%27s+Birthday+-+2016+-+Meher+Mount+-+Buzz+Glasky.jpg Events - Meher Baba's Birthday Open House BIRTHDAY CAKE lovingly made by Manager/Caretaker Ginger Glasky for Avatar Meher Baba's birthday at the 2016 open house at Meher Mount. (Photo: Buzz Glasky) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2020/amartithi-open-house monthly 0.5 2022-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1580309806754-YQW7M6BKGZLPP6Z9JTIE/i-GQKmL6c-L.jpg Events - Amartithi Open House AVATAR MEHER BABA. Photo and flowers at Baba’s Fireplace with was part of the ‘Baba Room’ where Meher Baba gave darshan (His blessing) to His followers on August 2, 1956. (Photo: Juan Mendez) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1579707194543-2Z1C8W4VC2QU6DMZUQAW/1454862_1422231674678117_1790144208_n.jpg Events - Amartithi Open House AVATAR MEHER BABA (Painting by Charles Mills, Mills Studios) https://www.mehermount.org/events/babas-tree-grove-dedication monthly 0.5 2019-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1572537837234-V93BNBFPI1TIGSKGMZJ0/Baba%27s+Tree+-+June+24%2C+2019+-+Margaret+Magnus.jpg Events - Dedication & Planting of Baba's Tree Grove THE CANOPY of Baba’s Tree extended to the stone sign before the December 2017 Thomas Fire. Since the fire and removal of the dead limbs and branches, there are Coast Live Oak seedlings and saplings sprouting around Baba’s Tree (see the red flags used as markers). In addition, the growth in the upper right-hand corner is Baby Baba’s Tree. The New Life Tree (hidden from view) is to the left at the end of the extended tree limb wrapped in white floating row cover. These trees — plus others from acorns gathered from Baba’s Tree — all form what is becoming Baba’s Tree Grove. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, June 24, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1567466450526-YVQ1B78OGPOK7M1A9XR3/Sweet+Baby+Oak+-+Kristina+Somma+-+1-25-2019.jpeg Events - Dedication & Planting of Baba's Tree Grove “SWEET BABY OAK” by Kristina Somma, who was staying at Meher Mount in January 2019 with her husband Robert Turnage as temporary caretakers. She was doing an-art-project-a-day for the month of January and was inspired by the acorns from Baba’s Tree. She and Robert had harvested the acorns, germinated them and then planted them in pots to get their start in life. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2019/meet-the-caretakers-tea monthly 0.5 2019-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1566249900445-FCV0VYCOV4T7BJAF1XQ3/Ellen+Kwiatkowski%2C+Eric+Carlson+-+August+2%2C+2019+-+Juan+Mendez.jpg Events - Meet the Caretakers - Tea and Talk NEW MANAGER/CARETAKERS Ellen Kwiatkowski and Eric Carlson arrived just in time to help Meher Mount get ready for the Anniversary Sahavas on August 3, 2019, celebrating Avatar Meher Baba’s 1956 visit. (Photo: Juan Mendez) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1565896838425-WDI6Y6A3BUFFKLILO04W/dumpster1+with+Eric+Carlson+-+July+2019+-+Ellen+Kwiatkowski+%282%29.JPG Events - Meet the Caretakers - Tea and Talk ERIC CARLSON inspects the smashed-in metal cover of Meher Mount’s dumpster after a surprise visit - probably from a bear. (Photo: Ellen Kwiatkowski, July 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1565896161110-C00ONBZ5APRQ46YTF4JQ/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Cover+-+Sam+Ervin%2C+Ellen+Kwiatkowski+-+June+22%2C+2019+-+Margaret+Magnus.jpg Events - Meet the Caretakers - Tea and Talk ELLEN KWIATKOWSKI is learning about caring for Baba’s Tree care from ISA Certified Arborist Michael Inaba. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, June 22, 2019) https://www.mehermount.org/events/trust-master-plan monthly 0.5 2019-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1565189394378-R1M7HV0EDUN6VGBNHD3K/Tomb+Shrine+-+Trust.jpg Events - Avatar Meher Baba Trust - Master Plan Engagement Meeting https://www.mehermount.org/events/scanning-fiesta monthly 0.5 2019-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1560350806920-F8TDFN7AWJM66VB8TE4Q/Dimpfls+in+guesthouse+at+Meher+Mount+-+Nov+1956+-+Lud+Dimpfl.jpeg Events - Scanning Fiesta! THE ‘BABAROOM’ in the guest house at Meher Mount. Joan Dimpfl Harland sent these photos taken by her father Lud Dimpfl in November 1956, just months after Meher Baba’s 1956 visit. The fireplace to the left of the photo, now known as Baba’s Fireplace, is the only remaining piece of this special room where Meher Baba gave darshan to His followers. All the buildings were destroyed in the October 1985 New Life Fire. The wing-back chair to the right in front of the window was where Meher Baba sat, and it, too, burned in the 1985 fire. The area that once contained this room is now called the Darshan Courtyard. The children are Joan Dimpfl Harland, Claudia Dimpfl O’Hanrahan, and Diane Dimpfl Cobb (also known as BBB or 3B as nicknamed by Meher Baba). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1560351587410-OJLKRNIRGWGZO4KR9PJV/Agnes+and+Kali+view+2+-++Nov+1956+-+Lud+Dimpfl.jpeg Events - Scanning Fiesta! AGNES BARON with her dog, Kali, who was also at Meher Mount when Meher Baba visited in 1956. Agnes said that Meher Baba indicated Kali would be a human in his next lifetime. (Photo: Lud Dimpfl, November 1956, courtesy of his daughter Joan Dimpfl Harland) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2019/summer-solstice-volunteer monthly 0.5 2019-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1559914500129-TFKLGTEA9RIIRRU957XR/Weed+Clearance+-+Bing+Heckman+2+-+5-18-2019+-+Margaret+Magnus.jpg Events - Summer Solstice Volunteer Weekend THE GREEN TALL GRASSES have turned brown and are now a fire risk. Help clear and cut this fire fuel around Baba’s Tree wood storage area, around the water treatment system and at the well head during the Summer Solstice Volunteer Weekend. Here Bing Heckman is cutting the grass near the Workshop and Topa Topa Patio. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 18, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1559168381238-FOKAIJIVH084OR52ZT2L/Baba%27s+Tree+Wood+-+A-Frame+Storage+1+-+5-21-2019+-+Margaret+Magnus.jpg Events - Summer Solstice Volunteer Weekend RAY JOHNSTON & BUZZ GLASKY MOWED this side of the A-frame which houses the harvested and milled wood from Baba’s Tree. Meher Mount needs expand this clearance on the three other sides. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 21, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1560006368284-LVC60PWCNB9U2VFVBHLA/Buzz+%26+Ginger+Glaksy+2013+-+Sam+Ervin+cropped.JPG Events - Summer Solstice Volunteer Weekend A FAREWELL opportunity to say goodbye to former Manager/Caretakers Buzz and Ginger Glasky. They will be leaving Meher Mount in July after spending more than five years taking care of Meher Mount. (Photo: Sam Ervin , 2013) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2019/anniversary-of-meher-babas-accident-an-international-japa monthly 0.5 2019-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1556201894333-L8R6A068ZZLWPP5AOEJM/Prague+Oklahoma+Accident+Site+-+Wayne+Myers.jpg Events - Anniversary of Meher Baba's Accident - An International Japa THE SITE of Avatar Meher Baba’s automobile accident on May 24, 1952, near Prague, OK. (Photo: Wayne Myers) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1556201701014-0EM2J9YEY0PC6P72VC6E/Meher_Baba_1952_1-940x0.jpg Events - Anniversary of Meher Baba's Accident - An International Japa AVATAR MEHER BABA at the Meher Spiritual Center in Myrtle Beach, SC, 1956. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2019/event-creating-harmony monthly 0.5 2019-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1555011356383-T6R7K8YSLPJXPAP3BLHI/HARMONY+PRESENTATION+IN+MYRTLE+BEACH+-+Yolanda+Koumidou.jpg Events - Creating Harmony in Relationships YOLANDA KOUMIDOU discussing harmony at the Avatar Meher Baba at the Circle of Friends group in Myrtle Beach, SC. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2019/anniversary-celebration monthly 0.5 2019-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1553129712423-TB8N87TZQXBKGHL8XL7O/AMB+1956+-+WEB+Eruch+Jessawala%2C+Agnes+Baron%2C+Meherjee+Karkaria+-+Darwin+Shaw.jpg Events - Anniversary Sahavas of Avatar Meher Baba's 1956 Visit AVATAR MEHER BABA at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. Walking next to Meher Baba is co-founder and lifetime caretaker of Meher Mount, Agnes Baron and close Indian disciple, Meherjee Karkaria. (Photo: Drawin Shaw (c) Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1563905188277-KOK0I66DAYYGN770IPDA/Mehera%25252C%252BRano%25252C%252BFreny%25252C%252BShireen%25252C%252BMeheru%25252C%252BMani%252B-%252BShireen%252BAge%252B7.jpg Events - Anniversary Sahavas of Avatar Meher Baba's 1956 Visit SHIREEN BONNER (center) at age seven with the women mandali and her mother. (Left to right): Mehera J. Irani, Rano Gayley, Franey Irani (her mother), Meheru Irani, and Mani S. Irani (Meher Baba's sister and Shireen's auntie). Shireen will share her memories of being with the women during her visits to see Meher Baba at the August 3, 2019 celebration at Meher Mount. (Photo: Shireen Bonner) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1553129910802-Y16JNMR8JJCAV107BKV3/Jay+%26+Shireen+Bonner+-+Cropped+-+2019.jpg Events - Anniversary Sahavas of Avatar Meher Baba's 1956 Visit JAY BONNER & SHIREEN BONNER are the special guest speakers for the 2019 Anniversary Sahavas celebrating Avatar Meher Baba's 1956 visit to Meher Mount. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1553130569829-20HTJGSGJKLTEJ97RDF0/Stained+Glass+Window+-+Data+Darbar+Mosque+and+Shrine+-+Lahore+-+Jay+Bonner.jpg Events - Anniversary Sahavas of Avatar Meher Baba's 1956 Visit STAINED GLASS WINDOW in the Data Darbar Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan, designed by Jay Bonner. (Source: Bonner Design Consultancy) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2019/silence-day-open-house monthly 0.5 2019-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1486259430117-YQL7JMNTKSYLIA9HQXLU/image-asset.jpeg Events - Silence Day Open House AVATAR MEHER BABA using the alphabet board to communicate with His followers. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2019/talk-with-bernard-bruford monthly 0.5 2019-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1551298679593-K74L2OHSA6B6C2N8J17T/Bernard-Bruford.jpg Events - Tea & Talk with Bernard & Jo-Anne Bruford BERNARD BRUFORD shares stories from the times he spent with Avatar Meher Baba. All are welcome to the tea and talk at Meher Mount on Saturday, April 20, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1551298711321-1HKXID6P54679TONGOX3/Bernard+%26+Jo-Anne+Bruford+-+2019+-+Avatar%27s+Abode.jpg Events - Tea & Talk with Bernard & Jo-Anne Bruford THE BRUFORDS — Jo-Anne and Bernard — at Avatar’s Abode in Australia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1551300914233-7WNAIRY2USLVGYYFWXWY/Meher+Baba+-+1958+-+Avatar%27s+Abode+-+1.jpg Events - Tea & Talk with Bernard & Jo-Anne Bruford AVATAR MEHER BABA in Australia at Avatar’s Abode, 1958. