Daily Positive Thoughts: August 15, 2014: Maturity

Daily Positive Thoughts: August 15, 2014: Maturity

Maturity

As we mature spiritually there is less need to have our self-respect bolstered by praise and special attention. As our thought processes become more compassionate and less self obsessed, we feel increasingly satisfied with ourselves and with our lives. We relate to people more easily and feel no need to draw attention to our successes or complain about our problems.

Specialties

When we come into interaction with others we are concerned with their
negative aspects. We are aware of where they are going wrong and we
try to correct them too. But usually the other person doesn't realize
his mistake. The more we try to emphasize on negativity, the more
difficult it becomes to make the other person realize. On one hand, we
find that he is not benefited and on the other hand, we are filling
ourselves with negativity too. The best business in life is that of
seeing specialties and contributing our own specialties for others'
growth. When we are aware of others' specialties, we are able to
encourage them to use them for growth. Also we are free from
negativity. Further, using our own specialties enriches others and
ourselves too. These specialties are easily available for us at the
time of need, for having used them constantly.

Signs Of Depression And Coming Out Of It

You feel depressed when you lack happiness and optimism about the possibilities that you have and a constantly negative consciousness and vision is produced. You lose hope. In depression you lack an interest in things. You are sensitive to criticisms, even if they are very little. You feel sadness, impatience, a lack of perspectives. You try to reach satisfaction through material means, like, for example, eating too much, eating sweet things, etc.

You get depressed because you remember past errors; because you need the experience of love in life; because you have developed the habit of seeing only the negative in each situation, without sensing that a positive side exists. The imagination behaves in a negative way; it is weakening, depressing and even destructive. Nothing seems attractive to you and you feel unmotivated.

To get out of this state it is important to accept yourself; keep a mental state of a detached observer; don't allow the mind to cling to depressing thoughts and tune it into the positive aspects of life. Sometimes negativity and weakness have overwhelmed you to such a point that in order to get out of that state you need a "bombardment" of positivism: go on a spiritual retreat or holiday to a suitable destination; surround yourself by good company; attend a course of personal development; get out of that state in which you are closed into yourself. Take the step. Nobody can do it for you.

Soul Sustenance

Cooking And Eating With A Spiritual Touch (cont.)

When the subtle, spiritual aspect of cooking is taken into consideration, the role of the cook extends from simply creating tasty, nourishing meals with fresh ingredients, to including a spiritual connection with those who will be eating that food. The aim will be to touch and fill the heart as well as the stomach. The love of the cook, and his or her motivation to offer sustenance, will nourish as much as the physical components of each dish. Food cooked by a person who is angry, depressed or full of arrogance or hatred will have a different effect from food cooked with feelings of love, peace and the pure desire to serve. In other words, we are what we eat but also the thoughts, feelings and attitudes that go into what we are eating. Even in today’s hectic lifestyle, when there sometimes seems to be hardly enough time to cook, let alone do so peacefully and caringly, it is therefore definitely beneficial to develop a positive attitude towards cooking. Before undertaking any food preparation, remind yourself that the task at hand can and should be an enjoyable and creative activity or experience, rather than an unpleasant, time-consuming activity. A good practice, then, is to meditate before cooking and then to let preparing the meal itself be a creative, meditative experience which yields a balanced, health-promoting diet for the body as a temple for the soul deity. Food always tastes better when it has been flavored or with love and happiness.

(To be continued tomorrow …)

Message for the day

True fortune comes to the one who recognises and uses his treasures with an honest heart.
Projection: Sometimes we might be faced with certain situations where we find that we are not very fortunate. We find ourselves thinking about all those things that we need to have in order for us to be able to bring a positive outcome. Because of this kind of thinking, we tend to miss out on perceiving those treasures that we can make use of.

Solution: There are a lot of treasures within us that we can use in our practical life. These treasures could be our talents, skills, or some specialities of ours. Under all circumstances we need to have an awareness of these treasures. When we are aware of them we will begin to use them in our daily life instead of just expecting things to happen right. This is what will create a good fortune for us.

In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris

Essence of Murli : August 14, 2014

Essence of Murli : August 14, 2014:

Essence:    Sweet children, all your desires are now being fulfilled and your stomachs are becoming full. The Father has come to make you into fully satisfied souls

Question:   You children no longer perform devotion and yet, how are you definitely still devotees?

Answer:     For as long as you have body consciousness, you are devotees. You are studying to become knowledgeable. When you pass your examinations and become karmateet, you will be called completely knowledgeable. There will then be no need to study.  

