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 THE SPIRITUAL POWERS OF THE SOUL

Originally published by the Brahma Kumaris, Mount Abu, India

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 Contents

THE SPIRITUAL POWERS Introduction 7

OF THE BRAHMINS OF THE Preface 8

CONFLUENCE AGE Power 10

Power to absorb 13

Power of accommodation 14

Power to assess 18

Power of blessing 19
Power to brake 19

Power of catching and touching 21

Power to churn 23

Power of concentration 26

Power to remain content 27

Power to control 27

Power of coolness 31

Power to co-operate 34
Power to decide 35

Power of determination 36

Power of discrimination 37
Power of the divine eye 42
Power of divinity 46

Power to experience 47
Power to face 48

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Power of being faithful 50 Power of sanskars 94

Power of pure feelings and Power of self-sovereignty 95

good wishes 50 Power of service 96

Power to fight 52 Power of silence 97

Power of the gathering 53 Power of speech 105

Power to imbibe 56 Power of spirituality 108

Power of inculcation 57
Power of stability 110
Power of the intellect 58
Power to stop the waste 112
Power to judge 60 Power of thought 115
Power of knowledge 62 Power of tolerance 124

Power of spiritual language 65 Power of transformation 129

Power of love 67 Power of truth 145

Power to merge 69 Power to understand others 148

Power to mould 74 Will Power 149

Power to pack up 74 Power of yoga 151

Power of peace 77 Power of zeal and enthusiasm 153
Power of purity 78

Power of realisation 82
Glossary 56
Power of relationships 85 Hindi words out of murlis
Power of remembrance 87
Power to rule 91

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Introduction

Seldom in our lives do we get the chance to discover real secrets.

You hold in your hands collected extracts from the statements made by

God over the past decades. The Brahma Kumaris call Him the incorporeal

Supreme Soul, the Supreme Father, Shiva. Through his medium, Prajapita
Brahma, He has been speaking since 1936.

This material describes the spiritual powers of the soul. These powers
strengthen the mind and intellect so that people can pass through any

transition and reinstate an inner sovereignty and wisdom.

The spiritual powers are the secret tools for self-change. The powers
emerge in the soul again as it withdraws from body-conscious activity and
attitudes. This process heightens the state of purity and bliss. As the
love-link with the Supreme Soul deepens, the person feels, tangibly, that
s/he is filling up with invaluable spiritual resources, the powers, a divine

know-how, that protects and sustains a healthy and happy life.

OM SHANTI

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 Preface

You will become complete with all the virtues in the future anyway, but
now, you have to become complete with all the powers. The more you
become complete with all the powers, the more you will become
complete with all the virtues. In which powers do you need to have a
balance? One is the power of love, second is the power of relationships,
third is the power of co-operation, and fourth is the power of tolerance.
All these four powers should be equal. You must be the embodiment of
love and also the embodiment of power. There is a need for both love as
well as power. You become victorious through being the embodiment of
power and you come into relationship with others through being the
embodiment of love (Avyakt 21.5.70).

The powers that you have attained from Baba, the Almighty Authority, can
co-operate with you in any situation, at any time, with whatever method
and in whatever form you choose to apply to a task. These powers, the
blessings of God, can adopt whatever form you choose. One minute they
can be in the form of coolness, and the next minute in the form of a fire.
They can give the experience of the coolness of water and can also give the
experience of burning like fire. They do the job of a medicine and also the
job of making the soul powerful - a medicinal sweet meat. Simply become
an authority and you will be able to use it at the time of need (Avyakt
29.10.87).

One cannot claim the right of becoming a worship-worthy soul until he has
claimed the right of becoming the child of God. So as your first right, you
become a child of God. As your second right, you become the masters of
all the treasures of knowledge, authorities on knowledge. As your third

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right you become the masters of all powers. As your fourth right you
become self-sovereigns, the conquerors of the sense organs. Through all
these rights you become conquerors of Maya, conquerors of the whole
world, world sovereigns. You become powerful souls by always
remembering all your rights (Avyakt 8.4.84).

