21 September 1975 · English

"An angel is one who has no relationship with anyone except the one Father."

Do you remember the intoxication of "The wonder of I!" (Wah re me!)? Does that day, that sparkle and that intoxication remain in your awareness? Those days of such intoxication were very unique. As soon as you remember the days of such intoxication, you become intoxicated. There was such intoxication and happiness that even the physical feet would be dancing naturally whilst walking and moving around. You wouldn't dance just according to a programme; you would be dancing in your mind, and your body would also be dancing naturally. You can perform this natural dance constantly. The way your eyes look at everything, the way your hands move and the way your feet walk also perform a natural dance of happiness. This is called the dance of angels. Do you constantly dance this natural dance? It is said that the feet of angels can never touch the ground. So too, souls who are to become angels do not put their feet on the ground, that is, they never have the awareness of the body. Just as earth is clay, so too, this body is also clay, is it not? So angels never place their feet on the ground, that is, their intellect is not caught up in the earth, that is, in the body. This is the sign of being an angel. The closer you come to the angelic stage, the more the feet will remain above the awareness of the body, of the earth. If they do not remain above, but on the ground, then understand that there is a burden. Anything that has a burden (weight) cannot remain up above. If there isn't lightness but a burden, then your feet will again and again come back to the ground and you will not become an angel, that is, you will not be light. The feet of angels automatically remain above the ground; they don't have to make effort to do this. For those who are light, it is said: These ones are flying through the air, they are not walking but flying. In the same way, angels also fly in their elevated stage. There is such pleasure in seeing and performing this natural dance of angels. You maharathi teachers continually perform this natural dance of angels, do you not? Karankaravanhar Shiv Baba asked you teachers sitting directly in front of Him.

(Someone said: Baba, cut off Maya's arms.) If Baba were to cut off Maya's arms, then the One who cuts them off would get the reward of it. The Father can do anything; it is just an order of one second. However, how would the future of those who want to create their future be created? Should Baba do it for everyone or just for you? In that case it would become like where there are many who nowadays accept bribes; this would also come in that list. This is why, in Nepal, they make little children hold a knife when they perform the act; they themselves perform the act through the hands of a child. This much is possible, but the hand of courage definitely has to be used. They do at least this much, do they not? This is a topic for the teachers. For how long do you remain an angel throughout the day and for how long do you become a human being of the mortal world? Angels are not included in relationships of the divine family; they constantly remain detached. With whom do they have all their relationships? If you make someone else your friend, the relationship of a friend with the Father would be reduced slightly. Whatever relationship you forge with someone else, whether it is of a brother or a sister or any other relationship, then, because it is distributed, that relationship would definitely be reduced with the One. When the heart is broken, it breaks into pieces. Even the Father doesn't accept a broken heart. This is a deep philosophy of relationships. You should have no relationship with anyone except the One; no friend, no brother, no sister. Because, otherwise, you would remember a particular soul in that relationship.

An angel means one who doesn't have any connection with other souls. It is easy to have love, but difficult to fulfil the responsibility of that love. The number is not given on whether you have love, but on the basis of how much you fulfil your responsibility. Not everyone knows how to fulfil the responsibility of love; only some know how to do this. The line of those who fulfil the responsibility keeps on changing.

Although they have one aim, their qualifications become different, and this is why although they all have love, only some fulfil their responsibility of that love. Even bhagats have love, but they don't fulfil the responsibility of it. Children fulfil their responsibility, but it is numberwise; a few out of multimillions and a handful out of that few! If something is lacking in fulfilling the responsibility of even one relationship, or if something is missing in the relationship - for instance, if you have 75% relationship with the Father and 25% with another soul - then too, you would not come in the list of those who fulfil the responsibility of love. You keep the company of the Father for 75% of the time and you seek the company of someone else for 25% of the time; in that case also, you would not come in the list of those who fulfil the responsibility. To fulfil a responsibility means to do it completely and fully. This is a very deep aspect. Even in your thoughts, there should be no other soul. This is known as fulfilling your responsibility completely and fully. No matter what the situation is: whether of your mind or your body or of your relationships and connections, no other soul should enter your thoughts. The very second you even have the awareness of another soul even in your thoughts, an account is created. This is why only eight pass completely. There is the memorial of the special eight. There must definitely be such a deep significance. It is a very difficult paper. Angels are those who don't have anyone even in their thoughts, not even in any situation or under any compulsion. There should not be anyone in your thoughts for even a second. You can only become an angel when you remain strong even under any type of compulsion. The destination is very high but there is no harm in that. It is easy because you have multimillion-fold awareness. However, because the attainment you receive from the relationship with the Father may not be in your awareness at that time, because you may forget it, you therefore seek the support of someone else. Is the attainment anything little? There is praise of the Father, and not of any other soul, that He is the One who makes easy everything that is difficult. So, at any time of difficulty, you should seek the support of the Father, not the support of any soul. However, because you are weak at that time, you forget the attainment you receive from Him. When someone who is drowning finds even a little straw, he takes the support of it. At that time, because of distress, you take the support of any little straw that comes in front of you. But, do you not realise that through doing this you become one with no support? Achcha.