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2019/family-bird-day monthly 0.5 2020-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1549310498998-L6RJ89ZY61N8GTESXW70/Oak+Titmouse+-+Meher+Mount+-+Adele+Fergusson+-+Jan+2019+%282%29.jpg Events - Family Bird Watching Day OAK TITMOUSE at the water spigot at Meher Mount. (Photo: Adele Fergusson, Ventura Audubon Society, January 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1549312203784-Z4HSBGL32JSFL9O2LDZ1/Rosie+the+Red-Tailed+Hawk+-+Ojai+Raptor+Center+-+2019.jpg Events - Family Bird Watching Day ROSIE the Red-tailed Hawk will make a special guest appearance at Meher Mount for the Family Bird Day on Saturday, April 6, 2019, courtesy of the Ojai Raptor Center. (Photo: Ojai Raptor Center) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2019/fire-prevention-weekend monthly 0.5 2019-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1426951265233-GS7S3N4HHTL8AGDNEMM8/image-asset.jpeg Events - Fire Prevention Volunteer Weekend BY JUNE 1 of every year, Meher Mount must clear away brush and tall grasses at least 150 feet from every building for fire protection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1545577137940-CW9RWDAUKSHPOCLIGVMT/chartoftheday_14462_california_wildfire_deadly_n.jpg Events - Fire Prevention Volunteer Weekend WILDFIRE GROWTH in California is “the new abnormal” according to Governor Jerry Brown. (Source: “Wildfires Continue to Be More Devastating in 2018,” by Sarah Feldman, Statista, November 13, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1545576790152-FNUI8UL6F2LWIEBDP589/Sam+Ervin+-+5-19-2018+-+Magnus.jpg Events - Fire Prevention Volunteer Weekend ONE PERSON CAN’T DO IT ALONE. Sam Ervin at Meher Mount in the weeds to be mowed as part of the ongoing fire prevention effort. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 19, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1545576827474-QPRUY6WOBT76VUJSSU1U/Brad+Spurr+-+5-19-2018+-+Magnus+%283%29.jpg Events - Fire Prevention Volunteer Weekend BRAD SPURR using the electric weed whacker to trim around the swimming pool/water reservoir at Meher Mount. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 19, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1545576655092-697CIXUAWOTBEHT5C96V/Khushman+Crawford+-+5-19-2018+-+Magnus+%286%29.jpg Events - Fire Prevention Volunteer Weekend KHUSHNAM CRAWFORD clears the garden area of weeds after the winter growth. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, May 19, 2018) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2019/dhuni-stick-harvest monthly 0.5 2018-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1544739441664-4LAPWP45V3EU1LPRXU6G/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Twigs+%26+Small+Branches+-+2-6-2018+-+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Events - The Great Dhuni Stick Harvest Weekend TWIGS & BRANCHES to be harvested and cut into dhuni-sized sticks to share with Meher Baba centers and groups around the US. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, February 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1544740309433-ZYXL4IJNWFVW2P0L4K8L/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Dhuni+Sticks+-+11-27-2018+-+Jennifer+Navarro-Marroquin.jpg Events - The Great Dhuni Stick Harvest Weekend DHUNI STICKS already harvested from Baba's Tree which will be shared with other Meher Baba centers and groups. (Photo: Jennifer Navarro-Marroquin, November 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1544814774501-WR6Z2ZJCJZ30L20KGESE/Baba+Dhuni+-+24+Sept+1965+-+MN+Publications.jpg Events - The Great Dhuni Stick Harvest Weekend AVATAR MEHER BABA lights the dhuni in Meherabad, India, home of His Tomb Shrine in the 1950s. (Photo: MN Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1544742836295-QFMH303DU8HUX5KBXLN2/Dhuni+Sept+12+2012+-+Baba%27s+Face+in+Fire+-+L+Bridger+%282%29.jpg Events - The Great Dhuni Stick Harvest Weekend THE DHUNI - A SACRED FIRE. (Photo: Leslie Bridger, 2010) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2019/amartithi-open-house monthly 0.5 2019-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1476307390791-FXKGE3IK0AJ0REL3RC7D/image-asset.jpeg Events - Amartithi Open House AVATAR MEHER BABA. Photo and flowers under Baba's Tree at Meher Mount, Amartithi 2015. (Photo: Mendez-Montano) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1547828586253-7CW8GB9KTW5C32J0MBGC/Views+to+the+Pacific+-+1-12-2019+-+Magnus.jpg Events - Amartithi Open House DRAMATIC SKIES are part of the beauty of being at Meher Mount for Amartithi . (Photo: Margaret Magnus, January 12, 2019) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2018/archaeology-dig-day monthly 0.5 2018-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1539001334953-7R4HROWSGAOXIBMNOBR1/AMB+1956+-+Baba%27s+Walkway+-+Darwin+Shaw+-+WEB.jpg Events - Archaeological Dig Day - Uncovering Baba's Walkway AVATAR MEHER BABA (blue coat) in 1956 at the start of the flagstone pathway leading to the guesthouse at Meher Mount. Over the years this walkway became covered with dirt and growth. There is an archaeological dig to uncover and preserve this touchstone of His 1956 visit. Eruch Jessawala, a close disciple, is carrying the umbrella. Meher Mount co-founder and lifetime caretaker Agnes Baron is close behind as is Tex Hightower, a professional dancer. (Photo: Darwin Shaw, 1956 (c)Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1533587292576-F6SUZO8X48AN50VGCBKS/Walkway+-+2+-+5-31-2018+-+Cassandra+Bramucci+%283%29.jpg Events - Archaeological Dig Day - Uncovering Baba's Walkway BABA'S WALKWAY is the focus of an archaeological dig at Meher Mount. Avatar Meher Baba used this walkway during His 1956 visit. (Photo: Cassandra Bramucci, May 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1533587311635-VKLN4E5AI58BQB5IW9YV/Walkway+-+May+2018+-+Cassandra+Bramucci+%282%29.jpg Events - Archaeological Dig Day - Uncovering Baba's Walkway KYLE MORRISON excavates Baba's Walkway at Meher Mount uncovering another 12 feet of the pathway. (Photo: Cassandra Bramucci, May 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1533587362412-BCTNRC1UDK48IWGU61YP/Walkway+-+June+2018+-+Dig+Tools+-+Cassandra+Bramucci.jpg Events - Archaeological Dig Day - Uncovering Baba's Walkway TOOLS for continued archaeoligical work on Baba's Walkway. (Photo: Cassandra Bramucci, May 2018) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2018/bench-unveiling monthly 0.5 2018-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1522425829089-094BDZJ448XRVLN88O5T/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Bench+Wood+before+Milling+-+2-7-2018+-+Magnus.jpg Events - The Unveiling: Benches from Baba's Tree THREE PIECES from the fallen limbs of Baba's Tree are waiting to be milled. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, February 7, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1522426105376-Y7NNK497N80ZF89SGJ1Q/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Milling+3+Logs+-+Planks+%26+Benches+-+2-13-2018+-+Sam+Ervi+%2810%29.JPG Events - The Unveiling: Benches from Baba's Tree MILLING one of the large limbs of Baba's Tree for wood planks and an outdoor bench. Harold Greene (left) and Peter Harnisch (center) are determining the options. (Photo: Sam Ervin, February 13, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1522498557526-ZNWYIR4VVL9IYXFSDW6Z/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Wood+for+Benches+-+2-17-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%283%29.JPG Events - The Unveiling: Benches from Baba's Tree ONE OF THE PIECES OF BABA'S TREE ready to be made into an outdoor bench at Meher Mount. (Photo: Sam Ervin, February 17, 2018) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2018/fire-prevention-weekend monthly 0.5 2018-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1524838913574-0WTVMK79QXXZ6P3YKJIU/Topa+Topa+%26+the+Meadow+-+4-20-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+WEB.JPG Events - Fire Prevention & TLC Volunteer Weekend THE KNEE-HIGH grass looks lush now. By June 1, it turns brown and is a fire hazard. Come help prevent future fires and give the grounds at Meher Mount some much-needed tender loving care. (Photo: Sam Ervin, April 20, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1426951265233-GS7S3N4HHTL8AGDNEMM8/image-asset.jpeg Events - Fire Prevention & TLC Volunteer Weekend BY JUNE 1 of every year, Meher Mount must clear away brush and tall grasses at least 150 feet from every building for fire protection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1522356004808-879ZT3NZHRQ5ASY6NP3I/Clearing+the+Back+Access+Road+-+3-11-2018+-+Magnus+%284%29.jpg Events - Fire Prevention & TLC Volunteer Weekend CLEARING THE EMERGENCY access road at Meher Mount during Restoration Weekend. James Whedon, Homayar Gandhi, Brad Spurr, Sam Ervin (on the tractor), Khushnam Crawford and Kyle Morrison. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, March 11, 2018) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2018/anniversary-celebration monthly 0.5 2019-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1521192159190-USOYB5XKIKI91T3M7EAT/Meher+Archive+Collection+-+Meher+Baba+at+Meher+Mount.jpg Events - Anniversary Celebration of Avatar Meher Baba's 1956 Visit AVATAR MEHER BABA at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. Walking next to Meher Baba is co-founder and lifetime caretaker of Meher Mount, Agnes Baron. (Photo: Meher Archive Collective) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1523292261555-VXFH305JJZ0KW37VVNFR/Charles+Haynes+%26+Christopher+Wilson.jpg Events - Anniversary Celebration of Avatar Meher Baba's 1956 Visit CHARLES HAYNES & CHRISTOPHER WILSON (left to right) are the special guest speakers for the 2018 Anniversary Celebration of Avatar Meher Baba's 1956 visit to Meher Mount. Here they are at home with their dogs Jefferson and Jimmy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1523293179797-R1VBTIQ3N59RDXRXVTHJ/Charles+Telling+a+Joke+2010+Myers.JPG Events - Anniversary Celebration of Avatar Meher Baba's 1956 Visit CHARLES HAYNES telling at story at Avatar's Point at the 2010 BBQ Picnic at Meher Mount. (Photo: Wayne Myers) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2018/silence-day-open-house monthly 0.5 2019-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1486259430117-YQL7JMNTKSYLIA9HQXLU/image-asset.jpeg Events - Silence Day Open House AVATAR MEHER BABA using the alphabet board to communicate with His followers. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2018/fire-cleanup-day monthly 0.5 2018-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1515687659657-J8BCLKCOUJ8SLAGBDV5G/Thomas+Fire+-+Debris+-+Near+Upper+Well+Road+-+1-5-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%284%29.JPG Events - Fire Cleanup Day THE REMAINDER of a fence and former outbuilding at Meher Mount, probably left by the 1985 New Life Fire. (Photo: Sam Ervin, January 5, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1515687725171-B9CL2W38DRCVVU3AOD2P/Thomas+Fire+-+Picking+up+Debris+-+M+Magnus+-+15-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%282%29.JPG Events - Fire Cleanup Day MARGARET MAGNUS is picking up random debris - an old bucket - in the Prasad Orchard. (Photo: Sam Ervin, January 5, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1515688124209-CCL1M0U59VA9K2YIZSAE/Thomas+Fire+-+Security+Fence+-+1-5-2018+-+Margaret+Magnus.jpg Events - Fire Cleanup Day A TEMPORARY SECURITY FENCE at Meher Mount. Due to safety concerns and lack of water, Meher Mount remains closed to visitors. It will be open only for work volunteers on Sunday, January 28, 2018. All others will be asked to leave. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, January 5, 2018) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2018/meher-babas-birthday-open-house-1 monthly 0.5 2018-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1476310025985-URO0L7QY7R5OOD3S2MAT/image-asset.jpeg Events - Meher Baba's Birthday Open House BIRTHDAY CAKE lovingly made by Manager/Caretaker Ginger Glasky for Avatar Meher Baba's birthday at the 2016 open house at Meher Mount. (Photo: Buzz Glasky) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1476310360835-AS4EV9XZL1369QCAFFF2/Charlie+Mills.jpg Events - Meher Baba's Birthday Open House AVATAR MEHER BABA. (Painting by Charles Mills, Mills Studio) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2018/restoration-weekend monthly 0.5 2018-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1519746213207-LYE3UM6Y1PZKBE2U1N7K/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Mulch+%26+Wrapping+-+2-18-2018+-+Ray+Johnston.jpg Events - Restoration Weekend 24-CUBIC YARDS of mulch waiting for the perfect volunteers to spread this compost around the trunk and under the canopy of Baba's Tree to help retain moisture and encourage living soil. (Photo: Ray Johnston, February 18, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1518979731003-NE1JT8LUEONC0UQ3VVTU/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Wood+to+Be+Stored+-+2-7-2018+-+Magnus.jpg Events - Restoration Weekend WOOD HARVESTED from Baba's Tree early in February 2018. Volunteers are needed to move (with the help of a tractor) and store this wood at another spot on the property. