Baba says, “first make the lesson of Alpha firm. The Father’s introduction is the main thing because everyone has forgotten the Father and His teachings.”
Our Father is:
| Shiva: While He is referred to by many names, God has only one name. It doesn’t change. His name is always (sada) Shiva. This name does not belong to any religion, it simply means Benefactor. God comes and changes hell into heaven, He brings so much benefit. His name is thus based on His activity. The celebration of Shivratri to mark His incarnation proves that He is not Omnipresent. Besides, had He been omnipresent, there would be no evil in this world. |
| Aleph: The Father of all souls is One. He is called the Supreme Father, the Supreme Soul. The Creator of the world is One. There cannot be many. |
| The Father, the Teacher and the Satguru: The three main relationships. He does not have a father or a teacher. First of all, He is the Mother and the Father, then He is the Teacher and then, in order to grant salvation, He becomes the Guru. |
| Ishwar: means the most elevated. The Father explains: “There is no sweet-ness experienced by just saying, ‘God’ or ‘Ishwar’. He is the Father and so, by calling Him Baba, the relation is complete.” |
| Bhagwan: means the One Who Opens Fortune, The One Who Gives Life. Every child of the Highest-on-High Father claims a right to His inheritance of heaven, his right to become a deity as his birthright. |
| Nirakari: means incorporeal. The Father is incorporeal, that is, He doesn’t have a human form. Anyone with a human form cannot be called God. |
| Patit-Pavan: The Purifier. The Father comes to purify the impure and to give them the inheritance of the land of peace and happiness. Not only does He make human beings pure, He also makes the whole of nature totally pure. |
| Dukh Harta, Sukh Karta: The Remover of Sorrow, Bestower of Happiness. They say that both happiness and sorrow comes from God. The Father says: “I would never cause My own children sorrow. Children receive sorrow through their wrong activities. I come to give you the knowledge and liberate you from sorrow.” Baba, the Bestower of Happiness, cannot bear to see even a trace of sorrow. |
| Satyam: Only the Father explains what is truth and what is false. Only the One is the Truth and everything else is false. Only He changes the wrong and makes it right. This is why He is called the Truth. The Father says: “I have come to remove all illusions.” |
| Gyan ka Sagar: The Father, the Ocean of Knowledge, only comes once. He gives me all the knowledge of Himself and of the beginning, middle and the end of His creation. When I imbibe it, I become a self-sovereign. |
| JeevanMukti Data: The Bestower of Salvation and Liberation in Life: comes and gives you freedom in life. This is why He is called the Bestower of Salvation for all. He comes and makes everyone free from mistakes. |
| Pyaar ka Sagar: The Father sees the one desire of all souls in the world- the desire for real love. His love is unconditional, it doesn’t judge. His love is selfless, He has no desire to take. The Father is complete like an Ocean, this is why He only bestows, never takes. |
| Dilaram: The Comforter of Hearts. The Father is always the One with an unlimited heart. He is able to claim the hearts of all and comfort them. He knows the real heart of the real children. He only likes love from the heart. |
| Khuda: The Father only comes by Himself at His own time. He says: I come at the time of settlement. I come to serve all souls, to change the residents of hell into the residents of heaven. |
| Garib Niwaz: The Lord of the Poor. He is the Father of this whole world which is poor and in sorrow. What is in His heart? Everyone’s sorrow and poverty should all finish. That can happen only through knowledge. The Father has come to give me back the things I have lost. |
| Vishwa Sevadhari: The World Server. The Father comes and does the most elevated service. He makes us into kings from paupers, from beggars into princes. He is remembered as the Egoless One. He says: “I am your most obedient servant.” |
| Sarvodaya: The One who has mercy for all. The Father is the Ocean of Mercy and Compassion. Does He see people as sinners, sadhus etc.? No, He uplifts everyone. |
| Khevaiya: The Boatman. The Father is called the Boatman and souls are the boats. The Boatman comes to take all the boats across. The boat of Truth will rock but it will never sink. |
| Shanti Data: The Bestower of Peace. When the soul sits in remembrance of the Father, this is the real peace that gives instant fruit; the other is false. The Father alone is the Bestower of Peace. He says: Children, become bodiless and sit, considering yourselves to be souls. You are imperishable. Sit in the original religion of oneself. |
| Babulnath: The One who changes thorns into flowers. He transforms souls, who have become like thorns, causing sorrow to one another, into fragrant flowers, full of virtues. |
| Behad: The Unlimited. He is the seed of the human tree, the Truth, the Ocean of all Virtues, for ever. His status is imperishable. No human being can have an imperishable status. |
SHIVA DARSHAN 