Meher Baba

Meher Baba born Merwan Sheriar Irani ( born February 25, 1894 in Pune, Bombay, † January 31, 1969 in Pimpalgaon, Maharashtra ) was an Indian guru and mystic.

Life

As the son of Zoroastriers Sheriar and his wife Shireen born, he met in 1913 the Islamic "holy " Hazrat Babayan († 1931). She kissed him on the forehead. This is the time that is specified as his enlightenment. In the next few years he gathered first disciples around him, the " Meher Baba ", " compassionate Father," called him.

He criticized that people yell at himself: " The greater the love, the gentle voice. " Ultimately, we need no more words.

That's why he was silent on 10 July 1925, the remaining 44 years of his life. In memory of that day his followers also celebrate today the " Day of Silence ". To communicate, he used henceforth letter boards and from 1954 show of hands. He traveled the world in silence and meditated on many sacred sites. During the Second World War, he took care of the mentally ill.

One of his most famous disciple is Pete Townshend, guitarist and songwriter of The Who, who with the song Baba O'Riley sat him and the composer Terry Riley a musical monument. When the magazine Rolling Stone Pete Townshend Text In Love with Meher Baba wanted to publish, Townshend made ​​the release conditional on the issue of Rolling Stone appeared with a cover photo of Meher Baba. Another song that was trying to put Baba's philosophy in notes, is the number - one hit Do not Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin from the year 1988. Therein McFerrin processed the last words of Baba before his vow of silence. They were found on the early 1970s, widespread postcards and posters in California.

Writings

• Statements about life in love and truth; Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1996, ISBN 3-596-13209-6
• The divine plan of creation. A spiritual cosmology; Lotus, 2004, ISBN 978-3-7787-8161-6
• The Nothing and Everything (together with Bhau Kalchuri ); Emerald Tablet, 1999, ISBN 978-3-9802471-9-1