A Library Gift Program

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Date: Thu Sep 10 1998 - 11:33:46 CDT

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I'm not sure if the following offer is within the boundaries of your listserves interest. I appologize if it is not.

Sheila Krynski

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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

********************************** 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."

************************* Any or all of the following books are available through 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.

SHERIAR FOUNDATION 3005 Highway 17 N. Bypass Myrtle Beach, SC 29577

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