Purity - Bliss

Purity is such freedom. Bliss!!!

The contrast is so stark. A pure stage of the mind is so powerful, royal, accurate...
Vices are so lowly in comparison.

Humility -2

Humility means minding ones own business...i can focus on my task without any hardwork. No other agendas....

Humility means complete attention to the speaker... and freedom from distractions...

The scaffolding

As the building gets ready, all the scaffolding and supports will be taken away...

Are you truly independent of temporary supports? Do you have nothing but the solid foundation under you? These are the basic questions everyone would have to face...

Humility

Humility manifests in more silence, introversion, maturity, self-respect and respect for others...concentration...

Humility removes the need to think/talk/do the unnecessary and also removes the 'need' to interrupt, jump to conclusions, talk out of context, talk about personal achievements without a need for it...

Humility removes the perception of control... It brings focus on eternal laws and principles... Truth will prevail... the humble one desires not...

Humility begets positivity, tolerance and self-assurance... based on the foundation of truth...

Egolessness, the next level...

The next step on the ladder : Egolessness...

The critical factor is constant awareness... the forms of ego are many.

Finally that day has come...

Yes, finally that day has come...

The great secret is out. i am separate from myself. i the unchanging one (from the eternal perspective all my roles are part of me being played out with the passage of time), and i the changing one (the role that i enact through any given body)...we are different.

If i the changing one, make a mistake, then i the changeless one can stay detached while being in a state of yoga...

Simply speaking, while doing karmayoga it is the role (soul+ body; Jeev+atma) that matters. While doing yoga, it is the soul that matters (forget the body and all the bodily relationships and remember me alone!)

The aspect of dehi-abhimani (pride of being a soul) also comes only from the eternal awareness...

Amazing. Almost 11 years and yet the basics are still being clarified... Yet how easy it is to get confused (the vocabulary looks so similar to that of vedanta and yet is so different... ).

Spiritual Pride

There is more to soul consciousness than meets the eye. Spiritual pride is an important thing... we are special... the roles are good too... but they are temporary roles...

Important matter: we are able stay separate from the roles...

I am the Master

I create. I sustain. I destroy. I am the master.

God knows what i mean...this is such a lottery... to study from the supreme teacher... and actually attain supremacy...

Should you be happy if your thoughts match with God's?

Interesting conversations today... compliments on having thoughts that match with God's perspective...

On the other hand...there is nothing to be happy about over there... its high time the student starts to implement at least the very basic steps that the teacher has been telling all along anyway... It is confirmation however, that the steps are not based on Maya...

All that matters is if the thoughts are aligned with Truth or not. If its Truth, great... and it will match God's thoughts... if its not, it will not.

I Enjoy what life offers...

'I Enjoy what life offers, knowing my needs will be filled as surely as the tide flows in...'

- What a lovely blessing to a spiritual rose. Thank God for everything... but most of all for being chosen as an instrument.

An Instrument of God. What a privilege!

And by the way 6 days remaining... do what you will but the time is moving on...

The river Hades

The river Hades... or the 'Vishaya Vaitarni nadi'...

Vices rule the soul completely... it is sunk in the quagmire. At the surface all looks ok... but with further examination, everything is steeped in vice.

For example: Lack of concentration... could be due to:
Impatience, Immaturity, Greed - wanting too much achievement in little time, insecurity, desire to be seen as good (name and fame), ego, lust, fear of failure, head rather than heart being used, 'i know it but can't accept failure' attitude, attachment to projected image, lack of depth/interest in topic, lack of faith?, forgetting the main goal, possessiveness, boredom, lack of attainment, desire for instant gratification etc.

Yet concentration is easy to achieve too.

Impossible either ways...

Something to think over... if we look at the journey ahead to the destination, it looks impossible... if we look at the journey we covered from our start, that also looks impossible. Sheer magic...

Worthless shells and Invaluable Diamonds

Life today... like worthless shells... crores abound... and if one is gone, who cares?
What a dismal state of affairs...

And then a life worth diamonds... one that is instrumental in turning the world around...in transforming the lives of everyone... of giving each one what that one wants... an invaluable life...

One catalyst that makes the change. Wah Baba... you are a wonder. You are a magician.

Get rid of Ego

Oh what a waste of time this ego is...

Listen to alternate viewpoints
Be willing to go with the flow...
If i don't have a reason to have a strong opinion... i don't have to have one...
Respect is so necessary
Patience - even more essential..
Commenting upon negatives/faults should be done only with the concerned, and then too politely, briefly and supportively...
Preparation is also essential... what do i need to do?
Analysis can also be big Maya... Time for remembrance is lost...
Just experience based on knowledge - that is all that is important...
The world has so little value... very little time needs to be devoted to it... and yet the actual resource consumption is mind boggling...
Comments, criticisms, justifications... oh the waste of time due to ego...

The Shield

'The Shield is Drama', Dadi said. 'If you get scared, you forget to use your shield... and then you ask why, how and so on...'

You are the spiritual army...

What matters?

Whatever my role... it does not matter... All that matters is that i am valuable to God.

It is God's responsibility... not mine... to take me beyond. All i have to do is do what he says...

i have been invoked by God... sustained by him... blessed by him... my future is made. Nothing matters now... nothing... nothing...

Deep sense of contentment...

The height of forgetfulness

i forget my name, my form, family, home... i am completely in the here and now... And it is really the height of forgetfulness!

i'd rather stay in my eternal awareness and then play my roles...

Each version is worth lakhs, he said. You have been listening for so long...
O forgetful me! Remember, remember, remember!!!

What a divine comedy this is! i am enjoying every (well almost every) moment of it!

You can't dictate drama

You can't dictate drama.
Oh no, you can't. But you can dictate your responses to situations in the drama.

When my purpose is clear, every event is an opportunity to learn.

Let people be. The lever is within...move it and watch the world change.

The Om Shanti Awareness

It is not enough to be just aware of some word... but all the knowledge around it should come into that awareness too...

Like when i say Om Shanti, i should automatically become aware of my true nature, my abode, my role... everything...

Toys

i have to grow up and leave the old toys... only then can i truly get new ones to play with

I'm a mountaineer... and a bird too!

The current place and pace is fine... but i am a mountaineer... i have to reach the top and help all get there quick.

