The Expression of True Love – Spanish National Retreat

BK Sister Jayanti, European Director of the Brahma Kumaris, came to visit us as a special guest for the National Retreat, under the topic of “The expression of true love.” The retreat gathered 126 BKs from Spain (also 2 sisters from the Ukraine) and was held at a retreat place near Barcelona, a beautiful Christian monastery.
Sister Jayanti with grace and tirelessness shared with us her clarity and depth of knowledge through classes, interviews and different meetings. A Rakhi celebration was part of the retreat.
Here are some jewels extracted from her classes:

• If I see that my sanskars don’t change it is because I don’t follow the subtle shrimat (God’s directions): for instance, not to have wasteful thoughts.
• Do I do things with the right intention? My intention creates my feelings, and the feelings determine the result.
• The stronger an addiction becomes, the lower becomes my self-respect.
• We need to take care properly of our body. Once Baba said to Dadi Janki: Don’t simply be the driver of the body but also be the mechanic.
• In the future, tests will take the form of people coming to check if we are what we say.
• A shrewd intellect is like a knife that cuts falsehood and allows us to see the genuine truth. But it can also hurt you!
• Awareness creates my attitude. Mansa seva is service through the mind. I have to make my mind so clean that God can use my mind as an instrument to serve the world.
• If I still keep sorrow inside and I justify it, what kind of feelings am I going to generate? With such feelings I can’t serve.

Finally she gave a blessing for Spain: Spain has a good record of harmony and being free from conflicts, very few incidents of relevance. For sure, Spain will have a good role in revelation.