23 January 1977 · English

"Refinement is greatness."

The gathering of Indra in Indraprasth (Court of Indra) has been praised. Indra means the One who constantly showers the rain of knowledge, the One who brings about greenery in a forest of thorns. Such a gathering of Indra is praised as a gathering of angels, that is, the ones who are always flying. The wings of angels are well known. Only angels and not human beings can reside in Indraprasth. Human beings are those who do not consider themselves to be souls but consider themselves to be humans, that is, to be bodies. Such body-conscious ones cannot reside in Indraprasth. The residents of Indraprasth can immediately detect the bad odour of body consciousness. Do you consider yourselves to be the residents of Indraprasth, the angels of Indraprasth, who are far removed from the bad odour of human beings, of the body? Are your wings of gyan and yoga strong? If your wings are not strong, then, even if you wish to fly, you repeatedly come down. Do you always keep flying beyond body consciousness, that is, beyond the world of the old body and old relationships? Do you remain beyond these, in an elevated stage? There isn't the slightest bit of body consciousness, that is, the bad odour of being a human, is there? Body-conscious ones cannot reside in Indraprasth. Do you experience body consciousness to be a very bad odour? Just as you move away from a bad odour, or you adopt a method to remove it, in the same way, do you adopt methods to remove body consciousness? This is not an ordinary gathering; this is an alokik gathering, a gathering of angels. Do you experience yourself to be an angel? Are you able to stabilize yourself in a stage beyond this world of bodies, in your original stage, in a second ? Do you know how to perform this drill ? Whenever and wherever you choose, are you able to stabilize yourself in that stage for as long as you choose?

Today, at amrit vela, BapDada was looking at the children's drill . What did He see? Those who arrived to practise drill arrived numberwise on the whistle of time. There were many who arrived, but Baba saw three types of children. One were those who were just spending time; second were those who were following the disciplines and third were those who were fulfilling their love. Each one's pose was individual. There were very few who took the intellect up above, who became like the Father and celebrated a meeting. Those who came to practise spiritual drill wanted to practise the drill but were unable to do so. What was the reason for that? Just as, nowadays, in order to practise physical drill you need lightness, not heaviness, because heaviness is a burden, in the same way, there were many in this spiritual drill with different types of burden, that is, many with gross intellects. Just as there is a variety of heavy bodies, in the same way, there was a variety of poses of heaviness of souls. If a photo were to be taken by an alokik camera , or if you were to see the various poses in the palace of mirrors, you would be very amused. Just as in your world there is a very amusing game of various poses , in the same way, there is a lot of laughter there too. Would you like to see this amusing game? There were many who were unable to mould themselves because of their heaviness in spite of wanting to do so. Instead of going up, they kept coming down again and again. Instead of experiencing the seed stage , they were getting caught in the upheavals of the expansion of the tree, that is, in the tree of many thoughts. Baba is telling you about the poses of those with gross intellects. They sit in order to have a heart-to-heart conversation, but, instead of that, they sit with an open file of complaints about themselves and other souls. They sit to experience the ascending stage, but they show BapDada a lot of talent in making excuses. They come to BapDada to lighten their burden, but because they do not follow Baba's shrimat, instead of lightening their burden, they continue to increase the burden of many types of disobedience of shrimat on themselves. BapDada saw scenes of souls, heavy with many types of burden.

The scene of those who just follow the discipline was also very amusing. Do you know what that is? Instead of singing praise in front of the Father, instead of attaining all powers from the Father, the attainment of the intoxication of sleep has greater attraction for them. There is also semi -intoxication; they are looking forward to the time finishing. Instead of love for the Father, there is greater love for the semi-intoxication of sleep. What is the reason for this? It is heaviness of the soul, that is, grossness. Nowadays, doctors ask people to reduce their physical grossness, that is, to lose weight, to become lighter. In the same way, Brahmin souls have to remove the burdens of weight, that is, gross intellects and become those with subtle intellects. This is the special transformation that is needed at the present time. Only then will you become the angels of Indraprasth.

What is the elevated method to remove grossness? Precaution in diet and exercise . When precautions are taken, the quantity is fixed as well. In the same way, let there be the exercise of the intellect becoming bodiless again and again. Thoughts are food for the intellect; let there be precaution in that. Whichever food of thought is required, whenever it is required, only accept that at that time. Do not take extra food of waste thoughts. So there should be the precaution of not taking the food of waste thoughts. Self-control is needed for this precaution. Otherwise, you will not be able to have complete precaution. Self-control means wherever and whenever you need to apply your intellect, you should be able to apply it. Only then will you become those with refined intellects. Just as, in terms of the body, having a light weight is considered to be a good personality, in the same way, refinement of the intellect and lightness of the soul is the personality of Brahmin life. So, what do you have to do now? Finish the many varieties of grossness. Baba will speak about the details of grossness at another time, about what the different varieties of grossness are. There are also many different varieties of burden and Baba will tell you the details of those at another time. So what is the news of today's drill ? Heaviness of burdens: aim to finish these and become an angel, that is, make yourself light. Achcha.

