Chapter XXI

 

GENERAL

 

  It is amusing to read that you hear reports of utter demolition of Chicago, New York and Washington D.C. and the those living near the Bahai Temple alone would be saved.  This frightens you and you wonder why a good and loving God would demolish places and people like that.  God that is charged with the duty of rewarding the virtuous and punishing the wicked is just.  Justice prevails in His Domain.  The Masters are Love Personified, and hence mercy and compassion prevail in Their sphere of work.  You need not fell frightened even if such wholesale demolition takes place, for it will be because of the just laws of the Lord of Justice, and temples, mosques and other such places will be no exception.  But as said above, you need not be afraid of such things.  The Master-Power will surely be taking care of those under His protecting wings.  They should, there fore, them help at every moment.  Let them make use of it considering that the world and the worldly material has to be left behind sooner or later.

 

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  Man is a social being and has to live in some society.  Numbers are no index to wisdom, yet holy places of worship are crowded with them.  We need these to be the purest and wisest men of life.  The society should live by the law of love, be ruled by guardians of the moral law, and live a simple frugal life.  I am not trying to found a sect, but am after gathering holy men of life, of purity, of simplicity and loving devotion to God in all, and to all in God.  It is of no good to renounce one religion or the other, but to have inner renunciation, like St.  Francis and other Saints who renounced everything at heart but were God-possessed.

 

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  As for knowledge of God, it is a definite and complete ‘Science of Nature’ unchanged since life began on earth.  Very rarely does one come across this Science.  It is God-made and not man-made.  It has remained an ‘unrecorded Science’.

  There is one God and there is only one way to Him.  The elementary steps may be different.  The knowledge has both theoretical and practical aspects.  The theory is simple: the Power, Almighty God, works on a selected human Pole to become His mouthpiece, to give His Own Knowledge to those who long for Him and want be with Him.  God is love, our souls are also love, and the way to God is through love.  Soul has to withdraw from the physical body and enter His Kingdom through the guidance and help of practical Master or Saint, Who is ‘Love Personified’.  With His guidance the soul transcends the body and traverses the Higher Planes.

  There is a more practical side too—the Master-Saint is able to give first-hand experience at the very fist sitting to all seeker (however little it may be, each according to his or her receptivity) to have ‘inner vision’ and contact with the inner ‘ Voice of God’ that is called Word, the Sound Principle.  This Ever-existing inner Voice then becomes the Guide of man in the interior of his ‘self’.  It is the Master accompanying the disciple at each step on the way inside.  Master meets and talks inside in His Radiant Form and guides the disciple on the inner way up.  Contacting a True Master is, therefore, necessary for those wishing to be on the Way.

  Telepathy is transference of thought and thoughts emanate from the mind and mind has to be stilled.  Eyes have to be shut from all external vies, and the ears closed to all outer sounds.  The spirit current of the body must be withdrawn to one centre.  This is done according to the instructions and the experience given at the time of initiation.  This is, briefly, what is called Spirituality.  Science of Para Vidya of most ancient days is known to-day as Sant Mat in India.

 

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  Hearing of inner music at its lower links by a person is not something unusual.  It is the result of reactions of past karmas.  It gives some pleasure and joy to the hearer, but he does not know how to develop the process from stage to stage to reach one’s True Eternal Home of everlasting Peace, Joy and Bliss.  This not at all possible by one’s won unaided efforts or through the help of a spiritualist medium who can only call souls of the lower planes.  The souls who are under the control of a Master-Soul, are altogether inaccessible to mediums.  According to the Law of Sympathy, the apparitions of dead persons may come to a dying person, but will be of no avail or help to the latter as they are just roamers of a lower strata and, therefore, powerless to be of any effectual help.  In the case of initiates under the care of the Master, the Master in all His Glory and Radiance comes to receive them at the time of their final exit and places them at higher inner planes in order to ensure for the progress on the Path.

  Some of the teachers of Theosophy had inner access and the extent up to which they ascended has been referred to by them in their books.  That information is quite useful in as much as it has a testimonial value for an initiate and holds out hope to him or her of the possibility of transcension into higher inner planes under the loving care and guidance of a genuine Master their instrinsic worth, therefore, cannot be more than the sayings of others who have gone inside, as recorded in other holy books.

 

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  Discipleship truly consists in unswerving devotion and resignation to the Will and Pleasure of the Master.

  By complete resignation, all mental chattering is thrown overboard and then there are no more cravings or desires.

  The tumultuous hubbub of the life of the senses is replaced by calm and collected serenity born of resignation and true renunciation.

  It is in these silent hours that the spiritual consciousness begins to dawn.

 

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  Let it be clear to you that you have been put on the most natural and the easiest way to the Absolute God as give by Swami Shiv Dayal Singh Ji, Baba Jaimal Singh ji and Baba Sawan Singh Ji, as it does not involve pranas.  There is no higher Truth than this so far as known to the Master of the Highest order.  Swami Shiv Dayal Singh Ji said that the Master’s job is to take you to Sat Naam and the latter in turn is to absorb the soul into the Nameless One, the Absolute God called Radha Soami by Rai Salig Ram Ji called by Guru Nanak and others as ‘Soami,’ ‘Anami,’ not denote any new thing, just another name for the Nameless One.  If anyone says it is otherwise, he does not appear to be in full knowledge of the facts.  Be rest assured, we are all children of the same Father, the supreme Reality, called by the Master by many names.

 

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  All dear souls who have been entrusted with any of the Master’s work are fortunate.  They are a privileged staff.  But they have a heavy responsibility to discharge.  Their actions react on the fair name of the Master’s work.  So they must be loving, tolerant, co-operative and imbued with a desire to render selfless service to mankind and be regularly devoted to their meditations.

