Essence of Murli August 27, 2014

Essence of Murli August 27, 2014:

Essence: Sweet children, I, your bodiless (Videhi) Father, am teaching you bodily beings (dehdhaari)  in order to make you bodiless. This is a new thing which only you children understand.

Question: Why does Baba repeatedly (baar-baar) need to explain the same thing to you children?

Answer: It is because you children repeatedly (ghadi-ghadi) forget. Some (koi-koi) children say: Baba is explaining the same things over and over again. Baba says: Children, I definitely have to say the same things because you forget. The storms of Maya distress you. If I did not caution (khabardaar) you every day, you would be defeated by the storms of Maya. You have not yet become satopradhan. When you do become that, Baba will stop speaking knowledge to you. 

Essence for dharna:

1.      Only look at the soul with the third eye of knowledge. Do not look at anything with your physical eyes. Practice becoming bodiless.

2.      Make your character divine by having remembrance of the Father. Ask your heart: To what extent have I become virtuous? Did I have any devilish behaviour at all during the day?

Blessing: May you be a master of the self (swrajya adhikaari) and make all treasures your own with the awareness of being a child and a master.

At this time, you children are not just children, but you are the children who are also the masters. Firstly, you are masters of the self and, secondly, you are the masters of the Father’s inheritance. Since you are masters of the self, all your physical senses should be under your control. However, from time to time, the mind makes you forget the awareness of your being a master and controls you. Therefore, the Father’s mantra is manmanabhav. By remaining in the stage of manmanabhav you will not be influenced by anything wasteful but will experience all the treasures to be yours.

Baba says, there is an interplay between the child and the master. In your relationship with the Supreme Soul, the Parmaatma, you are a child; in the relationship with your body you are a master- you are in charge, you are in control. When you are in a gathering, become a child, and when it comes to presenting your point of view or ideas become a master. The mind keeps on wandering; it is a child; be a master and bring it back to awareness, bring it back to the stage of remembrance; master your thoughts; master your physical organs, and you become a self-sovereign; then, the Father’s unlimited treasures are for you to take as much as you can, according to your capacity; become a child and fully enjoy them.

Slogan: To celebrate the pleasure (mauj manaana) of the flying stage in the swing of God’s love (muhabbat) is the most elevated fortune of all.

Points to churn from the slogan:

We, the souls, are the gopes and gopis of Gopi Vallabh who remember the Heavenly God Father with a lot of intoxication...we swing in the swing of love by saying My Baba from the heart and belonging to the Father....we are the natural yogis who get lost in love and absorbed in love of the Father... by finishing the mischief in our mind, the wandering of our intellect and the old sanskars, we swing on the swing of super sensuous joy...we are the heirs, the children of God in the flying stage, equal to the Father, who have the elevated fortune of  constantly being the Father’s helpers (Khudaai khidmatgaar)

 

Om shanti.
This is called a unique (vichitr)  spiritual study. Even in the new world of the golden age, it will be bodily beings who teach one another. Everyone teaches knowledge. It is taught here too. All of those bodily beings teach one another. You would never have heard that it is the bodiless Father or the spiritual Father who is teaching. Even in the scriptures they have written, "God Krishna speaks". He too is a bodily being. On hearing this new thing, people become confused. You too understand, numberwise, according to the effort you make, that the spiritual Father is teaching us spirits. This is something new.

It is only at this confluence age that the Father Himself comes and tells you: I teach you through this one. That One is the Ocean of Knowledge, the Ocean of Peace and the Father of all souls. This is something to be understood.

There is nothing to see. The soul is the main thing and it is imperishable whereas the body is perishable. That imperishable soul sits here and teaches you. Although you see a corporeal body in front of you, you know that it is not the bodily being who is giving you knowledge. It is the bodiless Father who is giving you knowledge. How does He give that? You understand this too. People understand this with great difficulty.

You have to beat your heads so much to enable them to have this faith. Those people say that the incorporeal One has no name, form, time or place. (naam, roop, kaal, desh)That Father Himself sits here and teaches you. He says: I am the Father of all souls. You cannot see Him. You understand that He is bodiless. He is the Ocean of Knowledge, Bliss and Love. How would He teach you?