Unless i let go of the branches, i cannot fly. This branch is not important. Nothing great about it... Nothing on this tree is interesting either... It is a beautiful drama!

i do things not only because they should be done... but also because its a wonderful experience...

Staying within the situation and doing what is right naturally yields a lot of help... moving aside and trying to grow by avoiding, does not quite yield the same power. Yet, introspection is key.

The changeless one

I change constantly... and yet remain changeless... what a wonder I am!

See through the temporary...the illusory... See the eternal, the lasting...

#1 Rapid Effort Maker

Baba gave the blessing: "May you be the #1 Teevra Purusharthi (Rapid Effort Maker)"

Yes, the speed is good... but is it #1? Not yet.

'What is your focus on purusharth?', asked someone.

'To leave my body soon', said i.
'What would that take?'
'Focus on Soul consciousness... to be detached... to be beyond...'

Going beyond... the limited and the unlimited

The awareness of the eternal reality... then truly it is a feeling of universal brotherhood. Going beyond the limited and the unlimited.

Its Drama

'If a mountain collapses, how will it get re-created?"

Its Drama.

'The scriptures are there and will get lost... how will they get re-written?"

Its Drama.

Wah Drama!!!

Active Purusharth is necessary

Active purusharth is necessary to be aware of what is going on... and to be detached and loving...

Test papers will come and i will pass them. Its such a trivial point of knowledge but such a profound matter of application.

Respect and Self-Respect

Respect from the heart comes when i have true self-respect.

The Greatest Joy!!!

O lovely drama!!! The greatest joy in the world is to share your joys with the world! To be just yourself and open your heart and dance to heart's content.

Pure spirituality... what a symphony it is! Aha ha... aha ha...!!!

Values...

'Values are' a personal thing...

My life is as valuable as i make it...based on the value i put on various principles and ideals. What is important, the destination of results or the journey with values? The latter includes the former, but the former does not necessarily include the latter.

Effort is core. Details of the events are not...

Its fully worth it...

5000 years worth of waiting... but it is fully worth it.

Just to listen to those magnificent words... the Ocean of love... aha ha... aha ha... what tremendous satisfaction..

Music to the soul... O what a fortune it is to just listen to these sweet words full of wisdom... so refreshing, so enriching, so empowering...

Contentment was the word i started with today... and what more could a soul want in all of History but to experience these moments... truly whatever i wanted, i have got in ample measure and more than i could ever dream or even comprehend...

Thank you Baba... you have won my heart forever... tears of love... the meltdown has started.

And the Decisions are...

Its my life! Its my love!

1. 8 hours of self-improvement time till September 2005. This includes 4 hours of yoga/classes, 2 hours of study and 2 hours of churning
2. 2 hours dedicated to other services (articles, books, publications, sharings, wings)
3. 6 hours of rest in all.
4. Detached while working. i have to leave soon... focus on the task alone... completion orientation
5. Speech. Few, essenceful words. Zero pretense. Zero curiosity. All is good with the world. And let it be... just let it be. Conservation and accumulation of the power of thoughts, words and actions...

Awareness: How can i add significant value to everything?

Are there actions that the soul does not do?

Hmmm....

There are so many actions going on in the body... the autonomous nervous system in action... where there is no direct control or awareness... oh yes, i change my type of thoughts, the speed of the heartbeats can change... and there can even be a heart attack... or total calm and rhythmic beats... depending on the type of thoughts...

Then... there are so many actions that the body does just with a signal. It has been trained by sheer repeated action... and the brain handles those instruction with just a command. Sometimes even the command is not needed, it carries out due to past history...

Mechanical, robotic action... amazing. Conscious action is the cornerstone of effortmaking.

The rat and the pinch of turmeric

The rat found a pinch of turmeric and considered himself a grocer...

How little do i know of myself! A little success and i think i have done it all, understood everything perfectly. A little maya and i think catastrophe has struck and all is lost...

How much ego there is in the soul... if i hear something that i thought of, i feel happy. Imagine! What is great about it at all? God says something and i thought of that too... what is there to be so happy about? He says so many things that i don't think about... and i think so many things that he does not talk about... what is there to be happy about such little things?

How infinite the ego is... how subtle too. The attachment to the costume, the role, the idea, the feeling that yeah i did it... even though the idea is someone else's... the total self-righteousness that comes in with each little bit of success...

This drama is amazing.

Talk talk talk... what value is it? Blog blog blog... what value is it either? Silence.

Actually, experiential silence. Hmmm...

Escape velocity

Immense thrust - launch off. 11.2 Kms/second... 7 Gs acceleration... sustained for several minutes before reaching freedom from gravity... and pulls of the Earth...

Some intense purusharth... and infinite tolerance while the challenges come is all that it takes.

Simply Inadequate

The effort is simply inadequate. This is such basic stuff. Yet the attention remains only under a constantly watchful eye. The tendency to get lost amongst all the detail is so very strong.

It is funny, what looked obvious and straight forward is not so at all... and yet it still looks obvious and straight forward...

i will get there. i have the guide with me.

Depth

Each point has so much depth. Inculcation is a long journey...

The slightest, subtlest mistake is costly... even if its not a mistake, but the tendency to one is there, that too is costly... for the sanskar is re-emerged...

Plainly, the struggle route to success does not make sense. Have to conquer with a powerful stage. Transformational change needs transformational change in efforts as well.

Attention Please

Such a simple matter... being myself. Yet the soul forgets... being caught up in the mundane and the superficial...amazing. Attention is critical. Critical.

The soul bird hangs on to the branch of the body...

Self Esteem is such a tremendous thing. And the soul has no clue of what that means. There is such low appreciation of the self... even when it is considered to be quite good. Fascinating - the point is tremendous.

Unlimited dispassion

I have seen it all...i have done it all... i need nothing... i have nothing... i just want to go... go back home...

The Truth is seen. Nothing else remains. Om Shanti.

I am building...

I am building my character. Every thought counts...

Stable in Soul Consciousness... in 6 weeks?

Dec 5, 2004.

Stable in Soul consciousness.

150+ marks. That is it.

Planning for perfection...

