Bhau’s Internet Chat/Webcast of Sunday, 24th January 2009

Published 23 January 2010 | By Cheryl Aoife

Bhau’s Internet Chat/Webcast of Sunday, 24th January 2009

Bhau Kalchuri

Beloved Avatar Meher Ki Jai Baba!

The following is tweaked from last week’s chat. An email from Mother C noted, “I asked Bhau briefly regarding Music Teacher Bobbi’s question about the film AVATAR. He said that he was lightheartedly suggesting she could write to the filmmaker or director about adding ‘one line’ to the movie. If she feels that she would like to do that, she may.”

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Music Teacher Bobbi – Dearest Bhauji, wonderful to see you today. I wonder if anyone has mentioned this before, but when you just spoke of Beloved Baba acknowledged as the Avatar, it reminded me of the worldwide movie phenomenon called AVATAR. Many people are hearing that word “Avatar” because of this movie. We have AVATAR on the sign right across from the Center in Myrtle Beach advertising this movie, along with other current films. The movie is in 3-D. A Baba lover here in Myrtle Beach has concluded that the Avatar, the Beloved, is “God in 3-D!” Sending much love to you and all connected through His Grace.

Bhau Kalchuri – My dearest Music Teacher Bobbi, I’ve heard about the movie AVATAR.

AVATAR – only the title is there, but an introduction to the Avatar, to Beloved Avatar Meher Baba, was not given. I would have felt very happy if the film at least mentioned that Avatar was on earth. Still He is working, and He has announced that three-quarters of the world will be destroyed and one-quarter will be in His special ship. This ship will go to the shore of shoreless Ocean, and this one-quarter will remain safe.

Please tell that person who directed the film, AVATAR, that the Avatar was in a physical body here. The Avatar is present, and He is always present. There is no past or future for Him. Even when He comes down on earth, there is still no past and future for Him. Still He is working, and He will work. His work is Universal, and He will give Creation a Universal Push, which no Perfect Master can give.

Write a letter to that director! Only one line he should give. Not much, that is enough. One line in the movie would be good. I hope you will not hesitate to give him one line!

In the book, THE NOTHING AND THE EVERYTHING (and Bhau’s upcoming children’s book, NECTAR FOR THE CHILDREN). Beloved Avatar Meher Baba described Himself as the Mischievous Chicken. Ask that director to read the story about the Mischievous Chicken, and make it clear to him that, “Beloved Baba is the Mischievous Chicken.”

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TECHNICAL NOTES ABOUT THE CURRENT CHAT ROOM

Any time the text disappears, you should not have to log out and log back in, just simply hit UPDATE in the Chat Room menu or REFRESH on your Browser Toolbar (in which case, you will receive a message “The page you are trying to view contains POST DATA …”)

Click on OK and scroll down till you see the text.

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Per Bhau’s wishes, you are welcome to join in or leave the chat at any time.

Please do not post questions regarding the webcast during the chat, as the chat and the webcast are being produced by two separate teams.

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Below are the local times for the chat. If your city is not listed, the exact time for your location can be calculated at

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

Instructions on how to join the chat are given beneath the timetables below.

We’d prefer if you select a color other than blue when you log in (it makes Bhau’s comments more distinctive on screen). And when you’re online, be sure to click Refresh every few minutes so that you don’t time out.

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NOTE THAT ALL BEGINNING TIMES EXCEPT AUCKLAND ARE ON SUNDAY, 24TH JANUARY

Honolulu: 1:30 a.m. – 5:30 a.m.
Anchorage: 2:30 a.m. – 6:30 a.m.
Pacific U.S., Vancouver: 3:30 a.m. – 7:30 a.m.
Rocky Mountain U.S., Edmonton: 4:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Central U.S., Managua, Mexico City, San Salvador, Winnipeg: 5:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Eastern U.S., Bogota, Havana, Kingston, Lima : 6:30 a.m. – 10:30
Caracas: 7:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Halifax, San Juan, Santo Domingo: 7:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Santiago: 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo: 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Casablanca, Dublin, Lisbon, London (Greenwich), Reykjavik: 11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. (15.30)
Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt, Lagos, Madrid, Oslo, Paris, Prague, Rome, Vienna, Zurich: 12:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. (16.30)
Ankara, Athens, Beirut, Cairo, Harare, Helsinki, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Jo’burg, Kiev: 1:30 p.m. (13.30) – 5:30 p.m. (17.30)
Addis Ababa, Baghdad, Khartoum, Moscow, Nairobi: 2:30 p.m. (16.30) – 6:30 p.m.(18.30)
Tehran: 3:00 p.m. (15.30) – 7:00 p.m. (19.30)

Kabul: 4:00 p.m. (16.00) – 8:00 p.m. (20.00)
Karachi: 4:30 p.m. (16.30) – 8:30 p.m. (20.30)
SAMADHI: 5:00 p.m. (17.00) – 9:00 p.m. (21.00)
Yangon (Rangoon): 6:00 p.m. (18.00) – 10:00 p.m. (22.00)
Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta: 6:30 p.m.- 10:30 p.m.