Baba, the Almighty Authority with all the powers, has given all Brahmin
souls an inheritance of powers equally. He has not differentiated and given
less powers to some and more powers to others. Everyone has received
equal powers from the One, all together, at the same time. When Brahmin
souls with the authority of being those with all powers order a particular
power at a particular time, that power comes in front of the master creators
as their creation. They order and it comes (Avyakt 20.12.92).

The stage of being a master almighty authority is no common stage. Itis the
most elevated stage and it is also the supreme title given direct from God.
How much intoxication do you feel? This is why it is a title given through
God. It has filled you with so much power and happiness. If you remain
sitting on the seat of this title you will experience that you have all these
powers for the service. You will experience them constantly present. They
will be waiting for your orders.
Did you even dream of such an elevated fortune? So, just as you did not
have this thought, even in your dreams, in the same way, you must not have
any thoughts of your weaknesses, even in your dreams. You have to make
such effort. Also, keep the aim that these weaknesses are from many
previous births, and so you have to finish all such weaknesses in the present
birth. Are you master almighty authorities? The children of the Almighty
Authority are also almighty authorities. Do not ever say, "I cannot do this."
You can do everything. Nothing is impossible. You should experience
difficult things to be easy. You have to become master almighty authorities,
the ones with all the powers. Not even one power should be lacking
(Avyakt 21.5.70).

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 Power

Always be the ones who transform the situation with the power of your
own stage and remain in the consciousness that transforms the world
(Avyakt 19.11.84).

You have a powerful awareness, do you not? There isn't just power, but you
are 'power-full'. Are you full of power, or do you just have power? Do you
have all the powers, or do you have some powers to a greater extent than
others? And do you also check that you can use the powers according to
the time? It isn't that you remember to use those powers after the moment
you needed them,is it? Increase this practice because all these powers are
co-operative with you. You, the children ofthe Almighty Authority, are the
master almighty authorities. You are the masters of all powers, are you not?
So all these powers will be under the orders of the masters. So continue to
experience the powers that are not under your orders. If even one power is
not under your orders, then whatever the weakness is, it will take on the
form of a test paper.
So what will be the result? Maya also knows whether you have any
weaknesses, and because she knows, those weaknesses will come in front of
you. You can be deceived at that moment so be ready in advance. Do you
understand? You received fortune from the Bestower of Fortune so that you
became the masters of all powers. So what will you do now? You will check
and say, 'This should not happen,' but they do not have the power to
change themselves. So together with checking, also especially underline the
power of transformation. Do you understand? This is what you have to do.
You know how to do it, do you not? Simply underline it. Whilst saying
'ha ji', you will become complete (Avyakt 17.3.91 Group 1).

Do you know the easy method to remain always powerful and always being
the embodiment of power? You should always be merged in the
consciousness that you have to return now: 'I have to leave from here.'
Therefore, you have to remain detached from this world. You are receiving

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power if you do service additional to your remembrance. To be a powerful
soul means to finish all waste.You can receive power from one another. The
power of just a few of you children does all the work (Sakar 8.10.94).
The instant visible fruit of accurate actions is happiness and power (Sakar
18.10.94).

You are the masters almighty, the masters of all the powers. Whatever
power you wish to invoke at whatever time, you are able to do so through
pure thought. Then that power will be present in front of you, the masters.
You are masters, and all the powers are your servants. Will a master labour,
or simply order with pure thought? What will happen, will there be
labour? You are the kings, are you not? If there is a worthy child, then what
is the child called? They say this is a royal child, and so, who are you? You
are the royal children, or are you the dependent children?
You are souls who have claimed all rights. All powers and all virtues are
your servers. Just invoke them and they will appear. But if someone is weak,
then even though the weapons may be powerful, because of their weakness
there is defeat. Learn how to invoke, learn how to order. But whose orders
will the servers obey? Those who are the masters. If a master becomes a
server or a labourer, that means that he himself is a server. But now you
have been liberated from the labour of the mind.

