Essence of Murli September 06, 2014

Essence of Murli September 06, 2014:

Essence: Sweet children, all of you have to make effort to have remembrance. Consider yourselves to be souls and remember Me, the Father, and I will liberate you from all sins.

Question: What is the place of salvation for all, the importance of which the whole world will come to know?

Answer: The land of Abu is the place of salvation for everyone. Beside the words, "Brahma Kumaris", you can write on the board in brackets ("This is the most elevated pilgrimage place.") Everyone in the whole world will receive salvation here. The Bestower of Salvation for all (Sarv ka Sadgati Data), the Father, and Adam (Brahma), sit here and grant salvation to everyone. Adam means a human being (aadmi). Neither is he a deity, nor can he be called God.

 

Essence for dharna:  

1.   It is now the final moments and you have to return home, so remove your intellect from name and form. Practice the awareness: We souls are brothers. Don’t become body conscious.

2.   There is the difference of day and night between each one's stage and yoga. Therefore, sit separately, not touching one another. In order to become charitable souls (punyaatma), make effort to have remembrance.

 

Blessing: May you be free from dreams filled with waste and vices by keeping your intellect empty according to the Father’s instructions.

The Father’s instruction is that you should clear your intellect at the time of going to sleep. Whether it is something good or bad, hand it over to the Father and empty your intellect. Hand everything over to the Father and sleep with the Father; do not sleep alone. When you sleep alone or after talking about wasteful things, you then have dreams filled with waste and vices. This too is carelessness. Renounce this carelessness and follow instructions and you will become free from dreams filled with waste and vices.

Today, from the blessing we also can infer:

It is said, sleep like a baby...have sweet dreams...one can have those when the mind is at peace; when there is no agitation, no worry, no fear. It is also said, never go to bed angry; resolve your conflicts to have a good night’s sleep.  Baba says, hand me your burdens, become light and sleep tight.

 

Slogan: Fortunate (takdeervan) souls are able to receive blessings from everyone through their true service.

Points to churn from the slogan:

We, the Brahmin souls, are the most elevated fortunate souls, who attain auspicious blessings from every soul and remain stable in the stage of unlimited good wishes and pure feelings...

With tapasya from the heart, with love for everyone from the heart, with the consciousness of being instruments and by having pure feelings, we give blessings to all and receive blessings from all while doing service...

We are the double philanthropists and the double donors who not only give away the jewels of knowledge, but also our bodies, mind and wealth...we are the jewels of contentment who claim a certificate of everyone’s blessings and receive the certificate of contentment from everyone...

Om shanti.

Double om shanti because one is from the Father and the other is from Dada; there are both souls. That One is the Supreme Soul and this one is a soul. That One gives you the aim: I am a resident of the supreme abode. This one also says the same. The Father says “Om shanti” and this one also says “Om shanti.” Children too say “Om shanti”, that is, we are souls, residents of the land of peace.

Here, you have to sit apart, not touching one another. You must not touch the person you are sitting next to because there is difference of night and day in each one's stage and yoga. Some stay in remembrance very well whereas others don't have any remembrance at all. So, those who don't have any remembrance at all are sinful souls, tamopradhan, whereas those who have remembrance become charitable souls, satopradhan. There is a lot of difference. Although you may be living together at home, there is a difference. This is why there are devilish names in the Bhagawad that are remembered. That refers to this time.

The Father sits here and explains to you children: These are the divine activities that are remembered on the path of devotion. You wouldn't remember anything in the golden age; you will have forgotten everything. It is only at this time that the Father gives you these teachings. You will have completely forgotten this in the golden age. Then, in the copper age, they write scriptures and try to teach Raja Yoga. However, they cannot teach Raja Yoga.

It is only when the Father comes here personally that He teaches it to you. You know how the Father teaches you Raja Yoga. Then, after 5000 years, He will say the same again: Sweetest, spiritual children.

Neither can human beings say this to other human beings nor can deities say it to deities. It is only the spiritual Father who says this to the spiritual children. Once you have played your part, you will then play your part again after 5000 years because you will have then come down the ladder. You now have the secrets of the beginning, middle and end in your intellects. You know that that is the land of peace, that is, the supreme abode. We souls of all different religions live there, numberwise, in the incorporeal world.

You can see how the stars are up there. You cannot see anything else there. There isn't anything up above. There is just the element of brahm. Here, you are standing on the earth; this is the field of action (karm kshetra). You come here, adopt a body and perform actions.

The Father has explained: When you receive an inheritance from Me, your actions become neutral for 21 births because there is no kingdom of Ravan there. That is the Godly kingdom which God is now establishing. He continues to explain to you children: Remember Shiv Baba and you can become the masters of heaven. Shiv Baba established heaven. So, remember Shiv Baba and the land of happiness. First of all, remember the land of peace and you will also remember the cycle.

You children forget this and so you have to be reminded over and over again. O sweetest children, consider yourselves to be souls and remember the Father and your sins will be burnt away. He promises: If you stay in remembrance, I will liberate you from your sins. The Father alone is the Purifier, the Almighty Authority. He is called the World Almighty Authority.

He knows the beginning, middle and end of the whole world. He knows all the Vedas and scriptures etc., and that is why He says: There is no essence in them. There is no essence in the Gita either, even though it is the jewel of all scriptures, the mother and father (sarv shaastrmai shiromani, maai-baap); the rest are its children.

