Death And Protection His mother has
cancer and there is very much suffering and he asks, if there is no other help,
can the suffering be lessened be lessened by using morphine? I think it is
better to let her die consciously. It's better. Otherwise her consciousness
will be morbid and that will affect her soul. Why not tell her to put all her
attention here [at the eye center] and the suffering will be lessened . I think
that is the best morphine you can have. Write her. Let her turn her attention
here and pray. She’ll get help. The suffering will be less. [two years
later the editor met the questioner and inquired about his mother. The mother
was written and give Master instructions. From the day she received the letter
the pain began to lessen. There was no need for morphine. She died
consciously.] it so happened
here in India, a man was suffering on account of cancer. He could not sleep
even for a moment. He was fortunately, or unfortunately related to me. my
brothers daughter was married to his son. she dragged me there , and they
wanted me to put my hand on Him. He see, “Will you help me?” so I was forced to
put my hand on Him, you see, and all the trouble was relieved. So tell her to
put her whole attention here, back of the eyes and pray. I hope the suffering will be less. To give morphine is
not good. She’ll go into a swoon; die while in a swoon. There was one obdulla,
initiated of hazrat mian mir , who had very excruciating pain. But as he was
initiated by Hazrat mian mir he just withdrew and sat therein. He had no pain,
but hazrat mian mir went to Him, “Well, you sitting there, why don’t you suffer
for the reactions you have to undergo? Your mind must be suffering, not
remaining in the astral world.” So try is going on, you're not suffering. So to
die consciously is always better. Sometimes a
doctors give morphine which induces swoon. The best remedy is just to have put
her attention here. doctor do at times, give patients morphine. But to die
consciously is always better. Yes? If somebody is
very sick and is not used to putting his consciousness over here . . . . . Well, direct
him. In the name of the Master, direct Him. I didn’t follow
Master. In the name of
Christ, the Christ Power , I mean ; but don’t exert yourself. If he is not an
initiate, simply tell him the name of the Master, that will help. Anyone else? In the West,
many people die unconsciously, as it is very common that they are given
morphine. What is the difference between dying consciously and not consciously,
in the Beyond, I mean. We were talking
over this subject only yesterday. The consciousness will be morbid, even after
leaving the body. If he is not conscious when leaving the body that does have
an effect. To die consciously is all right. To be able to say, “I am going now
. . . . .” is best. So there is
more of a possibility, when somebody dies in this way to come back in a lower
form of life? The
consciousness is affected . If throughout his whole life he has been attached to material things, he may be
reborn with less consciousness. Some children are more conscious, others less. I have heard it
mentioned many times of the importance to our last thought at the time of our
dying. Would you speak more on this subject? You see, if you
have been accustomed to one thought, a ruling passion in your life, then
naturally that will be the last thought with you. Anything which has been
ruling your mind will come up. And you go to
where your last thought was? Yes, if –I am
adding “if” now . if some conscious person is there to direct , that will help.
That will help. These are exceptions of course. Yes? With regards to
our families dying, is it better that we go to their bedside while they're dying? I understand that they cannot die if
we are there, doing Simran, I think. If I understand that correctly. Now what did
you read? In sat sandesh,
in the article “protector and protection” (sept.70) you said that because you
were there the lady could not leave. Oh, because she
belonged to kal, the negative Power. Those who are not initiated are under the
control of kal –negative Power. The angle of death does not dare to enter the
place where a man who is retuned to Naam is sitting unless he first leaves the
place. It did so happen in my life in many cases. In one instance dalip Singh
[treasure of sawan ashram, now deceased] was with me at the time; he's a
witness. It so happens this woman was
very sick. She was not initiated. Her husband was attending her for so many
days. On her last day I came to know that she was sick. She belonged to our
native village. I went to her and told her husband, “All right you have been
attending her for the last so many days, and I will look after her now. You’d
better take a rest today.” One other man, one lazy, and dalip Singh were there.
