There our mind stops. It stops in those two things. One is to perform Upasana, to perform Upasana of the physical form of Maharaj, and the second? That whatever spiritual endeavors one performs, they should be done with the desire to please God. What stopped in that? One should not do it with any other desire. One should not do it with any other desire. That I may gain spiritual power, that I may become like this, how many other desires could there be? There could be worldly desires, or that I may gain divine powers like God, so that I can perform proper seva. If we have something proper in us, only then can we perform proper seva, right? We desire something in order to perform seva for God. Of God... Now, a householder might say, what would he say? That if I get ten million rupees, then I can perform seva for God. Then, the mind is not said to have stopped there. It should stop in pleasing God. Pleasing God means pleasing God. Whether God gives the strength to perform seva or not, whatever we have right now, we should use it to please Him. Then, if He gives me more strength and I perform seva for God again, there is no need to get into such complications. There is no need to get into complications. Try to please Him with whatever you have. Nothing else can be thought of besides that. Whatever we have should not remain unused in pleasing Him. Whatever strength or virtues God has given us, if we use half of our strength to please Him and do not use the other half, then that is called incompleteness, it is called incompleteness. And we may use it to please Him, but we might also use it somewhere else, doing something over and beyond this. Even then, the mind is not said to have stopped. The mind having stopped means just pleasing Him, only pleasing Him, nothing else. We find the connection in the previous Vachanamrut of Maharaj. That for one whose mind stops in pleasing God, and who cannot think of anything else other than pleasing Him, ahead or behind, not even leaving it incomplete, whatever strength and virtues one has, all of them should be fully used to please Him. And once God is pleased, one should not think of using the remaining strength elsewhere either. Now that God is pleased and some strength is left, let me use it elsewhere, that should not happen. Only then is the mind said to have stopped. If that does not happen. It is about using it, but only to please Him, and using it completely. So Maharaj says these two. That itself is called Upasana. To have such a point pointed out in the mind, clarification, to have clarification of the point, that why am I performing spiritual endeavors? Why am I performing spiritual endeavors? To please Him. To gain spiritual power? To become Brahmarup? To bring power like God? Why? Are we not to perform spiritual endeavors to become Brahmarup? Should we perform spiritual endeavors to become Brahmarup or not? What do you say? We should. Then that did not happen, so to speak. We are not to perform spiritual endeavors to become Brahmarup, but because it is necessary to please Him, we perform them. If one is not Brahmarup, even then, would God be pleased that much? No, that is why one has to become Brahmarup. There is no need to perform spiritual endeavors just to become Brahmarup. Mainly, mainly it is about pleasing Him. I want to do something to please Him. So God says, 'Become Brahmarup, then I will be more pleased.' That is why one should become Brahmarup. In Upasana, becoming Brahmarup is not the main aspect. Pleasing Him is the main aspect. To do it to please God. Pleasing Him through the attitude of a servant. Yes. Then? It is said to be incomplete. When is God pleased? He is pleased when one becomes compatible with Him. What is compatible with Maharaj? To perform seva by bringing Brahmabhav, that is compatible with Maharaj. Nishkulanand Swami Nishkulanand Swami Disciple of Sahajanand Swami (Swaminarayan Bhagwan) and author of the Bhaktachintamani, as stated in the scripture's own closing colophon at the end of every chapter. Tap to open in glossary → For pleasing Him, His seva itself is proper. But if one wants to please Maharaj completely, then becoming Brahmarup is required. Becoming Brahmarup is required. That is why one should become Brahmarup. If becoming Brahmarup becomes the target, then one is said to have missed Upasana. It is not appropriate... meaning it did not turn out right. It is said to be inappropriate. Maharaj... based on these two points mentioned, it became like this. It stops, it stops at both places. It is not said that it stops only at the first point. Read the first paragraph again. Then Shriji Maharaj said, "In our mind, we like these two matters, and there our mind stops." At both places. There are two points. One is to perform Upasana of the physical form of God in the sphere of light, and then, whether He is there or here, to please Him. Whatever spiritual endeavor it may be, if it is Vairagya, then use Vairagya to please God. Do it in a way that pleases Him. It is not said to do it to become Brahmarup. That is indeed necessary, there is no doubt about it. The second point after that is indeed that. Because that is necessary to please Him. Therefore, do that. But these spiritual endeavors are not to be performed for that purpose. Spiritual endeavors can be used to become Brahmarup, and spiritual endeavors can also be used to please God. Its intention, Maharaj has mentioned the first resolve, right? Independent doer was mentioned in that, right? Brahm Brahm 1) The dhãm of Bhagvãn. It is eternal, complete with all gun, luminous, and flawless. Also called Akshar, or Akshar-Brahm, or Akshardhãm. 2) Fourth of the five eternal entities, which transcends everything except Purushottam (jeev, ishvar, Mãyã, and Brahm, and Parbrahm). Tap to open in glossary → God alone is the doer of all. But in the independent first doership, God has given independence to this Jiva. He has given independence. So what is that first doership? So God... one's resolve should be such that 'I perform seva and please God.' If one wants to use it by performing seva, this also happens, 'I perform seva so that I become Brahmarup.' Then God does that too. God does that too. But then, the point mentioned is said to have not fit properly. I perform seva to please God, I also become Brahmarup to please God. God likes seva performed after becoming Brahmarup very much, that is why I want to become that, like that. But if I perform seva to become Brahmarup, then a slight gap has entered into that Upasana. It is not called firm Upasana. These two points are from the beginning, in the first paragraph, they are points of Upasana. It happens. It happens according to our desire. If we perform a Yajna, what is the result of the Yajna? His question is different. What? The other, other question is different. No, no, that is what is to be said. What is your question? We perform seva, and whatever our resolve is, that happens. If our resolve is to please God, then God is pleased. If our resolve is that 'I perform seva and become Brahmarup,' then one becomes Brahmarup. Even if it is to please God, God is pleased. We have to make the effort to become that. Then God does not just do it on His own. If we make the effort, then God helps. But if we have resolved to please God, then He is pleased. If He is pleased, then becoming Brahmarup becomes easy for one. Then we make the effort, then if we do not make the effort, it does not happen. If we make the effort... but we should keep such a connection in becoming Brahmarup, Maharaj's talk is about connection, right? One should keep such a connection that God's pleasure is not fully achieved unless one becomes Brahmarup. Therefore, do that too. To please God by becoming Brahmarup too. Just as one pleases God by performing seva, similarly, please God by becoming Brahmarup too. Not that 'I perform seva to become Brahmarup.' What is the fruit of seva? The fruit of seva is seva, pleasing Him. The fruit of seva is seva itself. The fruit of seva is not becoming Brahmarup. What is the fruit of becoming Brahmarup? Seva. Pleasing Him and seva. The fruit of becoming Brahmarup can be seva, but the fruit of seva cannot be becoming Brahmarup. AI translation of the Gujarati transcript above, produced in the same pass that transcribed the audio, one English segment per Gujarati segment. 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