The last days of my last role on earth... in this round of the cycle of time...

i have to plan out my path...to perfection... and the end before the new beginning... there is much to be done... and yet there is little time... i have to go... my Father is waiting... i have to serve in an unlimited fashion...i have to get ready quickly...the time is near. The time has come. i am ready to leave the branches... and to leap out into the sky... spread my wings... and fly...

Time is running out...

Time is running out fast... i have effectively less than two months to get to a stable stage of soul consciousness. Wow.

Listening... and ego...

Listening is such a vital part of communication. Ego is a big roadblock. Insecurity is another... but then that's another form of ego...

If i consider that i already know, then i will not listen. i will object, i will criticise, i will jump to conclusions...even if it is exactly the same thing as i guessed, just respecting the other's communication is so important...

There is also massive poverty of time. People are rushing. They want to reach instant decisions. Time is deemed very precious. And yet the quality of life lead in the bulk of the time... is very low.

What is this time for? What do i want to do? Why do i want to do it? Is it useful for me? Few pause to think... it is just a rush to do... do something. And in the process, no one wants to listen.

If i listen... i will find everything. Why do i want to speak at all until its really necessary?

Purity and Liberation from body consciousness

Someone asked about the relevance of celibacy and why someone would miss out on such an opportunity for intimacy...

Celibacy is a choice. Its not a matter of suppression or repression. Its not a compulsion. Its a natural choice when one considers the alternatives that exist.

Shared some thoughts on the liberating experience when one does not have to look at others as a body any more... when one does not have to consider others as objects... and classify them by gender, race, country, culture etc... it is so liberating... it frees one from all the problems

True intimacy, true love has no connection with physical activity. It is understanding the other's personality and appreciating the virtues and qualities in the other... it is also caring for the other's happiness in an unconditional manner... true love liberates the other... while when attraction/attachment is at the physical level, there is much possessiveness and consequent jealousy etc.

And yes, why should one be locked down to one individual and be tied to their goods and bads... why not love all and appreciate everyone from the heart... why the restriction... the spirit within is so beautiful...

Anyway, good that people get it when explained...

Purity is freedom. Purity is truth. Purity is genuineness. Purity is being yourself. Purity is generosity. Purity is the mother of peace and happiness. Purity is royalty. Purity is everything!

When everyone loves you...and you move away...

It is an interesting phenomenon... the love of the family.

It is such a privilege to be loved and remembered by the family. They care. They demand. They bless and persuade... and feel let down if there is no response.

Oh what an honour to be at the receiving end of such genuine love. Such goodness. Such nobility... just the feeling of belongingness is so great.

And yet, i feel at ease. i could have participated with the family. But there are other things to be balanced. No selfish interest in play. Just balance.

To walk away from a service opportunity...and then another... and to think of giving up the lottery chance of yet another one so that perhaps someone else may benefit... what a different state of mind this is... (and perhaps, what foolishness!)

i have changed. And yet... I AM.

Being or Becoming?

i don't have to become... I already AM.

hum so... so hum...

My role is complete. It is my role. I AM all of that role. It is just being revealed as per the time...i don't have to become anything...

Nonstop service

Every second... every thought...every treasure should be fruitfully used... then you would be called the image of success.

Such lofty standards.

The Battery is Discharged

"Your Battery is Discharged now"

What a lovely statement. How sublime! How profound!

When the battery is discharged, a powerful push is needed to get going. In fact a lot of pushes...
When its fully charged, it starts so easily.

'One who understands and does by just a signal is a deity... one who does when told is a human... and one who does not do even then... "

It is so lovely... when the battery is fully charged, one would see a need... and fulfill it without being asked... and move away without waiting for the credits to come. The power to cooperate. That is what this means. Wah!

Knowledge is not power

Knowledge is not power at all. That was a lovely insight. And how true!

Wisdom is power. Until knowledge is applied in life, there is no power. Its mere theory... Wisdom comes when knowledge is imbibed... through churning, solitude, realization...

Yoga is power. Connecting to the power house... is most empowering.

Silence power. It is the basis for everything. The calm mind is so powerful. Few, clear, powerful focused thoughts... laser power.

How to become powerful

Today was fascinating...

Those who have faith that they will transform the world... and that they will be the rulers of the world...and that the lord of the world is their teacher...such are the ones who will get a lot of power...

What a fascinating point. And it IS very empowering. Yet how few indeed are the souls who understand these aspects...

Ah humanity... the day is yet to dawn for you... and i am doing little to help.

Doing and Being

Some say:
"Don't just stand there, do something!"

Some others say:
"Don't just do something, stand there!"

Today, i feel, both are right. Just doing something does not help... Just standing there does not help either. When i am stable whilst doing anything... that is really good.

The why to do anything is very important. The what to do may not be important - it is just a matter of detail. This is one perspective.

Another is:
There is no why to do. Its a game. Something will be done anyway. What to do may also be circumstantial. However, how to do makes all the difference.

Yet another perspective:
What to do may be most important...at certain times. The why in such cases is 'obvious'. The how is also 'obvious'.

Maturity, maturity, maturity. This is what it is all about. To see the situation in the right perspective always... the answers are different depending on the situation...

700 Days Remaining

Suppose there were 700 days remaining in this life.
Suppose i were to leave this body on Sep 5, 2006...

What are my plans for completing this role fruitfully?
What is my exit policy? What will be my legacy to the world at large and to those associated with
this role?

Every day, every moment... i am moving towards death.
Every day, every moment... i am also moving towards perfection. That is the aim.

700 days. A "deadline" is very helpful in clarifying the mind.

Why rush for service?

Rushing for service is also greed. It is the desire to do, more than the desire to be.
Rushing in any manner, of any form indicates superficiality, a lack of depth.

It means that there is a vacuum within. An emptiness that is sought to be hidden beneath the rush of actions. It means there is insecurity, a lack of courage to face the truth and also a lack of self-esteem. It is in a sense, poverty.

Rapid action may be good. It would be silly to classify other people's behaviour also as rushing or not. But it is easy to understand the self.

Silence and solitude are critically needed. Truly, 8 hours per day are necessary for self-reflection and self-expression in a deep sense of the word.

Stop Think Go

Don't just do something, stand still!

A thoughtless robotic life is dreadfully dangerous to purusharth.

