December 1, 1978
by Adi K. Irani
Unknown Location
TRANSCRIPTION INSTRUCTIONS
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1. Baba Says All Are One
2. God Realization in Disguise
3. Sacred Tombs and Shrines
4. Passport to God Realization
5. The Avatar Does Forgive Hypocrisy
6. Nature of Masts
7. Story of Mohammad Mast
8. Surrender to the Avatar
9. Power of True Surrender
10. Living in His Presence
11. Baba Directs Your Thoughts
12. How Baba Broke My Fear
13. Awakening from Spiritual Amnesia
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Adi K. Irani begins by reciting a devotional prayer acknowledging Meher Baba as God and the core of all existence. He then explains that human conflict and suffering arise from ignorance of our inner oneness, emphasizing that gaining firm conviction of this unity is essential even before one actually experiences it.
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Adi K. Irani discusses how firm conviction in Meher Baba acts as God-realization in disguise, explaining that followers must use discrimination and free will rather than demanding spiritual gifts from the Avatar. He explains how his own love for Baba deepened into lasting understanding, concluding that disciples should practice humility by becoming the dust of Baba's feet instead of falsely claiming His divine status.
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Adi K. Irani explains the spiritual significance of the tombs of saints and prophets, contrasting body burial traditions with cremation before briefly joking about how hard human habits are to break. He then recounts how Meher Baba kept the mandali awake all night at a hill shrine in Ajmer to reorganize the cluttered spiritual impressions left by centuries of pilgrims.
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Adi K. Irani explains that Perfect Masters remain unrecognized for a century after an Avatar drops His physical form, warning seekers never to chase after contemporary Masters. He describes the spiritual mechanics of manonash, the catastrophic hazards of misuse of power on the fourth plane, and concludes that holding fast to the Avatar's skirt secures an irrevocable passport to God-realization.
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Adi K. Irani explains that while God does not easily pardon spiritual dishonesty, the Avatar forgives all hypocrisy through Divine mercy and takes on human ignorance to guide people out of illusion. He explains why Meher Baba openly declares His Avatarhood and warns that anyone who leaves the Avatar to seek other Masters commits spiritual suicide.
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Adi K. Irani explains the difference between the dangerous misuse of powers on the fourth plane and the guided actions of fifth-plane Masts, separating divine intoxication from common mental illness. He clarifies that while an insane person acts out of ordinary selfish desires, a genuine Mast is free from selfishness, though recognizing their true state requires direct spiritual experience or the Avatar's discernment.
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Adi K. Irani shares the colorful and challenging adventure of escorting the Mast Mohammed from India to Cannes, France, from obtaining a passport through creative persuasion to enduring his eccentric habits on board the passenger ship. He concludes by explaining the higher spiritual intention behind Meher Baba's Mast work: drawing their absorbed consciousness outward to contribute to His universal mission.
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Adi K. Irani explains that loving God requires an intense, overwhelming attraction that goes far beyond simply renouncing worldly desires or feeding one's spiritual ego. He emphasizes that one must completely surrender to the Master, allowing Him to crush one's accumulated impressions through pure, unselfish love rather than a transactional bargain.
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Adi K. Irani explains that true surrender to the Avatar requires complete honesty, child-like trust, and overcoming one's own ego and desires. He notes that while humanity is weak and falls into error, the Avatar unfailingly forgives sincere mistakes as long as one holds onto His daman and works to unlearn the false self.
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Adi K. Irani explains that true contact with the Avatar must be completely unselfish and free of transactional bargaining. When one gives their life to the Master, He returns it to be managed as a sacred trust, where every thought, word, and deed must align with what would be acceptable directly in His presence.
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Adi K. Irani addresses psychological repression, explaining that intrusive thoughts only gain strength when given attention or resisted directly. He advises treating negative thoughts with complete indifference while actively sublimating them by keeping focused on Meher Baba and stoking the inner fire of divine love.
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Adi K. Irani recalls how he was once painfully shy and terrified of speaking in public until Meher Baba ordered him to face a room full of journalists, permanently shattering his nervousness. He explains that Baba's language and manner were completely universal and natural, showing both divine perfection and raw human emotion to guide His followers.
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Adi K. Irani recites an opening prayer praising Meher Baba as God in human form, then tells a story of a forgetful mother searching desperately for the child already in her arms to explain human spiritual amnesia. He points out that while everyone is essentially God, merely quoting the Master's words without direct conscious realization is an empty claim.