Essence for dharna:

1.      You have to become fully satisfied and have a broad and unlimited intellect so that your vision is not drawn to anything else. Let there be no desires in your heart because all of this is to be destroyed.

2.      While performing actions for the livelihood of your body, let the mercury of happiness always remain high. Remember the Father and the inheritance. Remove the intellect from the limited and always keep it in the unlimited.

Blessing:    May you become trikaldarshi (knower of the three aspects of time), by using the blessing of a divine intellect and be filled with success.

BapDada has given every child the blessing of a divine intellect. It is only with a divine intellect that you can clearly know the Father, your own self and the three aspects of time and also imbibe all powers. Before putting any thought into words or practice, a soul with a divine intellect would be aware of the three aspects of time of every word and deed and then put it into the practical form. The past and future will be just as clear as the present in front of such a soul. Because of being trikaldarshi, those with divine intellects are constantly filled with success.

Baba says, when you take the divine and alokik Brahmin birth, you are gifted with the third eye of knowledge, which makes you trikaaldarshi, the knowers of the three aspects of time. Think about the consequences of your actions before performing them and modify the accordingly. Because of having divine intellects and a clear connection with the Father, the future performance is as clear to you as is the past and the present. Therefore, you will be successful, as forewarned is forearmed.

Slogan:      Only those who have adopted purity completely can experience supreme bliss.  (parmanand)

Purity is reality...purity is royalty... the authority of purity is the greatest personality... purity is the foundation, the original religion and the most elevated decoration of Brahmin life... purity is the mother of peace and happiness....By making the dharma of purity our personal dharna in life, we, the souls, become great...by imbibing purity, we experience super sensuous joy, sweet silence and supreme bliss...

Om shanti. There are two things: God and the devotees,(Bhagvaan aur bhakt)  children and the Father. There are many devotees, but only one God. You children find these things very easy. Souls perform devotion through their bodies. Why? To meet God, the Father. You devotees have now understood the drama. When you become completely knowledgeable souls, you won't remain here. When you pass an examination whilst studying at school, you go to the next class. God is now teaching you. Knowledgeable souls have no need to study. God is teaching devotees. You know that we souls used to perform devotion. The Father is teaching us how we can move away from devotion and come into knowledge. We don't perform devotion now, but we still become body conscious. You understand that those devotees don't even know God. They themselves say: We do not know. The Father also asks those who were number one devotees: Did you know the God whose devotees you were? In fact, there should be only one God. Here, there are so many Gods. They continue to call themselves God! That is called ignorance. There is extreme darkness in devotion. That is the path of devotion. Devotees sing: When the Satguru gives the ointment of knowledge, the darkness of ignorance is dispelled. (gyan anjan Satguru diya, agyan andher vinaash)Gurus cannot give the ointment of knowledge. There are many gurus. You children know what you used to do in devotion, whom you used to remember and whom you used to worship. You have now become free from that darkness of devotion because you now know the Father. The Father has given you His introduction. Sweetest children, you are souls. You play your parts through those bodies. Your knowledge is unlimited. You continue to play unlimited parts. You have left the limited and gone into the unlimited. This world (population) has also become unlimited whilst expanding, and it will then definitely become limited. You children now know how you go from the limited into the unlimited and the unlimited into the limited. A soul is like a tiny star. People understand this and yet they make such a huge lingam image. What can they do, because they cannot worship a tiny point? They say: "A star shines in the centre of the forehead," (Bhrakuti ke beech chamakta sitaara)but how can they worship that star? No one knows God, but they know about the soul. The soul resides in the centre of the forehead; that's all! It doesn't enter their intellects that a soul takes a body and plays his part. You were the first ones who performed worship; you used to make huge lingams. People continue to make bigger and bigger images of Ravan day by day. They cannot make smaller images of Ravan. Human beings are at first small and then they become big. They never show Ravan as small. He doesn't become big or small. He is not a physical thing. The five vices are called Ravan. There is growth of the five vices because people continue to become tamopradhan. Previously, there wasn't so much body consciousness, but it has continued to increase. They worship one and then worship another, and it has continued to grow in that way. Souls have become tamopradhan. The intellects of no other human beings in the world are aware of when they are satopradhan and when they become tamopradhan. People are completely ignorant of these things. Knowledge is not difficult. The Father comes and gives you completely easy knowledge. He teaches you that. Even then, there is just the essence (tant) of the study that remains. We souls are children of the Father.

