17-02-2004 Om Shanti Avyakt Bapdada Madhuban
The special slogan for the birthday festival of Shiv Ratri - Give everyone co-operation and make them co-operative. Let your treasure-store continue eternally.
Today, BapDada Himself has come to celebrate His own birthday as well as the children's diamond-like birthday, Shiv Jayanti. All of you children have come here to celebrate the birthday of your parlokik and alokik fathers and the Father has come to celebrate your birthday. The Father is pleased to see the fortune of you children: Wah! My children with the elevated fortune. Wah that you have incarnated at the same time as the Father to finish the darkness of the world! Throughout the whole cycle, no one else can have such a birthday which you children celebrate with God, the Father. Devotee souls also celebrate this alokik, extremely lovely and unique birthday, but you children celebrate a meeting whereas devotee souls simply sing praise. They sing praise and they also continue to call out. BapDada, listening to the praise that devotees sing, also hears their call and gives them the fruit of their numberwise feelings of faith. However, there is a great difference between devotees and you children. They celebrate the memorial of the elevated actions you performed and your elevated fortune very well and this is why BapDada congratulates the devotees when He sees the divine activities of their devotion, for all of them have copied your memorials very well. They also hold a fast on this day. They hold a fast for a short time, of just temporary cleanliness of their food and drink. You take a vow for the whole birth (life) of complete purity which includes your food, interaction, words and deeds. Whilst living your life at the confluence age, you also have to remain pure in your thoughts, words and deeds. Not only do you have to become pure, you also have to make others pure. So, look at how the intellect of devotees is no less. They have copied your memorials very well. All of you have surrendered everything wasteful and have become powerful, that is, you have surrendered your impure life. As a memorial of your surrender, they make a sacrifice, but they don't offer themselves as a sacrifice. They sacrifice a goat. Look how well they have copied you. Why do they sacrifice a goat? They have copied this very well too. What does a goat do? It constantly says "Mai, mai, mai ("I" in Hindi). That is the consciousness of the "I" of body consciousness, because it is in this "I" that there is the arrogance of the body, and this arrogance of the body is the seed of all vices.
BapDada has also told you earlier that it is this consciousness of "I" of body consciousness that causes an obstruction to your totally surrendering yourself. It is easy to surrender the common consciousness of "I", that I am a body, or the consciousness of "I" in terms of relations of the body or possessions of the body. You have done this already, have you not? Or, not yet? Has this not been done yet? The more progress you make, the more the consciousness of "I" becomes extremely subtle and deep. It is easy to finish the gross consciousness of "I". However, the deep consciousness of "I" - if you develop any consciousness of "I" for the specialities you receive as your Godly birthright, for the blessing of the intellect you have, or for the blessing of becoming an embodiment of knowledge, for the blessing and specialities of service, or for a Godly gift - then that is called the deep consciousness of "I". "Whatever I am doing or whatever I am saying is right, that is what should happen." This royal consciousness of "I" becomes a burden stopping you from going into the flying stage. So, the Father says: Surrender the consciousness of "I" in even this. There should be no consciousness of "I" for a Godly gift. Neither "I" nor "mine". It is a Godly gift, a blessing from God, a speciality from God. So, the surrender of all of you is so deep. So, have you checked whether you have surrendered the consciousness of "I" of both ordinary things and also of the royal form? Have you done this? Or, are you still doing it? "I will have to surrender it anyway." All of you jokingly say "We have to die (bow down) anyway." However, this dying is living in God's lap. This dying is not dying. It is taking birth in the lap of the deities for 21 births. This is why you surrender yourselves in happiness, is it not? You don't surrender yourselves while crying out, do you? No. In bhakti too, a sacrifice that cries out is not accepted. So, those who surrender themselves with their limited "I" and "mine" can happily claim a right to an inheritance for birth after birth.
Therefore, check: When it comes to the transformation of wasteful thoughts, wasteful words and wasteful activities, do you bring about that transformation happily or by compulsion? Do you transform yourself out of love or by effort? When all of you children took birth, you made the occupation of your life that of world transformers who transform the world. This is the occupation of the Brahmin birth of all of you, is it not? If this is firm, wave your hands. You are waving your flags. Very good. Today is the day for flags. Very good. However, don't wave the flags just like that. It is very easy to wave flags just like that, but you now have to shake your mind. You have to transform your mind. You are courageous, are you not? Do you have courage? You have a lot of courage. Achcha.
