Glimpses of the God-Man, Meher Baba (Vol 6) 1954-55

by Bal Natu. Softcover, 264 pages. Published 1994. Glimpses is a minutely detailed biography, giving us intimate accounts of daily life with Avatar Meher Baba. Volume VI takes us from March 1954 to April of 1955, including the large gathering in September 1954 known as “the three incredible weeks.” At the end of this gathering Meher Baba gave His Final Declaration and a short time later stopped using the alphabet board to communicate, changing to a unique system of hand gestures.Throughout his account of these historic events in Meher Baba’s life, Bal Natu has sprinkled the heart-felt personal stories that allow us to meet the faces in the crowd, one of the reasons this biography is so special.Bal Natu (1919-2003) was one of Avatar Meher Baba’s close disciples since the early 1940s. A school teacher by profession, he spent his vacations with Baba and was allowed intimate access to Him throughout his life. Bal is a natural writer who has a gift for simplicity and insight. He had an unca