We have to remember the Father. It is also remembered that only a handful out of multimillions emerged. (koto men koi) Only a handful out of multimillions know the Father accurately. They ask: Can the Father be like that? Everyone knows their father, so why have they forgotten the Father? This is called the game of the maze. (bhool bhulaiya) One is a limited father and the other is the unlimited Father. You receive an inheritance from the two fathers; you receive a small inheritance from a limited father. Day by day, it gradually becomes very little; it is as though it is nothing. Until the unlimited Father comes, your stomachs cannot become full. Your stomachs become completely empty. The Father comes and fills your stomachs. In every aspect, He fills your stomachs in such a way that you children no longer need anything. He fulfils all your desires and you become fully satisfied souls, just as a (departed) soul becomes satisfied when the brahmin priest is fed. This is unlimited satisfaction. (behad ki trupti)Look how much difference there is! Look how much difference there is between the limited satisfaction of souls and the unlimited satisfaction of souls. By knowing the Father you become satisfied because the Father is making you into the masters of heaven. You children know that you are children of the unlimited Father. Everyone remembers the Father. Even though some people say that this is nature (the elements) and that they will merge into the brahm element, the Father has told you that no one can merge into the brahm element. This is the eternal drama which continues to turn. There is no need at all to become confused about this. The cycle of the four ages continues to turn; it will continue to repeat identically. There is just the one Father and also only one world. Those people beat their heads so much and think that there is a world on the moon or in the stars. They look for that so much. They even think of buying a plot of land on the moon, but how would that be possible? Whom would they pay? That is called the arrogance of science. However, there is nothing really there. People continue to try to do things, but that is the pomp of Maya. They have even greater show than that of heaven. They have completely forgotten heaven. There was limitless wealth in heaven. Look how much wealth they took away from just the one temple! There was so much wealth in Bharat alone. All the treasure-stores were overflowing. Mahmud Gaznavi came and looted everything. You remain powerful for half the cycle and there is no mention of stealing etc. There is no kingdom of Ravan at that time. As soon as the kingdom of Ravan begins, the stealing, looting and fighting etc. (chori chakaari ladaai) begin. People mention the name of Ravan, but Ravan is not a being: that is just the existence of the vices. Look what people do for Ravan; they celebrate so much. You too used to celebrate Dashera, burning an effigy of Ravan. People used to go and see how they burn an effigy of Ravan and then they would go to loot the gold. What was that? You now wonder about all of those things. Look what you became and how much worshipping you used to do. When they have a big day, look what they continue to do. The path of devotion is like playing with dolls and you know for how long it continues. They didn't do so much in the beginning. Then, expansion gradually took place, and look what the condition has now become! Why do they spend so much money on pictures and building temples? All of that is a waste of money. They spend hundreds of thousands of rupees on building temples etc. The Father sits here and explains to you with so much love: I gave you children so much wealth. So, where did you lose it all? Look what you have become in the kingdom of Ravan from what you were! It isn't that you have to remain happy thinking that it is the will of God. That is not the will of God; that is the will of Maya. You are now receiving your fortune of the kingdom of God where there is no question of sorrow. It is now that you receive the understanding of how much difference there is between God's will and Maya's will, but that too is numberwise, according to your efforts. You can understand which ones receive the injection of knowledge. So-and-so has been injected with the injection of knowledge well; so-and-so has been injected less and so-and-so has not been injected at all. Only Baba knows this. Everything depends on your service. It is only through service that Baba will tell you: This one has not been injected at all; he doesn't know how to do service at all. There are also some who have been injected with knowledge more, whereas others are not injected at all. It is said: When the Satguru gives the ointment of knowledge, the darkness of ignorance is dispelled. The Supreme Father, the Supreme Soul, is the Ocean of Knowledge and the Ocean of Happiness. People have then said that He is in the pebbles and stones. You children should have so much faith that the unlimited Father is giving you unlimited happiness. You sing: Unlimited Baba, when You come, we will belong to You and we will only follow Your directions. On the path of devotion, you don't even know the Father. This part is only performed at this time. It is only now that the Father teaches you. You know that this part of studying will continue again after 5000 years. The Father will come again after 5000 years. All souls are brothers and then they adopt bodies and play their parts. The human world also continues to grow. There is a stock of souls. Just as the stock of human beings comes to an end, to that extent there will be a stock of souls there. There cannot be one more or one less actor. All of you are unlimited actors. You have all received eternal parts. This is wonderful! You children have now become so sensible. This study is so elevated. It is the Father, the Ocean of Knowledge, Himself, who is teaching you. All the rest are oceans of devotion. Just as there is respect for devotion, so there is also respect for knowledge. People make so many donations and perform so much charity on the path of devotion in the name of God. This is because such big Vedas and scriptures are created. You children have now received understanding of the difference between devotion and knowledge. Such a broad and unlimited intellect is needed. Your vision would never be drawn to anyone. Would you say: I want to see the king or queen? What is there to see in them? You don't have any desires in your hearts. All of this is going to be destroyed. Whatever everyone has, it is going to be destroyed. The stomach only wants two chapattis, but people commit so much sin even for that. At this time, there is nothing but sin in the world. The stomach makes you commit a lot of sin. People continue to slander others. They even earn a lot of money. They hide so much money, but what can the Government do? However, no matter how much someone may try to hide it, it cannot remain hidden. There will now also be natural calamities. Only a little more time remains. The Father says: You can do whatever you want for the livelihood of your body. You are not forbidden to do that. The mercury of happiness of you children should always remain high. Always remember the Father and the inheritance. The Father is making you into the masters of the whole world. All the earth and sky will belong to you; there are no limitations then. You children know that you were the masters. Bharat is remembered as the imperishable land. You children should have a lot of happiness. There is also happiness in a limited study, but this is the unlimited study that the unlimited Father is teaching you. You should remember such a Father. You children can understand what this physical business is. It is nothing at all whereas what is the inheritance we receive from the Father? There is the difference of day and night. While continuing with your worldly business, you can still claim a double crown. The Father has come to teach you children and so you should remain happy. You have to continue to do all the other work too. You understand that this is an old world. All preparations are being made for its destruction. They perform such acts that there is fear of a big war starting. All of that has to happen according to the drama. It isn't that God is making it happen; it is fixed in the drama. If not today, then tomorrow, destruction has to take place. You are now studying. A new world is definitely needed for you. You should remember these things and become happy inside. Baba has taken this chariot, but he doesn't have anything; he renounced everything. What would I do with this when I am receiving the unlimited sovereignty? Baba also had a song composed: When the first one found Allah, what would he do with this "donkeyship?" He gave away everything he had, more or less, and wound everything up completely. He even gave his body to Baba. Oho, I am going to become a master of the world! I have become a master many times. It is so easy! You may live at home but consider yourself to be a soul and remember the Father. Achcha.

