BHAKTI

Weekly Knowledge #84 Trinidad 15 Jan 1997 Caribbean

In Bhakti there are four letters. It's made up of "bha", "ka", "ta", and "i" (ee). "Bha" stands for fulfillment and nourishment. "Ka" stands for knowing - a means of knowing. "Ta" stands for redeeming, for saving, for salvation. "I" (ee) stands for shakti. So in Bhakti four things are there: fulfillment and nourishment; means of knowing; "tarana" or salvation; and energy. Bhakti saves you. Bhakti nourishes you. Bhakti is the means of knowing, the right knowledge. When Bhakti is there the doubts don't come. It gives the most energy. So Bhakti contains as the seed all the four qualities. All the emotional upheavals one undergoes is because one doesn't know Bhakti. When all intense feelings flow in one direction that is Bhakti, it becomes Bhakti. What is the difference between a canal and a flooded field? In a flood what happens is the water does not have a bank to flow in. When the water flows within banks you call it "river". When water is scattered all over, it's all flooded. So when the emotions get flooded everywhere, mind is in a mess. If it is intensely flowing in a direction, then that is Bhakti. And that is most powerful. A sign of Intelligence is Surrender or Bhakti.

NEWS FLASH Guruji escaped from the Akademie Bad Antogast (German Ashram) for one day to meet with the World Health Organization at Geneva. Then he completed the European Teacher's Refresher week, managing to meet with every group from every country represented before taking off for Trinidad. There he was received at the airport by the Minister of Social Development, and met the following day with first the President of Trinidad and then the Prime Minister. Guruji spoke to over-flowing crowds each evening. Janael McQueen said that a Joytish (astrologer) had said many devotees would be enlightened in the next ten years. Michael Fischman said, "Oh, when it happens to you, give me a call!"