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 )

Other guests included George Bernard Shaw, Albert Einstein, Elinor Glyn, Helen Keller, H. G. Wells, Lord Mountbatten, Fritz Kreisler, Amelia Earhart, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Noël Coward, Max Reinhardt, Baron Nishi, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Austen Chamberlain, Sir Harry Lauder, and the Indian spiritual teacher Meher Baba.

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.

* February 25 – Meher Baba, Indian Avatar of the Age ( d. 1969 )

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.

Meher Baba leaving a darshan program, 26 February 1954, riding on the roof of a car so that attendees can see.

" On 10 February 1954 in Meherastana U. P., India, Meher Baba publicly and explicitly declared his Avatarhood for the first time, spelling out on his alphabet board " Avatar Meher Baba Ki Jai.

* February 15-G Meher sets out from Culver City, California on a journey to become the first woman to cross the United States by helicopter.

* January 31 – Meher Baba, Indian spiritual master ( b. 1894 )

The Indian mystic and sage Meher Baba ( 1894 – 1969 ) often used the expression " Don't worry, be happy " when cabling his followers in the West.

According to Meher Baba the Avatar appears on Earth every 700 – 1400 years and is ' brought down ' into human form by the five Perfect Masters of the time to aid in the process of moving creation in its never-ending journey toward Godhood.

As described by the Indian spiritual teacher Meher Baba, God-intoxicated souls known as masts experience a unique type of spiritual ecstasy: " asts are desperately in love with God – or consumed by their love for God.

20th century writers in Oriya include Pallikabi Nanda Kishore Bal ( 1875 – 1928 ), Gangadhar Meher ( 1862 – 1924 ), Chintamani Mahanti and Kuntala-Kumari Sabat Utkala-Bharati, besides Niladri Dasa and Gopabandhu Das ( 1877 – 1928 ).

The Indian spiritual teacher Meher Baba states, " Out of a number of practices which lead to the ultimate goal of humanity – God-Realization – Bhakti Yoga is one of the most important.

Meher Baba himself a devotee of Shirdi Sainath, regarded him as parvadgir – a perfect Master of times.

However, Meher Baba communicated variations of the sentiment ; fuller versions of the quote – such as, " Do your best.

* Murshida Ivy Oneita Duce ( 1895 – 1981 )-Successor to Martin and first Murshida of the new Sufism Reoriented under Meher Baba.

On 31 January 1969, Meher Baba died, conveying by his last gestures, " Do not forget that I am God.

In the 1930s, this recording was given to the Indian spiritual teacher Meher Baba, who later asked that it be played seven times at his tomb when his body was laid to rest, which occurred a week after his death on 31 January 1969.

* MP3 files of Meher Baba's Disciples going back to 1969

Between 1969 and 1971 Townshend, along with other devotees to Meher Baba, recorded a trio of albums devoted to his teachings: Happy Birthday, I Am, and With Love.