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27The World Renewal, July 2010

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Since the time of Galileo, Nicolas Copernicus or perhapssince earlier times, a notion had prevailed among the peoplethat Science and Religion have an inherent antagonism.

One of the reasons was that the Church-leaders thought thattheir belief was based on revelation, which is a higher source ofknowledge whereas the findings of scientists were based onman’s research. Man, by his nature, is liable to err. Moreover,they contended that their field was exclusively their own holydomain into which scientists or doubting philosophers cannotand should not enter.

The scientists, on the other hand, argued that they believedin what was evident and that they could prove their credentials.Anyone who doubted their theories or findings was welcometo put questions and get adequate answers, based onobservations and deductive logic and supported bydemonstrable experiments and by practical applications of theirconclusions.

Not that this controversy was restricted to arguments alone,but there was an organised opposition by the established churchto the scientists that prevented the former from making theirfindings widely known to the public at large. For example, whenCopernicus said: ‘As if seated upon a royal throne, the Sunrules the family of the planets as they circle round him’ and,further, ‘The alternation of day and night is due to rotation ofthe earth on its axis,’ there was a great hostility voiced againsthim by the Church – Roman Catholics and Protestants included.For instance, Martin Luther is reported to have been warned.Because of opposition, the views of Copernicus could not bepublished before the year 1543.

The same, nay, worse happened with Galileo when, usingthe telescope, he scanned the Milky Way, observed the sunspotstraversing the solar disc and deduced that the sun rotates. Healso expressed his conclusions about the shape of the earth.But, as is now well-known, the Inquisition, i.e., the Tribunal forsuppression of heresy, forced him to admit ‘errors’ in his views

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From the mighty pen of Sanjay

Unite religion and Science to

Break Man's Chains of

Bondage! ..................... 1

Exploring depths of our iner

selves (Editorial) ............. 2

My divine memories with Dadi

Shantamani ................... 5

Secrets of Success .......... 7

Spiritually Loving! ............ 9

A True Peace Messenger .. 10

"Good Wishes" ensure

Happiness and Spiritual

Wealth ........................ 12

A Wonderful Experience ... 14

Real Gita Sermoniser God-

Father Shiva ................. 16

Dadi Gulzar in Kuwait ...... 18

The Truth is only for those

who can perceive it ....... 20

The Olden Age .............. 24

The Story of Four Ages .... 27

Godly Service Report ...... 30

The World Renewal, July 20102

From a very early age ofour lives, we startlearning and developing

our outlook depending on thefamily values and formaleducation we are exposed toduring our upbringing. Welearn many aspects of humanbehaviour and form ourpersonality traits. During theyouth period, the main focusremains on being qualified toearn and establish ourselves inrespectable positions ofsociety. However, even whenthe general thrust and interestare towards earning dailywages and looking after ourrespective families, we alwaysfeel the necessity and pull toexplore our inner selves indepth.

People in Bharat arespecially gifted with a socialsetup that ensures that duecare is taken for moral andspiritual development ofindividuals while pursuingmaterialistic and domesticresponsibilities. There isexposure to different aspectsof meditation and spirituallearning. There are manysources these days, such as,

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publications, films, anddiscourses of holy personsthrough which one can gathera lot of knowledge. Severaltelevision channels arededicated solely to the spiritualexponents who share manyaspects of spirituality andmeditation practices.However, there are timeswhen the seeker is sometimeslost and unable toconceptualize the fundamentalessence behind spiritualthought and concepts,therefore, getting stuck at thecrossroads and unsure ofwhich path to follow for one’sspiritual benefit.

Everyone does not find itplausible to spend decades insearch of the truth, like theseekers of the past who usedto study the ancient scripturesunder the guidance of holysaints or gurus in theirrespective ashrams.Moreover the demands of thepresent day rat-race haveaggravated and multipliedhealth and social problemswhich consume most of ourtime, money and energy. Atsuch a time, humanity at large

receives the greatest andinvaluable gift of Sahaj Gyanand Sahaj Rajyoga (EasySpiritual Knowledge and EasyRajyoga) from the SupremeSource, Incorporeal God ShivaHimself. True to its descriptivename ‘Sahaj’, this spiritualknowledge if received with anopen mind whole-heartedly,comes to rescue us fromunnecessary and wastefulpractices that are going on allaround in the name of ‘Yoga’.The Shrimat Bhagwad Gita,the supreme scripture amongstall the available sources ofgyan and yoga, enjoins on usto develop a very positive andloving consciousness, andforge a direct link with theSupreme Source of alltreasures of inner peace andinner well-being. Throughthese columns, we have beensharing those Godlydiscourses and practicalguidance that can beimplemented in our dailyendeavours, along with manynew innovative ways ofdeveloping a high spiritualstage in meditation that resultsin self-purification,divinization, and radiation ofpower of peace and goodwishes.

Throughout the Godlyservice centres of PrajapitaBrahma Kumaris Ishwariya

Editorial


Vishwa Vidyalaya, we havelaunched a new programme,‘Billion Minutes GoodWishes Bank’. This is a globalinitiative by an organisationthat has great affinity anddone a lot of research in thefield of thought andmeditation. In this bank,people won’t deposit moneybut can deposit their goodwishes. In today’s world, onefeels an absence of peace,love, goodwill etc. We expectthese qualities from others, notknowing that others aremerely reflecting what we areprojecting. By consciouslygiving good wishes toeveryone in general,regardless of racial, religiousand other differences, we getthe right to receive peace,love, and happiness. Goodwishes are the simplest andthe most effective method tobring about good and positivechanges in a human being,society and nature.

From 24th June to 15thAugust 2010, members of theBrahma Kumaris, our friendsand contacts, and anyone whowishes to share his/her goodwishes will accumulate thesame in the ‘Billion MinutesGood Wishes Bank’. This isnot merely a 53-day projectbut a way of developing apositive lifestyle in which we

can continuously spread goodwishes and pure feelings.

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All you have to do is just fillin the number of minutes ofgood wishes you give the worlddaily. You can also follow theguided commentaries on thislink:

http://www.goodwishesbank.org/index.php?option =comcontent&

view=article&id=54&Itemid=147

Benefit for the world: By thismethod, more than a billionminutes of good wishes will becollected, which will help createa global wave of peace andpositivity to counter the currentatmosphere of negativity. Thesevibrations of good wishes willbe a source of support to thepeople of the world in turbulenttimes.Benefit for the self:Accordingto the natural law of karma,what we give, we shall receive.By giving good wishesunselfishly for the world, we arebecoming shareholders in thecreation of a new world ofpeace and love. We will not onlyreceive the fruit of our goodwishes in the future, but this actof benevolence will have an

instant and positive impact onour health, relationships andcreativity.

The popular response from allcorners of Bharat shows howvaluable and essential are goodwishes for the self, ourimmediate relatives and friendsand for society at large. Manyhighly-placed people havewelcomed this unique method ofcreating positive vibrations inthe atmosphere, which isotherwise subtlely polluted withnegativity and its ill-effects. Ifwe invest genuine faith in thispower, it’s no wonder that thiswave of creating positiveattitudes through good wishescould spread throughout theworld, and remove manyapprehensions, destroy mistrustin relationships, and therebysave nations from spendingbillions and trillions on weaponsof mass destruction. It’s onlydue to lack of trust and fear ofthe unknown that so much time,money and energy are beingutilized in the research fordestructive means. This aloneis the cause for the whole worldworrying about realising peacehere and now.

From early July 2010, ourdedicated divine BK sisters(Rajyoga Meditation Teachers)have started to gather inhundreds at Shantivan Complex(Abu Road), not only to


experiment with achieving innerpeace through meditation but tospread powerful vibrations oflove and goodwill through silentreflection and hours and hoursof deep meditation. Spiritualpowers will be regained through

We offer our respectfulsalutations to our beloved andrespected Dadi Shantamaniand Dadi Bhuri for their onwardjourney. Born in 1923 and1913, Dadi Shantamani andDadi Bhuri relinquished theirConfluence-Aged chariots on15th June and 2nd July 2010,respectively.

These respected Dadis weretwo of the most invaluablejewels of God’s rosary, andoriginal members of OmMandali (presently PrajapitaBrahma Kumaris IshwariyaVishwa Vidyalaya),established in 1937 inHyderabad, Sindh (now inPakistan). They were our veryspecial Dadis (senior sisters)whose personal examples ofdeep faith, completededication, 100% obedienceto Godly elevated directions(Shrimat), and accuracy infollowing all the principles andpractices of the Yagya have lefteternal, fond memories in the

this intense tapasya andspread throughout the cosmos.Dedicated Brahma Kumarisand Brahma Kumars,numbering more than 15,000 inBharat itself, would be spendingat least 6-7 days each in 6

different groups in this specialendeavour. We are sure theywould all emerge like angels tofly around the world and spreadGod’s power of love, peace andgood wishes!

BRAHMA KUMARIS DIVINE FAMILY SALUTESTHE FOUNDING INSTRUMENTS OF SPIRITUAL YAGYA

hearts of all the sisters andbrothers of the institutionworld-wide. Their livesbecame light-houses andmight-houses to innumerablesouls over seven decades. Thebeauty and radiance of theireyes used to create tons andtons of pure vibrations thatinspired other seekers toexplore their own spirituality.

Dadi Shantamani’seloquence in sharing spiritualwisdom and explaining theMurlis (Godly versions), herpersonal discipline, handling ofYagya affairs as one ofFounding Members of theGoverning Board, and royal

interactions as Administrator ofShantivan Complex has setgreat heights to the spiritualstandards for our divine family.

We are sure our mostbeloved Supreme Parents,Avyakt BapDada would bevery, very happy to receivethese great souls in the subtleregion, and further bless themwith double-crown for theirfuture roles as care-takers ofthe greatest worldtransformation from Iron Ageinto Golden Age.

Our love-filled salutations tothese great divine souls forever!

– B.K. Nirwair

Dadi Shantamani


I have some very sweet,rather indelible memories ofthe month of June 1965,

when our sweetest Mamma lefther mortal coil. Now, ourShantamani Dadi too has left hermortal coil in the same month.

Wherever I was withBrahma Baba, I always hadmemories of Dadi Shantamani.In fact, our stage generally issuch that besides Baba, othersouls also remain in ourremembrance. However,Supreme Soul God Father Shivacautions us not to rememberanyone except Him; but, soulslike Dadi Shantamani willnecessarily be missed becausethey have sincerely fulfilledtheir duties towards God FatherShiva.

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since childhood. Dadi had foursisters – Deva, Dhruv, Kalaand Sandeshi. DadiShantamani and DadiChandramani got surrenderedin the yagya in the samemanner as Brahma Baba hadgot surrendered. DadiShantamani’s mother SatiBhabhi, Dhyani Dadi and

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– Rajyogini Dadi Janki, Shantivan

Mamma’s mother (RochaMata) were all three realsisters. So, when Mamma gotsurrendered, DadiShantamani’s whole familyincluding all unmarrieddaughters and their parentsalso got surrendered. DadiShantamani had a brother,whose son and daughter-in-law met me in Americarecently. They are proud ofcoming from a family thatboasts of being Baba’s directand devoted children.

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Once, Baba suddenly askedDadi Shantamani to go toColombo where both DadiChandramani and DadiShantamani’s fathers had beenstaying. Dadi Shantamanisowed such a seed of Godlyservice which has grown andflourished there even now.Whenever I go to Colombo, Iremember that Dada RatanChand (Dadi Chandramani’sfather) and Dada Rijhumal(Dadi Shantamani’s father)surrendered everything, everysingle worldly possession, inGodly service.