Similarly, there is first of all Prajapita Brahma and the rest are all the children. Prajapita Brahma is called Adam, the first man. Adam means a human being (aadmi). He is a human being and so he cannot be called a deity. Adam is the first human being. Devotees call Brahma, Adam, a deity. The Father sits here and explains to you that Adam means a human being. He is neither a deity nor God. Lakshmi and Narayan are deities. There is deityism in Paradise. That is the new world. That is the wonder of the world.

All the rest are the wonders of Maya. The wonders of Maya come into existence after the copper age begins. The Godly wonder is heaven which is established by the Father alone. It is now being established.

No one knows the value of the Dilwala Temple. People go on pilgrimages and this is the best pilgrimage place. You write, Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidhyalaya, Mt. Abu. So, in brackets, you should also write “(The most elevated pilgrimage place)” because you know that it is here that everyone receives salvation. No one else knows this.

So, just as the Gita is the jewel of all scriptures, so too, the greatest of all pilgrimage places is Abu. Then, when people read it, their attention will be drawn. This is the greatest pilgrimage place of all pilgrimage places in the world, where the Father sits and grants salvation to everyone. There are many pilgrimage places. They even consider the memorial place of Gandhi to be a pilgrimage place. Everyone goes there and offers flowers etc. They don't know anything at all.

You children know this and so, while sitting here, you should have a lot of happiness in your hearts. We are establishing heaven. The Father now says: Consider yourselves to be souls and remember Me. The study is very easy. It doesn't cost you anything. Did it cost your Mama even a single penny? She studied without spending even a penny and became so clever that she claimed number one. She became a Raja Yogini. No one like Mama has emerged.

Look, the Father sits here and teaches you souls alone. It will be souls that receive the kingdom. It was souls that lost the kingdom. Such a tiny soul does so much work. The worst work of all is to indulge in vice. Souls play parts for 84 births. Such a tiny soul has so much power; he rules the whole world. Those deity souls have so much power.

Each religion has its own strength. The Christian religion has so much strength. When a soul has strength, he performs actions through the body. It is the soul that comes here and performs actions on this field of action. There are no bad activities performed there. Souls go on to the path of sin when it is the kingdom of Ravan. People say that vices exist all the time. You can explain that there is no kingdom of Ravan there, so how could there be vices there?

There, there is just the power of yoga. The Raja Yoga of Bharat is very well known. Many people want to learn it, but only you can teach it. No one else can teach it. For instance, Maharishi used to make so much effort to teach yoga. However, the world doesn't know that it's not possible for hatha yogis to teach Raja Yoga. So many people go to Chinmayananda. If he said, even once, that, truly, no one except the BKs can teach the ancient Raja Yoga of Bharat, then that would be enough. However, it isn't the law for that sound to spread now. Not everyone will understand. It requires a lot of effort and there will also be your praise.

At the end, they will say: O Prabhu, O Shiv Baba, Your divine activities are wonderful! You now understand that, apart from you, no one considers the Father to be the Supreme Father, the Supreme Teacher and the Supreme Satguru. Here, too, there are many who, while moving along, are harassed by Maya, and so they become completely senseless. The destination is very high. This is a battlefield and Maya causes a lot of obstacles on it. Those people are making preparations for destruction. You are making effort here to conquer the five vices. You are making effort for victory whereas they are making effort for destruction.

Both tasks will be accomplished at the same time. There is still time. Our kingdom has not yet been established. Kings and subjects are all still to be created. You claim your inheritance from the Father for half the cycle. However, no one has received liberation. Although those people say that So-and-so attained liberation, we don’t know where he went when he died. They simply continue to tell lies in that way. You know that those who shed their bodies will definitely take other bodies; they cannot attain eternal liberation.

It isn't that a bubble (budbudaa) would merge into the water. The Father says: All of those scriptures etc. are the paraphernalia (saamagri) of the path of devotion. You children listen to the Father personally. You eat hot halva. Who eats the hottest halva? (Brahma.) This one is sitting right next to Him. He hears everything immediately and imbibes it, and then he claims a high status. People have visions of this one in Paradise and in the subtle region. Here, too, people see him with their physical eyes.

The Father teaches everyone, but then, effort is needed to have remembrance. Just as you find it difficult to stay in remembrance, so this one too finds it the same. There is no question of mercy etc. in this. The Father says: I have taken this body on loan, and I will settle that account. However, this one also has to make effort for remembrance. I understand that He is sitting next to me. I am remembering the Father, but then I forget Him. This one has to make the most effort.

Maya tested those who were mahavirs on the battlefield, such as there is the example Hanuman who was a mahavir. The stronger you become, the more Maya tests you and the more the storms come. Children write: Baba, this and that happens to me. Baba says: All of that will happen. Baba explains to you every day: Remain cautious! You write: Maya brings many storms. Some are body conscious and they don't tell Baba anything. You are now becoming very wise. When a soul becomes pure, he receives a pure body.

The soul then sparkles so much. First of all, it is the poor who take this knowledge. The Father is also remembered as the Lord of the Poor (Gareeb Niwaaz). All the others come later. You understand that it is not possible for them to become brothers until they become brothers and sisters. The children of Prajapita Brahma are brothers and sisters.