  All their kind and noble work has its value and is highly appreciated by the Master overhead.  I am glad you are trying to be as helpful as possible to all those who come your way.

 

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  There are two types of people in the world: first those who can withdraw, introvert and take inspiration directly from the great Power within.  Secondly those who depend on outer aids, like churches or temples for worship.  They try to seek inspiration from the great forces of Nature, like the sun, the moon, the snow-covered hill-tops, waters of the sacred rivers, sacred rivers, as different manifestations of the One Power behind the entire universe.

  Everyone according to his faith and degree of concentration receives some benefit from his mode of worship, for nothing is lost in nature and no effort goes in vain.

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  The truly yearning hearts are led to the Living Master with His grace.  The sacred teachings of the Masters have a positive approach and are universal in their design and decorum.

  All are cordially invited to share the same without any distinction of colour, creed or country.

  I shall be glad to assist all true seekers after Truth, who may be lovingly directed to write to me about their welfare.

 

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  I am glad to find that people attended the bimonthly Satsangs despite the inclement weather, even though the attendance was comparatively small.  It does not matter, as the quantity does not count as much as the quality.  The latter is of great importance.  Your loving and cooperative efforts will be blessed with increasing attendance and the sincere ones will be rewarded for their flawless devotion and determination.

  Initiation is pre-ordained.  Those who are ordained to receive it in this life get it and not otherwise.

 

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  I very much appreciate the love and devotion you have for me.  Heart goes out to heart and it is the heart which receives the impulses.

  As regards the physical ailments, it is better to do your best and leave the rest to the Master overhead.  Please try to devote your regular time to the spiritual practices in an accurate way and it will help you both physically and spiritually.  Each one has to bear the burden of his individual karma.  That is the Law.  As you sow, so shall you reap.

 

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  We are hearing of experiments of all kinds.  The atom bomb, hydrogen bomb, and rockets and missiles are reaching the moon.  The world seems to be in a frantic race—outwitting one another, nationwise, as is apparent.

  Thy way of the initiates is, however, crystal clear.  They are to attune themselves with the God-Power.  And as God is love, they will be radiating their vibrations of love to all.  They are under the protective care of Master-Power overhead, and need have no fear about their physical bodies.  It is a covering and has to be shaken off sooner or later.

 

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  You have imbibed the sacred Truth, which will in turn be an inspiration to others for bettering their lot with the grace of the Master.  You have received the Crown of Life which adds to your gratitude, thereby unfolding new thoughts for you.  Assimilation of holy Shabd in fullness will grant untold strength to the soul which will shine in radiance for the benefit of others.

 

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  I am glad for you speedy and miraculous recovery from recent illness.  The faithfully obedient and disciplined devotees pass off such physical ordeals cheerfully and remain unscathed.

 

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  As you have been accepted you need not worry.  It will not be long now.  The experience you had is a testimony to the grace of the Master Who is working overhead.  This gives consolation to the newcomers on the way.  You may rest assured everything will be alright with the grace of the Master.

 

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  Try to do one thing at a time.  If you exercise discipline in all of your affairs, you progress will not be retarded by any amount of extra responsibilities you may have.  Try to put in regular hours undisturbed by any thoughts of the material things about you.

 

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  Your example shall shine like a torch in the darkness and men, even those who may at first oppose you, will turn to you for guidance and help.  You will find a new sense of peace surging through you, a peace that does not depend on the absence of outer disturbances, but is an inner state of mind that stands unshaken even in the most tempestuous situations.

 

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  You growing aversion to worldly pleasures is another step forward toward you spiritual progress under the protective guidance of the Master.  One must be in the world attending to the duties and obligations assigned to him or her, but one should do these in a very detached manner.  Such an attitude will not be binding but will become a source of liberation and blissful harmony with the grace of the Master.

 

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  There is no need to dread any catastrophe that may occur.  The souls who are on the way are being and will be looked after and extended all feasible help by the Master-Power working over them.

  They world affairs are not too good, but the initiates’ duty is clear.  They have their ideal before them, and they should continually and lovingly work for it.  Regardless of what occurs, the initiates have a privilege.  They have the Master-Power working over their heads.  He is constantly looking after their benefit and extends all feasible help and grace.

  Please do not worry if everything is shaken all over the country.  Such things do happen.  The Master-Power will be extending all feasible help and protection to the dear loving souls.

  If any of the dear ones should stray and will not accept the great love and the protection that the Master always extends to His children, they will delay their own spiritual progress, and mere change of residence will be of no avail.

 

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  Although the times are growing more difficult from day to day, and evil prevails on the surface of the earth because man has forgotten God, it is an opportunity for the initiates to be faithful to their spiritual practices and make steady progress within, because therein lies their safety and that will not only help them, but will help others as well.

 

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  When a candle is lit, it should not be placed in an obscure place or under a bushel, but instead it should be placed at such a place where it may shed Light for the blind and world-weary children who seek their way to the True Home of their Father through the gracious guidance of the Living Master.

 

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  No work can be loftier or contains more grandeur than that of helping the struggling souls find a way to their True Home so that their endless struggle may come to an end.

 

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  I am sorry for the passing away of your precious brother, who was much loved by you.  He was a loving soul and met with a glorious end, leaving behind a legacy for the dear ones, which will serve as an inspiration for the initiates and others.

  You should rest assured that he has been fully taken care of in the Byond and his broad smile before passing away is a gesture of his gratitude, which he confirmed fully, that the Master was with him.

  You experience of seeing him climbing the ladder, full of robust optimism is a positive proof that he is enjoying perpetual bliss in the Beyond, the Eternal Home of His Father.