Any discomfort should be acknowledged not brushed aside... i care and i'll correct.

'Ownership' or Responsibility makes a big difference. Don't pass the buck. God's responsibility is my responsibility. Let me think through, suggest and then get approval.

Stop. Listen. Examine. Cherish.

How do i want to be?

Each word is from the heart
Every thought is significant

"You are responsible. You have taken up the contract for transforming the family through self-transformation." - Dad.

Open Secrets

This knowledge is not taught at once. For if it were, no one would understand. Even if they hear, even if they repeat, they will not understand...

Each day, i teach you deep sublime secrets...
This is education. Each person studies according to their own level. Numberwise, according to efforts.

Open Secrets. Wah!

Wah re wah! Simply super! What a wonder!

Thinking your way to perfection

Fascinating comment in the murli today...

You think your way to perfection... just sitting, thinking and transforming. Wah! Isn't it amazing!
No heavy work needed. Its all about the intellect. It needs to be so broad...

And frankly, it is so dull today... just doesn't budge.

'Poor Baba, He has to deal with such dull headed souls whenever He comes...'

Impactful presentation

We have seminars and conferences... and yet, its more talk than visual and experience.

Need to consider what makes an overall powerful experience.

It is so easy to forget...

Real eyes ation

To Realize something is quite an effort. Sometimes of course, it is without effort but is a result of an experience... but when it is pro-active, there is value.

It takes time, attention, dedication, deep pondering...and then more time for it to settle...

Real eyes... i have to keep these open to see the Truth. Only then can the Truth take me beyond with a glance.

Level changes in efforts

Each level change in purusharth needs a paradigm shift in consciousness.

A new target: service through own purusharth.

What does it mean?

What does it mean -

• to be married to God?
• to have God as a child?
• 'complete purity'?
• remember me through all relationships?
• destroying your sins through the fire of yoga?
• to imbibe the complete knowledge?
• spinning the discus will make you an emperor?
• that i am going to die?
• that the cycle is coming to an end?
• to be the emperor of the world?
• make me the only heir?
• to surrender fully?
• faithful intellects are always victorious?
• in the furnace, there should be remembrance of none but one?

Mediocrity and the wonder of life...

The masses are so mediocre. Few ever think.

If i look at my life, i wonder again and again. How could i be so short sighted! If i weren't so short sighted, i would not have believed this to be possible! It is so silly.

This world - how funny it is! Imagine - you sow a seed and put some water and some cowdung or whatever fertilizer... and with time it actually yields some fruits...or vegetables...or cereals! And then, we cook 'em and eat 'em...a seed, some water, some cowdung... and sunlight. And we say, yummm! What a wonder this world is... a ceaseless wonder.

Who would believe it if it were not actually true! And everything is fleeting. No wonder the monists went away declaring it all to be an illusion.

Truth has so many perspectives... and yet there are no seers really. A game with no spectators... a drama with no audience.... for the audience is formed from the actors...

An interesting offer

I've got an offer that none can refuse and yet few will ever accept:

"Sweet Child, if you consider yourself to be a soul and remember me, I guarantee that I will destroy all your sins!"

Amazing, but true! Now i need to figure what is my next step. And He is watching me closely too... Interesting game, this.

Flexibility

Adjusting with everyone is a great art... and yet the core is simple... appreciate the goodness in the other, and then try to enable their growth... and adjustment is natural.

Wah my fortune! To be associated with so many sterling jewels... the stars on Earth...this is such a privilege...

Honesty defined

An honest flower is one who is never influenced by Maya. - Dad.

Wah! What a definition!

The Master

The master does not plan. He waits in the awareness that drama will unfold for the best. 'He' sits waiting, watching and leveraging every event for the best...

Every ball a sixer!

Success is guaranteed for the calm, conditioned and carefree mind.

Pleasantness is a great trait. Self-righteousness is a great bane.

Back from sweet hOMe

Whirlwind tour at sweet Madhuban... and as always tons of direct and indirect learnings...

Decisions, decisions, decisions...all personal decisions. Nothing else matters really. Interesting role changes... purusharth is truly the lever to change 'my' world.

What i do in terms of service doesn't truly matter... (maybe it does, but this is a different point) Baba is using me in so many different ways... qualities are emerging with time... the details, the successes, victories... these are not important. Nothing is important actually... these are just passing phases... but it is interesting to observe how the law of Karma comes into action with such elegance...

All service activities are just lessons in dharana. Interaction with other souls is also just an ongoing lesson in dharana.

Growing fast in service maybe harmful... as the capacity to sustain may not be there... but growing fast in knowledge, yoga and service is always good.

Service is Baba's responsibility. i just need to be a good example.

Silence and introspective detachment are necessary tools in service and interaction.

Genuineness and excellence command respect. Humility and respectfulness too...

Who am i... or how do i appear to be?

How many unnecessary thoughts come in the mind... most of them stem from the desire to be perceived as good... Love (in the guise of respect) is truly a great motivator...

Responsibility

Just because a soul is given a role... it does not start playing it. Acceptance of the role is necessary. The responsibility must be accepted as an instrument. The rest just happens...

The Stinker

The mind has thoughts...
The Sanskaras are like an old open sewer... a river that turned into a drainage...
The intellect is the covering lid the keeps the stench away...

Once in a while when there is carelessness, the intellect slips and the sanskaras are exposed.
Oh what a stinker is raised! Enough to kill.

Soon the intellect is back in action hiding these sanskaras while the internal cleansing continues...

Its quite a journey before the drain turns into pure drinkable water from the flowing river again

An Open Secret...

An open yet profound secret...

• You are what you think...
• You are what you believe...
• You are what you choose...

Listen

Listen to the murli afresh each day. Live it.

Hmmm... the main enemy - this time its different

The main enemy is... actually the main area of improvement is determination...

But this is different from the understanding i had earlier about laziness... that is true... but this is a different determination than brute force determination that i had rejected earlier...

The wise and the ignorant behave alike... but their understanding is way different... i sure am still very ignorant in terms of understanding what Baba wants me to understand...

The words are there... but the import is yet to be fully grasped. Interesting...

Thirty years and three more

Thirty years and three more...

A third went into childhood and playing
A third went into youth and learning
And a third went to God and being...