The Father Himself explains how He comes and whose support He takes. I do not take birth through a womb (garbh). I never become a human being or a deity. Even deities adopt bodies. I always remain bodiless. I alone have the part in the drama of never taking rebirth. So, this is something to be understood. I am not visible. Those people think that it is God Krishna who speaks. Look at the type of chariot that they have created on the path of devotion. The Father says: Children, you are not confused? If you don't understand something, come and understand it from the Father.

In fact, the Father continues to explain everything to you without your asking Him. You don’t need to ask anything. I only incarnate at this most auspicious confluence age. My birth is wonderful. You children also find it a wonder. He enables you to pass such an important examination. He is teaching you to make you into the greatest masters of the world.

This is something wonderful. O souls, I come to serve you every 5000 years. I am teaching you souls. I come at the confluence age of every cycle in order to serve you. For half the cycle, you have been calling out: O Baba, o Purifier, come! Krishna is not called the Purifier. Only the Supreme Father, the Supreme Soul, is called the Purifier. (Param Pita Parmaatma Patit-Paavan)  So, Baba has to come here to purify the impure ones.

This is why it is said: The Immortal Image (Akaalmoort) of the true Baba, the Immortal Image of the true Teacher and the Immortal Image of the true Satguru. Sikhs have very good slogans. However, they don’t know when the Satguru, the Immortal Image, comes. It is remembered that it didn't take God long to change human beings into deities. (manushya se devta kiye karat n laagi vaar) When does He come to change human beings into deities? He alone is the One who grants salvation to everyone. You should have this firm faith. What does He come and say? He simply says: Manmanabhav! He also explains the meaning of that. No one else explains its meaning. The Satguru, the Immortal Image, sits here and explains to you through this body: Consider yourself to be a soul.

So, you should understand this. The Father has to come here to serve you children in order to make you into the masters of the world. He explains: O spiritual children, you were satopradhan and you then became  tamopradhan. This world cycle continues to turn. There was the pure world of only those deities. Where did all of them go? No one knows this; they are confused. The Father comes and makes you sensible.

Children, I only come once. Why should I come into the pure world? Death cannot come there. The Father is the Death of all Deaths. (Kaalon ka Kaal)There is no need for Him to come into the golden age. Neither Death (Kaal) nor the Great Death (Mahakaal) come there. He comes and takes all souls back. You go back in happiness. Yes Baba! We are ready to go back happily with You. This is why we called out to You: Take us from this impure world to the pure world via the land of peace. Do not repeatedly forget these things.

However, Maya, the enemy is standing here. She repeatedly makes you forget. I am the Master the Almighty Authority, but Maya too is almighty. She rules over you for half the cycle and makes you forget. This is why the Father has to explain  to you every day. If Baba were not to caution you every day, Maya would cause a lot of damage. This is a play of the pure and the impure. The Father now says: Become pure in order to reform your behaviour.

There are so many battles because of the vice of lust. The Father says: You have now received the third eye of knowledge and so only look at souls. Do not even look at anything with your physical eyes. All of us souls are brothers. How can we indulge in vice? We came bodiless and we have to become bodiless and return home. The soul came here satopradhan and he has to become satopradhan and return to the sweet home. The main thing is purity. People say: It is fine that the same thing is explained every day. However, they should at least follow all the things that are explained to them. They are explained to you so that you can put them into practice, but hardly anyone follows them, and this is why Baba has to explain every day.

You don't say: Baba, we have understood very well what You explain to us every day and we will now become satopradhan from tamopradhan. You are now free! Do you say this? Therefore, Baba has to explain every day. There is just the one thing, but you don't do that. You don't even remember the Father.

You say: Baba, I forget You repeatedly. The Father has to tell you repeatedly in order to remind you to have remembrance. This is what you have to explain to one another: Consider yourself to be a soul and remember the Supreme Soul and your sins will be cut away. There is no other method. This is what He says at the beginning and at the end. It is only through remembrance that you can become satopradhan.

You yourself write: Baba, the storms of Maya make me forget You. So, should the Father not caution you? Should He just leave you alone? The Father knows that you are numberwise according to effort. You cannot return until you become satopradhan.

This also has a connection with the war. The war will begin when you become satopradhan, numberwise, according to your efforts. Knowledge is of just a second. You have found the unlimited Father, but only when you become pure will you receive unlimited happiness from Him. You have to make effort very well.