 

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  The Group Leaders certainly owe much to the holy cause.  They not only lead the group, but carry the Gospel of Truth, love and tolerance to others and as such, need to exercise extra care and vigilance.

  People with varying intentions attend the holy congregations.  Some come with deep reverence, humility and devotion and earn their fortune by assimilating the sacred virtues and imbibing the sacred teachings in their proper perspective.  Others may be coming to find fault with the organization.

  If the leader is upright, sober and spiritually devoted within, the malicious person will not be able to inflict his or her intentions.  Other wise conflict is the natural consequence.

 

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  I am most happy for your loving efforts in taking the children’s class.  It is so good that you are watering the young saplings, which when grown in stature will prove an asset for society with the grace of the Master.

  The children of tender age if taught the art of meditation will do much better in their later days when they will find the guiding hand of the Master over their hands.

 

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  How fortunate is a child who will repose fully and surrender completely in the strong and protective arms and loving care of the Father!  He then becomes care-free, leaving all the work to the Merciful and benign Father, of working out things as he deems best.  Such a life becomes supremely sweet and all his problems become easier and his way becomes clear and smooth.  The Master-Power is constantly extending all feasible help and blessings.  Let us fully repose our trust in Him.  The fortunate ones do as the Master says, and receive all the necessary material help, which goes a long way to assuage the severity of the karmic debts.  The difficulties and troubles may come, but they pass off without leaving an ugly mark behind.  Please do not lose heart.

 

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  Fortunate are those to whom the Master grants an opportunity, however small, to serve His holy cause.  Master has appreciation for all those who do His work.

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  Ups and down do come, Even the darkest cloud has a silver lining.  We must always look to the bright side of things.  Many good and necessary lessons are derived from adversities.  These are indeed helpful.

 

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  I am sorry for the passing away of your dear brother who was in South Africa.  It is the supreme Will of the Lord.  Each one of us has to leave this physical plane in our turn.  You should, however, be glad to know that the gracious Master-Power extends all feasible grace and protection for the near relations of the initiates under His Will.

 

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  The physical life granted to us is a great opportunity and we should make the best use of it.  Playing with worldly charms and temptations is just like trifling with toys.

 

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  The Crown of Life, published last year, is a banquet hall of Spirituality dealing with the Science of the Soul in all aspects.  Many a dear one has benefitted and appreciated its sublime worth.

 

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  Man is the highest of all creation.  His greatness lies in rising into High-Consciousness of which he is an essence.  The awakening of a soul into the higher Oversoul is the essential part of man and without achieving it human life’s greatness is ruined.  It is transcension into higher realms.  It is only rising above body-consciousness and does not involve death.  You need not be afraid of it.  It will do you no harm.  One should yearn for such a high life for herein lies true bliss and tranquility.

 

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  Prophecies are not always correct.  The destiny of children humanity is controlled by the gracious Master-Power.  Human intelligence is far too dull to comprehend the Divine Laws.

  The initiates in the U.S.A. or elsewhere need not be afraid of any impending catastrophe.  The souls who are on the way are being and will be looked after; they are under the custody of Master-Power working overhead, extending all feasible help.

  Everyday brings untold opportunities for spiritual perfection, and the disciplined initiates look forward eagerly to the allotted hour to be devoted within for the enjoyment of Divine revelations.

 

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  Out of a loving heart a man speaks.  Love, full of devotion, clears the way to God.  The yearnings are the foreshadows of God coming to us.  Ours is to sit at the door, fully reposed, to receive His blessings, with no clutching whatsoever.  That which comes from a loving heart draws forth love from others.  There is much in store for everybody and the same awaits you.  The Master-Power overhead is watching your interests in all matters, spiritual and Divine and even little step onwards will surely bring you nearer the Goal.

 

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  How wonderful it is to surrender completely to the One Who is Competent and Loving and to feel His kindly presence and grace working in every sphere of life.  I am glad that you truly and sincerely want to give obedience to the Master and are aware of the need for ‘house cleaning’.  The more one is able to develop receptivity by keeping His Commandments, the more one is able to feel, retain and enjoy His grace.  The Master-Power working overhead will help you in all your efforts.  The involuntary tears that flow down the cheeks in loving remembrance of the Master, will wash away all the dirt of the mind.  The Master’s grace and blessedness is boundless.

 

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  Sitting in sweet remembrance of the Master is exactly what the words imply.  There is no technology involved in it.  It is simple enough—a felling of deep-seated love naturally created within, or a longing.  The quiet solitude of a place can be helpful to meditation.  Service to the beloved Master is one of the potential factors that help to cleanse the vessel of a person, and it is a powerful aid in getting within.  To go within is the first and for most duty of a disciple, and this can be achieved through the grace of the Master which in turn is hastened by the disciple living a life of love, service and meditation, for they are linked and co-related to each other.

