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Beloved Meher Baba
through His student (Baba Khosrow) had a very profound effect on whomever
Baba Khosrow would meet. This is an indication that Baba Khosrow lived a
life of complete surrenderance, dedication, love and service to his Beloved
Avatar Meher Baba.
On
Wednesday November 6 2007
as
usual, shortly after midnight
Baba Khosrow woke up to do his prayers and meditation. At 3:00am
he fell and broke his right hip. From where he had fallen it took him nearly
six hours to get to the phone and call one of his daughters for help.
Before this
accident Baba Khosrow lived by himself and took care of all his needs very
independently.
Shortly after
his surgery he was brought home and had to be taken care of 24-7 by Baba
Lovers and his children. He walked again, slowly, using his walker. Baba
Lovers and his students would say in fact this was a chance that Beloved
Baba gave to His lovers to serve and love His last Prem Ashram student.
They knew
they were serving Beloved Meher Baba in Baba Khosrow and they were very
pleased and thankful to Baba Khosrow for that opportunity.
In these 47
days every night two of his students would come to the tavern to attend the
care and needs of Baba Khosrow. That night he looked at the student who was
helping and said "God news, good news, and you should pass it to others.
From tonight on there is no need for anybody to stay here for me. I'll be
taking the burden off your shoulders. There is no need anymore for you to
come her every night. I have no special work anymore and if I did my
daughters can do it."
But when one
of the students insisted, Baba Khosrow (by using his set of prayer beads)
consulted the matter with Beloved Baba and got His approval that they should
and could stay for the last time.
That night, after Baba's
Khosrow's daughters left to go back to their own house, he asked to be moved
from his chair to his bed so he could lie down. After a few minutes, while
lying on his bed, all of a sudden his breathing slowed down and he started
repeating Beloved Meher Baba's name, then he raised his hands and said
"Beloved Meher Baba rescue me, Baba, Baba, Baba". Then he looked like he was
feeling a lot of pain and waved his hand good bye. Baba Khosrow joined his
Beloved Baba and drowned in Him.
Baba Khosrow
had a jasmine plant in his house (the tavern). Very unusually, this tree
would blossom all year round. Every morning Baba Khosrow would pick some
flowers and place them on the picture of Beloved Baba's feet, and those
flowers would fragrance the tavern. The morning after Baba Khosrow had gone
to his Beloved, to our surprise, all its flowers were shriveled on the plant
except one. That one was picked and placed on Baba Khosrow's chest.
"I say with my
Divine Authority to each and all that whomsoever takes My Name at the time
of breathing his last comes to Me; so do not forget to remember Me in your
last moments. Unless you start remembering me from now on, it will be
difficult to remember me when your end approaches. You should start
practicing from now on. Even if you take My name only once every day, you
will not forget to remember Me in your dying moments."
Baba Khosrow
would be repeating Beloved Baba's Name even when sleeping or being
unconscious. His unique and strong love for Beloved Meher Baba had united
Baba's Name in Baba Khosrow's existence.
He always welcomed Baba
Lovers and all those who would come to visit him in the tavern by his
special greetings and they had learned to reply all in English as follows:
Baba
Khosrow would say:
You are Baba
Baba-lover would
answer:
All is Baba
Baba Khosrow would
say:
Baba is Everything
Baba-love would
answer:
Everything is Baba
Baba Khosrow would
say:
Baba is God
Baba-lover would
answer:
God is Baba
Baba Khosrow would
say:
Baba is Love
Baba-lover would
answer:
Love is Baba
Baba Khosrow would
say:
Thank you Baba
Baba-lover would
answer:
Thank you Baba.
  
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