Every paradigm shift is preceded by great tumult. Utter chaos. Things seem out of sync. Huge challenges, basic disconnects.
And when you ask for it, you get it in plenty. Fascinating.
And then when the situation seems almost hopeless and you still hang on and expect that insight...from down under... an unforeseen corner a new insight comes, clarity dawns. Aha!
And it is time to smile radiantly again... with heartfelt gratitude. The perseverance is ever so rewarding!
No matter what I do, I will not forget myself. I will stay beyond the roles. Situations CAN NOT change my identity!!!
How silly and yet how profound!
There is a tendency to think of tasks done and tasks remaining. Action orientation. Living by checklists. This causes pressure and also yields satisfaction.
Does it?
REMEMBER: The doer and the Inspirer. I am just an instrument.
Oh really - you did do all that did you? And that, and the other thing too... Hmm...
The Dadis don't have time for themselves. They make time in between tasks and during the tasks... tireless servers... The practice over a long time helps keep the stage good even with these short silence breaks. Attention to stage is constant... Serving in all three levels - thoughts, words, actions...
"Smile Please! You are doing this for me, aren't you?"
When you have too much to do, its a clear sign that you are trying to do too much. Share the opportunities with all who can be up to it. Some wait to be asked. So ask. It is an opportunity to help everyone make a fortune.
The Dance of harmonizing sanskars means to be flexible and to adjust actions accordingly. It is not about getting things done in the most optimal way. Its about doing the best given the people and resources. Interestingly the constraints make the personal development even better.
Deep, genuine respect and renunciation is necessary. Otherwise there are chances of getting hurt or upset or feeling offended at some level.
Handover... handover...you take care of it all dad.
Baba...
I need nothing.
I want nothing.
I have nothing.
Everything is yours. I am an instrument.
With some liberal marks...'erring on the generous side'...
A Landmark milestone has been achieved.
Is this self deception? I do not know yet.
But the signs of lasting change are beginning to show up.
Handing over the mind, intellect and sanskars to Baba...
-> Use them as Baba would.
There is long way to go before...
No. There is just a second before... I become what I truly am!
Baba you are at work... making things happen... you are just amazing!
We take one step together... and then you get a thousand things done in the background...
Wah Baba!
The future is astonishing! Wah Baba! What a vision!
Baba, we will miss you in heaven... and we won't even notice. It feels unacceptable.
For a few hours... it was just out of the world...
And then I got occupied!
Nevertheless... tend to share and serve everywhere....
The Confluence age is shooting away at breathtaking speeds.
Am I closer to my goals? Really? Measurably?
Am I willing to have at least 8 hours of yoga today?
If I am with Baba for at least 8 hours everyday, what will happen?
Goal reached.
Today I will spend minimum 8 hours with BapDada, irrespective of what I am doing.
How simple! How straightforward! To become like Baba what should I do? Be with Him all the time!!!
This one things is enough! Stay with self respect with relationship, with a right!
There are many things that can't be shared with the world yet.
Why - because they may not understand?
Because I don't have confidence yet?
Social impact? What will they think?
Or is it that I should share once I have completed and achieved... not prematurely?
Today Baba and I will be on a world tour... for loving service.
Oh World...
When will you ever be able to even conceive of such sublime experiences?
Oh the unfairness of it all... when can this privilege, this honour, this inconceivable togetherness and love and compassion and generosity and power and bliss and everything be experienced by others...when Oh when...
How profound the Amritvela today... and yet after a day full of talk talk talk...
How ordinary the stage at the end...
This is a fascinating adventure! Ever full of secrets!
I have EVERYTHING at my disposal. Science too can be grasped through spirituality.
The master of the elements! The body is a toy... the world is a stage... we are incredibly powerful!
What a grand drama! Every scene is perfect! It is an opportunity to explore and enjoy deeper secrets!
Why are secrets still secrets? They are guarded by challenging situations...No fear! What a grand drama!
Equanimity = Equal in Victory and Defeat!