Some don't understand anything at all; they don’t even have the sense to remember the Father. They have never studied this study. Throughout the cycle no one has ever studied with the incorporeal Father. So, this is something new. The Father says: I come every 5000 years to make you satopradhan. Until you become satopradhan, you cannot attain that status.

 Just as students fail in other studies, students fail here too. They don’t understand at all what will happen by remembering Shiv Baba. He is the Father and so you would definitely receive the inheritance of heaven from Him. The Father only explains to you once and you become deities through that. You become deities and then everyone else will come here, numberwise, to play their parts.

Not all of these things can sit in the intellects of the old mothers. So, the Father says: Consider yourself to be a soul and remember the Father. That is all. That Shiv Baba is the Father of all souls. Everyone has his or her own physical father. Shiv Baba is incorporeal.

While remembering Him you will become pure, shed your body and reach the Father. The Father explains a lot, but not all of you understand to the same extent. Maya makes you forget. This is called a battle. The Father sits here and explains to you so well. He reminds you of so many things. Make a list of the main mistakes that have been made. One is of the Father being omnipresent. God speaks: I am not omnipresent.

It is the five vices that are omnipresent. This is a very severe mistake. Krishna is not the God of the Gita. It is the Supreme Father, the Supreme Soul, Shiva, who is that. Put these mistakes right and you will become deities. However, no child has yet written to Baba saying that he explained to others that it is because of these mistakes that Bharat has become impure from pure. This too has to be told to them. How can God be omnipresent? God is One and He is the Supreme Father, the Supreme Teacher and the Supreme Satguru.

No bodily being can be called the Supreme Father, Teacher and Satguru. Krishna is the highest in the whole world. He comes when the world is satopradhan, and then Rama comes when the world is sato. Then others come down, numberwise, at their own time. In the scriptures, they show that the throat of Shankar became blue on taking in everyone's vices.

However, even now, while explaining these things, your throat dries up. It is such a small matter, but Maya is so powerful (rustam)! Each one of you can ask your heart: Have I become virtuous and satopradhan? The Father explains: You cannot reach your karmateet stage until destruction takes place, no matter how much you beat your heads. Sit and remember Shiv Baba the whole time. Do not even talk of anything else. That is all.

Baba, I will definitely attain the karmateet stage before the war takes place. It is not possible in the drama for someone like that to emerge. Only one person will claim the first number. Even this one says: I have to beat my head so much. Maya comes even more powerfully. This Baba himself says: Shiv Baba is sitting right next to me, but, in spite of that, I am unable to remember Him; I forget Him. I understand that Shiv Baba is with me, but, even then, I have to remember Him in the same way as you do. It isn't that because I am with Him, I become happy with just that; no. He tells me too: Remember Me constantly! You are with Me and you are powerful, but you will have even  more storms. How else would you be able to explain to the children? All of these storms will pass by you.

Even while sitting so close to Him, I am unable to reach the karmateet stage, so who else would become like that? This destination is very high. According to the drama, everyone continues to make effort. Let someone make that effort and show this: Baba, I will show you by becoming karmateet before you. That is not possible. This drama is predestined. You have to make a lot of effort. The main thing is your character. There is so much difference between the character of the deities and that of impure human beings. It is Shiv Baba who makes you viceless from vicious. So, you now have to make effort and remember the Father. Do not forget Him. The poor innocent mothers are under the influence of others, that is, they are under Ravan's influence. So, what can they do? You are under the influence of God Rama.

Those people are under the influence of Ravan. This war continues, but there isn't a war between Rama and Ravan. The Father explains to you children in different ways every day: Sweetest children, continue to reform yourselves. Look at your chart every night: Did I have any devilish behaviour throughout the day?

Flowers in a garden are numberwise. No two flowers can ever be the same. All souls have received their own parts. Every actor continues to play his or her own part. The Father comes and definitely carries out the task of establishment and only then does He return. He definitely comes every 5000 years and makes you into the masters of the world. He is the unlimited Father and so He would surely give you the inheritance of the new world. 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 27, 2014: Think Big

Daily Positive Thoughts: August 27, 2014: Think Big

Burj Khalifa, Dubai-The tallest skyscraper in the world. Height: 2,717' (828 m), 2,722' (830 m) to tip

Think Big

Rise above little things. Be a big thinker. You are what you think. So just think big, believe big, act big, dream big, work big, give big, forgive big, laugh big, image big, love big, live big. Carry that list and you'll start feeling big. Be a believer and you'll be an achiever.

