The following was written by Eruch Jessawala, one of Meher Baba’s close disciples, in the months after Avatar Meher Baba dropped His physical form on January 31, 1969.
Meherazad [Meher Baba’s home] is pleasant and peaceful, but we feel that everything is vacant. It is like feeling some presence in a vacuum, feeling ourselves, so to say, in a vacuum.
In the midst of our duties we sadly miss the familiar phrases ‘Baba wants you’, ‘Baba said so’, ‘Baba wants you to do this’. These phrases are no longer heard nor are they said.
We don’t feel Baba’s absence, but we surely miss Him. And we miss His silence too, because we found His silence wherever Baba was. Baba and His silence were inseparable for the last 44 years.
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The following story is about drilling a well and how it represents faith versus conviction. Eruch Jessawala, one of Meher Baba’s closest disciples, frequently told this story to pilgrims visiting Meher Baba’s home in Meherazad, India.
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"Now take the other case of two people in love. When two individuals are in love with each other, how do they speak?"
"They speak softly," we answered.
"Yes," Baba agreed, "they do speak softly and the greater the love between them, the softer is their tone of speech. And when they are still further in love, no words are needed and they just look at each other, and eventually there is not even the need to look — no need at all."
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In 1979, just 10 years after Avatar Meher Baba dropped His physical form, The Glow magazine published this account by Eruch Jessawala regarding the observance of Silence Day. Eruch was a close disciple of Meher Baba's and often interpreted Meher Baba's hand gestures.
From 1969 until Eruch's passing in 2001, Eruch would sit in Mandali Hall in Meherazad, India, and answer pilgrims' questions about life with Meher Baba and share his insights regarding the meaning of Meher Baba's words and actions. In the excerpt below, Eruch is answsering questions about Silence Day which is observed every July 10th.
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