VT42007 – 2008 Volcanic Transformation Year

Year for becoming BapSaman through fast self-transformation and volcanic yoga2nd July – 5th August

Topic Four: VT4 Being Master Sun - Using the Power of Silence

Spinning the discus of self realization

1. Outline of aims and approach for the year of transformation 2. Invitation to joint the Volcanic Linkup: Transformation Bhatti - 2007-8 3. Meditation Commentaries Classes:4. Dadi Janki: “Silence Power” 5. Dadi Janki: “Have Total Attention on the State of the Mind”6. Bro. Nirwair: “Master Sun: Experiencing the Power of Silence”7. Didi Nirmala: “Being Master Sun of Knowledge”8. Sr. Jayanti: “Power of Silence”9. Bro. Jagdish: “Developing the Power of Silence”10. Bro. Charlie: “The Healing Power of Silence”

---------------------------------------------------------------------An invitation to join the Year of Volcanic Transformation

Making double efforts for fast self-transformation and volcanic yogaDear souls,As you know, Baba has signaled this year as the year for achieving volcanic or intense transformation.  Last year we developed the practice of intense stage of volcanic yoga that can bring deep transformation in the self. This year we will make double efforts by practicing both intense transformations on a daily basis and on the first Sunday of each month having an intense volcanic yoga bhatti.Have a great year VT Team

Outline of aims and approach for the year of transformation VT Year 2007-8

Aim: Self-transformation, transformation in the BK family and then world transformation

How: Use the power of the gathering. Create a wave of transformation amongst ourselves (BKs) around the world by having a unity of purpose and making intense efforts using the creative images, ideas, commentaries and powerful slogans from the 2006-7 season’s Murlis and Senior’s classes and commentaries.

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Beginning the Year of Volcanic Transformation: A month of Deep Checking of our Chart and AimsThe first month will be a month to check our aims for the New Year. There is a list of questions developed by Didi Nirmala in her class given for this New Year. This will help us to do deep checking of our present stage of transformation and formulate new aims for this coming year of transformation.

Yuktis for the year: 1. download an inspiring image, connected with a powerful slogan from the VT web site2. join the self transformation club3. study amrit vela and yoga bhatti points, commentaries and reflective class material4. use the months image as a screen saver on the computer 5. print the image and slogan and put it up on the bulletin board of the centre6. down load classes and points with the murli batch of that month and print out for study7. have deep yoga first Sunday of every month focused on attaining fiery or volcanic remembrance8. read for inspiration for the bhatti :World Volcano Manual 2006, also on VT web site9. listen during yoga bhatti to yoga commentaries of audio CDs or mp3 available from VT web site10. have daily yoga on volcanic transformation: 4.45 – 5.00 or at the end amrit vela

New Resources: World Volcano Manual 2006 on volcanic remembrance, has some new but mostly last year’s material that have been re-organised and edited. It’s available through NCOs (available on the VT web site).

World Volcano Meditation Commentaries are a new series of audio CDs produced in Madhuban, in 2007. They are a co-operative effort of the sound department and art department of Gyan Sarovar, senior yogis, and the Australian WVB Team. These are for sale in Madhuban or will be available as MP3s for download from the web site, topic wise each month.

New Ideas for this year: Self Transformation Club: A new idea for the year is the formation of a Self-Transformation Club for those wanting to email directly

to other BKs and share their ongoing process of transformation. A short text for reflection goes out to club members monthly together with monthly mansa seva drills. Aims are to go deep into the realization of the role of transformer. Members will write down personal experiences share them by email. Centres will create spaces for dialogue among club members. These ideas were developed by BK Gopi Elton – Australia, BK Corinna Alicante – Spain, BK Mathias –

Switzerland, BK Aloisio and BK Brigida of Brazil, BK Will Gonzalez – Philippines, BK Laura – Israel together with some members of the World Volcano committee of Australia.

The transformation club will be co-ordinated by BK Brigida of Brazil together with the group. To join please email BK Brigida: brifries@uol.com.br

New: Topics and Contributors for the year: Each month a different region will take responsibility for contributing classes, points and art work for that month. New: Volcanic Transformation Year web site address2007-8 VT Year: web site address: www.brahmakumaris.com.au/volcano/VTyear.php (valid April 07)Materials and commentaries from the year for the world volcano bhatti will continue to be available on the old web site address: 2006-7 World Volcano Year: web site address: www.brahmakumaris.com.au/volcano/bhatti.php2007-8 Year of Volcanic Transformation (VT Team)The organizing of the web page and materials is done from Australia by the team listed below. Chair – Didi Nirmala, RCO contact point – BK Charles Hogg, Co-ordinator of VT team – BK Wendy Sargent; Amrit vela points – BK Sally Segal and BK Khem (Trinidad); Senior’s Classes – BK Jacqueline Russell and BK Caroline Minto; Topic Research of murlis and classes - BK Warren Pitkin; Contact for all of the above is through the Australian co-ordinating office, Indraprusth, Sydney, AustraliaAny queries or concerns please write to VT Team: nco@au.bkwsu.orgVT web site address: www.brahmakumaris.com.au/volcano/VTyear.php

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Invitation to joint the Volcanic Linkup: Transformation Bhatti - 2007-8 Every first Sunday of the Month:

Linking up the Brahmin World in concentrated yoga for 24 hours every monthPart of the Year of Volcanic Transformation

Focused rays of light and might, golden beams from Baba,Will transform us into master suns, active transformers, combined, BapSaman,

Activating a linkup of fiery yoga for self and world transformation.

Dear Yogis,Didi Nirmala and the VT team invite you to join in the volcanic linkup on every first Sunday of the month, from May 2007- May 2008. This takes place to help intensify our efforts for self-transformation. The bhatti seeks to link the fiery yoga and intense efforts of all Brahmins globally. The practice of volcanic yoga creates a 24-hour active link-up of light between Brahmin households and centres. There is a deep focus on a particular yoga stage each month. Classes and commentaries from the volcanic manual (available on the website) will develop the global concentration and focus for meditation during those 24 hours.Activating the links of the chain of yoga power: Small teams of yogis will gather in different households and centres in their city, so the whole BK family of that region is activated into generating a powerful fire of yoga. The bhatti becomes a combining with God through mind and heart creating an intense fire of love and transformation. Those linked to the global chain of yoga create an environment for Baba's power and magic to work wonders. There are 8 hours for each region. Within each region, countries or areas will link in to the bhatti for 2 hours minimum and up to 8 hours if they are free. Please read the following schedule carefully and look for the name of your country or region. Please confirm your participation to us by email.

- Best wishes from the Volcanic Transformation Team

Activating the Links in the bhatti of Volcanic transformation – 2007- 8 Linkup ScheduleEach 'link' when active in the bhatti will act as a lighthouse for transformationBelow are listed times and places for the global volcanic linkup. Listed is the two-hour minimum time of yoga. If you are free then link in and contribute more hours.

Sunday daytime linkup South American, African and European Regions 8am-4pm local timeWestern countries in your region e.g. Congo, France – 8am -10amSouthern countries of your region e.g. Italy, Brazil – 10am -12amEastern countries and central countries – 12pm -2pmNorthern countries of your region – 2pm -4pm

Sunday daytime linkupAsian and Middle Eastern regions: 8am-4pm local timeNE Asian countries and all of the Middle East – 8am -10amIndia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka – 10am -12am (2 hours)SE Asian countries – 2pm -4pmChina and Hong Kong – 12am -2pm

Sunday morning linkupCentral American regions 5am-10am local timeCaribbean - 5am-8amCentral America -8am-10am

Sunday afternoon and evening linkupNorth and Central American Regions 1pm -9pm local timeSouthern and Central USA - 1pm -3pmCanada and Alaska - 3pm -5pmEastern USA - 5pm -7pmWestern USA and Hawaii -7pm -9pm

Sunday afternoon and evening linkupAustralia and the Pacific regions 1pm -9pm local timeFiji -1pm -3pmNew Zealand -3pm -5pmNSW and QLD in Australia - 5 pm -7pmWA, VICT, TAS, SA in Australia - 7pm -9pm

Sunday afternoon and evening linkupRussian region 1pm -9pm local timeTo be co-ordinated by Moscow main centre

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VT4: MEDITATION COMMENTARY:No. 1: Filling with Silence

Let me sit quietly...and gently, turn the mind within...the journey to inner silence is the journey to learn about the inner self. Who am I? I begin the process of letting go identifying with roles, responsibilities, and even my body and just enjoy this gentle process of letting go until I become a seed... a tiny soul sitting in the centre of the forehead...the natural state of I the soul is a deep silence.

The more I let go, the more I taste the true feeling of silence. In this natural state of self awareness I turn my mind to the One relationship that always exists...and simply I visualize in my mind the radiant jewel of light...I feel beautiful pure vibrations emanating from this Jewel and filling me...I feel the pure love emanating and filling me... I have no other thought, but I just open my heart and allow the most lovable Being to fill me with His pure love...this love nurtures the core of my being...

