Mehera took me under her wing and taught me so much about life at that tender age but also so much about love.
Looking back, I feel Mehera inspired Blumera not only ethereally but also practically. This trip I feel Mehera revealed more of herself to me in ways I hadn't fully absorbed before. I always knew that Mehera loved beauty and to me was the embodiment of Beauty, not only by worldly standards, but to the very height of Beauty in the Spiritual Mystical sense as expressed through Her Heart, and Her Purity, Love, and Divinity.
Baba said she was the purest soul in the universe and loved Him how He ought to be loved. But this time, I absorbed more about how her Beauty manifested in the world through her designs. I had never thought of Mehera as a Designer per se. But while sitting in the sitting room of Meher Baba’s and Mehera’s House one day at Meherazad I heard someone say, "Mehera designed everything in here". I heard this in a new way because now I am beginning to design furniture, sacred spaces and homes that feel like rejuvenating, uplifting sanctuaries. I also marveled at the exquisite craftsmanship that Her and the women Mandali (disciples) exhibited in their creations in the East Room. What was brought home to me was that I believe it was Mehera who prompted my design career laying the seeds many moons ago, which have now blossomed into Blumera.
In fact, I would say that Mehera was my first patron, if you will, as she wanted to gift my mom and I some special things. One of these gifts was for my mom and I to go to the bazaar to pick out fabric and design dresses as a gift from her. And so, the very first clothing designs that I did for myself were a gift from Mehera. I still have these dresses and treasure them.
As I share images of Blumera, I feel to share the source of these creations, as well. Mehera shaped my life in so many ways, and Meher Baba has been the constant source of creation and the very source of life for me.
As always, so touched to have you all join me on this mystical journey to Love.
Love always,
Mehera
The experience can be likened to tasting the most delicious food or smelling the most divine flower.
I am transported to another time and space. The designs feed me in such a way that the need to eat becomes obsolete.
When I create it is like I enter a portal of magical high vibratory energy. This energetic space is one of beauty, serenity, and love.
Here the designs are given, I don’t have to look for them. They are presented to me in full vision and I can see them clearly.
I indulge in the colors and textures as they glisten in ultimate beauty.
]]>This is the soul of Blumera, and so it is only natural that all we create is sustainable.
]]>After a few days in Europe to break up the trip, we arrived in Bombay. That was a trip, no pun intended, but I will save that tale for another day.
After an evening in Bombay, we arrived in Meherabad and then Meherazad, and I had arrived in paradise. I still remember the ethereal dream-like feeling I had as I sipped the glory and beauty that surrounded me. The sunlight, the magenta bougainvillea flowers (yes, they are the inspiration for the Blumera pink, you all know and love), the people, the love.. it felt like I had stepped into heaven.
I couldn't wait to meet Mehera. I had dreamt of her (quite literally - my first dream of her (that I remember, at least) was when I was 5) and now I was going to her home. My mother said she liked pigtails, so we braided my hair into them. I wore one of my favorite shirts and a sweet skirt, and shyly walked to Mehera's porch, my mom leading the way.
The moment of meeting Mehera left such an indelible mark on me, that I never wanted to leave her side. And lucky me, I didn't have to. I spent the next month of my life by my dearest Mehera's side. I would have tea with her daily (and other women, who I barely remember because I was so focused on Mehera), I sat with her daily as she shared stories of Beloved Meher Baba.
She taught me so many things: how to chew the bones of pomfret fish, how to wash my hands properly, how to pluck flowers from her garden and then how to take these flowers to make garlands, how to wear my scarf, and most important of all: how to love and cherish the Beloved, Highest Divine Self, within us all. I will share this in future stories. There is much to share.. but for today, join me in honoring the Beloved Goddess. The Divine Feminine. Mehera Irani, Happy Birthday. Today you would have been 113.
]]>The experience of union with my mother is a journey unto itself. Mostly, I feel her at one with me in such a unique way that often the words reverberate in my head, "how can you miss something that you already are." However, other times, I feel the profound physical separation, often after having been with her the in other realm. In those dreams, I gut-wrenchingly ask her why did she have to die, why did she leave me? Her answers are always profound and leave me knowing she has merged beyond this earthly illusionary plane and has graduated into the realm of Reality.
The art that has been manifest through my efforts, after my mother passed, leaves me humbled. I am grateful to be the vehicle to do this work and manifest a creative fusion of her work and my work channeled from the other realms.
To view my beloved mother's art click here. Giclee prints of the paintings are available. The giclees are printed on 100% cotton rag and use the latest state of the art printing techniques To purchase contact us. Different sizes can be made upon request.
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