MEHER MOUNT

9902 Sulphur Mountain Road
Ojai, CA 93023-9375

Phone: 805-640-0000
Email: info@mehermount.org

HOURS

Wednesday-Sunday: Noon to 5:00 p.m.
Monday & Tuesday: Closed

MANAGER/CARETAKERS

Buzz & Ginger Glasky

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Sam Ervin, Preident
Ron Holsey, Vice President
Ursula Reinhart, Treasurer
Jim Whitson, Director
Richard Mannis, Director

OFFICERS

Margaret Magnus, Secretary

9902 Sulphur Mountain Rd
Ojai, CA, 93023
United States

(805) 640-0000

Encounters of the Animal Kind - The Fox

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Anecdotes, activities and stories about Meher Mount - past, present and future.

Encounters of the Animal Kind - The Fox

Laurent Weichberger

WILD ANIMALS also call Meher Mount home. (FreeDigitalPhotos.net)

By Laurent Weichberger

One evening at Meher Mount, just after dinner at dusk, we were sitting outside at the round table where we used to eat, and just enjoying the peace of Meher Mount. 

The sky was a perfect hue of blue with orange highlights on wispy clouds, and it was incredibly quiet.  I was just basking in Meher Baba's presence. 

At some point my daughter Aspen and my wife Lilly got up from the table and went inside, probably to fix dessert or tea. 

I Notice Something Moving Toward Me

While I sat alone with Meher Baba, looking at the sky, I noticed something moving towards me.  It was a beautiful red fox. 

He walked right up to me until he was about two feet away, and then he noticed I was there.  He stopped and just looked up at me, and I looked at him.  We were both staring at each other in the peace of the moment, which lasted about a minute.

Then Lilly emerged from the kitchen and said something, and the fox turned and walked down towards the well.