To such angels of Indraprasth, to those who become residents of the land beyond within a second , to those who always become like the Father and celebrate a meeting with the Father, to those with refined intellects, that is, to the great souls, BapDada's love remembrance and namaste.

With the groups:

One moment up, the next moment down: do you practise this exercise ? Those who don’t have this practise find it difficult. Are you experienced in the spiritual exercise ? If you were to receive the direction to become stable in the seed stage right now - just as directions are given to do something and it is done in a second - in the same way, if you were given the direction to become stable in the highest stage, would you be able to do this or would it take time ? If the teacher asks you to put your hands up and you are not able to put your hands up , then what would the teacher say? He would say: Move out of the line and stand on one side. He would take you out of the line , would he not? Here, too, you are not made to come out of the line , but you automatically come out of the line of intense effort-makers. You become part of the line of those who are just effort-makers. If an exercise has to be shown on a public stage , only the group of clever ones would appear on the stage . For that, a group who would claim first prize would be needed. So, to be first means to be a fast effort-maker. If you are not fast effort-makers, you cannot then be the first . You would become the second group . Those who are heavy are unable to go fast . There should be no type of heaviness or burden. If you are unable to have constant yoga, it means that there is heaviness; there is a burden. Burden brings you down. The fact that you come down means that there is a burden. Body consciousness brings you down. Just as the Father is the Highest on High, His place of residence is the highest on high, His task and His virtues are the highest on high, so too, your place of residence, your virtues and your task are also the highest on high, are they not? You are like the Father, are you not? How can those with the highest place of residence, highest virtues and task come down? You should not come down, but you do. What would this be called? First effort-makers or second ? How can you have the aim of being first class yet have the characteristics of the second ? You want to sit in the first class but you have purchased a second-class ticket , and so how would you be able to sit in first class?

The mothers and kumaris are especially lucky because they are the poorest of all. The Father is also praised as the Lord of the Poor, not the Lord of the Wealthy. So the poor ones, not the wealthy, can claim a status more quickly. The poor are the fortunate ones. So the kumaris and mothers are fortunate that they are either kumaris or mothers at the confluence age. It is the divine activity of the gopies (sisters) with the Father that has been remembered more, not that much of the gopes (brothers). You are lucky that you are in the body of a gopi. At the confluence age BapDada's slogan is: Shaktis first . Father Brahma himself also surrendered to the mothers. You have heard that the mother is also the guru of Brahma Baba. So, you are so fortunate! Do you have this awareness and move with recognition of so much fortune? One is to know and the other is to accept and live on that basis. The status of the mothers, who have parts with Shiv Baba, is no less. Do you have so much intoxication? Do you have so much happiness? If you stay in this stage , you will keep flying in happiness. Angels always keep flying. You are such angels of the confluence age who keep flying with the Father in the subtle region and the supreme region. To fly does not mean to go into trance but to keep flying with the vehicle of the intellect. The vehicle of the intellect is very big. You can reach wherever you wish and whenever you choose with the intellect, but not a gross intellect, only with a refined intellect. So, what do you have to do now? Go completely beyond the attachments of this world. This is what your effort is, is it not? What is there in this world anyway? What use is a world without essence? So then, why do you go there? Would you go to a place where there is nothing useful? So, stop your intellect from going there. Since there is no attainment and there is no benefit, why does your intellect go there? Time would be wasted , would it not? You would then have to come back from there anyway, and when you have to return, your time and energy are wasted . So then why do you waste them? You have to accumulate for 21 births in a short time. Should you waste such a short time that you have received? To waste one second means to waste the reward of one birth. The time of the confluence is so important. Achcha.

you remain constantly happy, do you not? Do you sometimes cry? One are the tears of the eyes, the other are tears of the mind. There should be no tears of the mind either. To experience a wave of sorrow in the mind means that there are tears in the mind. Neither variety of tears should come. Become free from crying. Those who cry now lose. Those who laugh attain. Therefore, you should not look at the world of sorrow, even by mistake. You are experienced in that already, so then how can you be deceived? Once you have become experienced by being deceived, why allow yourself to be deceived again? Why do you go into the world of sorrow? Once someone has fallen into a ditch, would he allow that to happen a second time? This ditch is the very depths of hell. The thought of falling into this should not come even in your dreams. The mothers are multimillion times fortunate. The Father sees you with that elevated vision. Not just a hundred times fortunate but multimillions times fortunate. To be a hundred times fortunate is an ordinary matter, but you have become multimillion times fortunate. Always remain happy. Churn the treasures you have received from the Father and stay constantly cheerful. You will not receive such a huge treasure in any other birth throughout the entire cycle. So, you should fly with so much happiness! Angels don't come down; they keep flying up above. You are the ones who always stay in the love of One, are you not? Let there be no love other than love for the Father. One Father and none other! Your intellect should not go anywhere else even by mistake. Break all other connections and forge a connection with One; this is the Father's direction . The sound that should emerge in your mind is: One Father and none other. This is called the soundless chant. You have to go ahead of one another. Whomever you see should be seen as number one . This is the wish that the Father always has for the children: All of you should be number one . Number one means those who are always victorious. The victorious jewels are those who defeat others, not those who are themselves defeated. A Shakti means someone who is a conqueror of sinful actions. Achcha.