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You Alone Exist is a prayer poem describing the unlimited attributes of God. Dictated by Meher Baba during 1959-1962 to his close disciple Bhau Kalchuri, the prayer-poem expressively describes the all-pervading nature of God through many attributes, from simple to sublime. [1]
The full text of the poem was written by Bhau Kalchuri under direction of Avatar Meher Baba. [2] [3] [4] [5]
A 2005 collage film was directed and produced by Peter Nordeen with music composed and sung by Jim Meyer. [6] [7] [8] The stock footage is compiled and edited together from Meher Baba Newsreel Footage (1932), Three Incredible Weeks (1954), Meherabad (1955), Meher Baba's USA Tour (1956/1958), Pune-Meherabad (1960), East-West Gathering (1962) by Robert Fredericks in tandem to the rhythm of the musical prayer. [9]
Meher Baba was an Indian spiritual master who said he was the Avatar, or God in human form, of the age. A major spiritual figure of the 20th century, he had a following of hundreds of thousands of people, mostly in India, but with a significant number in the United States, Europe, and Australia.
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Satguru, or sadguru, means the 'true guru' in Sanskrit. The term is distinguished from other forms of gurus, such as musical instructors, scriptural teachers, parents, and so on. A satguru has some special characteristics that are not found in any other types of spiritual guru. Satguru is a title given specifically only to an enlightened rishi or sant whose life's purpose is to guide the initiated shishya on the spiritual path, the summation of which is the realization of the Self through realization of God.
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God Speaks: The Theme of Creation and Its Purpose is the principal book by Meher Baba, and the most significant scripture used by his followers. It covers Meher Baba's view of the process of creation and its purpose and has been in print continuously since 1955.
Upasani Maharaj, born Kashinath Govindrao Upasni, was an Indian spiritual teacher, considered by his disciples to be a satguru. He lived in Sakori, British India, and is said to have received God-realization from Sai Baba of Shirdi. Upasani himself was one of the principal masters of Meher Baba.
Hazrat Babajaan was a Pashtun Muslim saint considered by her followers to be a Sadguru or Qutub. Born in Balochistan, Afghanistan, she lived the final 25 years of her life in Pune, India. She was the original master of Meher Baba, an Indian spiritual master.
Daniel Ladinsky is an American poet and interpreter of mystical poetry, born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. Over a twenty-year period, beginning in 1978, he spent extensive time in a spiritual community at Meherabad, in western India, where he worked in a rural clinic free to the poor, and lived with the intimate disciples and family of Meher Baba.
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Tukdoji Maharaj, born on 30 april 1909 died on 11 october 1968 was a spiritual saint from, India. He was born in 1909 in a poor family in the village of Yawali in Amravati. He was a disciple of Aadkoji Maharaj. Tukdoji Maharaj was involved in social reforms in the rural regions of Maharashtra, including construction of roads. Tukdoji maharajwrote Gramgeeta which describes means for village development. Many of the development programs started by him have continued to work efficiently after his death. He was once even claimed as a mad by one of the British officers.
Gadge Maharaj was an Indian mendicant-saint and social reformer from the Indian state of Maharashtra. He lived in voluntary poverty and wandered to different villages promoting social justice and initiating reforms, especially related to sanitation. He is still revered by the common people in India and remains a source of inspiration for various political parties and non-government organizations.
Perfect Master is the English term Meher Baba began to use in his writing as early as 1925 to denote the Eastern idea of a sadguru (Vedanta) or a qutub (Sufism). A Perfect Master, according to Baba, is a God-realized person who can use his Divine attributes of Infinite Power, Knowledge and Bliss for the spiritual upliftment of others. In describing Meher Baba's specialized use of the term Charles Purdom writes, "The title ‘Perfect Master’ ... means one who has himself reached the goal to which he directs others: one who, pointing to God, has himself realized God."
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Nema aviona za Zagreb is a 2012 Dutch film by Louis van Gasteren. The film is a retrospective of events in the director's life from 1964 to 1969, filmed by him in that period and reflected on from his vantage point over 40 years later at the age of 90. It is also Jan de Bont's first film credit as cinematographer since 1992's Basic Instinct.
The Theme of Creation : An Exploration of Meher Baba's "God Speaks" is a 2005 American documentary film produced, written, edited and directed by Tim Thelen. The film is an analytical exploration of Meher Baba's "God Speaks", and William Donkin's "The Wayfarers", with interviews from religious scholars Carl W. Ernst, Rick Chapman, Allan Cohen, Kendra Crosen Burroughs, Robert Dreyfuss, Charmian Duce Knowles, Bhau Kalchuri, Pascal Kaplan, Phyllis Ott, Tom Riley, Don Stevens, and Adele Wolkin. Tim Thelen adapted, and co-wrote the film with God Speaks editor Don Stevens.
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