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24 Feb 1984
"Brahmin birth is the birth of incarnation."
24 February 1984 · English
BapDada comes into sound to take everyone into the stage beyond sound. He comes to the corporeal world and enters a corporeal body to make you avyakt. Are you always incarnated in your corporeal bodies whilst being in the avyakt stage and considering yourselves to be subtle angels? All of you are incarnations that incarnate. By performing every deed in this awareness, you become the karmateet incarnations who are free from any bondage of karma. An incarnation means someone who comes down here from up above in order to perform elevated deeds. All of you too with your high stage from up above, take the support of a body, enter an old body in the old world in order to perform actions for service. However, your stage remains that of up above and this is why you are incarnations. An incarnation always brings a message from God. All of you confluence-aged, elevated souls have also incarnated in order to give God's message and to enable everyone to meet God. That body is now no longer yours. You have given even your body to the Father. You said: Everything is Yours and therefore nothing is mine. The Father has given you that body on loan for service. You can have no right to something that you have taken on loan . Since that body is not yours, how could there be body consciousness? The soul belongs to the Father and the body also belongs to the Father. So, where did "I" and "mine" come from? There is now just the unlimited consciousness of "I". "I" belong to the Father. As is the Father, so am I the master . Therefore, this is the unlimited consciousness of "I". A limited consciousness of "I" brings obstacles. The unlimited consciousness of "I" makes you free from obstacles and a destroyer of obstacles. In the same way, a limited consciousness of "I" brings you into the spinning of “mine,” whereas the unlimited consciousness of "I" liberates you from all spinning for many births.
The unlimited consciousness of "mine" is "My Baba". So the limited is renounced. Become an incarnation, take the support of a body and come to perform actions for service. The Father has given you a loan , that is, He has entrusted you with something for service. You cannot do it for anything wasteful. Otherwise, that would create an account of dishonesty with regard to the treasures entrusted to you. An incarnation doesn't create an account of waste. An incarnation comes, gives a message and leaves. All of you have taken this Brahmin birth for the sake of service and to give a message. The Brahmin birth is the birth in which you have incarnated; it is not an ordinary birth. Therefore, always consider yourself to have incarnated in order to be a world benefactor, a constantly elevated, incarnated soul. Maintain this faith and intoxication. You have come here for a temporary period and you then also have to go back. Now, do you always remember that you have to go back? You are an incarnation. You have now come and you then have to return. This awareness will give you the experience of going beyond and having limitless attainment. On the one hand, beyond and on the other hand, limitless attainment; the two experiences are simultaneous. You are such images of experience, are you not? Achcha.
Now, put into a practical form everything you have heard. To listen means to become. Today, Baba has especially come to meet His equals. You are all equals, are you not? The true Teacher has come to meet the instrument teachers. He has come to meet His service companions. Achcha.
To those who are always embodiments of the awareness of the unlimited consciousness of "I", to those who remain constantly stable in the unlimited powerful form of "Mine is the one Father alone", to the children who remain stable in an elevated stage, those who take the support of bodies and incarnate as incarnations, BapDada's love, remembrance and namaste.
BapDada meeting teachers:
This is the gathering of those who are constantly serviceable souls, is it not? Do you always consider yourselves to be unlimited world servers? You are not limited servers, are you? Are all of you unlimited? If any of you were to be sent from one place to somewhere else, are you ready? Are all of you flying birds? Are you flying birds despite the branch of body consciousness. The branch that pulls you to itself the most is this consciousness of the body. The slightest attraction towards old sanskars means that there is the consciousness of the body. "My nature is like this. My sanskars are like this. My way of living is like this. My habits are like this." All of these are signs of body consciousness. So, have you birds flown even from this branch? This is called the karmateet stage, no bondage at all. Karmateet doesn’t mean that you become free from performing actions, but free from any bondage of action. So, actions of the body; this means, for instance, some have the nature of living comfortably, of eating comfortably at the right time, and of doing everything at the right time. This bondage of karma also pulls you to itself. Go beyond this bondage, that is, the habit of even this karma, because you are instruments.