What a life!

Teacher's Day

Thank God... the Supreme Teacher!

Knowledge and service are two subjects where the focus goes automatically...
Yoga and inculcation needs to be focused upon now...

How can i become the greatest yogi once again?
Aha... my beloved has arrived...my life is made.

There is nothing as enjoyable as enjoying oneself in service...being immersed...it is exhilarating!

Much ado about nothing

In this amazing game, i often get caught up in the details... but hey... it just doesn't matter. Well, actually it does, but like they say, after the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box...

Responsibility brings about a HUGE difference in perspective.

Rest or Restless

(Any point has multiple perspectives... when we listen to the murlis, we see different facets of His personality, each of it is useful to us... this sharing is with that in mind...)

Restlessness is a sign of impending progress. We move to seek comfort.

In this life, each second should be better than the previous one. Even if you are doing service very well, the question is, what is new? Have you changed within? Has the world changed? Are they writing their opinion - yes, the Brahma Kumaris are revealing the Truth - God is not omnipresent, the Ganges is not the purifier, the Purifier is God alone; the Lord of the Gita is not Krishna, but incorporeal God, the Supreme Soul...

Until the confluence age is over, you cannot really rest. Your heart should be "jumping" to do more service. The history-geography of the world, the knowledge should be dancing in your intellect...

As your vision, so is the world. Life offers test papers in accordance to your stage. You need the hammering... to become an idol...The storms are your gifts for progress. Your job is to pass them. If you fail... stop, introspect and then move on faster with this new learning. The experienced one does not get deceived.

Your stage may be good, but the efforts may be low... On the other hand your stage may not be good but your efforts may be outstanding. Then, its a matter of time before your stage also becomes good. The main point is consistency of effort making. The good is often the enemy of the best (Being good may often deter you from progressing further... complacency may set in and you may feel you know it well...). Consistent effort making will help you become the best. As Baba says, it is "number wise, ***according to effort***"

If the situation goes out of control, give the control to Baba. Actually, if the control was with Baba in the first place, things would have worked out well... don't carry the burden... give the responsibility to Baba...and yet be a worthy instrument.

Each Vice is a power. Know how to leverage it by changing it into positive. (there is a murli on this) Lust should be transformed into good wishes and pure feelings... Anger into determination and so on... (Its also the way it is done in judo... the opponents' force is leveraged to conquer them).

Learn from the situations how to grow and transcend them. There is the story of hanuman... when the opponent was big, he would become small... when the opponent was small, he would become big... be creative... and learn to handle each situation as appropriate...

Watch your heart dance

Watch your heart dance... your heart, the one in the soul...

"The dance is the dance of knowledge... the dance of the unlimited history and geography!"

Wah, what a dance!

"The seed is so small... its a wonder that it bears so many fruits!"

Such amazing points of knowledge... sometimes i really wish that the confluence age should never end... and i should forever have such a lovely lovely teacher...

What If...

Oh what if... the family adopts blogging at large... it would be a lovely blogosphere in itself!

Leap of faith

This is the confluence age... the leap age... you must take the jump from the old to the new...

Wah Baba! You are the eternal poet!

The great deception

Someone is asking for the way... if i don't know the way, i should not point someone to a wrong direction...

The wonder of drama is that everyone points the way to God without knowing anything...

God says, i come to destroy unrighteousness and establish righteousness... i come to uplift the sadhus too...

What a deception it is... the darkness of ignorance becomes total when souls start telling others of the way to light... without knowing what it is...

The true guru... the satguru is only one.... no one calls themselves the satguru... because they cannot... they are not...

About Storms and the Calm...

Discussion with an Angel...

Does the storm in the mind cause bad karma?

If its a storm in the mind, then not really... (even though the vibrations are not good)
If its consciously done (intellect agrees) then it is bad karma...

So the need is to weather the storm...

Truth

My goal

• I will see the truth and nothing but the truth.
• I will hear the truth and nothing but the truth.
• I will speak the truth and nothing but the truth.
• I will do the truth and nothing but the truth.
• I will think the truth and nothing but the truth.

They care...

That someone cares to show that they care... is an amazing thing in this world.

Parents are Godlike. Mother...simply Godlike. Unconditionally loving... They just have to take that one additional step of becoming world mothers...

Friends are so supportive. Colleagues so cooperative. Relatives so understanding. Classmates so encouraging, and my sanskaras are so conducive...

Overall, the world is at its worst and none of these are reliable. Considering that, its mind boggling that they care to care...

Thank you Baba...

The need is critical...

Everyone needs help. The brilliant. The ordinary. The retarted...

Those who know about values... and those who don't. Those who know God and those who don't.
i have to charge my batteries...and others will seek out the source...

Thank you Baba.

The Gift

What gift can i offer to the One who is the Bestower?

my original self...
natural purity...

Thank you sweet Baba for everything. There is nothing to say to you really... only to be...

Interesting... what can i tell God? i only have to be.

Hmmm... virtue out of a necessity?

How often do i make a virtue out of a necessity?

Very often i guess. And i seem to like talking about these things at every opportunity. Gosh, thats a lot of dirt. Impression management seems to be going on at so many levels. Oh dear.

Sorry Baba... for the n thousandth time... i wonder if i ever mean it from the heart... this statement of sorry... of course i mean it, but then i really don't for i seem to repeat the mistakes ever so often...

It really does take time to sink in.

No Problems - Interesting...

Right when its the peak of service for Rakhi... am flooded with office work. And soooo much work. And yet, i feel completely at ease. Enjoying myself.

i sense dis-ease in many. i sense that some are upset with me... and have that upleasant unrest within. And yet i feel comfortable with them. i look with regard, sometimes do not look either... but its more with concern for them than otherwise.

i sense loving feelings from some. Caring feelings... all of a sudden...and yet i feel detached. Not much attention goes there either. Regard yes... but that's about it. Here is a soul who has overcome some blocks...

There is much work to do... and yet there is no pressure... very interesting. Some jobs are unfinished, will not be finished... and yet there is no pressure. Remarkable.

There was a desire for sight-seeing. It pretended to ride on the back of the service opportunity. But yea, at the heart there was this slight desire. And when i faced it and moved away, it went away too. What a relief! Thank you Baba.

