August 25, 1978
by Adi K. Irani
London, England
TRANSCRIPTION INSTRUCTIONS
A.) Find the BOLDED title below to select and click to open the pdf transcript.
B.) On the right side of this webpage (below for mobile), select and play the talk with the same title.
C.) Read along as you listen to Adi’s talk.
Note: Only BOLDED titles have transcriptions.
1. Married to God
2. Dreaming and Awakening
3. Dreaming the Planes
4. Instinct and Intelligence
5. Grow Love for God-1
6. Grow Love for God-2
7. Paradox of God-Realization
8. Beyond Time and Renunciation
9. Avatar as Universal Refuge
10. Baba Wants Direct Contact
11. Bound to Baba We are Free
12. Baba in Every Heartbeat
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Adi explains that every soul will eventually leave behind temporary worldly attachments to be united with God in the Avatar. He shares that unexpected life struggles break our false sense of happiness, pushing us to seek lasting spiritual truth.
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Adi explains that physical life is only a dream from which unexpected suffering shakes us awake. Just as a nighttime dream vanishes by morning, worldly attachments dissolve when real spiritual awakening begins.
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Adi explains that even on the sixth plane, where a seeker sees God everywhere, the ego-mind keeps them trapped in illusion. True awakening and union are impossible without the Master's final push.
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Adi explains that humans possess faith and moral discernment, unlike animals guided only by instinct. If people abandon this higher judgment, they fail to live as true human beings.
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Adi K.Irani explains that intellectual study cannot generate love for God. Divine love awakens naturally through heartfelt contact and remembrance, growing silently and imperceptibly like a child.
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Adi K.Irani explains that divine love fills the heart once personal desires are emptied. By firmly holding Meher Baba's daman through conviction and obedience, the seeker is carried safely across all worldly and inner illusions to God.
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Adi K.Irani explains that God-realization is withheld until the seeker is prepared to uplift others rather than seek selfish bliss. True advancement requires quiet patience and steady effort instead of desperate craving.
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Adi K.Irani explains that the concepts of long spiritual queues and modes of outer renunciation are mental illusions that must be dropped. While cosmic spiritual laws remain fixed, the Avatar holds the unique authority to pardon human weakness.
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Adi K.Irani that unlike rigid doctrines of eternal damnation, Baba provides a universal harbor where no soul is condemned. Worldly illusion is not a permanent trap, but a necessary shadow designed to help humanity experience and appreciate God's Reality.
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Adi K.Irani explains that the Prayer of Repentance practically clears away our past mistakes and inner blocks. Rather than relying on shifting feelings or looking for outside teachers, Baba asks for direct love and steady obedience.
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Using the metaphor of the cypress tree, Adi shows that anchoring ourselves to Baba brings real freedom, reminding us that purifying our inner world cleanses our outer view.
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Adi points out that the ego gladly chases desires but hates to pray. He asks us to repeat Baba's Name inside until it flows through our blood and heartbeat.