The Father now explains: Consider yourselves to be brothers; this is the final relationship. Then you will go up above and meet your brothers. Then, the new relationships will begin in the golden age. There, there won't be many relatives such as brothers-in-law, uncles etc. The relationships there are very few. Later, they continue to increase. The Father now says: Do not consider yourselves to be even brothers and sisters, but just brothers. You also have to go beyond name and form. The Father only teaches you brothers (souls). It is when Prajapita Brahma is here that you are brothers and sisters.

Krishna himself is just a child. How could he make you all into brothers? These things are not even mentioned in the Gita. This knowledge is completely unique. Everything is fixed in the drama. The part of one second cannot be the same as the part of the next second. So many months, days, hours are to pass by and then, 5000 years later, they will pass by in the same way. Those with small intellects cannot imbibe so much.

This is why the Father says: It is very easy to consider yourself to be a soul and remember the unlimited Father. The old world is going to be destroyed. The Father says: I come when it is the confluence age. You were deities. You know that when it was their kingdom, there were no other religions at that time. It is no longer their kingdom. 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: September 06, 2014: Detached Observer

Daily Positive Thoughts: September 06, 2014: Detached Observer

Detached Observer

Peace ends when you are emotionally involved in a situation. The practice of being a detached observer helps you stay stable and calm. It is the best way to approach a decision in any circumstance.

Do with love

When we start with something new, we usually achieve success for
sometime, but we do not experience long lasting success. This is
because we only did the task on being told or being forced by the
situation. External force makes us use resources with commitment for
sometime only. Love brings constant success because once we've
experienced the joy of doing the task itself, we'll never give it up.
Because we have love for the task, we'll put in all our resources
and do our best. So we'll experience constant success.

Practical Ways of Changing Old Habits or Beliefs (cont.)

Conscious Disassociation

A useful method for transforming habits is that of conscious disassociation. This involves avoiding the situations that give rise to the habit occurring automatically. For example, if you often smoke after a coffee, you have to make sure there is no coffee. By breaking your habit, you will be less likely to have a craving to smoke. Instead of your habitual coffee, you can create a new pattern and have a cup of herbal tea and sit down to think or read, instead of smoking.

Rajyoga Meditation

Rajyoga meditation is an efficient method for transforming habits. By connecting with the Supreme Soul (who is the purest conscient energy) in the incorporeal (non-physical) world of divine light, which is called paramdhamor shantidham, the soul purifies itself and one experiences a natural disinclination from negative habits that we have been trapped in for a long time.

(To be continued tomorrow .....)

Soul Sustenance

Meditation And Health

The soul has seven original positive qualities - peace, joy, love, bliss, wisdom, purity and power. In meditation, we create an awareness of ourselves as a soul, which leads to an experience of these qualities. The non-physical soul is closely connected with each cell of the physical body. These qualities of the soul flow as spiritual energy to each cell and nourish them. The mind acts as a sieve (mesh) between this spiritual energy and the body. When the mind creates negative thoughts, the sieve of the mind gets blocked thereby blocking the flow of this spiritual energy to the cells, which leads to disease in a particular organ. Also, as a result of a negative mind set, the immune system gets damaged which attracts toxins, viruses, bacteria, etc. towards cells of the diseased organ, which contributes to the development and worsening of the disease further. Positive thoughts have the reverse effect i.e. an increase in the flow of spiritual energy to the cells of the body and strengthening of the immune system, both of which have a beneficial effect on the body.

Message for the day

Freedom means accepting the rules of freedom.
Projection: The one who wants freedom naturally accepts the rules that go untold. He is willing to take responsibility for all his decisions and choices. Such a person will never blame others but try to check his own mistakes.

Solution: When I take decisions with freedom and take responsibility for them, I am able to learn from anything that goes wrong. I'll feel light and free yet with a base from where I can work. Thus I find myself experiencing constant progress.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris

Essence of Murli September 05, 2014

Essence of Murli September 05, 2014:

Essence: Sweet children, day and night, think, “Baba, Baba” within and you will experience limitless happiness. It will remain in your intellects that Baba is giving you the treasures of Kuber (a very wealthy king).

Question: Which children does Baba call honest flowers? Say what indicates such children.

Answer: Honest flowers are those who never become influenced by Maya. They do not come into conflict (khitpit) through Maya. Even if such honest flowers come last, they make effort to go fast. They keep the aim of going ahead of even the older ones. They stay busy in making effort to remove their defects. They do not see the defects of others.

 

Essence for dharna:

1.      Do not be jealous of anyone. Remove your defects and make effort to become complete. Claim a high status by studying.

2.      Renounce everything including your own body. Do not commit any type of violence. Do not have any arrogance.

Blessing: May you be free from anger by remaining free from selfishness, jealousy and irritation.(swaarth, irsha, chidchidaapan)

You may give your ideas and offer yourself for service, but, after giving your ideas, do not change those ideas into desires. When your thoughts change into desires, there is then irritation. However, give your ideas selflessly, not with selfish motives. Do not think, “This should happen because I said so.” Offer yourself, do not get caught up in “Why”? or “What”? Otherwise, one by one, the companions of jealousy and dislike will also come. Anger arises because of selfishness or jealousy. Now, become free from those.

