Champaklal Speaks

A Birthday Message

Once the Mother gave this message to someone:

To give to the Divine what one
has in excess is not an offering.
One should give at least some thing
out of what one needs.

The Mother

I liked it very much and asked the Mother to write it also for me and told her, “I wish to print it at the back of all birthday cards.” The gracious Mother wrote out the message and gave me the permission and cards were printed accordingly. But when the occasion arose and I put one of these new cards in her hand, shi said, “No, no, I cannot give it because people do not appreciate this message.” So though specially printed for giving on all birthdays, they were put aside.

However, when she wanted to give that card to someone, she would say, “Champaklal, bring your birthday card.” Looking at a person I could judge which card Mother would want to give. At times, she gave that card to someone to whom she had previously refused to give it, saying, “No, no, I will not be able to give it.”