Avatar Meher Baba P.P.C. Trust, Ahmednagar,
13th Annual Legacy Programme on
Discovering the Avataric Treasure
Thursday 9th, Friday 10th, and Saturday 11th February 2023
M.P.C. Meeting Hall 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 3:30 to 6 p.m.
Programme will be streamed Live on https://www.youtube.com/meherabad
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The Programme Schedule
Thursday, 9th February 2023, Session I
Day one – morning session – 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
1. Jal P. Dastoor – Welcome Speech 15 minutes
2. Shridhar Kelkar – Inaugural Address 15 minutes
3. Gokaran Shrivastava – Library Presentation 15 minutes
4. Jeffrey Beadle – “Summary of Baba’s Life and Work 1955 to 1958” 30 minutes
Tea Break 15 minutes
5. Dr. Ward Parks – “Meher Baba’s Two Creation Narratives: The Reverberation of the Whim and Clashing of Prāṇ and Ākāsh” 50 minutes
6. Gokaran and Urmilla Shrivastava – The Ancient One 30 minutes
Session Closing Announcements and Audience Interaction 10 minutes
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(Lunch Break 12:30 to 3:15 p.m.)
Thursday, 9th February 2023, Session II
Afternoon Tea 3:15 to 3:30 p.m.
Day one – afternoon session – 3:30 to 6 p.m.
1. Session Introduction 10 minutes
2. Dr. Ajit Soni – “Baba’s Gujarat Darshan Visit 1956” 40 minutes
3. Raghupati Rao – “1955 Telugu Sahavas at Meherabad” 15 minutes
4. Moturi Srivani – “Total Seclusion 1958” 20 minutes
5. Lakshmi Narayan – “1958 Meherabad Sahavas” 15 minutes
6. Robert Fredericks – 1955 Sahavas Film, “A Gift of Love to Remember”
50 minutes
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Friday, 10th February 2023, Session III
Day two – morning session – 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
1. Session Introduction 10 minutes
2. Ross Keating – “The Significance of Baba’s Visit to Australia 1956”
30 minutes
3. Jennie Keating – “Baba’s Visit to Meher House Sydney – A Tour” 10 minutes
4. Peter Nordeen – “Warning From Meher Baba to His Lovers 1957” 30 minutes
Tea Break 15 minutes
5. Sufism Reoriented – “Baba’s 1956 and 1958 American Sahavas” – 50 minutes
6. Robert Fredericks’ film, 1958 Meherabad Sahavas: “The Love Feast Gathering” – 50 minutes
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(Lunch Break 12:30 to 3:15 p.m.)
Friday, 10th February 2023, Session IV
Afternoon tea – 3:15 to 3:30 p.m.
Day two – afternoon session – 3:30 to 6 p.m.
1. Session Introduction 10 minutes
2. Ward Parks – “Two Great Dispensations in the Outpouring of Meher Baba’s Message to the World: The Avataric Declarations of the Late 1950s and the Meherabad Lecture-Discourses in the Late 1920s”– 50 minutes
3. J.S.N. Subramanyam – “Baba’s 1957 Visit to Sakori” 20 minutes
4. General Discussion on God Speaks: Audience Interaction 30 minutes
5. Bob Fredericks’ Film – “An Act of God”,
1956 Satara Automobile Accident 50 minutes
6. Session Closing Reflections 10 minutes
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Saturday, 11th February 2023, Session V
Day three – morning session – 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
1. Dr. James Newell – “Meher Baba and Mental Suffering”: Reflections on the Satara Automobile Accident
– 45 minutes
2. Richard Blum – “Meher Baba’s Explanation of Creation” 30 minutes
3. Ward Parks – Invited Discussion on various aspects
of God Speaks 50 minutes
4. Robert Fredericks’ – God Speaks Theme Based Film 30 minutes
5. Session Closing: Audience Reflection 20 minutes
(Lunch Break: 12:30pm to 3:15pm)
Saturday, 11th February 2023, Session VI
Afternoon tea – 3:15 to 3:30 p.m.
Day three – afternoon session – 3:30 to 6 p.m.
1. Tim Thelan Film – The Theme of Creation 1 hour
2. Gokaran Shrivastava – Some less discussed aspects of God Speaks 20 minutes
3. Programme closing formalities
“AVATAR MEHER BABA KI JAI!”
Jal P. Dastoor, Manager, Library Committee.
Meherabad, 2nd February 2023.