23 December 1993 · English

"The transformation of your attitude through a firm vow of purity."

Today, the highest­on­high Father is seeing all His great children. All the children have become great souls because they have adopted purity which is the main basis of becoming the greatest of all. All of you have kept a fast of purity in the form of a promise. To make a vow (vrat) in the form of having a determined thought means to transform your attitude (vruti). A firm vow changes your attitude. This is why on the path of devotion people make a vow and keep a fast. To make a vow means to have this thought in your mind, and to keep a fast means to take physical precautions, whether with your food and drink or in your activity and behaviour. The aim of both is to change your attitude through the vow. All of you also made a vow for purity and made your attitude elevated. What attitude did you create towards all souls? With the attitude of all souls being brothers, that is, the attitude of brotherhood, you Brahmins became great souls. All of you have made this vow firm, have you not?

The meaning of Brahmin life is to be a pure soul, and this purity is the foundation of Brahmin life. The foundation is strong, is it not? Or, does it shake? To keep this foundation constantly unshakeable and immovable is to attain the happiness of Brahmin life. Sometimes, when children have a heart­to­heart conversation with the Father or when they give their true chart, what do they say? They say they do not experience as much supersensuous joy and power as they should. They do have it, but not to the extent that they should. In other words, they say, "We do have it, but not constantly." What is the reason for this? You say that you are the masters, ones with all powers. If you were asked whether you are the masters, ones with all powers, what would you say? You would not say, "No", would you? You would say, "Yes". You are the masters, ones with all powers, and so where do the powers go? You are those who are leading a Brahmin life, not just Brahmin in name, but those who are leading this life in practice. So, if there isn't the experience of complete peace and happiness in the life of a Brahmin, or if a Brahmin is not full of all attainments, or does not have them constantly, then who apart from Brahmins, would have this? Can anyone else be this? Only Brahmins can be this. What do all of you sign as your signature? You say, "B.K. B.K. So­and­so”. Is this firm or weak? So what does B.K. mean? So this is the definition of a Brahmin.

Why do the words, "To the extent that....., so accordingly....," emerge? You say that the mother of peace and happiness is purity. This is what you tell others, is it not? So, when you don't experience that much supersensuous joy and sweet silence, the reason is that the foundation of purity is weak. You were also told earlier that purity does not just mean a vow of celibacy. This vow is elevated because the great souls of today do not just consider this vow of celibacy to be difficult, but they consider it to be impossible. So, you have made the impossible possible with your determination thought, and you have observed it easily. Therefore, to make this vow is not a small thing. BapDada gives blessings from the heart as well as congratulations to those who have observed this vow. However, BapDada wishes to see each Brahmin child complete and perfect. So, you have imbibed this main aspect in your life and easily made the impossible possible. Therefore, what is so difficult about imbibing all types of purity? All of you know the definition of purity very well. You do know it, do you not? If all of you were asked to give a lecture on the topic "What is purity?" you could give this lecture, could you not? You can do this very well, can you not? So, since you know this and accept it, why are there the words "To the extent that..., so accordingly...."? What aspect of purity is weak so that it reduces your experience of peace, happiness and power? Purity does not remain unshakeable in one stage or another. Therefore, check in what aspect of purity there is fluctuation. BapDada is not clarifying all the different forms of purity because you know them anyway. You have heard this many times, and you also relate it to others. You even talk to yourself about it: "Yes, this is purity, this is purity". What does BapDada see as a result in the majority of you? You have a lot of knowledge, you have become bestowers of the method of yoga, you are very clever in talking about the subject of dharna and you are also ahead of one another in service. So what else remains? You have become number one knowledgeable, but you become careless in just one thing. That is in transforming the self from wasteful thinking, seeing, speaking and doing, by putting a full­stop in a second. You even understand that this weakness brings about a difference in experiencing happiness. It becomes an obstacle to becoming an embodiment of power and similar to the Father. However, what happens even then? You are not able to transform yourself. You are not able to put a full­stop. You put a comma, thinking, "It is all right, I understand this.” Or, on seeing others, you put an exclamation mark of surprise, thinking "Even this does happen, does it?" "Should it be like this?" Or, you put a queue (kyu in Hindi means why) of question marks. You make a queue of questions. To put a full­stop means to put a dot. You can only put a full­stop when you have the awareness of Baba, the Dot, and of the soul being a dot. This awareness makes you powerful in putting a full­stop, that is, in putting a dot. At that time, some even think, "I have to stabilise myself in my stage of soul consciousness.” However, instead of you seeing the soul, Maya makes other people or things repeatedly appear in front of you on her screen. Through this, the soul is hidden and the person or the thing appears clearly in front of you again and again. So the main reason is that you lack the controlling power to control yourself. You know very well how to control others, but you don't know how to control yourself as well, that is, how to use the power to transform yourself.

