Baba says, “You now have the company of the true Father, therefore, be honest and truthful.”

Honesty means I am who I say I am. In the past, I used to answer to a bodily name, I introduced myself by the role I was playing but now I know better. My Father has come and reminded me of who I truly am- that I am a pure soul, His child. I have understood that everyone of my Father’s praise is my praise. So to now know who I am and still continue to act in the consciousness of being a body or a role is called dishonesty. The expansion of body consciousness is huge while in soul consciousness, the soul only wants to remain in union with the Supreme Soul. It only wants to remain absorbed in the love of the long lost and now found Father. The intellect’s yoga in body consciousness gets pulled in many directions while in soul consciousness, the intellect’s yoga is never pulled anywhere.

Previously, yes, it used to be pulled because I didn’t know who I am or Whose I am or what it is I am here to do. Now, I have all the answers and so the intellect is at rest- with the Father. It knows what not to allow in such that it might lose its peace; it is now cautious. Previously, I used to make many mistakes because one makes only mistakes in the wrong consciousness. If I continue to make mistakes now too, my status will be destroyed. “There has to be a lot of honesty and cleanliness in the heart, in your intellects, just as there is cleanliness in the souls of Lakshmi and Narayan, for only then will you claim a high status“, explains Baba.

Some children, Baba points out, don’t get up and sit in remembrance in the morning, they just remain sleeping. They don’t realize that if they don’t follow shrimat, they are destroying everything for themselves for cycle after cycle and that they are causing themselves great harm. Then some children, He finds, never speak the truth. Such children would fall, He cautions. Maya slaps them with great force and they aren’t even aware of it. Throughout the day, they continue to gossip. By not telling the truth, their lies continue to increase. “You should tell the truth.”, He teaches. “You must tell Baba: Today, I made the mistake of lying. If not lies will continue to increase and you will never be truthful. You should confess whatever disservice you have done: Forgive me, Baba! By not telling the truth, you are unable to climb into Baba’s heart. Honesty pulls you.” When I lie, when I gossip about others, when I perform disservice, the soul knows it did wrong and it finds it difficult to experience the Father’s love because of the burden of guilt. The best thing to do is to never engage in lying, or gossiping but if I do slip, then the thing to do is to run to the Father and confess to Him and promise myself not to sabotage the self again.

“Worthy children are those who follow the mother and father and claim their throne“, explains Baba. You have to make a lot of effort. The Father says: “Remember Me!” However, He notes, you don’t do that. You don’t follow shrimat. There has to be honesty inside you. If there is honesty in your heart, you would follow shrimat and continue to remember the Father. When I do, I benefit, I claim the inheritance of heaven- cycle after cycle.

Many children learn to cheat and earn money in a certain way, Baba observes. In the world, many people cheat for money- that is corruption. People even steal from the government. But this is a pure study, points out Baba. “Although you live in households, you simply have to study.”, He says. Some children write to Baba: “Because our pay is very little, we sometimes have to cheat. What can we do!” Baba says: “You mustn’t even have such thoughts on this path of knowledge. Else, you will go into degradation. Here, you must remember the Father with a lot of honesty and cleanliness; only then can you claim a status. Students should have nothing in their intellects but their studies.” But, this is the real world, I argue. How can I possibly take care of my family if I don’t compromise a bit? One has to bend the rules a little in this world! The thing to realize, however, is that I am just a child of God and a child is not a householder with responsibilities. God is my Father, He is here now and He has told me who I am. Knowing what I know about the self and my Father, I cannot cheat. My job is to remember the Father and live per His shrimat. When I do this, He then takes care of my family responsibilities. When I obey Him and become the child or the trustee, He, the Master, takes care of me and mine. But body consciousness makes me forget this truth and I make my own choices, I take matters into my own hands and compromise on my values; I sabotage the self, lose my self-respect and honor.

The Father comes and makes me into a pure, charitable soul and so I should follow His shrimat and not commit any sin. Some times, Maya catches me by the nose -even though I realize that I am thinking wrong, I justify it to myself: I’ll deal with whatever happens later but let me do this right now. “Such children“, Baba says, “are of no use. You must forget this old world completely. While seeing it, you mustn’t see it. We are actors and this play is now ending. We have completed our 84 births and we now have to return home.” This is the time to serve your brothers and sisters and give them the message too, He teaches. No one should complain that they didn’t know that the Father was here. But for me to be able to give the message to others, I first have to embody the message myself. I have to be Rup (the embodiment of knowledge) before I can be Basant (the one who showers the knowledge). If I haven’t embodied the message, that is, if I don’t behave in a manner that is becoming of a child of God who has an intimate relationship with the Father, who has left body consciousness and is on the return journey back to the truth, then no matter how much I try to tell others to remember the Father and prepare to return home, they won’t believe me. When I myself am still immersed in the old world then I don’t inspire others to leave it.

“For special souls, the meaning of honesty and cleanliness is very deep“, says Baba. “There should be total honesty in your hearts with one another.” When something is clean, everything is clearly visible through it. In the same way, in any interaction, the feelings I have for the other souls, my nature and motives should be clearly visible. That doesn’t mean that I have negative thoughts and feelings and make those evident to others in the name of honesty! No. Honesty means my every thought, word, feeling, action and motive are pure and elevated toward the self and everyone else. To dislike someone on the inside but pretend to like them on the outside is not honesty. To look like a yogi on the outside but in reality to not have any yoga or follow shrimat is not honesty. These are the most dangerous kinds of people, says Baba, even more dangerous than those who gossip because they mislead others. They are also not able to love anyone or come close to anyone. Everyone actually tries to stay away from such people.

Those who are honest are loved by all. First of all by God. It is said: The Lord is pleased with an honest heart. No one will see them with a bad vision. There will be maturity and strength in their vision, words and deeds that neither will they fluctuate nor will they make others fluctuate. Those who are honest are loved. Some think: “I am honest, but no one understands me.” But, says Baba, a true diamond can never remain hidden. Truth can never remain hidden and those who are honest are loved by all. Some think that because they are not so close, they are not as well-known. But, says Baba again, those who are honest cannot keep their identity hidden even if they are far away. They will be close to BapDada and therefore close to everyone. “So, become honest!“, says Baba, “and show the proof of cleanliness in your activities. Whatever actions you perform should be instrumental for the service of others. Check your thoughts, words and deeds. Are they becoming of who you say you are?“