The Art of Listening

When I hear something negative about someone, I usually get influenced
by it. In spite of the fact that I may not have had any negative
experience myself, I still tend to get influenced negatively. This
brings about a change in my attitude and behaviour towards that person.
I need to learn the art of listening which enables me to respond in the
right way. When someone describes something, which involves the
negativity of another person, instead of getting influenced by it, I
need to understand his feelings and emotions at that time. When I do
this I will be able to provide support to him without adding my own
negativity to it.

The Negative Shade Of Respect In Relationships (cont.)

In yesterday's message, we had looked at the incorrect and negative side of respect (the energy of fear) in relationships. Today we look at this kind of relationship from that person's perspective from whom respect is demanded. When the boss or the parent or the spouse (please refer to yesterday's message) tries to induce respect inside you for him or her, in return you fear him or her, most of the time thinking it is respect. But, at that point, you need to remember it is impossible to give respect to another if we, at the back of our own minds, fear them. If you are scared of someone or something, it means there is an absence of self-respect, there is a lack of a true realization of your own value, your specialties, your skills and the virtues and powers that you possess. And if you do not respect yourself, you cannot truly respect another. It is only when you are firmly established in your own self-respect that you have no fear of others and are then capable of giving genuine respect to others. Sometimes we are not comfortable with being seen as fearful, because our image will take a beating, so we try to avoid admitting we fear someone by saying we respect them, but internally we are in awe of that person and being in awe is not respecting him or her.

Many a times, two prominent people e.g. two actors or politicians or sportsmen are not on good terms. They accuse and bring down each other publicly and are known enemies in the press. While they do that, they also carry a subtle fear of each other, a fear that the other will outperform them; the other will be more popular, the other will be more powerful etc. This normally happens because of a lack of self-respect. They both will probably hide that and will pretend that they are confident and established in their self-respect. But if their self-respect were genuine, they would not be scared of each other, and they would have the courage and the patience to talk and work with each other and listen to and offer the hand of friendship to each other, whom they perceive to be an enemy. But when they don't have the strength of their own self-respect and when they are unaware of their lack of self-respect, subtle fear for the other creeps in, which they don't realize and if they realize, they do not admit the same. And that's why the restoration of self-respect is only possible when the ego is recognized and no longer nourished. Because, fear always comes from the ego and ego is nothing but an excessive attachment to one's false image.

Soul Sustenance

Self Responsibility (cont.)

Because we have forgotten the principle of karmic returns (discussed yesterday), we have learned to avoid taking responsibility for many of our actions. We fail to see the impact of our actions upon others and we fail to see that the real meaning of responsibility is 'responding correctly'. Life can be seen as a series of responses which we each create in our interactions with other people and events. As is the quality of our ability to respond (energy given), so will be the quality of the return (energy received). The Laws ofKarma also serve to remind us that the situations in our life, the quality of our body, wealth, relationships etc. and the type of person we are today are the result of what we thought and did yesterday, last month, last year, perhaps in our last birth. Many people do not like this idea or find it difficult to accept because most of us have been taught that our destiny lies in someone else's hands or in the hands of fate or luck, about which we can do nothing. The Law of Karma or the Law of Reciprocity teaches us that there is no such thing as luck and that whatever happens to us today is the result of our positive or negative actions in the past. If you spend a few moments reflecting on events in your life, without being judgmental, you will begin to see connections between actions and results, causes and effects. When you see how all effects have their causes, you will then be convinced that this universal law is at work in your life at all times.

Message for the day
To be a donor means to give at each step and increase one's own stock.

Projection: Usually it seems very difficult to be a donor - to give from whatever resources we have. The thought often arises in the mind that we cannot give because we are ourselves not complete or full. We find ourselves constantly trying to fill ourselves and we then have no time or thought for giving to those around us.

