Glimpses of the God-Man
Bal Natu
All are paperback; Vol. IV & V $10; Vol. VI. $12

      Bal Natu has been one of 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 has an uncanny ability to combine lucid descriptions of Baba’s activities with deep heart-felt moments when Beloved Baba’s divinity and compassion shine forth. Bal is able to capture the spiritual essence of a situation and deftly show what Baba is accomplishing and how. Glimpses is a minutely detailed biography, giving us intimate accounts of daily life with Baba. Unfortunately Volumes I, II & III are now out of print.
      Volume IV covers the nine months in Dehra Dun in 1953, during which Baba composed the Universal Prayer and gave the first public declaration of His Avatarhood.
      Volume V comes from the incredibly detailed notes Bal took as Baba traveled through Hamirpur and Andhra in January and February of 1954. In it, he gives us an almost hourly transcript of Baba’s doings. This is the next best thing to having been there!
      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.