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wonderful sustenance fromSweet Baba. I’m very happyand feel myself very fortunate.Just about two days before herpassing away, I was inCalifornia and one day prior tothat fateful day I was in London,where I remained only for 6hours and, then returned toMadhuban.

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like a magic. Dadi had boththese qualities. In fact, shenever told anyone about his/herfault. As for the unlimited Godlyservices at Shantivan she tookcare of everyone so well. Babaasks us to achieve such a stagethrough remembrance andservice so that it becomes amemorable one. As BrahmaBaba’s memorial is a Tower ofPeace; Dadi Prakashmani’s isa Tower of Light; in the sameway, Dadi made herself aTower of Peace. She becamea Tower of Peace when sheremained silent through thepositive powers of truthfulnessand silence. I never noticedDadi saying bitter words toanyone. She remained in sucha silent state that the feeling ofperforming Karma could neverbe noticed through her deeds.

She accumulated her powerof yoga to the extreme level;


now we cannot say that we areperforming our yoga for her.But, by meditating for her, weshould make ourselves suchpure and peaceful souls as Dadiherself was. She alwaysremembered Baba. In fact,Dadis really have Baba in theirhearts.

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When Dadi Shantamani’smortal coil was kept in theHistory Hall, I recalled thememories of those days whenMamma’s was kept there. Atthat time Baba had said thatMamma would listen to Murli,i.e. Godly versions. So, whenDadi’s mortal coil was keptthere, I thought that Dadi wouldbe listening to Murli becausenothing remained in her entirelife except Baba and Murli.Although we didn’t staytogether, but we both remainedin the same manner as Babahad directed us to remain. We

are the companions in thisunlimited journey. This is ourGodly relationship for allkalpas. This happened kalpaago also and will happen in nextkalpa as well.

It was never reflected fromher face that she had any kindof trouble; she never expressedsuch things through her mouth.She was such a patient who hadabundant patience. Those whowere instrumental in serving her,even they might never havebeen tired. She was such a Dadiwho was blessed herself andblessed others with the blessingof ‘Be Tireless’. As the name‘Shantamani’ suggests (Jewelof Peace), she never heardanyone’s weakness. She wasaffable to one and all. She usedto take care of yagya’s affairsin Karachi, which wasthereafter looked after by DadiPrakashmani and has beenlooked after by Dadi Ishu. Howmuch should I tell her glory, who

imbibed Father’s glory into herlife?

One must become such achild of God that everyone findshim or her as Baba’s right hand.One must become such anaccurate child of God so thatBaba should say, “Look at mychild; he is devoid of pride”.Even when someone insultshim, the latter’s face shouldn’treflect the feeling of being hurt.Thus, Shantamani Dadi was alovely child of Baba, who hasbeen a unique example to all ofus.

May the power which Babahas bestowed in us since thebeginning be got by others! Oneshould maintain such a stagethat Baba should always be inhis/her remembrance. This willbe the true tribute to Dadi. ThisJune month belongs to Mammaas also to Dadi Shantamani.Dadi Shantamani was likeMamma.

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The real reason why you sometimes experience a lack of real, deep lasting happiness inyour lives is dependency. You are taught to make your happiness dependent on some event,condition, person, object etc. This is why you keep delaying your happiness until things are justright in your life. You think you will be happy in the future and then wonder why you are nothappy now. But life is never just right, and the future never comes – there is only now! And that’swhy, in order to be happy you must make your happiness a decision and not a dependency. Thismay seem slightly difficult in the beginning, because you have just spent your life being dependenton acquiring something or someone, or seeing the result you desired, or wanting some pain togo away, before you allow yourselves to be happy.


The term success orfailure is the differencebetween two thoughts

– positive and negative. Athought can guarantee successor failure. A determined stepleads to success. Positivethoughts and actions are thepillars of success. Optimism,enthusiasm, cheerfulness,patience, tolerance, happiness,zeal, peace and hard work etc.,lead to sure success. In fact,failures are the different haltingpoints of success. Success isthe consequence of focused,sustained, and a constant effort-making process. Success is thebirthright of each human being.Simply hard efforts or hardwork will not give positiveresults and success. Hardefforts with good intentions andthoughts of others’ well-beingspread the vibrations of peaceand happiness and such aneffort will ensure success.Success is not necessarily doingmany things at a time, but doingthings differently. It isnecessary that our effortsshould be constant, consistentand properly focused andpursued with determination.

SECRETS OFSECRETS OFSECRETS OFSECRETS OFSECRETS OFSUCCESSSUCCESSSUCCESSSUCCESSSUCCESS

– B.K. Surendran, Bangalore

Our vision should be as the endresult of success. Everyday wesee that vision of success andglory on our mental screen andenjoy that vision. Obstacles,barriers, problems and problempeople are pointers to the factthat we are on the way tosuccess. The nature of theuniverse is to evolve always intonewness. Our efforts will alsobe opened up and evolve intogreater and greater heights. Weshould understand and believethat we are born winners andsuccess is our birthright.Sometimes, the successparameters may be at a subtlestage or at the physical level.It is sometimes subjective whileat objective. Experiencing asense of satisfaction is success.Satisfaction or contentment,happiness and mental peace areall greater success dimensions.When a long pending problemis solved, we say that it is asuccess. Organised, positiveand elevated thinking are thesure way to success.Perseverance, persistence,going an extra mile, going outof the way to extend a helpinghand in times of crises

necessities to rescue, to save alife etc., are the ingredients ofa successful life. Our successshould have a positive effect onothers. Our success shouldinspire others. Our successshould be the success of othersalso. Our success should not bean isolated event, but should bebeneficial to others also. Oursuccess alone does notguarantee us to be stable in oursuccessful situations. Theworld is now wired so also, life.Any good or bad happening ina particular part of the worldwill have a correspondingconsequence in other parts ofthe world. Life is naturallydesigned to be successful.Beware of bad habits, erraticbehaviours, self-defeatingovertures, which will underminethe efforts aimed to becomesuccessful. It will directlydestroy life. Even though somepeople resort to short-cutmethods to success – stealing,cheating, blaming, complaining,making scapegoats, leg-pulling,deceiving etc.; the consequenceis that it will surely lead to self-destruction in the long run. Theperson who is doing all this willlose his mental balance, peace,happiness, solace and securityin course of time. We shouldalways have an attitude of win-win philosophy. Sometimes wecome under make-believesuccess syndrome. For


example, we are financiallysound – we have a house, wehave food to eat, we have othercomforts and facilities and closeour doors and windows thinkingthat we are safe and enjoy life.Meanwhile, there may be a firein our neighbourhood which canspread any moment and alsoreduce our place into ashes incase a spark of it ignites ourplace. Let us not give sorrowto others or create problems forothers. Instead, let us givehappiness, peace, solace andsecurity to others. We are bornto succeed, not to fail.

A young man askedSocrates, the great Greekphilosopher, as to how he couldbe successful. Socrates tookthe young man to the river anddipped him into the water fortwo minutes. The young manwas struggling for breath.Socrates released him. Thenthe young man was told that oneshould aspire for success just ashe gasped for breath while hewas under water. It is saidrightly that success is the abilityto go from failure to failurewithout losing enthusiasm. Self-confidence is one of the keysto success. Success is ajourney, not the destination. Ifwe think we can, then we canhave success. Every successfulman has done the best he couldwith conditions as he found

them and not waited for betterconditions. Optimism is one ofthe other keys. The differencebetween a pessimist and anoptimist is that a pessimist seesdifficulties in every opportunitywhile the optimist seesopportunities in every difficulty.Success may not always be thekey to happiness. Happinesshas the keys to success. If youknow what you are doing, youwill be happy and successful.Thomas Alva Edisonexperimented many times tofind a satisfactory filament forhis incandescent lamp. Hecould not create a suitablefilament. He failed and failed.In the meantime his assistantwas depressed. But Edison wasnot worried. He said, ‘Now weknow another thing that won’twork’. That is the right attitude,the right spirit.

We must understand that ourefforts will never go waste.Some efforts will giveimmediate results, while someothers will take time to deliver.Patience, consistent pursuits,intense desires, optimism,enthusiasm and planned hardwork will assure success. F.W.Woolworth was working as aclerk in a store. While working,he saw that old and obsoletethings were dumped at a placein the store. He suggested tothe store-owner to sell those

goods for five/ten cents peritem. Permission was granted.He pooled up all those goods ata place and put up a board ‘only5/10 cents’. Thus, he sold all theold items. Then he got an ideaof opening his own store wherelittle things were available for acomparatively small amount.He asked his boss to finance theventure. The boss turned hisrequest down saying that theidea was too risky and that therewere not enough items to sellfor five and ten cents. ButWoolworth went ahead aloneand was successful in his firststore. Ultimately, he came tobe the owner of a chain ofstores across America. Hisboss regretted and remarked‘As far as I can figure out, everyword I used to turn downWoolworth’s request cost meabout a million dollars’.Soul-consciousness andSoul-consciousness andSoul-consciousness andSoul-consciousness andSoul-consciousness and

God-consciousness –God-consciousness –God-consciousness –God-consciousness –God-consciousness –Keys to Sure SuccessKeys to Sure SuccessKeys to Sure SuccessKeys to Sure SuccessKeys to Sure SuccessSoul-consciousness is the

surest way to be with God. Theconsciousness that ‘I am a soul– a spiritual energy – a sourceof universal light’ safeguards usfrom the illusions, imaginations,hallucinations and notions ofego, attachment, arrogance,anger, sex-lust, jealousy, fearand laziness. Those who arethe so-called successful peoplebecome victims of these vices


and lose their peace of mind andhappiness when they achieve successafter sometime. Humility, simplicity,flexibility, self-respect, self-confidence,self-discipline and tolerance are theingredients for a constant successful life.When we get success, it should be anoccasion for celebration at all times. Ifwe want our life to be a success up tothe last moment, it is indispensable forus to be soul-conscious and lead a lifebased on the values of soul-consciousness. Soul-consciousnessleads to God-consciousness. Peoplepopularly believe that when God is withthem, no-one can be against them; thetyphoons and gales cannot do anythingto them and success is guaranteed. Thisbelief is not an illusion. It is a fact. AsGandhiji said ‘The joy is in the battle.The result comes by the grace of God’.Remembrance of God supplies thenecessary spiritual energy resources forthe soul to lead a value-based life. Ourthoughts, words and deeds should bebased on soul- consciousness and God-consciousness so that our successbecomes a permanent experience. Wemust always support others, help othersand give something to them which willmake them happy, cheerful, hopeful,smiling and active. Our life should besuch that others should draw inspiration.God is the only one on whom we canalways depend on. Others’ blessings andgood wishes are the guardians of oursuccess. Our efforts for success shouldspontaneously earn good wishes and purefeelings from others.

Neither the attire nor any special look

Nor mere knowledge from Holy Books

But my selfless loving ways to serve

In Godliness – In Joy – such one deserves

By humane definition the spiritual/moral call

Heart and hands in unity to reach one who falls

No distinction I make to help a dear brother

In his predicament and pain but what can I give?

All I truly can – while simply – I live

Who am I? What do I own?

How much schooling, certification and wisdom light?

How well known? What position and wielding might?

