Baba says, “For transformation of the self or others, you just need the power to tolerate.”

Brahma Baba is the first angel of God and he becomes the first deity; he is number one in everything. How did he become number one in this way? The first step of Father Brahma was surrender and his second step was tolerance.

When he surrendered himself, of course he received the most elevated inheritance from the Father but from people of the world, he received a shower of insults and a lot of anger. In his lokik life, he had never heard a bad word but when he became Brahma, he became number one in having to hear bad words. He had led a life where he received the most love from everyone, but to the extent that he was loved by everyone in his lokik life, everyone became his enemy in his alokik life. However, with the virtue of tolerance, or with the inculcation of tolerance he remained smiling; he never wilted.

To smile when someone praises me does not require any tolerance, anyone can do it. However, to remain smiling when someone becomes an angry enemy and rains insults on me and I don’t show the slightest sign of wilting on my face or even in my thoughts; that is said to be having tolerance. In the task of establishment, there were sometimes small and sometimes big storms. But Brahma Baba made anything big seem like a small toy, he made it very light; he remained light himself and he made others light as well. This is called tolerance. He didn’t make a mountain out of a small stone, rather, he put the expansion into its essence; this is tolerance. To expand obstacles and problems in my mind or to speak about them to others means to make mountains. However, he did not go into expansion but, with the full-stop of “nothing new”, he moved forward. This is called putting expansion into its essence.

Brahma Baba never got afraid when he had to confront insults or tough sanskars. He didn’t think: “Does this also happen?”, “How can they behave this way?”, “it shouldn’t be this way, it should be like that”. That is, he didn’t go into the wasteful expansion and because of this, he remained constantly full, he didn’t rattle or shake. He went into the depths of knowledge and remembrance. One who gets lost in expansion can never, Baba explains, go into the depths, they remain on the surface. They see what’s happening externally and go into judgments, opinions and analyses based on superficial information. They don’t try to realize the motives or the triggers behind the behavior and therefore, are not able to transform. They simply rattle on and become tired. Those who are tolerant are saved from all these things and this is why they enjoy themselves; they don’t rattle on, they fly.

Sometimes the need for tolerance arises when it comes to my activities. Brahma Baba had lived a life of royalty in the past but there came a phase when he took on physical labor. But he always remained light and enjoyed himself no matter what task he was doing. He remained easy and so labor didn’t seem like labor, it was easy. But sometimes when I have to do even a little physical work at the center, I think: “Is this why I renounced everything? Am I meant to do this work?” To live one’s life in pleasure is Brahmin life, explains Baba. Whether it is ordinary physical work or whether I have to give a speech on a stage to thousands of people, Baba says, do both with pleasure. This is called living a life with pleasure. To think thoughts such as: “I didn’t think that to surrender would mean I would have to do all of this. I came here as a teacher. I didn’t renounce everything to do this physical work. Is this all that a Brahma Kumari life is?” is to live a life of confusion.

“To become a Brahma Kumari means to live with pleasure in your heart, not with physical pleasures.“, explains Baba. With pleasure in your heart, you will be able to transform any situation or task that is causing confusion into pleasure. But if I am confused, then even if I have great facilities, I still won’t be able to enjoy them because I will have thoughts such as: “How will this happen? This will not happen like this, but like this.” My attitude then affects my vision, and then I see the world as being confused too. A Brahma Kumari life means a life of pleasure, like that of Father Brahma. However, the basis for this, Baba points out, is tolerance. So tolerance is very special. Because of this virtue, Father Brahma always remained unshakeable and immovable.

Father Brahma faced many tests- he faced bad words and assaults from people, he faced obstacles in the activities of the yagya, and even some children left and defamed the yagya and created opposition. But in the face of every situation, Father Brahma remained stable. He always had only benevolent feelings for all; with the power of tolerance, he made everyone move forward. He never let go of his good wishes and pure feelings for anyone, no matter what. This is why when someone opposed him one day, they came back the next day to ask him for forgiveness and the words that emerged from their lips were: “Baba is truly Baba!”. This, Baba says, is making those who fail pass with tolerance and to pass through the obstacle.

So, says Baba, place your footsteps in Father Brahma’s footsteps. This is known as “Follow Father” or to become equal to the Father.