 

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  I have read the bulletin you received predicting the destruction of American.  Those who are adept in astrology, do predict the coming events by their calculations.  It may not necessary be all true.  They make general statements.  The coming years of course appear to be fraught with all kinds of terror, destruction, privations and miseries.  When it will come, it will assume a proportion of destruction extending all over the world.  The East will not be immune from this.  No one will be able to help the other, even should you resort to the hills in a body, for all gathering anywhere will be subject to bombs. The countless people who are given over to a sensuous life will suffer the most.  There will be a clash between class and class, country and country, and each one will try to dominate the other.  The deeds of darkness are increasing day by day.  It has become hard for an honest man to live in the world.  When vice reigns supreme, the Negative Power would not spare any one and it is now trying to restore the lost equilibrium.  When the branches of trees encroach upon the road and come in the path of the wayfarers, the roads are cleared by the horticulture department.  So the Negative Power would not spare any one, for it is after clearing the way by the horticultural process of Nature, viz.  Destruction by wars and diseases.  Let us therefore cast off deeds of darkness and put on the armour of Light and devote ourselves heart and soul to the remembrance of the Lord and repose all our hopes in Him and the Master working overhead.  The more we follow a virtuous life, these calamities, if they do befall us, will not affect us.  The devout and virtuous need not worry in the least.  ‘Try days are numbered’ is an ancient saying.  I would say the very morsels we take and the breaths that we inhale are all numbered.  Each man has to cast off the mortal raiment in a manner predestined and preordained by past karmas, viz.  By disease or accident.  Death cannot befall any one before it is due.  Then why worry ? We may not know as to how we will meet death, by disease or by accident, but one thing is certain, if the sweet remembrance of the Lord exists as the time, we will have a peaceful death, as the Master’s presence will be overhead.  The only thing that is required is to have sweet remembrance of the Lord at all times.  We would, therefore, repose all our hopes in the Master, remain where we are and watch our progress.  If any calamity does befall, do not lose heart, but use your common-sense and have recourse to the means best suited to the occasion.  You need not dread any dreams or passing rumours.  The Master-Power overhead will guide and help al of the time, here and hereafter.

 

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  Photographs should be kept only for remembrance and not for visualizing.  Dwelling on photographs will, after some time, bring the picture before you which will neither speak nor move to guide you inside.  On the natural Path mind has to be stilled Everything will come naturally and unasked.

 

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  Most of our attachment and actions in life are to pay off the karmic debts.  Your going to relatives again and again was one of them, but this should not worry you.  Now that you are on the right Path, nothing else should matter.  Live where you like, do your meditations regularly with a firm faith in the Master and continue repeating the holy Names all the time.  It will help you and will serve as a protecting wall around you.

 

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  I am sorry for the passing away of your dear sister.  She was a loving soul and met with a peaceful end, all with the grace of the Master.  The physicians cannot comprehend the protection of the gracious Master-Power, which is always extended to the child disciple when he or she departs for good in the Beyond.

  He appearance to you in a dream state has a significance, which you could not adequately understand.  She wished for her son not to be perturbed about her departure.  Your part is to console him and guide him whenever necessary.  You should rest assured about her satisfaction in the Beyond with the grace of the Master.

 

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  This Science of Spirituality is definite and natural with sure results.  It has been given many names throughout the past.  All the past Masters gave the same teachings as did Jesus Christ.  It is a universal teaching in all the religions of the world and this is amply borne out by the sacred scriptures everywhere.  The theory, in whole or in part, of course, differs in various circles of the faithful, but the Divine links of Light and Sound are only given by a practical Living Master.  The distinctive feature of this natural Science is that one first contacts the Master inside, face to face in His Luminous Form and may also talk to Him as one ordinarily does outside.  So, in this science, true ‘meditation’ begins only when one meets the Master within face to face and talks to Him.  This is the practical side of all religions for approach to Absolute god during one’s lifetime.

 

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  I appreciate your kind sentiments for dear—and other relatives.  Your compassionate attitude for their physical and spiritual improvement is notable.  The gracious Master-Power extends equal loving grace and protection to the blood and near relatives of His initiates, and your loving sentiments may prove efficacious to each of them in bringing them to the holy Path.  You may encourage every one to understand the theory of the sacred teaching and side by side, the higher values of spiritual beautitude, and when they have grasped the theory fully, and are able to follow the prescribed dietary regulations, they may apply for holy initiation and necessary arrangements will be made for their being put on the Path.

 

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  I am sorry for your recent indisposition which is now a matter of the past and you have withstood the strain very well with the grace of the Master.  Physical troubles do crop up at times due to the reactions of past Karmas, when the child disciple is obliged to undergo a purification process for eventual spiritual progress.  You need not entertain nay apprehensions whatsover on this score as the gracious Master-Power will enable you to regain your lost energy through the refined pure vegetarian diet.  You may, however, go ahead with your old age pension application and it will be in your best interest and will provide you with an allowance for your maintenance.  Your dear husband is so good and kind to you and this is indeed heartening.  Kind-hearted people are abundantly rewarded for their noble deeds.  Please convey may love to him.  It does not matter if your present state of health does not permit you to meditate in the prescribed postures.  You can sweetly relax in a lying or reclining position in your bed or on a couch, and meditate in that position.  You will find that with the grace of the Master, the withdrawal of sensory currents from the body below the eye-focus will become possible, and you will be able to enjoy the serene bliss of Divine Lights and holy Sound Current within.  You should not stain your nerves but instead learn to relax, and relax completely and let the Masterpower transport you within to the regions of pure bliss and harmony.

 

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  Most fortunate are those who get a link within at the Tenth Door of the Light and Sound of God, to be developed from day to day.  The huge mass of humanity is groping in the dark in feelings, emotions and inferences and is not prepared to receive this rare gift.  The Master working overhead is aware of all that occurs within the initiates and He continues to ork for their benefit.

 

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  To have one’s feet indifferent boats is likely to damage one’s own interests.  It is regrettable that—should be dividing her attention and thereby harm her own spiritual interests.  I have, however, love for her and will be glad to see her devote whole hearted attention to her spiritual progress.  We have a need for the Master that have gone and their valuable spiritual experiences, now forming part of the scriptures as these, to kindle a desire in us to obtain those spiritual experiences and peace which they had attained.  But the necessity for a Living Master for one’s own inner development is a Divine Law.  It is good that you understand it fully.

