Baba says, “Wise children constantly play with knowledge. They are always intoxicated by this Godly intoxication.“

Sometimes I can feel pretty inadequate in the world. It seems that I don’t know the right things to say or do. People look at me as different. I envy those others that just know how to mingle or ‘network’ with the crowd. They have the jokes, the demeanor, the lifestyle and are the life of the team or party. They drive the right car, wear the right clothes, know all the right people. I watch them get noticed, invited, promoted, congratulated and feel like such a misfit. I wish I could be like them, have that charisma, that lifestyle, then I too could get noticed and promoted. So I take the initiative and join the workshop on ‘How to network like a pro’, read all the articles on ‘how to dress like a CEO’, and ‘how to be the life of a party’. I think I am doing the right thing, taking the initiative to bring change and move forward in the world.

And this would indeed feel like the right thing to do when I lack knowledge of who I am, Whose I am and the three aspects of time. At this most auspicious confluence age, God comes and reminds me of who I am- I am a pure soul and not just any soul but a deity soul of the golden age. No wonder I don’t fit into the present world with the present crowd! He gives me His own introduction and reminds me that I am His child- a child of the Ocean of all Virtues. He gives me the knowledge of the cycle of time and especially underlines the present time of the confluence. This is the old world and this is my last birth of this cycle, He tells me. I cannot escape the cycle, I have to come back into it again. So where will my next birth be and as what? will I be a golden aged prince or princess or will I be a subject or will I skip the golden age altogether and come in the silver age? That depends on the choices I make now.

A wise person makes choices today that he/she will be happy about later on. An unwise person never thinks about later on- they live for the moment. But here’s the thing, later on always comes!

When God found me, I was indeed unwise. I was sleeping in the deep sleep of ignorance thinking that this is how the world has always been, will always be and that it is up to me to try to fit in. But now that I have the Godly knowledge, I know that the solution is not to fit into the present world but to prepare for the new world- my world, where I will fit in naturally. “Wise children constantly play with the knowledge. They are always intoxicated with Godly intoxication: Our Baba is the Ocean of Knowledge and we have become the master oceans of knowledge. All the knowledge of the world cycle is in their intellects.“, says Baba.

But many times, I go back to being unwise and continue to try to make it in this old world. In fact, the height of unwiseness or folly is when I try to recruit God into helping me make it in this world: “Baba, please help me get that promotion at work…”, or go to Him with advice on things like: “Baba, I’d like to purchase that house. How should I do that?”, “How can I increase my business?” Baba says, “this is not My business. My business is the Godly business of showing you the path and how you can become the masters of the new world.” This old world is going to end and the new world is going to come whether I like it or not. God is here to make me aware of this and prepare me for the highest status, for a life of imperishable happiness, peace and prosperity in the new world. If I am still stuck trying to make it in the old world, then I am not investing wisely. I am not being sensible. A wise person will co-operate with God with their body, mind and wealth in transforming the world quickly. They realize that they have nothing to lose and everything to gain. The One in charge of this transformation is God, the Creator Himself! So it is guaranteed to be successful. And whatever I give to this task now- all the old things, I will receive in the new world- as brand new. So why wouldn’t I shift my focus to this greatest task in the history of the world?

Sometimes I co-operate with body and wealth but not with the mind. God tells me to forgive that person, I find that hard to do and so I continue to carry that heaviness in my heart. He tells me to give respect to all, I find that hard to do, I am too busy looking at their flaws and judging. He tells me to serve selflessly, I am too busy trying to earn a name, getting recognition for my ‘service’. To be wise is to be the child, the trustee and follow the Father’s directions accurately. Yes, it might feel hard, it might not even make sense, but to obey anyway is wisdom. “The Father has come to give us the inheritance of liberation and liberation-in-life.“, He reminds me. If I don’t follow His directions, I will remain in bondage. If I obey, He gives me the strength to let go, to forgive, to move forward.

In the world today, there are as many opinions as there are people; that is the clear sign that no one really knows. In the new world, there is a clear set of rules that everyone follows. There will be no advisers there. And so Baba says, “Learn to use your divine intellect. You have to judge everything with your intellect as to whether it is right or wrong. Simply to say that whatever anyone says is the truth is to belong to the path of devotion. Here, you have to understand very clearly.” Wisdom involves discernment- to understand right from wrong. God alone is Truth, His directions are true. God is the most elevated, He is Shri Shri, and His directions are the most elevated. When I follow His directions, I can never incur a loss, that’s a guarantee. It might seem at times, externally, that I have, but later on, I will look back and be grateful for the guidance, for the insight, for the Godly wisdom I received.

So in preparation for the new world, let me keep my original identity and the time firmly in my intellect and die to the old world. When I die, the world is dead for me. To die to the old world is to choose life in God’s world. It is to choose a life of true happiness and peace, a life where I fit in perfectly.