CHAPTER XVI

 

GURU: HIS NEED AND FUNCTIONS

(MASTER-POWER)

 

 

                    In these days of multiplicity of Masters where it is difficult for a common man to distinguish between right and wrong, it seems necessary to give some broad hints to discriminate the correct thing.  To know and judge a Perfect Master is difficult.  A person living on the seventh floor of a building can only be seen and judged by another on the same floor.  If one gets within and sees for oneself the grandeur and the grace of the Master working, and how He is helping humanity, one may to some extent understand Him.  This will give one a first-hand conviction, but until such time as this is achieved, one may use the criteria given by precious Master as it is briefly given here, and may be kept in view when arriving at a decision.

1.       The Master should not depend for His personal needs on the charity or the donations of the disciples, but live on His won honest earnings.

2.       He should be competent and able to open the inner eye and grant some experience, at the first sitting, of the Godly Light and Sound within, to be developed from day to day under his guidance.

3.       He should act in this physical life as a man to man, realizing and appreciating the difficulties, pains and pleasure of the people, suggesting remedies in accordance with the rules of the physical plane, and in the higher planes according to the rules in the higher planes.

4.       He would ordinarily shun pompous demonstrations and would not like false propaganda to make mountains out of molehills to the people.

 

 

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   I sat at the Feet of my Master for over 24 years, and imbibed the Truth of the Way to God with His favour and grace.  It is all His grace that he body.  Through His favour all those coming in search of Truth are having first-hand experience at the very outset, and as such they are convinced and need no further evidence.

   We are all on the Way.  Some are less ready and others more so due to their Karmic evolution of the experience in past live.

   Those who have set at the Feet of Master Sawan Singh Ji need not worry.  They have a Competent Master overhead.  We are to remain devoted to Him and go within to find Him.  The Way to go within has been given to us.  We have now simply to invert to see Him.  We are unworthy sons of the Master, but His grace is working in all its fullness.

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   Our physical life is destined by the Almighty and each one of us must play our role as allotted.  I have no choice in the matter.  It all depends on Master-Power working overhead.  I am a puppet in His hands and a flute through which He has to play.

   I wish you to make the best uses of the golden opportunity of the present life you have been allotted, by gaining self-knowledge and God-knowledge here while on this earth.

 

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   Without a Gold-Man the mystery of the soul is never revealed.  It remains a sealed book.

   The ascent of the soul to the higher regions is impossible unless one is ushered into those planes.

   Of course, one may be able to withdraw the spirit current within the eyes from the body, through Simran or see some light at times, but there is nothing there to take or guide him upward.

   Many were held in these elementary stages for ages and ages, and no help came to guide them up.  Some have called this stage the stage the be-all and end-all, but they still linger at the outskirts of grosser matter and in the stronghold of the finer matter.  It is here that the help of some Competent Body is needed to extricate the devotees from the iron-hold of the subtle matter.  That somebody should be the Man Who has gone through the different stages of spiritual development and travelled to the Region of Pure Spirit, the Sat Naam, far beyond the hold of matter.

 

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Man needs man to bring him understanding, and so a Sant is the High One in the guise of man to Whom those longing for Him may approach.  The unseen Almighty has His own law in this respect.  Thus the Sant is God plus man.  He is the mouth-piece of God, or if any is pleased to accept it, He is God-in-Person or Personified God.  He is the most sacred ‘Personal God’ invested with all Powers and Authority, and He is a Living Altar to Whom man many pray and seek a solution of his problems from birth to death and after.  He is the only source within the reach of man through which he can unite himself with God.

 

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Every word, every look every move, every touch even the aura of a Saint is endowed with mercy, love and the grace of God.  The atmosphere about Him is charged.

 

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The Master acts as a lodestar in all spiritual endeavours.  He extends all feasible help to the disciple with His exhortations both within and without, and always keeps him steady on the right Path.

Distance does not stand in His way.  The Master’s helping hand goes to the disciple far and near, in the burning desert sands, on the snow-capped mountain tops, and in the dreary wilderness.

He exercises a healthy and corrective influence on the spiritual aspirants by releasing forces within His field of influence, like a mighty lodestone that holds marvellous attraction within its magnetic field.

The Master is a mouthpiece of God.  He is the Pole at which God manifests His Godhood.  He may be likened to a switch which has in it he concentrated energy of the Power-house.

 

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Sant—the Master may seem an ordinary man to all external appearances.  He is, however, a great deal more.  He is a Perfect Man with the experience of outer and inner life.

Outside experiences differ in various countries, but inner experience never.  He may be defined as one brimming with Spirituality and above the life of the senses.

He has freed Himself from various sheaths of grosser and finer matter, and He has seen the All Truthful with His spiritual eye.  He is Competent to develop the spiritual possibilities lying dormant in man.  He is charged by god Himself with the Magnetic Force.  He is the mouthpiece of the Eternal.