  If one has benefitted from a Master up to a certain level, one should oneshould be thankful for whatever one has attained through him.  So, there is nothing wrong in your being helpful to the representative who helped you to come to a certain point beyond which he could not help you.  You might explain their Yoga practices and those of Sant Mat and the great need practices and those of Sant Mat and the great need for coming to the Master’s teachings.  ‘Divine Justice’ is an order under the Divine Law whereby exact rewards are afforded to one according to what one does, be it good or bed, painful or otherwise.  ‘Divine Grace’ may be termed compassion from the Lord overhead, which works through the Master’s impersonal love and sympathy.  It is this Divine grace and love which helps all those who pray for it from their hearts, of course, though the Master.

 

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  Spiritual is more a practical Science than a mere theoretical dissertation.  The Virious scriptures of the different religions of the world provide us with the theoretical aspect only and cannot give us a demonstrative experience of the Reality in the laboratory of the human body.

 

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  Do not worry if you stumble; there is always your Master by you to take your hand.  Those who stray away just harm their own interests, and it is unfortunate that one may be led away by catchwords and propaganda.  In the absence of a Live Force deterio-propaganda.  In the absence of a Live Force deterioration and stagnation sets in and frantic efforts are always made by the interested parties to try to carry on their work.

 

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The noblest service on can render in this world is to help people tread on their way to their True Eternal Home.  No financial service would be too great for assisting such a noble cause.  But it should always be loving and spontaneous.  No compulsion, no taxation, no impositions.  If the disciple will only learn to love, all other things will follow of themselves.

 

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  There is one God and there is only one Way to Him.  You have been put on the Way.  A follower may notice some similarities in the preliminaries when following any Path.  But when one is inclined to be practical, he will find that anything similar is not necessarily the same on the way to God.

  The road to perfection lies in walking rather than in talking and such a thing as judging others or the Master from one’s own view point or understanding gained so far, is hardly justified or proper for anyone.  All are on the road to Perfection and it is not wise for anyone to find fault with others.

 

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  How fortunate is the child who reposes fully, and surrenders completely in the strong, protective and loving care of the Father and becomes care-free and works according to the directions of the benign Father.  His life becomes sweet.  His problems become easier, and his way clear and easier to tread.  Let us all be full of trust in Him.

 

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  As regards smoking, you can stop it if you desire and are determined.  Where there is a will, there is a way.  Lessen the habit gradually and one day you will find yourself free from this burden.  Restrict it to ‘after meals’ only and then give it up.  MasterPower overhead will be extending all feasible help in amending your habit in this respect if you follow this advice, you can have recourse to homeopathic medicine i.e. ‘tabacum’ which will relieve you of all trouble.  The habit must be standing in your way of meditation in the form of precedence to ‘smoking’ prior to your resolve to devote time to meditation.

 

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  It is unfortunate that interested people are plying the trade of man-hunting and lead the true seekers astray by their wild propaganda and nefarious activities to achieve their own end.

  It is indeed a great service to make a dreary child find its way to the Father and contrarily it is the height of sin and stupidity to prevent one going the right way and to misguide him.  Your timely action is appreciated as you have forewarned him that all that glitters is not gold.

  The initiates of Ruhani Satsang have a firm footing to stand upon the they are invariably blessed with inner celestial manifestation to start with, through the grace of the Master.

 

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  I had bee feeling for many months the great hardships that you were facing.  It had been my constant worry and you have always been in my mind.  I hope you will now write fully about all that.  When the lord wants to make a great poem of a man’s life, He sends him or her to the school of privations, worries and difliculties, and all the time He keeps extending His protective hand over him or her to pass through unscathed.

  The teaching of the Masters are for all mankind, all the human beings the ensouled bodies and, therefore, draw no distinction between East and West.  Shorn of all rituals and ceremonies, they aim at the liberation of the soul or consciousness in man from the bondage of mind and matter and it merges in All Consciousness.  It, therefore, requires a little adjustment in one’ way of life and circumstances in the routine of human life.  With internal development in due time, outer vacillations do not deflect one n his or her inner flight to one’s True Eternal Home.

  It is a happy thing to note that you have a dominant desire to better the world in which you live, and that you worry about the human race and let your Salvation the care of itself through good works and clean living.  It is a very noble idea.  But the practical way of  effectively carrying it out is to first grow into a beautiful flower yourself and then to emit fragrance and sweetness to all, as a matter of course.  You cannot clean the road completely of all the thorns, thistles and the bitter things that lay across it, but surely you can put on strong boots to save your feet from all harm.  The ethical and clean life is most essential, but without some degree of inner conviction, one would generally run the risk of a lapse, under some severe stress and strenuous strain.  This conviction and growth, in fullness of bloom, is necessary and the Master through His sheer grace and kindness helps to obtain it.  Your welfare is as dear to me as a loving Father has for His child.

  I do hope that in the thick and thin of your busy life, you will try to snatch some time daily.  During these periods cut yourself off entirely from the outside world, your environments, your body, and intune yourself or soul, sweetly and lovingly with the celestial Light and heavenly Music.  Develop from day to day so as to attain a conviction necessary to ward off the stormy onslaughts that you encounter in your daily life.

  In the Divine dispensation as well, the law of demand and supply operates as much as in all other spheres of life.  If anyone is benefitting by treading the Path to God, it is because of the grace of my Master which is invisibly working and helping him or her up.  To be on the way to one’s holy Home, is the highest of all the privileges that a human birth confers, and with the grace of the Master-Power working overhead, it is possible to achieve it.  It is a gift of God through the God-Man.