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, February 7, 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1519662959239-210N33B3WXKL0GNC5D97/Dumpster+1+-+1-28-2018+-+Bing+Heckman.jpeg Events - Restoration Weekend A DUMPSTER FULL OF DEBRIS from the January 2018 Fire Cleanup Day. (Photo: Bing Heckman) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1519663054749-JMAUY9DQG66CEZYNXAVY/J+Auster+-+2018.jpg Events - Restoration Weekend AT DAY'S END on Fire Cleanup Day (January 28, 2018) by the now-full dumpster. (Left to right) Jim Auster, Merrliee Bliss, James Whedon, James Whitson, Buzz Glasky, Sam L. Ervin, Yolanda Koumidou, Ginger Glasky, Homaya Gandi, Khushnam Crawford, Marta Flores, Satya Keyes. (Kneeling) Sarah Larsen, Margaret Magnus. (In shadow) Bing Heckman. (Photo: Cassandra Bramucci) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1515688124209-CCL1M0U59VA9K2YIZSAE/Thomas+Fire+-+Security+Fence+-+1-5-2018+-+Margaret+Magnus.jpg Events - Restoration Weekend A TEMPORARY SECURITY FENCE at Meher Mount. Due to safety concerns and lack of water, Meher Mount remains closed to visitors. It will be open only for work volunteers during the Restoration Weekend, March 10-11, 2018. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, January 5, 2018) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2017-julie-rust monthly 0.5 2017-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1507522524240-MUV07FC3D4KKQFWGIINQ/Julie+Rust.jpg Events - Julie Rust in Concert SINGER, SONGWRITER Julie Rust in concert. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2017/wordfest-avatar monthly 0.5 2017-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1504532875032-3QL4YIT5UU2DUXB4036P/Ojai+WordFest.jpg Events - Selected Readings from Avatar: The Life Story of Avatar Meher Baba OJAI WORDFEST 2017 features "Religious Texts, Spiritual Teachings," including selected readings from Avatar: The Life Story of Avatar Meher Baba, written in 1947 by Jean Adriel, a co-founder of Meher Mount in the upper Ojai Valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1505164186107-3Q1R4BY81FX2QQ2FLG0P/Cover+of+Avatar.jpg Events - Selected Readings from Avatar: The Life Story of Avatar Meher Baba THE THIRD PRINTING of Avatar: The Life Story of Avatar Meher Baba by Jean Adriel, 1971, by The Beguine Library. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2017/i-give-up monthly 0.5 2017-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1504655357647-V17282NQ28FFXW1SWJO2/Meher_Baba_1957+-+Sam+Ervin+Santa+Barbara.jpg Events - “Okay, Baba, I give up. I’m hooked.” – A Life Following Meher Baba AVATAR MEHER BABA in a photo that was similiar to the one over the fireplace where Sam Ervin lived in 1968 when he looked up and said, "Okay, Baba, I give up. I'm hooked." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1504655492689-6358WQFPXKBBTVJ7KSIY/Agnes+Baron+%26+Sam+Ervin+at+his+wedding+-+Nov+1979+-+cropped.jpg Events - “Okay, Baba, I give up. I’m hooked.” – A Life Following Meher Baba AGNES BARON and Sam Ervin dancing at Sam's wedding to Margaret Magnus in 1979. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2017/all-are-one monthly 0.5 2017-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1505168602053-AF1O887NN0J393LRQS0S/heart+artwork+by+Sandy+Thurlow.jpg Events - All Are One - A Celebration of Divine Love, Unity & Oneness "HEART" artwork by Sandy Thurlow, Ojai, CA, 2017. (Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1504534793739-VU7MU4CHESZQ6P9J1DYA/Master+in+Servitude+-+Beloved+Archives+crafted+by+Thomas+Golding+%282%29.jpg Events - All Are One - A Celebration of Divine Love, Unity & Oneness MASTERY IN SERVITUDE is Avatar Meher Baba's mandala which includes the symbols of the world's major religions. This plaque, produced by Beloved Archives, is crafted by Thomas Golding and engraved by the Sisters of the Holy Trinity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1467994287627-IM4SSNMA1CWQ693TUBZZ/image-asset.jpeg Events - All Are One - A Celebration of Divine Love, Unity & Oneness https://www.mehermount.org/events/2017/master-plan-2022-community-meeting monthly 0.5 2017-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1494867491418-0U74ITCS06Q0ZCYLGSDJ/9+-+LRP+-+2008+-+Ervin.JPG Events - Master Plan 2022 Community Meeting BYRON PINCKERT (center holding the portfolio) outlines the Master Plan ideas to date in 2008. (Left to right): Nancy Pinckert, Rosie Choi, Ellie Azhang, Jamshid Ebrahimzadeh, Jim Auster, Margaret Magnus, Ron Holsey, Kanji Miyao, Elizabeth Arnold, Ray Johnston, Ken Ceder, and Bing Heckman. (Photo: Sam Ervin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1494868588850-RTW9Y40EAE9NUJ3KN9E5/image-asset.jpeg Events - Master Plan 2022 Community Meeting A PLANNING GROUP in front of Baba's Chimney in 2008. (Left to right, standing): Marko Swearingen, Ken Pellman, Michael Markley, Ray Johnston, Elizabeth Arnold, Sam Ervin, and Bing Heckman. (Left to right, kneeling): David McNeely, Kanji Miyao, Ron Holsey, Jim Whitson, Margaret Magnus, Nancy Pinckert, and Byron Pinckert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1494867717690-IA5TN2FWZ8Z25FXA029R/image-asset.jpeg Events - Master Plan 2022 Community Meeting GATHERING PRELIMINARY IDEAS in 2004 with Tom Dortch, Jim Auster and Deborah Dortch. (Photo: Sam Ervin) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2017/national-volunteer-week monthly 0.5 2017-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1490987302197-NUXS720I83HJ44411RTV/image-asset.jpeg Events - National Volunteer Week YOU ARE INVITED TO SUPPORT MEHER MOUNT with your volunteer efforts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1490988074597-6LO3ACN47ABM23MTFI2D/image-asset.jpeg Events - National Volunteer Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1490988163826-Y7TWYYW4BZKSFTXZ2XQT/image-asset.jpeg Events - National Volunteer Week MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK. When the then new water system was being installed in 2004, a group of volunteers joined together to roll the water tank up the hill to sit beside the pool. Because so many joined the effort, it was almost effortless. (Photo: Sam Ervin) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2017/talk-with-bill-le-page monthly 0.5 2019-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1490031405431-W3X26RDFQ46BOV505ZZQ/image-asset.png Events - Farewell Event: Tea & Talk with Bill & Diana Le Page BILL LE PAGE receiving Avatar Meher Baba's blessing in 1954 at the gathering that has come to be known as the "Three Incredible Weeks." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1490031625497-XE3N4MVP8FSBDBPTO4ZP/image-asset.jpeg Events - Farewell Event: Tea & Talk with Bill & Diana Le Page THE GROUP at Bill Le Page's talk at Meher Mount in 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1490030842234-9ZFYDMGBYZ7FTIEBF8PL/image-asset.jpeg Events - Farewell Event: Tea & Talk with Bill & Diana Le Page AVATAR MEHER BABA by Diana Le Page. (Source: Meher Studio) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2017/gutta-breakfast monthly 0.5 2017-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1490029621571-9W18O9ECUNMNP3H90GOZ/image-asset.jpeg Events - Gutta Breakfast READING FROM Lord Meher at the Gutta Breakfast with a photo of Avatar Meher Baba in the foreground. (Photo: Buzz Glasky, 2014). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1490029503282-M77VXNINRTBWAA62C736/image-asset.png Events - Gutta Breakfast THE MANZIL-E-MEEM disciples with Avatar Meher Baba (center with a white headscarf) in 1923. (Source: Meher Baba Travels website.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1490029410407-P03FSSXR4KRO8KFSDCFJ/image-asset.jpeg Events - Gutta Breakfast FRED STANKUS reads a passage from Lord Meher with Marc Brutus. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, 2015.) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2017/anniversary-celebration monthly 0.5 2017-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1490024424299-ALD4WTW9ASQEBZAKR0FZ/image-asset.jpeg Events - Anniversary Celebration of Avatar Meher Baba's 1956 Visit AVATAR MEHER BABA at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956, walking with co-founder and lifetime caretaker Agnes Baron and Meher Baba's close disciple Eruch Jessawala. (Photo: Adele Wolkin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1490022974724-BL5L5WV46PN1PDYXZ77Q/image-asset.jpeg Events - Anniversary Celebration of Avatar Meher Baba's 1956 Visit NAOSHERWAN ANZAR at Beloved Archives in Hamilton, NJ. (Photo: Phil Ludwig) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2017/silence-day-open-house monthly 0.5 2017-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1486259430117-YQL7JMNTKSYLIA9HQXLU/image-asset.jpeg Events - Silence Day Open House AVATAR MEHER BABA using the alphabet board to communicate with His followers. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2018/meher-babas-birthday-open-house monthly 0.5 2018-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1476310025985-URO0L7QY7R5OOD3S2MAT/image-asset.jpeg Events - Meher Baba's Birthday Open House BIRTHDAY CAKE lovingly made by Manager/Caretaker Ginger Glasky for Avatar Meher Baba's birthday at the 2016 open house at Meher Mount. (Photo: Buzz Glasky) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1476310360835-AS4EV9XZL1369QCAFFF2/Charlie+Mills.jpg Events - Meher Baba's Birthday Open House AVATAR MEHER BABA. (Painting by Charles Mills, Mills Studio) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2017/amartithi-open-house monthly 0.5 2018-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1476307390791-FXKGE3IK0AJ0REL3RC7D/image-asset.jpeg Events - Amartithi Open House AVATAR MEHER BABA. Photo and flowers under Baba's Tree at Meher Mount, Amartithi 2014. (Photo: Mendez-Montano) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1476307290879-S1MS3CRQBBJNBYGIOHXA/image-asset.jpeg Events - Amartithi Open House DRAMATIC SKIES at Meher Mount for Amartithi 2016. (Photo: (c) Eddie Brooks) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2016/reincarnation-karma-santa-barbara monthly 0.5 2016-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1467994215515-863VACBDD9IIHE1R5RCI/image-asset.jpeg Events - Reincarnation & Karma - Insights from the Teachings of Avatar Meher Baba AVATAR MEHER BABA at Arthur's Seat in Mahabaleshwar, India. Painting by Charles Mills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1467994287627-IM4SSNMA1CWQ693TUBZZ/image-asset.jpeg Events - Reincarnation & Karma - Insights from the Teachings of Avatar Meher Baba https://www.mehermount.org/events/2016/reincarnation-karma-ojai monthly 0.5 2016-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1467992512639-KDVUZQ2ZVE9A3HCXWYKR/image-asset.jpeg Events - Reincarnation & Karma - Insights from the Teachings of Avatar Meher Baba AVATAR MEHER BABA at Arthur's Seat in Mahabaleshwar, India. Painting by Charles Mills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1467992018229-7M92UZBP0T3UQKY3QH8N/WardParksLg.jpg Events - Reincarnation & Karma - Insights from the Teachings of Avatar Meher Baba https://www.mehermount.org/events/2015/thanksgiving-day-dinner-celebration monthly 0.5 2015-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1444688408002-P5FN65HHURLG9OMUH978/image-asset.jpeg Events - Thanksgiving Day Dinner & Celebration THANKSGIVING DAY 2014 view from Avatar's Point at Meher Mount overlooking the Pacific Ocean. (Photo: Buzz Glasky.) