Meher Baba's Life & Travels
Stanley "Stan" Herbert Adams
Born : 6th September 1913 - Dunedin, New Zealand
Died : About 1976, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - ( succumbed to Mustard gas poisoning exposure from
WW2 )
Married : Clarice Mary Wilkinson
Children : Noel - b. 4th January 1941
Cynthia - b. 24th August 1943
Colin - b. 7th December 1944
Parents : Norman Adams & Charlotte Gardiner
AUSTRALIAN
Stan was a violinist early in his career, during the war he was a cameraman for the Australian Army and later was a
photographer.
Stan & his wife Clarice joined the Sufis in Melbourne, Australia about 1948.
When the Sufi leader ( Baron Friedrich von Frankenberg ) in Australia died in 1950, Francis Brabazon became leader of the order and became and known as the Sheikh. Stan was one level under this ranking.
Stan never travelled to India, but met Meher Baba when he visited Australia in 1956 & 1958.
** If you click on the under-scored names it will link you to the respective web pages on this web site.
Lord Meher - Page 3212
SUFISM IN AMERICA & AUSTRALIA
MEANWHILE, Baba had continued to keep in touch with his Western lovers throughout 1947. Rabia Martin, who had close association with Elizabeth and Norina in New York City, had died of cancer at the end
of August 1947. Since 1945 she had accepted Meher Baba as the Avatar and informed all the Sufis under her and her successor, Ivy Duce, that the Sufi Order was now under the spiritual guidance of Meher Baba. For nearly the past three years, Rabia had taught nothing but Meher Baba's words
and concepts in the Sufi Order, and never wavered from her complete devotion to him. Rabia had accepted Meher Baba not only as a living Qutub but had
concluded that "Meher Baba is the greatest spiritual leader of our age," implying with certainty that he was the Rasool – the Avatar. Rabia Martin was not destined to meet Meher Baba in person, but she achieved her deepest wish by bringing
Sufism in America under the guidance of the Avatar and by urging Ivy Duce to establish direct contact with him.
After Rabia Martin's passing, the group of Sufis in the San Francisco area dwindled to a small number which met regularly under Ivy Duce, consisting of
Don Stevens, Daphne Macdonald, Joyce Ruggles, Louise Urico and Rosemary
McFall. From Hillsborough, Fred and Carolyn Frey joined the
Sufi group occasionally, and from a far distance Laura Delavigne in Michigan kept in correspondence with Ivy Duce. Gradually, from
1947 through the next several years the Sufi group was joined by Harold Stewart, Lud Dimpfl and Marvin
Campen, and later became increasingly integrated with the joining of Joseph and Kari Harb. Ivy Duce was eager to meet with Meher Baba, the
living Avatar and unify her Sufi group under his direction. She wrote to Baba and he granted her permission to meet with him in India at the beginning of 1948.
By October of 1947, several Australian Sufis had also come into Baba's contact through the influence of the Sufi leader
Baron Von Frankenburg, to whom Rabia Martin had sent a copy of the Discourses. Among them were May Lundquist, Ena Lemmon, Bill Le
Page, John and Joan Bruford, Stan and Clarice Adams, Oswald and Betty Hall, Denis and Joan O'Brien, and their eventual leader Francis Brabazon. In
1948, Francis wrote to Baba of his vivid dreams. Through Dr. Ghani, Baba
replied to Francis: "Baba would like very much for you to look upon him as a friend, and maybe, in the course of time, you will grow to look upon him as the
Beloved." Indeed, it did not take him long to "surrender to the Beloved of his heart."
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Lord Meher - Page : 6038
EAST-WEST GATHERING 1962
TO MEHERAZAD & MEHERABAD
At 6:00 A.M. on Tuesday morning, November 6th, the Westerners climbed into four
buses and cars for their visits to Meherabad, Meherazad and the Ahmednagar Center. Their first stop was Meherazad, where Kaka Baria and Francis Brabazon gave them a tour. The mast-like man
Baracoat was also there. Next, they went to the Center in Ahmednagar, where Rustom Kaka sang and a dance of worship was performed. Sarosh hosted a breakfast and lunch at Viloo Villa. Afterwards
they went to Meherabad, where they were led on a tour by Padri and Donkin. Each one paid their respects to Meher Baba's Tomb.
Later that day they returned to Poona, arriving at 8:30 P.M. When they were passing Guruprasad palace, shouts of "Avatar Meher
Baba Ki Jai!" were heard, and Baba too was listening. From his room, he sent Bhau to have a look as each bus passed. Baba was full of love for his lovers and was remembering many of them.
He had kept the heart of each with him and was worshiping it with love. Most of the Westerners left Poona early the next morning. Those who stayed were taken to Panchgani and Mahabaleshwar to see
Baba's cave in Tiger Valley.
The Karachi group was leaving that night, returning to Pakistan. During that day, Baba saw them at Guruprasad.
On November 7th, Baba sent for the workers of the Poona Center. Most of them had been engaged in one duty or another
for the arrangements in schools and other institutions during the gathering and they had not had a chance to see Baba. They had labored hard day and night, and Baba praised and embraced each one,
especially Ramakrishnan. Baba also met with those who were occupied with arranging things for the Westerners ( Jal, Jehangu, Meherjee and Meherwan ). The arrangements proved to be excellent and
all had been comfortable and satisfied. Baba had a few words of praise for them too. In addition, Baba showed his appreciation for Madhusudan, Subhadra, Pratap and Narendra Thade for singing
during the program. He also saw the Bombay group that morning.
On the afternoon of November 7th, Baba met with the Australians who had arrived late. Clarice
Adams was called, and Baba asked about her husband, Stan. "Baba, he says to tell you he can still grin," Clarice
replied.
Baba embraced her and gestured, "When you get home, embrace Stan and each of the children. It will be Baba's embrace and love
to them."
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Stan Adams was a cameraman who filmed the Mustard Gas trials conducted by the Chemical Warfare Research and Experimental Section at Brook Island, North Queensland during the March 1944.
This book has many of Stan's photos of that period.