Lets see, I’ll try that one or maybe this one as if I was going to a new restaurant to taste their various delights.  Someone out their  must know the answers that my heart is seeking.   Sure enough, walking that fall day in October 1970, I picked up the Village Voice Newspaper in New York City and their was a picture of a funny looking man, somewhere in his sixties, who reminded me of the commedian Jerry Calonna (not sure of the spelling o f his last name).  Then there were those words, “Don’t Worry Be Happy” and he goes by the name Meher Baba.  So, I had to check this guy out.

They had meetings in those days on every Friday starting at 8 PM.  Sure enough as soon as I entered the room, I started, as I recall, having this uncontrollable laugh which I could not stop.  I hoped this Meher Baba had the answers to my existence.

Of course, like most guru’s, as most were called had many books to scan.  Some written by the guru and some by his  or her followers.   I did not know immediately that Meher Baba called  himself the Avatar  (God Man)of this age.  He proclaimed himself to be the same as Jesus, Budah, Krishna and others.

As I scanned the varous books depicting  his journey, I saw a book entitled God Speaks.  Finally someone has the answer to all my questions.  Whose on first, whats on second and so  on.   I   remember  two pages in particular  that read “out of the everything comes nothing and within the nothing is nothingness. ”  Now what the hell did that mean?  Well I picked up a dictionary to  find out the meanings to those words and I still could not understand.

Well, some years later, I got the meaning of that sentence.  God is Everything, nothing is the illusion and nothingness is all  the paraphernalia in illusion.  Wow, is that deep………….and of course true.

Yes, I have had many experiences with Meher Baba since those early days, some in dreams, some just visually  seeing Him and yes in meditations as well.  Because of my faith in  Him I traveled to India  to taste the nectar of His love.  He died in 1969 but at least, I could meet his disciples and visit HIS tomb.  That journey will be in another blog at a later date.

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