05/24/2026
đź’śAvatar Meher Baba saidđź’ś
“…the personal disaster, for some years foretold by me, took place in the form of an automobile accident while crossing the American continent … It was necessary that it should happen in America. God willed it so.”[1]
Saturday, 24 May 1952, was a pleasant misty morning ... That morning, Baba was in a serious mood; he seemed preoccupied and was not in his usual hurry to be off. On the way, passing through Fort Smith, they crossed the Arkansas River and entered Oklahoma. At one point, Baba had Elizabeth stop the car, and getting out he paced up and down the highway for several minutes. Before proceeding, Baba again admonished Sarosh to be careful and attentive, and to stay close. Again Sarosh lost Baba’s car, and met up with it in Sallisaw; there Baba instructed Sarosh to drive ahead. However, at Gore, Sarosh lost Baba’s car and caught up with it at Warner.
Once they were on the road again, however, Baba ordered Elizabeth: “Drive fast!” and kept telling her to go “Faster, faster!” It had rained the night before, and the road was slick.
At 10:15 A.M., as they came over one hill, Elizabeth saw a car coming toward them on the wrong side of the road. She slowed down in the hope that as soon as the driver saw her, he would turn to avoid them. But he failed to stop, and collided with their car at full-speed. Just as the accident occurred, Elizabeth remembered Baba raising his left hand and pointing to the oncoming car, as if he were somehow directing the whole affair.
Baba was thrown clear out of the car and landed on his back in a muddy ditch on the side of the road. Blood flowed from his nose, which was broken; one arm and leg were fractured. Mehera and Meheru were also thrown from the car. Mehera had a deep gash in her forehead, and Meheru’s wrists were fractured and sprained. Elizabeth was pinned behind the steering wheel with both her arms fractured and six or seven ribs broken. Mani, who had been dozing in the back seat, was the only one unhurt.[2]
[1]LORD MEHER: The Biography of the Avatar of the Age Meher Baba, Online Edition, Bhau Kalchuri, p 3191, ©AMBPPCT
[2]LORD MEHER, pp 3091-3092, ©AMBPPCT
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