What our Ego(s) you or I can really give?

Nothing! All is His! Everything! – Baba’s blessing

Not a grain of sand or water molecule

We are but miniscule –

Trustees of His! In His time! His Place!

His Glorious Divinity – His All

Yet who runs, sacrifices–

To take a brother’s hand

And share in time of need

A love and peace

That masterly Deed – That spirituality

Cannot be bought with all the gems of the earth

It can only sweetly sing and serve

In a Heart made lovingly pure – Priceless

By His Boundless Love – I’m Sure

SPIRITUSPIRITUSPIRITUSPIRITUSPIRITUALLALLALLALLALLY LOY LOY LOY LOY LOVING!VING!VING!VING!VING!– Seeram Dukharan, Trinidad


Prajapita BrahmakumarisIshwariya VishwaVidyalaya was founded

by Incorporeal God Shivathrough a diamond merchantnamed Dada Lekhraj, laterrechristened PrajapitaBrahma, in the year 1936-37.Brahma Baba formed a trustcomprising JagdambaSaraswati, who was named itshead, along with five othersurrendered sisters. One ofthose five sisters was DadiShantamani who had dedicatedher life to the divine task oftransformation of this worldfrom Kaliyuga or Hell toSatyuga or Paradise. DadiShantamani was then just 14years old. She followed thedirections of BapDada, i.e.,God Shiva and PrajapitaBrahma in letter and spirit andher life was worth emulating.Early Life and SpiritualEarly Life and SpiritualEarly Life and SpiritualEarly Life and SpiritualEarly Life and Spiritual

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1923 in Hyderabad, Sindh in areligious family, DadiShatamani naturally inheritedthe sanskars of devotion. OnceBrahma Baba accompanied by

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his family, went to Kashmir, ona spiritual sojourn. DadaRijhumal, father of DadiShantamani, met BrahmaBaba there. He got spirituallyinspired and later, the wholefamily developed firm faith inGod and the knowledge beingtaught by Him. Then, thisspiritual movement had justcome into existence and wasknown as Om Mandali. Itconsisted mainly of sisters andmothers but a few brotherswere also there.Dedication to the DivineDedication to the DivineDedication to the DivineDedication to the DivineDedication to the Divine

CauseCauseCauseCauseCauseDadi Shantamani was just

thirteen when she,accompanied by her mother,met Brahma Baba for the firsttime. In Brahma Baba sheexperienced her real fatherand had the divine vision of ShriKrishna in Baba. Her entirefamily joined the institution andvery soon they becameresidents of the ashram. Thus,she became a regular studentof this spiritual university andgot deep Godly knowledge anddivine sustenance. From theday one, Dadi Shantamani and

her family had full faith inBaba and the Godlyknowledge, as a result ofwhich they developed totaldisinterest towards the worldand worldly matters. Theydecided to follow each andevery shrimat (advice) ofGod in its letter and spiritbecause they knew thatShrimat was the basis ofgetting God’s love which couldtransform them from anordinary soul to a deity.

Dadi was greatly influencedand inspired by BrahmaBaba’s life and his spiritualpersonality, for he hadsurrendered his everything towomen and girls to whom theurn of knowledge had beenhanded-over by God Shiva.Brahma Baba instilled in themthe power of Godlyknowledge, yoga, spiritual loveand divine virtues. He calledthem ‘spiritual lioness’ whowould reveal God Shiva to theentire world.

Dadi Shantamani ji23-2-1923 to 15-6-2010

– B.K. Yogesh, Yogi Nagar, Shantivan

A Tribute

A Tribute


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For her power toaccommodate, DadiShantamani was given thename Sachli Kaudi, i.e., TruePearl, which means one havingtrue and clean heart. In fact,she never disclosed anythingshe heard or saw aboutsomeone, to others. Thoroughlya contented soul, she was anaffable, serene, humble andintrovert person. Being thecousin sister of MateshwariJagdamba Sarawati, she wasalso the mine of divine virtues.

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After partition, all the yagyachildren along with Babashifted from Karachi(Pakistan) to Mt. Abu on 5thMay 1950. After one year,suddenly the days of financialhardship, known as ‘beggarypart’ started. However, throughBrahma Baba’s unlimitedspiritual love and the spiritualchildren’s firm faith inIncorporeal God Shiva andDrama, that difficult phasepassed as if nothing hadhappened. Thereafter, BrahmaBaba inspired them to do Godlyservice and sent them tovarious cities. DadiShantamani was sent toLucknow, where she served forseventeen years and provided

THE CALL OFOUR TIME

“These are times whenthings happen suddenly thatare a cause for concern. Nowis the season of happening ofthings suddenly. Many areworried due to the state of theworld. One should let go ofworry. The one who worries isalways in a hurry and willspeak with bitterness anddisheartenment. Those whoworry think too much, andwaste a lot of time and energydelving into doubts. They mayworry about money, abouthealth, about family, aboutjobs, or about the future.

One must never worry.Instead, one must live withtrust. At a time of crisis thereis opportunity. But in order tosee the opportunity, I needcourage in my heart and trustin my intellect. Courage helpsme to feel that there is benefitin every unfolding scene in thedrama of life. Trust helps meto stay stable and calm in theface of crisis. Courage andtrust give me the assurancethat everything will be fine. Itis said that faith in the intellectbrings victory and courage inthe heart brings help.”

– Rajyogini Dadi Janki

divine sustenance to spiritualaspirants. Later, she remainedon divine service atBrahmakumaris internationalheadquarters, Mount Abu.Since 1994 the spiritualservices accelerated inShantivan Complex of BrahmaKumaris and she wasentrusted with the responsibilityof its administration. Thoughshe was an introvert person,still she performed this new rolewith utmost sincerity andcommitment.

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Dadi Shantamani, a primejewel of Prajapita BrahmaKumaris Ishwariya VishwaVidyalaya, silently spreadpeaceful and powerfulvibrations to the whole worlduntil her last breath. Like aPeace Messenger or anAngel of Peace, sheappeared in this EternalWorld Drama and spreadGod Father Shiva’s messageof peace and spiritual love.Her serenity, humility,introversion and dedicationendeared her to one and all.Because of her sterlingqualities, she won thehearts of B.K. students,their family members andthe contact souls, all overthe world. She nurtured andinspired souls irrespective

of their caste, creed, colour,country or culture. DadiShantamani will always beremembered for her sterlingqualities. As a spiritual beacon,she will continue to inspire thespiritual aspirants.


Good wishes are pure,elevated thoughts thatgenerate pure feelings

and a spiritual attitude that bringhappiness to the self, others andnature. Good wishes make oneenergetic as these generate zealand enthusiasm by removing thetraces of hatred, jealousy anddepression. These induce a rayof hope and happiness. Goodwishes are similar to a vitamininjection that energizes onealmost instantly. These alsogenerate vibrations of purefeelings into the atmosphere,creating instant happiness.

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spiritual wealth is to constantlyhave good wishes and purefeelings for everyone as well asnature through spiritualthoughts. The method is toalways be beyond corporealfeelings and wishes. Feelings

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– BK Khem Jokhoo, Trinidad, West Indies

and wishes are two aspects thatinfluence the stages of ascentor descent in spiritual growth.If there is a task to be done, itis important that one haselevated feelings for both thetask as well as the one who iscarrying out the task and thereis automatic success. This is theonly method to increase one’sspiritual bank account. On theother hand, waste thoughtsmake one spiritually bankruptand induce sadness.VVVVVarious arious arious arious arious Aspects ofAspects ofAspects ofAspects ofAspects of Pur Pur Pur Pur Pureeeee

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benevolence for everyone. Tohave the feeling of love andcooperation, irrespective ofother person’s nature is alsoimportant. One needs tomaintain zeal and enthusiasmconstantly. One should have thefeeling, “Everyone is my brotheras we are progeny of the samespiritual Father”. Thefoundation of all lofty feelings

is the awareness of soul-consciousness. These positivefeelings uplift the self. Oppositeto these, the feelings generatedunder the influence of body-consciousness are callednegative feelings.

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form of thoughts; then these aretranslated into words andactions. As are one’s feelings,so would he view the activitiesof others and with the sameattitude he would listen to them.Feelings can change intentions.If at anytime, one has thefeelings of jealousy towardsanyone, then one would alwaysfind that a misunderstandingarises in whatever they have tosay or do. That person may bedoing something good, butbecause one’s feelings arethose of jealousy or hatred, onealways finds some fault withtheir activities. One’s feelingstowards them would be thoseof arrogance, with the attitudethat one can do things better.There would always be conflictand one would withdraw hiscooperation. However, if onehas to cooperate, one would doso grudgingly, creating a heavyatmosphere.

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Our thoughts are the basisand foundation for our words,actions, attitude and vision.

The writer, BK Khem Jokhoo is a physicist/engineer/Yogi byprofession. He is a student and teacher of Yoga and Meditation. Healso teaches Positive Thinking, Stress-Free Living and Self-Management Leadership. – Editor


Through the power ofbenevolent feelings, elevatedthoughts, positive attitude andpure vibrations, one has thecapability to serve the wholeworld from any place. Themethod is for the mind andintellect to be always free fromwasteful thinking.TTTTThe Efhe Efhe Efhe Efhe Effffffect ofect ofect ofect ofect of WWWWWastefulastefulastefulastefulasteful

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cause great loss to our valuabletime, but they also cause thesoul to lose its strength andpower. Waste thoughtsgradually lead to viciousthoughts because they are thefruits of the vices. Secondly,waste thoughts make us loseour self-respect as well as self-confidence. Thirdly, wastethoughts are externally veryattractive like fried foods, theirtaste is very good; they entertainus a lot, but they make the soulheavy and dull and the bodylethargic.

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The Intellect is the faculty ofreasoning and the power ofdiscrimination. Waste thoughtsmultiply and expand at a fastrate and overpower the powerof discrimination until theintellect becomes comatose.When the intellect becomescomatose, it can no longer

discriminate between right andwrong. Waste thoughts, such asjealousy and animosity, are non-living but by constantly givingthem attention, false things thenappear to be truth giving life tofalsehood. At this point, even theconscience goes intohibernation. Medical expertsterm it as temporary insanity ora split-personality. At this point,one can commit the mostheinous crime even to theirloved ones. This is the dangerinherent in waste and idlethoughts. Hence they should benipped in the bud as soon as theyfirst appear.

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Feelings are created fromthoughts and the nature of suchfeelings determines one’sattitude. When one extends purelove to everyone with selfless

motivation, it is an attitude ofkindness. To send good feelingsand pure wishes to those whoare in deep sorrow is an attitudeof mercy and compassion. Tobless and uplift someone evenas they defame one is anattitude of forgiveness. Whenone tolerates a situation andtakes responsibility as well asgive cooperation even when notappreciated that is an attitudeof humility and self-respect.This is because a positiveattitude induces self-empowerment and at the sametime empowers others. A goodattitude, therefore, takes thesupport of all the virtues,powers and spiritual knowledgeand makes peace, happinessand prosperity as one’sbirthright. Every second, everymoment and every breath ofone’s life is nurtured by attitude.

INSPIRAINSPIRAINSPIRAINSPIRAINSPIRATIONSTIONSTIONSTIONSTIONSINNER STRENGTH: The ability to enjoy one’s owncompany is one of the greatest gifts life has to offer.Learning to turn our thoughts away from all ourresponsibilities at the day’s end and take our mindinto a state of peace and benevolence enables usto carry greater and greater loads without feelingburdened. When our inner landscape is full ofbeautiful thoughts, everything we do is a pleasure.Gently, we calm down chaotic situations and offersolace to troubled minds.