To the sweetest, beloved, long-lost and now-found children, love, remembrance and good morning from the Mother, the Father, BapDada. The spiritual Father says namaste to the spiritual children.

The spiritual children says namaste to the spiritual Father.

Daily Positive Thoughts: August 14, 2014: Kindness

Daily Positive Thoughts: August 14, 2014: Kindness

Kindness
Great souls take advantage of every moment and every opportunity to give happiness to others through kindness in their thoughts; such souls are willing to overlook weaknesses and mistakes and have the desire to help everyone reach their potential.

Move Forward

When we are faced with a problem, we are caught up with the negative
aspect of it we continue to look at the negativity of the present or of
the past. There is also a fear for the future. Although we know all
situations are temporary, at that time we are not able to rise above
the situation. Instead of thinking only about the negative aspect of
the situation, we need to think about what we have to do to correct the
situation. Once we find a solution and bring it into action, we can
think about what learning we can take from the past situation. We can
then move forward more powerfully towards the future.

Effort To Manipulate The Law Of Action (Karma)

Human laws can be adjusted, manipulated and even ignored by some, but no one can do the same with the Law of Karma. On the physical level, there is no time interval between an action and its reaction. If I throw an object in the air, it falls back immediately with the same force. With the Law of Karma, however, there can be a delay between the action and its result or fruit. The seeds of certain actions (negative or positive) bring immediate fruit. Others can take years or even many births to bear fruit. If I eat too much ice-cream, I will see the result or karmic effect of the negative karma of greed within a space of ten-fifteen minutes in the form of a headache or after two days in the form of a cold and flu. This is an e.g. in which we realize the working of the Law of Karma, we realize clearly the cause and its effect, but on a subtle level, when we see the effects of actions, we do not realize that the cause may have actually been in a previous life. There is a total connection between the cause and the effect.

When we analyze a natural calamity such as a major earthquake that uproots buildings and trees, overturns vehicles and kills thousands of people. The physical cause may be tectonic activity associated with faults inside the earth's surface but at the same time, we realize that such a calamity could have its roots in a process initiated by human beings a few hours, days or months ago - an e.g. being testing of nuclear weapons. On a personal level, I can say that there is nothing which happens to me for which I am not responsible. Whether I remember what I did to make it happen or not, whether I realize it or choose to ignore it, I am ultimately responsible.