 

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  Human body is the priceless asset granted by Providence and its adequate maintenance is the prime concern of the disciplined initiate.  Your endeavours for increasing the flow of physical energies with aid of—is noted.  Please note that the physical body is suffused with infinite strength and vitality if one lives in accordance with the commandments of the Master.  These lay great stress on self restraint.

 

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  You should always accept whatever comes your unasked for, and in natural way, as therein lies your betterment.  Work is worship.  Be patient and earnest in the discharge of the duties entrusted to you.  Such a routine will bless you all around with His grace.

 

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  The inner revelations of Divine Order bless the child disciple with wisdom of a subtle type, and the intellect is sharpened in due course.  Your interpretation is correct that one is empowered to read the minds of others.  But it is dangerous to meddle with the affairs of others.  If spiritual attainments are dissipated in such like showy things, there is every possibility of losing the hard-earned spiritual merit.

 

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  The disciplined initiates should be all the more humble, pious and overwhelmingly grateful for the Divine grace.  You should know that the Lord is hidden to the naked eye and those to whom He does manifest must be silently receptive and resigned to His Will and Pleasure.

 

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  Spirituality is the highest Goal in man’s life and it is also the most difficult.  Only those who are really in search of the Truth should venture forth to tread on this Path.

 

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  The spiritual aspirant, like a good horseman should endeavour to keep his feet in both the stirrups for gaining all round success.  Such a happy and serene life becomes an asset when you accomplish success on spiritual as well as worldly sides.  My best wishes are always with you.

 

  As long as we do not have an inner experience of the soul, we remain in utter darkness.  Bookish knowledge becomes a headache as it draws the mind out into the world through the senses and makes it feel identified with the senses by constant association with the world.  On the contrary, self-knowledge satisfies the innate craving and hunger of the soul for peace and happiness.  All that we need learn is the peace and happiness.  All that we need learn is the Book of Man, for the greatest study of man is man.

 

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  Reading of books is a good thing.  But their purpose is that one should mould his life so that the good about which one reads becomes a part of his life.

 

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  They very face that we exist makes us want to understand the process of life.  How and why have we come into existence and what happens after death?

  The discovery of the theory of evolution by modern science does not fully satisfy us, for it deals with the physical side only and does not account for the Higher Planes of manifestation, i.e. the Spiritual Planes.  In the teachings of Sant Mat we are given the knowledge of the soul and its journey to the source.

 

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  You have been on the way to God, which is the most natural and easiest of all.  Do not be led away from the Path.  Transcend the body and have a flight in the higher regions, in order to know thyself and see that you are a drop of the Great Ocean of Consciousness.

 

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  Radiate love to all creation.  The grace of the Master-Power is working over your head bountifully.  As you reap.  Let you physical sojourn be sweetly ethical, co-operative, and tolerant.  Without these virtues the great spiritual flights evade you.

  Be watchful! We are on the way to Perfection.  We are not yet perfect.  Be steadfast and careful, with faith in the Master-Power overhead, and proceed from day to day.  You are protected by the Master-Power working overhead.  Depend on Him.  You will have all the necessary inner help.  The Master is waiting for His dear children to come to Him within.

 

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  Man is the most ancient of all sentient creatures on earth.  All religions and all sacred text came into being only after his advent.  All religions were made for the benefit of man and man was never intended for any religion.  God made man and man made religions.  Man is the author of all scriptures, but the Grand Mystery of life, which the latter describe, ever lies within the human breast.

  No one can know and solve it unless some Master-Soul points the ‘Way in’ and helps the soul to withdraw and transcend all limitations, physical, astral and causal, before one is enabled to have a complete glimpse of the Radiant Form of the Master within, and to listen to the inner Divine Music.

 

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  You have to face facts squarely like a brave person.  Such things do come up, but are passing phases.  Don’t lose heart.  You have to learn to swim through them.  You cannot learn to swim on dry land.

 

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  Adversities, pitfalls and errors are the waters through which you have to wade with the powerful but loving grace of the Master who is always with you extending all feasbile help, guidance and protection.

 

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  Romes was not built in a day the True Abode of the Lord is not to be attained with a few week’s labour.

 

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  Most seekers want quick results.  They want miracles and sudden transformation.  But the seed generates rapidly only in thin soil and then withers away.  The seed that must grow into the life-giving tree must grow more slowly.

  The Science of Spirituality as it has been taught by all Masters and as it has been given to you, is a perfect Science.  Its truth has been demonstrated by some initial experience.  The rest depend upon your individual effort.  The Divine grace is every ready to pour itself into the vessel, but the vessel must first be ready.

 

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  The Path is certainly not easy, but for one who has made such love the corner-stone of his life, nothing could be easier or more certain.  Jusus never promised the peace and comfort with which the world is familiar.  It was the Cross He offered.  We have to suffer to reshape ourselves, to destroy the old and forge the new.

 

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  Physical bodies of all are apt to undergo change and are liable to be influenced by diet, climatic conditions, seasons, age etc.  Laws of Nature affect everyone more or less according to the extend one has everyone more or less according to the extent one has knowledge of them or neglects in following them.

  A devoted disciple with simple and cautious living and reposing his all in Master-Power needs not place much though on Karmic situations.

  Devotion has always mastered the hard away.

  Selfless service means a service for which one does not claim any reward or recognition.  It is no imposition or taxation, but a free choice, to subscribe something for the holy cause.  You should meet with your mundane expenses and afterward if you happen to save something for your old age, you must save, and over and above that if you have any surplus to subscribe, you may do so.

 

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   Man has very great potentialities.  He is three times blessed.  He possesses body, intellect and soul.  Soul is a link man with the All-Pervading God and gives power to both intellect and body.  All three aspects in man should be fully developed.

