2. is. I want to be engaged in the unbroken seva of God. I do not want that seva to be broken. 3. It is a kind of commitment that the devotees of God have made with Maharaj. It is a voluntary commitment. It is not compulsory for them. 4. But he has made a voluntary commitment. The king's servants are bound by salary. But this is a voluntary commitment that I want to be engaged in the unbroken seva of God. 5. I do not want that seva to be broken. And that commitment is a doorway. Because such a commitment has been made, one has to be vigilant. 6. What if an obstacle arises sometimes? Where is the vigilance? When a grandson comes and clings to one's neck. 7. When you go, the grandson clings to the grandfather's neck, right? So does the grandfather pay attention to God or to the grandson? So 8. all these are called obstacles. To ensure that I do not develop more affection for anything than for God. To pay attention to that means to be vigilant. 9. Maharaj calls this vigilance 'vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → 10. When a grandson comes and clings to one's neck. When you go, the grandson clings to the grandfather's neck, right? So does the grandfather pay attention to God or to the grandson? 11. [inaudible] So all these are called obstacles. To ensure that I do not develop more affection for anything than for God, and to pay attention to that. 12. To pay attention to that means to be vigilant. Maharaj calls this vigilance 'vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → 13. When objects that surpass our affection for God and come in between, when such objects come before us, does our affection remain with Maharaj or where? So 14. First, he has made this commitment. Maharaj described it, saying that our great paramhansas have all given us a mental commitment that we want to be engaged in your unbroken seva. 15. They do not want that seva to be broken. And they do not want it to be shattered. In their mind, they feel that they are incomplete. 16. 'I am incomplete' is his belief. And 'I do not forget' is his awareness. That is his commitment. 17. If there is a commitment, there is a need to be vigilant. If there is nothing in our house and a ten-hand long bamboo pole does not come in the way anywhere, does he need to stay awake at night? Puran Swami often used to tell a story about a bhagat. 18. So the bhagat, meaning truly, 'bha' and nothing, 'ka' and nothing, bhagat, he had no vowels or consonants, nothing in his house. Thieves came to his house. Thieves came to his house. 19. When thieves came to his house, the bhagat was sleeping on the floor. The thieves spread a cloth around them, thinking they would tie a bundle and take it away. They must have been strangers and did not know the bhagat. 20. So this bhagat was sleeping on the ground. And when they spread the cloth, he got up and slept there. And then the thieves, well, they couldn't wake him up. 21. So they left the cloth and went away. Now, does he need to stay awake at night or be vigilant? Vigilance is needed by one who has things all around, if something is filled somewhere, then he needs to be vigilant. 22. One who has a commitment needs to be vigilant. Have we made a commitment to Maharaj or not? First, pay attention to that. 23. Maharaj said that our great saints and great devotees, whose state is like that, whose commitment is like that, we tell them. 24. And they are all standing at the door of Dham. First, they make a commitment and then they are vigilant. Then they have to be vigilant. 25. If we have made a commitment to someone, that I will do this work for you, then we have to keep that much concern. 26. So he has kept a lot of vigilance for this commitment. And he is standing. 27. And in his mind, his state of mind is such that, 'I am still a sevak sevak Servant of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → sevak sevak Servant of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → mantra mantra 1) A repeated word or phrase. 2) A sacred verbal phrase repeated in prayer, or meditation, such as ‘Swãminãrãyan’. Wicked people use mantras to cast evil curses. Tap to open in glossary → 28. I am in the form of Akshardham, but still incomplete. Without Maharaj's seva, a jiva never attains completeness. No matter how much we serve our family, do we get a burp saying, 'Oh, I have really fattened this one now'? 29. Some feel like they watered a dry stump. Nothing came out, and it became light. So from that, the sprout of satisfaction does not come. 30. If one has made some commitment for God, then one is considered to have attained completeness. So the devotee of God, Maharaj has only spoken of 'janpanu' (awareness) in the Vachanamrut. But if we analyze it minutely, it has this meaning. 31. That the devotee of God has a voluntary commitment in his heart. No one is forcing him. Or pressuring him that he must do this much. 32. And if there is pressure, such a commitment cannot be maintained, and there is no vigilance in it. If there is pressure, Maharaj says, if there is fear of a thief or fear of a king, then one remains vigilant, and if there is no fear, then one does not. Similarly, does someone pressure us, and that is why we do devotion to God or all this, or what do we do? 33. We need to check if it arises voluntarily in our heart. Then, after making that commitment, be vigilant that it does not break anywhere. 34. So Maharaj said that our great paramhansas are very vigilant to maintain this commitment. And they have stood firm in their state, saying, 'We are sevaks, we are sevaks.' 35. That is their state. And by being vigilant, they never let it slow down. They never let it become dull. 36. They let it disappear. They do not waver from their goal. There was a question about vigilance remaining and vigilance not remaining, when carelessness sets in. 37. There is a commitment if one has accepted satsang satsang 1) True company. The practice of associating with Bhagvãn’s sant, other satsangis, the ãtmã, and the sacred shãstras, and also observing vartmãns and niyams. 2) Also refers to the sampradãy, which is the presence of good company. Tap to open in glossary → 38. If the commitment is firm, then vigilance remains. If there is 'ishak' (love) for the commitment in the mind, as Maharaj said, one who has firm 'ishak' succeeds. 39. Otherwise, one becomes calm amidst obstacles. If his commitment is strong, then he will have no problem. 40. So the meaning of vigilance not remaining and remaining in commitment is that. This is further. The reason vigilance does not remain in commitment is that his commitment is slow. 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