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2016/meher-babas-birthday-open-house monthly 0.5 2015-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407337130207-CF0HNTV3AP18NE3EV4ZX/Avatar+Meher+Baba.jpg Events - Meher Baba's Birthday Open House AVATAR MEHER BABA. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2015/tea-talk-with-jimmy-khan monthly 0.5 2015-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1436387865565-NWUMZQZQ9E8DPV4V7OTU/image-asset.jpeg Events - Tea & Talk with Jimmy Khan JIMMY KHAN (left, back) visits Meher Mount with his wife Firuza (left, front) in 2007. With them are Marko Swearingen and Margaret Magnus next to Baba's Tree. (Sam Ervin photo.) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2015/trim-the-trail-day monthly 0.5 2015-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1430153964488-0LAXNBQXQBJ2MELOLOGG/image-asset.jpeg Events - Trim-the-Trail Day A FIRE JUST BELOW AVATAR'S POINT at Meher Mount in Wheeler Canyon on April 17, 2015. This photo was taken around 11:00 a.m. in the morning. Fortunately, by around 2:00 p.m., the fire was under control and not threatening. But the danger of fire is ever present. You can help reduce the risk at Meher Mount by participating in Trim-the-Trail Day. (Buzz Glasky photo, 2015.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1430230308623-2DUDM1RE1ST2PK2OLYNN/image-asset.jpeg Events - Trim-the-Trail Day BRUSH ALONG the Prasad Orchard Trail needs to be trimmed to make way for the mowing equipment to reduce the fire risk in the Prasad Orchard at Meher Mount. (Stephanie Ervin photo, 2015.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1430251717372-NEOYL302NI1YNTIOLFGU/image-asset.jpeg Events - Trim-the-Trail Day THE MEADOW known as the Prasad Orchard with tall grass that needs to be mowed. (Stephanie Ervin photo, 2015.) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2015/tea-talk-with-shridhar-kelkar monthly 0.5 2015-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1424370238213-X3X5UTM8NKUPYO1VHEEE/image-asset.jpeg Events - Tea & Talk with Shridhar G. Kelkar https://www.mehermount.org/events/2016/gutta-breakfast monthly 0.5 2016-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407124860291-BUWA5X397TNL4JUNWNCZ/image-asset.jpeg Events - Gutta Breakfast & Discussion THE GUTTA BREAKFAST is the first Meher Mount-sponsored event on the Topa Topa Patio, December 2012. (Byron Pinckert photo, 2012.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407470225235-88WNRYV6DYEX7BDY8O1L/Manzil-e-Meem+1923 Events - Gutta Breakfast & Discussion THE MANZIL-E-MEEM disciples with Avatar Meher Baba (center with a white headscarf) in 1923. (Source: Meher Baba Travels website.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1454004087785-C2IQQT8P2402X6IMLVEU/image-asset.jpeg Events - Gutta Breakfast & Discussion FRED STANKUS reads a passage from Lord Meher with Marc Brutus. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, 2015.) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2016/bill-le-page-talk monthly 0.5 2016-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407123208358-PGXYHGNAXSG0U6KC4BZQ/Bill+Le+Page+2012+Jimmy+Hayman.jpg Events - Tea & Talk with Bill & Diana Le Page BILL LE PAGE at Meher Mount sharing his stories of being with Avatar Meher Baba. (Jimmy Hayman photo, 2012.) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2016/silence-day-open-house monthly 0.5 2016-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407175861074-VF9IA1KSXFIIJ7VOX2GB/Meher+Baba+and+the+alphabet+board.jpg Events - Silence Day Open House AVATAR MEHER BABA using the alphabet board to communicate with His followers. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2016/amartithi-open-house monthly 0.5 2015-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407189095108-C6K67DMOO1ONFHQGGHBX/Meher+Baba%27s+Samadhi+1969+-+Sam+Ervin.jpg Events - Amartithi Open House AVATAR MEHER BABA'S tomb shrine or Samadhi in Meherabad, India in June 1969, just months after Meher Baba dropped His body. (Sam Ervin photo, 1969.) https://www.mehermount.org/events/2016/anniversary-celebration-of-avatar-meher-babas-1956-visit monthly 0.5 2016-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1430157549317-Y3MSQA9NLPQUBICNUVKO/Ojai+1956.jpg Events - Anniversary Celebration of Avatar Meher Baba's 1956 Visit AVATAR MEHER BABA at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956, with caretaker Agnes Baron and close disciple Eruch Jessawalla. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1460750293439-TG2TRI2N57FCMI57FOJS/image-asset.jpeg Events - Anniversary Celebration of Avatar Meher Baba's 1956 Visit HARDEEP HANSPAL, with his wife INDRA, will shares stories of meeting Avatar Meher Baba. https://www.mehermount.org/events/2015/why-do-we-suffer monthly 0.5 2015-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1430156185420-9U7ZNVT9UT6V9NKBE7PR/Meher+Baba+during+a+Darshan+Program.jpg Events - Why Do We Suffer? - Insights from the Teachings of Avatar Meher Baba AVATAR MEHER BABA at Arthur's Seat in Mahabaleshwar, India. Painting by Charles Mills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407174215474-QVQ3LOOSHXCX79N1SW66/Dr.+Ward+Parks.jpg Events - Why Do We Suffer? - Insights from the Teachings of Avatar Meher Baba https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday daily 0.75 2026-02-13 https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/darshan-courtyard-contractor-interview monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/158f3efd-7bff-41b2-8a01-9047f55b425e/Darshan+Courtyard+-+Deer+-+August+2025+-+Ray+Johnston.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "A lot of the magic I got from the project was from the animals." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/zen-master-roof monthly 0.5 2026-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/55bca75b-8ff5-4c30-908c-1ca91b415077/Guesthouse+-+East+Side+-+2.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "What is Zen?" - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/darshan-courtyard-ashes monthly 0.5 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/b04a9f0b-d7fd-4465-9d73-01f85286a41b/Baba%27s+Fireplace+-+After+the+Storm+-+Ray+Johnston+-+Feb+2024.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "These dhuni ashes contain the essence of many of Your sublime messages..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/tree-of-fire-learned-magnus monthly 0.5 2026-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/0639c1f5-d1e3-438d-b8ca-5766e0d42811/Baba%27s+Tree+Film+-+Perry+Van+Houten+-+Ben+Hoffman+-+Barbara+Doux+-+2022+-+%281%29+Magnus.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "What did you learn about life, yourself, or the craft?" - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/tree-of-fire-story-the-biker monthly 0.5 2026-02-20 https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/helping-others-meher-baba monthly 0.5 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/db4603bd-6db2-45b1-a0f0-7d885d3527a0/mn3076_r-Washing+Leper+-+Meher+Baba.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "No amount of prayer or meditation can do what helping others can do." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/darshan-courtyard-night monthly 0.5 2026-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/9253af80-0844-406b-b8a1-e5215829e123/Darshan+Courtyard+-+Dec+2025+-+Ray+Johnston+-+night.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "Whenever I visit a place or stay there..." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/amartithi-divine-presence-blossom monthly 0.5 2026-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/3013f56c-0bb2-4f67-a103-66537baa5228/mn1757-Meher+Nazar+-+First+Amaritithi.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "...a fresh dimension of Baba's spiritual work has commenced." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/tree-of-fire-wrtiy-awards monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/agnes-baron-property monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/c9fe8871-e754-48d9-8d19-006ea71b58c8/Agnes+Sitting+in+Front+of+House+Summer+1.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "The place isn’t yours. It belongs to Meher Baba. Make up your mind to that." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/meher-baba-love monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/ad34757b-84a4-40db-a16d-a59389d4a5a5/mn3813ip_r_crop+-+Meher+Nazar+Publications%2C+1939%2C+Rano+Gayley.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "The one redeeming feature about human nature..." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/change-history-of-the-world monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1765842619928-4MFNY8QOSYDZ32TW38PR/mn3882_r+-+Meher+Nazar+-+Gaadi+outside+Tomb.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "I shall change the history of the whole world." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/baba-bust-meheras-birthday monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/332f4701-5d0c-43cf-893f-8fb056d7fb2a/Meher+Nazar+-+Mehera+Irani+-+Bust+by+Jurgis+Sapkis.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "Your treasure is the envy of kings." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/seedlings-babas-tree-grove monthly 0.5 2026-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1578581913809-5PR25WTMVKHL3LN9LFRI/Baba%27s+Tree+Seedling+-+Juan+Mendez.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "I enjoyed the feeling of just getting muddy..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/moon-over-meher-mount monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/35fd2cf9-6afc-4ef5-9a06-ffe63e0cdac9/Meher+Mount+-+Moonrise+-+Juan+Mendez+-+2022.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "There is no 'above' and 'below.'" - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/begging-bowl-babas-tree monthly 0.5 2025-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/87969e88-e522-4513-a5b6-5b1cda953f56/Bowl+by+Darrel+Wilson+-+Given+to+Nancy+Pinckert+-+2023+-+Honorable+Mention+Ventura+County+Fair+2.jpg Photo Friday Blog - “My heart’s a tiny begging bowl; Just one thing I pray..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/parvardigar-townshend-meher-baba monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/2de93c77-e022-42b7-a7ae-c700b9f15b6c/lm-5138-Meher+Nazar+-+Guruprasad+1965.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "The ideal prayer to the Lord is nothing more than spontaneous praise of His being." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/hawk-god-nature monthly 0.5 2026-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/e710daad-38ef-47a5-8f87-6aa1d2a07a5f/Meher+Mount+-+Hawk+-+Juan+Mendez+-+2020.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "If you let yourself go, you will see God in that bird." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/heart-shaped-bark monthly 0.5 2026-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/b1a0c280-c0fc-4dc3-81d4-cf61aa119f49/Piece+of+Bark+-+Heart+-+Agnes+Montano+-+2025.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "Love has to spring spontaneously from within..." ~Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/do-you-like-tarantulas monthly 0.5 2025-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/9dd20ecd-20a8-466f-a57c-3682113aaa56/Nature+-+Tarantula+JPEG+-+Ray+Johnston.