Baba says, “The Father comes to make you into those with loving intellects. There are many who don’t even remember the Father. They are totally eclipsed by Maya.”

All Brahmins definitely have love for the Father. Love has brought about transformation in Brahmin life. Even so, notes Baba, there are three types of loving children. One is those who have love, the second is those who fulfill the responsibility of love and the third are those who are merged in love. To be merged in love means to be equal, to be victorious in life constantly, naturally. I don’t have to be told I need to forgive someone or to not dwell upon a mistake I made. I don’t need a workshop to help me understand that material accomplishments are not what make me who I am or to help me get over my attachments. I am merged in love with the Beloved, like Meera, like Brahma Baba, such that I myself, naturally, shed things that get in the way of me and the Beloved. Nothing and no one else matters, limited things are meaningless to me. All the soul ever wanted was the Beloved, now I have found Him and so I make myself belong to Him completely, wholly.

When I am someone that fulfills the responsibility of love, I am busy giving a return for the love I receive from the Father. I know deeply in my heart that the Father is here for me, that He is working tirelessly night and day and so I want to please Him by doing what He tells me to. So even when it is hard for me to forgive, I do. But, because I did it for Baba and not because I wanted to myself, while I might forgive, I am unable to forget. The incident or the person keeps pulling on my intellect. Similarly, I might let go of that opportunity because Baba told me to but I still wonder from time to time: what if… So when I am someone who fulfills the responsibility of love, I demonstrate my love by doing everything in a practical way. However, I sometimes have the experience of being merged in love with the Father when outcomes match my expectations or desires and then other times, I don’t have that experience of being merged.

Those who just have love- their love is sometimes connected and sometimes broken. Because together with love for the Father, they also have love for some people or for possessions or facilities. The sign of love is that, without any effort, my love automatically goes to the One I have love for. So when I am someone who has love, then I am sometimes drawn to the Father, but other times, I experience certain people to be a greater support than the Father, or a certain position or title to be more dear or necessary than the Father. I yearn for these things or people because I believe they will satisfy me, make me happy. In fact, I don’t consider these people or things to be an attachment but a support. This is why such souls experience love to be incomplete in both directions, they have to connect their love again and again. Instead of one Strength and one Support, they have multiple supports. They don’t experience all attainments from the one Father. Such ones, Baba explains, are said to be those who just have love.

Now, ask yourself, He says: Which one am I? You do know yourself, do you not?

Everyone has love, but along with love, it is also necessary to have power. Without this balance of love and power, I cannot become one who is merged in love with the Father. I will keep finding everything to be a struggle- to forgive is a struggle, to let go is a struggle, to hold on is a struggle. I am battling within myself all the time, I am not living a victorious life. I love the Father but am unable to be like Him. In the world, there are only two things that attract- 1) relationships 2) attainments through facilities and possessions. When I am merged in love, I experience all my relationships with the one Father and all my attainments are through Him. When the Creator Himself is mine, I don’t have the slightest need or desire to receive attainments from anyone or anything else.

But often, because the Seed is hidden, because the form and color of the Seed are not as beautiful as the form and color of the twigs and branches, when I am body conscious, I experience the support of bodily beings, the allure of positions, achievements and titles to be bigger supports than the Father. But when I go beyond body consciousness and step into the awareness of who I truly am, then I experience the support of the Father. When I am not merged in love, I become body conscious even against my wish and even though I intellectually know that the Father is my true Support, I still cannot help thinking that I do need a physical support, I do need that person, that job, that position, that title…whatever. I hold on to expectations and, to outcomes. “This is how Maya seizes her chance“, explains Baba. “She transforms your intellect to such an extent that you experience a false support to be the real support. Your intellect is totally eclipsed by Maya.”

This is why, Baba says, always remain on the pilgrimage of remembrance of who and Whose you are. But in addition to remembrance, also have love for the study. This is how I remain constantly powerful. If I have love for the Father (Murlidhar), then I also have love for the knowledge (murli). Some say that they have love for the Father but not enough time for the study; Baba does not believe them. “Where there is deep love, no obstcales can remain; they will automatically end.”, He says. Those who have love for the Father and His knowledge easily overcome all obstacles. They develop the flying stage and easily fly above it all. For them mountains are like stones. Love enables anything to become easy. Love for the murli, for the study and for the family become a fortress and those who remain within this fortress remain safe from Maya and their happiness rises. So, He says, always be conquerors of Maya, conquerors of nature, be victorious and beat the drums of victory loudly in front of the world.