I generally do not plan howto spend my stay inMadhuban. This time

around I was to stay for the first2 meetings, i.e., for nearly amonth. During this time, Iphoned my wife who is in USAwith my son, Nikhil. She brokedown into tears at the slightesthint to our daughter Dr. Netra,a practising dentist, who waskind hearted, soft spoken, silent-natured and full of many virtuesand who had passed away onlya few months ago. Someonebrutally killed her on 5th Marchlast year. It seems she wasworking on a patient andsomeone attacked from behindas she was wearing hand-gloves and mask on mouth. So,even after 10 months, every-time when we spoke of hereven on the telephone, the callalways ended with her (mywife) uncontrolled sobs anddisconnection. She is a Non-BK,but she has heard enough ofBaba’s knowledge through me.She has seen how I controlledmy feelings and encouraged therelations and contacts, whocame to condole and consoleus. She knows how I advised

– B.K. Prakash Talathi, Lagos, Nigeria

them to meditate by givingguided commentary and sendtheir good wishes to thedeparted soul during that time.Giving her sufficient time torecover and giving vibrations inmeditation, I started telling her,“Please do not cry; that willcause pain to our child (Netra)wherever she is”. Still there waslittle or no effect. Later on I toldher, “I do not like crying; pleasestop”. Still there was littleeffect.

Now 10 months had passedand the same thing happened onthat evening during thetelephone call. Suddenly athought came in my mind that Ishould give Saakaash to herfrom here, the Land of Penance(Mt. Abu) where Baba andseniors have done a lot ofmeditation, at a fixed time anda fixed place. Many times B.K.Bro. Suraj of Madhuban told usthe importance of 21 days’donation of yoga at fixed timeand place. So I decided to trythe same with proper methodand not haphazardly anytime,anywhere. Luckily, I was tostay there for nearly a month,so there was time at my side.

I also remembered oneAvyakt Vani that I read in myearly (BK) childhood, in whichBaba explained, “When yougive Saakash to your lovedones, it doesn’t reach them.Because you have special loveand attachment towards them,therefore, such love andattachment create a wallbetween you and them and yourvibrations do not reach them.This (selfish) love andattachment is a vice – negativityand, thus a wall is created. Yourloved ones are also souls playingtheir part in the drama like allother actors. You are masterworld-benefactor and not thebenefactor of one soul. If youwant to give them vibrations,give to the entire village, entireregion, entire world, as all willget it, thus, he too will get it”.

So, I fixed 5.30 p.m. to 6.30p.m. as the time of givingSaakash. I was practising to bein seed stage and getting directlight of a blend of powers andpowerful virtues andknowledge, getting myself fullyabsorbed into it, so that mybrilliance, my radiations couldbecome powerful and spread toall possible directions. The lightand radiations passed throughthe sky, clearing and cleansingit through the earth’satmosphere cutting and clearingthe vibrations of negative andwaste thoughts, then spreading

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all over earth’s surface and deepwithin earth and bubbling upthrough oceans, rivers andponds to the surface, thenthrough the fire; every atom,every particle of nature wasgetting purified andempowered. Then I focused thelight and might of the Saakashto human souls from one end ofthe globe to the other; every soulis touched and every soul takesas per its capacity. The soulsfeel freshened up and cheerfulwith whatever they getunexpectedly. I am still in frontof Him. Now He isPowerhouse and charging mybatteries and a powerful currentgoes everywhere through sky,air, fire, earth and water. Theelements get purified andempowered further to anotherlevel. Then the currentspreading through all the humansouls renews them, purifiesthem and empowers them. StillI am in front of Baba in the SoulWorld in seed stage and again Iattempt the third and the fourthcycle.

After 4 cycles, I get down toAngelic world with my beautifulsparkling dress of light. I am infront of BapDada. BapDadaare giving me drishti. Theirdrishti is transforming mydrishti and a vision that all soulsare brothers is developed. Theirdrishti transforms my Vriti(attitude). I am a World-

Benefactor, a mine of mercyand am spreading good-wishesand pure feelings to all. Hisdrishti is transforming myworld. He stares and makes mefull. I am an angel, lighthouseand might house; I am spreadingthe light and might in alldirections again through everyelement of nature and everysoul of the world. When onecycle finishes, I still find myselfin front of BapDada getting mefilled in with more than what Igave. This gets repeated withsome variation here and therefor 3 more cycles.

Then I go down the eternalkalpa tree – I am the rootconnected to the Seed, i.e. ShivBaba and taking the current ofSaakash of powers, powerfulvirtues, knowledge, blessingsetc., and pass it through trunkof the tree, branches and sub-branches to every leaf, flower,fruit etc. Every leaf is a soulhaving his picture with him. SoI see many faces on manyleaves. Some of them areknown to me. They are alsogetting the powers to withstandand keep their cool. Again I findmyself connected with the seedand to the family tree. I am anancestor and bestowingblessings on all the leave-souls.Like the three cycles, Icomplete 11 cycles all in onesitting.

After 2 days, Baba gave me

a blessing through Dadi Jankijiwhich says:

“You are constantly busyserving through your mind,giving the powerful current ofSakaash to all souls. This ishow you give support and peaceto the world.”

I was surprised, a pleasantsurprise that what I am doing isactually reaching thebeneficiaries and what I amdoing is being watched by Baba;He is involved! My joy knew nobounds. So, I continued with fullvigour and enthusiasm.

After another week or so, Ijust called my wife; we had along talk. She talked aboutchildren, grandchildren and somany other things. She was inher old jovial mood. She nevercame to the topic of Netra.Finally, I started the topic andshe just quickly moved to othertopics. No crying, no sobbing,no disconnection! So whatmore proof do you (a scienceand technology grad) want?This invisible machinery isworking; positively working.The Golden Key to healing theminds has come in my hands.And whatever Baba gives isPrabhu Prasad (holy offering)which I must share with others.And Baba knows and trusts thisinstrument only in the hands ofthe dedicated.

How great that He has giventhis key to me!


I was born in an agriculturalfamily in a remote village inNalgonda District of Andhra

Pradesh where there was noroad, electricity or school. So, Istudied in the neighbouringvillage, cooking food on myown, and since there was noelectricity in the hostel, I usedto go to the School in theevening to study and sleep thereitself. I completed myGraduation and Law degree inthe year 1977 in Hyderabad,with all those basic difficultiesfollowing me like a shadow.

During my study, I gotmarried to Shyamala comingfrom a well to do family. Afterten years of my legal practice,I was appointed a GovernmentPleader in the High Court forfive years, followed again by myprivate practice.

On 17th May 1999, I wasappointed a Judge of HighCourt of Andhra Pradesh andwithin four days, I visited MountAbu, on the request of two ofmy brother judges who werealready there. There, in GyanSarovar, I was told about myself,the soul, God Shiva, the

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– Justice V. Eswaraiah, Judge, High Court of A.P.

Supreme soul and how tocommunicate with Him by Bro.Shantha Krishna, and was fullyconvinced of my true relationwith Incorporeal God Shiva, i.e.Shiv Baba. On fourth day, Ifirmly decided to abstain fromNon-Vegetarian food, whichcannot be a food for deities,although before that, everydayI used to take it.

As soon as I came toHyderabad, I and my familymembers underwent 7-daybasic Rajyoga course and withinnext three months, I inculcatedpurity in my life and abstainedfrom onion and garlic, in spiteof objection from my familyand friends. Seeing such achange in me, my wife becamemore engrossed with devotion.I first met BapDada inShantivan on 18th January 2000with my companion andyounger son and since thenevery year, I have been meetingBapDada twice with or withouther. I have also participated inJurists Conference at MountAbu, Hyderabad, Sri Lanka andin other places as well. For thelast ten years, except for my

Baba, my job and my mangoorchard, my thoughts have notwandered elsewhere. Fromtime to time, I have beeninstrumental in arranging StressManagement lectures byvisiting concerned faculties, inthe High Court, JudicialAcademy here and once ortwice they were served with‘Brahma Bhojan’ also whichthey appreciated very much. Allthe Judges, Lawyers and BKsisters have good rapport.Programmes were alsoarranged in our ‘Shanti Sarovar’academy here. One of ourformer Chief Justices of HighCourt of A.P. completed seven-day basic Rajyoga course andhe was elevated as Judge ofHon’ble Supreme Court ofIndia.

Three years ago, in myofficial residence, I convertedone big room near the entranceas ‘Baba’s Room’ which wasinaugurated by the senior sistersof twin cities of Hyderabad andSecunderabad. The famousnaturopath Dr. MathenaSatyanarayana Raju was also

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benefited by meditation inBaba’s room. Then, seeing thechanges in me, my wife alsostarted tilting towards Baba andwas overwhelmed by DadiGulzar’s lovely gaze, when shevisited us here at our residencein 2007. We got unlimitedsustenance from all the seniorsisters, brothers as if I were inMadhuban. For the last one

There was once a man calledKasper Hauser. Brought up in aGerman prison in the 17th

century, unschooled in even themost basic skills of humancommunication, he wasreleased at the age of aboutthirty and placed like an exhibitin the centre of a village squarewith a letter in his hand writtenby the prison warder…. and left.The letter gave information aboutHauser’s upbringing and invitedany willing family to take him in.

Kasper Hauser looked like ananimal, grunted like an animal,ate like an animal and wasgreeted by the villagers as ananimal. Ten years later he wasacclaimed a national hero.Why? That was so becausefrom beneath the inarticulacyand barbarity, there emerged aprofound clarity of mind whichflawed many of the 17th centuryGerman academics andphilosophers. He could answer

year, I have been attendingdaily morning Murli classes withmy wife, and find a lot ofimprovement in my spiritualeffort. Seeing me, the otherstudents and high-status peoplehave also started attendingMurli classes daily and so theclass looks full now.

I have but one desire left, toprove God Father Shiva as ‘Gita

Sermoniser’ and follow BrahmaBaba to get full birthright fromthe former. My elder son whois a Software Engineer inMiami, Florida, USA, has alsomet BapDada. After having metBapDada, he has beenexperiencing super-sensuousjoy and attending Murli classesthere daily.

questions that they could not.He was a scholar of life. But healso had the virtue of simplicity.

Without advocating barbaricconditions or animalism, theredoes seem to be a lesson here.Kasper Hauser had been forcedby circumstances to limit hisphysical needs totally andbecause isolated, was obliviousto public opinion. Because ofthis his natural wisdom couldcome to the surface.

Meditation also has the sameeffect. By teaching yourself tobe free of unnecessary clutter,by developing a love for internalsolitude, two things happen.First your lifestyle takes on asimplicity and easiness that initself can be a healing sourceto those around you; andsecondly, your powers ofperception become dramaticallyheightened. It really is like beingable to see again. Occasionally,there is a challenge: Why have

you given everything up? But thefeeling is that only negativity hasbeen given up. The wealth ofexperiences accumulated overthe past has not been rejected,only the pain. Someone holdingonto pain can never be simple.

But it is a great paradox thatsimplicity comes from passingthrough many stages oflearning. It is a complexlandscape before reaching acalm, straight, simple sea. It isthe virtue of the spiritually oldand yet also it is the possessionof the physically young.

