14 March 1982 · English

"BapDada’s news of this land and the lands abroad."

Today, BapDada went on a tour with the children. How long would it take BapDada to tour the whole world? He can chose how much time He takes to complete His tour; whether He does it in great detail or in essence. Today is the day to meet the double foreigners. Therefore, Baba is giving news of His travels. What did He see in the foreign lands and what did He see in this land?

Some time ago, there was a wave of a speciality of the foreign lands that came to Bharat. What was it? Just as people abroad used to remain constantly engrossed in the facilities of temporary happiness, so the people of Bharat too have used many foreign facilities to attain happiness. They have experienced and are still experiencing a lot of intoxication by using those foreign facilities that bring temporary happiness. The people of Bharat copied the use of the temporary facilities and, because of this copying , they have lost their original power. They stepped away from their spirituality and took the support of the foreign facilities of happiness. What did the foreign lands do? They did something very sensible. They attracted the real spiritual power of Bharat to their foreign lands. As a result of that, a great many followers from abroad are seen following anyone who is famous for having spiritual power or being a guru. Souls abroad are renouncing artificial facilities and are very much attracted to real things and to spirituality, whereas the people of Bharat have become engrossed in artificial facilities. They have discarded their own things and are moving towards things that don't belong to them, whereas souls abroad have a great desire for seeking, recognising and attaining real things.

Therefore, today, whilst BapDada was touring this land and the lands abroad, He saw on His tour what the people of Bharat were doing and what the people abroad were doing. Seeing the people of Bharat, BapDada felt mercy for the souls of the number one religion of the highest clan,who have forgotten their own special things and become so engrossed in adopting the things that the souls of a later religion have renounced. This is why, whilst sitting in the home of Bharat, they don’t even know the Father, the elevated Guest who has come to Bharat, the home, whereas souls abroad heard the message from far away, recognised the Father and have come here. Therefore, BapDada is seeing that the double foreigners have very sharp eyes of recognition. From far away, they have seen and have attained through their eyes of recognition and their experience. BapDada has mercy for the people of Bharat and especially the residents of Abu, because even though they are so close, they don't have eyes of recognition! Their eyes of recognition remain blind. Seeing such children, there would be mercy for them, would there not? So Baba was seeing the wonder of the double foreigners.

What else did Baba see? Nowadays, just as Bharat is poor, so, as the final moments come closer, there is less than plenty for the people abroad as well. When a tree is flourishing, it is covered with fruit or flowers, but, when it begins to dry up, all the fruit or flowers also begin to dry up. So, the fruit and flowers of the speciality of attainment of a land, through which people remain happy and in an atmosphere of peace, have also begun to dry up. Now, it is not so easy to get a job in the foreign lands. Did you ever hear of this problem abroad before? So, this too is a sign that the facilities of happiness and the fruit of peace are drying up. The main trunk of Bharat is drying up and it has begun to affect the main branches. The Christian religion is the last main branch. In the picture of the tree, which branch is of the Christian religion? Of the main branches that you show, this is the last one, is it not? Up to that branch, the attainment of plenty that was flourishing has now dried up. This is the sign of the state of decay of the whole tree. So, in the whole world, Baba saw that the fruit and flowers of temporary attainment have dried up. There are just two other things.

One is to cry out in the mind and through the lips and the other is to be compelled to continue to live in and run the country in whatever way is possible. To cry out (chillana) and to continue with the task (challana): these are the only two things left. Going along in great happiness has come to an end and all that is left is to keep going in whatever way possible. It has become like this abroad as well. So, what is this a sign of? For how long can one continue to do everything under compulsion? Now, what do you do with a world that is crying out? Give the wings of attainment to those who are doing everything under compulsion and make them fly. Who will be able to make them fly? Those who are in the flying stage themselves. So, are you in the flying stage? Are you in the flying stage or the stage of ascent? It shouldn't even be the stage of ascent; you now have to be in the flying stage. So, where have you reached? What do you double foreigners think? The majority of you are teacher- quality like the Father, are you not? A teacher means one who has the flying stage. You are like this, are you not? Achcha.