He has in Him the Refulgent Light of the Infinite, and he is compentent to Light the lamps of others.

 

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It is good that meditation is sweet to you and that you long to sit for hours.  Have no anxiety.  Repose all your hopes in the Master, and devote time regularly to meditation with faith, love and accuracy.  You will have day to day progress.  The Master-Power overhead is constantly working with you for your benefit.  His protective hands will shadow you from all kinds of dreadful perils.  Follow Him.  He will never forsake thee and will take you into His Kingdom of Glory forever.  The Master is one with the Christ-Power and radiates the Light of God through the human Pole chosen by the Lord.  The Master does not need the love of the disciples.  He has the Love of god and is Love Incarnate.  The True Master would not attach the disciple to Himself, but to the Christ-Power working in Him.  Christ said, “Son knows the Father and Father knows the Son and all others to whom the Son reveals.” All Masters agree on this point.  There are no exceptions to it and one should not be led away by the statements of others.  This is Nature’s gift and is given free by the Master like all other gifts of Nature.

Do not worry as to what may or may not happen in the near or distant future.  The Master always shields His children suitably.  Be unperturbed and carry on with your job.  Your road is quite straight and clear.  Proceed on with the loving grace of the Master.

 

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Now, being away might make you feel more lonely, but remember you will not be alone, as the Master-Power is always with you; it will be more so them.  So with a well-balanced mind free of all the fear, etc., analyze for yourself as to what it is that you really want.

It took me five to six hours daily for seven day of hard thinking of find out what6 exactly I wanted to do in my life.  After I had decided what to do, I went in search of a Master Who would give me the Truth, and when I found Him, and had accepted Him as such.  I GAVE MYSELF UP TO HIM, to do as He Willed.  After that I lost all interest for self in the world, but I performed all worldly matters and duties in all sincerity.

 

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             Sant or Master is above the three gunas.  He is selfless and reveals the Truth only.  A True Master is a Lighthouse to the world.  It is a rare privilege to find One.  The real Ones, like wrestlers, are not made in a day, nor are They from any university.  They have the experience of several past lives. ‘Every Saint has a past and every sinner a future.’

             Saints are experienced personalities.  They have analyzed Themselves and They have realized God, and thus They may help to put man on the same Path.

 

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             The Truth Master is One Who Himself drinks the Water of Life—Truth, and offers the same to others as well.  He is competent to open the inner eye of the disciples so that they may see the Light of God, and he unseals their inner ears so that they may hear the Voice of God, the Sound Principle, reverberating through out all creation.

 

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             A Competent Master gives full instructions about the true Naam or Word to His disciples at the time of initiation.  It is He, who inspires the holy Naam and makes it manifest in the initiates.  He shows them that the treasure of Divinity lies hidden within, and he tells them how to get in touch with it.

 

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             The Master is the mouthpiece of God.  He is the Pole at which God manifests His Godhood.  He has in Him the Refulgent Light of the Infinite, and He is Competent to Light the lamps of others.

 

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             The Master talks with His disciple face to face in all the planes and gives him wise counsel in times of need.

             Whenever one happens to be in the presence of a Real Master with an open mind, one finds waves of solace wafting towards him and feels an uplift surge within.  His personal aura has its marvellous effect on us.  His words, charged as they are, with Divine Spirituality, sink deep into the heart of the listener and never go in vain.

 

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             The Unseen One uses a ‘ very selected human Pole,’ i.e. a person who by dint of his continued, untiring and unending endeavours, unequalled in self-sacrifice and boundless love for Him during life, contacts Him within, becomes His conscious co-worker, and is assigned the Mission of giving solace to afflicted seekers after God; to rescue them from the worries of the world and to unite all such ones to Him, as His Own.

 

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             I did find a Friend for you—a friend who is even now waiting patiently for you to turn to Him.  He is constantly by your side loving you, wanting to share your life, wanting your love, your thoughts and faith.  It is you who have drawn a thick screen of various thoughts in between you and your Friend.  Try to remove this screen, then you will see a Friend waiting with outstretched arms, to embrace you with love, to stand by you all through this life and thereafter.  Do not despair, you are much loved.  If only you would shed your negative attitude and be receptive, everything would be yours.  He is with you always, extending all feasible help.  If we turn our face to Him, He will be constantly with us, perceptibly and imperceptibly.  He will be talking to you as in so many other cases in the U.S.A. and abroad.

 

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             The bonds of relationship between the Master and the disciple are the strongest in the world.  Even death cannot sever them, for they are tied by the Divine and Omnipotent will of God.  The Master remains with the disciple wherever he may be.  Death and distance are immaterial in the relationship of the Master and the disciple.  He is always by his side, here and hereafter.

