"Meher Baba indicted that he traveled in order to carry out his inner work of awakening."
Meher Mount
“He moved about as one who had a particular timetable, requiring him to visit certain places and people at appointed times known only to him.”
AVATAR MEHER BABA arriving in San Francisco on August 3, 1956, after His three days in Southern California. Descending the stairs behind him are Fred Winterfeldt, Meherjee Kakaria, and Adi K. Irani. (Photo: Courtesy of Meher Nazar Publications, Ahmednagar, India. Used with permission.)
Meher Baba said that the thousands of miles He physically traveled around the world and in India were an absolute necessity for His work.
In 1956, Meher Baba circled the globe in 30 days, including flying 30,000 miles and crossing five continents.
During that time, He made a three-day trip to Southern California, including spending one day at Meher Mount in Ojai on August 2, 1956.
Why did Meher Baba constantly travel?
Charles Haynes, offers this explanation in his book, Meher Baba, The Awakener:
Meher Baba indicated that he traveled in order to carry out his inner work of awakening. He gave no importance to founding any organization in his name, and he advocated no particular method of spiritual practice.
Most of the press stories about him were favorable, but when unfavorable or sensational reports appeared in newspapers, he did not respond nor was he disturbed.
He moved about as one who had a particular timetable, requiring him to visit certain places and people at appointed times known only to him.
A good number of those Baba contacted during his visits to the West became his lifelong disciples. Many who met him felt an immediate familiarity and warmth.
Those traveling with Meher Baba came to realize that all of his external activities were crucial for his inner work. In many places he simply wished to work by silently walking through crowds…
In other places Baba wished to contact those he called his agents, advanced souls who, unknown to the world, silently worked for him in every part of the globe. Though they had not met him physically, Baba stated that these agents recognized him as the Avatar and received internal instructions from him.
Source
Charles Haynes, Meher Baba, The Awakener, (Second Edition, 1993, eBook), pp. 44-45 . (North Myrtle Beach, SC: The Avatar Foundation, Inc.) (c)1989 by Charles Haynes.
Related Articles
“1956 World Events & Meher Baba,” by Margaret, Magnus, Meher Mount Story Blog.
“If you stop worrying, God has to being to worry for you!” — Avatar Meher Baba