Beijing, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Shanghai, Singapore, Taipei: 7:30 p.m. (19.30) – 11:30 p.m. (23.30)
Perth, Seoul, Tokyo: 8:30 p.m. (20.30) – 12:30 a.m.
Brisbane: 9:30 p.m. (21.30) – 1:30 a.m.
Melbourne, Sydney: 10:30 p.m. (22:30) – 2:30 a.m.
Auckland: Monday 12:30 a.m. – 4:30 a.m.
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TO ACCESS THE CHAT:

Click on http://jaibaba.com/echat45/public/index.html

Or, copy and paste URL into your browser

Or, go to www.JaiBaba.com Home Page.

Go midway down the page. Under Featured Areas on the far left, click on JaiBaba
Chat.

Follow the instructions on the Welcome To The 2005 Bhau Chats page:

1. Nickname: Type the name that you want to go by in the chat room.

2. Text Color: Choose a color for your messages. The default is black.

3. [Join Chat]: Just click this button to enter the chat room!

4. Remember Settings: Check this to set a cookie which stores your nickname and Text Color for future log ons.

NOTE: This chat is logged, and any rude behavior can result in the user being permanently banned from the chat room.

If you receive the error message:

“Alert! The URL that you used to access this chatroom may cause errors. Please log in again, using

http://jaibaba.com/echat45/public/index.html”;

your computer is probably set to reject cookies from this domain. Check the Internet for:

“Setting [insert the name of your browser, Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Apple, etc. without these brackets] to accept cookies”

and follow the instructions you find

Click off Remember Settings and trying logging back in.

Whenever you wish to post a message to the chat, type your message in the box beneath [Help] [Refresh Messages], then click on Update

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TO ACCESS THE WEBCAST:

The broadcast will be a video feed like a TV and best viewed on a connection that can stream at least 148kbps. Please check your speakers and have them ready.

The link is active only during the broadcast times below.

WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER

To log onto the webcast, open a new browser tab/window.

A. Method A

Type or Copy/Paste

http://72.75.238.14/mb

Press Enter.

B. Method B

Type or Copy/Paste

http://ambppct.org/events/bhaulive2007.php

Midway down the page you will see a pink underlined sentence.

Click here to listen to Bhau Live

When you click on that link (when the broadcast is active), your Windows Media Player should fire up and you will see the live image and hear Bhau talking.

If you click on the link and your Windows Media Player does not automatically open and play the video stream, use Method C.

C. Method C

Open Windows Media Player.

Go to:

File-open URL.

Type or Copy/Paste

http://72.75.238.14/mb

Into the box and press Enter.

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FOR USERS, INCLUDING THOSE WITH MACS, WHO DON’T HAVE WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER, REAL PLAYER ALSO WORKS.

Another alternative, suggested by Eric Romesberg, is VLC Media Player, downloadable at:

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

According to Eric, “VLC supports Windows, Mac OS-X and Linux. I was able to watch and simultaneously record the video+audio or watch the video+audio while recording only the audio (to reduce the file size)”

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RECORDING THE WEBCAST

Unfortunately, no further information is regarding the following procedures. Please contact your local geek for advice.

If you are using Windows Media Player and have Real Player installed, the webcast can often be recorded by right clicking on the Windows Media Player image and clicking on “Download this video.”

Eric recorded the webcast using the following procedure:

Here are the VLC menus I used to watch the webcast and record the video+audio:

1. Open VLC Media Player

2. Click on Media Open Network Stream…

3. Type or Copy/Paste

http://72.75.238.14/Meher Baba

in the address field

3. Click the down-arrow to the left of the Play button

4. Select Convert

5. For the profile, select “Video – H.264 + AAC (TS)”

6. Select a folder and name for the destination file, with a .TS extension

7. Check the box “Display the output” to watch the webcast while recording.