And perhaps most touchingof all, it belongs to God, whoholds within His understandingthe ups and downs of the entirehuman landscape. Listening toGod’s words is like listening tosomeone playing a scale on thepiano, when he could play aconcerto. Just a scale, but doneperfectly. This is simplicity.

– from “Inner Beauty ”

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Dadi Gulzar, B.K. Sisters Neelu and Mandafrom Oxford and B.K.

Balwant from London gracedKuwait with their divinepresence from 21st to 23rd May2010.

Dadi said Baba doesn’t likethe word ‘sometimes’.Whatever has to be done, it hasto be done now! A person inlove is always ready to sacrificelife for the other. What is Babaproud of? It is only Baba whocan say that all His children arekings or masters. So, Baba asks,‘Children, are you the kingsalways or just for sometime?’

One should pay attention tobe a Karma Yogi. Our life is ayogi life. Life is not just forsometime, but for all of the time.So, one should speak thelanguage of determination. Notthe language of someone whois slack (we will do, we will seeetc.).

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Drama in life?A. It all depends on one’s stage

at the time of that action.

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One can understand fromone’s feelings, language etc.,whether it is the past karmicaccount or not. If someonetalks a lot about someone, heor she is having karmicaccount with that person,(especially in a negative) orsomething is happening, thenit is karma. Whereas it isdrama when a situation hascome up and one has failedto deal with it correctly orproperly, in a right way.

Q. Do we use our intellect inthe Golden Age, or is itdormant? Since there areno conflicts of choices orinterest, do we simply jumpfrom thought into action?

A. The intellect operates in anautomatic manner in theGolden Age. One’s mind,words and actions are usedin an automatic and naturalway, and hence, it feels as ifone is not using them. Thereis no need to think, no needto consciously use theintellect. Here, there isconflict. In the Golden Age,the actions one performs willbe natural. There is no effortfor anything there. Now, even

for service, one uses theintellect. An effort-maker isnot yet complete; not like adeity yet, but still not worldlyeither!

Q. Dadi, could you pleasedifferentiate from yourexperience, between beingbodiless and being in atrance?

A. There is a huge difference.Going into a trance is ablessing from God. And tobecome bodiless is one’s owneffort. To haveremembrance and create astate is something else. Onecan’t get this blessing byasking for it. If someone is ina trance for eight hours, it willnot be counted in account ofyoga, but in the account ofblessings. One has to makeefforts to accumulate in theaccount of yoga. I was eightyears old, when I went into atrance, and at that time, Inever knew what yoga was!

Q. Dadi, could you pleaseexplain more aboutrunning the kingdom in theGolden Age without anyadvisers? Like Baba says,


no advisers in the GoldenAge?

A. When one follows Baba’ssignals fully, one becomes thepart of royal family inSatyuga. Not just two ofthem rule the kingdom, butmembers of the royal familywill sit there in the counseland give their suggestions.There are no conflicts ofopinion or ideas, there is noneed to quarrel, argue, orprove. There will be more orless equality amongst all; oneking and his companions.They just share theirthoughts, not advice.

Q. Dadi, when a wanderingspirit enters someone; is itdue to karma orattachment?

A. 1 It can be both. Sometimesit is the weak thoughts of thesoul and so another spiritenters. Sometimes it iskarma and the wanderingspirit comes to the soul withwhom it has a karmicaccount.

Q. Dadi, how are childrenborn in the Golden Age?

A. They are born through themothers’ womb as here, butin the Golden Age there isno physical contact between

the couples. Absolute purity!Both will have a purethought for a child and theseed is sown. This is thepower of yoga.

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human love for many births andnow it is time to experienceGod’s love! One needs toremember the list of titles ofself respect (Swaman) givenby Baba. Maya’s obstaclesmay come, but one should justthink of them as a test paper.If someone is clever andstudying hard, will be waitingfor the exams, to passsuccessfully and move onto thenext level. If someone is slack,he or she would wish theexam. papers got lost orsomething should happen in thedrama so that he or she doesn’thave to give the test!However, a clever andprominent student would say,‘WELCOME Maya; I am notafraid of you’.

Service should be donethrough one’s face and activity.Baba says, ‘your face shouldbe like a blooming rose’. To beable to sleep well, one must giveaway everything to Baba and

empty oneself before going tobed. And first thing in themorning should be, “GoodMorning Baba”!”

A public programme forDadi was held in the JahraBallroom in JW Marriott hotel,downtown, which costs4000KD (US$13,800) for anight, was free of charge.Local cooperative souls madethis possible. The eveningcomprised a soothing slideshow with music, followed bya welcome from Mr. Sabah AlRayes, a well known localKuwaiti businessman. Heintroduced Valina Andreeva, apianist who played her ownpiece, Moon-Gate on the grandpiano. Dadi shared a few ofher thoughts on the power of astill mind, and how ego andattachment get in the way ofcreating a still mind; how tokeep a balance between theworld and spirituality and howto maintain silence fearlessly.There were 400 people presentat the programme.

The following morning, Dadileft for Beirut on a privateplane organised by Mr. SaadHarriri, Prime Minister ofBeirut. Dadi had a specialmeeting with the PM.

Wise Soul: A wise soul opens the window to the future by closingthe doors to the past.


Raysha and Anandawere looking at thebeautiful sunset near

the beach. Ananda wasenjoying it, but all of a suddenhis face became serious and heasked: “Raysha, my senses tellme that the sun is movingtowards the horizon to meet thepeaceful ocean. That is myexperience. Is my experiencetrue or false?” Raysha thoughtabout it for 3 seconds andresponded: “Even though yourlimited senses are giving you anexperience, that experience isright for you. Whether the Sunmoves or the Earth moves, whatmatters to you, the being, is theexperience of peace and beauty.That is the truth for you.”Raysha continued meditating onher answer and then added:“However, intellectual peoplewill tell you that the Earthmoving around its axis inrotation is the cause of thesunset. They are happy withwords and explanations, but inreality, there is no “sunset” eventhough you see it. Only fewbend their minds towards suchthinking.” Ananda was

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– Luis Alberto Riveros, M.Ed, M.S, LMT

perplexed by that reply andadded: “Then what is thetruth?” “It has to be somethingwithout change and completelyreliable. Perhaps amathematical equation, like1+1=2… you know, numbersdon’t lie…” Raysha responded:“In real life, 1+1 could be 3 aswell… it happens when themale form meets the femaleform. Only few people can seethat. The truth is living,unchanged, pervasive, good toall, it brings happiness toall…Many are happy with labelsor equations, but only few havethe experience and can see thatthe truth, the only truth, is God.When you know Him, you knowthe truth. Life is a full circle ofproofs and explanations.”

One may even ask ‘How iseverything started?’ From theanswer to this question, manyother popular philosophicalquestions could be easilyanswered as a consequence ofdirect application of my answer.Those questions could be: “Isthere free will? What is thepurpose of life? Where are wegoing? Are we bodies or

something else? Is time linear?Are our historical ‘facts’accurate, etc?”

“The starting point of thisphilosophical system is rooted inthe well known laws ofthermodynamics. Why? It is sobecause many times we are soused to quote ‘theories’ and toobscure a straight forwardanswer with scientificmythology. A physical law, onthe other hand, has passeddifferent tests and stays as aparamount of reality beyondopinions. Thermodynamics areimportant because the wholeuniverse is about movement andconversion of energies and theinterrelation of matter andenergy. When I apply the lawsof thermodynamics in myphilosophical system, I am usinga real and concrete starting pointto understand matter andenergy; in other words, theUniverse. 1st law ofThermodynamics: “Mattercannot be created nordestroyed. It can only betransformed.” It is not possibleto “create” matter as“something” from nothing. I


cannot add things to whatalready exists. Whatever existswill transform in due time.Once I understand this law, Ican see that the “Theory ofCreation,” is illogical. A Godcreating stuff out of nothing isunreasonable. If nothing can becreated nor destroyed, how dideverything come to exist? It wasalready there. It has beenalways there, but matterchanges its form in time. Thisis logical. Do you want furtherproof”?

Let us explore the concept oftime. Time is an unavoidableproperty of matter. Wheneverthere is matter, there is time.Matter changes from form ‘x’to form ‘y’. Thistransformation is lengthy, that iswhat we call ‘time’. Wheneverwe think time is linear, wecommit a ‘big’ mistake. To start,there is nothing linear in theuniverse. The shortest pathbetween 2 points is not a line aswe were taught but a geodesic,a curve. We live in a sphere.There are no straight lines in asphere. Therefore, if matterchanges with time, time cannotbe linear but cyclical. Why?Because matter cannot becreated, that means that thereis neither ‘beginning’ nor ‘end’.If there is neither beginning norend then it means that matter iseternal, obviously because

matter exists. This is called alogical reasoning from previouspremises. Eternity cannot belinear because by necessity,linear time conveys a beginning.The belief of linear time is thesingle-most detrimental ‘theory’that is affecting ourunderstanding of ‘howeverything started’. Linear timefails logic and reasonconsistently.

There are 3 aspects of time:past, present and future. If the‘beginning’ was the present,then what was the past of thatpresent? It is non-existent. Alsothe principle of ‘cause andeffect’ fails in linear time. The‘Big Bang’ theory believes in agreat explosion which createdeverything. OK; but, what wasthe cause of those agents thatcollided in an explosion? In otherwords, those atoms of hydrogenand helium needed to comefrom somewhere before theyexisted. Linear time means thatthere is a need of a beginningwhich could never be explainedif we use the principle of causeand effect or the 3 aspects oftime. See that? Therefore, inthis brief explanation I havelogically and reasonablydemonstrated that the Creationand the ‘Big Bang’ theory areillogical answers of thebeginning of the Universe.Perhaps a scientist can come up

with lots of proofs to defendtheir theories, or a holy priestcan defend his dogmas, but logicand reason tell me otherwise.Perhaps science and dogmasare not reasonable after all.There is no need to be a rocketscientist to see this. If lineartime fails the test of logic, whatis the ‘reasonable’ answer?Time is a cycle; a circle. Therest of this writing will go intothis.

Second law ofthermodynamics: Entropy andthe problem of the ‘arrow oftime’; this unresolved problemin physics states that timeseems to have an arrow ordirection. In other words, itseems to go from present tofuture, in one temporalsequence. Scientists attemptedto explain the direction of thearrow of time by using thesecond law of thermodynamicsalso known as the concept ofentropy. Entropy loosely couldbe explained as the passagebetween 2 stages: from manyto few, from ‘order’ to‘disorder’, from new to old, etc.High entropy means ‘manyways or lots of something’ andlow entropy means ‘few or lessthan something’. It is dualismmanifested in the states of‘ascending’ or ‘descending’.Entropy could be seen as the‘quality’ of something


diminishing as time progresses.Accordingly, physical systemstend to evolve towards states ofhigher entropy. However,Newton’s laws (classicalphysics) have no built-inmechanism for temporalorientation. In other words,systems not only can evolvefrom high to low entropy butthey can do it from low to high(going to the past). Thus, thesame amount of entropy whichexists in the future should alsoexist in the past since the lawsof physics are time reversalsymmetric. This contradictioncannot be explained in a linearvision of time without having a‘double headed’ arrow of time(one pointing towards the pastand the other towards thefuture. This ‘double-headedapproach’ is not consistent withour own experience. There isjust ‘one arrow’. Time goes inone direction. The universe islike a ‘self existing machineendowed with perpetualmotion.’ According to LordKelvin: “Although mechanicalenergy is indestructible, there isa universal tendency to itsdissipation, which producesthroughout the system a gradualaugmentation and diffusion ofheat, cessation of motion andexhaustion of the potentialenergy of the materialUniverse” (Lectures, vol. II, p.