Until all of you instrument souls become free from any bondage of karma and sanskars and nature of the body, how would you free others? For instance, illness of the body is the suffering of karma. In the same way, if any bondage of karma pulls you to itself, that suffering of karma also creates obstacles. When a physical illness, some suffering of karma, repeatedly pulls you, it is pain that pulls you, isn’t it? Then, you say: What can I do? Otherwise, I am fine, but there is severe suffering of karma. In the same way, if any particular old sanskar, nature or habit pulls you, that is also the suffering of karma. Any type of suffering of karma will not allow you to become a karma yogi. Therefore, go beyond this too. Why? All of you are souls who are going to claim number one . The meaning of number one is: those who win in everything. Nothing is then lacking. The meaning of teachers is to be those who with their own image constantly give the experience of karmateet Father Brahma and loving and detached Father Shiva. So you have this speciality, do you not? You are friends , are you not? How do you become friends ? You cannot be friends with someone without being equal. Therefore, all of you are the Father's friends . You are Godly friends . To be equal is to have friendship . You are those who place your footsteps in the Father's steps because you are friends and also lovers of the Beloved. So the lovers always place their footsteps in the steps of their Beloved. This is the system, is it not? What do they make a couple do when they are getting married? This is what they make them do, is it not? So where was this system created? It was created by you people. Yours is the foot of the intellect but they have understood it to be physical feet. You are the instrument souls with special relationships who fulfil the responsibility of every relationship.
The instrument teachers have a much easier method than that of others. Others still have to maintain their relationships, whereas your relationship is always with service and the Father. Even when you are carrying out a worldly task, you always remember when it is the time, for you to go on service. Whoever you are carrying out worldly work for, you automatically have the awareness of that one. For instance, in the world, parents earn an income for their children and so they automatically remember them. Therefore, when you are doing your worldly work, who are you doing that for? Are you doing that for yourself or for service? The more you use for service, the more happiness you have. Never work while thinking that you are doing worldly work. This too is a means of service. It has a different form, but it is still a form of service. Otherwise, if it were worldly service and you didn't have the facilities to serve, you would think about where you could obtain something from, how would you obtain something. “I am unable to manage. I don't know when it will happen.” Do these thoughts not waste your time? Therefore, never say that you are doing a worldly job . It is a non-worldly job . It is for the sake of service. You will then never feel it to be a burden. Otherwise, you sometimes become heavy: “For how long do I have to do this? What will happen?” This is the way for all of you to create your reward easily.
There are the three things: body, mind and wealth. If you are using all three things for service, then who will receive the fruit of all those three? Will you receive it or will the Father receive it? To be able to create your reward in all three ways is an additional reward to that of others. Therefore, never get heavy about this. Simply change your motives. It is not for worldly but for non-worldly service. Change this motive. Do you understand? You then become doubly surrendered . You surrendered with your wealth. Everything is for the Father. What is the meaning of surrender ? Whatever you have is for the Father, that is, it is for service. This is surrender . Those who are not surrendered, raise your hands! We will have a ceremony for them. You have also created children and you are saying that you are not surrendered . You celebrate your wedding anniversary, so don't say that you are not married. What do you think: the whole group is surrendered, is it not?
BapDada praises a great deal the double -foreign children and the teachers who are instruments at the double -foreign places. He isn't praising you just for the sake of it, but you do make special effort with a lot of love. You have to make a lot of effort but, because of love, you don't feel that to be effort. Look, you prepare the groups and bring them here from so very far away. Therefore, BapDada surrenders Himself to you children because of the efforts you make. The double-foreign instrument servers have one very good speciality. Do you know what that speciality is? (Many specialities emerged.) Whatever specialities emerged, check yourself and if they are missing, then fill yourself with them because many good things emerged. BapDada is telling you that He saw one speciality of you double -foreign servers: whatever directions BapDada gives, you do it and put it into a practical form. No matter how much effort you have to make, you definitely have to make it practical . This practical aim is very good. Just as BapDada says that they have to bring a group , so they bring groups .