 

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             I am glad to note you are beginning to realize that the affairs of this earthly life are transitory, and that the life hereafter is lasting.  And that we must make the best use of this earthly life and prepare for achievement of the everlasting life which is hereafter.

             This is the Goal before us, and if we work upwards bit by bit, under proper guidance, our earthly life becomes peaceful as well as the life which follows.  Master is ever with you.  He is not the body.  He has a body.  Body is the Pole at which he works to guide those stuck fast in a physical body, and to help them transcend the body.  Master is always helping the seekers far and wide and remains with them wherever they may be.  You are always with me.  Distance makes no difference, my love flows to you incessantly.

 

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             The Master at the time of initiation lightens the present load so as to give the initiate some experience and warns the initiate to lead an ethical life from then on.  The storehouse, as you know, holds the Sanchit Karmas and these may be burned away with the power of Naam, when one becomes a conscious co-work with the Divine Plan.  A Manster is the mouthpiece of God and God-Power in Him can work wonders, including the lessening of the duration of suffering.

             All is dependent upon the background, the earnestness, the love and devotion that a person will put into the spiritual practices.  The Divine treasures are for all, whether rich or poor.  Master’s loving help accelerates progress.

 

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             To love, revere, and feel grateful to our fellowmen is to love and revere God.  So, too, the love for the visible Master, our closest connecting link with God, is in reality love for the Supreme Father.  It has Spirituality as an end and is not idolatry.  The atmosphere in which such a genuine Master moves is charged with currents of peace and love which affect those who come into contact with Him.  Even letters written by or on behalf of Him carry a current of ecstasy that influence the innermost recesses of hearts.  Guru precedes God.

 

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  The Master always speaks with an authority born conviction for He has a first-hand knowledge of everything, which comes from His direct communion with the Universal Cause or Original Source.

 

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  Communion with the holy Naam, the Divine word, together with meditation on His glory, is the ‘open sesame’ to the realization of the One-Being.  Word is the substance and the power by which all live is made.  Holy communion with its rapturous strains is a gift that can be attained only through a Living Master.  In His company a life of holy inspiration and love of God is followed, and the inner eye is opened to see the presence of God in all things.

  A True Master is not a mere human being, but has become One with God, and as such, contains in Himself the powers of all the gods and goddesses.  He is veritably the Word made flesh and blood.  The one lesson that such a Master teaches his disciples is to meditate always upon the Lord, the Creator of everything, and never to forget Him.

 

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  The Master ever remains with the devotee, wherever he may be.  Death and distance are immaterial in the relationship of the Master and the disciple.  He is always by his side, here and hereafter.

  The holy Sound is always present with you and if you practice it in an accurate way, you will hear it more distinctly with the grace of the Master.

 

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  At time the disciple may have an experience of transcending the body and traversing into the Beyond as a result of the reaction of past karmas while in concentration.  This may also happen in sleep.

  The greatness of a Master lies in the face that when one meets Him, He initiates him into the mysteries of the Beyond and gives Him first-hand experience off being born anew, and then by regular practice the initiate may transcend into the Beyond at will and enjoy the ineffable sweet symphonies of the Word which no ears have heard and no eyes have seen on earth.  Enamouring of the sweet intoxication of the Beyond makes all carnal pleasures and enjoyments lose their attraction of him.

 

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  Every initiate has to be put on the Way and will one day reach his True Home in Sach Khand.  Those who work earnestly and live according to the commandments of the Master will progress quickly, while others will take more time to reach their Goal.

  The journey Home is along one, but a pleasant one and when one reaches the True Home, he may be selected as a Master.  This is, of course, a Commission from God.  Anybody who after a little progress, considers that he has become a master, just harms his or her own interest.  This is ego and should be avoided.

 

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  it is a great blessing to be under the care of a Competent Master as He may steer you through the stormy sea of the world and guide you to your True Home.  I am sorry to hear that—has passed away.  This is the way of the flesh.  When one’s ‘give and take’ are over, he has to go.  His physical body was cremated, but the soul belonged to the Master and was taken care of.

  Blessed are those who devote time to their meditations lovingly and faithfully and progress spiritually from day to day so that they are able to contact, during their physical stay in the world, their Radiant Master within, Who is their constant Companion and will take them to their True Home.

 

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  No one can reach or know god except through His grace.  Whenever one feels a strong desire for Him and strive with all his might to find a way to Him, god showers his grace on such an aspiring soul and he or she meets a Living Master.  God is the subtlest of the subtle and unless we ourselves rise to that level, we cannot se Reality face to face.

  A Master-soul is a conscious co-worker with the Divine Plan and He works in a physical body so that those working on the physical plane may have the opportunity to contact the Unseen within.