356).Lord Kelvin refers here to

entropy. Apparently, a ‘selfexisting machine endowed withperpetual motion’, such as theUniverse, cannot persist in‘linear time’ but in ‘cyclicaltime’ as entropy takes over.Thus, entropy becomes thereason why a self-existingmachine with motion willcontinue forever. Low entropygives rise to high entropy andhigh entropy to low. It is the ‘Yinand Yang’ principle which canonly be fully observed in motionin a cyclical view of time.

‘The Fabric of the Cosmos,Space, Time and the Texture ofReality’ by Brian Greene, PhD.in Physics, ColumbiaUniversity; 2004, ISBN: 0-375-72720- 5, mentions in page 164“You should never be surprisedor feel the need to explain whyany physical system is in a high-entropy state. Such states arethe norms. On the contrary,what does need explanation iswhy any given physical systemis in a state of order, a state oflow entropy.”

This statement by Greene isutterly convenient for hisexplanations. I think there is aneed to explain why physicalsystems are in low entropy aswell as high entropy. The beliefof ‘linear time’ has no chanceof explaining low entropy.

However, as expressed before,the cycle of time and theunderstanding of eternity, fullyexplain the need of low and highentropy as the means toconstruct this ‘self existingmachine endowed withperpetual motion’. Everything inthe Universe is cyclical, why nottime? Time is not separatedfrom the material Universeafter all.

This concept of cyclical timeis not new. It has existed formany centuries before ‘lineartime’ appeared in the Westernworld. Cyclical time is easilyobservable in nature. Cyclicaltime is the view of time forHindus, Buddhists, Jainism andperhaps other religions in theIndian sub-continent. The sameholds true in the Americas. TheMayan calendar as well asother Mesoamerican societiesused a cyclical calendar whichallowed them to foretell thefuture by means of astrologyand divination rituals. TheAztecs made use of a calendarcarved in a huge circular stone,the Sun stone, which nowadaysis one of the main attractions ofthe Anthropological Museum inMexico City. The knowledge ofrepetition of time, which is anatural consequence of thecyclical view of time, permitsdivination. Of course, morespecifically Christianity forbade


divination in westernsocieties, even though itshows that practice in anambivalent mannerthroughout the Bible.(Exodus 28 is an example.)The Koran also forbidsdivination.

The ancient Greekspractised divination bymeans of the oracles.Greeks believed in timebeing cyclical. One of thegreatest lines (in my view)by Plato was “We don’tlearn but we remember.”This statement makes nosense in linear time. It onlymakes perfect sense incyclical time. InScandinavian mythology, theRagnarok (NorseMythology) relates aforetold great battle whichresults in the death of manygods, natural disasters andthe subsequent submersionof the world in water. Theidea of ‘seeing beyond thepresent and into the future’is held by many culturesthroughout history. My claimis that when we view timeas cyclical, it is possible toforesee the future. In acyclical view of time, it getsrepeated identically.Nietzsche (Germanphilosopher) called it“Eternal recurrence.”

INTRINTRINTRINTRINTROOOOOVERSIONVERSIONVERSIONVERSIONVERSIONIntroversion is the meeting point between beauty and plainness. It iswhen on the outside there is only love and warmth, the qualities ofany decent human life, but on the inside there is wisdom andperception. It is when on the outside, there are relationships with afew, and on the inside there is enough to fuel a relationship with theworld; on the outside there is concern for the present and on theinside there is awareness of the future. Introversion is the door whichdivides the two; not exclusively, because a door will always open, butprotectively because it is night and there are thieves about.

What is night? Night is when no-one really knows what he/shewants or what he/she is doing. Night is when people question things,so the door has to be locked because when people don’t know whatthey want, they steal anything. The treasures of a mind developing insilence are always at risk. So there has to be enforced caution.

Introversion should also be exercised after a party where there hasbeen a sharing of valuables. Here, it has gently to close the door toeven the closest friends and then invite in solitude. It is the cautionwhich checks carefully whom it invites in, in the first place, not out offear but out of love for what has been given in trust to take care of.

And yet introversion is not silence anymore than real solitude is.It is participation, but not only participation. It is speaking with peace,

walking with humility, working with love. When action is accompaniedby a depth of quality; this is a sign of introversion. It is when insteadof staying within; you choose to venture through the door, takingsomething of value to all, with you.

It will not always be right. A time will come when morning will arrive.When happens then? The curtains are drawn and what’s inside isvisible through the windows. The eyes reflect clearly the life of themind. Still it can’t be touched, but it can be seen and enjoyed.

And when day comes – windows and doors are flung open. Themind is open, accessible and the sunlight makes equal what’s insidewith what’s outside. That will be a time where privacy and ‘individuality’,protection and caution will have passed. A unique period of sharing iswhen minds will be so light that they can pass through each otherunhurt. A time, when the virtue that introversion has protected, will bepoured into a common source of joy. It will be heaven.


We lived through theGolden Age, theSilver Age and

Copper Age and the Iron age,and now we are firmly in theolden age. The world is full ofold people who become senile,diseased beyond repair and getabout with the aid of motorisedscooters, tablets and artificialbody parts and implants. It's afar cry from the Golden Agewhen we walked around indivine peace and health, evenin old age.TTTTThe Long he Long he Long he Long he Long ArArArArArm ofm ofm ofm ofm of the La the La the La the La the Lawwwww

(((((KKKKKarararararmamamamama)))))Today, we are all suffering

the long arm of the law karma.Every minute of everyday, ourkarma follows us, sometimesas a good friend helping us, atother times, as is often the casenow, as our enemy, causing usgreat pain, discomfort, torment,agony, or maybe just gives us aheadache or sore back or leg.One thing is for sure; onecannot escape one’s karma, forhe never sleeps or snores andis ever alert to serve one, be itto hand one, a sweet or bitter

THE OLDEN AGE(The family of should have, would have &

could have)

–B.K. David, Paignton, England

pill. This is a bitter age whereeveryone likes sweets but oneand all have to take their dailybitter tablets of ‘consequenceand suffering’ instead.

GarGarGarGarGarden ofden ofden ofden ofden of WWWWWeeds oreeds oreeds oreeds oreeds orPPPPPococococockkkkketful ofetful ofetful ofetful ofetful of F F F F Flololololowwwwwer Seed?er Seed?er Seed?er Seed?er Seed?

Most in life do not realisetheir thoughts are living seedswhich grow and produce theirbody, their flower, which thenlive in one’s garden, one’s life;from seed to flower to garden;from thought, to body, to life.This is the hidden cycle in yourlife which can make or breakanyone. Good seed, goodflower, good life. Bad thoughts,poor health, ugly gardenoverrun with weeds with notmuch sun but plenty of clouds.One’s thoughts can create anincredibly beautiful garden, orquite easily create a smellyrubbish tip that only animalswish to visit. Most live their lifelike a wheelbarrow, endlesslymoving manure from one placeto another.

TTTTThe Brhe Brhe Brhe Brhe Brotherotherotherotherothers Emptys Emptys Emptys Emptys EmptyShould Have, Would Have

and Could Have were three

brothers just like any otherbrothers. They did not putanything into life and only evertook. They never gaveanything as they had nothing togive. They did not believe inanything as they did not knowanything. One brother knewhow to smoke and drink andwas greedy, while the otherbrother was hard-working andknew only how to save money,whilst the third brother justknew how to sleep and watchT.V. and was so lazy he couldbarely yawn or talk, such wasthe effort.

There was little merit tospeak of between thesebrothers, other than one washard-working and careful withmoney, but was miserly, selfish,mean, and lived only for moneyand had nothing but money onhis mind from morning till night.His first thought on wakingwas money and his last thoughtat night before sleep wasmoney. This brother ‘CouldHave’ been less selfish andless money mad, whilst theother brother ‘Should Have’learnt to take control of hiseating habits and develop selfdiscipline, and his other brother‘Would Have’ benefitted fromgetting up early and having selfrespect and realising being lazyis but one step up from beingdead.


TTTTThe Last Messahe Last Messahe Last Messahe Last Messahe Last Messaggggge In e In e In e In e In TTTTTheheheheheLast BottleLast BottleLast BottleLast BottleLast Bottle

These were three brothersruled by their senses and thevices. In order to be happy, theyhad to daily saturate theirsenses, be it their taste buds,eyes (TV, glamour), touch, orcontrolled and consumed bygreed, selfishness andarrogance. Ignorance is notbliss, as if it were, why is theworld now in a bottle with littleair and its cork of ignorancewedged firmly in place? Weshould all take a deep breath asit could be our last, for our bottleis in a turbulent sea and headinghelplessly for the rocks.People’s ignorance issuffocating us all and there isno answer except for ‘brace forimpact’. It’s too late to evensend for Stingray orThunderbirds. Only God can pullthe cork out and pluck us tosafety. Only God can say ‘Goto heaven’.

Number One HouseNumber One HouseNumber One HouseNumber One HouseNumber One HouseThe brothers lived in a

crooked house on top of amuddy hill which had emptyrooms full of nothing but vice,desire and sensual pleasure.Their surname was ‘Empty’ andtheir parents were responsiblefor their name. Their housenumber was ‘Number One’, asthey were number one in

unhappiness, sorrow, sufferingand arguing; they were alsonumber one and top of the liston houses soon to bedemolished. What numberhouse do you live at? Number8? Number 16,008 or1,000,000,008?

TTTTThe Sisterhe Sisterhe Sisterhe Sisterhe Sisters s s s s WWWWWho Chasedho Chasedho Chasedho Chasedho ChasedCloudsCloudsCloudsCloudsClouds

And like most, these brothershad sisters: Should Not,Would Not and Could Not.Their story is almost the samewith the lack of truth and aim intheir lives being the root causeto their unruly behaviour. Theyhad little self-disciple, self-respect or self-worth. They didmany a thing which they shouldnot do as their lives too, werevery empty and devoid ofquality or meaning. Their timewas spent in trying to fill theholes in their lives which onlygot bigger everyday the morethey tried to fill them. The morethey sought solace in something,the more that solace, peace andhappiness which they so cravedafter eluded them. The morethey chased, the further awaypeace appeared. Why? Theywere chasing after the physical,the material, and not thespiritual. The happiness theychased was only worth the goldto be found in a dentist’s chair,which can only be got through

pain and suffering. The shadowof worldly happiness willalways be one step in front ofyou.

The sisters did not get on witheach other and of course, didnot get on with the brothers.And like the rest of the world,each one thought they wereright. Yet none of them are onthe right road and are a millionmiles away from truth and thehappiness they search for. Onehas more chance of finding goldat the end of a rainbow than thehappiness at the end of theircrooked roads which they thinklead to peace and happiness.The sisters’ roads are nothingmore than endless circularroads that actually leadnowhere of importance and arecovered in thick ice or thickmud.

