Sunday, December 22, 2024

Spirits among us on the living plane

"To hold seances or to talk with the dead is no great thing, because such spirits are always among us on this living plane."

– Lord Meher, original print edition, p. 724

This is consistent with the writings of Swedenborg. This is very possibly what 'light orbs' are. Here is an online discussion about them, along with notes and photos by a psychic. 

https://www.quora.com/What-can-small-orbs-of-light-do-to-you-Is-this-good-or-bad-If-you-have-them-sometimes-at-night-in-your-room-Should-I-be-worried

Swedenborg: "Spirits narrate things wholly false"

 “Spirits narrate things wholly false, and lie. When spirits begin to speak to man, care should be taken not to believe them, for most everything they say is made up by them, and they lie; so if we permitted them to relate what Heaven is, and how things are in Heaven, they would tell so many falsehoods, and with such strong assertion that man would be astonished; wherefore it was not permitted me when spirits were speaking to have any belief in what they stated. They love to feign. Whatever may be the topic spoken of, they think they know it, and if man listens and believes, they insist, and in various ways deceive and seduce.”

– Emmanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772), Father of Channeling, Miscellaneous Works

https://swedenborg.com/lies-evil-spirits-tell-us/#:~:text=Drown%20People%20with%20Lies.,%2C%20guilt%2C%20fear%2C%20etc 

Monday, February 20, 2023

Paul Brunton

Paul Brunton
In 1930 the British journalist Paul Brunton visited Meher Baba's ashrams in Meherabad and Nasik. The British journalist interviewed Meher Baba in the Panchvati Cave. He reported Meher Baba's words in his book In Search of Secret India (1934), but left out some of the material he collected. Glow International was the first to publish this omitted material, and the following excerpt is taken from that publication.
"When a Master dies he takes no further interest in the affairs of the gross world—not even a Christ. Hence those who imagine that a 'dead' Master is responding to their prayers or watching them, are wrong. . . . Nevertheless when a sincere devotee prays and intensely concentrates on a dead Prophet, like Christ, and calls on him for any help, a living master then in the world will feel that this cry is being made, and if the sincerity and aspiration of the devotee warrant it, he will manifest himself to the devotee, taking on the appearance of Christ, etc., and answer the prayer."
—”What Meher Baba ‘Really’ Told Paul Brunton: Extracts from Talks in the Orient by Paul Brunton,” Glow International, Summer 2012, p. 8.


Baba in Panchvati Cave where he was
interviewed by Paul Brunton in 1930

Sunday, July 10, 2022

Dream thought to be Baba apparition

Many are sure that dreams of Baba are real appearances of him. Here is an example of what Baba himself said about such dreams. It is from a conversation Baba had with Elizabeth Patterson in 1937. It is from Lord Meher, the online edition.

Elizabeth: "What are dreams?"

Baba: "Dreams are subconscious experiences which are always linked with your gross experience of the past. Sometimes, in your dreams, you see persons you never saw in this life. This link is from the past. It is all based on illusion and imagination."

Elizabeth: "Then how was it that when I was twelve years old I dreamt of you three different times, and when I first met you I recognized you as the one I had known in the dream? That was not illusion."

Baba: "What I mean," replied Baba, "is everything except your being infinite, is illusion. I am very ancient. Very, very old and always young."

Monday, March 7, 2022

Poem by Baba to Norina taken as his agreeing she was channeling him

The following cable received by some women disciples from Meher Baba in Myrtle Beach is sometimes pointed to as Meher Baba's confirmation that Norina was truly receiving communications from him telepathically in her self-devised "thought order" sessions. 
I SANCTION AND BLESS THE MESSAGE OF JANUARY 3 I ST REGARDING YOUR WORK. NORINA THROUGH THOUGHT ORDER AND JEAN THROUGH INTELLECTUAL FERVOUR AND ELIZABETH THROUGH SACRIFICIAL BEHAVIOUR AND MALCOLM THROUGH FULL FAITH ENDEAVOR AND NADINE THROUGH LIFE'S SURRENDER AND MARKEY THROUGH ARTS MANOEUVRE AND FEW OTHERS WHO WITH LOVE RE-MEMBER ARE ALL WORKING MORE OR LESS FOR ME. MEHERBABA IRANI 

                       – Norina's Gift, EliNor Publications, 1997, p. 70 

Clearly this is simply a piece of whimsical rhyme and tells us only that Baba had a charming sense of humor and a talent for verse.

Spirits among us on the living plane

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