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "Do you like tarantulas?" - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/new-moon-east-west-gathering monthly 0.5 2025-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/4456d0c3-1dba-4e11-8de2-fa74e2048826/MeherMount+-+Moon+-+Juan+Mendez+.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "The moon was low, a silver sickle on a field of blue..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/rumi-angel-hike monthly 0.5 2025-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/ea64fc99-703d-48f9-92a2-218145919aae/Deer+Trail+Walk+-+Tree+Stump+Angel+1+-+2-2-2020+-+Margaret+Magnus+%282%292.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "Why should I fear? When was I less by dying?" - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/mast-meher-baba-love monthly 0.5 2025-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/e4760431-dcce-4a08-bb47-c368037f7059/camview0988-Meher+Nazar+-+1939+Mohammed+Mast.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "Love needs to flow, and it needs someplace to flow to..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/babas-walkway-tagore monthly 0.5 2025-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/5a8e26b0-ba09-4b93-b94d-d018a3a409c0/Meher+Mount+-+Baba%27s+Walkway+-+Juan+Mendez+-+2020.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "Those who crowd in my path do not know that I am walking alone with you..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/fungi-babas-tree monthly 0.5 2025-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/7042ce60-830c-481c-9371-c2ce965b5337/Fungi+Under+Baba%27s+Tree+-+2023+-+Juan+Mendez.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "In the shadows, where sunlight fades..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/mountain-topa-topa-rumi monthly 0.5 2025-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/0b27e032-81f2-4977-8dfb-811af77b7eb6/Topa+Topa+Bluffs+-+Juan+Mendez+-+August+2024.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "...the solid mountain of our true nature stays where it's always been." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/fox-bird-bath monthly 0.5 2025-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1632349996840-6VWJ72MUJK2I0V4788YI/Fox+-+Juan+Mendez.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "My grace is always there..." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/summer-scene monthly 0.5 2025-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/423f5318-2826-46e1-90f4-74b344d88fe6/Santa+Monica+Mountains+-+Heritage+Valley+1+-+Juan+Mendez+-+2025.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "Look well therefore to this day..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/bee-flowers-babas-love monthly 0.5 2025-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/cea7f87e-3807-4745-8061-5b360596575b/Flowers+%26+Bees+-+Mendez.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "It whispers to the flowers all, kissing the shining dew..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/babas-tree-mirror monthly 0.5 2025-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/29f0773a-3431-4b85-8ef4-50d434414139/%231-MyFavoriteNatlaie1-Baba%27sTree+-+Natali+Farsi+-+2025.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "Love is the cleanser that wipes the mirror bright..." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/real-surrender-meher-baba monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1754594340332-8FVRZOLJEJB8RQ9FH6LE/MMnt-Stephanie-Ervin-2024May+%2822%29.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "The only Real Surrender is that in which poise is undisturbed" - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/squirrels-sun monthly 0.5 2025-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/fc10ac62-bfaf-48ec-9bda-dc115b2587de/Nature+-+Meher+Mount+-+Squirrels+-+Juan+Mendez.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/babas-tree-silence monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/996e8208-4be7-4157-b13f-6642093f8e21/Baba+Tree+Stephanie+Ervin+2014+2.JPG Photo Friday Blog - "It's just leaves and branches. It shouldn't be that quiet." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/meher-baba-photo-babas-tree monthly 0.5 2025-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/2ef73364-6444-447c-8327-2b0e4cd90425/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Flowers+1+-+Wayne+Myers+%282%29.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "It makes that instant of Meher Baba at Baba's Tree particularly intimate and private." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/babas-tree-felled-ground monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/fe4d8ce6-cb9e-4953-a43d-4ff53b71927d/Baba%27s+Tree+-+2-13-2018+-+Magnus+%282%29.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "It was like seeing a champion boxer just beaten and bloody on the ground..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/meher-baba-infinite-within monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/b3371be6-bba9-4a65-83b9-56410ad7478e/April+27%2C+2021+Juan+Mendez+cropped.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "...you are Infinite within.” - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/meher-baba-speak-eloquently monthly 0.5 2025-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/7782e4f2-f4ff-4c05-bf1c-da62125272af/lm-2743-Meher+Nazar+-+Meherabad-1949.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "I speak more eloquently through gestures and the alphabet board." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/meher-baba-speak-eternally monthly 0.5 2025-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/211f0628-725a-4ac4-a3a3-51adcb413c89/PXL_20240414_020459849.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "The voice that is heard deep within the soul is my voice..." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/meher-baba-heart-to-heart monthly 0.5 2025-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/dbcae7b9-f761-4ade-ae0a-7e2b68de3527/DS+307+-+Cropped-+Meher+Nazar+-+1954+-+Meherabad+-+Darwin+Shaw.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "The inaudible sound is from heart to heart..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/meher-baba-silence-enough-words monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/d804042d-f1da-4e5d-8748-e6004890f346/mn0356cn-Meher+Nazar+1949+-+Meherazad-+Beheram.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "You have asked for and been given enough words..." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/meher-baba-eyes-poem monthly 0.5 2025-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/4010e747-b2df-4182-8dcd-55e68b44ebd8/20250519_063721.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "To bring you love is but to offer you your own." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/agnes-baron-babas-accident monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/d568ae47-029c-4259-966c-fff6b7df4872/Guesthouse+at+Meher+Mount+-+Nov+1956+-+Lud+Dimpfl.jpeg Photo Friday Blog - "I have been waiting all these years for you to come." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/c849146a-7968-4a85-9d47-961efcf8f5c8/Map+Myrtle+Beach-Prague-Meher+Mount.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "I have been waiting all these years for you to come." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/deer-babas-tree monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/6c633ec7-bc92-4373-81cc-a7bb6c7899c8/Deer+at+Baba%27s+Tree+-+Juan+Mendez.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "It feels kind of enchanted." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/happy-flowers-love monthly 0.5 2025-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/696f7952-d257-4eaa-acbf-6ff784c0b98e/Flowers+at+Meher+Mount+-+Juan+Mendez.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "Let me tell you this fact: There is nothing to worry about..." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/clouds-babas-path monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1746039050242-NPCDMSEU298QA3KQOQOT/Baba%27s+Path+-+Artwork+-+Gordon+Meir+-+2025+-.jpeg Photo Friday Blog - "It is a manifestation of the path we all walk in life..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/let-my-love-open-the-door monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/e099e81c-4213-424c-841e-51b78a420e8c/MMHeartGate2003+-+Ray+Johnston.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "Let my love open the door..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/agnes-baron-kali monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/6fa87365-7b1c-4ffe-8af1-1ca24bb144ef/Agnes+and+Kali+view+1+-+Nov+1956+-+Lud+Dimpfl.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "Baba, here is the spirit of Meher Mount." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/flowers-butterfly monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1741041851706-YETOCH5J6833NSJMFQZM/CNPS+Hike+-+Butterfly+-+March+24%2C+2019+-+Stephanie+Ervin.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/tree-mist-loss monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/e381dca6-26bb-49fd-8af5-9bbcfc3d35cb/In+the+Clouds+-+Tree+Trunk+-+Instagram+-+Apr+2013+-+Steph+Ervin.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "Sometimes that is the only solace for loss." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/warm-winds-hafez monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/4b934fab-8a6e-4c1a-acf3-0411a33b313d/Meher+Mount+-+Path-Field+-+Buzz+Glasky.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "Warm wind, if you blow through the lands of my Beloved..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/butterfly-rumi monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/59d4532d-bbb6-4ece-b7cf-79ff6826679f/Meher+Mount+-+Butterfly+-+2022+-+Juan+Mendez.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "The people of this world are like the three butterflies..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/silk-screen-light monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/7e873c00-391a-44ca-a96b-2912f3f2ce32/VisitorCtr-ViewfromthePorch-Dec2022%28Agnes+Montano%29.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "There's something magical that occurs when light shines on ordinary objects." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/winter-rain-rock-soil monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/cb71299e-ccd5-4a55-b506-464d31bbc1d1/Meher+Mount+-+Rain+%26+Reception+Sign+1+-+Ray+Johnston+-+2025.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "The rain falls on both rocks and soil." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/god-as-man monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/b72b0285-62d6-49b9-a3b4-3e3eda89bde3/mn5532p-Meher+Nazar.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "If God came not as man..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/heart-stone-love monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/daf645f7-4fa4-4845-b0ac-da5cfbd6e70b/Heart+Rock+-+Baba%27s+Tree+-+2025+-+Margaret+Magnus+-+Amartithi.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "True love gathers power and spreads itself..." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/feeling-of-oneness monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1738169387992-0YTV19WK688XEOSIKGVP/95_C95_r-MSI-1954-ahmednagar-Bhalya+Panday.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "the feeling of oneness, through love, is brought about amongst all..." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/belly-laugh-day-meher-baba monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/49c2d17b-8738-4b9b-8b24-583958643566/mn3046_r-Meher+Nazar+Publications+-+1951+-+Poona+-+Padri.