Today, Baba simply told you the news of His tour. Now, those of this land and abroad are very clearly seeing these practical signs. When something happens nowadays, they say it happened 100 years ago. Many unique things are happening, because all of these things will reveal the unique Father. The sound that emerges from everyone's mouth is: What will happen now? Everyone has this very clear question mark in their intellect. The words that will emerge now are: Whatever had to happen has happened. The Father has come. The question mark will finish and the full stop will be applied. Just as churning produces butter - first, there is a lot of movement and then the butter emerges - so, only after the fluctuation of the question mark will the butter of revelation emerge. The upheaval has started at a great speed. The butter of revelation will now be visible in all corners of the world. However, who is going to eat this butter? Are you ready to eat it? Everyone is invoking you angels. Achcha.

To those who enable souls who lack something to attain all attainments, to the great donors who donate to everyone the eyes of recognition, to the contented souls who are bestowers of blessings and who give everyone the blessing of contentment, to those who constantly make other souls fly with the wings of their attainment, to those who are constantly in the flying stage, to those who reveal the Father through their own being, to the elevated souls who are revealed in front of the world, BapDada's love remembrance and namaste.

Do you constantly experience yourself to be full of all attainments? Do you experience all attainments? What signs are visible in a soul who experiences all attainments? He will be constantly content. The sign of contentment would be constantly visible on his face. It would be visible from his face that that soul has attained everything. In a worldly way, you can tell from the face of a prince, a princess or someone of a high clan that that soul is full and content. In the same way, let it be visible on the faces of you who belong to this spiritual clan that you have attained something that no one else has attained. Do you feel that your behaviour and your face have changed? Has the sparkle of attainment come onto your faces? Double foreigners have received a double chance . Therefore, they have to do double service. How will you do double service? Not just through words, but also through your behaviour and through your face. Just as you have become moths, so too, you are souls who will bring many other moths to the Flame. Seeing you fly, other moths will begin to fly behind you. Just as you go into the depths of everything, similarly you must go into the depths of the experience of every virtue. The more you go into the depths, the more new experiences you will have daily. Just as you experience being an embodiment of peace every day, so, too, experience newness every day. You can have new experiences when you go into solitude. To be in solitude means, always to be in solitude physically and also to be remain constantly absorbed in the depths of One.

When you say the word “Baba” repeatedly, let there be the experience of something new every time you say it. When you came in the beginning, you used the word “Baba”. You used the same word “Baba”, when you arrived in Madhuban. Now, you are to return home, you will use the same word, “Baba”. However, there will be such a vast difference in the way you said it when you came and the way you say it now. You have this experience, do you not? It is the same word “Baba”, but, on the basis of your heart’s attainment, your experience of the same word “Baba” has grown. Therefore, there is a difference, is there not? In the same way, have a new experience with all the virtues every day. You are an embodiment of peace, but on the basis of which point do you experience peace? For instance, when you say, “I, this soul, am a resident of Paramdham”, you experience peace. However, when you say, “I, this soul, am an embodiment of peace and happiness in the golden age", that experience is different. In the same way, whilst performing actions and in the middle of an atmosphere of peacelessness, when you say “I, this soul, am an embodiment of peace”, that experience is something else again? Although you are an embodiment of peace, there is a difference in all three, is there not? Therefore, let there be daily progress in your experiencing being an embodiment of peace. Sometimes, experience being an embodiment of peace through one point , and, at other times, through another point. Then, you will have new experiences every day. By keeping yourself constantly busy with this, you will experience something new all the time. Otherwise, when you move along with the same method of remembrance and the same method of listening to and studying the murli, you begin to experience that to be a common thing. This is why the enthusiasm always stays as it was; it doesn't increase. The result is that you sometimes become careless: “I know how to do this! I already know this”. Then, instead of the flying stage, you come into the stage of standing still. This is why you definitely need this method for yourself and for the souls for whom you become instruments. Constantly experience newness. Do you understand? The majority of you souls are instruments for service. Therefore, you definitely have to imbibe this speciality. Every day extract one point or other. What are the points to experience being an embodiment of peace? Similarly, keep the special points of being an embodiment of love and bliss in your intellect and have new experiences every day. Always remember to experience something new each day and give others that same experience. Then, when you sit down for amrit vela, you will sit with great interest. Otherwise, there is a wave of laziness. When you receive something new you don't feel lazy. When there are the same things again and again, laziness creeps in. So, do you understand what you have to do? Have you understood the method? If you have any questions, you can ask them now. The foreigners generally like variety anyway. When you have a picnic, you need something savoury and something sweet; you need many varieties. Similarly, whenever you sit down for a special experience, consider yourself to be going to BapDada to have a variety picnic. As soon as you hear the word, “ picnic ”, you will become alert. Laziness will run away. In any case, you all like having picnics and going out, do you not? So, go out! Sometimes, go to Paramdham. Sometimes, go to heaven. Sometimes, go to Madhuban. Sometimes, go to the London centre , and sometimes go to Australia. When there is variety, you feel entertained.