Soul Sustenance

Cooking and Eating with a Spiritual Touch

Nowadays, we are continuously bombarded with details about the physical aspects of what we eat and the effects that different ingredients may or may not have on us, and naturally this is important. But in this heap of information, we tend to overlook one crucial factor: the consciousness (state of mind) of the person cooking and the effect that this will have upon the food, and thus also on those who eat it. A cook not only prepares food in a physical place, but also in a spiritual or inner space. And just as the physical surroundings are best kept clean and in order, so should be the state of mind of those in the kitchen. A simple and familiar example of this concept at work can be seen in the way that home cooking, especially that of one’s mother, holds a special place in our hearts. The love and care with which it is prepared sometimes gives us more joy than perhaps food eaten in a restaurant setting where food may be prepared with greater cooking and technical skills but where negative emotions related like anxiety, arrogance, stress, and greed (in the business like restaurant environment) may affect the energy of the food cooked over there, on a subtle or vibrational (non-physical) level.

(To be continued tomorrow …)

Message for the day

The one who is detached is the one who is happy.

Projection: When difficult situations come our way we tend to overreact because of our attachment and expectations. Because of this we experience much more unhappiness than what the situation actually holds. The understanding lacks that it is not the situation, but our own thoughts that are giving us sorrow.

Solution: We need to look at the situation just as we would watch it happen to someone else - with detachment. When we learn to detach ourselves from the situation in this way and see what it holds for us, we will not experience unhappiness but will be able to remain happy under all circumstances.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris

Sakar Murli August 13, 2014

Essence of Murli August 13, 2014:

Essence: Sweet children, remember the three words "Father, Teacher and Satguru" and you will develop many specialities.(shiften)

Question:   Which children continue to accumulate an income of multimillions at every step? (har kadam men padmaon ki kamaai)

Answer: Those who continue to move forward at every step for service continue to accumulate an income of multimillions. How would you receive multimillions if you didn't take steps in Baba's service? Service gives you multimillions at every step (har kadam men padam)and it is through this that you become multimillionaires.

Question:   By knowing which secret do you become benefactors for everyone?

Answer: Baba has told us children the secret of this being the only shop (hatti) for everyone. Everyone definitely has to come here. This is a very deep secret. Only the children who know this secret can become benefactors for everyone.

 

Essence for dharna:

1.      Interact very tactfully with everyone at home and with your family. Do not upset anyone. Definitely become pure.

2.      Take the seeds of the imperishable jewels of knowledge from the one Father and keep the apron of your intellect full. Do not allow your intellect to wander. Become a messenger (paigambar)and give the Father's message (paigaam) to everyone.

Blessing:    May you be a karma yogi who sits on the immortal throne (akaal takht)  and the heart-throne  (dil takht) and who constantly performs elevated actions.

At this time, you children receive two thrones. One is the immortal throne and the other is the heart-throne. However, only those whose kingdom it is can sit on the throne. When you are seated on the immortal throne, you have a right to self-sovereignty (sw rajyahikaari)and when you are seated on the Father's heart-throne, you have a right to the Father's inheritance (varse ke adhikaari) in which the fortune of the kingdom is included. A karma yogi means to be the one seated on both thrones. Every action of such souls seated on the thrones is elevated because all their physical organs maintain law and order.

Baba says, when you take the alokik and divine Brahmin birth, you automatically have a right to the Father's inheritance (varse ke adhikaari), as you are seated on the Father’s heart throne. You are dil takht nasheen. When you are seated on the immortal throne, the (akaal takht) you have a right to self-sovereignty (sw rajyahikaari). Become a (sw rajyahikaari) at the confluence age, and a vishv rajyahikaari in the golden age. A karma yogi is one seated on both thrones. Every action of a karma yogi is performed in the state of soul consciousness, and therefore elevated. All their physical organs maintain law and order, that is, they are under control, as they are (sw rajyahikaari). Karma performed in remembrance of the One makes one a karma yogi.

Slogan:      Those who are constantly set on their seat of self-respect are virtuous and great.

Why is this? By being set on the seat of self-respect you are aware of your own virtues; you know your own self-worth. You feel great because you are elevated.If anyone says anything to you, you do not feel insulted or upset. You are not dependant on somebody praising or appreciating you for you to know your own qualities.  

 

Om shanti. Each and every spiritual child of the spiritual Father knows that Baba is our Father, Teacher and Satguru. You children know this but, even while knowing it, you repeatedly forget it. Those who are sitting here know this, but they forget it. People of the world don't know it at all.