The unlimited intellect. Truly considering the overall picture. Very interesting insights...

And all this after a series of storms. The hammer is needed and the chisel too... for the idol to be created. And yet, when the storm hits, the soul is so sullenly non-chalant. Don't care attitude. It feels like heresy.... And yet that is the reality.

How much bad karma must i have accumulated by now in this lovely birth? And yet, no matter how much i understand... as long as i do not realise it, its still called Maya. That's a saving grace... and yet no excuse for foolishness.

i think i am fed up of Maya... i always think so, just before the next storm hits home. Some people are born optimists... (and i hope that stays that way until victory reigns forever).

Baba, i owe you a lot of remembrance...

Why and Why Not. Living by Choice. Thoughts

The Why of Anything

• Benefit or Attainment

The Why Not of Anything

• Harm or Loss

Deliberate actions. Mindfulness. Brahmin life is not routine or mundane. It is constantly new. Always the present.

Unlimited.

Living by choice. i am the master creator. i create my world and live in it.

Hmmm.... i need to serve through the mind...

Fundamentally i am a very great soul. Thank you Baba for providing those insights in the murli...

Sanskars may/will be different and yet closeness is necessarily there. Be an instrument.

A Broad Intellect.

Hands Up!

Height of stupidity

To know the ultimate... to know God... to understand the supreme knowledge that is the source of the highest income, the greatest attainment of all... and yet... and yet... to behave in a contrary manner.

Aho maya, you have captured your customers and made them completely senseless.

It just doesn't make any sense. i am God's child and yet i behave in such a silly fashion! And Baba is simply unbelievable... what infinite tolerance! Infinite patience!

'i would have been a very frustrated God if i had to manage such children...' and yet that statement displays the ignorance of Baba's oceanic qualities...

i think about Baba more than i talk to Baba... oh well.

Learnings... pause and ponder

'My sanskaras are changing but my habits are not'... its remarkable.

Even when the desire for a particular thing is lost, the sheer habit of taking it may follow through... even things as simple and 'benign' as eating almonds for good health becoming a compulsive habit.

'The machinery has grown bigger than the authority to handle it'... this seems to be ubiquitous now. For a soul whose love has been knowledge and yoga resulting in dharana and service... the changover to being led around by service has been so stealthy... aho maya!

'Concentration is purity'... Concentration was my first love in the murli. i will master it... Baba... i will...

When you are pulled, do you grow or do you snap?

Interesting thought...

When you are pulled from all directions, do you grow or do you just snap?

It really depends on how strong, how resilient, how flexible we are internally. Pretense does not help. If i am strong, good for me... otherwise i need to develop the strength. One thing is guaranteed, we will get stretched in all directions.

Just thought about Jagdish bhai's approach. People used to complain... he looks straight ahead, does not take the time to say 'Om Shanti' also... but from his perspective, if he were to look at every soul that came by and wanted to say 'Om Shanti' and ask about his health, he would pretty much turn into a nice sociable person who does not have any time for churning and doing the task he did do... And yet he had the balance of humour, love, compassion, humility, solitude...
Wah, what a lovely family! Wah Baba!

My Desires

Today Baba promised that He had come to fulfill all my desires and make me completely contented. So, here are the list of my very core, pending desires that are going to get fulfilled... Wah my fortunes!

1. To be completely knowledgeful, a master Ocean of knowledge
2. To be Bap Samaan in all experiences
3. To be the role model for rapid, systematic, result oriented purusharth

We are all fundamentally different souls. Doing what another does, doesn't make me that like that one... our backgrounds, our maturity levels are completely different. One may copy actions, but one cannot copy intentions and intensities.

Lovely goals for myself
1. Stay in the unlimited
2. Arjuna - one pointed concentration
3. Non stop peace and relaxation
4. Mastery of the power to withdraw... leading to mastery of all powers
5. To reveal BapDada through my actions and stage wherever i am...

A life of Superlatives

"Heartfelt gratitute to Beloved Baba and my/our incredibly lucky eternal roles...
To be part of this fascinating family at these wonderous times is simply
amazing..."

Isn't that wonderful? Who would ever think these thoughts, other than the totally blissed out, intoxicated ones? How fortunate i have become to even think such thoughts!

The Master Creator

The world is my perception of it.

My thoughts give it value. my world is entirely my creation. What kind of a world do i create and live in?

Who am i really? What am i doing?

Transcending myself

What is my agenda in life? Why am i doing whatever i am doing? And till when do i do that?

It is a growth path. Life offers me lessons. And i continue facing the same test until i learn the lesson and move on. This is not worth struggling. Instead, i have to take the responsibility.

If God were to give me the responsibility of making myself the best that could be, what would i do? The subjects for self-mastery are clearly defined. The benchmarks are set. The method is given too. Examples and Case studies are readily provided. Help is offered as well. It is the implementation, execution that makes all the difference.

i will take the responsibility. And that will make all the difference.

Calm After the Storm

Often, the best levels of efforts and results take place after the worst failure. Its almost a rule.

And sometimes, failures seem to be inevitable, though i'd rather not have it that way... the solutions seem so obvious, and not implementing them seem so foolish that its incredible that someone could still fail. And yet, i fail time and again.

And then clarity dawns. Strength is seen. Perspectives obtained. There is the calm after the storm. Spring after the winter. Golden Age after the Iron Age.

63 births of bad karma. Since i am on the reverse journey, i will encounter all of the layers as i clean the soul. And as i go about doing that, if my stage is not clean and the wound is not healed by yoga, i will get hurt when i encounter the layer of dirt. And i may end up harming myself up. i need to be careful while cleaning wounds...

And so yoga is so critical and yet seldom done...It is amazing... this phenomenon called "The Stone Intellect"

Funnily enough, after the storm, the intellect becomes Divine for some time.

It is a process. The process of growing up. Thank you sweetheart for this wonderful life.

Priorities...

Mindfulness... zero rush.
It is an incessant journey until perfection. Being alive and in the moment is a necessary thing.

Appreciative Living.

Self Respect is everything... Honesty-> serving the whole universe don't get struck somewhere.

Why whatever whenever
What
How

The Judo way to victory

The Judo way to victory. Use the power of the opponent to win. Don't do things under pressure. Acknowledge the force and make it your own.

