A Spiritual Retreat

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Issue 
December 2011
<p> Home At Last: Meher Baba came to the Grand Strand in 1952 to officially open his &ldquo;home in the West.&rdquo; He walked every inch of the 500-acre woodlands along Long Lake and proclaimed the site to be his &ldquo;favorite home in the world.&rdquo; He would make the trek to his namesake spiritual center in America only twice more during the 1950s.</p>
<p> Shhhhhh. Quiet. Listen. As Meher Baba taught, &ldquo;real things and intuitive messages from God are given and received in silence.&rdquo;</p>
<p> The Meyer Spiritual Center is a sanctuary for the soul on a tract of pristine woodlands, dotted with communal buildings and scenic resting spots for visitors to connect with nature, silence, fellows and their inner ties to God.</p>
<p> The Avatar with his chief woman disciple, Mehera J. Irani in 1952. Besides a modest home for Meher Baba on the site, a separate building was constructed to house women visitors only.</p>
Long Lake was the initial attraction to the site as the perfect setting for Meher Baba’s “home in the West” and has continued to draw soul-seekers to it for over 50 years.
Community gatherings are held in “the barn,” literally. Elizabeth Chapin Patterson bought a mule barn in Conway in the 1940s and had it reconstructed, board by board, at the spiritual center. The roof was redesigned to hold up without posts, so there would never be an obstructed sight-line of Meher Baba in the building.
Meher Baba with a group of his community along the lake. (From left) Adele Wolkin, Filis Frederick, Mani S. Irani (Meher Baba’s sister), Sparkie Lukes, Murshida Ivy Duce, Meher Baba, Mehera J. Irani, Delia DeLeon and Meheru Irani with a pet bunny.
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