The Father says: Simply remember these three words and you can do a lot of service. Many people come to you at the exhibitions and museums. Many friends and relatives also come to your homes. When anyone comes, you should explain: The One who is called God is Baba. He is also the Teacher and the Satguru. If you remember this, that too is good. You should not remember anyone else. You cannot say this of anyone else. You children know that our Baba is the Father, the Teacher and also the Satguru. It is so easy!

However, some people have such stone intellects that their intellects are unable to imbibe these three words; they forget them. Baba is changing us from human beings into deities, because He is the unlimited Father. He is the unlimited Father and so He would definitely give you an unlimited inheritance. Deities have an unlimited inheritance. If you remember just this much, you can do a lot of service at home too.

However, because of forgetting even this much, you are unable to tell anyone anything. You repeatedly forget this, because you forgot it for the whole cycle. The Father now sits here and explains to you: In fact, this knowledge is very simple, but it requires effort to become complete through the pilgrimage of remembrance. Baba is our Father, He gives us teachings and also gives us an inheritance and makes us pure because the Father is the Purifier.

He simply says: Tell everyone: Remember Me! If you don't take any steps in Baba's service, how would you receive multimillions? Only by doing service can you become multimillionaires. It is only service that brings multimillions at every step. Children come running from everywhere to do service. They continue to take so many steps. Only they are the ones who will receive multimillions.

The intellect also says: Shudras first have to be made into Brahmins. If you don't make them into Brahmins, what would they become? Service is needed. Children are told service news so that they become tempted. It is through service that you have received multimillions. Tell them just the one thing that no one else in the world knows. The unlimited Father is the Father but no one knows Him. They simply continue to say, "God the Father".

It is not in anyone's intellect that He is also the Teacher. The teacher is always remembered by the students. Those who don't study well are said to be uneducated. Baba says: It doesn't matter. Even if you haven't studied anything, you can at least understand that you are brothers. Our Father is the unlimited One. The Father comes to establish the one religion and He does that through Brahma.

However, people don't understand anything. If God had never come, why would they call out to Him: "O Liberator, come! O Purifier, come!" Since they remember the Purifier, why do they study the scriptures? Why do they go on pilgrimages? Is He sitting there? No one understands, since God is the Purifier, how anyone could become pure by bathing in the Ganges.

How could anyone go to heaven? They have to take birth here. There is a difference between the new world and the old world. This world cannot be called the golden age. It is now the iron age. Human beings have completely stone intellects. When they see a little happiness, they think that this is heaven. Only the Father explains this. He is not insulting you. The Father gives you teachings and also grants salvation to everyone.

God is the Father and so you should definitely receive something from God. The word "Baba" is such that you definitely receive the fragrance of an inheritance. No matter how many maternal and paternal uncles etc. you have, you don't receive the fragrance of an inheritance from them. You have to become introverted and realize that what the Father is saying is right.

A guru doesn't have property. He has renounced his home and family, whereas you have renounced the vices. They say that they have renounced their homes and families, whereas you say that you have renounced the vices of the whole world. It is so easy to go to the new world! We renounce the whole of the old world, the tamopradhan world. The golden age is the new world. You know that there definitely was the new world.

 

Everyone remembers it. The new world is called heaven but those people simply say that for the sake of saying it; they don't understand anything. The Father tells you children: First think about this. Baba is our Father, our Teacher and also our Satguru. He will take everyone back home. There are just two words: Man manabhav! Everything is included in that. However, you even forget that. One can never tell what you continue to remember with your intellects! Otherwise, you can give it in writing every day what stage you were sitting in and for how long. You are sitting in front of the Father, Teacher and Satguru and so you should only remember Him.

A student would only remember his teacher. However, Maya is here too. She completely scalps your head. She takes away your fortune of the whole kingdom and you are not even aware of it! You came to claim your inheritance, but you didn't receive anything. This is what you would say. Even though you would go to heaven, that is not such a big thing. Even if you come here, but don't study, you will go to heaven. You are sitting here. You understand that you have to go to heaven, and so you think that it doesn't matter what you become. That is not studying. Even if someone hears just a little, he definitely receives the fruit of that. You receive a scholarship through studying. You have to claim the highest-on-high status from the Father and so you definitely do have to make effort. If you remember the study you would also remember the cycle of 84 births.