I never never saw this before inspite of having heard this a zillion times!
In fact there is no victory or defeat! Wow!!!
There are many levels of truth... perceived by souls at their own levels... He caters to everyone! Aha!
Love - willingness to tolerate for the beloved.
Meanings are so radically different at different stages of purusharth!
What is sin? An act that makes the truth invisible.
What is a vice? A habit... a 'sinful' habit.
Can a smoker go to heaven? [Not yonder in the skies... but yonder into time...]
He isn't bad! But the vice blocks the truth. Same with lust, anger...
Bravery - to go valiantly into the storm knowing that there will be temporary pain but tremendous gains!
Follow the heart! Follow your dream!
Explore and dig deeper until you have found!
And then go deeper still! It is an OCEAN!!!
Baba is not just an Ocean of knowledge!
Baba you are an Ocean of Love!
An Ocean of Peace!
Aha! What have I found!
What have I got!
Am I precious to you Baba? What a silly question!
You are precious to everyone! And everyone is precious to you!
O King of detachment - I Adore You!!!
Baba - I will not celebrate Victory. I am not the rat who felt he was the grocer.
Merged with the Ocean... loveleen...what a life!
Baba.. I have found you.. you have found me...I have everything!
Time is hurtling by...and I'm not really moving significantly close.
In fact Maya comes to vigorously shake things up.
Sticking to the promise and seizing, reclaiming the stage is the approach that works.
But that is not enough. What can cause the next paradigm shift?
What is the purpose of my life? This needs to be very very clear.
Mere existence is not enough for one so significantly endowed.
Decide!
Lifestyle
There are times when I choose to go off track.
Instead of feeling down, hurt or guilty, from today I accept my choice.
I do not feel pressured by society anymore. I can change my mind. That barrier is broken.
Exposure to contrarian views is useful. I do not know many things.
The bouncing ball analogy - alternative to the swing theory.
The higher you go, the greater the fall... and the quicker the bounce back - If you are resilient. Thank goodness, heavens, my fortunes, God, drama and everything!
I tend to postpone the necessary...gain other insights & then deliver...
OR
Do whatever seems important rightaway!
When Maya attacks, turn to Baba and the murli... and there will be help.
Maya is an illusion... caused by Ravan - the vices.
Forgetfulness.
I seem to be on the right track. There are validations everywhere. The pull is very strong towards learning...
Victory today has not been triumphant. Rather it has been barely escaping from the jaws of death, time and again.
I am not sure I am really surrendered. The heart seems to be in the right place, but it is seriously challenged time and again.
A Centipede was killed at Amritvela, the hour of nectar. Clear, cold blooded, objective, instant decision and action.
Same needs to happen for Maya even when its seen at a distance and not yet attacking.
There are no excuses. Maya has won a battle. No point with bravado after a defeat and the victor has gone...
There are many old sanskars and there actually is a burden of past negativity. These rear up at the first opportunity when the intellect is tired and non functional.
Good rest provides energy - rejuvenates the intellect.
There HAS to be an easy and natural way for self transformation.
Forgetting - Losing awareness completely. Having a different reality. This is Maya.
[Wow!]
Sanskars are powerful and rapidly activated. This is what is meant by "natural nature". How can my learning become impactful? How can it use these emotional energies?
Learning + Recall
Audio visual+experience+feedback=desire for repeat experiences
Dharana=Sanskars!
Hmm...
Dharana needs:
Study of knowledge
+
Intellection/comprehension/experience/feelings
+
Action/Sensory feedback
The imagery needs to be vivid accompanied by release of endorphins
[Yawn...but beyond the technical jargon, the good feelings is what causes the desire for repeat experiences... these sanskars are such dull things, hmmph]
Even while falling, there is opportunity for learning and leverage!
