3 February 1972 · English

"Recognition of the disciplines and the time by knowing the self"

It is said of the Father that those who know Him as He is and what He is can attain all attainments. In the same way, in order to know yourself as you are and what you are, do you know and accept yourself in this way and conduct yourself accordingly throughout the whole day? Just as it is necessary to know the Father in all His forms and in all relationships, similarly, to know the self in the same way through the Father is also necessary. To know means to accept. What will your stage become if you continue to move along accepting yourself as you are? You will become bodiless whilst in the body, avyakt whilst in the vyakt form, an angel whilst walking and moving around and karmateet whilst performing karma. When you very clearly know and accept yourselves, then such souls can never fluctuate in following the disciplines. To know the disciplines means to follow the disciplines. The disciplines automatically remain with those who accept and follow all the disciplines. They do not have to think whether something is a discipline or not, but for those who stabilise themselves in the stage of the self, whatever actions they perform, whatever words they speak and whatever thoughts they think become a discipline. You saw that whatever actions the sakar form performed while remaining in self awareness, they became the disciplines for the Brahmin family. How were these disciplines created? Whatever happened through Brahma Baba became the disciplines for the Brahmin family. By staying in the awareness of the self, all actions become a discipline and recognition of the time constantly remains very clear in front of them. Senior officers know the whole plan , and they conduct their activities keeping it in front of them. In the same way, pilots and ships’ captains have their own plans through which they can know the path clearly. Similarly, those who know themselves automatically follow the disciplines, and recognition of the time is also always very clear for them. Throughout the day, they have the awareness of what they are, as they are. This is why it is remembered: Whatever actions I perform, others who see me will do the same. So, whatever actions are performed by those who know themselves, those actions will become disciplines. Everyone who sees them, will follow them. You should constantly have such a stage. In the first stage , you have to make effort: you have to think at every step whether something is right or wrong , whether it is your discipline or not. When you constantly stay in the awareness of the self it then becomes natural and there is no need to think about it; you could never perform any action without the disciplines. In the sakar form, because of being in the intoxication of the self, he could say with authority that even if a wrong action was performed by the sakar form, that would also be put right. He had that authority . How did he have such authority ? With the intoxication of the self; by staying in the awareness of the form of the self, you have the intoxication that none of your actions can be wrong. Everyone should have such intoxication numberwise. Can those who follow the father not create this stage ? You will follow this one, will you not? He is the first soul in the sakar form. Whatever was demonstrated by the first soul as an instrument, the second and third souls can follow him numberwise in all aspects. The question of the incorporeal form is a different matter. Whatever Baba demonstrated as an instrument in the corporeal form can be followed by everyone, numberwise, according to effort. This is known as having full faith in the intellect for the self.

Just as your intellect has 100% faith in the Father, together with faith in the Father, your intellect also needs to have that much faith in the self. How much intoxication do you have for the stage of the self? Just as Baba became an instrument in the sakar form and demonstrated every action as a discipline, so you children have to follow the father in the same way in a practical form. Do you have such a stage ? If the train is running along its track accurately there is the faith that there cannot be an accident , and you continue to drive it whilst being carefree. In the same way, if you have the intoxication of the awareness of the self, if your foundation is good, then you cannot perform actions or have thoughts that are not within the disciplines. Such a stage is coming close now. This is known as being close to the perfect stage . By stabilising yourself in this stage of self-respect, there cannot be any arrogance. The more you maintain your stage of self-respect, the more humility there will be. This is why such souls will not have any arrogance. Just as victory is guaranteed when you have faith, in the same way, victory is merged in every action of those who have such faith in the intellect. That is, if their every action is like a discipline, then victory is guaranteed. Check yourself to see how close you are to this stage . When you come close a number of others can come close. Day by day, you must be experiencing such transformation. To have something verified and to give regard to one another is one thing, whereas to have faith in the self and ask others is a different matter. Whatever actions such souls perform, they will have faith in the intellect. The Father also gives regard to the children and advises them. Check to see how close you have come to such a stage .

Then you will not have the thought: I don't know whether this is right or wrong . That thought will finish, because you are master knowledge-full . You must never lack intoxication of the self. According to the disciplines while interacting with others, to give regard to them is also a discipline. You saw such a stage in the sample . To follow the things you have seen in the sakar form is easy, is it not? So, you are coming close to such a stage of being equal, are you not? So now, you have to make elevated and deep effort, not ordinary effort. Ordinary effort is that of childhood, but now, for special souls, it has to be special effort.

Achcha.