Solution: We have a lot of treasures within us which we can give to those around us, our virtues, our specialities etc. Even if we have just a little and give to the others, we will find ourselves benefitting. For having given from whatever we have, we find that these treasures begin to increase within ourselves too.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris

Essence of Murli August 26, 2014

Essence of Murli : August 26, 2014:

Essence: Sweet children, stay in remembrance of the one Father while working. Remember the Father and the home while walking and moving around. This is your act of courage.(bahaduri)

Question: When and how is there regard and disregard for the Father?

Answer: When you children remember the Father very well, you are giving Him regard. If you say that you don’t have time to remember the Father, you are disregarding Him. Actually, you are disregarding yourself and not the Father. Do not only become well known (naamigraami) for giving lectures but become well known for having the pilgrimage of remembrance. Keep a chart of your remembrance. It is through remembrance that you souls will become satopradhan.

 

Essence for dharna:

 

1.   In order to take power(shakti) from the Almighty Authority Father, (Sarvshakimaan) increase your chart of remembrance. Create different methods to have remembrance. Sit in solitude and accumulate an extra income for yourself.

2.   Be concerned (ona) about becoming satopradhan. Do not make mistakes.(gaflat) Do not become arrogant.(ahankaar) Be interested (shawk) in doing service. Together with that, stay on the pilgrimage of remembrance.(yaad ki yaatra)

Blessing: May you be a true yogi and a true server (sevadhaari) and with the awareness (smriti) of the one word “Baba” remain engaged in remembrance and service.

You children repeatedly say “Baba” through your lips and in your mind. Since you are the children, to remember or think of the word “Baba” is yoga and to say again and again, “Baba said this” or “Baba says this,” is service. However, some use the word “Baba” from their hearts (dil) whereas others use it on the basis of knowledge from their heads (dimaag). Those who say it from their hearts constantly experience instant attainment (pratyaksh praapti) in the form of happiness and power, whereas those who use the word from their heads experience happiness only at that time of speaking and not at all times.(sadaakaal)

Today’s murli is about remembrance. Baba says, be sincere in your efforts; put your hearts in service and in remembrance. You are an instrument, so give the credit to Baba for using you as an instrument to do service and acknowledge Him... The Lord is pleased with an honest heart (sachche dil par sahib raazi) . Lip service can be done by many; many say, do what I say, not what I do. That is not practicing what you are preaching. You will not be able to give an experience to others of what you are teaching. Rewards are based on the truth within the self.

Slogan: Someone who sacrifices the self to God, the Flame (Shama), is a true moth (parvaana).

Points to churn from the slogan:

 We, the souls remember Alpha with a lot of love, and surrender to the Flame...we are the number one moths (parvaane),  the light houses and might houses equal to the Flame (shama)...we adopt the form and powers that are equal to the Father’s, merge all the Father’s treasures within ourselves, that is, we merge in the Father and totally die alive...we do not have concern for ourselves, that is, we have no concern of body consciousness, of day or night, of hunger or thirst, of our own physical comforts, of rest or of anything else...we are the form of light and might, ignorant of the knowledge of desire, who die alive and are constantly merged in the love for the Flame...

The spiritual Father explains to you spiritual children. The cycle of 84 births is explained to you. This is the knowledge which you children have studied for many births and have continued to imbibe. This is absolutely easy; it is not something new.

The Father sits here and explains how many births and rebirths (punarjanm) you have taken from the golden age till the end of the iron age. This knowledge is already in your intellects in an easy way. This is a study. You also have to understand the beginning, middle and end (adi, madhya, ant) of creation. No one, except the Father, can explain this.

The Father says: The pilgrimage of remembrance (yaad ki yaatra), which is also called yoga, is even more elevated than this knowledge. The word (akshar) “yoga” is very famous,(mashoor) but this yoga is the pilgrimage of remembrance. People who go on pilgrimages say that they are going on a pilgrimage to such-and-such a pilgrimage place. They go to Shrinath or Amarnath, and they remember those places.

Similarly, you now understand that the spiritual Father teaches you a very long pilgrimage of remembrance. He says: Remember Me! People return from those pilgrimages. This is a pilgrimage where you have to go and reside in the land of liberation. Although you have to play parts, they will not be in this old world. You have disinterest in this old world. This is the dirty kingdom of Ravan. Therefore, the main aspect is the pilgrimage of remembrance. Some children don’t even understand how to have remembrance. Whether someone has remembrance or not is not visible.

