Baba says, “the indication of having a spiritual personality is to be content.”

This is the confluence age- the confluence of the Supreme Soul with His most beloved, long-lost children. I, the soul, have found that which I had been seeking for half a cycle. I have found the Father again, which is to say, I have found my identity and belonging again. The previous night, I was still an orphan with nothing to my name. As soon as I came to Baba, all of a sudden, just like that, I became a child with all rights; rights to all attainments. He is the Creator and so there is nothing lacking in His treasure store and now, all of that is mine. So, now, I have nothing lacking in my treasure chest. I am finally content. Correct?

It makes perfect sense theoretically but is it the case practically is the question.

The specialty of Brahmin life is contentment. It is the very personality of Brahmin life. When I have this personality of contentment, it is clearly visible as a sparkle on my face, as the intoxication in my eyes, as the smile on my lips. It is visible in my behavior- I no longer want or desire anything; I am satisfied. And because I am content and satisfied, I now give to others. People in the world have physical attainments- but they are temporary; they are there today, gone tomorrow and yet, they have the intoxication of those attainments. How much more intoxication should I then have of my attainments that are imperishable, they can neither be looted by anyone, nor can any soul make your treasures fluctuate. They are limitless and constant. If there isn’t that contentment and that intoxication, then that is a sign of a lack or one or another attainment.

Baba gave every child all the attainments right at birth; He didn’t give the seniors all and the rest numberwise. No, He gave every child all the attainments in full. He always tells me: Remember the Father and the inheritance. The inheritance is all the attainments: all the powers, all the virtues and the fill knowledge. It isn’t just knowledge, but the full knowledge. It isn’t just virtues and powers but all the virtues and all the powers. The inheritance is full of everything, that is, complete; there is nothing lacking. And so no matter what situation, what circumstance, what type of soul…I have what I need not just to be victorious myself but to give others co-operation they need to emerge victorious as well. There cannot be any scenario in which I get to say: Yea, that was just too big or too different or too complicated and there just isn’t a power or virtue or point of knowledge that I could have used there. Not only is it there but it is available to me in full. But when I don’t access it and use it, then I experience defeat, and disheartenment and then that’s what comes through in my personality as a sense of discontentment.

There should be no name or trace of discontentment in Brahmin life, explains Baba. To always experience contentment has to be my tapasya.

When I am truly content, then I experience myself to be satisfied but also others are satisfied with me. How do I know if I am satisfied? I won’t have questions. I won’t have questions because I already have all the answers in advance as a result of being knowledgeful about the drama. So there is no more ‘why? what? how?’ etc. there is only a full-stop. When I am satisfied to such an extent, it indicates that I am constantly carefree because no questions indicates no worry, or anxiety. It indicates a state of rest and comfort. So check, says Baba: Do I have these signs in me? Additionally, check yourself in terms of these three questions, He teaches. First, am I content with the level of my own effort in transforming my sanskars and with my stage? Second, am I always content with my mind, words and actions, during service? Third, am I always content with myself and with others when I come into relationship or connection with other souls? “Let there be contentment with the self, in service and with others- with everything”, He teaches.

This can only be achieved when I use all my treasures. For that, I first need to be stabilized in the awareness of what is mine. And so Baba repeatedly says: Remember the Father and the inheritance. However, sometimes, I think to myself and even say to Baba that I did yoga for four hours. This is great and soon, I might even get to eight hours! However, Baba points out, yoga is the method. But what was the result of this method? Let there be the clear and elevated aim to achieve all three types of contentment, He teaches. Sometimes, I am clever in my checking. I think: “Of course I’m content. What worries do I have? I am carefree!” This is the head talking, not the heart, explains Baba. To consider myself content with my head is not contentment, it is deceiving myself. “Let your heart always be satisfied; that’s when it shows through in your personality“, He explains. If I consider myself to be content but others don’t see me as contented, then it means that I am just pleasing myself. Contentment means both my head and heart will be at rest; there won’t be restlessness or discomfort. Then, my face sparkles.

“Check yourself”, says Baba, “contentment enables you to receive blessings from the Father and all others.” How so? because when I am content, that is, when I am full of and use all my attainments, there are no needs or wants or expectations of others, and thus, there are no disappointments and resulting ill feelings. When someone behaves rudely, I offer the co-operation of my power of tolerance, when someone is being slow, or when it is taking me longer that I’d like to overcome that sanskar, I offer myself and others the co-operation of the virtue of patience. I don’t hold bitterness, or resentment toward the self or others. I don’t define myself or others by our mistakes. I live happy and offer others the nourishment of happiness as well. This is why people want to be around and work with contented souls. “A contented soul with from time to time, experience themselves to be flying in the viman of the blessings of the Father and all others. They won’t need to ask for blessings bur rather, blessings will come to them automatically.“, explains Baba.

To be such a jewel of contentment is to be a tapaswi who is an embodiment of success. It is not success that is temporary; it is eternal and spiritual success that becomes my spiritual personality.