  He is the Pole at which the Higher Power works and helps to bring the soul up from the physical level and opens his eyes to see that Great Power working within.  He is the means to the end.

 

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  Those who will earnestly and lovingly carry on as directed will surely have spiritual success, now, in this life.

  The Master-Power overhead is most anxious to see His children come to Him within, and to enjoy the resplendent Divine Peace and Bliss of those regions where they will be conducted by their Charming and Radiant Master within.  Let nothing come between the initiate and his or her Master.

 

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  The gracious Master-Power is the constant and nearest Companion of the initiate.  He is fully aware of your inner prayers and adoration.  Please rest assured, the gracious Master-Power never leaves nor forsakes His children here or hereafter.

 

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  When a disciple comes near a Master, the latter’s atmospheric influence is felt according to the degree of receptivity developed.  When he or she has grasped the theory of the teachings of the Saints and has taken up the Way, it may be as an experimental measure at first, and full conviction comes only when he or she sees within.  The evidence of others can only give inducement to take up the way, but first-hand experience is convincing, however small it may be.

 

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  It is really an inspiration in this unhappy and confused world to enjoy the guidance of the Master-Power working over the head of each initiate.  Like a loving father, He is always working for the benefit of His children, whether they know it or not, although at times they do know and feel it very vividly.

 

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  Master takes care of and extends protection for all who are dear and near to the disciple and looks after their best interests.

 

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  With the help of a Competent Master the process of inversion and self-analysis becomes quite easy and natural to practice.

 

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  It is for the disciple’s own benefit to lead a loving, chaste and straight life.  This gives peace and helps in quick inner progress.  Master is glad to see everyone behave in a proper way and to progress from day to day.

  You have been given the Word.  Please keep your face towards the Master.  You will receive all necessary help and protection.  The Master is always with the initiates.  He resides in each one of them.  He is always helping them to come within and meet Him face to face.

  If the child comes up one step, He comes down a million steps to pick up the child.  We are all labourers in the vineyard of the Lord.  We should learn to appreciate the good in others.  It helps us all around.

 

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  Deep gratitude for the Divine grace and overwhelming humility invokes His grace.  Master-Power is the constant companion that escorts your soul to the realms of unalloyed bliss and harmony.

 

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  The gracious Master-Power is your constant and nearest companion and your gratitude is always acknowledged by Him.  It is the loving glance of the mother which infuses the love into the child through the eyes, whereas the latter reciprocates the same to enjoy perpetual bliss.  Your growing receptivity is a happy prelude signifying greater possibilities ahead in due course, with the grace of the Master.

 

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  Thus god moves as an ordinary man in disguise.  As a man, externally, no one can recognize Him except one who contacts the Master-Saint within.  This is according to the Divine Science, i.e., the Laws He has laid down for man’s use.  Externally, if one takes a Master-Saint as an ordinary man, he can derive no benefit from Him.  If one accepts Him as a Superman, the benefit is much more.  If one takes Him as All in All, the benefit becomes a truly great blessing.  When he contacts the Master within, he receives all and everything.

 

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  The Names given by the Competent Master are charged.  They invoke the Power of the giver.  The Master is not body but Christ-Power working at the chosen human Pole.  The giving of five Names by all and sundry and repeating them by learning them from books would not be efficacious.  This is according to what Hazur Sawan Singh Ji said, “ one can give only what one possesses.”  It is a simple affair.  Those who can be content on credit or promises may please themselves.

 

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  Master always holds the hands he takes.  There is never a thought of loosening that tight hold.  Master-Power will never leave nor forsake the initiate until the end of the world.  He is a fathomless ocean of love incarnate.  Love knows only giving.  So He gives and gives.  He continually sends His grace to them.  When the initiate sees the master’s inner glory and charm and listens to the strains of Music, he or she must respond, no matter what those who are ignorant may say.  This is a Gift of the Master.

  The Master is always with His initiates working over their heads and He is never unaware of their inner longings and feelings.  He helps to wind up the karmic debts so that they need not return for another earthly sojourn.

 

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  Higher-self or Over-Self is God-into-Expression in various froms in the Inner Planes, or which a link has been given to the initiates in the form of the Light of God and Divine Music.  That Over-Self is personified in a human Pole in a Master on this physical plane.

 

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  Master’s presence will be felt in Spirit in all Satsangs and wherever else He is remembered.  Sitting in sweet remembrance of the Master is what it means, just as the words express, “ a feeling of deep-seated love naturally created within with a deep longing.” The Master is most anxious to meet His dear children within, and is constantly sending His grace to all of them so that they may come up to Him and meet Him face to face.

