ABBREVIATIONS
A	The Answer, edited by Naosherwan Anzar
AA	Avatar of the Age Meher Baba Manifesting, by Bhau Kalchuri
AD	The Andhra Diary, by Kishan Singh, unpublished
AL	A Love So Amazing, by Bili Eaton
AM	Avatar Meher Baba's Final Declaration, Clarification, etc. (booklet)
AO	The Ancient One (by Eruch Jessawalla), ed. Naosherwan Anzar, 1985
Av	Avatar, by Jean Adriel
Aw	The Awakener, magazine, ed. Filis Frederick
B	The Beloved: The Life and Work of Meher Baba, by Naosherwan Anzar
Be	Beams from Meher Baba on the Spiritual Panorama, ed. Ivy Duce
BG	The Best of the Glow, ed. Naosherwan Anzar
BL	Because of Love, by Rano Gayley
CC	Civilisation or Chaos, by Irene Conybeare (2nd edition, 1959)
CF	Meher Baba the Compassionate Father, ed. Hoshang Bharucha
Da	Darshan Hours, by Meher Baba, ed. Jessawalla and Chapman
DH	Determined to be His, (by Eruch Jessawalla) ed. Steve Klein
Di	Discourses, by Meher Baba, 5 volumes (1940s)
DL	The Dance of Love, by Margaret Craske
DV	Divya Vani, magazine, ed. Swami Satya Prakash Udaseen
EN	The Everything and the Nothing, by Meher Baba, ed. Francis Brabazon
FF	Filis Frederick
FL	82 Family Letters, by Mani Irani
fn	footnote
GG	Glimpses of the God-Man Meher Baba, by Bal Natu, 6 volumes
Gl	Glow International, magazine, ed. Naosherwan Anzar
GM	The God-Man, by Charles Purdom
GO	Gift of God, by Arnavaz Dadachanji, 1996
GS	God Speaks, by Meher Baba (2nd edition)
GT	God to Man and Man to God, by Meher Baba (1st edition) ed. C. B. Purdom
HC	How to Choose a Guru, by Rick Chapman
HM	How a Master Works, by Ivy Duce
IL	Meher Baba on Inner Life, ed. K.K. Ramakrishnan?
IS	It So Happened, ed. William Le Page
IT	Is That So? (by Eruch Jessawalla)
JH	Joseph Harb
JT	Just to Love Him, by Adi K. Irani, ed. Stephen Berry, 1985
LA	Love Alone Prevails, by Kitty Davy
LB	Life at its Best, by Meher Baba, ed. Ivy Duce, 1957
LC	The Life Circulars of Avatar Meher Baba, ed. Swami S. P. Udaseen
LF	Letters from the Mandali of Avatar Meher Baba, ed. Jim Mistry
LF2	Letters from the Mandali of Avatar Meher Baba v.2, ed. Jim Mistry
LH	Listen Humanity, by Meher Baba, ed. Don Stevens
LJ	Life is a Jest, published by R.P. Pankhraj, 1969 ed.
LL	Letters of Love for Meher Baba, the Ancient One, ed. Jane Haynes, 1997
LM	Lord Meher, by Bhau Kalchuri (10 volumes)
M	Mehera, (by Mehera Jehangir Irani) ed. Janet Judson, 1989
MB	Meher Baba, by his Eastern and Western Disciples: article 5
MD	Meher Baba: Messages Delivered During Andhra Tour, 1954 (booklet)
Me	Messages of Meher Baba, East and West, ed. Adi K. Irani
MF	The Moving Finger Writes, part 2, ed. A.K. Arjani
MG	Meher Gazette, magazine
MJ	Meher Baba Journal, magazine, ed. Elizabeth Patterson
ML	My Life With Meher Baba, by W.D. Kain
MM	Meher Baba and his Mandali, by Naosherwan Anzar
Ms	Meher Message, magazine, ed. K.J. Dastur
Mu	Much Love, by T.K. Ramanujam, 1994
N	refer to notes for the chapter
NE	The Nothing and the Everything, by Bhau Kalchuri
NG	'Norina's Gift: Messages from Meher Baba Received Through Norina Matchabelli,' ed. Christopher Wilson and Charles Haynes, 1997
NW	Not We But One, ed. William Le Page
OL	oral, unpublished or lost written source
PL	The Path of Love, by Meher Baba, ed. Filis Frederick
PM	The Perfect Master, by Charles Purdom
PS	Practical Spirituality With Meher Baba, by John Alister Grant, 1985
Pu	Meher Baba to Pukar (Parameshwari Dayal Nigam)
Q	questionable
QA	Shri Meher Baba the Perfect Master, Questions and Answers
QM	Questions Meher Baba Answered, part I, ed. K.K. Ramakrishnan (?) 1975
RD	Ramjoo's Diaries, by Ramjoo Abdulla, ed. Ira Dietrich
S	Sai Baba, The Perfect Master
Sa	The Sayings of Shri Meher Baba, 1933
Si	Silent Teachings of Meher Baba, by Ramjoo Abdulla
Sp	Sparks from Meher Baba, ed. Delia deLeon
SS	Sufism Speaks Out, ed. Ira Deitrick? 1981
ST	Sparks of the Truth, ed. C.D. Deshmukh (1967 edition)
SW	The Silent Word, by Francis Brabazon
SG	Stay With God, by Francis Brabazon
T	Treasures from the Meher Baba Journals, ed. Patterson/Haynes
TH	That's How It Was, by Eruch Jessawala
TK	The Turning of the Key, by William Le Page
TY	Twenty Years with Meher Baba, by Dr. Abdul Ghani Munsiff
U	The Talks of Sadguru Upasani Baba Maharaja (6 volumes)
W	The Wayfarers, by William Donkin
Wo-a	The Work of Meher Baba with Advanced Souls... by William Donkin, 1948
Wo-b	The Work of Meher Baba with Advanced Souls... by William Donkin, 1949
WD	What Am I Doing Here, by Ivy Duce
∆	an incarnation of the Avatar
∆?	may be an incarnation of the Avatar
Note: Page references are for the particular edition listed above only. Some of these books have been published in several different editions. For instance there are three versions of GOD SPEAKS. Quotes used here are all from the second edition. The same quotes in the first and third editions have different page numbers.
In the case of DISCOURSES, all references are to the 5 volume edition listed above, except when marked Di (7th ed.), in which case the one volume 1987 version edited by Eruch Jessawala, Flagg Kriss and Bal Natu is the source.
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