Bill along with his wife Joan & their children Michael & Jenny attended the 1962 East-West Gathering for Meher Baba at Guruprasad, Poona, India.

http://mandalihall.org/talks/speakers/Bill_LePage/

The following sequence of images is from the video "Meher Baba, The Awakener"

India - 1954 : Bill follows Francis and he in turn is followed by fellow Australian, John Ballantyne.

Meeting Place, Meher Center, Myrtle Beach, SC.

Bill Le Page
Feb 2012
Born	14 August 1924
Occupation	Chairman of the Avatars Abode Trust

Bill Le Page ( Born 14 August 1924 ) is an Australian businessman, a psychologist and a long time follower of Meher Baba.

Bill Le Page was born in Melbourne Australia in 1924 and is the current chairman of the Avatar's Abode Pty Ltd . In 1954, Meher Baba gave a series of meetings called Three Incredible Weeks^.

At this gathering Western followers were invited to meet his Indian disciples, and Meher Baba gave darshan many thousands of people and had his Final Declaration read out.^[5][6] Bill Le Page was one of select few Westerners who were invited to this event and he was one of only two men ordered to meditate at midnight in Meher Baba's samadhi (tomb-shrine) in Meherabad, India which has become a place of international pilgrimage.

He returned to India in 1962 for The East-West Gathering where the Universal Message was read by Meher Baba.  In 1967 on his third visit to India received personal directives from Meher Baba regarding Avatar's Abode's development. His last visit for Meher Baba's darshan was for the famous 1969 Darshan.

Spiritual Seeking and Early Contacts

After many years of spiritual searching Bill, age thirty, he found out about Meher Baba from the Australian Sufi leader Baron Von Frankenburg in 1947, and met Francis Brabazon a year later.^[20] Meher Baba visited Australia and stayed at Avatar's Abode in 1958 . As Francis Brabazon began spending increasing time in India with Meher Baba he was released from the work associated with Australia. Meher Baba called Bill Le Page Francis Brabazon's 'right hand' in Australia.

Publications

• Not We But One, by Bill Le Page, 1977, Avatar Meher Baba P.P.C Trust.
• It so Happened, by Bill Le Page, 1978, Meher House Publications.
• The Narrow Lane, by Meher Baba. Editor Bill Le Page, 1979, Meher Baba Foundation.
• Is That So? Talks by Eruch Jessawala compiled by Bill LePage, 1985, Meher Nazar Books.
• The Turning of the Key: Meher Baba in Australia, by Bill Le Page, 1993, Sheriar Press.
• Over the Years with Meher Baba, by Bill Le Page, 1999, Meher Baba Foundation.
• The Divine Humanity of Meher Baba Vol,1 by Bill Le Page, 2003, Sheriar Press.
• The Divine Humanity of Meher Baba Vol 2, by Bill Le Page, 2004, Sheriar Press.
• The Divine Humanity of Meher Baba Vol 3, by Bill Le Page, 2008, Sheriar Press.
• Three Incredible Weeks with Meher Baba: DVD Narrated by Bill Le Page, 2009, Technobaba Films.

Meher Baba's Billy-boy passed away this morning held lovingly by his wife Diana. The attending nurse said it was one of "the most dignified and peaceful passings" she had witnessed.

Bill’s passing brings to an end a chapter in the story of Meher Baba's Love and Work in Australia. His one-pointed and enduring devotion, dedication and service to His Lord will always be an inspiration to those who seek what he was after - to love and serve the God-Man. 

Through his life, Bill remained loyal to Baba and Baba remained true to him as one of His dear ones. As Eruch Jessawala so beautifully expressed, "I am a friend of Bill LePage for many years because he is one of my brothers in faith and because of his deep rooted love for and unstinting service in the Cause of Beloved Avatar Meher Baba." 

Bill passed at 10.40 am, 29th July, 2023

VIDEOS

Bill Le Page - 1971 - The Oral History Archive Project - Irwin Luck Interview                                  - Courtesy of Los Angeles Meher Baba Center