Stay in the consciousness of your original real incorporeal form and through
that original form, the original virtues and powers will emerge
automatically. As is the form, so are the virtues and the powers, and these
automatically come into action. Just as when a kanya becomes a mother,
automatically the feelings of renunciation, love, tireless service, and all
virtues and powers emerge. In the same way, remember your imperishable
original form and automatically these virtues and powers emerge. The
consciousness of that form will automatically create your stage. Do you
understand what you need to do? Finish the word 'labour' from your life.
If there is labour, things seem difficult. If labour is finished, then the word
'difficult' has also finished automatically (Avyakt 15.3.85).

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 Before performing any task, invoke the power according to the task to be
performed. Then become a master of that power and order it. All these
powers are like your arms and your arms cannot do anything without an
order from you. Make the task successful by ordering the power of
tolerance and you will see that success is already guaranteed. However, you
become afraid and don't give an order, because you think, 'Will I be able to
do this or not?' If you have this kind of fear, you cannot issue an order.
Therefore, become fearless and be a master creator and use your powers

according to your order (Sakar 20.11.95).

Someone may be able to follow shrimat or an order easily but doesn't do

that which is more difficult; if one follows some orders but not others,
sometimes saying, 'Yes, my Lord,' and sometimes, 'No, my Lord,' the
practical proof will be that not all the powers are present for such a soul at
a time of need (Avyakt 20.12.92).

Whilst saying that everyone is good, you will also become good. Every
scene of the drama will become very good, because the vibrations ofyour
becoming good will change even the negative into positive. You children
have so much power; now, simply use it. You have many powers and if you
use them at the right time, you will have very good experiences (Avyakt
31.12.96).

In some way or another, whether in applying the method for growth, or in

the speciality of becoming the embodiment of the fruit, souls become
numberwise in having the power to do this. And yet, there is one easy
method in bringing any seed of thought to fruit, which is to fill that seed at
all times with all powers from Baba, the Seed. Then, with the power from
the Seed, your own seed will easily and automatically grow and bear fruit
(Avyakt 28.11.84).

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Power to Absorb

Brahma Baba said, 'Children have developed the power to absorb

everything to an intense degree. This is why, together with imbibing
knowledge, virtues and the powers, the power to absorb the weaknesses of
others is also very intense. They forget to add the word virtue' to the
expression 'power to absorb'. This is why, together with absorbing
goodness, they also absorb weaknesses.'
Because of the sanskar of blaming others the complete sanskars have not
yet emerged. So BapDada said, 'Because of this game there isn't yet the
meeting between the effort-maker and perfection. The main cause is that
whilst there is the power to absorb, the power to absorb virtue alone is
limited.'

A second aspect is that one's own faults are blamed on others. There isn't the

realisation of one's own mistakes and so the blame is not accepted by the self.
This is why BapDada said, "The children are knowledgeful and are very clever
in freeing themselves, but not in changing themselves (Avyakt 28.1.80).

There are three stages. Many children like to hear the murli; they can't stay
without hearing it. This is one stage - those who like listening to it, but
enjoyment stays only whilst they are hearing it. They're very intoxicated at
that time and they say, 'It is very nice. It is very good,' and they sing songs
of happiness. Then, as soon as the murli finishes, the taste of it is also
finished, because they didn't merge it. They haven't made their intellect
powerful through the power of absorption and this is why wasteful
thoughts continue to come. Those who become the embodiment of the
murli become powerful themselves and make others powerful too. Others
are able to keep themselves free from wasteful thoughts and have good
thoughts, but they do not make themselves the embodiment of power,
whereas those who become the embodiment of power are constantly
powerful and, through the rays of powers, are able to finish off their
wasteful thoughts.