I believe that we all have a right to peace
I believe that we can be loving to all
I believe that we deserve health, wealth and happiness
I believe that we should create the world we like to live in
I believe that hope is not enough
I believe that I can make an astonishing difference... as can anyone else who tries
I believe that we should reject personal mediocrity
I believe that we can and should choose excellence
I believe that we can lead deliberately and have amazing lives
I believe that we should pursue our highest passions
I believe that we are beautiful beyond belief
I believe that the world has gone off track and we can set it right
I believe in freedom!
Freedom from the chains of vices... old habits that have outlived their utility and charm...
The purpose of my life
My Vision
My Mission
Hmm...that's seems like it for now. Until I revise these statements yet again. But that's the point of the paradigm shifts...
The goal is critical. Everything else is lesser on priority. Soul consciousness yields full marks in dharana. Remembrance with soul consciousness maximizes yoga too.
Non linear shifts in stage required.
"Baba is bound to help the children who have faith in the intellect and have determination. Victory is guaranteed. It has already been accomplished."
"What is the price of an avyakt (subtle) meeting? Renouncing vyakt bhav (gross consciousness). Avyakt stage means every sense organ provides super sensuous joy...every act will be divine..."
The highest slogan to win over any obstacle of Maya:
"All my Father's treasures are my birthright!"
How could I forget the reality?!!
I need to be very comfortable with getting out of the comfort zone... of step by step change from the known to the unknown...
This is a rocket journey into the unknown (but very well know)... with an unseen, silent but ever present wise guide...
Unless the aim is vividly clear, you will be off course in a jiffy.. Guiding, facilitating, resourcefulness...
Planning and intellection can be counter productive. The intellect needs to be surrendered to the cause.
What an awesome insight! "Attitude of the mind - Man ki vritti" -> vibrations and atmosphere... the fastest, most effective way of serving.
In all the buzz of serving, real depth goes missing...yet service brings opportunities of its own sweet kind...
I cannot get distracted by a mosquito!
Tension of attention is not the answer...
this is the stage of conscious incompetence again...
Baba you achieved the goal long before you became avyakt!
Accumulate treasures. Set the goals as per the real standards... make the awareness firm... but let him prepare the way... Enjoy the mystery! The Discovery! Just do what is being told and enjoy the blissful company!
Key metric: 8 hours of remembrance from the heart.
Murli is the support system, but quantity is not the point to be tracked. Dharana of the murli is the key.
"Have love for purusharth. You have love for Baba as he makes you do purusharth!"
"Your main sanskar - renunciation"
Surrendered service is beautiful... staying untouched... Baba you connect us up...and get things done...
Hmm... depth is missing still... it's not enough to let go... or to take full ownership... initiative must still be there...
'Balance of master and child"
Sea change in attitude...and sea change yet required!
He had the power to change others through silent presence!
In 1960!!!
Heavy headedness after listening a lot with deep attention.
Silence. Calming down and all is easy in a jiffy.
Baba you are getting things done. Thank you.
What a wonder! I have never yawned so much in my life!
Absence of light? Oxygen or fresh air? Bent position for reading? Reading dense text without time for digestion?
Heaviness... oooooh so much to do... and the speed is at 5%
Drinking from a fire hose!
Hmmph.
This is not surrender!
Hmm... Baba you first. I submit to your will.
STEP ONE: CREATE THE STAGE. SIT ON YOUR THRONE.
Let go of excuses. Instead have renunciation, tapasya and service. Become a guest. He used to give searchlight to the children... it was the proof of love.
Sharing with respect...and blessings...respect is beautiful.
"Only when you accept the rules of freedom, can you call yourself free."
"If you want to become complete - remember two words. The Point and the Ocean.
If you have to go into expansion, it should only be for service."
"When do you begin?
I Begin!
Describe the vulture.
I Can't!
Why not?
Because I can only see the eye.
Release the arrow!"
"The Eight Steps to Perfection
"Come take a step of courage today... and God will take you to your destination...
The one who can carry the burden of the world, will carry your burden too.."
It is NOT MY Journey of effortmaking.
It is OUR journey of fulfillment and celebration!
OUR JOURNEY - VICTORY IS CERTAIN!