 

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  It is not correct to believe that old Master will come again in person to render help to humanity.  As you know, the Christ-Power is the same but it works on different Poles.  When the Christ-Power works through a human Pole this One becomes a means of help to those who come to the Pole with love and devotion.  The initiates are fortunate to be on the Way.  And if they are faithful to their spiritual practices, they will be blessed.

  The fruit on the tree is always preceded by blossoms which eventually turn into fruit.  A time factor is necessary.

  The Master holds the disciple through thick and thin.  It is the Divine Way.  Never let faith and love in Him falter.  The Master never leaves the disciple until the latter reaches the True Home of his Father.

 

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  He who resign himself to the Will of the Master, places himself under the protecting power of the Master, who hastens to awaken the Divinity in him.  The Master never leaves the probationer once taken over, until He takes him to God, whose prototype He is on earth.  He talks face to face with His devotee and gives him counsel in time of need.  He moulds the disciple into the likeness of god and makes him a living temple of the Divine Consciousness.

 

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  We love the Master’s things for the sake of love of the Master, for He is Love and Grace Personified.  His nearness constantly reminds us and encourages us to come close to Him.  Blessed are those who have such rare privileges and benefit from Him in the correct way.

 

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The Master has love for all His children and they are worthy of His grace. The Master is very anxious to see them stand on their own feet and walk steadfastly on the holy Path and thereby enjoy all the peace and bliss that this journey affords them so that they may eventually reach their True Eternal Home.

 

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  The Master always holds His disciples in the innermost heart centre.  After all they all are His children.  He does not look at their unworthiness.  He is there to make them worthy.  He cannot leave them—His love is so great.

 

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  The child disciple is always safe in the loving protection of the Master and is destined to grow stronger and stronger from day to day.

 

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  Without the instruction from God-Man, the Word cannot be communed be communed with, but when this communion is had, it lead the soul to the Lord, form which the Word emanated and all our efforts have their full reward.

  When you, through immeasurable good fortune, find such a Holy Person, stick to him tenaciously with all your mind and all your soul, for you can realize through Him, the object of your life—self-realization and God-realization.  Do not look His creed or colour.  Learn the Science of the Word from Him, and devote yourself heart and soul to the practice of the Word.  Master is One with the Word.  The Word is in Him, and incarnates in the flesh to give instructions to mankind.  Truly the Word is made flesh and dwells among us.

 

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  It is really a great privilege to come under the personal influence of the Master.  It helps the disciple within and without.  However, the Master’s grace is showered unendingly and glows to the initiates wherever they are, irrespective of distance and they enjoy the same to the extent their receptive capacity has been developed.

  Reading good books is better than doing nothing or idling time in gossiping.  But whatever one reads is to be made a part of one’s life.

  This is possible only through the grace of a Competent Master Who would give first-head experience of the links of the god-in-expression Power within.

 

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  The instinct of love cannot come into play unless one sees the beloved.  As long as we do not see God or the glory of God, we cannot have any faith in the existence of God and without this all prayers go in vain.  But Guru or God-Man is the abode of God’s Light and is a radiating centre of the same.

  We can pray with equal efficacy to the Master, who is at one with God.  Connected as He is with he Power-House behind Him, the Master is equally competent to grant out desires and fulfill our wishes.

 

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  At the time of initiation, Master takes charge of the karma of His disciples, making the disciple responsible only to Him and not to the Lord of Karma.  A very small amount of karma now remains to be tolerated in the physical body for the remaining years of the disciple’s life, but even this is softened by the grace of the Master.

  In moments of misery, worry and trouble, the Master is our refuge.  He acts unperceived at any distance.  Master holds us in loving embrace.  There is no court of trial after death for the love-hearted disciple.  The Master is All!

 

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  He, the initiate, meets Master within and talks to him face to face as he advances on the Path.  Form the very beginning of initiation, he is certain of His grace, guidance and protection wherever he may go—even to the other end of the earth.

 

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  The Audible Life Stream is the shield of the initiate and even the Angel of Death dreads its presence and cannot reach the initiate, when he or she is a devoted disciple of the Living Master.

 

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  The only medicine for all the ailments is the practice of the holy Sound, together with the Master’s spiritual help and guidance.  The Master is not a person only.  He is the Power which guides and helps us at every stage and in every region, during our inward spiritual journey.  When we are in the physical body, He instructs us in His physical form.  When we go inward to the Astral Plane, He is in His Astral Form, and as we proceed further, He assumes the Form of each region, all the way up to Sach Khand.

 

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  You are right when you say that you cannot go up the mountain without the strength of the Master.  A devotee by himself cannot do anything much less transcend body consciousness.  The Master, when initiating a disciple, manifests His Own Power within the disciple and thus remains with him always and enables him to rise into the beyond.  The devotee’s job is simply to sit quietly, cut off from the body-consciousness and all outer entanglements.  The Master awaits for him anxiously at the door, with hands full of grace to shower upon the devotee the moment he turns up towards him.  I quite appreciate your sincerity in this matter and assure you that there is nothing to be disheartened about.  You are simply to turn to Him.