When BapDada hears some children, He has to smile. When it comes to transforming the self, or tolerating something, or when it comes to having to accommodate something within yourself, what do most of you say? "I have to die all the time. I have to change all the time. I have to tolerate all the time." However, this dying is not like the dying where people say that someone has died and gone to heaven. In that dying, they do not go to heaven, but, in this dying, you receive an elevated seat in heaven. So this dying is not dying, but it is claiming your self­sovereignty in heaven. So, it is good to die, is it not? Or, do you find it difficult? At that time, you may find it difficult. "I am not wrong; that one is wrong." You do not then know how to put right that which is wrong. Should the one who is wrong change or the one who is right change? Who has to change? Both have to change. In spiritual language, consider the word ‘change’ to mean to move forward. Do not take it to mean to change yourself, but to progress. It is not changing in a wrong way, but changing in the right way. Do you have the power to transform yourself? Or, do you think that you will transform at some time anyway?

The meaning of purity is to imbibe at every moment the importance of the three dots in your thoughts, words, deeds, connections and relations. When any situation comes, you must first offer yourself in putting a full­stop in a second. "I have to change." Those who offer themselves in this way receive blessings in three ways. Firstly, you receive blessings from your own self: to experience happiness means to receive blessings. Secondly, from the Father, and thirdly, you also receive blessings from the elevated souls of the Brahmin family. So, does this mean to die or to attain? You attained something, did you not? So what will you do? Increase the effort of putting a full­stop and bring about transformation at a fast speed. Do not bring about carelessness. "This happens all the time" is a thought of carelessness. Transform the carelessness and become alert. Achcha.

To all the great souls everywhere, to the souls who have made the most elevated vow of purity, to the elevated souls who transform themselves by putting a full­stop in a second, to the souls who offer themselves to become instruments for an elevated task, to the souls who are similar to the Father and who imbibe the importance of the three dots in their practical life, love, remembrance and namaste from BapDada.

BapDada Meeting Dadis: Everyone experiences happiness when they see you. Why do they become happy? (To the teachers): You are happy when you see the Dadis, are you not? Why do you become happy? They give happiness through their vibrations and their actions and you are therefore happy. You experience happiness when you meet such elevated souls, do you not? You also follow them, do you not? Many children think: The Father is the Father; how can we become the same as He is? However, the instrument souls are your equals. So, since they can become this, can you not become this? The aim of all of you is to become complete and perfect. If Baba were to ask all of you to raise your hands as to whether you want to become sixteen celestial degrees full or fourteen degrees, then for which would you raise your hands? For sixteen degrees. So, what does sixteen celestial degrees mean? To become complete. Since your aim is this, you have to become this. It is not difficult. You have to become this. Do not become upset over little things. You are becoming idols, and so there will of course be a little hammering. Just how else would you become an idol like that? To the extent that some are in the front, so accordingly, they have to cross the most storms. However, they do not experience those storms to be storms, but a gift. That storm (toofan) also becomes a gift to make you experienced. So, it has become a gift (tohfa), has it not? So, you like accepting a gift, do you not? Or, do you find it difficult to accept a gift? So this is also receiving; it is not giving. It is difficult to give, but it is easy to receive.

Do not think: Is just this in my part? Do I have to experience all the obstacles? Welcome them. Come! This is a gift. What does that matter when you receive the most gifts of all? To become a very accurate idol means to be hammered more. It is only by hammering the idol that they are able to make it right. You have become experienced in this; it is nothing new. You find it a game. You continue to observe it, you smile and continue to give blessings. All of you teachers are courageous, are you not? Or, do you sometimes become afraid? "We did not think that this would happen." If we had known of this before, we would have thought about it.” Do the double foreigners think: "We did not think that this is what would happen by becoming Brahmins"? Did you ever think this? Have you come here having thought this, or do you still have to think about it? Achcha.

No matter what someone is like, BapDada only sees that which is good. This is why BapDada always says that everyone is good; He would not say anyone is bad. Even if there are nine bad points and one good point, what would Baba see? Would Baba say anything about the weaknesses? He would say that you are good, not that you are bad and very weak. Achcha. This group has become big. (Souls from 21 countries have come.) It is good. Only when this house is full will another one be built. If the house does not become full, there will not be a margin for another one to be built. Only a need brings that facility in front of you. Achcha.