Questions from double foreign children and BapDada’s Answers

Question: What should we do if whilst moving along we come to a standstill? What is the reason for coming to a standstill?

Answer: Many types of test- paper come in front of you. If you don't have the power to face a particular paper , you come to a standstill in your efforts. At such a time, it is essential to take help from others. When a car’s battery becomes so weak that the car won't start by itself, you have to get help from others to push the car. Similarly, you should take a little co-operation from whichever soul you have faith in and from whom you feel that you can receive some help to move forward. First of all, tell them everything clearly about yourself and then, when you receive their co-operation, you will be able to move along. What happens is that when you reach such a stage , you don't have the courage to take help directly from the Father. Therefore, by taking a little help from corporeal beings, you will receive help to take help from the Father directly . Achcha.

Question: How can we children go on a world tour with Baba?

Answer: For this, you need to stabilise in the stage of a world benefactor, in an unlimited stage, the same as the Father. You will then experience what is portrayed in the picture of Shri Krishna sitting on the globe . You will be sitting on the globe of the world. You will automatically have toured the world. When you go to a very high place, you don't need to go around it, because by remaining in one place you are able to see everything. When you stabilise in the stage of being at the top , in the seed stage , in the stage of a world benefactor, then the whole world appears to be like a small ball . Then, because you will be in an elevated stage , you will be able to tour around in a second . You can experience going on a practical tour through divine vision sometimes or with your subtle angelic form. Just as you circle around in a plane , you can also encircle the whole world with your angelic form; you can tour the world in both these ways. Since you are the children of the Creator of the world, you will tour around the whole of creation, will you not?

Question: Many times, whilst sitting in yoga we receive very good touchings , but how can we tell whether those touchings are from Baba or not?

Answer: 1) Baba's touchings are always powerful and you will experience this power to be more powerful than your own power. 2) There will be the experience of easy success in Baba's touchings . 3) There will never be questions of "Why?" or "What?" about Baba's touchings . Everything will be very clear. So, from these things, you can understand that that is a touching from Baba.

Question: How can one recognise whether one has surrendered with one’s intellect or not?

Answer: The meaning of “ surrendering with the intellect” is: Whatever the intellect decides will be according to shrimat, because the work of the intellect is to decide. Therefore, let nothing but shrimat enter your intellect. Because you constantly have the awareness of Baba in your intellect, that will be the decision-making power. The practical sign of that is that your judgement will be correct and filled with success. Whatever such a soul says, he will like it himself and others too will accept it as a very good thing. Everyone will feel that that your intellect is very clear and surrendered . You will be content with your intellect. There won't be any question as to whether someone is right or wrong .

Question: Why is it that some children who have faith in the intellect leave after four or five years? How can this wave be finished?

Answer: The particular reason why they leave is that, although they keep very busy in service, they lose the balance between serving the self and service. That is one reason why some good children come to a halt. Another is that they have a particular sanskar in which they have been weak from the beginning, but they hide it and continue to battle with it by themselves. They don't clearly tell BapDada or the instrument souls about that weakness and thus they don’t finish that sanskar. Because they hide it, that weakness takes on a dangerous form inside them and they don't experience themselves to be making progress. They then feel disheartened and leave Baba. The third reason is that they are unable to harmonise their sanskars with those of others. Their sanskars are in conflict with those of others. In order to finish this wave of souls leaving, together with service, full attention has to be paid to keeping a balance between self-service and service. Everyone who comes needs to be very clear with BapDada and the instrument souls. If you feel that service is too much , then first think of a means for your own progress. Also tell the instrument souls about your feelings. First, draw the attention of the new ones to these things. Check your own sanskars first. If you have a conflict of sanskars with anyone, it is good to step away from that person. It is better to separate yourself from any circumstances where there is a conflict of sanskars.

Question: If there is no result from the service done at a particular place, is that due to one's own weakness or is it due to the land there being like that?

Answer: First of all, try using all types of facilities for service. If, after doing all types of service, there is still no result , then it is possible that it could be the land. If service is not increasing due to your own weakness, then your conscience will definitely bite that service is not taking place because of you. At such a time, take help from one another and fill one another with force . If it is due to you, then the souls that emerge from that land will also be weak; they won't be intense effort-makers. Achcha.