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.