BapDada said that you have to serve VIPs and, initially, you used to say that it was very difficult, but you maintained the courage of having had to do that. So, now, for two years, groups have been coming. You used to say that it was very difficult for VIPs to come here from London. However, you have now shown the practical example. This time, even those from Bharat brought the President here. Nevertheless, the enthusiasm you double foreigners have of definitely having to carry out whatever direction you receive and the love you have for doing it is very good. Seeing the practical result , BapDada sings praise of your speciality. To open centres is a thing of the past. You will continue to open them because you easily have all the facilities there. You can go from here and then open them there. Bharat doesn’t have these facilities. Therefore, to open centres is not a big thing, but you now have to prepare such very good heir- quality souls. One is to prepare heir- quality souls and the other is to prepare those who are powerful in spreading the sound; both are necessary. Heir quality – for instance, with the zeal and enthusiasm for doing service, you have surrendered your body, mind and wealth with your intellect - this is known as heir quality . So you also have to make heir- quality souls emerge. Let there be special attention paid to this. At every centre, let there be such heir quality souls. That centre will then become number one of all the centres.
One is to be co-operative in service and the other is to surrender yourself completely. How many such heirs are there? Are there such heirs at every centre? There is a long list that you have created of Godly students and of those who are co-operative in service, but only some are heirs. Whoever receives a direction at any moment, whatever shrimat you continue to receive, continue to move along according to that. So keep both aims. You have to create this type and also that type. One such heir- quality soul can become an instrument to open many centres. This will continue to happen in a practical way when you have the aim. You have now understood your speciality, have you not? Achcha.
You are content anyway, or do you need to be asked? You are those who make others content. So, those who make others content would be content themselves anyway, would they not? You do not fluctuate when you see that there is very little service sometimes, do you? When there are obstacles at the centre, you do not then become afraid on seeing the obstacles, do you? For instance, if the biggest of all obstacle comes or a good hand becomes anti and causes a disturbance in your service, what would you do then? Will you become afraid? One is to have mercy for that one while having benevolent feelings – that is a different matter. However, if your stage fluctuates or you have waste thoughts, then that is fluctuation. So, do not create a world with your thoughts. Do not let those thoughts make you fluctuate. This is known as an unshakeable and immovable stage. Let it not be that you become careless by thinking that it is nothing new. Do service, be merciful towards that one and do not fluctuate. So, do not be careless and do not start having any type of feeling . You can always be in any type of atmosphere or environment, but remain unshakeable and immovable. When an instrument person advises you, do not get confused by that. Do not wonder why that person is telling you or how it would happen. Those who are instruments are experienced and out of those who are moving along practically , some are new, whereas others are a little older. So, when any situation comes in front of them, then, because of that situation, they do not have such clear intellects to understand the beginning, middle and end. They can only know the present and so, just seeing the present, the beginning and middle are not as clear to them and so they become confused. At any time, even if a direction is not clear, do not become confused . Just say with patience that you will try to understand it and give that person a little time . At that time, do not be confused and say, “Do not do this” or “Do not do that”, because double foreigners have a free mind to a greater extent, and they can even say “No” with a free mind. Therefore, whenever anything comes your way, first of all think about it with maturity for there is definitely some significance hidden in it. They can ask, “What is the significance of this?” What would be the benefit of this? Explain to us more clearly. You can tell them this. However, never refuse any direction . It is because you refuse it that you become confused This little extra attention is given to the double foreigners. Otherwise, what will happen is that they will not try to understand the directions of you instrument sisters and will start to fluctuate. These sanskars will be filled in those for whom you are the instruments when they see you. Sometimes, some will then sulk and at other times, others will sulk and these games will then continue at the centre . Understand? Achcha.
Another thing is that a teacher should never ever have the thought, "I have come into another religion." This is something only for new people and all of you are old; this is why you are the instruments responsible. So never have the thought, "I have left that religion and come into this religion", but have the thought, "I belonged to this religion once, and have returned to my own religion once more." There should not be the thought, even in dreams, that "We and they are separate", that is, that Bharat is separate, and foreign lands are separate. No. It is this thought that changes one direction of unity into two ideas of conflict, because then it becomes 'you' and 'we', and where 'you' and 'we' comes into existence, what will happen? There can only be conflict; and so, remember that all of you are just one. BapDada uses this term 'double-foreigners' only as an indication, but you are not separate. Don't ever have the thought that double-foreigners are separate from the people of this land. No, as soon as you take birth as a Brahmin, what does that mean? It means that you belong to the one Brahmin religion, and then there is no question of this land or foreign lands, but all of us belong to the one Brahmin religion; we have a Brahmin way of life, and we are the instruments responsible for serving the one Father. Therefore, never use such language that, "Our idea is this, and you people of India think like this." This language is wrong. Don't say such words even by mistake. Even in Bharat the people have many different ideas: that is something else, but there can never be a difference between Bharat and foreign lands. Neither should you say, "We foreigners always do this." or "But our nature is like this, our habit is like this." No, never even think in this way. The Father is One, and all of us belong to the One Father. Whatever is the language that the instrument teachers use, will be the same language that others begin to speak, and so let every single word be spoken only with deep understanding, that is, be yukti-yukt (accurate in all ways.) Let both things move together: being yogyukt and yukti-yukt. Sometimes some of you want to go further ahead only in yoga, and then you are not so yukti-yukt in action; but rather let there be a balance of both. The sign of being yogyukt is to be yukti-yukt in activity.