Everything should be remembered while sitting here, but even that is not remembered. If you remembered that, you would also then tell others about it. Everyone has the pictures. If you explain the picture of Shiva to others, they will never get angry. Tell them: Come and we will tell you how Shiva is our unlimited Father. What is your relationship with Him? They would not be useless pictures. It would definitely be said of Shiva that He is God and that God can only be the incorporeal One. He is called the Father. He also gives us teachings. You souls are receiving teachings. It is the soul that does everything. It is the soul that becomes a teacher. The Father enters this chariot and also teaches us.

He carries out establishment of the golden age. There is no name or trace of the iron age there. Where would human beings come from? Serviceable children think of these things throughout the whole day. If some don't do service, it is understood that their intellects do not work at all. It is as though there are buddhus sitting here; they cannot understand the Father. It is only by remembering the Purifier Father that you receive an inheritance. If you die while remembering the Father, you will receive all His property. The property of the unlimited Father is heaven.

You children have your badges with you. Many friends and relatives come to visit you at home. When someone dies, many people go and visit that person's home. You can serve all of them very well. Shiv Baba's picture is very good. Even if you keep a big picture, no one would say anything. They would not say that, that is Brahma. This one is incognito. You can also explain to them in an incognito way. Simply keep a picture of Shiva and remove all the other pictures. This is Shiv Baba, the Father, Teacher and Satguru. He comes to establish the new world and He only comes at the confluence age.

You have this knowledge in your intellects. Tell them: Remember Shiv Baba. Do not remember anyone else. Shiv Baba is the Purifier. He says: Remember Me and you will meet Me. You can do incognito service. Lakshmi and Narayan became that through this knowledge. They ask: Shiv Baba is incorporeal, so how does He come? Ah, but you souls too are incorporeal, so how do you come? Souls also come down from up above to play their parts. The Father comes here and explains this to you. He cannot enter a bull. How would He then speak? He enters an ordinary old body. A very good method is needed to explain this. Some people ask you whether you still do devotion. Tell them: We do everything. You have to conduct yourself tactfully. You should think about what method to use to uplift others. You mustn't upset anyone.

While living at home with your family, simply remain pure. You say: Baba, I don't get any service to do. Oh! you can do a lot of service. Go and sit by the River Ganges. Ask them: What will happen by bathing in the Ganges? Will you become pure? You say to God: O Purifier, come! Come and purify us! So, is He the Purifier or is the Ganges? There are many such rivers. The Father, the Purifier, is only One. Those rivers of water exist all the time. The Father has to come here to make you pure. He comes at the most auspicious confluence age and makes you pure. There is no one impure there; the very name is heaven, the new world. It is now the old world. Only you know about this most auspicious confluence age. No one else can understand it.

The Father explains to you many types of methods for service. Do not become buddhus. They say that there are pigeons at Amarnath who carry messages. It isn't that pigeons will bring God's message from up above. Pigeons are trained to carry messages (paigaam) which are tied to their feet. By doing that the pigeons easily get seeds to eat so that they don't need to wander around. You too receive seeds here; you have the sovereignty of the world in your intellects and you receive that here. They think that they will get seeds there and so they get used to that. You are living beings; you receive the seeds of the imperishable jewels of knowledge.

It is mentioned in the scriptures that sparrows drank the ocean dry. They have written many such stories. People would say: That is true! They are then told that deities emerged from the ocean and that they brought platefuls of jewels with them! They would say: That is true! How can deities emerge from an ocean? Do human beings or deities reside in an ocean? They don't understand anything.

For birth after birth, everything they have been reading and hearing has been false. This is why it is said: Maya is false.... There is the difference of day and night between the truth and falsehood in the world. By speaking lies, they have become insolvent. You explain with such tact, but, in spite of that, it sits in the intellects of only a handful out of many. This is very easy knowledge and easy yoga. When you remember the Father, Teacher and Satguru, their specialities will enter your intellects.

 You should check yourselves. Do I remember Baba all the time or does my intellect go in other directions? Your intellects now receive understanding. The Father explains such sweet things to you. He shows you methods. If you sit and explain to others, they won't become your enemies. Shiv Baba alone is your Father, Teacher and Satguru. Remember Him. Methods to explain have to be created. People constantly ask you about the picture of Brahma. They would never have disregard for the picture of Shiva. Oh! but He is the Father of souls. So remember the Father. Many people can benefit from that. By remembering that One, you will become pure from impure. He is the Father of all. There shouldn't be remembrance of anyone except the One. Break away from everyone else and connect yourself to only the One.

These are methods to benefit others. If you are unable to remember the Father, how would you become pure? You can do a lot of service at home. You will find many friends and relatives. Create many different methods. You can benefit many. There is only the one shop. There are no other shops, so where else would they go? Achcha.