Today, from the blessing we also can infer:

Desires or vaasnaas are the root cause of vices. Vices are all inter-related. Selfishness stems from greed (lobh); jealousy from attachment (moh) and irritation from anger (krodh). Where there is any vice to some extent, other vices will also exist. Anger arises from unfulfilled desires. Become free from the knowledge of desires (ichchaa maatram avidya)

Slogan: Become a messenger of peace (shanti doot) and give everyone peace: this is your occupation.

Points to churn from the slogan:

We, the souls, have our original religion, original form and original home of silence...with the power of silence, we remain stabilized in our original qualification of being the embodiments of peace...by giving rays of peace to the peaceless souls, we make a great donation with the great power of silence... we put this great power of peace into a practical form through our thoughts, words and deeds and become the master bestowers of peace...we are magnets of peace attracting all the souls of the world to the experience of peace... we are the messengers of peace and the instruments for the establishment of the new world, who make giving everyone peace our occupation...

Om shanti.

God Shiva speaks. He is the spiritual Father because Shiva is the Supreme Spirit, the Supreme Soul. Every day, the Father explains new things to you. There are many sannyasis etc. who relate the Gita. They are not able to remember the Father. The word “Baba” cannot emerge from their lips. This word is for those on the family path whereas they belong to the path of isolation. They only remember the element of light. They never say “Shiv Baba”. You can go and check.

When great knowledgeable sannyasis, such as Chiminyananda etc., relate the Gita, it isn't that they consider Krishna to be the God of the Gita or have yoga with him. No; they only have yoga with the element of light. They have knowledge of the brahm element and the elements. It is not possible for anyone to call Krishna “Baba”. Therefore, Krishna is not the Baba who relates the Gita.

Everyone calls Shiva “Baba” because he is the Father of all souls. All souls call out to Him: Supreme Father, Supreme Soul. He is the Supreme, the highest, because He resides in the supreme abode. All of you also reside in the supreme abode but He is called the Supreme Soul. He never takes rebirth. He, Himself, says: My birth is divine and unique. There is no one else who can enter a chariot and show you the way to become the masters of the world. This is why the Father says: No one knows Me as I am or what I am. It is only when I give My own introduction that you can come to know Me.

How can those who believe in the element of light or the elements consider Krishna to be their Father? All souls are children. How could everyone call Krishna “Father”? It cannot be said that Krishna is everyone’s Father and that we are therefore all brothers, or that Krishna is omnipresent. Not everyone can be Krishna. If everyone were Krishna, they would also have to have a father.

Human beings have forgotten everything. Because of them not knowing Him, it is said: Only a few out of multimillions know Me. Anyone can recognize Krishna. People from abroad also know him. They call him Lord Krishna. They also have an image of him, but, in fact, it is not an accurate image. They hear from the people of Bharat that he is worshipped a great deal.

Therefore, it is written in the Gita: God Krishna. Can God be called Lord! They say: “Lord Krishna”. In fact, important people are given the title “Lord’ They give this to many. This is called the city of darkness (andher nagri). They call any impure person a lord. There is such a difference between impure people of today and Shiva or Shri Krishna.

The Father says: The knowledge that I give you now will later disappear. It is I who come and establish the new world and it is I who now give you knowledge. It is only when I give knowledge that you children can listen to it. No one, apart from Me, can relate it. No one even knows it. Can those sannyasis remember Shiv Baba? They cannot even tell others to remember incorporeal God. Have you ever heard them say this? Even many well-educated people don’t understand anything.

The Father now explains that Krishna is not God even though human beings continue to call him God. There is so much difference! The Father sits here and teaches you children. He is the Father, the Teacher and the Guru. Shiv Baba sits here and explains to everyone. Because of not understanding this, they have not shown Shiva in the Trimurti. They portray Brahma, who is called the Father of Humanity, the one who creates people. However, he is not called God. God does not create people, all souls are the children of God. He therefore has to create people through someone.

 Who adopted you? The Father adopted you through Brahma. It is only when you first become Brahmins that you can then become deities. You have never heard this aspect before. The Father of Humanity surely has a part; he surely has to act. Otherwise, where would so many people come from? They cannot be children born through vice. Those brahmins born through vice would say that their surname is “Brahmin”. Everyone’s name is different.

Prajapita Brahma is called by that name only after Shiv Baba enters him. This is a new aspect. The Father Himself says: No one knows Me. No one knows the world cycle either. This is why the rishis and munis all say: Neti, neti. They neither know the Supreme Soul nor the creation of the Supreme Soul. The Father says: Only when I come and give My own introduction can they know Me. Those deities there do not know how they received their kingdom; they don’t have any of this knowledge. Once they have attained their status, there is no need for knowledge.

Knowledge is needed for salvation. They will have already attained salvation. These are very deep matters that have to be understood. Only sensible ones will understand. However, the old mothers etc. do not have as much wisdom. Each one of you has your own part according to the drama plan. They would not say: O God, give me a good intellect! If I were to give everyone the same intellect, everyone would become Narayan.

Would everyone sit on the throne on top of each other? Yes, the aim and objective is to become that. Everyone is making effort to change from an ordinary man into Narayan; they will become that according to their efforts. If you all raised your hands to say that you will become Narayan, the Father would laugh internally. How can everyone become the same? They would all be numberwise. There is Narayan the First, the Second, the Third, just as there is Edward the First, the Second, the Third etc.