Questions from double foreign brothers and sisters and BapDada's answers:
Question: What is the new plan for this year's service?
Answer: In order to bring time close, you first have to do the service of making the atmosphere powerful through your attitude. For this, pay special attention to your attitude. Secondly, in order to serve others, especially make emerge such souls, who truly believe that the method for peace can only be found here. Let the sound emerge this year that if there is to be peace, it will only be through this method. This is the only method. What the world needs is nothing else but this method. This atmosphere should be created everywhere at the same time. In Bharat or abroad, let there be the sparkle of peace in a very visible way. Let everyone everywhere be touched and be attracted and say that if there is a right place, it is here. Just as the Government has the UNO , so that when anything happens, everyone's attention is drawn there, in the same way, whenever something happens and creates peacelessness, everyone's attention should be drawn to you as the souls who give the message of peace. Let them experience that this is the only place where they can remain safe from peacelessness and where they can seek refuge. This atmosphere should be created this year. "The knowledge is good, your life is good, Raja Yoga is good." Everyone says this, but now let the sound be heard that real attainment can be attained here, that the world will benefit at this place with this method. Do you understand? For this, especially advertise peace: If anyone wants peace, you can find the method here. Have a Peace Week. Have a gathering for peace. Have yoga camps for giving them the experience of peace. Spread vibrations of peace in this way.
Creating students through service is very good. That expansion definitely has to take place. However, now, just as you have a variety of nationalities and souls of different religions, so there should be souls of all different occupations at every place. Anyone who goes to a centre should be able to find someone of his own occupation at that centre who can share his experience, just as you have workshops here, sometimes of doctors , sometimes of lawyers etc. When people of different occupations speak of the one subject of peace on the basis of their own occupation , they enjoy that. So, in this way, people of every occupation should relate their experience of peace to anyone who comes to the centre and this will create an impact on them. Let them experience that this is an easy method for those of all occupations . For instance, for some time now, good advertising has taken place that this is the only method for those of all religions. Let there be this sound. Therefore, now spread the sound in this way. This sound reaches those who are in contact with you and the students but, now, let there be a bit more attention paid to enable this sound to be spread in all directions. Only a few Brahmins have been created so far. The speed of becoming Brahmins numberwise cannot be said to be fast . Now there should be at least 900,000. At the beginning of the golden age you will rule over a minimum of 900,000, will you not? There will be subjects in that too, but only when they now come into contact with you very well will they then become subjects. So, according to this account, how fast should the speed be? As yet, the number is very small. What is the total number of those abroad? At the least, the number of those abroad should be two to three hundred thousand. You are making very good effort. There isn't anything wrong but, now, the speed should be a little faster. The speed will increase through the general atmosphere. Achcha.
Question: What is the way to create such a powerful atmosphere?
Answer: You yourself become powerful . For this, pay special attention to checking whether your stage in every action from amrit vela onwards is powerful or not. By being busy in serving others and in making plans for service, there is sometimes a little lightness (slackness) in your own stage. This is why the atmosphere doesn't become powerful. Service takes place, but the atmosphere doesn't become powerful. For this you have to pay special attention to yourself. Karma and yoga; together with karma, there has to be a powerful stage : this balance is lacking a little. By just being busy in service, your own stage doesn't remain powerful. The amount of time you give for service, the extent to which you use your body, mind and wealth for service, in terms of this, you don't receive the hundred-thousandfold return of one that you should receive. The reason for this is that there isn't the balance of karma and yoga. Just as you make plans for service – you have leaflets printed, you have programmes on the TV and Radio – just as you use these external facilities, in the same way, first of all, you should have a special method to make your stage of the mind powerful. This attention is lacking. You then say that because you were busy , you missed out on this a little. Then there cannot be double benefit.
