Teachings of Haidakhan Babaji | 13 part
8 JANUARY 1984.
(Amar Singh Yadav - speaking for and prompted by Shri Babaji)
The time of great difficulty is coming. Only those will be saved whom Shri Babaji wants saved. They will be saved by His Grace - no medicine, no guns, no jhara will work unless Shri Babaji wants the person saved. This is how Babaji will accomplish His Work.
In every place, He will put one of His devotees and fill him with His energy and through him, making him an instrument of God's Will, He will benefit the whole area. Like this, the whole world will be saved.
Now He is showing you a rehearsal of how He will work. There is Radhe Shyam, there is Kali, Nandi Baba, etc. etc., they are all instruments which Babaji has prepared. He puts His representatives everywhere and through them He works out His plan without Himself going anywhere.
At the time of the battle of the Mahabharata, between the families of two brothers, the Kauravas and the Pandavas, it appeared to be a fight between two brothers, but it was really a fight between Righteousness and Unrighteousness. AT that time, God took the form of Lord Krishna and saved the world. He became the charioteer of Arjuna. He was seen as one who only handled the chariot of Arjuna but, in reality, He was directing all the fighting and inspiring all the warriors.
Like that, Shri Mahaprabhuji is putting His energies into and through His disciples, sitting in the hearts of His chosen disciples, guiding them for the benefit of the whole world.
Now we can compare these disciples with Arjuna. Actually, Baba is doing everything, making his disciples His instruments for the welfare of the whole world.
BHOLE BABA KI JAI!!!
9 JANUARY 1984
It is my request that the Health Department (of Hairakhan) should look after all the people here, so no one loses his good health. Considering the health of all the people, the Health Minister should take strong measures for their health. Everyone must accept this rule and go to the hospital when they are sick; and the doctors must also go and check and visit people.
You must all advance by taking good care of your health. The fact is, only by taking good care of your health can you gain success. The fact is, if your health is not good, how can you do your service? Taking care of your health is as important as any of the other duties of your life. It is your duty toward your body. If your body does not work, how will you function and advance?
10 JANUARY 1984
The fact is that all of you who have assembled here from foreign countries have done very hard work here. You have shown your devotion and courage toward God. You have increased the beauty of this place.
Shri Mahaprabhuji stresses Karma Yoga and states that this is the highest Yoga. All other Yogas can fructify only after your death, but Karma Yoga brings instant results to you.
I want, and many times I have told you, that it is the best thing to live your life with courage and bravery. You must be always active and hardworking. I have told you this before, also. I will give you liberation only through Karma, so you should not lag behind in your work. Be active and advance!
You must always encourage Karma Yoga. You have to progress through Karma Yoga. Through Karma only can all needs be fulfilled. We cannot make the world happy and peaceful without Karma Yoga (work). For the peace and happiness of the world, we have to practice Karma Yoga.
Through Karma Yoga - working hard - you can bring peace, happiness, joy and contentment to the world. Idleness makes men slip backwards, lag behind. Karma is the highest and greatest thing...
JAI MAHAMAYA KI JAI!
11 JANUARY 1984
At evening Darśan, Shri Babaji invited Shammi Kapoor, Mahatmaji, to say something. Mahatmaji replied, "I have not come here to talk; I have come here to listen and learn." Shri Babaji looked around and then back at Mahatmaji and said, "All these people are yogis." So Mahatmaji began to speak.
"Just sitting here, I will give one experience of mine.
"The young, sweet boy who is now sitting in Baba's lap (Marco Reichel) was, two years ago, sitting in Baba's lap and Baba was always tossing him. I was constantly watching and saw Baba turning him upside down sometimes and then right side up, spinning him around. At that time, a great desire arose in me that I should be a child like him, so Baba can play with me.
The next day I was just sitting here when Baba came in. Baba beckoned to me with His hand - like this. I answered, 'Ji, Prahhu' and went up to Him and was about to prostrate myself before Him when He lifted me up and tossed me like a child and put me in His lap!
"That's the truth! (Shammi Kapoor is about 6'2" tall and weighs about 130 kilos.)
"If you have a sincere wish for anything, Baba fulfills it.
"The lap is the same but now the child in it is Isu. The lap will be the same but the child will always be changing. It is all the Grace of Shri Mahaprabhuji."
20 JANUARY 1984.
The fact is, all of you have done very hard work here. You have made this place very happy and beautiful and it is also prosperous. Due to that, thousands of people are coming here and getting peace of mind. This is all the result of your Karma Yoga. In the near future, all of you will establish ashrams and centers throughout the world and do Karma Yoga there and create the same vibrations wherever you go.
All of you must learn spiritual healing - jhara-phunka - and make spiritual healing centers. By that means, many people in the world will get peace and happiness...
31 JANUARY 1984.
You must all have a firm determination. Even if total destruction comes or any great calamity comes, you must not be shaken from your determination. If there is a great flood, if fire breaks out - in any calamity - you must be so brave and determined that you would jump into fire or water.
You must inspire others also to become brave and courageous. Only he who has courage is a true living being. One who has no courage is like a dead man, even though he lives. We have tightened our belts and taken a firm determination to do good to the world and uplift humanity. You must stick to this resolve with your full energy.