To the sweetest, beloved, long-lost and now-found children, love, remembrance and good morning from the Mother, the Father, BapDada. The spiritual Father says namaste to the spiritual children.

The spiritual children says namaste to the spiritual Father.

Daily Positive Thoughts: August 13, 2014: Surrender Gracefully

Daily Positive Thoughts: August 13, 2014: Surrender Gracefully

Surrender Gracefully

We are surrounded by graceful surrender. The geese surrender to the first autumn chills, and think of flying south. The flower surrenders to the night and shuts up shop as the setting sun surrenders to the horizon of another day. A mother surrenders to the needs of her baby, and the child surrenders to the wisdom of the father. These kinds of surrender are sweet and natural. They are graceful movements in a dance to the subtle symphony of life. While we may find moments to surrender to such grace and beauty, if we are not careful, we also tend to allow ourselves to surrender to our appetites, to envy, to greed and then to self centred lifestyles in which we serve only ourselves. No grace there - only the disgrace of self-inflicted slavery. Whatever we surrender our minds to, will eventually shape our character and define the quality of our life. Be careful what you surrender your mind to, even if it's only for a day, or an hour. relax7

Free from Excuses

The one who becomes the judge of the self and not that of others, is
free from criticizing others unnecessarily. Such a person also does
not plead his own case by giving excuses and proving himself right. So
he is able to bring about a positive change in himself and others are
able to take inspiration from the change that he brings in his own
life. When we are free from giving excuses and reasons for things
going wrong, especially to ourselves, we are able to experience progress
in our lives. For everything that happens, instead of blaming others
we are able to take some new learning and use it for our own
self-progress. We are able to remain light because we have no
expectations from others, but are able to bring about a change in them
through our actions.

Spirituality In Practice
(Self Introspection)

On the screen of your mind, make an appraisal (note) of what has happened throughout the past week...

Think about the awareness that you have had of yourself... think about the actions you have taken...Have they been based on a positive consciousness of yourself? Can you see the intentions behind your actions? Are they pure and positive?

Now, slowly and gently, I focus on my inner self... I observe myself... Does my life carry meaning and a purpose... Is there learning and growth at each step?

Do I possess inner strength... Am I able to use powers like the power to tolerate, power to co-operate, power to face in my everyday actions and experience success at every step... If so, do I feel strong and secure...

Do I remain in self-respect and as a result respect others... Do I love myself and have good wishes for each one that I interact with...

Do I feel calm and at peace... free to experience my inner qualities... Are my qualities visible through my actions...

And now, for a few moments, I am going to create feelings of peace and serenity for others... I am going to share thoughts and feelings of peace with others... this is practical spirituality...

Soul Sustenance

The After Effects of Anger

If realized deeply, it’s alright to conclude that anger destroys. If it doesn't destroy our physical body (that too it manages to do in the long term), it definitely destroys our capacity to be creative. And after all the very purpose of our life – is to be creative. So in short, anger deviates us from reaching our very purpose of life. Anger is never every good for health – mental or physical; never ever positive or empowering and never ever allowable or justified. Many authors of self development books, philosophers, psychologists and experts on the human nature have argued that anger is a natural, biological and psychological response which is an integral part of human sanskara and life. While this can be respected as a point of view, it is not at all true.

From a spiritual perspective, which means a view based on the absolute truth because the word ‘spiritual’ means that which is the truth, anger is never ever natural or beneficial. While we are all used to getting angry, each one of us to different extents; on a little introspection, we will realize that it drains us out and is counter-productive. Anger is an absolutely unwanted emotion if we want to live a peaceful, contented and blissful life. It totally destroys the ability to create meaningful and deep relationships based on trust and respect and brings the efficiency of our actions, performed at the workplace, at home or anywhere else, down. If we believe in the necessity of anger, we need to stop for a while and reflect deeply and see if we can see how it is a huge obstacle to our own contentment and fulfillment, and how it negatively influences the contentment and fulfillment of those around us.

Message for the day

True love is felt by all who receive it.

Projection: Sometimes we do find ourselves in situations where others are not responding to the love we are giving. We are trying to be understanding and accepting as much as possible but others don't seem to be recognising it. In such a situation we begin to blame others and their lack of feelings and concern.

Solution: Instead of blaming others when our love and concern is not being reciprocated, we need to check the quality of the love that we give. If there is even a trace of selfishness or if it is mixed with expectations, our love will not be able to reach out and touch the hearts of others. So we need to make sure that our love is pure and unselfish.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris