Awakenings
Bhau Kalchuri
Hardcover with 9 full-color illustrations, 429 pages
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In 2001, Bhau underwent a triple coronary bypass operation. After an initial upbeat recovery, his spirits plummeted into the deepest abyss. But one night, Meher Baba came to him in an experience Bhau later termed an “Awakening.” Once again, Bhau's spirits joyously soared.
Although these awakenings generally occurred at night, they were neither dreams nor hallucinations and were far more vivid than either. They occurred during a limited time span of approximately one year, and in beautiful, flowing language, recapitulated and expanded upon aspects of the spiritual path, Meher Baba's message and His Manifestation, the rigorous life lived by His Mandali, and further insights into Meher Baba's New Life.
In perhaps the most major awakening,”Yad Rakh [Remember This],” Meher Baba reminded Bhau, “I Am Not This Body.”
Very soon after, these awakenings ceased.
Eighty-five of these awakenings have now been collected in a beautiful volume, with several awakenings lovingly illustrated by the art of dear ones.
Published 2011
Bhau Kalchuri
In 1926, Bhau Kalchuri was born one of seven children to well-to-do parents in a northern Indian village. When Bhau was ten, his father sent him to a district school for a better education, and from then on Bhau excelled in all his studies, completing master’s degrees in public administration, law and chemistry, as well as marrying by family arrangement. It was Bhau’s brother-in-law who took him to Tajuddin Baba's tomb, where an unexpected yearning to find God sprang from Bhau's heart.
At the end of 1952 Bhau's search had became desperate. Just then, seemingly by chance, he happened to attend a large public audience given by Meher Baba. At his first sight of Baba, Bhau was overcome by Baba’s spiritual beauty, and instantly determined to dedicate his life to him. In a subsequent interview, Baba accepted Bhau as one of his resident disciples, and Bhau joined Baba in Dehra Dun in 1953 after completing his studies. Later Baba gestured, “During the mass darshan programs, I spread my net. Thousands of fish were there, but I caught only one.”
Bhau served Baba in many capacities, including that of Baba’s Hindi correspondent and personal night watchman/attendant. At Baba’s behest he began writing poems and ghazals in Hindi, eventually writing over 20 books, both prose and poetry, including Lord Meher, a 6000 page biography of Meher Baba translated into English. He was one of the very few disciples staying with Baba in Meherazad when Baba passed away in 1969.
In 1973, Bhau became a trustee of the Avatar Meher Baba Trust. In 1996 he succeeded Baba’s sister Mani as the Trust’s chairman, a post that he continues to hold, guiding the Trust's development with creativity and vision. Propelled by his boundless energy for Baba’s cause, Bhau has toured the world and India many times, sharing his deep spiritual perspective and humor and telling Baba-stories with both Baba’s followers and the public. His charming, loving nature and his great care for Baba’s followers has won him a worldwide circle of friends. Above all, he has touched numerous people by his example of absolutely unreserved dedication and service to his beloved Meher Baba.