Baba says, “To have love, mercy and generosity is known as having a big heart.”

The incorporeal Father kept Brahma Baba, the corporeal instrument in front of the children for them to be able to follow him.  The very first step of Father Brahma was that he became a total renunciate. Not only of the body and the relations, but the greatest renunciation was that of surrendering the mind and the intellect. That is, there was only Baba and shrimat within the mind and intellect at every moment; there was this consciousness in every action. When asked, I too say I have surrendered everything to Baba, that He is my world but I don’t necessarily follow shrimat at every step. The sign that I follow shrimat is that I become like the Father in all aspects: in thought, nature and sanskars. But if I say: “I didn’t mean to say or do that but my nature is like this” or if thoughts emerge against my wish, then somewhere I have become slack in following shrimat. This would then not be called being a total renunciate.

Baba says, “Shiv Baba is now making you worthy through the body of Brahma; that is, if you continue to follow shrimat.” If I don’t follow shrimat, I won’t become worthy and the power to follow shrimat only comes through surrendering the limited ‘I and mine’.

Total surrender means my sanskars should always be like those of the Father, that is, of love, of mercy and of having a generous heart, and this is called a big heart. To have a heart means to see the limited consciousness of mine- whether for the self, for the service place or for the service companions. And to have a big heart means experiencing that everything belongs to me. In other words, if I am a teacher, to have an attitude of: this is my center, this is my area, these are my students is to be stuck in limits. It is as if I have created boundaries for myself. I then focus on just what I consider ‘mine’ and don’t care about what happens to the rest. Baba says, “are you benefactors of just your area or zone or country or are you world benefactors?” These limits exist because of a small heart, explains Baba. To think that the whole world is mine, is to have a big heart. Sure, there are areas and countries assigned but that is a means to make operations efficient, not to create divisions in the heart. “The limits should not exist in your heart”, explains Baba. Baba is big and He needs an unlimited heart! Brahma Baba while staying in Madhuban never had the thought that only Madhuban is mine and the rest of Bharat and the world belongs to the children…let them take care of it. No! He never had such thoughts. He had love for all, he felt a belongingness for all. This is known as having a big heart, a generous heart.

Sometimes teachers think that the more centers they have or the more service tasks they have accomplished, the bigger their kingdom will be. Baba says, “the prize of heaven is not based on this.” There has to be service and there have to be centers but there has to be no trace of any limits. Those with a limited heart cannot become unlimited emperors, He explains. Whoever sees me interacts with me should experience my intoxication of being an unlimited emperor. “Would you prefer a big prize of the unlimited kingdom or is it enough for you to have many centers and students now?”, asks Baba. “I have many centers..”…you mustn’t go into this ‘many’, teaches Baba. Adopt a generous heart. Else, students too will get caught up in the limits of: only this is my center, only so-and-so is my teacher etc. and then the problem gets compounded.

To follow father means to merge the limited into the unlimited, teaches Baba. Everyone’s thoughts, words, and method of service should be experienced to be unlimited. Now, finish all that is limited for self-transformation. Adopt a very generous heart. Sanskars of limitedness must not emerge even in dreams. “Show this courage“, says Baba. Don’t follow one another. Only follow the Father.