Avyakt Murli on Self-Transformation dated 11.4.1973 Main points and churning

Avyakt Murli on Self-Transformation dated 11.4.1973 Main points and churning:

1. Do those who bring about transformation, that is, do those, who have become the instruments to bring about transformation, experience within themselves that  transformation is taking place at every moment in every way, that is, in their thoughts, words and actions?  This is known as the transformation which is of the  ascending stage.

A natural form stays all the time and so this is therefore the sign of complete transformation for all time.

Churning: The permanent transformation of sanskars (habits) has to take place. The Sanskars or habits make us automatic in nature like an Artificial Intelligence. The  computer functions automatically because there is a program. Similarly we think, act, speak throughout the day automatically. Whatever we do automatic due to our past  recorded habit, ideas, beliefs, attitude cannot get transformed because we just repeat what is there within.

For the real transformation to take place,there has to be awareness of what we speak, think and act. For this awareness, first we should know the real I - self. The  first lesson is very simple and easy once we find some time ( say few minutes) to understand who am I.  Although we say I am a soul, infact, we say this automatically  and we really dont know what we say. If we really know I am a soul or I am the consciousness, then whatever we think will be with self -awareness and whatever we do  and speak will be with self-awareness. And whatever we do with self-awareness will not harm self or others. Because every moment we will perform right action with self  awareness of peace, love, good wishes and good feelings. 

When we do every thinking, speaking and acting with self-awareness, then the past recorded programs of mind will not influence our thoughts, words and actions which  generally happens by association, generalization, deletion, assumptions and past habits of hopelessness, anger, revenge, hate etc. When there is no influence of our  past in our present actions, then we call that as permanent change in behaviour. And our original behaviour is of good wishes and good feelings, peace, love etc.

So,the original behaviour or transformation will be same like Bap-Dada and all other thoughts, words and actions are due to past maladaptive sanskars/programs in soul.

2. the main sanskar, which you call nature, of each one should be visible as though it was one thing previously, but is now no longer the same.  Until there is  complete transformation in those main sanskars (nature), complete transformation of the world cannot take place. 

Churning: The main sanskar of past that are automatic has to be transformed to be original, alert, ever new awareness of self and its qualities of good wishes, good  feelings, and unlimited in awareness.

Trying to change or manipulate our past recorded programs of mind will not bring change or transformation. Instead we have to completely surrender/will our past  thoughts/mind and act new from this moment from the self-awareness. Then comes the self-transformation or sanskar milan. Otherwise how we could match our sanskars with  BapDada or other divine souls?

The effort should be to remain ever new, every moment, with surrender of every thought (even the thought that happened one minute before) and keep our slate of  mind/consciousness clean and clear not allowing the dust to cover the mirror (self).

3. When you come to a debate about religion, you can defeat them in one aspect, which is that their religion and dharna are not in a practical form, whereas the proof  of Godly knowledge is in your practical life.  On the one side, there is the debate of religion, and on the other side, the stage of being a practical embodiment of  dharna.  If these two are not together, then the challenge you issue of your practical life cannot be clearly visible.  

Churning: We may have to focus on real understanding of self-awareness which will lead to right thinking leading to right speech, right actions, right effort, right  perceptions of right and wrong, concentration and success.

If we analyse our activities, many a times, we would notice that we are just reacting with people and situations instead of responding. we react or re-enact what we  had experienced before instead of responding with attention, alertness being easy, light and relaxed. It has become so automatic in our nature that we have totally  lost in contact with our self-awareness.

To come back to self-awareness, we may start doing things slowly like let me do the thinking, speaking, acting a bit slower than before, so that I slowly become aware  of my responses and in due course, I will know that I am thinking, I am speaking and I am doing. Now because of speed and repetition, we are never aware that it is ME  who is thinking, speaking or doing.

4. you have to pay attention to this aspect: to have knowledge in a practical way, that is, to be the embodiment of dharna, the embodiment of knowledge and the  embodiment of virtues. The programme for the progress of your own effort and of the exchange of the different experiences of your efforts should both be together. 

Churning: Attention is most important because real soul consciousness is nothing but attention. If I am attentive, I am soul conscious. I may be a point of light but  my real awareness is silence, peace, attention, love, bliss. Among these, most important is attention. when there is attention, I experience peace. When there is  attention on peace, I experience inner calmness of sweetness of inner smile called bliss.And when there is peace and bliss along with silence, it becomes sat-chit- anand. When we become or experience our form of sat-chit-anand, we get connected and remain combined with the Baba who always remain in sat-chit-anand. So, the most  important is attention. I am attention. Soul consciousness is doing everything with attention with the awareness that I consciousness different from thoughts, words,  senses and use thoughts, words, senses to carry out action known as Karma yogi.

In the beginning, our attention may get lost, thats why the traffic control, practicing 5 forms which will help to slow down and come back to awareness. And practicing  traffic control or 5 forms helps to gain control over mind/thoughts and this helps to understand that I, conciousness is the king and my thoughts are like servants  whom I use as per my need.

It is like self understanding (Knowledge-Dharana) leads to self awareness (Dhyana) and self awareness helps to gain control over thoughts, senses. Then with focused  attention, I am able to concentrate on Baba and His Qualities (Samadhi). The more we remain connected with Baba, more we will become virtuous in our nature and  behaviour.

The more we regain our lost self-awareness with experience of divine bliss, then we overcome the five vices, we get established in purity.