The Ocean and the Point.
The problem is solved before we even started!
There is NO TRY.
There is only DO.
And the drop met the Ocean.
I am in front of my Father, my Teacher, my Satguru!
Celebration time!
Freedom = Trust in God
I cam empty handed... and his hands were full...
And then I put my hand in His...
O Stranger... you are a wonder...
I don't have to teach... I just BE AND LET BE!
Honey Be!
Just like the Honey Bee!
When Victory is certain - what do you think, speak or do?
FOLLOW FATHER BRAHMA!
"Promise me - you will not think, speak, or act without shrimat. Baba has come to take your burdens... give it to me."
"Dive deeper into the Ocean. Then you won't feel scared."
'Promise me O beloved... you will be without me... I will not be without you... we will not be separated... I Promise!"
The heart of a storyteller... what a dream!
D-Day arrives! Congratulations!
Today is the day I changed! Every cycle - metamorphosis!
My QUEST has ended!
I have found the treasures!
The Search is Over!
I have met my beloved! The days of struggle are over!
ONLY CELEBRATION!
The wisest one! You are like a giant tree offering shade and comfort to the tired pilgrim walking on a hot sultry day...
Karankaravanhaar! Mera Baba!
I have found whatever I had desired. Nothing else remains... Fulfillment.
Now I live as you would choose.
No one and No thing can separate me from my beloved.
You are a part of my life... my breath... my thoughts...
Wah Baba... so many blessings... truly blessings are wings for the soul!
No attachment... just love for all... wonderful!
Any yet... failed at another level... detachment from the situation and ability to fly back home in a second and to stay there...
Glad to ... really glad to have been a worthy child... respectworthy...
And yet... failed to be transparent and to reveal you to all...
SURRENDER!
Maturity is:
Why do you want to know the secrets of the world?
Because I want to be like YOU!!!
The Answers come.
Think deeply then sleep over it...
Vs.
Think deeply and then GO INTO DEEP SILENCE!
A good rest yields a clear intellect.
What is maturity? Ponder over it.
Areas to work on:
Deep respect is automatically received when I respect others deeply. Unless I respect first, I cannot accept the respect from the other.
Trying to 'improve others', 'constructive criticism' etc focuses on areas of improvement. Share when asked. Or escalate when critical. Or share in a class like he used to do...
Silence power is the strength of the yogi.
Hearing and listening are not the same. 'Throwing' quality information into the ears does not mean its well received. High regard needs to be accorded.
Education should be provided to those who are eager. For the others, a taste of it is sufficient. Share only at the appropriate time.
I am the master of the tools. I use them as required. They do not control me.
The sign of maturity is silence. The basis is wisdom and faith in the drama, in the self, in the family and in God.
Self deprecation may be OK... but highlighting a global weakness... is that necessary? And with such boisterousness? Maybe in a closed group of souls that is keen on moving forward intensely it may be ok...
There are a few points that I love sharing.... why not other aspects? Deep churning before service... how can I serve these souls best...it is an opportunity to change lives... its not about me at all... its all about Baba...
All that mastery of worldly knowledge and wisdom, of wise sayings... disappear upon death. What a wonder!
Baba is at the helm. I do not need to advise. Just be present with powerful vibrations. Celebrating my fortunes!
In the Yoga furnace! Clay bricks or Metal ore? The results would vary dramatically.
How to transform in 3 days.
Death in 3 days - a secret knowing in the heart.
A successful bhatti (yoga furnace) alters your state. You change irrevocably.But only if you reach the critical temperature.
Suppose God declares publicly that you are the one. You are the instrument. Suppose you have to become complete and perfect in all subjects. What would you do?
What an amazingly powerful evening. When the vision is clear and the task is compelling, everything falls in place.
It would be a great life if at its end here, some or the other noted the following:
Here was one who
Hmm...the goal is high... but I'm on my way... and I have a guide and a role model.
It is not my job. It is our job.. I am the instrument, you are the driver.
Every action thus far has been important.
