Meher Baba dictated that “now is the time for all to understand that I am God in human form” and that his Universal Message should be spread “far and wide”. It is copyrighted © by the Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust, and it is reproduced here by permission of the Trust.

     "The Universal Message" of Meher Baba

     "I have come not to teach but to awaken. Understand therefore that I lay down no precepts.

     Throughout eternity I have laid down principles and precepts, but mankind has ignored them.  Man's inability to live God's words makes the Avatar's teaching a mockery.  Instead of practicing the compassion he taught, man has waged crusades in his name.  Instead of living the humility, purity and truth of his words, man has given way to hatred, greed and violence.

     Because man has been deaf to the principles and precepts laid down by God in the past, in this present Avataric Form I observe Silence.  You have asked for and been given enough words — it is now time to live them. 

     To get nearer and nearer to God you have to get further and further away from "I", "Me", and "Mine".  You have not to renounce anything but your own self.  It is as simple as that, though found to be almost impossible.  It is possible  for you to renounce your limited self by my Grace.  I have come to release that Grace.

     I repeat, I lay down no precepts.  When I release the tide of Truth which I have come to give, men's daily lives will be the living precept.  The words I have not spoken will come to life in them.

     I veil myself from man by his own curtain of ignorance, and manifest my Glory to a few.  My present Avataric Form is the last Incarnation of this cycle of time, hence my Manifestation will be the greatest.  When I break my Silence, the impact of my Love will be universal and all life in creation will know, feel and receive of it.  It will help every individual to break himself free from his bondage in his own way.  I am the Divine Beloved who loves you more than you can ever love yourself.  The breaking of my Silence will help you to help yourself in knowing your real Self.

     All this world confusion and chaos was inevitable and no one is to blame.  What had to happen has happened; and what has to happen will happen.  There was and is no way out except through my coming in your midst.  I had to come, and I have come.  I am the Ancient One."

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Ah yes, proof: a reasonable request. All I can say is that after I read my first Baba book (which is among the books available as free downloads at ambppct.org/meherbaba/online.php) I felt that Baba knew something special because his explanations about the purpose of creation (for God to know Himself as infinite power, knowledge, and bliss) and the journey of the soul (through evolution, reincarnation, and involution through the spiritual planes to the realization that "I am God") were all very convincing and compelling. That is intellectual faith. But if one wants a deeper faith, one could repeat one of Baba's prayers (e.g., "Beloved God, help us all to love you more and more, and more and more, and still yet more, till we become worthy of union with You. And help us all to hold fast to Baba's damaan [the hem of his garment]") and that might evoke a feeling in one that would wipe away all doubts. And then there are the countless stories about Baba's love—how he touched the hearts of almost all who met him, and how there has never been one anecdote of him acting in anything but the most compassionate way. One could watch a video of him (www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIutLo8lElw) to see his love and beauty in action for oneself.  Finally, following his teachings has led me to a greater peace and happiness in my life than I've experienced before. In terms of miracles, there were instances of Baba reading the minds of his disciples or averting disasters, but he said that he did not perform miracles and that if they did occur they could be attributed to his disciples' faith in him. He did, however, say that he will perform the miracle of making man dead to himself and alive to God, and that he will manifest universally in the future, at which point the whole world will recognize him as the Highest of the High.