TTTTThe Crhe Crhe Crhe Crhe Cream Cakeam Cakeam Cakeam Cakeam Cake Life Life Life Life LifeeeeeEveryone goes to sleep and

everyone wakes up but whatgoes on in between is hardlyworth mentioning as few reallylive life the way it was meantto be lived. All are stressed andhave pressure, nervousness andoverweight. They cannot evendiet to save their life. Eithertake hold of yourself and yourdiet, or take hold of the creamcake. They should remember:A day well-spent, is a dayaccumulated in Heaven’s Bank


One cannot go to heaven if onehas not got much in its bank.It’s impossible to take out£21,000 from one’s bank if oneonly has one pound in it. Amountain is conquered by smallsteps, as is heaven. A belly, thesize of Everest must beconquered.

Idol ChatterIdol ChatterIdol ChatterIdol ChatterIdol ChatterSometimes one wakes up

with a really stiff neck, andsometimes one doesn’t; such islife and karma today. Themore pain and boredom wehave in our lives, the more thepresence of Idol Chatterincreases. Now we have thenew world religion of IdleChatter with its endlessfollowers and worshippers.They practise their devotionmost religiously at least 25times a day. Even the mostdevout of other religions do notpractise their faith as much asthey do. The followers of IdleChatter are number one intoday’s world religions.

A Common LanguageA Common LanguageA Common LanguageA Common LanguageA Common LanguageSpoken By One and AllSpoken By One and AllSpoken By One and AllSpoken By One and AllSpoken By One and AllYet Idol and Idle Chatter

now rule a world nation notworth ruling as it is adamnation. The nationgoverned by Idle Chatter isheld up by the Gossip Column,and negative talk is theuniversal language of all andspoken fluently by most.

TTTTThe Generhe Generhe Generhe Generhe General Consensusal Consensusal Consensusal Consensusal ConsensusThe General Consensus is:

We are all doomed. AlsoGeneral Mayhem thinks ourdam-nation is inevitable. Heonce said: You cannot escapea hungry crocodile if you arein the middle of a large lake andcannot swim. Man’s army thatmarches upon every county isshouting its orders: “We areboss. We are boss”. And theearth is now shaking undertheir anger and abuse andcannot stand anymore.

Join A Campaign AndJoin A Campaign AndJoin A Campaign AndJoin A Campaign AndJoin A Campaign AndAchieve Nothing ExceptAchieve Nothing ExceptAchieve Nothing ExceptAchieve Nothing ExceptAchieve Nothing Except

Gain A Membership BadgeGain A Membership BadgeGain A Membership BadgeGain A Membership BadgeGain A Membership BadgeOnce the world tree had the

wording HOPE wrote down itsentire trunk in bold capitals. Butnow that same tree of humanityhas been chopped down and itsremains pulped and recycledinto paper and used for leafletsto highlight: Starvation; AntiWar; Surviving The CreditCrunch; Beating WorldPoverty; Thieves; Muggers AndHow To Recover From A HitOn The Head; GreenhouseEffect; Floods And How toMop Up After Them; How ToSurvive A Fire; Bankruptcy; AGuide, How To Deal WithNegative Equity; Insulate YourLoft; And Help Save The World,and Child Abuse Today are justa few of the many leaflets madefrom the chopped down tree of

humanity.Pick Up a Leaflet. JoinPick Up a Leaflet. JoinPick Up a Leaflet. JoinPick Up a Leaflet. JoinPick Up a Leaflet. Join

HandsHandsHandsHandsHands – – – – – And IncrAnd IncrAnd IncrAnd IncrAnd Increase ease ease ease ease YYYYYourourourourourProblemsProblemsProblemsProblemsProblems

One can pick up a leafletfrom any Citizens AdviceBureau near one and ‘then’ livewith peace of mind thateverything can be solved andworked out. A leaflet is nosolution but a subtle reminderthat our world is a world ofnothing but endless problems.The people of the worldswapped its tree and greenleaves for the leaf-let!A Badge of Heaven and AA Badge of Heaven and AA Badge of Heaven and AA Badge of Heaven and AA Badge of Heaven and A

Leaflet On HellLeaflet On HellLeaflet On HellLeaflet On HellLeaflet On HellThere are many leaflets in

hell and you can join a localcampaign today and achievenothing except gain amembership badge and make afew new friends and have achat. They have many Drop-inCentres today where you candrop in and chat about hell.A Leaflet On Heaven ....OrA Leaflet On Heaven ....OrA Leaflet On Heaven ....OrA Leaflet On Heaven ....OrA Leaflet On Heaven ....Or

Double Glazing?Double Glazing?Double Glazing?Double Glazing?Double Glazing?And what would God’s leaflet

say? Forget This World: It’s HadIt. That cause would probablybe worth joining, don’t youthink? That would be a badgeI’d be happy to wear. Send offtoday, right now, to God, foryour membership badge ‘THISWORLD HAS HAD IT’ andit will guide you on the rightroad to heaven.


Indian culture has recognisedfour epochs – Satyuga,Treta Yuga, Dwapur Yuga

and Kaliyuga. The foursegments, formed by crossingin the middle of theperpendicular as well ashorizontal lines of Swastika, isa replica of our World DramaWheel.

The top segment on the rightof the perpendicular represents‘Satyuga’, its lower segment,‘Tretayuga’, the lowersegment at the left ofperpendicular represents‘Dwapuryuga’, and its uppersegment ‘Kaliyuga’. Swastikaalso specifies that the ages ofthe four epochs are the same.However, as per mythology, theages of all the four epochs aredifferent, e.g. for Kaliyugathere are 4, 32, 000 years. ForDwapur, Treta and Satyuga,double, triple and quadruple ofit respectively, i.e., 17, 28, 000years for Satyuga, which is amyth far from logic.Auspicious Confluence AgeAuspicious Confluence AgeAuspicious Confluence AgeAuspicious Confluence AgeAuspicious Confluence Age

In reality, God Father Shiva,as per His promise in ShrimadBhagwat Gita, verse 7, 8 ofchapter 4, descends on earth

THE STORY OF FOURAGES

– B.K. Parimal, Ahmedabad

when irreligiousness andunrighteousness reach theirzenith; so much so that sinfulacts are performed even underthe umbrella of religion, andnegativity and viciousness ofhuman nature is at its nadir.

Supreme Father, beingincorporeal, manifests throughthe body of Brahma forrestoring humanity and natureto its original state of purity andorder, and thereby re-establishing righteousness onceagain on the earth. He alsoclarifies that besides four ages,there is a ‘transition period’which is in between the end ofKaliyuga and the beginning ofSatyuga. It is known asSangamyuga or theConfluence Age and has a keyand dominant role in the WorldDrama wheel.

As per Vedic tradition, thereis a month called ‘PurushottamMaas’ (Auspicious Month) atthe end of every three years;similarly, at the end of Kalpa,i.e., four ages, there is atransition period called‘Auspicious Confluence Age’.The period of Auspicious Monthis only a month, consisting of 30

days, whereas the period ofAuspicious Confluence Age issaid to be 100 years of duration.Therefore, the importance ofAuspicious Confluence Age isfar greater than that ofAuspicious Confluence Month.

During the whole period ofAuspicious Confluence Month,people pay special attention toreligious activities like fasting,penance, meditation, charity,celibacy, pure food, visitingtemples, chanting prayers,singing hymns, etc., with themain intention to please God forgetting His goodwill andblessings. One would definitelyget at least some materialbenefits through such types ofefforts and sincere devotionalfeelings. However, one cannotmeet God. He comes at theAuspicious Confluence Agepersonally and meets Hischildren directly to impart theknowledge through Brahma.He explains the true knowledgeand Rajyoga which enables oneto conquer his sense organs andbecome his own master. Hegives ‘Shrimat’ (Elevateddirections), so that they canelevate themselves from theirpresent befallen stage to theelevated stage of angels andthen, to deities. His blessingsenable them to break all thebondages. Thus new, divine,pure and refined Sanskars are

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so as to avoid torture!These kinds of things

continued for a period of about400 years or more. Thoughthere have been scientists likeNewton who were deeplyreligious-minded persons,Religion and Science, duringcertain periods of history,worked against each other astwo hostile camps of war in theWestern hemisphere.

But, the question is that, sinceboth have now gained maturity,can the controversy be resolvednow? Can both work in closecooperation to understand thenature of the cosmos and topeep into the reality of Matter?If the answer is yes, then whatcan be the points of accord orareas of concord? If the answeris no, then the question is: Whynot?

In fact, the positive or thenegative nature of the answerwill depend on who is calledupon to answer – a conformingchurch-follower, a Christiancrusader, a down-to-earthscientist or a non-committedwell-wisher of Religion as wellas Science.

We will discuss it here fromthe point of view of a mutualfriend – a person who is neithera proselytiser nor a swornatheist or scientist; and not evenan agnostic, but a person whois religious-minded with

scientific bent who wantsreligious truths understood andexplained in a rational andscientific manner. He equallywants scientists to shed theirarrogance and accept that thereare certain truths beyond thereach of their own research(which, by the way, keeps onaltering some of its own previousfindings) and that there can beanother discipline besides theirs,which too is a science, thoughdifferent from the science as itis usually considered to be.A different discipline forA different discipline forA different discipline forA different discipline forA different discipline for

transcendental truthstranscendental truthstranscendental truthstranscendental truthstranscendental truthsIf one accepts this, then one

will accept further that whattranscendental is, by its verynature, beyond sense-perception, and therefore, liesoutside the scope of researchand that, to know thetranscendental, one has tofollow quite a different type ofdiscipline which physicalsciences do not necessarilydemand.

Divine RevelationDivine RevelationDivine RevelationDivine RevelationDivine RevelationAgain, as a corollary of what

has been said, Divine Revelationwill also have to be accepted asa valid source of Knowledge.If, as the scientists say, thereare living beings in other regionswho are sending radio-messages to man, which thelatter is, as yet, unable tointerpret, then religionists havean equal right to say that thereis the Supreme Being on-High,

who reveals certain truths in theform of extrasensoryperceptions and revelations. Ofcourse, Revelations should alsostand certain criteria.Otherwise, anyone can claimhis belief to be based onrevelation and this, as is now awell-known part of history, hashappened in the past, to theconsternation of all seekers-after-truth. Religiousintolerance, bigotry andfanaticism can, by no stretch ofimagination, be accepted asRevelation, for revelation, inkeeping with its claim that itemanates from the highestsource, should be highest invirtue; tolerance, love andgoodwill are the basic virtues,which if missing, make aproponent or missionary ofreligious thought the leastsuitable to sell his religiouswares, so to say.

Why should science beWhy should science beWhy should science beWhy should science beWhy should science betotally condemned?totally condemned?totally condemned?totally condemned?totally condemned?

Next, equally important is thatthe religionists should co-operatefully with the discovery of truthby the scientists, so far as thematerial world is concerned.What the scientists learnthrough research may not evenbe ‘the whole truth’ and it maynot even be ‘Reality’ however,it should be welcomed andencouraged if it is used for thewelfare of mankind and foramelioration of the down-trodden, the handicapped and

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the sick. Why should science becondemned totally – its surgery,agricultural know-how and all?If Religion teaches universalbrotherhood, why shouldscientists be excluded from it?Torturing them, after namingthem ‘heretics’ is in the fashionof giving a watch-dog a badname and killing it, and exactlythis was done in the past. Onewould be justified to condemnonly that part of science whichis being used to build means ofdevastation and destruction.

Again, if the main concern ofthe scientists is to find andunderstand the truth, then whyshould they deny fair chance toreligionists to place their viewsunto the jury of mankind andperform their own experimentsin their own way? If a thing is apure hoax, it will die its owndeath. A herd of lambs cannotstand unto one single lion norcan the darkness, enveloping acountry, stand unto the sun highin the sky.