Forgiveness and compassion instead of advice and coercion.
Not taking a decision (using the intellect) implies letting nature (sanskars) take over. Sankars cannot be transformed through analysis. The FOCUS has to change.
What a brilliant piece of advice: FOCUS ON THE GOAL.
Perseverance is greatly satisfying. Deep conversations are meaningful.
"The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet" - Fred Buechner in 'Wishful thinking' quoted by Richard Bolles
"Work is love made visible" - Kahlil Gibran
Many challenges... Just ignore them and move on your way... Victory is surprisingly easy! You don't have to destroy every obstacle on the road, just move around it...
When I am tired and without rest... and do things just for the sake of doing it because it needs to get done.
Whiling away time without purpose... just research research research into whatever picks my fancy for the moment. Hmmph.
Pretense - routine, mundane, mindless activity...
Loss of self sovereignty.
Maya - being caught up in the urgency mindset on the mundane level.
Research at an ordinary level (go up and 'dekh lo')... is just not befitting.
Royalty is natural...Thrift, avoiding unnecessary spends...
Detective work, investigation, curiosity... these are diversions as well...
Need to be doing what is right - needed and important - not just what is told.
Three of the greatest souls of all time are meeting (meditation) - how can I possibly respond to Maya's distracting calls now?
Self Mastery is my choice... I am the Sun... unruffled by the dark clouds that come and go.
Thinking and planning in an ad hoc manner does not help. First reach the required stage and then think/plan/chalk out strategy.
I already have a job. It's called: [confidential: can't post]
Pushed and pulled...Maya, people, circumstances. Feeling tired... exhausted.
Well. So it is.
Clarification on purpose, motive... upfront unabashed sharing. Listening fully, objectively to a rallying pitch that attempts to shake the foundation and uproot it fully... and then sharing passionately and persuasively.
Good.
Strong pulls on the sensory plane...conscious detachment necessary.
Interesting.
Bravo!
The vision is clear, compelling and persuasive (well at least for the first three months). Now everything lies in execution.
Define the Sabbatical activities and outcomes.
How do you know that its the real thing to do?
Its fundamental acceptance and awareness. There is no other external proof.
I tend to respond to uncertainties by thinking over and sorting it out until there is clarity and confidence. Thoughts tend to be affected by new changes until I think over and remember to stay beyond.
I am 'ON' - Live with BapDada on the world's stage.
INCOMPARABLE - There is no connection to anything or anyone down there...Baba and I... we are in a different plane...watching...watching from beyond.
NOTE: First the Stage, then the plan of action
The time for teaching has gone. Have compassion, good wishes and keep forgiving. Just focus on specialties.
This is my last birth.
I have already been appointed to my new role...I don't have to become one. Just need to carry out the task as per his directions...
As you grow in wisdom, everything becomes obvious. You can see through it all. You can see what you have gone through in some way... and it is truly amazing! Never knew that life inside could become that transparent outside!
Acceptance of the role brings power... and love for Baba!
I am NOT an effort maker. I am a CHILD of GOD!
I do not follow Shrimat, Maryadas... they are descriptions of my life.
THAT is Follow Father!
It is a new birth. I am fundamentally a different person. I do not live by or conform to old life habits... politely differ...by stage.
Have I accepted this role?
When I know my role, actions will follow automatically.
Wow!
What research should I do that can't be automated?
Something that brings about
Hmm...Review of the day:
ACT NOW!
Improvement is not the answer.
Paradigm shift - completely new instantaneously
I am NOT starting from scratch. I am building upon 14 years of experience.
It's very easy! Become the goal instead of trying to improve or change the status quo.
I do not battle. I change the playing field... I rise up one level as per shrimat!
You are that!
Everyday, do something that brings momentum. If I am thoroughly prepared but have no time to execute, the project has not started.
Thoughts, words, actions...everything moving towards resounding success. Half hearted approaches don't fly. Move with certainty.
NOTE: You don't need to start from first principles each time. Build momentum.
