A Library Gift Program

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Dear Friends,

I would like to introduce you to a library gift program sponsored by Sheriar
Foundation. As outlined in the following information, we are making available
free of charge a comprehensive collection of books by and about Meher Baba.

This collection represents a significant contribution to the spiritual
literature of the world. Meher Baba's own writings have been continuously in
print and highly regarded since their publication in the 50s and 60s. His life
of selfless service and divine love has been the subject of numerous
biographies and personal histories.

We invite you to add some or all of the titles offered in this program. We
hope that you will take full advantage of this opportunity to augment your
library's current selection of first rate spiritual literature.

If you have any questions concerning our offer, please feel free to write,
call, fax or email us. We will be happy to be of help in any way that we can.

Yours truly,
Sheila Krynski
Chairman


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A LIBRARY GIFT PROGRAM
A Timeless Collection of Books by and about Meher Baba
Presented by Sheriar Foundation

THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM

Meher Baba is widely recognized throughout the world as one of the preeminent
spiritual figures of this century. A significant body of literature
consisting of books authored by Meher Baba as well as serious biographical
works pertaining to his life has continued to grow. Published primarily
outside of mainstream commercial channels, most of these books have never been
marketed in traditional ways yet all have remained in print, several since the
1950s and 1960s.

The books described in this brochure significantly enrich the world’s canon of
metaphysical/ mystical/spiritual literature. While Meher Baba stated that he
came not to teach but to awaken, his words and his life carry a profound
message and challenge concerning the underlying purpose of existence.

In order to make these books more easily accessible, Sheriar Foundation has
initiated a Library Gift Program that offers to make available to interested
libraries any or all of the titles presented within this brochure. A non-
profit corporation established with a commitment to broaden awareness and
deepen appreciation of the spiritual values exemplified in the life and
writings of Meher Baba, Sheriar Foundation is dedicated to exploring more
dynamic ways of bringing the restorative power of divine love into people’s
lives. Within this framework, all of these books are being offered free of
charge to libraries interested in expanding their collection of authentic
spiritual literature.

For those of you who are not familiar with Meher Baba, an excerpt from an
entry about him in the current Encyclopedia Britannica reads as follows:
"Meher Baba saw his work as awakening the world through love to a new
consciousness of the oneness of all life. To that end he lived a life of love
and service which included extensive work with the poor, the physically and
mentally ill, and many others, including such tasks as feeding the poor,
cleaning the latrines of untouchables, and bathing lepers. He saw a
responsibility to give spiritual help to ‘advanced souls,’ and traveled
throughout the Indian subcontinent to find such persons."

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Any or all of the following books are available throught the Library Gift
Program:

DISCOURSES
by Meher Baba.
452 pp. 7th Edition. Hardcover.

Discourses has been the most widely read of Meher Baba’s books for more than
fifty years. In it, the author throws light on many of life’s most perplexing
problems. Inspiring and practical, Discourses provides an ever-fresh framework
of spiritual perspective on the challenges of everyday existence.

GOD SPEAKS
by Meher Baba.
374 pp. Supplement, charts, glossary, index. Hardcover.

The many diffuse concepts of spiritual truth as well as new and detailed
thought patterns are clarified and brought together in this challenging and
monumental work. The book describes the intricate process of reincarnation and
the inward journey along the spiritual path as the soul consciously returns to
the Oversoul of its origin.

THE EVERYTHING AND THE NOTHING
by Meher Baba.
115 pp. Paperback.

Here are sixty-five messages by Meher Baba given on various
occasions in the 1950s and 1960s.  They cover a wide range of topics including
The Lover and The Beloved; The Pearl Diver; Forgive and Forget; and God Is Shy
of Strangers. The Everything and The Nothing is the most lyrical of the
collections of Meher Baba’s words.

LISTEN, HUMANITY
by Meher Baba.
narrated and edited by D. E. Stevens
262 pp. Hardback.

Featuring more than 100 pages of Meher Baba' messages on such subjects as
Death and Immortality, Origins and Effects of War and Notes on Freedom, this
book includes a lively narrative by Don Stevens of a 4-week sahavas with Meher
Baba in 1955.

LIFE AT ITS BEST
by Meher Baba.
73 pp. Hardcover.

Meeting life squarely is the focus of this collection of fifty-eight short
discourses from Meher Baba’s 1956 tour of the United States. Among its
inspiring topics are: Hypocrisy; Deathless Living; Knowledge Through
Experience; Control of Mind Over Energy and Matter; and The Grinding Mill of
The Universe.

BEAMS FROM MEHER BABA ON THE SPIRITUAL PANORAMA
by Meher Baba.
88 pp. Hardcover.