I am filled with silence; my mind doesn’t wander any where...I am where I belong...it is this relationship which can heal any wound or hurt inside...this is not a belief….. It is a real union of I the eternal soul with my Eternal Parent...let me experiment in my life by waking up each morning and sitting quietly, connecting with my true self and then filling myself with that pure love. This pure love will heal the hurt, the sorrow and the pain and make me feel so light...it re-emerges my own original purity which makes me feel lovable once again...Om Shanti

VT4: MEDITATION COMMENTARY:No. 2: I the soul am a Master Sun of Knowledge

I sit quietly and turn my focus away from the world around me and I turn inward and connect once more with the part that remains constantly, eternally, I the soul. The shift is subtle....almost imperceptible, incognito, but it is powerful beyond measure and I feel the current, the surge of energy, the gentle tingling as the soul stabilizes in the awareness of the eternal self. I hold this awareness for a while, absorbed in this state of inner silence....stillness....peace

After a while I the soul turn easily….naturally towards the Supreme Soul and once more I am amazed again at just how easy it is....just one thought....just one second and I am home again with God, the One who is eternally my Supreme Parent. I rest quietly in the company of God....enjoying His beauty and light....absorbed by the One who is eternally radiant....luminous....incandescent. And I know that this is where all my journeys start and end....here with sweet Shiv Baba….everything has slowed down.....my thoughts are slow....deep....out of time....beyond all limits.

And now the Sun of knowledge touches my intellect and in this beautiful space, I the soul become BapSaman.....like my Father.....re-created in the image of my Supreme Parent.....a master Sun of Knowledge, and together we adopt the form of a bestower....benefactors to serve the world and from the eyes power radiates and illuminates a world that has lost its way....

There is only light....I am light....I am in light.....I am enlightened….light….life…love… and everywhere the light falls.......darkness is cast out.....destroyed by the sword of knowledge and harmony is restored and truth, the eternal victor prevails once more. Om Shanti

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VT4 - Dadi’s and Senior’s ClassesBeing Master Sun - Using the Power of Silence

Continuing to spin the discus of self realization

Dadi Janki on Silence Power 1985

The soul rests at home. At this time we rest by going beyond sound. Baba takes us into silence in order for us to understand and give the experience. The soul experiences great power in silence. That power allows you to come into sound, go into silence, and take others into silence… Don’t check others, but check yourself - inside.

If I am willing to go into the depths, I will be able to spread good vibrations and create such a stage that the armour protects me even if someone else spreads bad vibrations. Baba doesn't want us to be influenced by the atmosphere. I have to be introverted and make such effort that I can be free from any influence and can instead create a good atmosphere.

It is a sign of great weakness to be influenced by the atmosphere. A powerful stage comes with the practice of churning good thoughts within. I have the thought that I will change the atmosphere. In the depths of silence the outside cannot affect you. Go beyond 'why' and 'what' and being impressed and have distaste. Being impressed weakens the atmosphere and pulls the soul into extroversion. Incognito service is to keep the atmosphere powerful. Let there be dead silence all around. When there is such power in you other peaceless souls will experience peace that will stay with them forever.

Some are impressed by the gathering, some by the disciplines, and some by the knowledge, some by peace, love, or purity. They keep saying this is good, but in order to shoot the arrow, to give the experience of peace, you must practice silence. Make the arrow so powerful that they die immediately and come and sit at God's feet.

There are three levels of going beyond sound. First, by going into the depths of knowledge for clarification, the coolness influences the sense organs. Deep conversations extract the juice from the fruits of knowledge. Second, have such a conversation with Baba that you are able to experience Baba's love deeply. Third, have such a conversation that will help you to experience the bodiless stage and Baba and the power of silence.

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Dadi Janki, GCH 21st January 2003“Have Total Attention on the State of Your Mind”

The recognition of karma, the self, the Father, and time have made us free from bondage and liberated in life. However, without recognition they trap us. By listening to the murli you become a conqueror of sinful actions. How can there be a change in your actions if you don't hear the murli? How can your conscience bite if you don't hear the murli? Listen with so much love that you never become tired of listening. Whilst listening to the murli things become clear; you receive answers to your questions; you develop courage; your faith in the self increases and there is that recognition of the Father as well. Whilst listening to the murli all doubts are removed and the intellect becomes full of faith. No matter what happens, never miss the murli.

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Some churn things only for the purpose of relating to others. It may keep the mind busy, but their own arrogance will fill the churning and they will then feel that they have churned very good things! On the other hand, some think about and experience every word that Baba has spoken. This brings a lot of happiness. A good effort maker knows immediately if something is right or wrong. They have very good power of realization. When we have self-realization, we understand what reality is and bring it into the self. God's aim is to make us into deities and for us to make ourselves into deities. Churning and realization are different. When we churn it is to share with others. Realization is to understand the self. It's only when we go beyond everything, when we don't see anything of this world that we are able to have a good experience.

Thoughts can be like a virus and completely drain your energy. Someone may tell you something or your past sanskars can catch hold of you and then you lose your energy and your joy for living goes. Realize that this life of yours is very, very valuable. Don't become so engrossed in work that you become tired and get caught up in unnecessary waste thoughts. When you have had a good experience, increase the power of it; make sure you keep that power with you.

You should have the hobby of keeping a strong stage. Have total attention on the state of your mind. Think about things that are useful to you. If you have accumulated the power of elevated thoughts your mind will be happy. During the day don't allow any ordinary thoughts to come or they will use up your energy. Even good thoughts can use up your energy. Have the wisdom to know which thoughts will accumulate power and which ones will drain your energy.

Baba is teaching us how to create our fortune. Just be natural in everything and get rid of the sanskar of becoming heavy in little matters. It shouldn’t be that sometimes you are light and sometimes heavy. How much longer are you going to carry on doing this? When you do this, you fall and then time will go by and the engine won't work! If something goes wrong and you come to a standstill, this is not right either. The destination is high, but continue on the journey. Simply remember that Baba has come to take me and I have to go with Him. It is not faith or feeling. It is my final decision! Om Shanti

“Master Sun: Experiencing the Power of Silence” –BK Nirwair 1989

Silence is firstly the experience of being just a soul with God Baba as the Sun of Knowledge Self and Baba together in the world of silence Baba's company at Amrit Vela: the greatness is felt more in silence

To be a master sun is to have the gift of a divine intellect and the degree of subtlety necessary to make the connection with Baba. The closer we are to Baba the more we experience the power of silence. At Amrit Vela use the power of visualization and go to Baba and say, ‘Here I am, I want to rest for a while’. And Baba says, 'I accept you as you are'.

Though there are different processes for linking the self with the Supreme, in Raj Yoga we start with the thought process. We start to think that I am a pure soul – a child of God. By using the power of thought, we guide the mind with those thoughts and although initially commentaries help to take you to Baba, the moment they stop you start wondering what next? And then the mind starts wandering again.

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But if, from the first thought of yourself as a child of Baba, you then move on to having a person to person conversation, a direct conversation with Baba, then at that moment you start to feel a link. Until then you are just thinking, but the link is not very clear. When the direct conversation starts to take place, you can feel the impact of this link on the mind. We then become more aware of Baba's qualities and the mind experiences a peaceful stage, it goes deeper into the experience of positive peace. After a while you really feel, Oh Baba you really are the Ocean of Peace. Slowly our mind becomes silent, because it wants to. The mind starts to relinquish thoughts, even subtle thoughts. We then sit with the last thought, not creating any more, in a neutral stage, enjoying that thought.

Then what happens? You start experiencing the beauty of silencing the mind. The mind is in a very subtle stage with the thought of being with the Source of Peace and all the other powers. Coming to the stage of stillness means we become aware of ourselves and the mind is silent. There is the consciousness of stillness, and in that stillness there is the clarity of inner vision where you can see yourself.

The third eye, the divine eye is working. Using the third eye based on knowledge you are visualising yourself and Baba together and in that vision there is silence. You experience that Baba and we souls are together in the world of silence, floating in silence. On reaching this stage, first of all there is the experience of what mukti is - the stage of liberation. Secondly, this is like having a sound sleep of 4 hours without dreams. Your feel deeply rejuvenated.

Silence is firstly the experience of being just a soul with GodBut further than this it is the process of deep silence that enables us to reach a powerful stage that will work like a medicine. Baba has direct impact on the soul when we have no resistance of thoughts or our own sanskaras or the atmosphere or vibrations of this world. When you see just yourself and Baba together there is a very powerful but subtle consciousness: Baba is almighty like the sun, not just a star. See how much light and might there is in the sun. It supplies light and might to other planets and they reflect it.

If we think of Baba as just a dot of light and the self as also a dot of light and just remain peaceful, then that power is only inculcated to that extent (just enough for what we need). But it does not allow us to inculcate enough to make us aware of ourselves as souls, and not physical beings. Baba says: You are mighty souls, nothing is impossible for you with your power of silence or yoga. You are creating a new world, establishing your own sovereignty and purifying the world. This feeling will not come in the experience of dot to dot.

