ˌoʊvɚɹ ɐ twˈɛntijˈɪɹ pˈiəɹɪəd, bɪɡˈɪnɪŋ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti ˈeɪt,  hiː spˈɛnt ɛkstˈɛnsɪv tˈaɪm ɪn ɐ spˈɪɹɪtʃˌuːəl kəmjˈuːnᵻɾi æt mˈɛhɚɹɐbˌɑːd, ɪn wˈɛstɚn ˈɪndiə, wˌɛɹ hiː wˈɜːkt ɪn ɐ ɹˈʊɹɹəl klˈɪnɪk fɹˈiː tə ðə pˈʊɹ, ænd lˈɪvd wɪððɪ ˈɪntᵻmət dɪsˈaɪpəlz ænd fˈæmɪli ʌv mˈɛhɚ bˈɑːbə.
Over a twenty-year period, beginning in 1978,  he spent extensive time in a spiritual community at Meherabad, in western India, where he worked in a rural clinic free to the poor, and lived with the intimate disciples and family of Meher Baba.