Beams is a companion volume to God Speaks, answering as it does questions
asked by the editors of God Speaks after that book’s publication. Meher Baba
here details some of the inner mechanics of the spiritual journey.

THE GOD-MAN
by Charles Purdom.
458 pp. Hardcover.

Completed by one of Meher Baba’s early western disciples in 1962, The God-Man
remains one of the most authoritative biographies of Meher Baba ever
published. With access to diaries by close disciples and to "living
witnesses," noted English editor Purdom presents a powerful and celebratory
account of Meher Baba’s life and words. The  God-Man includes much of the
material included in Purdom’s earlier biography of Meher Baba, The Perfect
Master, published in 1937.

THAT'S HOW IT WAS
by Eruch Jessawala.
424 pp. Hardcover.

Eruch Jessawala, a close disciple of Meher Baba for more than half a century,
here collects many of the stories he has recounted to visitors to Meher Baba’s
home in India over the years. Some are stories he told to Meher Baba, some are
stories Meher Baba told to his disciples. Some are humorous, some serious,
some carry pointed messages.  All are tightly focused on Meher Baba and carry
the unique ambiance of this Avatar’s presence.

THE WAYFARERS: MEHER BABA WITH THE GOD-INTOXICATED
by William Donkin.
576 pp. illus. Hardcover.

The Wayfarers is the only book of its kind. It chronicles in the finest detail
what was a major part of Meher Baba’s work during his lifetime: contacting
hundreds of those who are called masts in the East, spiritually advanced souls
so enthralled with their yearning for union with God that they lose touch with
the ordinary world. The volume includes Meher Baba’s explanation of the
difference between the masts and the simply mad.

STAY WITH GOD
by Frances Brabazon.
168 pp. Hardcover.

Australian poet Frances Brabazon pays homage to Meher Baba and preceding
Avatars in this volume which Meher Baba called "second in importance" next to
God Speaks. The story of Brabazon’s personal spiritual search is eloquently
evoked in the section titled, "The Love Song of John Kerry."

RAMJOO'S DIARIES 1922-1929; PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF MEHER BABA'S EARLY WORK
by Ramjoo Abdulla.
585 pp. Hardcover.

This intimate account of Meher Baba’s activities, kept at Meher Baba’s
request, tells the incredible tale of the first seven years of his avataric
mission. It also includes Sobs and Throbs, a full account of Meher Baba’s
unique spiritual academy for boys in the 1920s.

HOW A MASTER WORKS
by Ivy O. Duce.
768 pp. Hardcover.

Ivy Oneida Duce, murshida of Sufism Reoriented for many years who reoriented
her group to Meher Baba, here examines Meher Baba’s working methods with his
disciples, using both their and her own experiences as illustrations. The book
is liberally sprinkled with anecdotes from many of Meher Baba’s followers.

THE NOTHING AND THE EVERYTHING
by Bhau Kalchuri.
353 pp. Hardcover.

In 1967 Meher Baba told Bhau Kalchuri to write a book entitled The Nothing and
The Everything and said he would give Bhau "ten percent of the book I wrote in
1925 and 1926."  This is a reference to a still-missing manuscript reputed to
be an expansion on God Speaks and long sought by Meher Baba’s followers. The
Nothing and The Everything is Bhau’s intriguing expansion on the points Meher
Baba gave him during 1967-68.

LORD MEHER SERIES Hardcover.

Bhau Kalchuri’s monumental biography of Meher Baba projected to have 20
volumes. Illustrated with hundreds of superb photographs, the book draws on
diaries and personal interviews of many of Meher Baba’s disciples and
followers. Certainly the most detailed biography of Meher Baba in print.

Vol. I & II: 1894-1925 (776 pp.),  Vol. III: 1925-1929 (415 pp.), Vol. IV:
1929-1932 (365 pp.), Vol. V: 1932-1934 (355 pp.), Vol. VI & VII (Part I):
1934-1940 (656 pp.), Vol. VII (Part II) & VIII:1940-1945 (576 pp.), Vol. IX &
X: 1945-1952 (736 pp.), Vol. XI & XII: 1952-1954 (668 pp.).

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WHAT TO DO NEXT . . .

Simply decide which of the books described above you would like to add to your
library’s collection. You may write, call or e-mail us with instructions as to
which books you would like to receive, where they should be shipped and to
whose attention. If there are any special shipping instructions, please be
kind enough to make them clear to us.

As we have already indicated, there will be no charges whatsoever for your
library. All we ask is that you add these books to your collection so that
they are readily available for whoever might be interested in them.

If you have any questions concerning any part of the program that has been
presented, please feel free to write or call for clarification.

We thank you for your consideration of our Library Gift Program and hope that
you will take full advantage of this offer to enrich your collection.


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