Date sent:
Wed, 18 Feb 2009
15:37:40
Subject: Arnavaz's
Reunion
ARNAVAZ
Avatar Meher Baba gathered His dearest Arnavaz
Dadachanji into His
eternal embrace on
Wednesday, 18th February 2009
at
2:34 P.M.
in
Meherazad. Arnavaz passed away from a heart attack;
she was 90 years
old. Cremation will be at Meherabad on Thursday,
19th February at
11A.M.
Arnavaz was blessed to be born into a close family
who were brought
into Baba's fold by her uncle Chanji, Baba's first
secretary. From
childhood she was in His frequent company as Baba
often visited their
home, and she grew up under His loving direction,
obeying His every
order. At Baba's wish she married Nariman Dadachanji
and they set up an
apartment that was to become a home in
Bombay
for Beloved Baba, Mehera,
and the women and men mandali.
When Beloved Baba left on His New Life, He gifted
Meherazad to Nariman
and Arnavaz, who remained "pillars" of Meherazad
when the Beloved
returned to stay there and after He dropped His
form. Nariman's passing
away in 1974 was a great blow to Arnavaz, and soon
after Arnavaz moved
to Meherazad permanently to be near Mehera and serve
Him there. She and
Nariman had never had children, and Baba once said
that He and Mehera
were their children. Arnavaz always held that very
close to her heart.
Although she lived in the ordinary world, her
one-pointed focus was on
Baba, and she gave even her own family the benefit
of her wisdom and
perspective on Baba and the spiritual life. This she
also generously
shared with pilgrims who came to Meherazad, through
her loving advice and counsel, and through her
beautiful book "Gift of God", titled after
the meaning of her name. Her inspiring life of
obedience to the Avatar
will serve as a luminous example for generations of
Baba-lovers to come, of how to be in the world yet
wholeheartedly with the Lord.
We, your Meherazad family, salute you, dearest
Arnavaz, for your vital
support to Meherazad in your service to the Avatar,
and especially for
your life of love and surrender to Him.
AVATAR MEHER BABA ki JAI !!!
Meheru, Katie, Falu and all Meherazad family
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