The Father says: Consider yourself to be a soul and remember Me, your Father. This is not something that is visible. It cannot be known to what extent someone stays in the stage of the pilgrimage of remembrance. Only that individual would know that. This method has been shown to many. The Benefactor Father has explained: Consider yourself to be a soul and remember Shiv Baba.

By all means, continue to do your service. For example, there are children on security duty: they walk around, and it’s very easy for them to stay in remembrance. You should not remember anything other than the Father. The Father explains to you using examples. You have to keep coming and going on this pilgrimage of remembrance. Just as Christian priests   walk in silence, so you children also have to remember the Father and the home with a lot of love.

This destination is very high. Devotees also continue to make this effort. However, they don’t know that they have to return home. They think that they will return when the iron age finishes. There is no one to teach them, whereas you children are being taught. When you are on security duty, the more you remain in solitude and remember the Father, the better it will be. It is by having remembrance that your sins are cut away. There is a burden of sins of many births on your heads.

Those who become satopradhan first are also the ones who go into the kingdom of Rama first. Therefore, they are the ones who have to remain on the pilgrimage of remembrance the most. This is a question of each and every cycle and so they have a good chance to stay on the pilgrimage of remembrance.

Here, there is no question of fighting or quarrelling. As you come and go and as you sit, you can carry out the two tasks at the same time - keep watch and also remember the Father. Continue to remember the Father while performing actions. Those on security duty experience the most benefit. Whether it is day or night, those on security duty can benefit a great deal if they imbibe the habit of staying in remembrance. The Father has given you very good service to do - security duty and the pilgrimage of remembrance. You receive a chance to stay in remembrance of the Father.

You are shown many different methods to stay on the pilgrimage of remembrance. You are not able to stay in remembrance outside, in your business etc., as much as you are able to here. Therefore, you come to Madhuban to be refreshed. So, go into solitude in the mountains, sit on a rock and stay on the pilgrimage of remembrance. It does not matter if one goes or if two or three others go. There is a very good chance here to do this. The main thing is remembrance of the Father.

The ancient yoga of Bharat is very famous. You now understand that your sins are cut away with this pilgrimage of remembrance; you will become satopradhan. Therefore, you have to make very good effort in this. To demonstrate staying in remembrance of the Father while working is an act of courage.

You definitely have to perform actions because you belong to the household path. Let there be the Father’s remembrance while living at home with your family and doing business etc. There is a great deal of income in this for you. Although it does not enter the intellects of some children, the Father continues to tell you to keep a chart. Some write their chart for a little while. The Father shows you many methods. Children want to come to Baba. You can earn a great deal of income here. The solitude here is very good. The Father sits here and personally explains to you: Remember Me and your sins will be cut away, because there are the sins of many births on your heads.

Many fights and quarrels take place due to vice; there are many obstacles. Some say: Baba they won’t let us remain pure. The Father says: Child, stay on the pilgrimage of remembrance and remove the burden of your sins of many births from your head. Continue to remember Shiv Baba while sitting at home. You can have remembrance wherever you are sitting. You can practice this wherever you live. Whoever comes, give them this message: The Father says: Consider yourself to be a soul and remember the Father. This is called the power of yoga. Power means strength, shakti. The Father is called the Almighty Authority. So, how can you receive that power from the Father?

The Father Himself says: Remember Me! While coming down, you have become tamopradhan, and so that power has now completely finished. There is not even a pennyworth left. There are some among you who explain this very well and who remember the Father. Therefore, you have to ask yourself what your chart is like. The Father tells all the children that the pilgrimage of remembrance is the main thing. It is through remembrance that your sins will be cut away. Even if there is no one to caution you, you can still remember the Father. Even if you live alone abroad, you can still stay in remembrance.

For instance, if you are a married couple and your wife is elsewhere, you can write and tell her:  Simply remember one thing: remember the Father and your sins of many births will be burnt. Destruction is standing ahead. The Father continues to explain many good methods, but whether you do it or not is up to you. You children understand that the advice the Father gives is very good. Our duty is to give the message to everyone, our friends, relatives and whomsoever we meet. Whether they are your friends or whoever they are, you should be interested in doing service.