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 Now ask yourself: which category are you in? Are you interested in
listening, in absorbing, or in becoming the embodiment of power? The
powerful souls will finish off the wasteful thoughts in a second and
transform them into powerful thoughts (Avyakt 17.12.84).

Power of Accommodation

BapDada has reminded you of just one word. What is that one word? The
one word is 'pass'; you have to pass, remain close (paas in Hindi), and
whatever has already happened, that is past. The one word has three
meanings. This will become a short-cut for you and you will pass with
honour. However, in order to stabilise yourself in these meanings of this
word, you constantly need to have the power to accommodate and the
power to make others the same as the Father. When you go onto the field
of service, all types of situations will come in front of you. In order to
become the same as the Father with the power of accommodation,
accommodate those situations and become a master ocean and make others
equal to the Father. To accommodate means that there shouldn't be the

slightest trace of any gross feelings of any situation still remaining, even in
your thoughts. Words that have caused a loss should be transformed into
benevolent feelings in such a way that words causing a loss are not spoken.
Such a stage is called the stage of a world benefactor. Whilst seeing
anyone's defect, within one second transform that defect into a virtue.

Transform the loss into benefit. Transform defamation into praise. Only
someone who constantly has such a vision and attitude is called a world
benefactor. Not just a world benefactor, but such a soul also becomes a self-
benefactor. Such a stage is said to be like that of the Father's. (Avyakt 5.1.77).

Do not make the mistake of seeing the mistakes of others. If someone else
is making a mistake, just stay in the right and do not be influenced by their

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wrong. Those who are influenced by others are careless. Each one should
take the responsibility to remain on the right path and if someone else is
doing something wrong, use the power to accommodate. Instead of noting
someone's weaknesses, give him a note of co-operation, that is, make that
one full and complete with co-operation and you will become a world
transformer (Sakar 6.8.95).

Even if the five elements or however many souls oppose you, and they will
oppose you, but because you have firm faith, you will be able to face their
opposition with the power to accommodate (Avyakt 31.12.95).

What particular power do you need to make your gathering powerful and
united through which all waste thoughts would finish? For this, you need
faith and the power to accommodate. The thread to connect the gathering
is faith. Even if someone has done something wrong, whatever he did
according to his sanskars and the time was meaningful according to the
gathering. There is benefit wherever there is a collective form of service
when you move along whilst seeing the sanskars of others with a merciful
vision and not keeping those sanskars in front of you. Only when the
gathering has such faith in one another can there be success. You should not
have waste thoughts in advance. Some souls may even be able to realise
their own mistake. However, they would not spread that mistake around,
but would instead merge it within themselves. If others were to spread the
knowledge of that mistake of theirs, they wouldn't like it. In this way, you
should consider the mistake of others to be your own and not spread them
around. You should not create waste thoughts but should, instead,
accommodate their mistakes. There should be that much faith in one

another. You should be able to put everything right with the power of love.
By having both these types of faith, you should interact with one another;
only then will there be success within the gathering. For this, you need the
power to accommodate to a greater extent. You have to merge waste
thoughts. Never compare the sanskars of the past with those of the present

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 time, that is, do not make the past your present. It is when you mix the
present with the past that you create a long queue of waste thoughts. And,
as long as there is this queue of waste thoughts, there cannot be a steady,
united stage within the gathering.

To consider the mistake of someone else to be your own is to strengthen

the gathering. This will only happen when you have faith in one another,
the faith to bring about transformation and to bring benefit. Just as success
of spiritual souls is remembered, in the same way, everyone within your
gathering should have the same thought. Because there isn't the power of
unified thought in a collective way, everything gets spoilt. Just as the power
goes to waste, in the same way, the result too is not good. And so, you
definitely need the power to accommodate. Whatever you see or hear,
merge that completely within yourself and then have the same spiritual
vision and benevolent feelings. For those who do not have knowledge, you
say that you have to uplift those who defame you. Similarly, within the
gathering also, you have to have mercy for one another. At present, you do
not have so much mercy, and the practice of the soul conscious stage is
therefore also lacking.