 

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  To the loving and obedient disciple there should be no fear of death.  It will only change the arena of action for the better, until they are escorted to their linal Home.

 

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  The renunciation within comes through communion with the Shabd alone.  Nature, with all her charms ceases to have any attraction for the renouncer.  By renouncing everything, one penetrates into the all-pervading spirit.  His attachment to the environments is done away with and his bondage to matter is ended.  Thus no more births and deaths await him.  Thereafter the life of the senses and the glamour of the world no longer fascinate him for he is on the way to the Lord.

 

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  Gratitude is a tonic for the heart which is the seat of loving humility and adoring devotion.

  You are correct in desiring to develop more love for the Master.  To love Him, one must follow His Commandments.  Until one can love, obey and transform one’s life, the gift of the Master remains as a seek locked away in a steel vault that cannot sprout and grow to fruition.

 

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  The Masters of the Sound Current Yoga in speaking of Light and Sound do not refer to outer ones of this world, but to inner transcendent ones.  The transcendent Light and Sound, they teach us, are the primal manifestations of God when He projects Himself into creation.

  In His Nameless state He is neither light nor sound, neither darkness nor silence, but when He assumes shape and form, Light and Sound emerge as His primary attributes.

 

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  Regarding the surgery you mention, you may undergo the same and keep clam.  All gracious help and protection comes forth unasked from the Master-Power working overhead.

  You are, however, advised to restrict your diet to the strict vegetarian schedule even in the face of medical advice, which will enable you to pass unscathed during this ordeal with the grace of the Master.

  You should resort to the repetition of the sacred charged Names mentally, while fixing your inner gaze in your eye-focus, and sweetly thinking of the Master during your bed confinement.

  Besides you should try to attempt listening to the holy Sound Current as coming from the right side while reclining or in a lying position in bed.  All this will go a long way in blessing you with rare courage and fortitude to withstand the hazards of physical pain and mental agony.

 

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  I was away on tour to different places in the Punjab.  This time over 300 people wee initiated, and all of them had wonderful experiences. 

  I am glad you are progressing.  The Master is ever with you, guiding and helping at every step.  If you go inside and contact the Master within, he will talk to you and you will be overjoyed.  I wish you speedy progress.  Please be regular in your practice and you will progress.

 

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  Everyone is a precious personality and must have his due reward.  Everyone has been endowed with great potentialities which can be developed by making proper use of Master’s grace.  The Master has, out of compassion and love for His children, blessed them with the being holy Shabd and if the loving children learn to obey Him they will improve their welfare.  The Master has great love and compassion for one and all.

 

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  Ruhani Satsang means ‘spiritual gathering’ and stands for that.  It is universal for all humanity, and is the way to God as taught by all the Masters.

  I am glad you were put on the way for which you are working regularly.  If others who were put on the way have left under some misapprehension, it would have been to their interest if they had written to me and clarified the whole position.  It is, however, up to them.  It is simply delaying their progress on the way to God.  I still have love for them.  Whenever they will turn their faces this way, they will be welcomed.

 

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  Fortunate are those who avail themselves of the opportunity, while in this life, to attain Spiritual progress.  The Master-Power’s grace is always available to the initiates and crowns their efforts with success.

 

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  You need not magnify your troubles as the gracious Master-Power is always over your head.  You should consider yourself as a humble servant of the Lord-Master and attend to the duties entrusted to you with diligence and earnestness, caring little for the rewards.

   Such trials and tribulations are part of the normal routine of physical life and equanimity of attitude will bless you with rare strength and fortitude.

 

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  Every initiate of a competent Master is destined to reach his True Eternal Home.  The speed is accelerated when the disciple obeys the words of the Master.  In this way great progress is made here and now.  when an initiate reaches Sach Khand, he or she is free from all passions and desires and is in a complete state of bliss.  The question of one being assigned the duty of Master depends upon the Lord.

 

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  The truth is that God is spirit and can be worshipped in spirit only.  We cannot worship Him with human hands and much less in hand-made temples and synagogues.  He dwells in the in-most depths of the human soul.  He is immanent in every form and not apart from forms.  All colours and all patterns alike take their hue and design from Him alone.  Whether we believe in Him or not, we actually live in Him and have our very being in Him.

 

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  Prophecies are merely calculations limited to he comprehension of the human intellect, whereas the Divne Plan is subject to no physical laws.

 

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  Never mind about your past, no matter how gloomy or unhappy it has bee, because the gracious Master-Power has blessed you with the climax of Divine Mercy when you were privileged to be led to the Living Master and were accepted by Him.

  Let the waters of repentance wash away the dross and impurity of heart, and then strive for a better mode of living by complete dedication of heart and soul.  The Light of God is ahead within and the Heavenly Melody is inviting you to let it escort you to His holy Feet.

 

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  The article you sent is quite interesting and it is a good sign that some of the scientists are now coming to see the Truth of the teachings of the Masters and coming together to the conclusion that the basic  reality of our universe is not matter but Music, the Sound Principle reverberating in and through all creation.  The initiates know it and are put on the way to contact this aspect of the expression of the Great Creator and enjoy the great symphony of the incessant Music of the Spheres.  You see, therefore, how forunate and blessed are those who are initiated by a Competent Master into the mysteries of the Beyond.  And if the initiates fail to make progress now that they have been given a contact with the Divine Music, by not putting in daily effortless effort, they will be missing a rare opportunity.

 

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  Master overhead are considering if the disastrous future should be evaded.  Let us hope in Their benign love for our future good.  Those who have transcended the physical-self and seen the Beyond, to them the world’s view becomes altogether changed as they see the whole thing from the level of the soul.  For them no fear of death is left.  Now you see how important it is to rise above the body immediately and to contact the Beyond.  You have the way up; the only question now is to give time to the spiritual practices as prescribed by the Master, in an accurate way, with no hurry or cluthing attitude, leaving all to the Master Who is working overhead.