Baba as the Sun of KnowledgeWe have to add to our consciousness that Baba is the all Powerful Being, The Sun of Knowledge, that is, when we have the consciousness of Baba as the Ocean of Peace, Ocean of Love, it increases. With the consciousness of Baba as the Almighty Sun of Knowledge and I as the master sun of knowledge, when this feeling is created, then you can visualise yourself as a very powerful being of light with Baba, another sun.

The feeling is that I am a very powerful being - I am the highest on high, the greatest of the great. You create this consciousness. Just imagine what can happen when you feel so powerful, a being of light and might. Remain in that stage visualizing and feeling for half an hour and experience the impact.

Then you can serve the world with your power. That kind of consciousness has to be created. In that powerful stage of consciousness, change takes place silently. This is not the intoxication of the loveful stage but a very powerful stage. If you burn a lot of wood, what remains after an hour are ashes. So all our negativity becomes like ashes and a lot of positive power is inculcated and negativity completely

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removed. See the Father; seeing is to do with the Power of Silence - seeing Baba as a very, very Powerful Being and then seeing yourself change.

Through our mind's eye we keep on visualizing Baba as such a Powerful Sun of Knowledge and keep on becoming like Him. Remain and become like the sun and slowly and surely increase the power. You transform into another sun of knowledge. Feel like the sun to your heart's content and then distribute your light and power to the world. With the power of silence there is no resistance of any thoughts, there is just visualizing and feeling. Power is required to bring change and that power comes in silence.

As Baba says, once you have filled yourself with such power then you can use it in any form you like. It happens automatically. Experience being a master sun of knowledge every morning for half an hour. This keeps the soul very powerful and in that stage you can see everything clearly. Inculcate all the power that is in Baba, become BapSaman. So, it’s visualizing Baba and becoming that and then using that power. This will give you the experience of what the power of silence is.

Don't use up the entire power you have inculcated in one day. Keep stocking it up and accumulating it. This brings the blissful stage. Because so much time is spent in the powerful stage the soul becomes purified. As the degree of purity increases so the degree of bliss increases. This is the seed to experience the sun stage. When you see yourself as a bright sun all the time and become the sun of spiritual light and might you will be alert and experience the power of silence.

Self and Baba together in the world of silenceThe experience of self and Baba in silence is a feeling of fullness, contentment, and complete or super sensuous bliss. In addition, there is the experience that we are able to transmit or spread that power which comes through silence. In silence no barrier exists, no barriers of language, thought or our own sanskars, no barriers of reactions of other souls and no barriers of the influence of any place. Nothing exists between us, the soul, and my Father. It’s a continuous visualization of me and Baba together. In complete silence, it’s the consciousness of existence of self and Baba in the world of silence. It is a total feeling of a stage of release, with no action or reaction. The action is to be in silence and the reaction is the experience of silence. The communication is totally on the level of vibrations. The thought is translated completely into vibrations. It is like the existence of water in different forms. The subtlest form is dissolved in the air. You cannot see it. In the same way, the experience of silence is a very powerful experience, essence, all qualities together.

In the subtle stage your experience changes; sometimes you feel intensity of love, sometimes peace, or power. However, in the stage of total silence there is just the complete experience of all qualities, fullness, and contentment. The thought comes that I have achieved everything. In that experience of silence, being totally conscious of the company of the most Powerful One, the Almighty, the soul is receiving or being coloured completely in an extreme, intense way from the Almighty Father and becomes like the Father. Sakar Baba used to share his experience, “When I become like the Father, it’s difficult to think who is there. Is it me, so powerful, or is it Baba?” Of course, he would add, you just think it is Shiv Baba. In the same way, as he used to say, “For you children to reach the highest stage of consciousness you are receiving the help of two engines”. It’s a fact. The experience of silence comes from remembrance of Bap and Dada. Together, this double engine is very powerful.

The power of silence brings the self to its stage of perfection. It prepares the self to be ready for expression in the world of perfection and prepares us to be worthy of ruling the perfect world. Automatically, when the self is so powerful, it is no longer scared of the negativity from around, or from within, in any form. It is very easy to recognize the many subtle forms of Maya. Like any great warrior, I just think, “Oh, it is nothing new, because I have conquered you not once, but innumerable times every kalpa at this time, so you can come in any form you like.”

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Instead, as Baba has said, Maya comes to entertain you like a game or a play. That kind of self-confidence is built out of silence. There is the automatic experience that, through the power of silence, there is very deep transformation in the subconscious mind and due to that transformation the impulses of thoughts fed to the conscious mind are very pure. There is no more negativity from one’s own self. There is an automatic cleansing of the self, the purification of the soul and the divinization of the character in silence. Normally we understand that yogis like silence. Raja Yogis also understand the value of silence. Silence is golden, they say, because it brings back the golden stage of the self.

Baba's company at Amrit Vela: the greatness is felt more in silenceWhat is the beauty of self realization? What is the greatness of God realization and what is the greatness of a virtuous life? How valuable it is. The greatness is felt more in silence than in discussions, provided the mind and the intellect is held in that high stage. That comes through the power of silence. How to develop that power of silence? The ways are very simple. During Amrit Vela meditation, go to the world of silence. Don’t wander here and there in your own thinking or thinking about souls or other people’s ideas or churning a lot.

As Baba has said, become like the rising sun. Early in the morning when the sun rises, there is the beauty of the dawn and the power of the first rays of the sun. In Baba’s company, the Sun of Knowledge, you become part of the Sun. Just be there, feel Baba’s power, and then feel how Baba’s company, influences, and vibrations transform us. Try to feel and appreciate it at Amrit Vela. Relate to Baba only, and as you feel the power, multiply it by appreciation, and then direct that power from above using your reflector, your mind. The thought of bestowing, doing service to the world, to humanity and to the elements will deflect Baba’s power back into the world. It will be difficult for you to contain that power.

Baba says that when Baba comes here to meet the children, Baba has to limit His power because the medium’s body is made from iron-aged elements. If Baba comes with full power, the body can’t contain His power, so Baba limits it. The same thing will happen with you. You feel so powerful at that time. That spiritual power helps us stay in that stage for some time. You cannot stay in that powerful stage for 24 hours, but it should not be just for a second or two, otherwise that power of silence could not be developed to the stage needed.

Out of 45 minutes at Amrit Vela, spend at least half an hour. You yourself will feel when it is enough and when you don’t need any more. Then you descend down into the subtle regions. I am sure you will experience that, just like the sun shining above the earth, you are shining above the three worlds. This experience brings the feeling of what the karmateet stage is, what the stage of release is, what was our existence of consciousness before descending down, and what will be our stage when we ultimately return. That experience will pull your consciousness back to the Soul World and Baba, and then you will be saved from being pulled into the Kaliyug world.

The people of the world say that the mind is like a flying horse. It races from one thing to another, one person to another and one country to another in a fraction of a second. Whenever we sit in silence in meditation, it’s that time the mind starts racing. When we develop the power of silence, the mind becomes like the most obedient horse. It enables you to arrive at your destination within a second. You are no longer troubled by it. You start appreciating your horse. Oh, my mind is so beautiful, so obedient. My intellect is so clear. Thank You Baba, for bestowing this back to me again.

So use that method early in the morning. In the early morning, churning many thoughts is like churning yoghurt. You end up tired and sleepy. What I find is that there is so much joy in meditation and so much power felt in meditation that it is like the sun. You’re on duty to bring world transformation through the power of the mind.

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As Baba’s right hands, our role is to transform the world, the elements, and other souls, through the power of silence. In the silence of sleep, that power does not work. During meditation in the early morning, experience how sweet it is to be in the company of the Sweetest. In Baba’s company, face to face with Baba, in front of Baba fill with power, not just fill, but also spread that power and multiply it. Become like the blazing sun; destroy all the negativity from within and from the world. Bring real life to the world and to the self as the sun brings life, the light of the sun. Otherwise, the whole Kaliyug world is known as the world of death. Golden Age is the world of life, real life, where you live every second and Kaliyug world is the world of death where people are ignorant about themselves as being souls. If there is no soul in the body, what do you call that body, a dead body? Therefore, if there is no consciousness of being a soul, it is dead. It is a very harsh word to use. I have to use it. That is why it is used in the scriptures about Kaliyug, the world of death. So, come back to life and bring all other souls back to life with the power of silence.

After Amrit Vela, we need to inculcate the highest sanskars, very powerful sanskars. The power of silence does not develop merely by us being silent. Some people become tenser in silence because they do not know where to keep their minds. Therefore, Baba has given one magic word or mantra, Baba is our world. OK, let us go beyond. Let us go to Baba in the Soul World today, not the Subtle World, but beyond. Just be there very close to BapDada. Just feel and enjoy their company and see how it works in filling us with so much love and power.

Didi NirmalaBeing Master Sun of Knowledge

Steps in transformation: Using knowledge in every situation: Soul consciousness in practical life: Using knowledge with health matters: Divine manners: Using knowledge for inner strength

The topic today is ‘Being Master Sun of Knowledge’, dancing with happiness and not being afraid of anything. That was the blessing from this morning’s murli. We are all gyani souls. We took the seven-day course. So in seven days we understood quite a bit. Though, as Baba was saying in the last murli, most were attracted by the love of Baba and the family. Most were attracted by love and love made them study. Love makes us transform. Because of Baba’s love we transform ourselves. And it was easy to do it.