Since the knowledge is so elevated and you have a powerful stage, success
is not a big thing. Those who practise this for a temporary period achieve
success, and so it is not possible that those who practise this all the time
would not achieve that success. So you need this power within the
gathering. When someone says something, others should accept it. You
must not use the power to oppose within the Brahmin gathering; you have
to use this power of opposing in front of maya. When you use the power
to oppose with the family, the gathering does not become powerful. Even
if you do not like something, you should still have regard for one another.
You should not cut off someone's ideas or words at that time. Therefore,

you now have to imbibe the power to accommodate (Avyakt 9.12.75).

Adopt the power to accommodate and fill yourself with all treasures and
use them in service of the self and others. By using these treasures you will

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become an embodiment of experience. To listen and accommodate them
and then use them at the right time is the method through which you
become an authority of experience. Just as you enjoy listening when the
points are very powerful, so too, use them and become powerful and you
will then be called an embodiment of experience (Sakar 14.5.97).

If I need the power to accommodate and instead I go into expansion, what

will the result be? Will I experience victory or defeat (Avyakt 15.4.92,
Group 3).

The power of accommodation should carry out its task at the time when it
is needed according to the right method. It should not be that you merged
everything within but then, something emerged through your lips. So what
is that? If you merged everything for half an hour and, in one second,
instead of merging everything you said something, what would you say
about that? That you are a master of the treasures, or a slave? All these
powers are mine, these treasures are my right from the Father, they are an
inheritance, a birthright (Avyakt 30.11.92).

No matter how much external upheaval there may be, if you are told to
stop in one second, you should be able to merge all expansion in one
second. You need to practise a great deal merging your nature, sanskars,
thoughts and relationships in one second. Your sanskars should not merge
under any circumstances, in hunger or thirst, winter or summer. Even
nature can deceive you at certain times. Therefore, merge all your nature,
thoughts and sanskars. This is known as having the power to accommodate.
Constantly keep on practising this. Only when you have this practise over
a long period of time will you be able to pass (Avyakt 30.4.77).

You have to imbibe four powers. In fact, it is one and the same Godly
power, but it is said to be four powers. They are 1) the power to pack up,
that is, the power to make something short; 2) the power to accommodate,
3) the power to tolerate; and 4) the power to confront. But whom do you

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 have to confront? Not BapDada or the divine family, but the power to
confront the power of Maya. If you imbibe all these four powers, you will
be able to remain completely and eternally surrendered. It is said: Keep
everything short and also sort out everything. I have to think this, and not
that, I have to become this and not this. Continue to sort out everything
and then make everything as short as possible. If whatever you say in
10 words is made short then its essence can be said in two words. Then by
making it short in this way, everything will become short (Avyakt 28.11.69).

Since you have a right to all treasures and the Bestower is an overflowing
Ocean, why are there still numbers created? What is the reason for this?
Each one's power to accommodate is percentage-wise. Because of this, not
everyone is able to become 100 per cent saint, that is, not everyone is able
to become equal to the Father (Avyakt 23.4.77, groups).

Power to Assess

The fact that very few heirs are created means that you were are not able
to assess their pulse. When you are able to assess a patient accurately, you
are then able to give him the right medicine, and the disease then finishes.
What happens when the disease is finished? The pandavs who are the
instruments especially need the power to perceive whatever is to happen in
the future. They also need the power to take decisions.
The more you renounce, the more you will receive respect. The more you
try to seek respect, the more it will become a means of losing respect. This
is why you must increase the practice of going up and down the ladder, of
being a master and a child. This is why you have been invited here. There
will be success in this when you have the power to assess situations. When
you have assessed situations, the result will be good. When you don't assess
them, the result is going to be wrong (Avyakt 23.7.69).

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