Acknowledgments

This tale is a work of fiction, based on Avatar Meher Baba's ideas, as expressed in: 

• God Speaks by Meher Baba, ©1955, 1973, 1997 by Sufism Reoriented 
• Discourses by Meher Baba,  particularly "The Journey of the Soul to the Oversoul," in various editions, most recently ©1987 Avatar Meher Baba Public Perpetual Charitable Trust
• Beams by Meher Baba, ©1958 by Sufism Reoriented
• Listen Humanity by D. E. (Don) Stevens, Parts II and III by Meher Baba. Various copyrights: ©1957 Sufism Reoriented, ©1982 Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust, ©1998 D. E. Stevens 
• “How It All Happened,” a film scenario created by Meher Baba, © 1997 Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust

You also might enjoy:

• Ramjoo's Diaries 1922-1929, by Ramjoo Abdulla, Supplement--Prem Ashram Boys, ©1979 Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Charitable Trust, published by Sufism Reoriented
• “My Mohammed Experience” by Ann Barker in Love Street Lamppost, October 2003.
• Stay with God by Francis Brabazon, ©1984 Avatar's Abode Trust and earlier editions
• Nowhere to Now Here by Michael Da Costa, ©1999 Michael Da Costa 
• What Am I Doing Here? by Ivy Duce, ©1966 by Sufism Reoriented
• The Nothing and the Everything by Bhau Kalchuri, ©1981 Lawrence Reiter 
• Meher Baba Journal, January 1939 (Vol. 1:3) and April 1939 (Vol. 1:6), “Questions Baba Answers” 
• Meher Baba Journal, June 1942, “Meher Baba—His Philosophy and Mysticism” by Ramjoo Abdulla, revised by Dr. Abdul Ghani Munsiff
• "God Speaks, The Musical!" by Henry Mindlin, available from Sufism Reoriented.
• How It All Happened,” a song cycle by Ward Parks, © 1997 Ward Parks
• “Creation,” in Listen! The New Humanity by Don E. Stevens, ©1985 Companion Books
• The video explanation of evolution, reincarnation, and involution in "Meher Baba, The Awakener," by Tim Thelen, ©1994 Divine Sport Productions 

Further information about Avatar Meher Baba may be found at:

• Avatar Meher Baba Public Perpetual Charitable Trust, Ahmednagar, India
• www.avatarmeherbaba.org

Books by or about Avatar Meher Baba may be ordered from:

• Love Street Bookstore, www.lovestreetbookstore.com (323-731-3737)
• Searchlight Books, www.slbook.com (925-934-9365)
• Sheriar Foundation Bookstore, www.sheriarbooks.org (843-272-1339)

The author does not claim to be an expert on Meher Baba's ideas. She freely admits that she is limited to gross consciousness, has no experience of the higher states experienced by her characters, and knows of no Jivanmukta having lived in Coombe Martin, England. 

Special thanks to the late Ivy Duce for reading an earlier version of this story and to Hank Mindlin for the inspiration of a 1960s sound collage of atmas speaking. 

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