First step in transformation:Now the first step is understanding knowledge and sometimes we do have questions, but with that knowledge and experience then our faith deepens. One is to know and then to develop that faith that whatever Baba is telling me is the truth and to then understand and accept each and every point of gyan on the basis of this. Of course, it does take time. But experience in meditation enables our faith to develop. And as we experience more through meditation, our faith becomes deeper.

Second step in transformation:The second step after understanding gyan is to now start churning gyan. We have to be Swadarshanchakradhari. What does it mean to do this? To spin the cycle of self realisation. To recall how many births we have taken, to remember how we came from the soul world and how we passed through all the ages, the society - how it was, the people, what nature was like, all of these aspects through the cycle we think about, and ultimately we come to the confluence age and recognise that it’s time to return home. So the churning of what we have been through the cycle, recognising where we

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are now and what we are going to be in the future, this is what it means to be Swadarshanchakradhari.

Third step in transformation:The third step is to become the embodiment of knowledge. On the first day we know that we are souls, but to become soul conscious may take time, and even now after so many years we may not be soul conscious constantly, so maintaining soul consciousness and getting rid of body consciousness is our constant effort. As we become soul conscious, body consciousness naturally fades. As we become soul conscious, it becomes easier to renounce body consciousness. But we have to be knowledgeful of what both soul consciousness and body consciousness are. The science of body consciousness is looking at the body, thinking about bodily beings, external things, fashion, furnishings, houses, cars and so on. If we are attracted by this, that means we are body conscious. We have to appreciate the beauty of everything but not be attracted by anything.

Using knowledge in every situation:Knowledgeful means we know well from bad, but not feeling bad or having bad feelings for the bad -not having bad feelings or fear for those who are negative towards toward us. Fear is also body consciousness. The root of all vices is body consciousness. When we are attached to the body, we have fear of death. This is the most common fear. Secondly there is fear of rejection by other human beings, because we keep our past impressions internally and these are stored inside and we fear that happening again, because the experience was negative and made us feel uncomfortable, so we try to avoid those circumstances again. We should not have fear or rejection or fear of failure either. There should be no fear, because life is a game and in a game, there is sometimes victory and sometimes defeat. Sportsmen have the aim when they engage in sports to win, but they understand that not everyone will be a winner. Three people will get Gold, Silver, and Copper, and they understand and accept it, because it’s a game. So we should not have any fear of failure, especially being Baba’s child. Holding His Hand and maintaining His Company will ensure that we will be helped by Him. With His help, we need have no fear, as the Almighty Father is with us.

Using knowledge in each situation is necessary. Some of us are afraid of criticism. This fear is due to lack of self respect. If I have self respect, then I am not affected by others’ opinions, after all they are entitled to their opinion. I have to maintain my self respect. Baba has chosen me, I have to have this awareness, and I have to have this self respect. What can affect me or how can the opinion of others affect me, if God Himself has respect for me? We need to have self respect and then we will be protected from fear of failure and criticism. Everyone has their own sanskaras and there will be some situation, but I should not feel disappointed, hopeless, or depressed because I am being criticised. Do not lose your happiness, because if you do then you are not stable in a knowledgeful stage.

Situations and problems will come, no doubt, but you should have no fear of even attack from others. Some are afraid of darkness or the unknown. Going to a new place can bring about stress, worry, or fear. I should not be afraid of these things, how can I be afraid of the darkness, because I have received the title of being a Light House, a Lamp, so how can the darkness affect me? We have to be cautious and careful but not afraid of these things. Because fear will certainly bring an attack to me. If I am afraid, I will be attacked. So I must ensure that I do not have any fear, and keep the Almighty with me as a Companion. Anyone can rob your physical treasures, but knowledge says that it must be my karmic account, so can I remain stable in that situation, or am I shocked and having waste thoughts? Having waste thoughts after something that went wrong is an indication that I am not being stable on drama. If I am stable on drama I won’t have any waste or negative thoughts about it. Be stable on drama and if something happens, then put a full stop to the past, and don’t waste the present time. So using gyan in each point and every step is essential.

Soul consciousness in practical life: Starting with soul consciousness, the thoughts of a knowledgeful soul will be related to knowledge. I will be thinking about murli points, I’ll be churning murli points, my words and conversation will be knowledgeful too. I will be sharing knowledgeful aspects with others, if my thoughts are knowledgeful

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too. People who don’t have knowledge talk of anything and everything. They speak of food, fashion, entertainment and so on. Their time is spent on eating, fashion, movies, sport, and all of these things. When knowledgeful souls meet, their conversation is focused on knowledge and service. There will be talk of murlis and sharing experiences, and churnings and so on. Speaking of things on a mundane, material level is useless.

So the words should be sweet, soft, and essence. A knowledgeful soul's words will also be like that. Baba’s words will be implemented in their practical life. The actions of knowledgeful people will be elevated. Baba says that you should not even have ordinary thoughts or actions. We are Sangamyugi, most elevated Brahmins, so our every thought and action should be elevated. We should be careful that we are not creating any more karmic accounts. This time is for settling of karmic accounts, and we should be settling with happiness.

Using knowledge with health matters: With health, knowing that it’s a karmic account, we treat the body and the illness, but there is no sorrow. Baba was praising Dadi Nirmala Shanta, and even though she was being treated in hospital, she was serving the doctors with gyan. So whatever situation we are in, we are happy and serving souls with gyan. With worldly people, they talk about their pains, doctors, medicine, food and everything related to the body. So I have to ensure that neither my thoughts nor situations influence my mind and stage, but every situation I look at with a gyani attitude. Being sick is a karmic account but I had to settle it in a karma yogi stage. See the hospital or sick room as a holy place. Wherever you are, there is some service to be done. Doctors, nurses, staff, and other patients can be served. Take benefit of every situation.

Being an observer of the dramaJust because we are holding Baba’s hand doesn’t mean that we won’t face any negative situations. Situations won’t always be in our favour, everything will not always be what we want it to be. We should not be influenced or affected by whatever is happening. Try to see that you are observing the drama all the time. Whoever is there, it is an actor playing their part -variety actors with variety parts in a variety drama - and by seeing their variety roles, I should not have questions or confusion. With knowledge I have understanding. Those who have questions and confusion - how can they be called knowledgeful. Those who have lost their happiness and cheerfulness cannot be knowledgeful. Baba says: Don’t be surprised - nothing new in the Drama - no shocks, no surprises. In any situation, just remain an Observer in the Drama. This is part of Drama, it’s just happening. Maintain that stability and an unshakeable stage. The drishti of a knowledgeful soul will be pure brotherly vision. We look at everyone as our soul brothers. Each and every soul is good, no special love for anyone apart from Baba. Baba is my best friend. Every one has family relationship and friendship, but there’s only one friend and that is Baba. We also don’t have any enemies, except for the one enemy: Maya. So even if someone is defaming or criticising me, my reaction should be, OK, they are playing their part. Listen if there is any defamation or criticism and if it is true, and then change. If it is not true, let it out the other ear. Ensure that it doesn’t hurt you and pinch your heart. It should not affect you.

Divine manners:The manners of a knowledgeful soul are divine. In the world, we used to speak loudly and roughly, react immediately, get angry sometimes, but now our manners should be divine and royal. We know how to talk and walk. Have you seen how a deity walks? With royalty, deities don’t make a noise, even when they are walking. The way that they eat is also royal; they eat slowly and with great awareness. Even in the lokik world there is awareness of manners in eating, with special dishes and which knife and fork to use and so on. So in the same way, Baba wants us to have royalty in our every activity. Royal people have to be very careful about what they say and the same thing is for politicians. Even their speeches are pre-prepared. Even the Queen cannot decide to do something spontaneously. Everything has to be properly planned and ensured that it’s all accurate. So in the same way our each and every activity has to be accurate.

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So as we imbibe each and every point of knowledge in thoughts, words and actions, as well as in relationships, knowledge should be influencing our life. In relationships, we have preferences; likes for some and dislike for others or hatred. And in such relationships whether positive or negative, that’s attachment and where there is attachment, there will be suffering. We have to have good wishes and pure feelings for everyone. That is Baba’s shrimat. So I have to check and see that my relationships are like that, and I have to do that for each and every soul, no matter who they are and what they are doing. As much as I do that, I will be able to be happy. As soon as I have a negative thought, feeling, or attitude, I will become unhappy. Negativity is not my original sanskara or eternal experience.

Recently Baba said to ensure that you are always in your original and eternal form. So I need to check if I am experiencing that all the time and reminding myself of my original form of being a deity, and my eternal form of being a pure peaceful and happy soul. As I stabilise in that form, what happens is that I will always be happy and my manners, thoughts, and words will be unique. So we need to maintain that deeper awareness. Knowing is easy, but maintaining that awareness of soul consciousness all the time is what is a little bit difficult. And this is precisely what I need to maintain all the time.

