Dadi Janki
Chief, Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
Dear Friends,
The new year, 1/1/11, begins, very significantly, with four
ones.
Spiritually speaking, ‘one’ is a very auspicious number. By understanding
the significance of these four ‘ones’, we can make miracles happen and
transform the impossible into the possible.
1- One God is the Father of all souls
1- I, the soul, am one special, unique being
1- The world is one human family in the form of a tree
with many branches; all members of this family tree belong to its One
Seed.
1- It is one minute to midnight on the world clock; in
other words, time is telling me what I must do now.
One-ness is the basis of unity. Unity appreciates the beauty of the
variety of colours, creeds, cultures, religions, and languages.
Unity connects the facets of diversity and finishes all forms of
discrimination. Where the four unifying virtues of happiness,
honesty, truth, and love exist, we become united even as we explore our
differences, express our diversity, and exchange our unique
specialties.
Let me ask myself: Do these four virtues-- happiness, honesty, truth, and
love--characterise my life?
God makes us so beautiful by filling us with His virtues and reminding us
that these are our original virtues which we have forgotten over
time. The heart desires to remember these virtues so that all
weakness is removed. The heart knows that when the pure feelings
inherent in such virtues are shared, others will be inspired to become
virtuous.
In this New Year, let us greet one another with the pure feelings and
good wishes of these four unifying virtues. Let us bid farewell for all
time to any weakness remaining in the self.
Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations, congratulations – with
each congratulations, remember the four ‘ones’, strengthen the four
virtues, and let four new ways of being characterise your life in the New
Year.
With love
Dadi Janki