5 March 1970 · English

"To offer water means to make a promise."

Today, BapDada has been called to celebrate Shiv Jayanti. How do you wish to celebrate it? To meet is to celebrate. People have a celebration in order to meet, and you children consider the meeting to be the celebration. So, to meet means that you have celebrated. So, what else remains? You children celebrate, that is, you meet, and the other meaning is to make others equal to yourselves. So to meet and to make others equal means to celebrate. You have to do these two things today. You are celebrating a meeting, but you have to make others equal to yourself. If you have done these two things, it means you have celebrated Shiv Jayanti. When devotees go to offer water to God, there are brahmins in between to perform that task for them. So you are also Brahmins. Just as devotees offer water, in the same way, you children offer water from other souls to the Father. Why is there that system of offering water or milk? When water is offered to God, do you know what thought they have in their mind? The meaning of offering water or milk to God is that they are about to make a promise. This is why they take water in their hand. They offer water to the sun, and also make a promise internally. When anyone comes to you, you first of all take the water of their promise. You have them make this one promise: From today, we will belong to Shiv Baba alone. So, first of all, you make them make a promise. Those people make a promise internally and they then personally go and surrender themselves to the deities. Those who are firm devotees bow down completely in front of them, that is, they totally surrender themselves. So, you also first make them surrendered. When they become strong and firm, you make them sacrifice themselves completely. You have to do such service that they totally sacrifice themselves. How many have been made to sacrifice themselves by you? To the extent that someone has sacrificed himself, so he makes others sacrifice themselves to the same extent. If you haven't fully sacrificed yourself, to that extent you will make others the same as you. At present, you take time and effort to make others sacrifice themselves. However, in a short time, there will be a queue of those who want to sacrifice themselves. Just as there is the memorial of sacrificing themselves at Kashi; they are ready to sacrifice themselves through their own desire. In the same way, they will be ready here too. You will not have to make effort to create this desire in them. They will be ready to take a jump through their own desire. There will be this queue . They are not queuing up now. There is a reason for this too. What queue do children have at present? When that queue finishes, there will be this q u eue. Do you know which queue there is at present? (That of thoughts.) What is the main queue, even in thoughts, that makes your effort slack? What is the main reason for waste thoughts? In what form do the old sanskars emerge? Mention one word in which the seed of waste thoughts is included. There is only one word that enters the intellect due to which there are waste thoughts and vicious thoughts: “Why did this happen?” A queue of 'kyus' (questions) is formed of wasteful thoughts. In English, the question mark is the most twisted symbol. So the queue of questions is very long. Only after you finish that queue will there be perfection. Then there will be this queue . When you remove the word 'kyu' (question), you will be able to stabilise yourself in the destiny of the drama. Therefore, now finish the queue of questions. Do you understand? So many thoughts are created through the one word 'kyu'. From questions you then begin to assume things. So Baba has come to enable you children to offer the small urn of water. When anyone makes a promise, they make it in front of the water which acts as a witness. So you now have to offer this urn.

In Madhuban, the Pandava Army has a special responsibility . So there should now be power in this army. If there is power in Pandav Bhavan, then not even devilish thoughts, let alone the devilish community, will be able to enter Pandav Bhavan. You have to keep guard to that extent. It is easy to keep that guard. Just as you look after this gate , in the same way, you have to look after the gate of Maya. Is there such a Pandava Army ready that it does not allow devilish sanskars or devilish thoughts to enter this Bhavan? When you keep a strong guard on yourself in this, you will then be able to bring about this strength in Pandav Bhavan. Do you keep guard in such a way?

Who has such courage that they say: We, the Pandava Army will look after our Pandav Bhavan in this way? If the Pandavas continue to look after it in this way, then Pandav Bhavan will become a house of magic. No matter what kind of souls come here, they will become liberated from their devilish sanskars and wasteful thoughts. This will become such a house of magic that it will make others free from vicious thoughts. When you do such service, there will be revelation. People will come running here as soon as they hear about it from others. As time progresses, because sorrow and peacelessness will increase, each soul will be thirsty for happiness and comfort, and as soon as such thirsty souls enter Pandav Bhavan, they will experience happiness and comfort in a second . Only then will there be an impact. Each of you will become an image that grants visions, similar to a living idol. Thirsty souls will come from far, far away to have visions of each jewel. But, only when you start keeping guard in that way. Just as there is the power of the gathering, the power of love, so there is also the power of giving co-operation to each other. Now, only one other power is needed, for it is due to a lack of this that Maya comes. It is the power of tolerance. If you have the power of tolerance, Maya can never attack you. So you need all these four powers. Today, together with the birthday of BapDada, it is also the birthday of all the children. So if you imbibe all these four powers in yourself on this birthday, then, throughout the entire world, this Pandav Bhavan will be considered a special place to be seen and experienced. The importance of this Pandav Bhavan will be seen throughout the entire world. Who are those who increase the importance of it? The Pandava Army and the Shakti Army. Only Madhuban residents can increase the importance of Madhuban. It is well known that the Pandavs never fluctuated from their promise. If this is lacking by even one per cent , it is said to be a weakness. The Pandava Army has to be an example so that anyone who sees you receives inspirations. Anyone who comes to Madhuban should see your speciality; how there are so many of you here, and yet you are all united, lost in deep love for One, and stable in a constant stage. When they see such a scene, the signs of revelation will be visible. The promises of all of you will bring about revelation. So, today, you first have to offer the water of a promise. Then you will also receive a gift. Three lines are shown for a promise. The sacred leaf that is offered has three links combined. So today, you have also been made to make three promises. You will imbibe the power of tolerance in yourself, finish the queue of questions and guard against your devilish sanskars. So, you have to offer the sacred leaf of these three promises. Devotees play a game, but only you children know how to play this game with knowledge. This is why the memorial of Shiv Ratri continues on the path of devotion as a system. It is the children who start it first with knowledge, and then the devotees copy it with blind faith. You must definitely have done it at some point, which is why the memorial has been created. God Himself says: Salutations to the mothers. There is so much difference! Do you have this much intoxication? The Father Himself, whom everyone else salutes, comes and says: Salutations to you mothers. What is the sign of this intoxication? Happiness is sparkling in their eyes, their face, their words and their activity. When this happiness is seen, the sorrow of many will be removed. The sign of such mothers whom BapDada Himself salutes is happiness. Their faces will make many other souls smile. When non-gyani people wake up in the morning and see such a face, they say: There was an impact because I saw such a sparkling face in the early morning. So even your face can create an impact. Therefore, everyone who sees the faces of all of you will become happy. This is about to happen. The more you check yourself, the more change there will be. Thoughts, actions, time and sanskars: check all these four at every step. Achcha.