You have pictures as well as a badge. They are very good things. This badge can make anyone into Lakshmi or Narayan. You have to explain the picture of the Trimurti very well. The One above them is Shiva. Those people make an image of the Trimurti; they do not show an image of Shiva above it. Because of them not knowing Shiva, the boat (beda) of Bharat has sunk. Now, only through Shiv Baba can the boat of Bharat go across.

 They call out: “O Purifier, come and purify us impure ones”. Yet they say that He is omnipresent! This mistake is worth pennies. The Father sits here and explains to you the way to give lectures. The Father continues to give you directions about how to do service and open museums. Then, many will come.

A circus goes to many big cities. They have so much equipment. People from many villages go to see them. This is why the Father says: Build such a beautiful museum that people become happy when they see it and tell others about it. It is also explained that whatever service takes place, it happened as it did in the previous cycle. However, you have to have a great deal of concern about becoming satopradhan. It is in this that children make mistakes. Maya also creates obstacles in this pilgrimage of remembrance. Ask your heart: Do I have that much interest? Do I make effort? Knowledge is a common matter. No one, except the Father, can explain the cycle of 84 births.

However, the pilgrimage of remembrance is the main thing. At the end, no one except the one Father should be remembered. The Father continues to give you full directions. The main aspect is to remember Baba. You can explain to anyone. Whoever they are, you can explain the badge to them. No one else has such a significant medal. Those in the military receive a medal when they do something good. Anyone who sees the medal of Rai Sahab would see that he received the title from the Viceroy. Previously, there used to be viceroys, but they don’t have any power now.

There are so many quarrels now. Human beings have increased so much and so land is needed for them in the cities. The Father is now establishing heaven. So many will be destroyed and very few will remain. There will be so much land there and everything will be new there. You have to make very good effort in order to go to that new world. Every human being makes effort to claim a very high status. It is understood that if someone does not make effort fully, he will fail. He himself understands that he will fail and so he stops studying and finds employment. Nowadays, they have many strong employment laws. Human beings are very unhappy. Baba now shows you such a path that there will be no trace of sorrow for 21 births.

 

The Father says: Simply stay on the pilgrimage of remembrance to whatever extent you can. Night time is very good. By all means, remember Baba while lying down. However, some fall asleep. An old person would not be able to sit for long. Therefore, he would surely go to sleep. He would continue to remember the Father while lying down. He would experience great internal happiness because there is a great deal of income in this.

 You think that there is still time left, but it is not known when death will come. Therefore, the Father explains: The main thing is the pilgrimage of remembrance. It is difficult to have this outside in the cities. When you come here, you  have a very good chance. There is nothing to worry about here. This is why you must continue to increase your chart here. Your character will also continue to be reformed through this.

However, Maya is very powerful. Those who live in this home do not give it as much value as those who live outside do. However, at the moment, the result of the brothers, lost in love of God, is still good. Some daughters write: They harass us a great deal to get married. What can we do? Strong and sensible daughters would never write in this way. If someone writes in this way, Baba understands that she is like a goat or a sheep. It is in your own hands to protect your life. There are many types of sorrow in this world. Baba now explains to you in a very easy way. You children are greatly fortunate because you have become the children of the Lord and Master. The Father makes you so elevated, yet you defame the Father! That too is false defamation.

You have become so tamopradhan, don’t even ask! How much more can one tolerate? People threaten one another and say: If you cause any more distress, I will put an end to you. (jaasti tang karenge, to khatm kar denge) The Father sits here and explains this. Only stories have been written in the scriptures. Baba shows you very easy methods. Have remembrance while performing actions. There is a great deal of benefit in this. Come here early in the morning and sit in remembrance; you will experience great pleasure.

 However, you don’t have much interest in doing this. A teacher is able to understand from the behaviour of his students which ones will fail. The Father also understands which ones will fail and that too is for cycle after cycle. Although they may be very clever at giving lectures and be able to explain at exhibitions, they don’t have remembrance; they fail in this. This shows a great deal of disregard. They are in fact disregarding themselves. Shiv Baba cannot be disregarded. None of you can say that you don’t have time for remembrance; Baba would not believe you. You can have remembrance while bathing. Remember the Father at the time of eating. You can earn a great deal of income in this. Some children are very well known only for giving lectures; they have no yoga. That arrogance also makes them fall. 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 26, 2014: Think First

Daily Positive Thoughts: August 26, 2014: Think First

Crop Circle at Stanton St Bernard, near Alton Barnes, Wiltshire UK Reported 29th June 2012

A crop circle is a sizable pattern created by the flattening of a crop such as wheat, barley, rye, maize, or rapeseed. Crop circles are also referred to as crop formations because they are not always circular in shape.The scientific consensus is that most or all crop circles are man-made, with a few possible exceptions due to meteorological or other natural phenomena.