 

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  Masters form a Divine Brotherhood in God.  They are the Gems of humanity Who have completed the evolution and risen unto God.  They have achieved complete Oneness with the Divine-Being and are over flowing with the holy Word of Life.

  The unfoldment of the spiritual life is quickened by the help of a Master.  This help is of immense value.  It quickens the inner possibilities of the soul.  It awakens the spiritual life in us and leads us to the highest Goal.  This quickening impulse cannot be derived from sacred books.  As Light comes from Light, so Life comes from Life.  A soul must receive live-impulses through the lyrical glances of some Master-Soul. 

  Mere book knowledge or intellectual development fails to awaken Spirituality.  Through book learning the intellect is certainly stuffed, but the spirit receives no food.  This is why each one of us can speak fluently of spiritual matters, but our actual life gives no evidence of it.

 

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  A living spirit can be quickened into life only through the living-impulses from a Master-Soul.  You may call such a Man by any name you like, but such a Man is necessary.  Each religion has testified to the need of such an existence.

 

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  Without the help of One Who has truly imbibed the Truth Beyond, no progress can be made in the Way of Spirituality.

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  God-Man is the only True Friend.  All worldly connections are severed at the time of death.  All friends, all relatives, the wife and children must part.  Who is there to accompany you to the other? –the Word personified in the God-Man.  He helps you in all your undertakings here and hereafter.  The God-Man receives the initiates at the time of death, when all others fail.  Like a never-failing friend, he always holds out His helping hand.

 

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  It is always beneficial spiritually to follow the behests of the Master and to be resigned to His Will and Pleasure.  Complete surrender invokes His mercy and those who rely upon Him are rewarded abundantly.  Everything that comes to you in the Divine dispensation is invariably right for your spiritual progress.

 

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  The Master showers blessings through His Looks, which eager ones catch.  His Eyes are a wonderful spray of Love.  I am happy to hear you experienced a strong emotion of happiness and love in your heart when the Master was with you.  Such disciples are indeed blessed.

 

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  It is only through a Living Master that one can contact the Almighty God within.

 

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  All I need add is that the Christ or God-Power that worked on the selected human pole of Jesus, who was His mouthpiece, works on the chosen Pole of the Living Master from time to time to reclaim and own His dear ones, to guide them and show them the same way to Him.

  He is just like an electric bulb which is fused and another is put is its stead.  Physical body passes away but the Christ-Power never leaves until the end of the world.

  His benign grace works at all times—past, present and future.  Thus the High One works unceasingly at all times through a Living Master

  There are ways and means whereby the yogic may fly to any place they like.  Saints do not adopt these methods.  They are Word-Personified.

 

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  Regarding Gurus and Masters, it may be remembered that everything seeming similar is not the same.  Masters abound and from among those highly thought of or talked about preachers, the majority of them will not be found talking of self-experience, though they are able to express the theory side in a thousand different ways with the sweetest words possible.  The only criterion for judging is one’s own inner ascent to Spiritual Planes whereby one can see for himself or herself and meet all the Masters, past and present, wherever they may be, in upper or lower planes.  If one having experiences of the lower planes thinks and claims to be in the eternal Home, ‘one with Him’ and equal to those who have reached the Ultimate Goal, and begins to teach while he or she has much more to learn and to see, how would you accept him or her? The worst of it is that lay people are easily deceived by the acting and posing of such so-called, self-styled teachers as they are quite clever externally in talking about spiritual matters of which they have only a second-hand knowledge through books or hearsay.  Even a loving disposition may be imitated to a great extent.  That is the reason that the world is full of masters.  Christ warns us: “ Beware of false prophets who come in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.”  Those who contact and talk to the Master within see everything in its true light; do not enter into fruitless discussions, but keep silent.

 

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  The Master is ever present with you in the God-into-Expression Power of Light and Sound.  And the Light at times transforms into the Master’s Radiant Form within.  To have inner experiences of Godly Light and Sound is no small thing and really only the fortunate few blessed from above receive them.  The more one progresses within, the more he or she becomes aware of the futility and the emptiness of the outer life.  The Master comes for yearning souls and works their way up in due course.

 

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  The Master ignites the great love on the first day of initiation by granting the gift of holy Naam in celestial Light and Sound Divine.  The extent of this gift depends greatly upon the capacity of receptivity of each one.  This living fire grows in intensity and volume and gives bliss, serenity and calmness.

  The should be kept within like the fire in a kiln—where a leakage would result in unburnt and unripe bricks, in the vernacular of our speech, so that all other desires short of Him are slowly and slowly burned away and eradicated from one’s heart.

