Avatar Meher Baba Circa 1925
The Combined Diary
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Contents
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On the fifty-fourth anniversary of Meher Baba's inauguration of the New Life on 16th October 1949, the Trust Archives is happy to launch a new project in its on-going programme of sharing with the worldwide Baba family precious documents and manuscripts from its archival collection through publication on the internet.
Over recent months, in its "Heart Talk" series, the Trust has published transcripts of early letters — from Baba to William Donkin, from Baba to Ramjoo, and from Baba's mother Shireen to her beloved Merwan. "Heart Talk" will continue over the weeks and months ahead, running concurrently with the new series that is being launched today. That new series is called The Combined Diary, the title inscribed at the head of a 750-page, two-volume set of notebooks containing the reminiscences of five of Baba's disciples — Padri, Pawar, Pandoba, Nadirshaw, and Chanji — over a period running from July 1924 through the end of August, 1927.
The plan is to publish the Diary on the internet serially, in several-page segments, in facsimile reproduction from the original manuscript. On a weekly basis, then, subscribers to Tavern Talk will receive emails with links; if you click on these links, you'll access the weekly installment (in the form of pdf files in Acrobat). Both the handwriting and prose style of the manuscript are quite readable, and they convey a strong feeling and fragrance of the early years of the Meherabad ashram. This serial internet publication of the Diary will continue until the whole Diary has been issued, which should take about two years.
The phase that the Diary covers was a wonderful and extremely dynamic period of Baba's life. The Meherabad ashram had just been established the year before, in 1923; during the following years of the Diary period Baba created a thriving colony there, had built many of the early historic Meherabad structures, established the Meher Ashram and Hazrat Babajan school for children, opened a hospital and dharamshala, began His long Silence, wrote His Book, gave His darshan freely and extensively both to individual seekers and larger crowds, and trained his early disciples in His unique divine ways.
The authors of The Combined Diary write from the perspective of men who had the extraordinary good fortune of having recognized the Avatar of the Age and who wanted to leave a record of their experiences. The incidents of their daily life with Him, and what they were able to see of His workings from their angle of vision, give rise to many remarkable narrative moments which we hope many of Baba's lovers today will find to be of great interest and value.
This Combined Diary is another special treasure being shared through the on-going archival work at Meherabad and Meherazad. Because the volume of preservation work is so extensive, it will take some time before the greater body of this material can be made available through traditional media. But happily, the new electronic medium of the internet provides an avenue for sharing some of this material right away. By this means some of the excitement and delight of reading things in their original form can be shared with Baba's family world-wide.
The facsimile copies that you will see bear a stamped imprint of "Avatar Meher Baba Trust" on every page; the handwriting of Mani, Baba's sister and Chairman of the Trust, appears on the title page, and we believe that the Trust stamp on subsequent pages was put in place under her direction. The Combined Diary is copyrighted by the Avatar Meher Baba P.P.C. Trust and should not be republished without the Trust's written permission.
Jai Beloved Baba!
from the Avatar Meher Baba Trust Archives
The Combined Diary
October 16, 2003, installment 1
October 24, 2003, installment 2
November 4, 2003, installment 3
November 13, 2003, installment 4
November 23, 2003, installment 5
November 25, 2003, installment 6
December 10, 2003, installment 7
December 30, 2003, installment 8
December 30, 2003, installment 9
January 13, 2004, installment 10
January 19, 2004, installment 11
February 4, 2004, installment 12
February 15, 2004, installment 13
February 22, 2004, installment 14
February 29, 2004, installment 15
March 14, 2004, installment 16
March 21, 2004, installment 17
March 28, 2004, installment 18
April 4, 2004, installment 19
April 11, 2004, installment 20
April 18, 2004, installment 21
April 25, 2004, installment 22
June 6, 2004, installment 23
June 13, 2004, installment 24
June 27, 2004, installment 25
July 4, 2004, installment 26
July 11, 2004, installment 27
July 18, 2004, installment 28