Although you have the same aim and objective, each of you can understand for yourself what status you would claim if your activity remains as it is. You definitely have to make effort. Baba brings numberwise flowers, and He could also give them out, numberwise. However, He does not do that because some of you would lose hope (funk).

Baba knows and He also sees which ones are doing more service, which ones are good flowers. Then, all the rest are numberwise. There are many older ones sitting here but there are also some new, good flowers. He would say: This one is a number one honest flower. He does not have any conflict or jealousy etc. Many definitely still have one defect or another. No one can be called complete. You need to make a great deal of effort in order to become 16 celestial degrees full. No one can become complete yet.

Even now, good children have a great deal of jealousy in them. They do have defects. The Father knows what type of effort each of you is making. What do the people of the world know? They do not understand anything. Very few people understand. The poor understand quickly. The unlimited Father has come to teach you. By remembering that Father, your sins will be cut away. We have come to the Father. We will definitely receive the inheritance of the new world from Baba.

It is numberwise, from one hundred to one, but, once you know the Father, once you listen to a little knowledge, you will definitely go to heaven. It is not a small thing to go to heaven for 21 births. It is not like they say when someone dies, that he goes to heaven for 21 births. Where is heaven? There is so much misunderstanding!

Even good and important people say that So-and-so has gone to heaven. They don’t understand what they refer to when they say “heaven.” Only you know this. You are also human beings but you have become Brahmins. You call yourselves Brahmins. You Brahmins have one BapDada.

 Therefore, you could ask the sannyasis: The great versions spoken by God say, “Forget the body and the religions of the body and remember Me alone!” Was it Krishna who said, “Remember Me alone”? Is it Krishna you remember? They would never say “yes”.

There would then be revelation. The poor innocent ones who go to them don’t know anything. They become angry in front of their followers. The name Durvasha (sage known for his anger) is remembered. They have a great deal of arrogance. They have many followers. It is the kingdom of the path of devotion.

No one has the power to question them. Otherwise, you could ask them: You worship Shiv Baba, so whom do you call God? Is God in the pebbles and stones? Later on, they will come to understand all of these things. They now have so much intoxication. All of them are worshippers. They cannot be called worthy of worship.

The Father says: Scarcely a few know Me. Out of you children too, only a few know Me accurately as I am and who I am. Internally, you experience a great deal of happiness. You understand that Baba is giving you the kingdom of heaven. You receive the riches of Kuber. A play about Aladdin’s lamp (Allah Awaldeen) is also shown. When the lamp is rubbed, huge treasures emerge.

Many such plays are shown. There is also a story about what an emperor, whose friend was God, did. He would give his kingdom for a day to the first person who came on to the bridge. All of those are just stories. Now, the Father explains that God is the Friend of you children. He enters this one and eats, drinks and plays with you. The chariot of Shiv Baba and Brahma Baba is one and the same. Therefore, Shiv Baba must also surely be playing with you. When you remember the Father whilst playing, it means that both are in this one. There are two: Bap and Dada.

However, no one understands this. They say that He came in a chariot and so they have portrayed a horse chariot. It cannot be said that Shiv Baba sits in Krishna and gives knowledge. They then say: God Krishna speaks. They do not say: God Brahma speaks”. No; this is the chariot. It is said: God Shiva speaks. The Father sits here and gives you His own introduction and tells you the beginning, the middle and the end of creation and its duration. No one else knows these things. Those who are sensible would use their intellects. Sannyasis have to renounce everything. You also renounce the whole world including your bodies. You understand that those are your old skins and that you have to go to the new world. We souls are not residents of this place. We only come here to play our parts. We are originally residents of the supreme abode. You children also know what the incorporeal tree up there is like. All souls reside there.

This drama is predestined. There are many billions of human souls. Where do they all reside? In the incorporeal world. However, the stars in the sky are not souls. People have even called those stars deities, but they are not deities. We call Shiv Baba, the Sun of Knowledge. Those stars cannot be called deities. So many wrong things have been written in the scriptures. All of that is the paraphernalia of the path of devotion through which you have continued to come down. You will definitely come down if you are to take 84 births. This is the iron-aged world. Satyug is called the golden-aged world. Who resides there? The deities. No one knows where they went.

You understand that they took rebirth. The Father has explained that, whilst taking rebirth, they changed from deities into Hindus; they became impure. No one else’s religion changes in this way. No one knows why their religion changed. The Father says: They became corrupt in their religion and their behaviour. When they were deities, they were pure couples. Then they became impure in the kingdom of Ravan and so they could no longer be called deities. This is why the name Hindu was given. God Krishna did not establish the deity religion. Surely, it must have been Shiv Baba who came and established it. People celebrate the birth of Shiva or the night of Shiva, but they do not know what He did when He came.

There is also the scripture “Shiva Purana”. In fact, there is only the one Gita of Shiva which Shiv Baba spoke. There are no other scriptures. You do not commit any violence. No scripture of yours is created. You go to the new world. There are no scriptures or Gita etc. in the golden age. Who would study them there? People say that the Vedas and scriptures have existed since the beginning of time. They do not know anything. There are no scriptures in heaven. The Father created the deities. They all attained salvation and so there would be no need for them to study scriptures. There are no scriptures there.