  If you will be regular in your practice.  In an accurate way, you will progress from day to day.  Reactions of our past karmas as well as the present ones go a long way to help or retard our progress.  I hope you realize that you have or retard our progress.  I hope you realize that you have progressed fairly well as compared with what to help or retard our progress.  I as compared with what with what you were in the past, and more progress still awaits you.  The Master-Power is working over your head and awakening the real man in you.  The dreams you have are the reactions of the sub-conscious mind, which is filled with the impressions of the past, the dreadings of the day, and the fears of the future.  If you do Simran for some time and have some sweet remembrance of the Master as the last thing in the night before going to sleep, the dreams will, in due course, cease to afflict you.  Love does not grow in fields, nor can it be purchased from an apothecary’s shop, for it is an impulse which is awakened, kindled and fired by the lyrical glances coming from the eyes of a love-laden soul.  There is another way also, poor though it may be –try to remember the one you wish to love at all times.  this constant remembrance gradually develops into the love.  This love helps all around.  It keeps your mind always directed toward the Master.  When it is strengthened, you will begin to lose body-consciousness.  A sword, when it strikes, cuts a thing in twain, but the sword of love is such that it unites and cements two hearts into one.

 

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  The world has arrived at that particular cycle in its evolution where there will be a great outpouring of spirit as foretold by the Scriptures and Sages.

  Through the Master’s grace many long hidden esoteric truths will be made known to the world, especially to those who have eyes to see and ears to hear.

 

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  If one is spiritually developed in life, he or she remains so in after-life, but if one is not so developed, how can he develop after death?  We have a golden opportunity now in the human body wherein we can develop to any degree of perfection and can become detached from the things of this world.

  When one has developed overwhelmingly in love and devotion for the Master and has advanced spiritually so much so that he or she has become detached from worldly things, he need not return to earthly life, but will proceed onward in the Inner Planes with the guidance of the Master-Power residing with him.

  If only the initiates would do and act as they are told, surely they will rise up into the Regions of Light and Supreme Joy and meet the Radiant and Charming Master face to face.

  If may seem difficult, but it is a practical possibility and is within the reach of every one with the grace of the Master.

  Everything that is holy, lovely and good is hard, but the rewards are supremely superb.

 

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  Psychic phenomenon shows only the experience you have on the way up.  These are the means to the end, but not the Goal.  Time factor is necessary in the attainment of all things.

 

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  Regular attendance at the Satsang meetings is very useful and helpful.  It keeps the mind on the spiritual trace.  Avoidance of undesirable society is still another necessary factor, and all of these are extremely important in the beginning.  A sapling needs water and nourishment.  These factors go to nourish it, until it grows into a big tree which mighty elephants cannot shake.  The outgoing faculties are to be inverted and the mind stilled.  For this the remedy has already been given to you.  Consider how great a blessing of god you have received.  You can develop it while living in the world.  Be brave.  You cannot run away.  That is the work of a coward.  But there is one important thing to note.  Try to surrender completely to the Master and under the cover of His power, protection and grace, you will wade through the waters of life unscathed.  The loving Father will protect you like a baby, in the might of His strong arms, and pass you soct-free from the fires of life without a burn.  Everyone errs.  Through these errors you have to grow into a pure and lusterous soul.  Weed out the shortcomings, one by one.  The diary is a necessity and must be used for this purpose.  It helps you to keep an eye on your ethical side of life, for this must be developed along with the spiritual growth.  Remember that the Father wants to embrace His child.  If the child’s clothing is soiled with dirt or mud, he will not forsake him, but cleanse the child and take him or her into His lap.  He is always with His children whom He loves, a hundred times more than the proverbial love of a mother.

  I am glad you felt the Master walking with you on June 7, to shake off your great load of anxiety and paralyzing nervous reactions of the wrongs done to you by others, and it hat it toned your spirits.  As long as you live in the world, you must be up and doing.  You must work with ambition and whole-heartedly, and therein lies all beauty.  All of creation is beautiful.  You love God.  As He is immanent in every form, you must love all His creation.  But be not attached.  Just as you go to a garden, you enjoy the beauty of the flowers and the verdure of the bushes, but you do not pluck the flowers or uproot the plants, otherwise the gardener would take you to task.  You cannot have the results according to your desires or expectations.  So always do your best and leave the results to the Master overhead and whatever the results are, take them with good cheer.  They are always beneficial to the initiated, because the Master-Power working overhead knows what is best of His ailing child.

  Married life is no bar to spirituality, provided it is led in accordance with the scriptural injunctions.  You may seek a companion for your earthly sojourn, one who is of your way of thinking, and anxious to seek a higher worldly life.  It would be helpful to both of you.  My best wishes are always with you.  You may go where you like, live anywhere, and do anything that may serve to help you inner progress.  Anything that may retard your inner progress will not be in your interest.

  Should you get a chance to come to India on any assignment and are able to be near me, I will be glad to see you.  The effect of personal aura and personal environments cannot be underrated.  But while it is so, the Master is not limited by time or space.  He is always with you even though He be thousands of miles away.

  Please learn to be receptive to His grace and feel His kindly presence riding with you on the busses, chatting with you in the street, sitting with you in the park, by your office desk, accompanying you every morning to the office, slowing down by the lily pond to check the new flowers and walking with you in the evening all the way back by the new moon.

  Master is always with the disciple and never leaves him or her until the end of the world.  The Father will never disown His children.


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