A major cause ofA major cause ofA major cause ofA major cause ofA major cause ofcontroversycontroversycontroversycontroversycontroversy

But, as students of History ofScience and of History ofReligion know, the maincontroversy arises because ofthe common interest of Religionas well as Science inCosmogony and Cosmology.The clashes between Religionand Science have occurredmainly because both haveirreconcilable views in regard to

the extraterrestrial life and toregions beyond space. In this,Religion stands mainly onrevelation and science standspartly on theories – proved orunproved.

However, in this domain,scientists themselves are notsure whether the worldoriginated from a big-bang andwhether it is in steady state orit is expanding. There are, as oftoday, many theories and weread in science journals that notheory has finally been acceptedby all scientists. Nor have thereligionists the means ofdemonstrating their beliefs untothe non-believers. So, whyquarrel? Let each co-operatewith the other to know the truth.

Rajyoga and Trance-Rajyoga and Trance-Rajyoga and Trance-Rajyoga and Trance-Rajyoga and Trance-VisionsVisionsVisionsVisionsVisions

Another very important thingis that the true Spiritual sciencehas certain ways of seeing theReality or the Truth face-to-face. Trance-vision which hasits parallel in Television, Satellitecommunication and Remotecontrol, is a subtle and divineway which lays bare Truth inits entirety and in its full shineand beauty. Meditation isanother way of having directexperience of Reality and thequalities of the transcendentalentity called ‘soul’ and the‘Supreme soul.’ But, until a top-most scientist, known for hisintegrity, gets trance-vision andmeditative experience and

proclaims to the world the Truthwhich spiritual scientistsperceive as clearly as Galileoperceived the galaxy with histelescope or as astronomersperceive today at MountPalmar, there will alwaysremain some doubtingphilosophers. The world willawait an Einstein or a Newtonto be blessed with such visionsso as to bridge the gap betweenReligion and Science one for all.But, ‘will it happen’ is a questionthat belongs to the future. And,if such a towering scientistbecomes a sage and Rajyogi,will the other scientists take himat his word? – This will stillremain a pertinent question. Ifthis element of undying doubtwere not there in the mind ofman, why shouldn’t thescientists believe in the tell-taleexperiences of a Rajyogi as heis prepared to believe in thefindings of a qualified andcompetent physician, physicist,astronomer, neurologist oranother scientist?

Each should derive benefitfrom the other and that a scientistshould accept to have somespiritual benefit and disciplinewhile a spiritualist should acceptto be open to scientific reasoningwithout having to discard whatis based on his experience. LetReligion and Science unite tobreak the shackles of ignoranceand vices.


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Administrators’ ConferenceA two-day conference was

organised by AdministrativeWing of Rajyoga Education &Research Foundation atShantivan campus. Theconference attended byadministrators, managers andexecutives from all over Indiaand Nepal was inaugurated byH.E. Shivraj Patil, Governor ofPunjab and Rajasthan.

In the inaugural session, H.E.Shivraj Patil exhortedadministrators and officials toplay an important role inimplementing the policies andprogrammes of any governmentat the grassroot level, byadhering to ethics, rule of lawand compassion. He observedthat the Brahma Kumaris havebeen rendering service forholistic welfare of the societysince long.

Mr. Rakesh Mehta, ChiefSecretary, Delhi Govt., said ifadministrators work withdetermination, success cansurely be attained. Narrating hispersonal experience onRajyoga, he said that it worksnot only as a nature cure of allills but also generates energy

within.

VIJVIJVIJVIJVIJAAAAAYYYYYAAAAAWWWWWADADADADADAAAAA“Write a Letter to God”A special programme “Write

a Letter to God” was arrangedat All India Industrial Exhibition.The programme wasinaugurated by B.K. Sis.Shanta, In-charge, local B.K.Rajyoga Centre, Sis. Sudha,Metropolitan Sessions Judge,Mr. Aditya Prasad, Director, AllIndia Radio; Mr. RamaraoPresident of Exhibition Society,Mr. Veeraiah Gupta,Businessman, Dr. Lal,Superintendent of Govt.hospital. People from all walksof society, mainly youth,participated and wrote Letter toGod .The participants numberedabout 2400. It generated thefeelings of generousity, optimismand compassion.

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visit TorontoAfter more than 35 years of

service in Canada, BKs nowhave a 12,000 square feet large,new and multi-purpose place inthe central part of Toronto,which was inaugurated on 6thJune 2010 in the presence of

Rajyogini Dadi Janki, Sis.Mohini (New York), manydistinguished guests, BKs fromall over North America, theCaribbean and Europe.

Dadi met the B.K. family andguests and underlined theimportance to use the intellectto go into stillness and be withBaba. About 450 invited guestsgathered in front of the centrefor the inauguration of thecentre. All the special guests –the MPs, MPPs and counsellors– shared their experienceregarding working with theBKs. Mr. Tony Ruprick, MPPfor the Davenport area, wasdelighted to meet Dadi andhighly appreciated her virtues.

Georgio Mammoliti,Honorable Councillor for WardSeven, said that he expereencedthere calmness due to thepowerful vibrations of BKs.

Hon. Councillor LoganKanapathi, Markham,expressed gratitude towardsBrahma Kumaris for teachingand giving spiritual education,thus, making Canada, a betterplace to live in.

Mr. Gulab Mathani, Thepresident of the Sindhi Society,also joined and offered verywarm congratulations and good

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wishes. Sis. Mohini invitedeveryone present andparticularly the special guests(local politicians) to help spreadthe message of peace inToronto, Canada and the rest ofthe world.

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A Space For Truth –Science & Spirituality

RetreatA new series of retreats

entitled ‘A Space for Truth’ waslaunched in Peace Village from12th to 16th May. The retreatbrought together the expertiseof scientists who haveexperimented with theunobserved and the wisdom ofyogis who have experienced theunobserved to explore the topicwhere mind and matter meetand how they interface. Formany years science has beentrying to dissect matter to itsmost subtle, infinitesimal formin order to understand thepower and potential of creation.This exploration began byexploring of the latest scientificadvancements and currentunderstanding of the linkbetween consciousness andmatter at a universal level. Thiswas followed by entering into aspace of exploring mind andconsciousness to equal depthsand heights. BKs invited the

scientists to experiment withsilence and have a first handexperience of a silent andconcentrated mind and itscapabilities. BKs’ hope for thisseries of Space for Truth wasthat spirituality may eventuallybe explained scientifically andscience may be experiencedspiritually.

Dr. Manjir SamantaLaughton, author of ‘PunkScience’, gave a presentation ofher research in Biology andCosmology and an overview ofScience and Spirituality.Quantum Physics leads to theconcept that consciousness isfundamental to reality. InCosmology, according to Dr.Laughton, the Black Holes, sofar thought to be destructivevortexes are creative oscillatingpoints emitting light. They couldbe called the chakras of theUniverse.

A panel discussion on theFusion of Science andSpirituality was facilitated withDr. Ronald Bryan (NuclearPhysicist Texas A&MUniversity), Yasuhiko Kimura(Buddhist Priest and Scholar,Integral Philosopher, Chairmanof Vision in Action) and Dr.Prashant Kakode.

There was also a series ofexperiments on silence thatwere woven throughout theretreat. The next gathering is

planned for 3rd-7th Septemberin Anubhuti, California.

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Global Cooperation Housewas overflowing with love andpower with about 900 BKsgathered from London, the UKand abroad, to celebrate theRemembrance Day ofMateshwari JagadambaSaraswati. Dadi Gulzar gracedthe occasion with her sweetpresence, offering Bhog toBapDada and sharing apowerful bhog message.

Sister Christine Bell read apoem as a tribute to Mamma,expressing ‘You are the Mother,for the mother in me….and howBaba placed the urn ofknowledge on your head and itthen became the urn of nectarfor the family, feeding usknowledge in a way we couldabsorb’.

RUSSIARUSSIARUSSIARUSSIARUSSIA(ST(ST(ST(ST(ST..... PETERSB PETERSB PETERSB PETERSB PETERSBURURURURURG)G)G)G)G)May 2010 was a special

month for Saint Petersburg,where a number of specialprogrammes took place underthe umbrella theme ‘Week ofhealth’ with participation ofB.K. Dr. Girish Patel (India),B.K. Sis. Santosh andB.K.Vijay. Slogan of the weekwas ‘Powerful, positive mind


and healthy body can changeobstacles into opportunities andcelebrate the happiness of life’.The programmes, both forhealth professionals and forgeneral public, were dedicatedto the International Year for theRapprochement of cultures andto the anniversary of Saint-Petersburg city. The othertopics on which lectures wereconducted included Role ofPositive Thinking on Health,Sweetness, Happiness, StressManagement, Being Worriless,Healthy lifestyle, etc.

An interview on radio ‘St.Petersburg’ was broadcast onthe subject: ‘Stress-management: steps of personaldevelopment’ – Seminarmeeting of Dr. Girish Patel atYaroslav, the Wise NovgorodState University for professorsand students of the Institute ofmedical education. After theprogrammes, more than 50people started Rajyoga course.NEPNEPNEPNEPNEPAL (KAAL (KAAL (KAAL (KAAL (KATHMANDU)THMANDU)THMANDU)THMANDU)THMANDU)

Inaugurating the launching of‘God’s’ Plan for Golden Age,2010’ in Kathmandu, Nepal atthe auditorium of NepalAcademy, H.E. ParmanandaJha, Vice-President, Nepal, saidthat all important changes in theattitude and behaviour are

possible through spiritualknowledge and meditationwhich will make better world.

B.K. Sis. Asha, Director ofORC, Delhi, underlined thathuman beings need to purifyand bring positive change in theirthoughts, feelings and attitudefor transformation of their actionand behaviour which is the veryfoundation of Golden Age.

The programme waspresided over by BK Sis. Raj,Director of Nepal centres. Thevarious dignitaries, who werepresent included: Mr. DilliBahadur Mahat, Minister ofState for Peace andReconstruction; Dr. MohanBahadur Shaiju, formerAmbassador; Mr. BharatKesari Singh and high officialsof Government and otherinstitutions, intellectuals,politicians, businessmen andindustrialists, etc..

The news of the programmewas covered by NationalTelevisions, Radio Nepal,National Daily Newspapers andFM Radio.

Various other programmeswere also organised whichincluded a talk ‘UsingAdministrative Power withHuman face & Humantouch’ by B.K. Sis. Asha for

high officials of Civil andCorporate services, and a talkprogramme for jurists andadvocates on the topic ‘Needfor Self Transformation for TrueJustice’ in the premises of NepalBar Association in which Mr.Ram Prasad Shrestha, Rtd.Chief Justice, Supreme Court,Nepal, was the chief guest. AGodly Get-together of BKs wasorganised in the City Hall inwhich about 2500 BKsparticipated.

A group of BKs includingB.K. Sis. Asha called on H.E.Dr. Ram Baran Yadav,President, Nepal at thePresident’s house, ShittalNiwas, Kathmandu. During themeeting, BKs had a meaningfulconversation with the presidentand they invited him to visit theirheadquarters at Mount Abu.

4 The World Renewal, August 2008

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created, to enable us enterSatyuga, starting the cycleonce again.

One of the greatestadvantages of God’s adventis that, He personally meetsHis children, and those whocompletely surrender to Him,become His instruments touplift others.

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