July 25, 2004, installment 29
August 1, 2004, installment 30
August 8, 2004, installment 31
August 15, 2004, installment 32
August 22, 2004, installment 33
August 29, 2004, installment 34
September 5, 2004, installment 35
September 12, 2004, installment 36
September 26, 2004, installment 37
October 3, 2004, installment 38
October 10, 2004, installment 39
October 17, 2004, installment 40
October 24, 2004, installment 41
October 31, 2004, installment 42
November 7, 2004, installment 43
November 14, 2004, installment 44
November 28, 2004, installment 45
December 5, 2004, installment 46
December 12, 2004, installment 47
December 26, 2004, installment 48
January 9, 2005, installment 49
January 16, 2005, installment 50
January 23, 2005, installment 51
February 6, 2005, installment 52
February 13, 2005, installment 53
February 20, 2005, installment 54
February 27, 2005, installment 55
March 20, 2005, installment 56
March 27, 2005, installment 57
April 3, 2005, installment 58
April 10, 2005, installment 59
April 17, 2005, installment 60
April 24, 2005, installment 61
May 1, 2005, installment 62
May 8, 2005, installment 63
May 15, 2005, installment 64
May 22, 2005, installment 65
May 29, 2005, installment 66
June 5, 2005, installment 67
June 12, 2005, installment 68
June 19, 2005, installment 69
July 3, 2005, installment 70
July 10, 2005, installment 71
July 17, 2005, installment 72
July 24, 2005, installment 73
July 31, 2005, installment 74
August 7, 2005, installment 75
August 14, 2005, installment 76
August 21, 2005, installment 77
August 28, 2005, installment 78
September 4, 2005, installment 79
September 11, 2005, installment 80
September 18, 2005, installment 81
September 25, 2005, installment 82
October 2, 2005, installment 83
October 9, 2005, installment 84
October 16, 2005, installment 85
October 23, 2005, installment 86
October 30, 2005, installment 87
November 6, 2005, installment 88
November 13, 2005, installment 89
November 20, 2005, installment 90
November 27, 2005, installment 91
December 4, 2005, installment 92
December 11, 2005, installment 93
December 25, 2005, installment 94
January 1, 2006, installment 95
January 8, 2006, installment 96
January 15, 2006, installment 97
January 22, 2006, installment 98
January 29, 2006, installment 99
February 5, 2006, installment 100
February 12, 2006, installment 101
February 19, 2006, installment 102
February 26, 2006, installment 103
March 5, 2006, installment 104
March 12, 2006, installment 105
March 19, 2006, installment 106
March 26, 2006, installment 107
April 2, 2006, installment 108
April 9, 2006, installment 109
April 16, 2006, installment 110
April 23, 2006, installment 111
April 30, 2006, installment 112
May 7, 2006, installment 113
May 14, 2006, installment 114
May 21, 2006, installment 115
May 28, 2006, installment 116
June 4, 2006, installment 117
June 11, 2006, installment 118
June 18, 2006, installment 119
June 25, 2006, installment 120
July 2, 2006, installment 121
July 9, 2006, installment 122
July 16, 2006, installment 123
July 23, 2006, installment 124
July 30, 2006, installment 125
August 6, 2006, installment 126
August 13, 2006, installment 127
August 20, 2006, installment 128
August 27, 2006, installment 129
September 10, 2006, installment 130
September 17, 2006, installment 131
September 24, 2006, installment 132
October 1, 2006, installment 133
October 8, 2006, installment 134
October 15, 2006, installment 135
October 22, 2006, installment 136
October 29, 2006, installment 137
November 5, 2006, installment 138
November 12, 2006, installment 139
November 19, 2006, installment 140
November 26, 2006, installment 141
December 3, 2006, installment 142
December 10, 2006, installment 143
December 17, 2006, installment 144
December 24, 2006, installment 145
December 31, 2006, installment 146
January 7, 2007, installment 147
January 14, 2007, installment 148
January 21, 2007, installment 149
January 28, 2007, installment 150
February 4, 2007, installment 151
February 11, 2007, installment 152
February 18, 2007, installment 153
February 25, 2007, installment 154
March 4, 2007, installment 155
March 11, 2007, installment 156
March 18, 2007, installment 157
March 25, 2007, installment 158
April 1, 2007, installment 159
April 8, 2007, installment 160
April 15, 2007, installment 161
April 22, 2007, installment 162
April 29, 2007, installment 163
May 6, 2007, installment 164
May 13, 2007, installment 165
May 20, 2007, installment 166
May 27, 2007, installment 167
June 3, 2007, installment 168
June 10, 2007, installment 169
June 17, 2007, installment 170
June 24, 2007, installment 171
July 1, 2007, installment 172
July 8, 2007, installment 173
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