The spiritual teacher Meher Baba stated that " or the aspirant a life of strict celibacy is preferable to married life, if restraint comes to him easily without undue sense of self-repression.

The spiritual teacher Meher Baba described dualism as consisting of the opposites of experience, which must become balanced before one can go beyond them: " Evolution from the standpoint of the Creator is a divine sport, in which the Unconditioned tests the infinitude of His absolute knowledge, power and bliss in the midst of all conditions.

* 1969 – Meher Baba, Indian guru ( b. 1894 )

* 1925 – Meher Baba begins his silence of 44 years.

* Silence Day ( Followers of Meher Baba )

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Meher Baba ( 25 February 1894 – 31 January 1969 ), born Merwan Sheriar Irani, was an Indian mystic and spiritual master who declared publicly in 1954 that he was the Avatar of the age.

The name Meher Baba means " Compassionate Father " in Persian and was given to him by his first followers.

From 10 July 1925 to the end of his life, Meher Baba maintained silence, communicating by means of an alphabet board or by unique hand gestures.

In 1931, Meher Baba made the first of many visits to the West, where he attracted many followers.

Throughout most of the 1940s, Meher Baba worked with a category of spiritual aspirant called masts, whom he said are entranced or spellbound by internal spiritual experiences.

" On 10 February 1954, Meher Baba declared that he was the Avatar ( an incarnation of God ).

Meher Baba at 16 years old in 1910

Meher Baba was an Irani born in Pune, India to a Zoroastrian family.

His early followers gave him the name " Meher Baba ," meaning Compassionate Father.

In 1922, Meher Baba and his followers established " Manzil-e-Meem " ( House of the Master ) in Bombay ( now Mumbai ).

A year later, Baba and his mandali moved to an area a few miles outside Ahmednagar that he named " Meherabad " ( Meher flourishing ).

In 1924, Meher Baba created a resident school at Meherabad that he named the " Prem Ashram " ( in several languages " prem " means " love ").

From 10 July 1925 until his death in 1969, Meher Baba was silent.

Meher Baba said that his silence was not undertaken as a spiritual exercise but solely in connection with his universal work.

From 1925 until 1954 Meher Baba communicated by pointing to letters on an alphabet board.

Meher Baba often signaled the moment " that he would ' break ' his silence by speaking the ' Word ' in every heart, thereby giving a spiritual push forward to all living things.

Meher Baba said that the breaking of his silence would be a defining event in the spiritual evolution of the world.

On many occasions Meher Baba promised to break his silence with an audible word before he died, often stating a specific time and place when this would occur, but according to all contemporary accounts, Meher Baba remained silent until his death.

About the New Life Meher Baba wrote:

After a period of seclusion and fasting Meher Baba ended the New Life in February 1952 and once again began a round of public appearances throughout India and the West.

* Life Eternal Anthology of quotes by Meher Baba organized by subject matter

It also owns and publishes Beams from Meher Baba on the Spiritual Panorama, Life At Its Best, Glimpses of the God-Man Meher Baba.

In 1949 Baba began an enigmatic period that he called " The New Life ".

The Shivapuri Baba died in 1963, shortly after he had approved the draft for his biography, Bennett's Long Pilgrimage-The Life and Teaching of the Shivapuri Baba.

He edited and published a book with the title ' The Unknowing Sage: Life and Work of Baba Faqir Chand '.

* Baba Jaimal Singh: His Life and Teachings

* Kirpāl Singh, A Brief Life Sketch of Hazur Baba Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj, Delhi: Ruhani Satsang, 1949.

* ___, A Great Saint: Baba Jaimal Singh: His Life and Teachings, Delhi: Ruhani Satsang ; SK Publications, 1998 ; Franklin, New Hampshire: Sant Bani.

Lizzie West was also involved with a webcast called " This Abundant Life " with her husband, Baba.

* Life Sketch of a Sufi Saint Baba Fakruddin

* Baba Sheikh Farid: Life and teachings, by Gurbachan Singh Talib.

* MP3 Audio Biography of the Life of Baba Farid R. A. ( Urdu )

On 20 May 1932 Baba arrived in New York and provided the press with a 1, 000-word written statement, which was described by devotee Quentin Tod as his Message to America.

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Zaid has contributed covers and drawings to numerous magazines and newspapers including Canadian publications The Globe and Mail, the Star Weekly, Chatelaine, Toronto Life and Maclean's ; the Australian edition of Vogue ; British magazines such as British Vogue, The Times, Queen, and The Sunday Times ; the French Mademoiselle Age Tendre ; and numerous American publications, including The New York Times, Time, Audience, TV Guide, Woman's Day, National Lampoon, Esquire, Sesame Street Magazine, New York magazine, Seventeen, McCalls, Highlights for Children, and Denver Magazine.

Highlights include Leeds 1842: Life in Victorian Leeds: visitors walk through a reproduction of slum streets complete with authentic sights, sounds and smells and are invited to follow the lives, ailments and treatments of eight Victorian characters, making the choices that determine their survival amongst the rats, fleas and bedbugs.

Their debut album Highlights of Dangerous Life appeared in August and was produced by Ross Wilson of Daddy Cool and contained the three singles.

* Highlights Of A Dangerous Life ( 1986 )-Mushroom