The Father has now given you the key of knowledge through which the locks on your intellects have opened. Previously, those locks were completely locked and so you did not understand anything. 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: September 05, 2014: The Power of Thoughts

Daily Positive Thoughts: September 05, 2014: The Power of Thoughts

The Power of Thoughts

Thoughts are more powerful than actions because they are the creators of actions. You have to keep in mind that the thought-waves of your good wishes and pure feelings, your vibrations of peace and love, can once again bring harmony in nature and happiness in the world.

Look at Specialties

Most of the time, we are caught up in looking at people's negativity.
When we see some negative quality in someone, we immediately make his
specialties a background and start focusing on his negative traits.
The more we think of these negative qualities, the more they occupy the
conscious mind, changing all reactions too. It is natural to be
coloured or influenced by what we see. If we see specialties, we'll
take on a little of that and if we see weaknesses, we'll take on a
little of that too. So we need to make an attempt to look only at
specialties and encourage others too to use their specialties.

Practical Ways of Changing Old Habits or Beliefs (cont.)

Positive Affirmations

Affirmations are promises that we make to ourselves. They are helpful for breaking negative habits or weak thoughts that have been created as a result of mistaken attitudes. Affirmations help to strengthen the mind, although to be effective there must be acceptance and understanding behind them. It is interesting to begin experimenting with them and, later on, we can begin to create variations of new affirmations, according to our individual needs.

Here are some examples:
* Today I will experience peace through positivity. I will see what is good in others and will not think about what is negative or harmful. I will see others in the way I would like them to see me.
* From now on I will not judge others.
* Today I will speak peacefully and share peace with everyone around me. I must speak as softly as I can.
* Today I will make the past the past and look towards the future with a new vision.
* Today I will not react angrily. I will stay calm and in peace and will not sacrifice this for anyone or any situation. I must not allow anything or anyone rob me of my peace.

For the affirmation to be effective, we must repeat it to ourselves often, so that it becomes recorded in our subconscious. It is also important to proclaim the affirmations with feeling, believing in them and not in a monotonous and impersonal voice. As a minimum, you should repeat each affirmation at least five times a day. If we listen to something repeatedly, we begin to believe in it. In reality, this is the origin of the majority of our beliefs, when as children we heard our parents tell us things over and over again. Advertising uses this technique constantly. They create a phrase, a slogan, and repeat it over and over again in the media until, finally, people believe it. To be able to control your life, first you must know and dominate your beliefs. One way of doing this is through affirmations.

(To be continued tomorrow .....)

Soul Sustenance

Understanding Fear And Its Effects

The reason we sometimes cannot see the other options, when faced with a challenging situation, is because our deepest learned habit is to create fear and then react from that fear, and it's fear that shuts down our ability to create choices, not to mention paralyzing our ability to assess the strengths and weakness of each option and make the right choice. We have been taught to believe that the fear is normal and natural. But the truth is that the fear paralyses our ability to create what may be much more appropriate and effective responses. Fear is a learned habit and very soon we are generating fearfulness at the slightest perceived threat. Contrary to popular belief, fear has absolutely no value to our well-being. E.g. You don't even need fear to respond effectively to the unexpected encounter with a thief late at night or an unexpected outburst by your boss in the office. You need the cool, calm and concentrated focus of a gymnast and the creativity of a skilled sculptor to respond effectively. It's not the thief or the boss that scares you, it's what you do with the thief or the boss in your mind that generates the fear. Who or what are such fears in your life? What are you doing with them in your mind?

Message for the day

The beauty of things lie in the ability to appreciate them.

Projection: Nothing is positive or negative in itself, but the one who has the eye for positive things sees only positively even when there is negativity around. Such a person is like a swan, which separates and picks up only pearls from stones.

Solution: When I am looking only at the positive aspects, I am able to remain happy. If I am able to appreciate everything that comes my way, even if it is visibly negative, I find nothing to be a problem, but everything becomes enjoyable for me.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris

Essence of Murli September 04, 2014

Essence of Murli September 04, 2014:

Essence: Sweet children, to follow shrimat constantly is elevated (shreshth) effort. When you follow shrimat, the lamp (deepak) of the soul is ignited.

Question: Who can make full effort (poora-poora purushaarth)? What is the highest effort?

Answer: Only those whose attention, that is, whose intellect’s yoga, is connected to One can make full effort. The highest effort of all is to surrender (kurbaan) yourself to the Father fully. The Father loves the children very much who surrender themselves to Him.

Question: What advice does the unlimited Father give you to celebrate the true Deepawali?

Answer: Children, imbibe unlimited purity. When you become pure in an unlimited way here, when you make the highest effort, you will then be able to go to the kingdom of Lakshmi and Narayan, that is, you will be able to celebrate the true Deepawali which is the coronation day.

Essence for dharna: 

1.   For your own benefit forget all bodily relations. Do not have love for them. Only follow God's directions and not your own. Protect yourself from bad company (kusang )and stay in the company of God (Ishwariya sang).

2.   Anger is very bad; it burns the self. Do not be disobedient under the influence of anger. Remain happy and make effort to make everyone else happy.