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "You will at once turn it into laughter." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/agnes-baron-mansari-desai monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1737070565963-BXQKB29ZL62LWITXBILX/Agnes+Baron+-+Mansari+Desai+-+Upper+Meherabad+-+1982+-+Mario+%26+Linda+Zavala.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "Baba never went wrong in choosing His Watchdog!" - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/oak-wildflowers-harmony monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/8c2ed4f5-3ca7-4e06-80b8-4b2d3a1dc4a6/Meher+Mount+-+Oak-Wildflower+-+Agnes+Montano+-+Dec+2024.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "This afternoon, you all have a chance to laugh and feel relaxed." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/beautiful-serene-moment monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/fc84dc54-f623-4371-863f-4af7c0229bb0/Sunset+-+Ron+Holsey+-+Summer+2024+-+Meher+Mount.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "It was a beautiful and serene moment." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/meherabad-zoo monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/aaa2afd5-3a9e-4068-9d53-c826d79666eb/mn3802cn-Meher+Nazar+Publications+-+Padri+-+1951.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "Meher Baba could be strict with his own people, but the animals could have what they wanted." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/oak-wildflower-jhjpe monthly 0.5 2024-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/b187cc89-b2f6-41bd-ac83-28c33be85102/mn6888p-Meher+Nazar+Publications.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "I belong to no religion..." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/shadow-and-sun monthly 0.5 2025-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/8b039f17-7fa2-4ba2-a428-50927f514145/Shadows+%26+Light+4+-+Margaret+Magnus+-+Dec+2024.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "I am the Sun which is hidden by the shadow of yourself." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/babas-tree-burned-trunk monthly 0.5 2024-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/cded75ef-2d8d-4ced-82fe-9dac43193a04/Baba%27s+Tree+-+12-2017+-+Buzz+Glasky.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "Nobody tries to save a tree this badly burned..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/what-is-gratitude monthly 0.5 2024-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1733157134556-D5978JXK8AFLBHF1PBNQ/6-644R-MSI+-+1950+-+Padri.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "Will you please tell me, then - what is gratitude?" - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/deer-darshan-courtyard-construction monthly 0.5 2026-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/96cb2c4d-3a93-40f6-821d-7e8951305910/Darshan+Constrcution+-+Daily+Inspection+-+Ray+Johnston+-+Nov+2+2024.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "No one requires an introduction to me..." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/meher-baba-cricket monthly 0.5 2024-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/ac9bf63d-d304-4789-9ba9-e6496593e9fb/mn2683_hi+-+Meher+Nazar+Publications+-+Padri+1936+-+Lower+Meherabad+-+cropped.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "True sportsmanship is concentrated ability, enlivened with appreciation of the performance of others." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/ojai-day-dont-worry monthly 0.5 2024-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1730226099150-Z1B2DBNCGV4GISXTLY9I/Ojai+Day+2024+-+Sam+Ervin+-+Juan+Mendez+-+Ron+Holsey+-Magnus.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "I really need that right now..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/c50fb9e3-600b-421a-8bbe-6730fcb96fdb/Sticker-don%27t+worry-be+happy.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "I really need that right now..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/bees-love-tolstoy monthly 0.5 2024-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/04f4e8fd-1063-418c-b64d-b8ce23b843d5/Bees+-+Juan+Mendez+-+2024.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "...one can no more deal with people without love than one can handle bees without care." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/comet-tsuchinshan-atlas-dhuni monthly 0.5 2024-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/6d7af40d-782e-4830-b196-dc383c4af3a3/CometA3+-+Ray+Johnston+-+2024.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "There’s something so unique that happens when people gather in Meher Baba’s name and presence..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/new-life-fire monthly 0.5 2025-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1665580184784-IDBM8UWU2LMCR8B0CMDP/Two+Chimneys+-+After+the+Fire+-+Sam+Ervin+-+October+1985.jpg Photo Friday Blog - “What hurts me most is the loss of Meher Baba’s pictures and writings.” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/saint-francis-deer monthly 0.5 2024-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1726070732661-DSMOH80PR7CRW8MM0GT7/Francis+5+-+Agnes+Montano+-+2023+-+Cropped.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "Why were the saints, the saints?" - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/baba-room-flute-concert monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1725220382792-XNE36OQG8ZZ7GKEDXXAN/Opposite+Baba%27s+Fireplace+-+Agnes+Baron+Elizabeth+Hartzell+Margaret+Magnus+-+Sam+Ervin+-+Winter+1978.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "This photo brings back fond memories..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/0a4ef6c6-1651-4046-bcbb-6889e0261878/Baba%27s+Fireplace+-+Winter+1978+-+Sam+Ervin+2.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "This photo brings back fond memories..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/hummingbird-in-flight monthly 0.5 2024-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1724939172123-N92QCBO5P8RD3CG3C4OS/Meher+Mount+-+Anna%27s+Hummingbird+-+Juan+Mendez+-+2024.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "Birdsong brings relief to my longing..." - Rumi - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/meher-baba-happy monthly 0.5 2025-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/ed06ae64-e871-45fe-b239-118f5c25b412/mn3068_hi-+Meher+Nazar+Publication+-+Bangalore+-+Padri+-+1939-40.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "Say to yourself, 'I am meant to be happy...'" - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/avatar-jean-adriel monthly 0.5 2024-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1724262659050-RCTU28E299LI1URWOU2M/Jean+Adriel+-+Meher+Mount+-+Month+of+Silence+1949+-+2.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "To the living Christ whose beauty the very heavens cannot contain..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/sunset-admirer monthly 0.5 2024-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/2f5b1cf0-89f1-47e9-a024-caacd4bdbbc3/Sunset+at+Meher+Mount+-+Bing+Heckman+-+Summer+2024.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "I'm more of a sunset admirer..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/bobcat monthly 0.5 2024-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/9f6208f8-d691-40aa-be6e-d2e068747d77/Meher+Mount+-+Bobcat+-+Juan+Mendez+-+July+2024+.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "Each place its own psyche." - David Abrams - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/white-flowers monthly 0.5 2024-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1723673322853-YFRR2A42EGEX06JFAQVK/Meher+Mount+-+Pacific+Ocean+-+Danny+Mobed+-+Aug+2024.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "It was my honor to capture the natural beauty." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/golden-visitor-center monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/49b6e634-e1d5-4a03-a955-2b209639de8b/Meher+Mount+-+Visitor+Center+-+Warm+Light+Entrance+-+Stephanie+Ervin+-+May+2024.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "All day I think about it, then at night I say it." - Rumi - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/i-love-meher-mount-very-much monthly 0.5 2024-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/35e79629-d909-4d6a-9f53-ff0094fc1273/I+love+Meher+Mount+very+much+and+feel+happy+here..jpeg Photo Friday Blog - "I want Agni to know that I love Meher Mount very, very much." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/the-logo-story-video monthly 0.5 2024-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/ea8b6dc7-c1ff-4698-a957-0c0f3a59c1a6/Meher+Mount+Stickers+-+Mendez+1.jpeg Photo Friday Blog - "But let's not make it a tree. Meher Mount is more than just a tree." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/meher-baba-1956 monthly 0.5 2024-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1d438ecf-be60-4d46-b566-a945a7ac0139/RS3689_1956-+Ojai+-+Meher+Mount-Sufism+Reoriented+Copy.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "This land is very old, I have been here before." - Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/agnes-baron-meher-baba monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/ef094698-d38e-45ef-948f-398e0c7cd3c1/Agnes+Baron+%26+Meher+Baba+-+1956+-+Meher+Mount.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "I want Agnes to have a special memento of this day." - Avatar Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/meher-baba-communicates-through-silence monthly 0.5 2024-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1b72eb27-5b0d-413a-81ba-6e06ccaa5048/DB105+C105r-+MSI+-+1939-40+-+Bangalore+-+Bhaiya+Panday+.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "The inaudible sound is from heart to heart..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/silence-babas-tree monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/d8699e5b-cbca-4bf0-a9aa-559f5a24824c/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Trunk+-+Stephanie+Ervin+-+April+2024.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "What occurs to me around Baba's Tree as far as sound or silence..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/fog-avatars-point monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/3cb9dd73-9208-4004-a497-cd7f53d92dfb/Meher+Baba+Mount+-+Avatar%27s+Point+-+Chris+Barker+5+-+2023.jpeg Photo Friday Blog - "I stayed until the fog slowly crept up the hill..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/condor-avatars-point monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/0ea50944-b6e7-4f53-b5bf-9866270e3e85/Meher+Mount+-+California+Condor+-+Ray+Johnston+-+May+26+2024+-+Cropped.jpeg Photo Friday Blog - "I grabbed my phone just as the last condor rose..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/en-plein-air-painting monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1715716171607-X878N28Y974CVRSMJGHY/Meher+Mount+-+Driveway+-+Barbara+Brown+-+April+2024.jpeg Photo Friday Blog - "Art is one of the sources through which the soul expresses itself and inspires others." - Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/1952-meher-baba monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/65e38476-663a-4e88-b8d7-e41c5ff16815/avatar+meher+baba+-+Quote+-+Graphic.png Photo Friday Blog - "I want you to remain undisturbed and unshaken by the force of life's currents..." - Meher Baba - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/aurora-borealis-ojai monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/cd553748-183a-43df-b5c3-f2b1b4980ae0/Meher+Mount+-+Aurora+Borealis+-+Ray+Johnston+-+May+2024.png Photo Friday Blog - "You gotta go out and look toward the Topas..