BapDada saw one thing of great happiness. What was that? Do you know that? For this year, BapDada has given a special gift that if you have even a little courage in any task this year - whether it is for self-transformation, for any task or for world service - if you do that with courage, then this year has received the blessing of your being given extra help. So, what was the news or scene of happiness that BapDada saw? That in service for Shiv Jayanti this year, everyone is moving forward with lots and lots and lots of courage and zeal and enthusiasm. Yes, you may clap. Will you always clap in this way or only on Shiv Ratri? Always continue to clap. Achcha. You write your news from everywhere to Madhuban and BapDada sees that in the subtle region. You have good enthusiasm and you have also made good plans. Similarly, the zeal and enthusiasm for service will increase the zeal and enthusiasm in souls of the world. Look, the sapling that Dadiji, the instrument, planted has performed wonders, has it not? The result is good. This is why BapDada will not mention the name of each and every centre now, but BapDada is giving multimillion fold congratulations for the result of service done everywhere, to all the serviceable children, remembering their speciality and their name. They are seeing it there too. Children seeing this at their own places are becoming happy. They are happy abroad too because all of you are the specially beloved deities for souls of the world.
When BapDada sees the gathering of you children, He sees you in your three forms: The present self-sovereigns. You are also kings now. In the world too, a father would say to his children "My kingly children, my child king." Even if they are poor, he would say "My child king." However, even at the present confluence age, the Father sees all of you children as self- sovereigns. You are kings, are you not? You are self-sovereigns, masters of the self. So, self- sovereigns at the present, rulers of the world in the future and, from the copper age to the end of the iron age, you are worthy-of-worship ones who have a right to be worshipped. BapDada sees all you children in these forms. He doesn't see you as ordinary. No matter what you are like, BapDada sees all of you children as self-sovereigns, royal children. You are Raja Yogis, are you not? Is anyone here a praja-yogi (subject)? Are there any praja-yogis? No. All of you are Raja Yogis. So, a Raja Yogi means a king. The Father Himself has come to celebrate the birthday of such self-sovereigns, the masters of the self. Look, all of you double foreigners have come from abroad to celebrate your birthday. Double foreigners, raise your hands! So, which land is the furthest away? Is it America or is there any land further away than that? And, where has BapDada come from? BapDada has come from the supreme abode. So, He has love for you children. Your birthday is so elevated that even God has to come! (A banner had been made saying "Baba, we love You!" in many different languages.) Yes, you have made a good banner. You have written it in all languages. BapDada is congratulating all the children of all the different languages in all the countries.
Look, you are celebrating Shiv Jayanti of the Father, but what is the Father? A point. You are celebrating the Jayanti, the Incarnation of the Point. Whose birthday is the most-diamond like? That of the Point. A point. So, there is such great praise of a point (zero). This is why BapDada says: Always remember the three points. The numbers "7" and "8" are complicated to write, but to write a point is so easy. Always remember the three points. You know all three of them very well, do you not? You are a point, the Father is a point. You are points, the children of the Point, and when you come into action, you come onto this world stage to perform actions. This is the world stage drama. So, whatever actions you performed in the drama, that has become the past and so put a full-stop. So, what is a full-stop? A point. Therefore, always remember the three points. Look at all the wonders. In today's world, what has the greatest importance? Money. Money does have importance, does it not? In front of money, even parents are nothing! Money is everything! In that too, if you put a zero after "1", what does it become? It becomes ten. Put a second zero and it becomes a 100. Put a third zero and it becomes a 1000. So, it is the wonder of the zero. In money, it is the wonder of a zero and in terms of becoming an elevated soul, it is the wonder of a point. And Karankaravanhar is also a point. So, what has importance in everything? The point, does it not? Simply remember the point and do not go into any expansion. You can remember a point. Become a point. Remember the Point and put a full- stop. That is all. This is the effort. Is it difficult? Or is it easy? Those who think that it is easy, raise your hands! Easy. In that case, you will have to put a full-stop. When any problems come, do you put a full-stop or a question mark? Do not put a question mark, put a full-stop. A question mark is so crooked. Look, write a question mark. That is so crooked, whereas it is so easy to put a full-stop. So, do you know how to become a point? Do you? All of you are clever.
BapDada gave special congratulations for special service, and you are doing that very well.
