Baba says, “Shiv Baba changes all the children who are not worth a penny to worth a pound.”

This is the story of the true Narayan and the One who tells me this story is the Supreme Father. He tells me the beginning, middle and end of the story; turns out, it is my story! It was I who was once Narayan and now, at the point of telling me this story, I am worth not a penny. But by listening to, understanding and becoming an embodiment of this story, I once again transform into Narayan, that is, I become worth a pound again.

When I realize what time it is in the drama, that it is now that long-awaited time of transformation, then there is nothing but happiness inside. Through my own transformation, I help the Father bring about world transformation. I become Narayan and establish my own kingdom, through help from the Father. What help does the Father give me? Along with being my Father, He also becomes the Teacher and teaches me Raja Yoga, the study through which I reclaim my inner kingdom- my self-respect of who I truly am and become a self-sovereign again. To the extent that I become a self-sovereign now, I also become a world sovereign in the future kingdom. “You are Godly students studying in the Godfatherly University to become deities“, He explains. Indeed, Narayan is a deity, the most elevated human-being.

“Do you have the courage to claim the kingdom?“, asks Baba. Because, that’s what I need to do- claim the kingdom. The Father doesn’t simply hand it over to me. I have to make the effort as a student in this most elevated university. I have to study well and pass with honors. The first lesson I learn here: I am a soul, not the body. That one thought changes me from a shell worth not a penny into a diamond. I don’t just learn that I am a soul, but I also learn about what type of soul I am. I am no ordinary soul, I am a pure, deity soul that ruled in the kingdom of heaven! Through the course of this study, I learn to become an embodiment of that truth of who I am, I shed all my attachment to the falsehoods of this old world and become an embodiment of the truth. Put simply, I change from body conscious to soul conscious. That is the journey or the study. “Study well and claim the full inheritance“, says the Father and Teacher.

While I take my steps on this journey to soul consciousness, Maya comes after me with full force. I have the knowledge but she deceives me nonetheless. “This is also a battlefield“, He explains, “you mustn’t lose to the enemy.” When I become repeatedly trapped in name and form, I lose the inheritance- I lose my purity and thereby, my peace and happiness. If you want to become trapped in a name and form, then ‘soul’ is also a name, ‘Supreme Soul’ is also a name; become trapped in that, He says. Become trapped in the form of the soul- a point of light, a beautiful sparkling star. Everything and everyone else that I see through these physical eyes will be destroyed and so to continue to attach myself to them, even after receiving the knowledge, would be senseless.

I belonged to the Lord and Master for half a cycle, and then I became an orphan in the kingdom of Ravan. My character was ruined by Ravan or the vices. The Father comes and makes me aware of what is going on and gives me the weapons with which to take back control from Ravan. In the past, I believed hell and heaven existed together – that the rich live in heaven and the poor in hell. That ensured that I never even dreamt of a kingdom of heaven where there is no poverty, where everything is abundant. I believed God is omnipresent – that ensured that I never even dreamt that I could experience the relationship of the Father and child with God, be sustained by Him, let alone claim an inheritance. All kinds of things have been written in the scriptures; the thread is totally tangled. That’s when I called out to the Father: “We are of no use. Come and purify us and reform our character.” Now, my character has been reformed a great deal through applying the knowledge I have received in my life.

But if I am not careful, instead of reforming my character, I end up spoiling it even more. Today, I am a swan, tomorrow, a stork; “It takes no time at all“, cautions the Father. Just as the Father is incognito, His knowledge is incognito, and I, the student am incognito, so is Maya- she too is incognito. She sneaks into my mind and whispers wrong things. Nothing is visibly different about me, I still look like a yogi, wear my white clothes and badge, even come to class but then outside, I become amazed, listen to the whisperings and fall. I fall with such great force too that it becomes extremely hard to then get up and walk again. Such is the force of the vices, especially at this end time. Sure, even if I hear a little knowledge, I will go to heaven but what would be my status? “Do you remember your aim?“, asks Baba. “Is it still to become Narayan or will just anyone do?” If I am constantly spinning the cycle in my intellect, then the awareness of time ensures I remain alert and cautious.

“You should have total ignorance of desire. If you keep one desire or another, you lose everything and become worth not a penny again.“, He teaches. When I commit sin and fall, I fall in my own eyes, I lose my self-respect and thereby, am unable to climb onto the Father’s heart. When I have no connection with the Father, then I cannot transform. So, I give up in disheartenment. This is the cycle of Maya, let me beware. “Ravan makes souls do all kinds of things.”, says Baba, “this is such a dirty world! You should never let your heart be attracted to it.” People lust after bodies and wealth and commit all kinds of crimes due to it. Greed compels sons to kill their own fathers, brother to fight and kill brother. Attachment makes one hopeless and subservient. Ego isolates and makes one depressed. “You have so much experience with the vices, do you still want to continue to be robbed by them?“, asks the Father. Indeed, there has been so much dependency on the vices for half a cycle that it does take courage to become pure. But the reward is the highest too- I win the prize of the world! and purity is the main thing.

Even Mahatma Gandhi used to say: “O Purifier, come!” The Father comes as the Purifier and makes impure souls pure, changes them from worth not a penny to worth a pound. The history and geography of the world is now repeating once again. Everyone that was once the purest definitely have to come down, for only then can we all return home together. The Father has come to take everyone back home and then those that have made the effort and claimed their inheritance, numberwise, will come into the new kingdom- the kingdom of heaven.