Using knowledge for inner strengthSo a knowledgeful stage will help me to be loveful and powerful, because knowledge is also power. Knowledge gives me strength. Baba has said that we need to have all the powers. The first is the Power of Knowledge that will help me to remain stable and unshakeable. As I maintain that stage, I will be ever happy. To maintain our intoxication when we leave Madhuban, we have to revise what has been noted down in our books, and revise the Avyakt Murli and ensure that we are still being inspired on a daily basis. The daily murli will continue to inspire us when we pay attention to gyan, yoga, and dharna points. The murli will give you food to churn throughout the day. Ensure that you take homework from the murli and then at night, check yourself to see how far you have paid attention to those points. By being at home, don’t think that you are there, and then become lokik. Maintain that alokik awareness wherever you are.

To maintain Madhuban intoxication, Baba says, make Madhuban wherever you are. Keep the Madhuban timetable, make Amrit Vela special, don’t just meditate in your bed or relax and rest more. Don’t be slack, continue to follow that routine. Just as you feel that your room mates watch you here in Madhuban, here think that the world is watching me. Even in bhakti we used to think that God was watching us all the time. Baba says that He has a computer on you all the time; He can see our thoughts, words, and actions. Baba is the Almighty; He has the entire record of each and every soul’s every moment. I need to be careful all the time. Wherever I am, I should be considering myself to be a Madhuban niwassi all the time. Remind yourself that you are this; you are an Angel. I am a Brahmin who is to become an Angel to become a Deity. Then you will see that your transformation will be fast. In Madhuban you receive pure food, company, study and nothing else, having that student consciousness, in any free moment, you churn gyan, so if your intellect wanders anywhere bring it back, and make sure that you check your chart every night.

Keep attention on yourself all the time so that you don’t carry on with your old habits and sanskaras all the time. Keeping an aim and paying attention, you will find there will be no tension, worry, or pressure. No negativity will come inside you when there is constant attention. Having Baba as my Protector, Liberator and so on, you will have no worry or fear. As much as I pay attention to myself, I will be progressing. This is the time for ascension. I should be rising all the time, not only in Madhuban. In Madhuban it is easy, because there is no lokik environment and lokik atmosphere around us. But in the world, it is not so easy. By maintaining the alokik awareness of being a Madhuban niwassi will help you a lot to have a powerful stage. Baba emphasised maintaining constant awareness, not sometimes, but all the time. My stage, should all the time, be elevated and my thoughts, words, actions, elevated.

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Global Cooperation House, London, 28th September 2006

Healing the self in silence: Connecting with goodness again

At this time in history more than ever we need to experiment with the power of silence to heal the inner being. Today, when there is so much sound outside, are we aware of the amount of sound that we are generating inside our mind? There is extreme noise pollution in this world and within us. It is often only when we are in a quiet place that we become aware of the incessant chattering going on within. Also, often at night before we sleep, we are aware of the experiences of the past as they keep coming back to be replayed. How do we deal with this? Just live with it? Or have we forgotten the being within the human form - the soul, the spark of light. Within the human soul there is a very special creative power – this is the power we value so highly in today’s world (when those in ‘creative’ jobs are paid so much). Each one of us, however, is creative – we all have the ability to create 36,000 thoughts a day on average. Sometimes many more and we can see how fast the mind works…..yet we have forgotten that we are in charge of this mental ‘machinery’ and that we can choose which direction the thoughts go in.

Often we are on autopilot just reacting to the constant external stimulus. Yet a day practising going within and creating pure, positive, and powerful thoughts will enable us to tap into the beautiful inner silence that resides deep inside. When we learn to do this we realize how needy and discontent we had become and how we hunger for inner silence. This is an experience that nurtures, nourishes, and strengthens the self. When we are unaware of this I am affected by the negative, strong influences of the world, and along with my own negative thoughts, I create a lot of pain within. For example, it has become a habit to be critical instead of appreciative - the thoughts keep moving about others and the self and in a short space of time I don’t feel good. Usually we do not see how we wound ourselves with our own thoughts. We deflate ourselves and happiness has disappeared.

When we are aware of ourselves and each other on a spiritual level then we can move away from the differences and appreciate that we are all sisters and brothers and belong to one human family. Then we can feel comfortable within. We can use little pauses throughout the day to remind ourselves of ‘who I am’ and ‘who you are’ and the eternal connections that exist between us.

It is true too that ‘I am all that my past has made me’; this is a reality and often that creation isn’t so healthy. There can be uncomfortable feelings from past encounters with people, situations, and places. For example, often our mind is closed and we don’t give an individual a chance based on the past experiences. All the things that we carry need a lot of cleansing and sorting out. This does not happen with words. It is with silence – in a space where we can connect with the core of my own being and also with The Divine. People of all traditions theoretically believe in the principle that every human being has goodness within. The original state is of goodness and whenever a chance to experience this arises there is happiness and joy. The natural feelings of the soul are of joy.

Connecting with goodness again:Silence helps us go beneath all the layers of dust and accumulation so that we can connect with this goodness again. There is a saying that ‘silence is golden’ – for this is the way to attainment, where the negative is transformed to positive. We can take this to another level when I connect with The Divine. We often base self esteem and identity on external things which can be dangerous and lead to identity crises and uncomfortable feelings. When I base my experience on my internal spiritual identity, I become stable. We accumulate many wounds often from infancy which fester and create pain, which continue to be carried around. There is only one way to heal this – with the love that comes from The Divine.

With relationships today there are huge amounts of expectations that we have; there is just the feeling to take – from both sides - and this just doesn’t work and so instead of experiencing being nurtured and nourished, we feel depleted. We are in desperate need of connecting with The Divine, who can

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heal and nourish us. Just as we are beings of light, so is The Divine a Being of Light that is absolute truth, love, and silence. We just have to tune our thoughts in silence so I connect and the healing power of love will reach me, just as we would tune into a radio station and receive a signal. Love is the ointment that cools the soul, brings comfort, and eases the pain. Love nurtures and empowers so we can be strong again. As we fill ourselves with Divine energy, it reaches not just the soul but spreads out all around us and beyond. As our hearts heal we start to bring the quality of compassion and love into our relationships. So not just healing the self but also affecting those around us and taking this further to help towards the healing of the planet too, which we know is vital. We realize we have damaged the planet and yet we can help in its healing too.OM SHANTI

Brother Jagdish Chander Hassija: undatedfrom the class: “Developing the Power of Silence”:

When we are busy with so many things how is it possible to attain that stage of silence? Intense love of Shiv Baba creates a complete stage of silence. Doubts in gyan disturb us: seeking understanding brings enlightenment The stage of silence brings the creation of the new world and the destruction of the old

Firstly, in the stage of silence we will experience the real nature of the soul. To know only through expression that I am a point of light, I am a soul, is just imagining, visualizing. It is better to experience or realize. Realization comes through retiring, retreating, and returning to a state of complete silence. Secondly, Shiv Baba talks to us in a stage of silence. In that stage of silence we can better listen to the whispers from the beyond. When Shiv Baba wants to speak to us directly we are open. Our ears and eyes are closed to the outside and our mind is not occupied with its own thoughts. In this state I can know what Shiv Baba wants me to do. Advice from Shiv Baba when we are in silence has a great and lasting influence. If a senior tells us something beneficial, this can help but when we get something directly, in a state of complete silence from Shiv Baba that is most powerful.

At that time our mind is completely receptive and rapid change comes in our lives. In the stage of silence the bliss and ecstasy is so great that it creates a breakthrough in our life. A new kind of transformation takes place from within. Such close and deep communication with Shiv Baba makes our effort very fast. We can become BapSaman, like the Father. We can be like the Father in actions, keeping His biography in the eye of our mind. But when we become a soul in deep silence, in that stage we are really BapSaman.

Thirdly I can bring transformation in the self and others in a state of silence. I can explain what bliss is, but if in the state of silence another sits in my presence, then the other can get the feeling of bliss. The deeper the stage of silence that I can stabilize myself in, then, at the experiential level, with mind to mind communication, that person will be able to get the experience. This is the real service we are supposed to do. I want to bring transformation in someone’s life. Someone is caught in a quagmire, not able to come out despite their best efforts. I want to help that person have certain qualities which at that moment they cannot have. If I want to help, that is possible through the power of silence. It is possible to bring a qualitative change in another person.

So how can we attain and stabilize this stage? There can be many kinds of silence. Silence means that when our mind is free of inner conflicts, the mind is calm and composed and there is quietness of the mind. There should be no conflict, confusion, or dissatisfaction. Another silence is when the mind has no confusion, no tug of war over whether this or that is correct. If there is dissatisfaction, the mind is not calm. Outwardly I may be a silent person but inwardly there may be a storm in my mind. When there is no disturbance, only then I can say I am in a state of silence.

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Many of Baba’s murlis help us to have this stage of silence. Baba says that when you set yourself on your seat, then the events outside cannot disturb or shake you. You stabilize yourself in self-respect in your own identity. That state of composure and calmness of mind is what is meant by silence of the mind. However, although the ocean has a smooth surface there are undercurrents in the mind. When we look into ourselves there is no disturbance, but in the sub-conscious there may be disturbance. There is no sign of peacelessness but also no sign of positive peace.