  The reciprocation is accelerated by abiding in the words of the Master, so much so as to meet the Radiant Master within and hand over oneself for the higher journeys within.

  The kind Father’s love for the dear children is immensely great and he wishes to see each one of them come up to Him.

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  Indeed virtues multiply in abundance when cultivated earnestly.  Needless to say to magnetic touch of the gracious Master-Power—the holy Naam—adds a far greater charm and beauty when the disciplined dear ones become a source of help and inspiration for their less-gifted brethren.

  A disciplined life full of humility and piety is an asset and should be cultivated and cherished so as to prove what you profess.

 

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  Eyes are the windows of the soul.  The Lord looks at the suffering humanity in compassion and mercy through the eyes of the Living Master and higher planes are reflected therein.  You are fortunate in bearing testiniony to the sacred Truth when you realize the sublime depth of spiritual beatitude in His eyes.

 

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  ‘Divine Mercy’ is a boundless ocean which when stirred with the grace of a Master surpasses all bounds of human comprehension.

  Ever since the child disciple is initiated into the mysteries of the Beyond by the Master, the gracious Master-Power resides with him or her at the Tisra Til and watches everything for the spiritual betterment of him of her, and those who obediently endeavour to abide by His behests are rewarded abundantly, whereas those who cannot do so have to wait longer.

  Spiritual evolution is something personal and each one brings with him or her past background to progress, all under the protective guidance of the Living Master.

 

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  Your Master is constantly with you extending His protective hand and knows what is best for you.  Trust in Him; shake off sadness and carry on steadfastly.  He is Competent and Powerful.  He never fails His children.

 

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  We enter the Kingdom of God by rising above body-consciousness.  A Competent and Practical Living Master is needed to guide the disciple at each step.  Guru Amar Das says:

No one can know God Except through the Master.

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A Master is a Master.  He has a body just like anyone else but he is decidedly a Superior Man who can guide and help you on the way.  The same question was put to Jesus in His life on earth by Phillip: “ Lord, show us the Father , and it is enough for us.’

Jesus replied: “ So long a time have I been with you and you have not known me Phillip? How sayest thou show us the Father? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? I and my Father are one.  He that seeth me hath seen the Father.” This is what I tell you, I don’t say it of my own accord, but the Father abiding in me, that I am in the Father and the Father is in me.

When the Light is lit, it should not be put under a bushel, but placed in a loving manner where it can attract the attention of seekers after Truth.  What must we do to belong to the Army of God? The simple answer is –to walk the way of righteousness.  In order to enable us to walk in righteousness we should fill out life with good thoughts, kind words and good deeds.

When one thinks evil thoughts or commits an evil deed, it strengthens the forces of evil.  Those who desire to belong to God should feed the Sacred Fire with the fuel of pure thoughts, good words and noble deeds.  This will burn away all else except God and Master.

The primary duty of a righteous man is to love his enemy and try to convert him into a friend, teach righteousness to the wicked and spread the Light or Wisdom.

 

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There is no service greater than helping souls find the way to their True Home.  In whatsoever sphere selfless and devoted service is directed for this work, it is praiseworthy.

All is holy where devotion kneels.  The gracious protection of the Master-Power turns the barren lands into green field by the waters of love.

 

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  The Master-Power extends all help to all initiates during the lifetime as well as at the time of departure.  I am glad your mother had the same experience.  You need not worry about her.

  The Master’s love for His children is immeasurable and unfathomable and the more it is enjoyed the more it grows.  I wish love and love alone may prevail among the dear children so as to wash away all dirt of duality.

 

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  The Sound is a manifestation of the Master Himself and is an indication of His constant attention and grace upon you, as it is to everybody who would lovingly seek His grace.  The Master-Power is your constant Companion and is not unaware of the longings that arise in the hearts of the initiates.

 

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  I am glad you were able to clear the doubts of those who had confused ideas about the Real Master.  The granting of first-hand inner experience of the Light of God within and contacting the Voice of God is a great and a rare privilege and this constitutes the best criterion for distinguishing a Real Master from the so-called masters.  Each initiate ought to devote time regularly with faith and love and in this way develop his experience from day to day, and that in turn will give or her further conviction of the True Path on which he or she has been put, until he or she comes face to face with the Living Reality of the Radiant Form of the Master.

  Those who turn their faces towards Him, will receive ample proof of His competency.  Master’s love for His children is unique and boundless.  As regards the master’s face appearing to you in meditation, and then disappearing when you repeated the sacred Words, it may be said that it was the work of the Negative Power.  You should not worry about that.  The trouble you had later was not due to this, but to a reaction of past karmas which must be worked out, though their severity and duration is toned down considerably by the grace of the Master.  The loving and sheltering care of the Master-Power is always over your head and you need not feel bewildered at all.

