8 June 1973 · English

"The most elevated power – the power to discern."

Out of all the powers, do you know the main power? You consider yourselves to be master almighty authorities, do you not? Out of all the powers, which is the most elevated power? Just as in the study, there are many subjects, but out of those, there is one special, main subject, so too, all the powers are essential. However, out of all these powers, which one power is the elevated power? A power that is so essential that it is difficult to become a maharathi or a mahavir without it? Of course, all the powers are essential. Each one is connected with the others, but what is the number one power which will bring all the other powers close? (The power to discern.)

To have self-realisation is also the power to discern. Self-realisation means to discern and to know the self. Only when you first discern the Father will you be able to recognise Him. When you recognise Him, you will be able to come close to Him and become similar to Him. The power to discern is the number one power. In common words, to discern means the power to know. The first basis of knowledge is to recognise the Father, that is, to discern that this task that is being carried out is the Father's. First of all, the power to discern is essential. The power to discern is also known as the stage of being knowledge-full .

What is the detail of the power to discern and what is the attainment through that? You can have a discussion amongst yourselves on this topic. When the players in a game are of an equal level, they enjoy playing that game. Whilst playing a game, there is a meeting. In that game, whilst playing the game, you become friends; that is a physical game. Here, too, whilst playing a game, there is a meeting in the closeness of souls. There is the meeting of the sanskars and natures of souls. Those who are companions in a game are very close; they fulfil this responsibility until the end of their lives. Together with this spiritual game, they fulfil the responsibility of life until the end and this is why the sign of this meeting is the rosary. When, at the end, you come close to one another in all aspects, when there is the meeting, each bead comes very close to the next and joins itself and a rosary is then created. The rosary is a sign of the meeting. Achcha.