Blessing: May you be free from all attachment by imbibing purity, the newness of God’s knowledge.

The newness of this knowledge from God is purity. You say with spiritual intoxication that, although fire and cotton-wool stay together, there cannot be fire. You have challenged the world in that it is not possible to become gyani and yogi souls without having purity. So, purity means to be completely free from attachment. Let there be no attachment to any person or physical facilities. It is only through such purity (pavitrta) that you will be able to do the service of purifying the elements.(prakriti paavan)

Today, from the blessing we also can infer:

Different religions have started since the copper age, but no religious leader has mandated followers on the family path to be celibate. This is the task that only the One Almighty Authority can undertake, as He is All Powerful. (Sarvshaktimaan). It is beyond the capacity of human beings. God’s knowledge has that element of newness, that concept of purity that makes it different from other preceptors. He comes with the knowledge that destruction is just ahead, become pure in this last birth and make yourself worthy of entering the gates of heaven and enjoy the peace, purity and prosperity of Paradise.

 

Slogan: Purity is the main foundation of your life. No matter how many adverse situations there may be, you will not let go of your religion.(dharat pariye dharm n chhodiye)

Points to churn from the slogan:

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 and sweet silence...

It is said: Even if you have to face the most difficult situations, you must not let go of your religion (dharma)....By waking up at brahm mahurat and talking very sweetly to the Father, by churning the knowledge in an entertaining manner and with the power of yoga, we, the souls, settle our karmic accounts, in this time of settlement, become free from the bondages of karma, and become karmateet...

We are courageous and enterprising...by making full effort we conquer Maya, create tactics to remain pure, and remain as pure as a lotus flower while living in a household...

 

Om shanti.

What are children doing whilst sitting here? Whilst walking and moving around and whilst sitting here, the sins of many births that you have on your heads are being absolved by your remaining on the pilgrimage of remembrance. The soul knows that the more the soul remembers the Father, the more the sins are cut away. The Father has explained to you very well: Although you are sitting here, only those who follow shrimat like the advice that the Father gives. You receive advice from the unlimited Father to become pure in an unlimited way. You have come here to become pure in an unlimited way and you will become that through the pilgrimage of remembrance. Some are not able to have any remembrance at all. Some understand that they are cutting away their sins through the pilgrimage of remembrance, that is, they are benefitting themselves.

People outside do not know these things. Only you have found the Father. You stay with the Father. You know that you have now become the children of God, whereas previously, you were devilish children. You now keep the company of the children of God. It is sung: Good company takes you across and bad company drowns you. (sang tare kusang duboye) You children repeatedly forget that you are the children of God and that you should therefore only follow God's directions and not your own dictates. Human dictates are said to be the dictates of the mind. Human dictates (manushya mat) can only be devilish.

The children who want to benefit themselves continue to remember the Father very well in order to become satopradhan. Those who are satopradhan are praised. You know that you truly do become the masters of the land of happiness, numberwise. The more you follow shrimat, the higher the status you claim, whereas the more you follow your own dictates, accordingly, your status will be destroyed. You continue to receive the Father's directions for your own benefit.

The Father has explained that this is also effort. To the extent that you remember the Father, so your sins are cut away. Without staying on the pilgrimage of remembrance, you won't be able to become pure. Whilst walking and moving around, just have this one concern. You children have been receiving these teachings for so many years, and yet you understand that you are very far away.

You are unable to remember the Father that much. It will take a lot of time to become satopradhan. So, if in the middle of that, you shed your body, your status will be low for cycle after cycle. You now belong to God and so you should make effort to claim your full inheritance from Him. Your intellects should remain in only one direction. You now receive shrimat. He is God, the Highest on High. If you don't follow His directions, you will be deceived a great deal. Whether you follow them or not, only you and Shiv Baba know.

It is Shiv Baba who inspires you to make effort. All bodily beings make effort. This one is also a bodily being and Shiv Baba is inspiring him to make effort. It is you children who have to make effort. The main thing is to make impure ones pure. In the world, there are many who are pure. Sannyasis too remain pure, but they only become pure for one birth. There are many who have been celibate from birth in this life but they cannot help the world with purity. Help can only be given when you become pure according to shrimat and also make the world pure. You are now receiving shrimat. For birth after birth, you have been following devilish dictates. You now know that the land of happiness is being established. The more effort we make, according to shrimat, the higher the status we will claim.

These are not the directions of Brahma; he is an effort-maker. His efforts are definitely very high. This is how he becomes Narayan. Therefore, you children have to follow his directions. You have to follow shrimat and not the dictates of your own minds. You have to ignite the light of your soul. Deepawali is now coming, but there is no Deepawali in the golden age; there is just the coronation there. The souls will have become satopradhan.

 The Deepmala that is celebrated now is false. They ignite lamps outside, but lamps would be ignited there in every home, that is, every soul there is satopradhan. The poured oil of knowledge lasts for 21 births. Then, they gradually diminish, until now when the lights of the whole world are extinguished (ujhaai) . In this, too, in Bharat in particular and the world in general, all are now sinful souls. It is the time of settlement (qayaamat ka samay) for everyone.

