5 January 1977 · English

"The renunciate and tapaswi children are always close."

Today, Baba is celebrating a meeting of the eyes with the children who are merged in His eyes. Only BapDada and the Brahmins are merged in the vision of such children, for this is their entire world. While seeing, they do not see anything else because they remain constantly merged in the Father's love . They are constantly merged in the ocean of the Father's virtues, that is, in the Ocean of Knowledge, Happiness and Bliss. BapDada is happy to see such children. No matter how far away they may be physically, such children have a place constantly fixed close to the Father. Do you know what that place is?

Anyone who is loved a great deal is placed very close and that place is the eyes or the heart. Are those merged in the heart more elevated or are those merged in the eyes more elevated? Which of the two is number one ? Is the significance and importance of both the same or different? Those that think that the significance of both is the same, that is, those of you who think that if you are merged in the heart, you are also merged in the eyes, raise your hands! Those of you who think that the importance of each is different, that those who are merged in the heart are separate from those who are merged in the eyes, raise your hands! While being the same, the importance of each is different, so both answers are right. How can BapDada fail all these renunciate and tapaswi children who have renounced all their innumerable religions as well as the systems of their bodily religions and have become engaged in the tapasya of remembering BapDada? Therefore, you have all passed .

Foreigners always study in short (briefly) because they remain busy . BapDada has reminded you of just one word. What is that one word? The one word is " pass ". You have to pass and remain close (paas in Hindi), and whatever has already happened is the past . The one word has three meanings. This will become a short cut for you and you will pass with honours . However, in order to stabilise yourself in these meanings of this word, you constantly need to fill yourself with the power to accommodate and the power to make others the same as the Father. In order to become the same as the Father, when you go onto the stage of service, all types of situations come in front of you. With the power of accommodation you can accommodate those situations and become a master ocean and can also make others equal to the Father. To accommodate means that there shouldn't be the slightest trace of gross feelings about any situation still remaining even in your thoughts. Words that have caused a loss should be transformed into benevolent feelings in such a way that it is as if the words causing a loss had not been spoken at all. Such a stage is called the stage of a world benefactor. While seeing anyone's defect, transform that defect into a virtue in a second . Transform the loss into benefit. Transform defamation into praise. Only someone who constantly has such a vision and attitude is called a world benefactor: not just a world benefactor, but such a soul also becomes a self-benefactor. Such a stage is said to be like that of the Father's.

Achcha, whether you are foreigners (videshi) or those stabilised in the awareness of your original home (swadeshi) , BapDada always sees everyone as those who belong to the home, not as foreigners. To meet BapDada is the practical fruit of the memorial of love of the children of this home. The heart-to-heart conversations at amrit vela of the foreigners, as well as those who belong here, are very entertaining. At that time they especially have two forms: One is those who meet and converse with Baba as though they have a right. The other is those who meet and converse with Baba with complaints as souls who are desperate for something. BapDada has great pleasure on hearing this. However, BapDada saw one speciality in the majority of souls, and that is that the foreigners and those who belong to the home are not souls who become content with just a little. The majority claim a special right. They do not even want to become Rama or Sita; they want to become Lakshmi or Narayan. Because you have an elevated aim, BapDada congratulates you children. You must constantly remain stable in this elevated aim and maintain the qualifications for this aim. You are in front of BapDada, not far away. Those who are seated on the heart-throne are always close. Today, all the children who are engaged in thinking have just the one thought of celebrating a meeting. Even while sleeping, you should be in remembrance. Seeing all the foreign children from everywhere personally in front of Him, BapDada is giving special remembrances. Achcha.

To those who keep an elevated aim, to those who make a deal with the Father, to those who constantly remain absorbed in the Father and in service, to the loving and co-operative souls who come last and go fast , to those who also bring the Father into the corporeal form, to the sparkling stars of the previous cycle, BapDada's love, remembrance and namaste.