 

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  Such illuminating reports of the Master-Power’s gracious protection have been received from various other centres when all attending faithfully not only feel the physical presence of the Master, but often see Him radiantly walking among them.  These are all gestures of His Divine grace and protection for His children to reassure them of His continued grace.

 

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  The Master’s love for His children is unfathomable.  Often the children are besmeared with dirt.  He will not discard them or let them down, but will first clean them of the dirt and then will warmly hug them to His bosom.  So you need have no fears, no misgivings and no confusion whatever.  But carry on steadily and perseveringly on your part in full faith, love and earnestness.  You will get all the necessary help and protection only if you turn your face to Him.  The Master’s powerful and protective hands are always over His initiates.  Shed everything and carry on lovingly with your job quiently and with calmness.  You are not alone.  You are on the right track.  You have Somebody to open your heart to and unburden yourself of your worries, darkness and misery.  Please be consoled and assured.

 

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  Just as in a hot sultry season when one comes close to a huge block of ice he will be cooled or just as one goes into the shop of a perfume seller, he will get the sweetness of the perfume, so will the persons coming in contact with the Master feel some peace of mind and a sort of bliss and a loving impulse for God-communion. The Master is like an oasis in a desert. To Him praise or no-praise is of no significance. He has an assigned job from the Lord above and He carries it on lovingly.

 

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  Please do not be alarmed about the so-called prophecies as these seldom come true. For ‘those who know say not, and those who as know not,’ is a useful adage. The benign Master-Power working over the heads of His loving children is sufficiently strong enough to extend all feasible help, grace and protection to them under all circumstances. They meditations which will enable them to be calm and serenely peaceful.

 

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  The Master-Power overhead is always aware of His children’s needs and yearning and He acts in their best interests. All errors must be weeded out one by one, and when the child-disciple is doing his or her best to eradicate these errors, all necessary help comes from within.

 

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  The tongue of love is dumb. Words cannot express but inadequately what one feels in one’s heart. Whatever they do express, is but a poor caricature.

  You need not be afraid of what I wrote in my Christmas Message. Each one of us should try to seek the pleasure of our Master, at whose feet we are working. My going is not imminent, but you need not be afraid. You are always in my mind. Master-Power will never leave you until the end of the world. The fire of separation that burns in the heart cannot be quenched by the tears that flow. As flowers precede the fruits on a tree, similarly yearning and anguish of heart precede the coming of the Master within. Each tear shed in sweet remembrance of the Master brings you closer to Him. If you keep Him in your mind, naturally you are in His mind.

  The Master’s love for His children, who are all dear to Him, never wanes. It is unfortunate when a child disciple shuts his or her heart and this sweet heavenly love cannot flow in. A loving Father would always be happy to see His children turn their faces to Him and enjoy His grace. He can never be hard on anyone. His rope is long, however, as He would not like to administer a hard knock to them.

 

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The Master extends guidance whenever needed both in inner and outer spheres. Everyone is free to come up to Him as a child would run to its father whenever in difficulty, and more so, He would run to the child’s aid whenever necessary.

  I have received such glowing tributes for the gracious Master-Power which extends all loving protection to the departing souls.

  The episode of dear------is a gesture of His grace when not only he, but others like dear-----saw the physical presence of the Master, escorting Mr------to Sach Khand with a clear message for the mortals left behind.

  These are outstanding instances of His Divine grace which should serve as a beacon light for the newcomers and as a source of inspiration for the initiates to devote reguler time to their spiritual practices.

  You will appreciate that the devoted and disciplined initiates not better their own spiritual future, but become a source of inspiration for others to follow their example.

 

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  It is not uncommon for a disciple to pass away in such a relaxed manner. A disciple gave clear indication to his family, stating that on the following day he would be ‘going Home’. His family could not understand this, but when they knocked on his door for breakfast, they found be had already left with a smile on his face.

  The doctors found that be had left some hours before without any difficulty whatsoever.

  Such is the gracious protection extended by the Master-Power for his loving children, that they may leave this physical world fully satisfied and they are granted full protection in the Beyond.

 

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  I am glad to find that your soul finds more peace when you meditate and that you always see Master’s smiling face in Light, and also the great Eye of Master Sawan Singh Ji which is a source of great peace, great comfort and full of loving joy. Please try to put in more time for the spiritual practices and when you see the Form of the Master within, absorb your attention fully into His Form, so much so, that you forget yourself entirely. That will develop receptivity and the Master will talk to you as one does outside.

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  No Perfect Saint has ever failed His disciples. Realize fully, this one will not fail you. Think deeply upon this rare privilege; a Divine dispensation has been granted to you. Master is not the body. He is the Power functioning through the body, and He is using His body to teach and guide man.