Everyone has to settle their karmic accounts (hisaab-kitaab). You children now have to make effort to claim the highest-on- high status. You will only claim that by following shrimat. In the kingdom of Ravan, Shiv Baba has been disobeyed a lot. If, even now, you don't obey His orders, you will be deceived a great deal. You have called out to Him to come and make you pure. So, now, in order to benefit yourself, you have to follow Shiv Baba’s shrimat. Otherwise, there will be a great loss.

You sweetest children also know that you cannot become completely pure without having remembrance of Shiv Baba. You have been here for so many years, but, in spite of that, why are you unable to imbibe knowledge? Only when you have a golden vessel can you imbibe. New children become so serviceable. Look how much  difference there is! Older children don't stay on the pilgrimage of remembrance as much as the newer ones do.

Many very good, beloved children of Shiv Baba come and do so much service. It is as though those souls have surrendered themselves to Shiv Baba. By surrendering themselves, they then also do so much service. They are so sweet and loving. They are helping the Father by staying on the pilgrimage of remembrance. The Father says: Remember Me and you will become pure. You called out to Me to come and purify you. Therefore, the Father says: Now continue to remember Me. You have to renounce all bodily relations. Even your friends and relatives should not be remembered - no one except the one Father. Only then will you be able to claim a high status. If you don't have remembrance you won't be able to claim a high status.

BapDada can understand this. You children also understand. New ones who come realize that, day by day, they are improving. It is only by following shrimat that you are reformed. By making effort to conquer anger, you will gradually gain victory. The Father also explains: Continue to remove the defects. Anger is very bad: it burns you inside and it also burns others; it has to be removed. When children don't follow the Father's shrimat, their status is lowered, and a loss is incurred for birth after birth, cycle after cycle. (janm janmaantar, kalp-kalpaantar)

You children know that that is a physical (jismaani) study whereas this is a spiritual (ruhaani) study which the spiritual Father teaches. Care has to be taken in every way. No vicious beings can come here to Madhuban. If, at times of illness, your friends and relatives, who indulge in vice come, that isn't good either. We would not like that, because those friends and relatives would be remembered in the final moments. Then, you would not be able to claim a high status.

The Father continues to inspire you to make effort. No one should be remembered. It should not be that, because you are ill, you expect your friends and relatives to come and visit you. No, it is not the system to invite them. It is only by following the systems that salvation is received. Otherwise, you cause yourself a loss unnecessarily. However, those with tamopradhan intellects do not understand this. God advises them and they still do not reform themselves! You have to move along here with great caution.

This is the holiest of holy places. Impure ones cannot stay here. If you remember your friends and relatives, then, at the time of dying, they would definitely be remembered. By becoming body conscious, you only cause yourself a loss and this also becomes a cause of punishment. By not following shrimat, you cannot become worthy of doing service for there is great degradation. No matter how much you beat your heads, you cannot become worthy of doing service. If you are disobedient, you will become those with stone intellects. Instead of climbing up, you would fall.

The Father would say: You children should become obedient. Otherwise, your status will be destroyed. A physical father has four to five children, but, in that too, he has love for those who are obedient. Those who are not obedient would only cause sorrow. You children have now found two very great fathers; you must not disobey them. If you are disobedient, you receive a very low status for birth after birth and cycle after cycle. Make such effort that only one Shiv Baba is remembered at the end. The Father says: I can know what effort each one of you is making. Some have very little remembrance. Others simply continue to remember their friends and relatives. They cannot remain happy or claim a high status.

For you, it is the day of the Satguru every day. Children are admitted into college on a Thursday, the day of Jupiter (Brihaspati). That is physical knowledge, whereas this is spiritual knowledge. You know that Shiv Baba is our Father, Teacher and Satguru, and so you should follow His directions, for only then will you be able to claim a high status. Those who are effort-makers have so much happiness inside them, don't even ask! If you have happiness, you make effort to make others happy.

Look how much effort some daughters continue to make day and night because this knowledge is wonderful. BapDada has mercy because some children cause themselves so much loss through not understanding. They become body conscious and are very jealous inside. People in anger become as red as copper. Anger burns human beings and lust makes them ugly. They don't burn as much through attachment or greed; they burn with anger. Many have the evil spirit of anger; they fight so much! By fighting, they only cause themselves a loss. They disobey both the Incorporeal and the corporeal. The Father understands that they are unworthy.

If you make effort you will claim a high status. So, for your own benefit, you have to forget all your relationships. Do not remember anyone except the one Father. Whilst living at home and seeing your relatives, only remember Shiv Baba. You are now at the confluence age. Now remember your new home, the land of peace. This is an unlimited education. The Father gives you teachings and there is benefit for you children in that. Some children cause harm to themselves unnecessarily through their unlawful behaviour. You are making effort to claim the sovereignty of the world, but Maya, the cat, cuts off your ears. You have taken birth, and you say that you will claim that status, but Maya, the cat, doesn’t allow you to claim it and so your status is destroyed. Maya attacks you very forcefully. You come here to claim a kingdom, but Maya harasses you.

The Father feels mercy and feels that it would be good if the poor children were to claim a high status, that they should not become those who defame Me. Those who defame the Satguru cannot claim a high status. (Satguru ka nindak thhour n paaye) Whose defamation is it? That of Shiv Baba. Your behaviour should not be such that the Father is defamed. There is no question of arrogance in this. 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.