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{{short description|Book by Meher Baba}}
{{Infobox book
| name = God in a Pill?
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| language = English
| genre =
| published = 1966 (
| media_type = Pamphlet
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'''''God in a Pill? Meher Baba on L.S.D. and The High Roads''''' was a 1966 [[pamphlet]] containing messages from [[Meher Baba]] speaking out against taking
The pamphlet was published in 1966 by
The pamphlet went out of print, but in 2003 the material was republished in ''A Mirage Will Never Quench Your Thirst, A Source of Wisdom About Drugs'' by Laurent Weichberger (Sheriar Foundation, 2003).<ref>[
== History ==
Meher Baba's name spread throughout the [[Counterculture of the 1960s]], his image appearing in the documentary film ''[[Woodstock (film)|Woodstock]]'', on posters and inspiration cards of the era, and on the cover of ''[[Rolling Stone]]''. In the mid-1960s Meher Baba became concerned about the rising use of illicit drugs in the West. In correspondence he told several academics, including Richard Alpert,<ref>Dreyfuss, Robert, ''Inner Travel to Sacred Places'' (2012) p. 66</ref> not only to stop using drugs, but to help others to get off drugs. In a November 1970 ''Rolling Stone'' article, [[Pete Townshend]], leader of the rock band [[The Who]] and a follower of Baba's, discussed Baba's message on drugs, writing:
{{quote|Baba did emphasize to a young devotee going to see Baba in about 1966, that the biggest single gesture a man could make for youth, would be to spend his life trying to show the dangers of dope. Remember, Baba was concerned with a set of people that felt the psychedelics held the key to religious experience, to Universal consciousness. God in a pill.<ref>''Rolling Stone'', No. 71 (November 26, 1970)</ref>}}
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{{quote|Tell those who indulge in these drugs (LSD, marijuana, and other types) that it is harmful physically, mentally and spiritually, and that they should stop the taking of these drugs. Your duty is to tell them, regardless of whether they accept what you say, or if they ridicule or humiliate you, to boldly and bravely face these things.<ref>Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher, The Biography of the Avatar of the Age, Meher Baba, Bhau Kalchuri, Manifestation, Inc. 1986. p. 6403</ref>}}
In addition Baba made
* Meher Baba did say that the user of LSD could never reach subtle consciousness in this incarnation despite its repeated use, unless the person surrendered to a Perfect Master. To experience real, spiritual consciousness, surrenderance to a Perfect Master is necessary.
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== References ==
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