The greater the problem, the easier it is to draw the attention to the basics... and to leverage it to become greater... stepping stones to success.

How the knowledgeful ones get trapped

The ignorant and the innocent are anyway caught up in the web of Maya. But the knowledgeful ones get trapped too. And the behaviour is still pretty much the same.

When there is

• time in hand, there is complacency, distractions & experimentations, lack of focus and then maya.
• no time in hand, there is busyness, slowly the attention & awareness flows away and intellect becomes tired... and then maya arrives
• victory, there is complacency, and then...
  
• defeat, there may be disheartenment and a cycle of self-sustaining and disempowering thoughts and maya is here to stay...

Its a fine balance to have a good stage no matter what... any extreme is debilitating...

The Only Vice...

Sometimes it seems so obvious. The only vice is laziness.

Truth is so obvious, it stares at me from everywhere. It is easy to recognise the Truth. And yet, to do as per the truth is a different game altogether.

When Truth is faced and yet it is not followed... that is Maya. Maya is illusion... going beyond what is visible... to face what is Truth.

If things were clear, then it would be possible to do whatever it took. And yet, while understanding is there, realization is still not there. Interesting game this.

The Stone Intellect

There remains a gap between understanding and implementation. It is a sign of the stone intellect. This is not deriding the self or insulting... it is just understanding what is going on.

Why am i still a stone intellect?
Which barriers must i remove?
What will allow me to be sensible again?

10.5 years... and yet a huge gap between understanding and implementation...both are increasing and yet the gap seems widening...

Realization power is a great thing. Must exercise it more...

Am i happy? Certainly. Could i be happier? Certainly.
Am i sad? No. Am i contented with where i am? No again.

The proof of stability

If i become very happy about some service that happened in some distant place... for that is a sign of the revelation...i am also likely to be disturbed if some disservice happens elsewhere...

Watching the drama detachedly is necessary. It is not optional.

Am i a gushing and rushing stream or a steady and stately river? Am i unpredictable - sometimes dry and sometimes in flood... or am i reliable and trustworthy?

Do i have steady and endless waves of enthusiasm on the surface during interactions and maintain unbroken calm at the very deep inside?

How stable am i? What is the proof of my stability?

When i give knowledge to someone, do i get carried away in the flow of giving the knowledge or do i see the relevance of serving the core needs of the soul? Do i give knowledge for completeness sake or do i give as appropriate for fulfilling the need of the other?

How mature am i? How dignified? How deeply self-aware?

Its all so subtle

Surrender is critical. If thoughts are running around about anything, it means detachment is missing. Pushing, speaking fast, trying to prove, emphasizing many times... is not really dignified behaviour.

The tendency to dominate, jumping to conclusions, the quest for over-achievement... not useful at all. And these are all subtle matters, for on the surface, these are not visible in a gross way. Yet, its easy to identify the overall stage. Like Baba says, i don't have to know what is in your heart... it is just clear to me.

The Signs of Maya... and then how the war is waged...

Maya comes in such a standard manner.

First there is some complacency about making good efforts...
Then there is some confident talking (in other words, "boasting")...
Then there is carelessness in terms of maryadas... not really all at once, but a single "innocent" carelessness
Then another...(Murli warning flashes in memory)
And another...
Some more frequently...(Murli warnings flash in memory)
And then a mistake...(Murli emphasis flashes in memory)
And another...
And yet another...
Dawning of a feeling of helplessness... ("You become so 'innocent' instead of master knowledgeful")
Giving up...
Massive mistake...
Utter repentance...
Honest admission in front of Baba...
Serious Introspection...
Immense power...
Recuperation and Joy again...
Maintain stage for some time...
Restart the steps once again...

* * *
The whole process slowly builds up strength and maturity... but its a slow process.

Busy-ness as usual

Why would i want to keep busy? Why would anyone?

Just to avoid negativity? Would i want to just keep busy, no matter what it is?

Or is it a medium of self-expression... to be what i am... to experience my reality... to fulfill my potential...to grow and bear fruit... to serve the world...

Contribution offers purpose, they say. But is it really contribution for contribution's sake? Because people are in need? Or is it because my nature is to contribute? That fulfilment comes to me when i contribute? Because... that is in tune with my nature?

And yet... raw busy-ness is tiring. The purpose needs to be clear. The meaning needs to be served. Then there is fulfilment.

We are human beings. Not human doings.

Or are we? Are we not souls? Playing many roles?

Put Off

Sis said... Dad is put off right now...

Dad said... Don't put off anything that can be done rightaway... be aware of the Truth and take the right decisions quickly... don't keep thinking...

Two Dads... Two different thought streams...

Another amazing thing... its so easy to do... and yet the awareness or even the aspect of remembering to do seems to be limited at times... amazing.

i have this one aspect confirmed: "Stone Intellect" is a lovely and perfectly apt description.

Surrender Continued...

Baba is a puppeteer... we are just puppets... but we should allow Him to make us dance... then the role becomes beautiful.

Humble, simple, surrendered, moulding, appreciative... aha the spiritual army at work... at the behest of the field marshall...

Surrender

The overwhelming percentage of thoughts, words and actions are unnecessary...
Staying in the unlimited and doing service through the mind is critical.
Student life is the best life...

What do i truly need? Baba & Murli... and these are mine already.

Frustration with the limitations

"The masses of men live a life of quiet desperation"
-Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

Maya keeps souls busy. It IS like a swamp. The vices pull the soul... and it is at different levels. And the result is peacelessness. And Baba said... peacelessness is a sign of anger. And truly whenever there are signs of peacelessness, there is also sporadic harshness. If not towards others, then especially towards the self. These stumbling blocks must be transcended quickly and effectively.

There is a long journey ahead. Possessiveness and dominance are strong vices. They are subtle too. They may not be visible. They may not really be manifest either. And yet the symptoms are clear. Peacelessness. Or better still, discontentment with any situation is the sign that these vices are at work. Hmmm.

Being Truthful

Being Truthful is real living.

Otherwise, who are we fooling anyway? Just ourselves...

Watch your Heart Dance... The One who is True, will dance.