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/baba-walkway-stone monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/c1e3d2be-0eba-4e6f-a0f4-8d20159ba45f/Baba%27s+Walkway+-+A+Leaf+-+Agnes+Montano+-+Aug+2020.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "Do not let any material thoughts or worries disturb your mind..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/sunset-as-a-pearl monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/f5742c86-b973-43c1-9e0a-a8552da945ed/Sunset+-+Kristina+Somma+-+April+2024.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "When I became a lover I thought I had gained the Pearl..." - Hafiz - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/squirrel-at-pond monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1711897318192-0SXS65TCM3UB829EF3S0/Squirrel+at+Meher+Mount+-+Juan+Mendez+-+August+2020.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "And the squirrel looks down and says, 'Hey.'" - Rumi - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/skunks monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/6f6308ac-3452-427e-8c74-37d5f602d758/Meher+Mount+-+Skunk+-+Night+-+Pond+-+Ray+Johnston+-+2024.jpeg Photo Friday Blog - What if you see a skunk? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/441fc683-05d6-4556-b004-5e68cb9d8840/Meher+Mount+-+Skunk+-+Ray+Johnston+2024.jpeg Photo Friday Blog - What if you see a skunk? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/annas-hummingbird monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/e121d9c8-17ed-4342-b3a8-153484e01d53/%28Male%29+Anna%27s+Hummingbird+at+the+Pond+-+Juan+Mendez+-+2021.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "His vibrations were like a hummingbird." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/deer-drinking-at-pond monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1711892646241-8IRROXJSBUPZ1R4WWL4F/Meher+Mount+-+Deer+-+10-7-2018+-+Sam+Ervin+%283%29.JPG Photo Friday Blog - "It's a sanctuary for all life, large and small." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/sketch-rosemary monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1709674815511-12B6SLOGGAFO2BQNODYD/Rosemary+-+Drawing+-+Kristina+Somma+-+Feb+2024.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "I will often find the opportunity to do a 'quick draw' in my sketchbook." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/balancing monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1709672556662-6JXMXJ80ZUCESBA4X4Z2/Meher+Baba+-+Diana+Le+Page+-+Robert+Turnage+Photo+-+2-24+-+Cropped.jpeg Photo Friday Blog - "It's not a battle... it's a balancing." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/baron-international-womens-day monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/c9fe8871-e754-48d9-8d19-006ea71b58c8/Agnes+Sitting+in+Front+of+House+Summer+1.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "An authentic love and extraordinary commitment..." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/baja-calfiornia-treefrog monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/0f3fdf1a-9bd4-4e01-8360-d378698bd264/Meher+Mount+-+Baja+California+Treefrog+-+Robert+Turnage+-+Feb+2024+-+Square.jpg Photo Friday Blog - "Ribbit." - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/photo-friday/melting-snow monthly 0.5 2026-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1708439485033-P59UERR29GI57J1KH3OZ/Meher+Mount+-+Snow+-+Feb+2023+-+Kristina+Somma.jpg Photo Friday Blog - 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AVATAR MEHER BABA said: “Inscribe these words on your heart: Nothing is real but God. Nothing matters but love for God.” https://www.mehermount.org/a-gateway-to-the-divine daily 0.75 2025-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407616383112-7DYVFA0OQ561RZYA08R4/image-asset.jpeg A Gateway to the Divine BABA'S TREE as viewed from Avatar's Point. (Wayne Myers photo, 2013.) https://www.mehermount.org/directions daily 0.75 2024-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1579967726946-AMDXYZR5JAS74KH5M0H7/Gateway+4+-+Margaret+Magnus+2017.JPG Directions THE MEHER MOUNT sign at the entrance. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, 2017.) https://www.mehermount.org/meher-babas-life daily 0.75 2024-02-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407173362523-8WNT9Q3EYMKYCTYQBN0I/Meher+Baba+1956+-+Los+Angeles+Times.jpg Meher Baba's Life AVATAR MEHER BABA meets with the press in Los Angeles in 1956 just before His visit to Meher Mount. (Los Angeles Times photo on August 1, 1956.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407173093331-FSKI00B0A2C3Q0A04QX8/Meher+Baba+with+the+alphabet+board.jpg Meher Baba's Life MEHER BABA used an alphabet board until 1954 to communicate His discourses and messages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407173006530-SBQEHNHLMJNB0O9LO7F5/image-asset.jpeg Meher Baba's Life AVATAR MEHER BABA in India cutting a the hair of a mast - a God-intoxicated soul. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1633960290843-8JLYWOUH5ZRLU5EJ0VC0/WEB+AMB+1956+-+Eruch+Jessawala%2C+Meher+Baba%2C+Agnes+Baron.jpg Meher Baba's Life AVATAR MEHER BABA at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956. Caretaker Agnes Baron is taking Him on a tour of the property. Close disciple Eruch Jessawalla is holding the umbrella. 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Area Information THE SNOW-CAPPED Topa Topa Bluffs in the Ojai Valley as seen from Meher Mount. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1408034659026-TOED89HOIU797GPASQJG/image-asset.jpeg Area Information THE VIEW TOWARD SANTA PAULA and the Heritage Valley from Meher Mount. (Leslie Bridger photo, 2011.) https://www.mehermount.org/founding-meher-mount daily 0.75 2023-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1406910015380-ISOU8ILVSES2M9WWGKCF/Original+Main+House+-+1940s.jpg Founding Meher Mount THE ORIGINAL GUEST HOUSE at Meher Mount in the 1940s. This was the building where Avatar Meher Baba greeted visitors during His visit on August 2, 1956. This house and all the other buildings on the property were destroyed in the 1985 New Life Fire. (Archive photo.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1408126745698-PQDLB5QRBPSNG5B25IOD/image-asset.jpeg Founding Meher Mount THE ORIGINAL FARMHOUSE and garage (upper left-hand corner) were part of the complex of buildings when the property was purchased in 1946. The greenhouse (lower right) was built later in the 1970s. (Archive photo.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1406910729196-P69HGI5LJ7YBGBX4DWMF/Agnes+Baron+and+the+White+House.jpg Founding Meher Mount AGNES BARON pointing to the "white house", an old carpenter's shed, that was brought onto the property for Meher Baba's mandali (close men disciples) to stay in during Meher Baba's proposed 1952 visit. (Archive photo.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1408127073533-VWCL14I0IKDS8ZXQVB8D/image-asset.jpeg Founding Meher Mount AGNES BARON (foreground) in a rare moment of relaxation. Unidentified woman in the background. They are in front of the farmhouse and garage. (Archive photo.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1406910662684-ST4KMZ2YWSLFWJFY6FSO/Agnes+Baron+and+Margaret+Craske+1940s.jpg Founding Meher Mount MEHER MOUNT RELIES ON VOLUNTEERS to help with weed abatement and general maintenance. Agnes Baron (left) is using a scythe and visitor Margaret Craske, a close disciple of Meher Baba (right), helps by raking circa 1949. (Archive photo.) https://www.mehermount.org/meher-babas-1956-visit-to-meher-mount daily 0.75 2021-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1633961549774-ZAS6S4O842MNSFZT1U4L/WEB+AMB+1956+-+Eruch+Jessawala%2C+Agnes+Baron%2C+Meherjee+Karkaria+-+Darwin+Shaw.jpg Meher Baba at Meher Mount AVATAR MEHER BABA with His followers and caretaker Agnes Baron at Meher Mount in 1956. (Photo: Darwin Shaw, (c) Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1633961442474-EBTQC7O152KP0XFLKZA0/WEB+AMB+1956+-+Group+Close+up.jpg Meher Baba at Meher Mount AVATAR MEHER BABA (blue coat) on a tour of Meher Mount with caretaker Agnes Baron on August 2, 1956. (Photo: Darwin Shaw, (c) Meher Nazar Publications) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407171858065-RCI7SI97LF9Y03JF9JY1/Meher+Baba+at+Meher+Mount+1956.jpg Meher Baba at Meher Mount AVATAR MEHER BABA taking a tour of Meher Mount on August 2, 1956, with caretaker Agnes Baron. 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(Photo: Juan Mendez) https://www.mehermount.org/service daily 0.75 2024-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1630421511151-11ADVQOL2UQ60018P84O/pushing+it+up+-+cropped.jpg Volunteer IT TAKES A TEAM to get the new water tank in place for the water filtration system at Meher Mount. As you can see, many hands make light work. (Photo: Sam Ervin, 2003) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1406418046629-74DNRMA91CZCOS1ZCJ4R/Agnes+Baron++Margaret+Craske++Meher+Mount Volunteer AGNES BARON (left) and MARGARET CRASKE (right) doing weed abatement at Meher Mount, circa 1949. (Archive photo.) https://www.mehermount.org/contact daily 0.75 2026-02-27 https://www.mehermount.org/caretakers daily 0.75 2023-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/4930ce6b-df9a-49fc-8eda-a8eae11c0d7c/Reception+-+Squirrel+-+Mendez+-+MeherMount_2019-10-31+.jpg Caretaker Opening The receptionist squirrel can’t do it all by herself…. She needs help! https://www.mehermount.org/guest daily 0.75 2026-03-23 https://www.mehermount.org/anniversaryrsvp daily 0.75 2025-07-08 https://www.mehermount.org/archives daily 0.75 2021-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1565797221368-TU9DHXLNCOQVA5CBX42Q/Agnes+%26+Baba+Walking+-+JPEG.jpg Donate an Artifact AVATAR MEHER BABA at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956, walking with Meher Mount co-founder Agnes Baron and close disciple Eruch Jessawala. 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Holding the umbrella is Eruch Jessawala. To the right of Agnes is Meherjee Karkaria. (Photo: Meher Mount Archives) https://www.mehermount.org/babas-tree daily 0.75 2022-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1622399014319-K2D77RIZRBM7W41TJMBL/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Meher+Mount+-+Juan+Mendez+-+April+2021.jpg Baba's Tree - Make it stand out THE BABA’S TREE sign at Meher Mount, installed in 2016, marks the edge of the canopy of Baba’s Tree before the December 2017 Thomas Fire and high winds toppled almost all of the tree. This photo, taken almost four years later, shows the recovery of Baba’s Tree. (Photo: Juan Mendez, 2021) https://www.mehermount.org/covid19-guidelines daily 0.75 2021-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1407363354510-LMBCDTPHIQ5MJKCJXEBE/Visitor+Center+2014+-+Buzz+Glasky COVID-19 Guidelines VISITORS SHOULD CHECK IN at the Visitor Center upon arriving at Meher Mount. It is helpful to also let the Manager/Caretakers know when you are leaving. (Buzz Glasky photo, 2014.) https://www.mehermount.org/artist daily 0.75 2022-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1632169183256-Z1N9S69XT39QP9HHR584/6+Meher+Mount+-+Jan+2016+-+Eddie+Brooks.jpg Inspire Your Inner Artist THE FIELD and path to Baba's Tree at Meher Mount in Ojai, CA, on a windy, stormy day in January. (c) Edward Brooks, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/f6a40821-b3da-40e9-b98d-9b5e70871595/Baba%27s+Tree+at+Meher+Mount+-+Mar+2015+-+Margaret+Magnus.jpg Inspire Your Inner Artist UNDER THE LIMBS of Baba’s Tree before the 2017 Thomas Fire and high winds toppled the tree. Baba’s Tree continues to recover from the fire with tender loving care and prayers from around the world. From the fire emerged Baba’s Tree Grove which continues to welcome and inspire visitors. