-by Emily Chantiri (Sydney, Australia)
I cannot believe that it is eight years, since Meher Baba first came to me in a dream with a message. The message he gave me had clear instructions and, to take his message to the people. Through his will, I was able to put the dream’s message in an article I wrote for the Sydney Morning Herald.
Up until that time, I had never heard of Meher Baba.
Increasingly over the years, I have wondered why he called upon me. I thought my job was done, in delivering his message to the people.
In recent times, I have found myself asking what does Meher Baba want of me? What is he calling me to do?
This year in 2019, the word, Sahavas kept coming to me. Would you believe I haven’t been on one yet!
As Meher Baba has done before, he gives messages and I felt very strongly I had to attend one.
In seeking to find one, I discovered that there were not any in my sphere that came to mind. I found many overseas but none in Australia.
The seed was planted. We need one here.
I felt strongly that this should be a women’s sahavas. This came after travelling with my sisters and female cousins to attend a wedding in France.
On my return, the bonding of the females and the joy of this time, led me closer to asking what can we women in the Baba community do together in joy.
The answer came so clear - establish a Women’s Sahavas!
When I began mentioning this to my female Baba colleagues, all sent positive notes and responses.
One of those responses was from Sage Andreasen, my Baba sister. The idea struck a very deep chord with her. So much so, that we met immediately to discuss how we can make it happen.
We soon realised that the push to make this happen was being driven by Baba. We asked questions of ourselves – including, what does Baba want for this Sahavas?
Meher Baba bestowed upon his female mandali and female followers specific tasks. Elizabeth and Kitty were to create centres in the West, Delia upheld Baba’s work in London and there were many others. Of course, there was his Mehera who was inspiration and purity for everyone.
Using the inspiration from Baba’s women, the Sahavas will be a place for women to take time out and reflect on their lives and ask the same questions in an environment of love and understanding.
A women’s sahavas seemed so natural to allow this to happen.