We will be in a state of silence when there are no undercurrents in our subconscious. That is possible only when we completely open ourselves to Shiv Baba so His highest forces can act on the subconscious. This is God’s Grace. Baba says if you go one step to Me, I will go a hundred towards you. When we stabilize ourselves in the stage of silence, if we take this one step, then, by His grace, His forces will act a thousand fold on the subconscious.

I have seen many souls in gyan changing themselves, but not on the subconscious level. This is because of the lack of effort to sit in deep silence. Transformation is not just based on my effort. God’s effort is involved. This is God’s gift, blessing, and boon and without this there cannot be complete transformation. To have that grace, the best way is to have the state of silence. After God’s force enters my subconscious the next time it will be easier to go into silence. The third time there will be great depth and change. A day will come when; by His grace I can stabilize myself in the highest stage of consciousness. To transform the subconscious we must go again and again into the power of silence. Then we will think of silence again and again. It becomes a part of our nature.

This stage of silence, as a yoga practice, is the result of all my other practices of yoga. Because of practice I get a pull into the experience of silence. Communicating with Baba you feel you are on the heart-line; your Dad is talking to you. When I am in complete silence, I am like the Father, spreading strong rays of light and might. The body is completely eliminated from our thoughts; there are strong waves of light and might spreading in all directions. They are emanating and radiating from a very powerful source. That feeling is there, the more you transcend into that state.

When we are busy with so many things how is it possible to attain that stage of silence? If we are in the worldly atmosphere during the day this makes things more difficult. These difficulties can be removed through following Baba’s instructions on how to protect ourselves, and then we will build up a resistance. The outside can create problems, but if we observe the spiritual principles then we will be free of negative influences. The obstacle is there; this cannot be denied and has to be guarded against. Fly and be with Shiv Baba; the ecstasy is such that it never loses its attraction.

The mind at the conscious and sub-conscious level should be at rest. Silence of mind means restfulness of mind. We should feel a complete rest and relaxation in the mind. Sometimes a feeling of guilt from past actions comes. Detachment is complete only when our past is past. Detachment comes when I think that was a different person who did that. I am now in a new life. Otherwise the mental block pulls us and we live in the past rather than the present and future. Many people live in the past. If I mentally relive a negative past experience this increases the duration of that event. Being detached from, letting go of the past opens a new chapter of life and brings silence and quietness of mind. A yogi forgets and forgives others and their own past wrong actions.

When there is silence of mind there are no desires for name, fame, or comfort. If I want this and that, then the mind is occupied and cannot experience the stage of rest and deep silence. The stage of deep silence is a stage free of desires. There is only one desire left, in place of all other desires, the desire to link with the Supreme. I want to experience the highest bliss and realize the original state of the self; this desire inspires action and effort. We cannot be free of desires, since then; there would be no action, either mental or physical.

Intense love of Shiv Baba creates a complete stage of silence. Love takes us into that state. The deeper and more intense the love, the deeper our state of silence. Love gives us that experience; it is our original quality. The soul is starving for love, and when it comes

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back to the love of Shiv Baba it is restored to its original stage, the stage of silence. There can be no reservations from Shiv Baba. In self surrender, everything is open to Shiv Baba. If we hide anything His force cannot act. With Baba’s gaze on all aspects of ourselves there is complete transformation.

What are the essential elements that lead to this stage? One is the discipline of the sense organs, giving up worldly things. Self discipline is essential. Second there is cleanliness of clothes, our room, and the mind. More cleanliness, the more you can do tapasya. The third is silence, fewer words, introversion, soft words, and necessary talk only. Fourth is willpower. Tapasya brings temptations and provocations. You must have strong willpower. When you begin tapasya, come what may I must do this. When tapasya starts I tie the thread, I am aware I am bound by discipline, a goal, and a vow.

The sign of a holy person is that whatever he says, even about the future, takes place. The thoughts that occupy his mind reflect the future that is to happen. Words will be powerful if we consider them as expenditure of energy. Words then become blessings. When a trance messenger goes into trance, she cuts herself off from the environment and is totally oblivious of what is happening here. She goes into the beyond. After she returns it takes a while for her to come into the normal stage of speaking, the voice is soft and whispering. When you are detached from the body, in silence and beyond, your natural stage is of silence. From silence you come into talk. The less we speak, the easier it is to go into mental silence. A stage will be reached where, whatever we say will happen, our words will never go to waste.

Baba says we should become like angels in a state of silence. Our actions should produce as little sound as possible, like an angel. Baba in sakar would say, when you cook, there may be 15 people in the kitchen but if someone is outside they should think there is no-one in the kitchen. 15 people working as a team and there is pin drop silence. Practise this stage that is like a silent movie, a movie without sound.

In a stage of silence our communication is on a vibrational level. Practise this, prepare for the future, and practise communicating on the vibrational level. When our eyes or hands communicate, even better is if the vibrations of our minds deeply touch the minds of others. In the stage of silence, we can, with powerful and strong vibrations, communicate what we want to communicate through words. Words have to be interpreted and decoded; these impulses go to the brain. So the vibrations of our minds can go to the mind of the other as an impulse to the brain. Vibration of thought is a different wavelength from the vibration of sound; both are a means of communication. Speech is a translation of our thoughts as words. Communicating at such a thought level is possible in a state of deep silence.

The mind is similar to a radio or TV when it is in a stage of silence. The mind is so powerful and clear that we can give messages to people at a telepathic level, thought level and experiential level. We can catch the minds of others and visualize the future very clearly. Although working for those occult powers is not our aim, they automatically come through the power of silence. In the beginning many souls had divine visions. If one sister was introducing the knowledge, during the sound of Om, many became detached from their body and had the experience of being in another stage of consciousness and had sakshaka, divine visions. That was because in those days the emphasis was on attaining the stage of silence.

Baba was saying that this will happen again in the future. As it happened in the beginning so it will repeat at the end. At the end our utmost attention will be on attaining the stage of silence. We will not be able to give knowledge by word of mouth. Our own stage will have advanced so we will be able to communicate on a vibrational level. Through our power of silence people will get visions that golden age will come. They will realize the true nature of the devis and devtas, the gods and goddesses that are being worshipped. They will realize that this is God’s work that is taking place. People will understand that as raj yogis we have attained divine powers and that these have been attained through the Highest One. Then the world drama will be over; that will be the final scene. The curtain will have opened; this glorification of God will be the culmination of this drama; everything will be clear to people. This will happen because we are observing deep silence.

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Baba wants us to prepare for future service or mansa seva, service through the mind. Previously those who could speak or teach courses and write articles were seen as very serviceable. But Baba has been saying that equal marks are given to those who do service through silence power, mansa seva. To help those who are suffering, who cannot detach from the body, through meditation we can help that person. We can do this just with a simple thought in the mind that the meditation is for the benefit of that person. We should not try to bring their face in our mind; this would lower our stage in meditation. Sometimes Baba says we may do this, but sometimes this can lead to a lower meditation. Baba knows the purpose; simply think that this is the purpose of the meditation. This shift in emphasis to mansa seva, mental service, will bring a change in our way of doing service. Ultimately it will lead us to a stage where we will be able to give knowledge to millions.

Doubts in gyan disturb us: seeking understanding brings enlightenmentIn the Bhagwad Gita, Arjuna says, with attachment gone, now I remember my goal, myself and my identity, all doubts have now vanished. This is the faithful intellect, where there is complete faith in the knowledge, its source, its truth and validity, logic and complete application. Doubts in gyan make your mind disturbed. Curiosity is different, wanting to understand something more deeply or seeking greater enlightenment. Doubt is different from questions for our further education. If we doubt the rationality or logic of the truth that has been given this shakes us. No puzzles should be left that bite the mind, contradictions. Such doubts engage our mind and cause us to slow down in our efforts. Faith gives us strength and stamina. If the mind is divided, or an army is divided, there cannot be victory. Baba never says you have learnt enough. Rather he asks us to remain a student all our lives, there is still so much that has to be taught. Baba is there; at least we have no doubt about who is teaching us. Baba as the teacher knows best when to reveal, when to throw more light on this so we will understand.

The stage of silence brings the creation of the new world and the destruction of the old We get the most powerful thoughts and those thoughts, put into practice, and the process of creation of the new world, takes place through the stage of silence. If we really want to have new ways of service and giving the message, for that we need to be in silence. In the silence stage we get new, great, powerful, and productive ideas for service. Like the scientists who are creating more and more powerful weapons, the power of silence will give you more and more powerful spiritual weapons. The power of silence will give the ultimate weapon, and then the message will spread very fast.

Destruction is waiting because of this lack of silence power. The more we stabilize in silence; the vibrations will be so powerful that negativity in the world will finally end. At present it is not ending, the world is becoming more negative because we are slow in our efforts. The more we are powerfully rooted and stabilized in silence; the signs of destruction will show. Now the process of transformation is sometimes cold, sometimes hot. When we heat ourselves in the stage of tapasya, that stage of silence is the real stage of tapasya. When we get the temperature of yoga to that of a furnace, even iron can be melted into liquid. When we are experiencing that higher stage the final acts of the drama will take place. That kingdom will come for which we are all making efforts.