The Appreciative Life

The Appreciative Intellect... to unconditionally see positives and be/make happy.

• Intense focus on only ONE.
• NO compromise on principles on the personal front.
• ABSOLUTELY detached on all other fronts... Helpful, but detached. Its not my responsibility to change others

Disinterest

• If there are any thoughts of dissatisfaction... that is not disinterest.
• If there is any aspect of rushing... that is not disinterest.
• If there is any desire to prove or to justify or even to absolve a stance... that is not disinterest.
• Yet disinterest is so necessary. For only then true clarity will be there. Objective, truthfulness...
  

Values

1. Surrender
2. Quietness
3. Introspection
4. Humility
5. Respect
6. Obedience
7. Sincerity
8. Commitment
9. Trusteeship
10. Instrument behaviour
11. Determination
12. Self-Realization... i have to realize my role. God's task is my task.
    

Rules to live by

• Only one thing at a time
• No hoarding. Give away.
• Planned, disciplined life.
• Guest. i have to go home now.
• Service. Let's complete the task.
• Enthusiasm all the time.
  

Pure Gold and the Furnace

If you are pure Gold, you will still get stretched. But you will not break. You are ductile.

If you are pure Gold, you will still get beaten flat. But you will not break. You are malleable.

If you are pure Gold, you will still get pressed into many shapes. But you will not break. You are mouldable.

Life constantly offers us test papers. These are opportunities to see if we are real Gold yet or not.

Didi Manmohini used to say (so i have heard),
Bow Bow, Die Die, Learn Learn (Jhuko Jhuko, Maro Maro, Seekho Seekho)

And sure enough that is a lovely way to become real Gold, though it does not seem appealing when there is any alloy still remaining within. The alloy causes stiffness and rigidity and resistance to change.

Unlimited Dispassion

Once in a while, the focus becomes true. And that is when unlimited dispassion becomes the norm. What am i doing? Why am i doing it? Everything is subject to questions.

But unlimited dispassion means no answers. No excuses. Just understanding.

Only the Truth

Why stick to anything but the Absolute Truth?
Only the Truth matters.
When the Truth is not seen, the restlessness that comes is worth it.
Oh yes. i can be Bap Samaan. So can you. Or anyone who really tries it.

Priorities

Depth instead of breadth.
Experience every point.
Shutting down non-essentials. Stick to the core. Wholesale.

Principles

Principles are greater than people... people are called great only when they abide by certain principles.

The Basic Truths

• All this will change
• i will leave this body, this role
• Character development is the only need
• Silence at heart...

What should i be doing?

Participating in every service.

Unlimited service through the mind.
Coaching, Counseling, Training, Sharing, Inspiring through words.
Participating, meeting, writing, designing, researching, being... in actions.

What is truly important?

A Balanced life.
Settle Bad Karma.
Earn Good Karma (Help all from the heart)

Sarla Dadi said something interesting...

Remember Shiv Baba to burn your sins.
Remember Brahma Baba to follow the role model in your actions.

And Baba said something interesting...

I know each one of you. And when I remember the children, the first one on the rosary is the one who is the most detached from the body.

Something Amazing about the Soul

We form our sanskaras based on our actions. We transform past sanskaras based on the power of yoga. Yet, each sanskara is eternally a part of the soul. We play our role based on what is etched within. We etch what is already etched.

What an amazing thing! The record of 84 births. Already written within and yet being constantly re-written from scratch. For once, reading what is written is the same as writing it afresh.

How can i become like God?

• Stay in the unlimited.

How can i become like an Angel?

• Constant soul consciousness and powerful loving good wishes.

How can i become like a deity?

• Detached and loving in every action... akarma only. Natural actions. Pure, light and easy.

Three Amazing Relationships

The Father: the beginning
The Teacher: the middle
The Guru: the end

Whatever we need in a life... all in One. And you know what, 'God' is truly such a distant word... Baba... Father... these are so much closer.

My Fortune

• The Supreme Teacher, the Supreme Guru is my Father
• Whatever i need is mine already
• i have the guarantee of multimillionfold help and support for every step of courage towards my goal
  
• There are no surprises. i have advance information on how to do whatever i want to do
• i have a clear example that demonstrates the best practices
• i have a wonderful family of like minded souls who are making efforts alongwith me and who will be there with me throughout victory and defeat... throughtout the cycle
• i understand the secrets of it all. The very depths of knowledge that the world has been seeking are clear in front of me.
• God has revealed his true nature, his real form in front of me.
• God has taken responsibility of my life. The keys of my life are with Him. He has promised to make me perfect and to take me along.
• i am the luckiest, sweetest, greatest, highest, holiest, richest, wisest of all... Wah me!

And Wah Baba Wah! You are the wind beneath my wings...

Toxic Dump

Waste should always be expelled immediately. Better still, burnt away. This is best done in solitude. Collected waste attracts germs, stinks and causes diseases too. It can also be toxic.

What about cleansing a toxic dump? Where waste and toxic material have been compressed and packed away for 2500 years? The slightest attempt to clean it lets out a horrendous nauseating odour that can shake the strongest ones. Not for the faint of heart at all. Yet clean up we must otherwise it will be done by force and in public.

The best way to do it is to take tips from the supreme purifier, the cleanser. To protect oneself with the right oxygen supply and protective dress and a powerful fire that burns away the waste on contact...

Thoughts from the Bhatti

• Time Management is virtue utilization and vice elimination while doing any task.
• At any given moment, the solution is far more important than the cause of the problem
• Plans bring progress. Be your own teacher and chart out your future.
• My transformation is my responsibility. And NOW is the best time to do it.
• The past is OK. It is my part in this beautiful drama... let me be Bap Samaan now.
• Real practice: Staying beyond such that others go beyond too
• A natural purusharthi life...
• Perfection means truth.
• Knowing the solution is not the same as implementing it.
• A life focused on knowledge and yoga... how much power is generated! Service becomes automatic!
• Check the foundation - Faith.

Turnaround Strategy

• Powerful takeoff
• Escape Velocity
• Effortless Cruising

The core idealogy
- Purity
- Dignity
- Simplicity

Core Strenghts
- God's companionship
- Godly knowledge
- Godly family

Core Purpose
- Service from the heart
- Self transformation to enable world transformation