Baba says, “only the one Father is the One who gives you support.“

Every Brahmin soul everywhere definitely has love for the Father but still there is a difference in the love, explains Baba. One is to have love, the other is to fulfill the responsibility of love and then the third is to be merged in love. When I am someone that has love, then I have love when I remember the Beloved but other things of this world also easily pull me. My family, my children, my business, my wealth etc. pull me and just as easily the love is broken. So I have to continuously make effort to reconnect my love every time it is broken due to attachment to people or things. When I am someone that fulfills the responsibility of love, then along with having love, I also have the power to fulfill that responsibility. To fulfill the responsibility of love means to give a return of that love by fulfilling the elevated hopes that the Father has in me, in a practical way.

So when I am such a child, I demonstrate my love by doing everything the Father says in a practical way. Sometimes it is easier to follow His directions and other times, it takes a lot of effort, but I do it. For example, I might find it easy to trust Him during a crisis but when it comes to forgiving someone who hurt me, I feel like I’m dying inside. When it comes to giving up that lucrative job and moving to a smaller town, I feel as if I’m being asked to do something clearly wrong, so unfair. But because I am someone that fulfills the responsibility of love, I go through with it anyway, with effort, because the Father has asked me to. However, I am not someone that is merged in His love. I am merged sometimes, and other times I am not- my mind and intellect are caught up in what so-and-so did to me, why it is so unfair that I have to do what I am doing etc. etc. Regardless, I receive zeal, enthusiasm, and multimillion-fold help from the Father in return for my courage.

When I am someone merged in His love, I constantly experience the company of the Father. He is merged in my eyes, on my lips, in my thoughts and in every action easily and naturally. The Father and I are not separate, we are combined. I don’t have to be told to forgive someone or to give up something, I already know in my heart that it’s what I need to do because I sense that these things are distractions that distance me from the Father and just the thought of that is something I cannot bear. All I want and desire is the one Father and none other. As the Satguru shows me those old patterns, those old sanskars, those strongholds that are buried within me, I don’t feel condemned, I am grateful for the realizations and I happily work with Him to transform. I don’t fight Him or try to justify my ways or offer an argument– I just let go because I realize that He is helping me come closer to Him. When there are temptations in the form of name, fame, recognitions- I remain faithful and loyal to the Father. I don’t allow them to lure me away. In other words, there is no other type of support that attracts me. And so I naturally and easily experience belonging to the one Father and none other. I am merged in His love constantly.

“You have stumbled a lot. You have had this habit instilled in you for half the cycle. Therefore, it takes time to be liberated from it. This is also fixed in the drama.“, explains the Father. I am still stumbling when I am someone that fulfills the responsibility of love. Because, while I do what the Father has asked me to, my intellect is still pulled by the action; I continue to feel something was unfair, I still continue to think of that ‘lost’ opportunity, my mind goes to that rude ‘insult’ that I have forgiven but not forgotten… But when I am merged in love, I don’t care about anything else, I don’t waste time with trivial matters, I have my eyes fixed on my aim that the Father has given me and my hand is in His.

And so the Father says, “You children will attain your karmateet stage, numberwise, according to the efforts you make.” To be merged in love is to be karmateet, same as Father Brahma. I do what I know I need to do wholeheartedly, there is then no pull. To be someone that fulfills the responsibility of love is to be numberwise. I did perform the action with courage but I am still pulled by what was ‘unfair’ or ‘lost’ or ‘hard’. Then I have thoughts such as: “I am doing this for Baba.”, “I have sacrificed this for Baba.”. Yes, while I did follow the Father’s instructions out of my love for Him, it’s not as if I did Him a ‘favor’; He doesn’t benefit from it, I do. I had mercy on myself. It’s when I believe that I do ‘for Baba’ that I then have thoughts such as: “Baba, why is this situation happening to me?”, or “Baba, how come I didn’t get that service opportunity?”…..despite my following all Your directions. Let me realize that God doesn’t owe me anything. He is here to help me become pure….for my own good.

When I am merged in love, I experience it to be difficult to move away from that love because the Father is my world. He is my one Strength and one Support, I don’t need other ‘opportunities’ or people as supports; neither do I have complaints about anything. I have full faith that He is in control and that there is benefit in everything. All my attainments are from Him and so when I let go of something, I do so happily; it’s not a sacrifice. And I do it for myself, for my own good, thanking the Father for showing me what is not good for me. I realize that the Father is giving me a new life, He receives nor expects anything from me.

“Now, ask yourself: Which one am I?“, says Baba. “It has been explained to you that only the one Father is the One who gives you support. Don’t even look at anyone except Baba. However, Lakshmi and Narayan are your aim and objective. So, Manmanabhav! Madhyajibhav!”.