Tapasya means heat; heat is a means to purify things. The sun’s heat steam purifies. The process of the goldsmith of purifying the gold is by removing the alloys; the other elements melt at a different temperature so the gold can be separated. The word tapasya is used in this context, the process of purification of the self, the mind, intellect, soul. By concentration of thought, the past bad sanskars are burnt. In this process of intense meditation, seed stage of yoga, our main emphasis is on light and might. We are completely absorbed and merged in that stage. Our vicious sanskaras are burnt. We get up and feel very bright and light. Through this we attain relaxation, peace, and bliss. The emphasis in tapasya is burning of past sins so we can become pure gold. Our experiences on various days are different, but always there is light and might.

In tapasya we completely withdraw from the body and are stabilized in soul consciousness and have an undisturbed link with Shiv Baba. Our love is complete with Baba. Light and might is descending on you, as if you are a medium and you are spreading rays of light and might all over the globe. It is as if

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you will lose your body now, it is so powerful; you are carried with it, deep in the Ocean of Light. The power is so great that it is indescribable. The experience isn’t lost after you stop; it continues for some days after. Again and again you are drawn to that experience.

There is so much light and might that Baba calls it yoga ‘agni’, the fire of yoga. It is like a volcanic furnace, or like the process going on in the sun. So intense is the heat, spiritual heat, not body heat. Afterwards you feel that habits you found very difficult to remove are gone. They are no more. Love is emerged in the mind, you feel compassion for all, divinized as if you have come out of a sacred lake, and transformed into an angel. So intense is the love for Baba that we are lost to everything else. We are so deeply absorbed in that love that it is like fire. It engulfs us, removes our impurities. This is the process of world renewal. So this is what is meant by yoga tapasya.

Besides this aim of purification there are other aims of tapasya. Purification takes you to another attainment, attainment of divine powers. Baba has mentioned eight powers. There are many other powers, some people call them occult powers, and they also come. There are so many siddhis, spiritual higher nobler divine powers when the soul reaches this stage. This is the purpose; to fill ourselves with these Godly powers.

The third aim is to win the love of God. Baba says you are sitting on the heart throne. So how can we sit on Baba’s heart throne? Baba loves tapasvi children the most, because they are pure, can mould themselves, and are free from negativity, BapSaman. This makes us like Baba. To be near to Baba, be a tapasvi, practice deep intense immovable meditation. Nothing can change your mind. Your thoughts are completely focused on Shiv Baba. Fourth aim is to gain yoga power. Yoga power is the highest power, greater than politics, science, and military power. Yoga power can completely change the world into undivided sovereignty. This kind of power is the highest of all powers, nothing cannot be attained; the forces of matter become your servants. All forces are there in Golden and Silver Ages; the world becomes paradise, heaven. This can be attained through yog-tapasya.

Bro. Charlie Hogg – Montreal, June 22 nd 2005 “The Healing Power of Silence”

Silence is very healing but it can be very confronting too The whole quality of my life depends on my state of mind The mind needs silence, and the heart also needs silence The silence of my conscience

Let me share with you an experience I had a few years ago. I’d been meditating regularly for thirty years and in that time I’ve spent a day here or two days there in silence but a few years ago myself and a group of BK’s in Australia had a retreat and decided to spend an entire week together in silence. There was probably about 20 of us and we went down to a very beautiful place which is just one hour south of Sydney in the bush lands; a very rustic earthy place. Before we began the silence, we decided to sit together to talk about what we were going to do. It was quite an interesting discussion as to how we were going to use our time. Many of us realized that, often, our lifestyle, our way of living is just about doing all the time. We had come to this silence retreat and we were going to write things, read things, listen to things. Thus we actually decided not to do any of that but just spend the time totally with me and my thoughts, me and my feelings, me and my karmic story.

For the first time in my life I spent a whole week not really doing anything much, not reading, not writing, not engaging with other people. My first realization or experience was how much mental energy I use in communication with others. So much mental energy is put into understanding others, how to respond to people, how to resolve feelings about others. I freed myself from that completely. And I can say quite honestly I experienced such an extraordinary high but I also experienced a few lows as well. Because, at times when the mind really went deep inside, the sense of inner stillness and the sense of contentment and serenity was so profound, but I noticed how easily the mind can dip

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into the past karmic stories, into the subconscious and disturbance and it can break the silence in just a split second.

Silence is very healing but it can be very confronting tooThe feeling was like being naked in front of my own story. I had nowhere to run, it was just me with myself, yet I have to say it was one of the richest experiences of my life. I also began to realize that the more I’m caught up in this world, as we often are, the more disconnected I am from the truth inside. Silence is very healing but it can be very confronting too. And I realized deeply how we just live in this world of noise, this world of distraction, a world of busy-ness. We wake in the morning, and what do we do? The first thing, we switch on the radio or the television. It’s amazing how the mind needs constant entertainment. We drive to work, we listen to the radio at work and often we’re in front of a computer all day; we drive home with the radio on and then sit in front of the television. We don’t allow our mind even a moment to go inside. We’re totally caught up in this culture of noise, distraction, and busy-ness. Sometimes I feel the mind is bombarded with so much information and so many messages. I have a friend in Australia who is in the advertising industry and he was telling me once that they say an average person in a country like Canada or Australia in one week receives 15,000 advertising messages through radio, through TV, through billboards. It’s a bombardment on the soul; it’s like a bombardment on my mind.

The outer noise is very loud but the inner noise is even louder. It’s the noise of a disturbed mind. In psychology they talk about self-talking. We talk to ourselves in our heads. But very often what is the quality of that conversation? It’s very derogatory; we speak down to ourselves and we beat ourselves. Often we argue with others in our minds, we’re sorting through our fears, sorting through our insecurities. Sometimes the mind is so noisy, it’s so over busy. This noise is driving us crazy. We crave silence and yet we fear it at the same time. The noise, the distraction, the busy-ness all has a purpose. Because it creates a state of denial, a state of avoidance, where I can’t really look too deeply at myself and see what’s really happening inside. We really crave that inner peace and yet when we start to dwell inside and look at what is really happening, it can be very scary, it’s frightening. Thus we shut the door again because we just don’t know how to navigate this inner territory. I believe that the great myth of the modern world which we have all bought into is what I call the « outside-in » myth. That myth tells us that everything important in life is out there. Then my whole reference point in life is my relationships, my work, my status, my wealth, my appearance, that’s my entire reference point for who I am. We’ve all invested in this myth.

As soon as you sit down to meditate or go in silence, what happens is that in a split second your mind goes out because your mind has been educated, we’ve bought into this belief that it will find all its needs out there and so I’m looking outside to find my needs inside. The path of meditation, the path of silence is the « inside-out » approach. My first point of contact is my inner self who I really am and when I am in a state of self- knowledge, automatically there’s a quality of silence which begins to emerge within me.

Someone was telling me a story about a little fish. There was a scientist who was doing an experiment with a little fish in a tank and he would feed the fish at one end of tank. The little fish would swim around and it would always be fed at one end of the tank. Then the scientist put a glass wall in the middle of the tank. So the little fish, when it went to get its food, it kept bumping into the glass. The little fish kept going to get its food and every time he would bump the glass. It learned just to swim in one half of the tank. The scientist took out the glass wall so it could swim in the whole tank, he kept feeding from one end, but the little fish died out of starvation. To me it’s a little bit like us. We are just swimming in half the tank under the myth that everything important is outside. And quite frankly even if we come to a place like this, we believe deeply that I can find inner peace, that I have to find my inner silence but we don’t know how to do it , it’s more just like a belief. And actually the values of that myth are so strong in us we just keep swimming in half the tank and so the soul feels quite empty and it can’t really get that experience of sweet silence.

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We’re so addicted to that approach to life that it takes a long time to really educate myself to look inside to fulfil my needs; it’s a long term process, (in my own experience). For me the first step of silence is to realize that all my needs and resources are inside. When I go into silence I can really taste a deep quality of peace. Then the noise of the world begins to fade, the noise of the mind cools down. The noise of my past has less influence on me. In this stillness, I’m away from all the needs of my own ego. I’m able to let go of expectations.

I find this stillness is like a state where I take pressure off; the pressure to be something, the pressure to impress people, the pressure to be recognized. I can just relax and be who I am; this is the beauty of silence. It’s like coming home to a place in me, in my own head, in my own mind, in my own soul where I can feel absolutely comfortable and settled into who I am. Meditation is like experimenting with the self. There are 3 areas that I love to experiment to taste that silence. Firstly, the silence of the mind, secondly the silence of the heart and thirdly the silence of the conscience.