You will continue to do that, but for the future, every day you are world servants. Do you remember how Father Brahma used to sign? World servant. So you are world servants. So, service of the world will not be completed just by doing service on Shiv Ratri. Therefore, keep the aim: I am a world server. So you have to serve the world with every breath and at every second. Whoever comes and whoever you are in contact with, you have to be a bestower and give something or other to that one. No one should go back empty-handed. Let your infinite treasure-store remain open all the time. At the very least, have good wishes and pure feelings for everyone. See them, listen to them and come into contact with them with good wishes and pure feelings and give co-operation to those souls. All souls now have a great need of your co- operation. Therefore, give them co-operation and make them co-operative. Give them any type of co-operation - whether through your mind or through words or through your contact and relationship. So, remember the special slogan of this birthday festival of Shiv Ratri - Give co- operation and make them co-operative. At least, whoever comes into contact or relationship with you in any relationship - and someone or other does come - don't offer them any other hospitality, but definitely give each one dil-khush toli. Not the dil-khush toli that is made in the kitchen here. Make their heart happy. To make their heart happy means to serve them with dil-khush toli. Will you serve them with this? There is no effort in this. You don't have to give extra time or effort. Simply serve them dil-khush toli with pure feelings. They are happy and you are happy. What else do you need? So, you will remain happy and give happiness to others. The faces of all of you should never be too serious. Being serious too much is not good either. There should be a smile, should there not? It is good to be serious, but when you are too serious, then it looks as though you are lost somewhere else. You are seeing everything, but you are lost. You are speaking, but you are speaking as though you are lost in something. So that type of face is not good. Let your face always be smiling. Do not let your face be serious. When you say "What can I do? How can I do it?" you become serious. However, the more work you have, the more you have to smile. You do know how to smile, do you not? You do know. Look at your non-living images. Are they ever portrayed with serious faces? If they were portrayed with serious faces, you would say that the artist was no good. So, if you also remain serious it would be said that you don't know the art of living. So, what will you do? What will the teachers do? Achcha. There are many teachers. Congratulations. Congratulations for service. Achcha.
BapDada also heard some other good news for all of you. All of you worthy-of-worship souls are to be offered 36 varieties of bhog today. Bhog is offered to your non-living images, but you don't eat that. Therefore, now bhog is offered to your living form. It is good. BapDada is happy that each and every child will accept 36 varieties of food. You are showing the bag. Those who are sitting outside, abroad and at their own centres, when you see this bag on the TV, when they are distributed, you will all take the fragrance from the bag. BapDada is feeding all of those at the centres in this land and abroad before feeding all the children here. Eat it. Eat it. And what you should do is that all the teachers who have come from the different centres, should send it wherever they can as much as possible. Send one bag everywhere. Don't send too much. Send one packet as a sample. So, whenever you accept bhog, in what form will you accept it? Let your worthy-of-worship form emerge and accept bhog as one who is worthy of worship. This is a good thing. Many congratulations to Dadiji. Achcha.
Can you make your ancestor and worthy-of-worship form emerge in a second? Can you see yourself in the awareness of those same deities? "I am an ancestor deity, an ancestor at the confluence age and worthy of worship from the copper age." In the golden and silver ages you have a right to the kingdom. So, in one second, finish all other thoughts and become stable in your ancestor and worthy-of-worship form. (BapDada conducted drill.) Achcha.
This time Bhopal is responsible for the service: Achcha. Those from Bhopal, stand up! Wave your flags! Did you experience both extra fruit and power of service? To do service of the yagya is not a small fortune. It is a very big fortune. You receive extra power and you also attain power from the powerful atmosphere. And, by serving the yagya, you also receive the fruit of the blessings from all the souls you serve. So, to receive this chance means to receive an extra chance and to eat the fruit. So, did all of you have this experience? Did you? How many blessings did you accumulate? For how many births will these blessings continue? In any case, you are worthy of receiving blessings all the time, but you also receive platefuls of these blessings. When there is a gathering, if you keep these blessings with you for all time, it will become the gift of a lift in your efforts. You have done very well. Everyone's blessings increase your happiness. So always keep these blessings with you. Congratulations. Congratulations for your service.
Education wing: Those from the Education Wing, stand up! Achcha. You are carrying out the task of giving everyone the knowledge of "Who am I?" Nevertheless, that service still remains. At least everyone should receive the knowledge of "Who am I? Who is my Father?" The amazing thing is that they don't know "Who am I?" All the time they say "I, I" but they don't know who "I" is. Therefore, Education Wing, you have to go to all the places and make this first lesson firm. The poor, helpless ones should not be left without this understanding. They should at least receive this much understanding. So, you are merciful souls, are you not? Just as the Father is merciful and compassionate, so you are master merciful and compassionate. So, give them your compassion of this understanding. You have made plans, have you not? You have made new plans. According to the time, the speed of service will become even more fast, because time is now running very fast. Just as time is running fast, so service to has to become fast. It is good that you have the different wings because your attention is then drawn to serving all souls of all around the world. So, BapDada likes the service of the different wings. It is very good.
