My "Religion"

Some groups have claimed names for themselves like "Baba followers" and "Baba lovers."

I do not belong to any collective group-think that these names have come to connote. And yet I follow Baba. How could this be? 

Well, if you came upon a man in Salt Lake City (where there is a large Mormon population) and he said he was a follower of Jesus but not a Mormon, you might be confused. "How can he follow Jesus and not be a Mormon?" But that man might mean he reads the words of Jesus and tries to take them to heart, and even tries to follow those teachings whenever possible.

Well that is how it is for me. I follow Baba in so much as I read his words and take them to heart and try to live in accord with them if possible. But as for those who today call themselves "Baba lovers," I have very little in common. In fact, I find many of the things they claim to believe to be antithetical to how I understand Baba. I could name many, but I'll name just a few. 

Baba is in heaven, micromanages the gross and subtle worlds, constantly assesses people's thoughts and actions, appears to people in visions, and gives boons to some of those who ask for them and ignores the requests of others to teach them a lesson.

I don't believe in any of that. That's nonsense.

The Meher Center and the soil around Baba's tomb in India are sacred soil, and touching them grants significant spiritual boons. They are magical sacred pieces of property and the buildings on them are magical sacred buildings. Being near them helps you, because emanations you cannot see emanate fro them and these emanations have healing properties.

I don't believe in any of that. That's childish.

Christianity of all types is very bad.

I don't agree with this. There are sincere Christians from whom I take inspiration. The "us and them" "garden vs. jungle" way of thinking espoused by these self-described Baba lovers is the very thing I believe Baba came to rid us of, not other people's faiths.