Think First
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Whatever I do, when all is said and done, I do for or to myself. Perhaps I should think before I perform actions because after the seed of action is sown I have to reap the fruit. Moreover, I do not receive only one fruit for every seed sown, I often get a whole crop, good or bad according to the action or seed.

A Kinder Gentler Approach

Trying to change or influence other people can be a thankless,
exhausting task - after all, few of us like to be told by others what
we should do. With a sense of humility and an open heart, however, we
can find the best way to connect with others. So, if you would like
others to adopt a kinder, gentler approach towards you - in the hope
that this will take some of the stress out of your life - adopt a
kinder, gentler approach to others. If you are just talking about
things they fall apart. The best way for people to learn is through
example.

The Negative Shade Of Respect In Relationships

Many a times in offices, we find the dominating boss who wants everyone in the office to fear him or her. The boss may not necessarily be a person with a negative personality, but this desire exists inside the boss because he or she holds a negative belief that people fearing him is the same as respecting him and respect is something that any boss would naturally yearn for. This can happen in homes also, with a dominating father or a dominating mother doing the same with the other members of the family.

The main reason why this happens is because the boss or the father or the mother is normally lacking in self-respect, although he or she is unaware of it. Due to this, he or she, without realizing again, is looking for it from others and in fact over a period of time, as the need builds up or increases, he or she will start demanding the same from others, which takes a form of the negative energy of fear in the relationship. The boss or the father or the mother starts feeling that the sign that he or she is successful in achieving in getting the respect he or she wants, would be the other fearing him or her. Simply getting someone's attention or the other being in awe of him or her or the other being under his or her negative influence which are all subtle forms of fear is then mistaken for being respected, and if he or she does not receive respect in this incorrect manner, he or she will even try and bring about the creation of respect in the other and try and pull it from the other using various methods which are violent in a subtle way, harming the relationship in a big way.

In tomorrow's message, we shall look at this type of relationship from the other's i.e. the employee's perspective or the perspective of the other people in the family in the case of the father or mother.

Soul Sustenance

Self Responsibility

There are certain laws which are involved in our actions and interactions. They are not human laws requiring lawyers to interpret or the police to put into action. They are natural laws which are constantly operating in every relationship. They are often called the Laws of Karma (action): briefly described by the saying - As you sow, so you shall reap, described by Isaac Newton as the Third Law of Motion i.e. for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. The Laws of Karma remind us that whatever quality of energy we give out, we get back. This might not be exactly tit for tat, but if we give happiness to someone, it will come back to us; if we give pain or sorrow, it will come back, perhaps not today or tomorrow, but at some time in the future.

Most of us are conditioned by the idea that we are responsible for some of our actions, but not all of them. For example, we would consider ourselves responsible for the actions which improved our company’s business but would not consider ourselves responsible for not being on good terms with our spouse. If, as parents, we worked hard in educating our children and they grew up to become well placed and successful individuals in their lives, we would consider ourselves responsible. If on the other hand they don’t make it to the top and are not so successful, we will blame our children for not putting enough effort or maybe the education system for the same. So we are selective in taking responsibility for our actions.

Through spirituality, we are reminded of the unchangeable laws of cause and effect, which awakens our awareness of our true responsibility for each and every action that we perform.

(To be continued tomorrow …)

Message for the day
True progress brings progress in others as much as for the self.

Projection: It is usually believed that self-progress and progress of others are totally separate. It is believed that where there is thought for the progress of the self, there is selfishness and there is no benefit for those around. In fact, selfishness in an extreme form can also have a negative influence on those around.

Solution: In whatever we do we have to check and see if there is any benefit for others along with whatever benefit we are getting. If there isn't we can check to see if there is a better way of doing what we are doing which could have a positive influence on at least one person. Then we will find ourselves benefitting doubly. We will get the blessings from others along with the personal benefit we get.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris