Baba says, “This is spiritual service. Everyone in the world knows about physical service, but no one knows about spiritual service.“

We are spiritual children of the spiritual Father, this is a new aspect. There is not a single human being in this world who understands what a soul is, the Father comes and explains what a soul is. He explains spiritual matters to the spirit, He being the Supreme Spirit. He comes and does spiritual service and teaches me, His child, to do the same. Everyone in the world, He observes, knows about physical service- donating money, clothes, food, etc. but no one knows about spiritual service.

“You are ancestor souls“, He reminds me. “The whole tree of humanity is in your intellects.” Its Seed is up above. I, the ancestor soul, am just below the Seed. “Now, serve the tree“, He teaches me. To serve the tree is to take nourishment from the Seed and let it flow to the whole tree, its branches and leaves. But often, I get in the way and block the natural flow from the Seed to the tree.

Sometimes I peek at the outside world and think: “how come they get all the attention while I am hidden?” Yes, the outside world is full of pomp, show, recognition, badges, trophies and bright lights. That’s the tree, it’s colorful, but let me not forget who I am and Whose I am. I am the ancestor soul, the roots of the tree and I live with the Father, the living Seed. He is hidden under the ground and so am I. Neither He nor I get photographed or written about in the press but without us, there would be no tree. Do I have the intoxication of how elevated my part is, of the fact that I am closest to the Father? I have the knowledge of the tree, no one else does. When I embody this knowledge, I get comfortable with my part in the drama.

Sometimes I start the day full of peace and joy and then the tests come. I get cut off in traffic on the way to work, then I get left out of that meeting, I find out that the promotion I had worked so hard for will go to the team mate that I believe least deserves it. If I am not careful, I will become bitter and soon enough, bitterness gives way to resentment. Bitterness is called a root; It affects the whole tree. If I am bitter, it is what I am letting flow to the whole tree. This is how I get in the way of the natural flow from the Seed to the tree; I block it. But when I embody the knowledge of the drama– that every scene is perfect, that it is only beneficial, that it is accurate, then I will not allow bitterness inside me. If I lost the promotion, I will trust the drama and move forward. If someone did me wrong, I will forgive and let go.

When I hear about a crisis that occurred somewhere – maybe a war, maybe a riot or a famine or earthquake or some such event, then as an ancestor, I don’t just listen to the news, shake my head and shrug it off. It is my duty to sustain those souls that have been affected, no matter how far away physically they might be from me. This is the beauty of spiritual service, physical distance is irrelevant. I can serve through my mind, send much needed vibrations of peace and power to the site where the event occurred or is occurring. Just as the police and the military think it is their task to bring peace in a situation of peacelessness, just as a fire brigade think it is their task to put out a fire, they don’t need to be told or reminded of their task, similarly, as the roots of the human world tree or as the ancestor soul, it is my duty to sustain the tree. I serve the tree anyway but during these times, I don’t just carry on with remembrance and service in the usual method but I offer extra special social service. I don’t wait for a program to be handed to me, I automatically perform the duty of sustaining those affected in a second. This, Baba says, is what a spiritual social worker does.

“At the present time, the world is in upheaval and all souls are in need of sustenance from you ancestor souls“, explains Baba. To simply sustain my household, or to sustain just my center is to be a limited server, it means I am not serving the whole tree as the roots. “You have to sustain the souls of the whole tree“, teaches Baba. “An unlimited server has good wishes of soul-conscious feelings, an unlimited soul-conscious vision and an attitude of the relationship of brotherhood and the fruit of that is thereby received. This is the accurate way to serve with your mind.“

“As the upheaval in the world becomes more intense, so should your service become intense”, says Baba. I cannot be an ancestor soul, be the roots of the tree and not be able to give sustenance. I cannot be the roots and be bitter or resentful or jealous or embody other negative emotions. I have the knowledge and so I know better in every situation. I don’t have wasteful questions of ‘why?’ or ‘what?’ or ‘how?’ because I have the answers in advance. It is an account I am settling or it is a test to move me forward. “We come to know everything from the unlimited Father who is knowledge-full. We are His children. There is nothing that you don’t know. So, your heads should remain so full with this knowledge that you continue to experience a great deal of happiness.“, observes Baba. Peace and happiness are what I need to allow to flow through me to the whole tree. For that I have to become full of peace and happiness myself. And to become full of peace and happiness myself, I have to die alive, that is, I have to sacrifice the whole of the old world, that is, sacrifice the consciousness of being a body and consider myself a pure soul, a child of God. Then, I can easily and naturally draw from the Seed.

“You Brahmins are the servants of this sacrificial fire“, Baba reminds me. “So be a spiritual social worker and serve the tree. Through your own elevated, powerful stage give others the experience of the power of being able to go beyond situations and becoming victorious.“