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1632170775874-36P8GZE4YAI3LP1U2APN/Plein+Air+2+-+Buzz+Glasky+-+2015.jpg Inspire Your Inner Artist - Make it stand out THE EN PLEIN AIR painting at Meher Mount and the subject of the painting. (Photo: Buzz Glasky) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1632171228540-42HJCCWFMJS5AFAV1P91/Dhun+poster+frame+-+Mitchel+Rose+-+8-2020.jpg Inspire Your Inner Artist MUSICIANS in the United States, India and England gathered virtually to record two beautiful and uplifting songs in celebration of Avatar Meher Baba and the anniversary of His visit to Meher Mount. “You just might want to sing along,” said one viewer. https://www.mehermount.org/time daily 0.75 2023-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/ca8e9333-7926-4997-ad5e-f643a5a25b1d/MeherMount_Signs_2022+-+Juan+Mendez.jpg Give the Gift of Meher Baba's Name https://www.mehermount.org/archives-1 daily 0.75 2021-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1565797221368-TU9DHXLNCOQVA5CBX42Q/Agnes+%26+Baba+Walking+-+JPEG.jpg Meher Mount's Treasures (Copy) AVATAR MEHER BABA at Meher Mount on August 2, 1956, walking with Meher Mount co-founder Agnes Baron and close disciple Eruch Jessawala. (Source: Adele Wolkin, who was part of the group visiting Meher Mount in 1956, gave this photograph to Meher Mount.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1600002321003-KU92WPNPNATP3DB37LAQ/Baba%27s+Fireplace+-+Benches+-+September+2019+-+Margaret+Magnus.jpg Meher Mount's Treasures (Copy) BABA’S FIREPLACE & DARSHAN COURTYARD area mark the ‘Baba Room’ where Avatar Meher Baba met with His followers on August 2, 1956. There are plans to evoke this room with a covered courtyard for visitors. The benches are made from the fallen limbs of Baba’s Tree. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1579631552592-8VYZK9A9ZRY7HTMTZ4F4/Baba%27s+Walkway+-+Documentation+-+Juan+Mendez+1+-+Aug+2019+-+Margaret+Magnus.jpg Meher Mount's Treasures (Copy) JUAN MENDEZ is measuring each stone that is part of Baba’s Walkway as part of the archival and preservation process. This walkway was used by Avatar Meher Baba when He visited Meher Mount on August 2, 1956, to reach the ‘Baba House’ where He gave darshan (His blessing) to His followers. (Photo: Margaret Magnus, 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1565798505567-XOM351YYCYL4HVYFQ0AR/Letter+-+Mani+Irani+-+July+7+1994+%283%29.jpg Meher Mount's Treasures (Copy) LETTER SENT TO MEHER MOUNT upon the death of co-founder Agnes Baron from Mani S. Irani, Meher Baba’s sister and chairman of the Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust in India. https://www.mehermount.org/home daily 1.0 2026-03-21 https://www.mehermount.org/touchstones daily 0.75 2023-03-16 https://www.mehermount.org/darshan-courtyard daily 0.75 2024-10-04 https://www.mehermount.org/babas-walkway daily 0.75 2021-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/2872a0cf-601e-48f0-ab59-9810e1c74e8e/Baba%27s+Walkway+-+Meher+Mount+-+Documentation+-+Juan+Mendez+1+-+Aug+2019+-+Margaret+Magnus.jpg Baba's Walkway - Make it stand out THE FIRST STEP in the restoration of Baba’s Walkway at Meher Mount is cataloging all the existing stones. Here Juan Mendez is carefully measuring each flagstone. (Photo: Margaret Magnus) https://www.mehermount.org/babas-path daily 0.75 2022-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1631246267047-U1NQ3MO6NU6I0NVZPHM5/Baba%27s+Path+-+April+2019+-+Buzz+Glasky.jpg Baba's Path - Make it stand out BABA’S PATH — to and from Baba’s Tree and Avatar’s Point at Meher Mount — is marked with a stone sign so that all may walk in the footsteps of the Avatar of the Age, Meher Baba. (Photo: Juan Mendez) https://www.mehermount.org/pilgrimage daily 0.75 2026-03-21 https://www.mehermount.org/oasis daily 0.75 2024-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/5da8555e-c9cc-40d3-9fb6-d93971f49185/Avatar%27s+Point+-+2017+-+Meher+Baradi+%282%29.jpg Keep this Oasis of Divine Calm https://www.mehermount.org/thank-you daily 0.75 2026-01-30 https://www.mehermount.org/babastreestory daily 0.75 2022-04-29 https://www.mehermount.org/babastreestory-1 daily 0.75 2022-04-29 https://www.mehermount.org/care daily 0.75 2024-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/d9848cee-bfc4-457b-881f-5f354b462039/sad+woman+-+dreamstime+1.jpg Open the Gates for a Visitor Like you - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/match daily 0.75 2026-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1731162002749-H91ERS1EGD2OHODX4K4C/Your+gift+doubles+icons.png+-+compressed.jpg Your Gift Will Go Twice as Far - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/welcome daily 0.75 2024-10-28 https://www.mehermount.org/meher-baba-portofino-meher-mount daily 0.75 2023-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/f6a0ebb2-9950-4c37-8764-f9a0c017e1f5/Meher+Baba+-+Portofino+-+Elizabeth+Patterson+-+Donated+by+Charles+Haynes+%26+Christopher+Wilson+-+2019+%282%29.jpeg Meher Baba in Portofino - Make it stand out Meher Baba in Portofino, Villa Altachiara, 1933 Photographer: Elizabeth Patterson A Gift of Charles Haynes and Christopher Wilson Photograph Touched and Blessed by Avatar Meher Baba https://www.mehermount.org/meher-baba-sadra-meher-mount daily 0.75 2023-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/6fcd5ffd-2b2f-46d1-b6e6-4fbc8164d30a/mn1957-Meher+Nazar+-+sadra.jpg Meher Baba's Sadra - Make it stand out Avatar Meher Baba Wearing a Sadra, 1957 https://www.mehermount.org/will-david-creator-of-living-giving-water daily 0.75 2023-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/f0a12fac-c429-46bd-921e-fb4d3eb00ff1/20230116_081059.jpg Creator of Life-Giving Water - Make it stand out Creator of Life Giving Water By Will David A Gift of the Artist, 2023 https://www.mehermount.org/mills-meher-baba-meher-mount daily 0.75 2023-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1545490783069-AGWO34G3SIFE12SC5DAU/Meher+Baba+at+Meher+Mount+-+Painting+-+Charles+Mills+-+June+2018.jpg Meher Baba at Meher Mount - Make it stand out Meher Baba at Meher Mount By Charles Mills A Gift of the Artist, 2018 https://www.mehermount.org/monthly-match daily 0.75 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/42c398c0-64db-4572-9764-99475b5c2fc0/Monthly+Donor+-+Fundraising+-+Match.jpg Your Monthly Gift Will Automatically Double - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/2b317704-1bbe-4496-b3f6-8383d6386454/Donation+Box+2+-+2013+-+Magnus.JPG Your Monthly Gift Will Automatically Double - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/more-ways-to-give daily 0.75 2025-10-09 https://www.mehermount.org/ebook-4steps-download daily 0.75 2024-06-08 https://www.mehermount.org/ebook-gratitude-meher-baba daily 0.75 2025-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/54eccb8c-20c1-49ea-80cd-9810f8316380/Turban+and+Baba.jpg Get Your Free Ebook - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/survey daily 0.75 2023-08-25 https://www.mehermount.org/ebook-silence-meher-baba daily 0.75 2025-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/86af680c-4687-403c-9df9-9722df4bf1a1/Avatar+Meher+Baba+Silence+Alphabet+Board Get Your Free Ebook - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/ebook-silence-download daily 0.75 2025-07-26 https://www.mehermount.org/docent daily 0.75 2023-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/f12eb544-ddfe-408f-8666-5f437ccc090d/Meher+Mount+-+Docent+Ad.jpg Volunteer to Be a Docent - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/amartithi-mean-to-you daily 0.75 2026-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/eeb95fd7-3bf9-4b99-babc-0c5be1be2d42/mn3813ip_r_crop+-+Meher+Nazar+Publications%2C+1939%2C+Rano+Gayley.jpg What Does Amartithi Mean to You? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/free-ebook-7-myths-planned-gift daily 0.75 2024-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/c3476eba-ab86-41ca-b37e-ba1f41280872/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Flower+on+Limb+-+Juan+Mendez+-+February+2022.jpg Get Your Free eBook - Make it stand out “I love Meher Mount very much and feel happy here.” — Avatar Meher Baba https://www.mehermount.org/download-ebook-7-myths-of-a-planned-gift daily 0.75 2024-06-08 https://www.mehermount.org/planned-giving-resources daily 0.75 2025-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1710215556027-0RK6VORXKFKE6OW1N4NW/Baba%27s+Walkway+-+A+Leaf+-+Agnes+Montano+-+Aug+2020.jpg Planned Giving Resources - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/c3476eba-ab86-41ca-b37e-ba1f41280872/Baba%27s+Tree+-+Flower+on+Limb+-+Juan+Mendez+-+February+2022.jpg Planned Giving Resources - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/3e1818e2-d7cf-4ae9-a2c0-74c12fa53d4f/Flower+4+-+Agnes+Montano+-+Aug+2020.jpg Planned Giving Resources - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/ebook-4-steps-planned-gift daily 0.75 2024-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/1710215556027-0RK6VORXKFKE6OW1N4NW/Baba%27s+Walkway+-+A+Leaf+-+Agnes+Montano+-+Aug+2020.jpg Get Your Free EBook - Make it stand out “You are so lucky to be with me so closely.” — Avatar Meher Baba, Meher Mount https://www.mehermount.org/free-ebook-agnes-baron-endowment daily 0.75 2024-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/3e1818e2-d7cf-4ae9-a2c0-74c12fa53d4f/Flower+4+-+Agnes+Montano+-+Aug+2020.jpg Get Your Free eBook - Make it stand out “If you want me to take care of Meher Mount, I will keep it for You through hellfire and damnation!” — Agnes Baron’s Promise to Avatar Meher Baba https://www.mehermount.org/download-agnes-baron-endowment daily 0.75 2024-06-08 https://www.mehermount.org/logo-sticker-thank-you daily 0.75 2025-08-11 https://www.mehermount.org/download-free-ebook-gratitude daily 0.75 2025-07-26 https://www.mehermount.org/stickerjoy daily 0.75 2025-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/c50fb9e3-600b-421a-8bbe-6730fcb96fdb/Sticker-don%27t+worry-be+happy.jpg Share The Sticker Joy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mehermount.org/name daily 0.75 2025-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/154a64e7-8177-4b35-8e7f-19b82fe7a2e9/Don%27t+Worry+Be+Happy+Sticker.jpeg Share the Joy of Meher Baba's Name https://www.mehermount.org/welcome-be-happy daily 0.75 2025-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/c50fb9e3-600b-421a-8bbe-6730fcb96fdb/Sticker-don%27t+worry-be+happy.jpg Don't Worry, Be Happy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/f5742c86-b973-43c1-9e0a-a8552da945ed/Sunset+-+Kristina+Somma+-+April+2024.jpg Don't Worry, Be Happy - Make it stand out THE VIEW from Meher Mount of the setting sun. (Photo: Kristina Somma) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/220981c4-a145-4fc8-b9c1-83d0e3b57ea4/mn0202cn_r+-+Meher+Nazar+Publications+-+1926-1927+-+Meherabad+cropped.jpg Don't Worry, Be Happy - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA in Ahmednagar, India in 1926. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/6a007830-1f54-4a4c-ae58-934341c4abaa/6-1408r-MSI+Collection+-+1949+-+Padri+-+Meherazad.jpg Don't Worry, Be Happy - Make it stand out AVATAR MEHER BABA in 1949 in Meherazad, India, communicating using hand gestures that were translated by His followers. (Photo: Faredoon (Padri) Driver, MSI Collection. Used with permission.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f163bae4b0c07522809786/a473aa95-c878-415b-98c6-0861262760c7/20241128_132426.jpg Don't Worry, Be Happy - Make it stand out THE VIEW from Avatar’s Point at Meher Mount in the afternoon overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the Channel Islands. 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