BapDada has received many cards and letters from everywhere. All Brahmin souls are also very happy to see the cards from all of you. So, those who have sent cards and letters, to all those long-lost and now-found beloved children, to the specially loved children, even before giving congratulations to those who are here personally, special congratulations for the Father's birthday and the birthday of you children. You send everything with a lot of love from your heart. Therefore, only Dilaram (the Comforter of Hearts) knows the things of your heart. Achcha. Many letters and phone calls have come from the centres of India sharing their zeal and enthusiasm for service and also giving special remembrance to Baba. How many names can BapDada mention? However, whoever has given their news of zeal and enthusiasm, BapDada is personally making them emerge in His vision and giving lots and lots of love and remembrance from His heart as a return of their zeal and enthusiasm. Constantly continue to fly with such zeal and enthusiasm for service. Achcha.
To all the children who have taken an avyakt and divine incarnation, blessings, love and remembrance for the birthday of the Father and for the birthday of you children, the right-hand serviceable children who are always merged in the heart of the Dilaram Father. To such elevated souls who are seated on the heart-throne, to all the children who are the elevated form of a point by always knowing the importance of the point, to the respect-worthy souls who always remain stable in their self-respect and give spiritual respect, to the master bestower children who, as master donors, children of the Bestower who give each and every one something or other from their infinite treasure-store, BapDada's multimillion-fold love and remembrance, even more love, remembrance and namaste than the Kohinoor diamond, to the Prabhu-noor children (light of the Father).
To all the Dadis: Dadi Janki: You have more sanskars of being a ruler of the globe. You like going around as one who tours around everywhere. (Everyone should see Baba.) They have to see Him. It is just that the children should become ever-ready. Ever-ready for every time. Then it will hit them (make an impact). They will see and they will say. They will say "Oho Prabhu!" but not in happiness, but with a form of repentance. However, they will definitely say this.
All of you are OK. You are enjoying yourselves. Seeing your gathering, everyone is so happy. Even if you don't say or do anything, they are so happy. You are the pillars. Look how all of you are such strong pillars. With the strength of the pillars, you are strongly moving forward. When anyone fluctuates, the pillars become their support. Achcha.
BapDada meeting Brother K.S. Raju from Hyderabad: Now continue to come more often and then everything will be fine. Now don't run after your work. Let the work follow you. Now, come more often, soon. Don't come after so long. All your work will become easy. (Whatever are Your orders.) If you continue to come and take power, the yoga will work in your work. Is that OK? Karma yogi. It isn't good to get too engrossed in it. For instance, when you chase a shadow, it runs away from you, whereas if you move in front of it, it will follow you. This is the same.
Meeting a judge from the High Court of Karnataka: You are also a co-operative soul in this task of world transformation that is taking place. Your work is also good. Souls receive understanding. Everyone wants there to be transformation, and here everyone is deeply concerned for transformation. You are also a very good co- operative soul in this. And, whilst being co-operative, you will also remain yogi. Don't just remain co-operative, but remain both yogi and co-operative. Become a karma yogi. You don't have to stop performing actions, but let there be a balance of karma and yoga. The more balance you keep, the more blessings you will receive, and you will have greater attainment through less effort. (To his wife): This one is also with you.
To Senior Sisters from abroad: Now, it will be the special turn of the double foreigners to meet Baba. BapDada is also happy. Souls who are in the different corners should not be left out. You are taking up everything with a lot of zeal and enthusiasm, and you are getting the best results of all. There won't be any complaints remaining. So, BapDada is also happy. (We are now making plans to give Baba's message to the remaining countries by October.) It has to happen. They are your brothers and sisters and so you have to become merciful. They should at least receive the message. Then, it is their fortune.
BapDada raised the flag personally and gave greetings for the 68th Trimurti Shiv Jayanti.
The flag of remembrance of the Father is always hoisted in the hearts of all of you. You raise this flag just as a memorial. However, the flag of the revelation of the Father is always hoisted in your heart. What does the heart of each of you say? What do you sing with every breath? My Baba. And, what does BapDada sing at every second. My sweet, sweet children. You now have to bring the day close when the flag of the Father's revelation is hoisted. Every heart should say "My Baba." "I have attained what I wanted." They should dance to this song. That day is not far. Wah! Wah Baba! Wah! Wah to Baba's long-lost and now-found children! Wah! This sound will be heard everywhere. So, now BapDada is not just looking at this flag, but Baba is seeing the flag of revelation of the Father that is hoisted in each one's heart. It is hoisted in your heart. You don't have to hoist it now, it is hoisted. The one Father is your world. You have made Him your world. It is like that, is it not? Is there any other world? The Father is your world. "The Father's sanskars are my sanskars." He is your world and you have His sanskars. It is like that, is it not? Lots and lots of congratulations, congratulations to all the children in this land and abroad for the Father's birthday.
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