Calamities will fall not just on one country but on the whole universe; the whole universe is in danger. The terrible times which are approaching will engulf the whole world; the whole universe will be enveloped in this destruction. We must consider not only ourselves but also the whole of the universe. We can achieve anything in this world when we are hard working and industrious.
Because you must consider the whole universe, we should say "Jai Vishwa!" instead of "Jai Hind!" "Jai Hind" means "Victory to India" - "Jai Vishwa!" means "Victory to the whole Universe!"
1 FEBRUARY 1984.
Morning
Shri Mahaprabhuji says Karma Yoga is the highest yoga. You are witnessing the effect of Karma Yoga in everything you see here. It is the effect of your Karma Yoga that I am sitting here. (Shri Babaji was sitting on the edge of a new garden recently built and planted.) This whole Company Bagh - Fakirabad - was built by your hands.
Karma Yoga is the only thing in this world which can change your fortune/fate. And it can change the geography of the world - where there is water you can make land; where there is earth, you can make water. In this Yuga (era), there is a great necessity for Karma. You should never lag behind in your Karma Yoga - the times demand it.
It is not I, but Time, which is talking through My mouth. Time is running on with great speed. All countries have raised their heads, with mouths open, like cobras, waiting for the opportunity to swallow each other. At this critical time, courage and bravery are needed. With your Karma Yoga, you must repeat the Name of God with your mouth.
I do not like dishonesty; I want everyone to be honest and dutiful. Everyone must do his duty correctly. You must know what you should do and be busy doing it. By Karma one will not fall but will always rise higher. That is why you should never be afraid of doing hard work. We must do everything according to the need of the times. No work is low or bad in this world if it is done in the right spirit. By Karma only can you advance. That is why a man should never hesitate to do any work. Whether it is high or low, big or small, no work is bad. Work is work.
Courage is life. One who has no courage is like a dead body. So My aim is to benefit the whole world - not just one individual or one country. JAI VISHWA!
All of you must be always ready and make efforts for universal good. You must help each other for that. You must always be prepared to do good acts and, wherever you live, you must organize weekly or monthly satsang (meetings for the Truth). Have large gatherings to discuss measures to be taken for the good of the whole world. Invite learned men and scientists; consult with them and take their advice. you must find ways and means to do universal good...
JAI MAHAMAYA KI JAI! JAI VISHWA!
4 FEBRUARY 1984.
Morning
All of you have done a lot of hard work here and are continuing to do it. The whole world will be benefitted by the hard work and Karma Yoga you have done in Hairakhan. People from all over the world who visit Hairakhan and see the hard work you have done are extremely pleased by your performance. They feel elevated and when they return they cite this as an example.
(At this point, Āratī was performed to Shri Babaji. After the Āratī, He continued). All the hard work you have done here is an education for the forthcoming creation. This is the greatest teaching for the generations to come. The battle you have waged with your hard work and devotion is a battle with Nature, and you all are changing Nature itself. This is a great teaching for the whole world because Karma Yoga is capable of achieving everything. The work you have done proves this.
You can see for yourselves the achievements which you have made in this place through your hard work and Karma. By Karma (action) you can even change the geography and geology of the world; where there is water, you can create land, and vice versa. Karma is a very high form of yoga.
You have all witnessed the effect of Karma Yoga here and can see the changes from day to day. What is there today is not there on the next day. Everything is destruction; it only proves that Karma (activity) can change everything. You can even change your fate or destiny by sheer hard work.
All the great sages, saints, yogis and sannyāsins that the world has seen and all the Messengers of God have achieved all that they did through hard work and Karma Yoga. Through Karma Yoga they changed Nature itself. Therefore, you must never be disappointed in life and you must remember that what even God cannot achieve, you can achieve through hard work. Karma is a thing which can even change the course laid down by God.
When Karma Yoga is such a high thing, why don't you all adopt this as your practice? Karma Yoga can obtain for you all the happiness and the pleasures that you need. Anyone who is an active and hard working Karma Yogi has no problems in this world. To give up Karma and become lazy is the greatest problem and unhappiness - and also danger - that you can face in your life. That is why everybody must firmly tread the Path of Karma Yoga and stick to it no matter what happens.
You should seek advancement only through Karma Yoga. Everyone can attain courage and Shakti (power/energy) through Karma Yoga. Impossibilities can be turned into possibilities by sheer hard work. Therefore, all of us must progress and advance via the Path of Karma Yoga.
This is not only a matter regarding this place but wherever you go, or wherever you work, you must maintain this very standard because this is not only for Shri Mahaprabhuji that you do this hard work, it is for your own elevation and liberation. No matter what the Karma is, we must not turn away from it, because we have to meet the challenge of the coming times. If and when the time arises and we have to go to war, even then we must no turn back.
Therefore, all of you must adopt Karma as your dedicated Path and go forth in the world...
JAI RAM, SITA RAM, JAI JAI RAM!
5 FEBRUARY 1984.
Today is the 5th of February and the auspicious occasion of Vasant Panchami*. May all of you be blissful and happy.
You must attain peace, prosperity and happiness in your lives.
JAI MAHAMAYA KI JAI!
* A celebration of spring, a new growing season, at which time Puja is done with, and people wearing in their or over the ear, ten day old sprouts of specially planted grains. Om Namaḥ Śivāya