I’ve done a lot of reading about the mind and what I find fascinating is that in all areas of science, it’s the one area that we don’t know a lot about. It is said we can speak two hundred words a minute, but we think over five hundreds thoughts a minute. You know how often you speak to somebody, but a lot more activities are going on inside your own mind. The human mind goes on for 24 hours a day. I rest my body but my mind never stops. The human mind is such an extraordinary instrument. In psychology they say we can be aware on seven different levels of reality at any different moment. That means you’re absorbing information just like me now, I’m speaking to you, I’m thinking about what I’ll be saying next, I might be watching your reaction. So the mind is such an extraordinary instrument.

The whole quality of my life depends on my state of mind. And yet I think we’ve developed many bad mental habits. I think we’ve become thinking addicts, we can’t stop thinking, judging, assessing, analysing. The mind is in overdrive because of so many desires. I have the desire to be loved, to be respected, and to be recognized for material things and these desires are fuelling the speed of the mind. And what happens when you go to sleep at night? Isn’t it frustrating when you’re tired, you’re exhausted, you lie down, and the mind goes into overdrive? We’ve absolutely lost control of the mind and so the mind doesn’t taste any silence today. Sometimes I call this syndrome the « brain drain syndrome». I create so many thoughts which drain me of energy, wasteful thoughts, or negative thoughts. My experience is that tiredness doesn’t come from physical activity; tiredness comes with the creation of those negative and wasteful thoughts. You think when you’re happy you can go for how long in a day, 18 hours, or 20 hours? And when you’re sad, when you’re unhappy what do you want to do? Even at 9 o’clock in the morning, run home and jump onto the sheets, escape from the world.

For me silence is not an absence of thoughts, it’s not a void in the mind, it’s actually about creating quality thoughts, pure thoughts which bring power and strength and coolness to my mind. How can I create those quality thoughts which would cool down the speed of the mind?

The first step to inner silence is to really know the self. I have faith in that and I experience myself to be a spiritual being, a soul. So first I begin to look within and then I begin to think very deeply but very gently, who I am. I’ve seen a lot of research in the world, 80% of us believe we’re something more than a physical body, we know, don’t we? We know that we are actually the soul, the spirit, this minute spark of life energy. We know it, we believe it, but we don’t experience it much. Sitting in silence is actually connecting and experiencing with the reality of who I am as an eternal spiritual being.

There is a spiritual law that says, as much as I learn the art of becoming soul conscious (which is this gentle letting go all the identity of my physical self) and just becoming settled in that stage of being a seed, a soul, the speed of the mind cools down. As much as I become detached from my body, that’s how much the mind cools down. When my whole identity is just my physical self, it’s like I’m a victim of my own mind. You know how it leads you, and I’ve just spent all my time responding, reacting but actually when you learn this art of just letting go, withdrawing, becoming the soul, the seed, it’s

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extraordinary. You take that clear authority internally and you start to create the thoughts you want, rather than feeling a victim of your mind, your own thinking.

These days when I share some of my experiences about meditation, I really encourage people to keep going. Because we crave this sense of inner calm that is the sense of mental silence but when we try, all the rubbish keeps coming back time and time again and I get scared of it. I think I can’t do it, but you will, you will move through the jungle of thoughts and then you’ll find this pristine point of silence inside and it’s so sweet. I can say, thought, that it needs a lot of practice because we are all addicted to this over-active state of mind but anyone can do it, once you’ve learned the art.

The mind needs silence, and the heart also needs silenceLove is the greatest need of the human soul. When the heart is full, I feel so easy and comfortable about myself. When the heart is empty, the mind is on a relentless search to taste an experience of love. The first desire of life I believe is pure love, and when we don’t taste it then I think all other desires kick in. This material world is supposed to replace the lack of true love. All these desires emerge the need for recognition, the need for material things because that fundamental need to taste that true love in life is not experienced.

We do experience love but it just is not the quality which I think we really desire. Love is sometimes very conditional in the sense that it has many sub-clauses and sub-sub-clauses. I love you, but you have to do what I want. Love can be a very manipulative thing. Sometimes it’s very selfish, and it’s not really intentional but we feel empty so all I can think about is you giving love to me and we know that’s not really what works. Sometimes it’s a very dependent love. Love is there but it’s polluted. And still the human soul craves a quality of love, a pure love, a true form of love.

I think that we search for this true love and we invest our heart with so much sincerity, but there’s a law of life that says no relationship is permanent. And I think that’s a great human dilemma isn’t it? We invest everything in a relationship, but it will change, whether it is conflict, whether it is just change, whether it is separation, whether it’s death. No relationship is permanent. Because of this dilemma I think it creates so much insecurity we fear losing that which we love. One of the beauties of the spiritual journey is that we look for a more permanent form of love. Once someone said to me that true love is "love that which always exists". And that’s why, on our journey of life, we do experience love from each other but when we go deeper into the level of silence, we begin to explore the relationship with God, because that can offer a more permanent source of love. Meditation being the method to touch my inner silence, the first step is knowing who I am and really experimenting with that so I learn this beautiful art of just withdrawing to become the seed and of feeling the whole mind cool down.

These days when I meditate, I’m just focusing on that beautiful jewel of light and giving myself permission to be totally loved by the most loving being. Nothing will heal the soul more deeply than that pure flow of God’s love. When I am body conscious, when the mind is under the influence of the sense organs, what I am hearing, what I am seeing is cluttering my head. When you start to let go of that, and move into that state of self-awareness and start to focus beyond in this relationship, then you can start to listen to God, you can start to really hear God and hear your own truth. That’s such an empowering thing just to actually not hear what everyone else is telling me, what my past is telling me, what the world is telling me, but actually really connecting to that innate truth and really listen to God.

When I really taste that quality of love from God, from the Supreme Soul, that’s the fundamental need; the mind has found what it wants, so this relentless searching, seeking, looking, just cools down. It’s just a feeling of coming home when I taste that quality of love; it nurtures the core of my being and it creates a natural silence internally.

The silence of my conscienceThe third type of silence I’ve experimented with is the silence of my conscience . The conscience is the vessel that holds my truth, the container that holds all the things I value, the qualities which make me who I am. If I ever let go of my truth, (like sometimes a part of you knows what to do, knows what is

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right, but the desires and attachments pull you in another direction) then sometimes, if I let go of my truth and let my desires take over, I become the victim. The conscience can become really bitter, like when you have feelings of guilt, there is no greater pain than that pain. Sometimes there are feelings of guilt, feelings of shame and sometimes it goes to the extent of feelings of self-hatred, and there’s such a deep disturbance in the soul. There is no peace, no silence at all when I deny listening to my conscience. I’ve also thought that the greatest pain is going against my own truth.

In silence I make a friendship with my conscience - and rather than working against me it becomes my best friend because when I really know what my truth is, whenever I begin to step over my truth, step outside the guidelines of my truth, it warns me like a little red light that says: Hold on, you’re going to step in an area which is going to bring up all that sense of guilt and all those horrible feelings which made you feel so weak and absolutely shatter your inner silence. There’s an extraordinary story we carry, beautiful bits and pretty ugly bits. The ugly bits disturb me and take away my silence. When I have that sort of power of meditation I can more observe it rather than engage it. Rather than feel influenced by all that I observe it, and I can go through that process of forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of all the conditions of the mind that stop me being loving. When I can forgive myself and forgive others, it’s a huge freedom for the soul and once again all these things sustain my ability just to have a quiet, calm, and silent mind.

What I do every day of my life (and what I’ve done for the last 30 years and love to do every day) is to wake up early, and instead of engaging the mind with what happened yesterday, what I have to do today, I just sit quietly (and I just love more than ever) and first connect with my true self and see what’s happening inside of me and then as a soul, l just sit in front of the Supreme Soul and allow myself to be loved and that just gives so much inner strength.

I’ve felt that, all over the years that first you meditate, you feel a little bit calm, but then it starts to affect your actions and relationships. It is a slow process to be honest. But the more you go on and practice on a daily basis, it actually becomes more your nature to carry that inner silence into your life. It not only helps you but a few of you must have experienced coming in touch with somebody who is really calm, and just their presence cools you down. It’s a lovely feeling - just like being in front of a cool shower, someone with a loving cool nature, it’s so refreshing. I can actually serve my brothers and sisters with that state of mind.

Most of communication with others is subtle. When you talk to somebody, 90% of the connection or the influence is non verbal. It’s your vibration and your expression, your body language. When you spend time caring for your mind, your heart, and your conscience in that silence, automatically other people pick up on it and automatically they are influenced by your vibration. When people get two messages and one is what you say and the other is what you feel, which do you trust? The one you feel. So the investment in myself and calming down my mind is such a huge investment that not only I feel better, but it definitely has an extraordinary positive influence on my relationships with others.

Finally, there’s a lot of noise inside our heads - and when you begin on this journey, sometimes you taste silence and sometimes the mind even seems worse than it was before, but never be afraid and the most important thing, never ever give up, because it does take time - it’s the patience of the spiritual journey. The whole thing is be consistent. The people I see that have really got that inner silence have had that realization that I’ve got to do it on a daily basis. When I’ve seen the most peaceless people really absorb that silence it’s just extraordinary. But it’s a commitment. Do it every day and no matter how much the mind rebels keep going because ultimately you will get there.

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