Question: Some Brahmins souls are influenced by evil souls . What should we do at that time?
Answer: For this, the atmosphere of the centre has to remain very powerful at all times. And, together with this, your own stage should also be powerful. Then the evil spirits won't be able to do anything. They catch hold of the mind. Because the power of the mind is weak, those evil spirits influence the soul. So, from the beginning, yogyukt souls should have special yoga bhatthis and give that (influence) soul power. The group of yogyukt souls should also understand that they have to perform this special task. Just as you do other programmes , in the same way, you also have to do this programme with just as much attention , so when that soul receives power from the beginning, he can be saved. That soul may not be able to sit in yoga because of being under the influence of someone else. It doesn't matter if that soul doesn't sit in yoga, but you must continue to carry on with your task with faith in the intellect. Then, gradually, the mischief of that soul will continue to calm down. Many evil souls will first try to attack you, but you just realise that you have to carry out this task. Don’t be afraid and, slowly, the influence of that evil soul will be removed. Achcha.
Question : Sometimes, some souls with disturbed minds come to the centre to hear knowledge. What should be done in such cases?
Answer : If, on hearing knowledge there is a change in that soul, and it has an experience even for a few seconds, then it should be encouraged to take gyan. But sometimes souls just come because they are stumbling and just want to find a place, not because they want to hear knowledge. So feel with what aim they have come. Just check whether this soul has come to transform itself or, with madness, has just come : "I will go to whatever place I can find". So feel the pulse and have the power of discrimination. Sometimes some mad people come. When they see the door open they just enter. They are not in their right mind, not conscious of what they are doing. So you must have the power of discrimination, otherwise time is wasted. But when someone comes with a good aim and has a distrubed mind, then it is your task to give help. But you should not attend such souls alone; especially a kumari should not attend a mad person. A mad person on seeing a kumari becomes more mad. If you think a soul is worthy, there should be a mature and responsible person present who can give him time, because the world is very dirty and people have dirty thoughts as well. This is why you must pay attention to this point. You need a very clear intellect in this. If you have a clear intellect you can catch the vibrations of what aim a person has got.
Question : Nowadays there is an atmosphere of stealing and fear, so what should be done at that time?
Answer : At that time, again, you need the power of yoga. For example someone comes with the thought to scare you. You have to have the power of yoga. If you start to speak it will cause damage. This is why you should give him the power of peace. To speak means to add fuel to the fire. Stay in the stage that you don't care. Be an observer, but inside you should have the power of peace and, when you have the power of inner peace, he won't do anything. He will also understand that, "There, they don't care", otherwise when they come to scare you and you fluctuate, you will also cause fluctuation in them. It is your fear that encourages them. This is why you must never be afraid. At that time be in the powerful stage of an observer. To use that power of being an observer you need to practise. The practise of being an observer is used at that time.
Question : What is the meaning of misuse of Baba's blessings?
Answer : Sometimes Baba gives titles to His children. For instance, He says: you are a very serviceable child, you are Baba's special child, a unique child. When He gives such title and they misuse these titles, what do they think? That they have already become so: "I am in this stage", and in this way, considering this, they forget to make future effort. This is called misuse of the blessings, because BapDada gives blessings and instead of using it for service, they use it for the self. To make efforts according to their blessings, and to use them for service is the right use of blessings. To become careless is misuse of blessings.
Question: In the bible, it is mentioned that there will be Antichrist. What does this mean?
Answer: Antichrist means those who decrease the influence of his teachings, his religion. For example, even within the Christian religion they are decreasing the value of the religion as well. They do not realise the power of their own religion and so they give power to other religions, or they do not give importance to the teachings. They are called Anti-Christ. For instance, by priests leading a family life they do not give importance to purity, to celibacy, and they also encourage others to lead a family life, so this is just like they have become Antichrist. Achha!