At about nine or ten O clock at night, the messenger of the negative Power, the
angels of death , you might say, came to her door, then ran away. Then dharma
Raj, the Lord of death, came and stood at the door. He said, “Look here, this
is in our province. We cannot enter. I have been with her for the last two
–three hours now. Go and ask my Master if he permits.” He did go away and when
he returned said, “ Master has permitted.” All right,” I told him, “ I have
been with her three hours. Will you give her credit for this?” “All right she
will get full credit for that. “ then I asked my friends to leave the room or
she wouldn’t die. I then sent for her husband. “so many rupees are still
debited against her. You pay them off to some poor fellow so that she can go.
“so we left the room. In a few minutes she left. So this initiation is a great
boon you have been bestowed –initiation, you see. In gurbani, we
have got: [verse given in Punjabi.] yama is very just, I tell you, very honest,
very just. His pen flows according to our actions, good or bad. Yama cannot be
controlled by anyone, but if you’re enturned with the Shabd, he would not come
near the area where that music is being resounded. Why? Because he's afraid
that he might be taken to task for that. [again a verse is recited in Punjabi.] So my thought
was, that if you try to bring a member of your families thoughts toward God in
their last hours . . . . . . . Pray to your
Master to bring their thoughts toward God. don’t take it on your shoulders.
This happened in my life, in the time of my Master, I had the habit of
attending sick people in hospitals and at their homes. They would say, “Well he
will come and the pain will be relieved and the trouble will subside –even the
higher fever, 106-107 will go down to a hundred.” People complained to my
Master, “Look here, he is showing miracles. He wants to view with you. “Master
told them, “He is not doing anything wrong, it's the radiation that works.” You
see? So we have very great radiation. You're a great, rich man. you’ve got
wealth, that’s the pity. Master said, “No, no, he does not do healing miracles.
It's his radiation that does it and people make a show saying, “He will come
and all will be healed.” Really, I never did anything. even now I don’t ado
anything. I simply give the lesson, “sit down, and close your eyes . . . .” and
then I go away. That’s all I do. By healing, you exert yourself. Pray, pray,
pray, pray. Pray like that. Is it not so? When healing is done, you exert. I
never do that. At attention also, I say, “sot down please, repeat the charged
Simran” and each one has something. It is not I who am doing, but some Power. This was a
disease I had: I took it as a kind of disease, that I was able to see daily
Beyond this wall something being done in Calcutta. That was like a disease. I
prayed to God –it was long before I
physically met my Master –“O God, I prayed this disease be taken away. I should
behave like all men.” Later when Master used to meet me inside, not physically,
I asked, “take it away, keep it reserved so I should behave like a man, average
of it.” these things have saved me, so far. I never dreamed that I am doing
anything. so , really, when I know some Power is the doer, why should I take
credit? This would be only acting and posing, you see. People consider
this a very great privilege, to be able
to read, foresee future and past. Even if we know, what can we do? One child of
mine was sick. I asked my wife, “Now you name any best doctor you would like, to
get the child treated, so that you may not say later on that we should have
done such and such.” On that day, I went out to get special medicine to be
administered to the child. My eldest brother was by my side, “Well look here, “
I spoke to my own self, “You're deceived. You know he's passing away. This
medicine has to be given because you have to pay off.” My brother looked at me
in surprise. “What are you talking
about?” “Well, you see, thy breaths are numbered. “ even my wife passed away.
One day she said that she was going on the second of April. I said, meditation.
She said that she was going on the second of April. I said, “no, there is a
very big gathering, so don’t go on that day. a day later, please. She agreed.
Then I went to her after the initiation.” Are you ready to go?” she said,
“Yes,” “All right, go –go smiling.” She smiled and left. So I think in worldly
affairs, your wife is the nearest relation.
Whoever is a companion, comes and goes according to the reactions of the
past. Thank God, toward the end of your life that you have been in the sweet
remembrance of God . my Father, mother, two elder brothers all left. I wanted
to go to them to help them go back jolly. On account of past reactions we have
been put together. Thank God they were in the sweet remembrance of God . they
were helped on the way. Even if you know, what an can you do? So why not help
your mother go jolly? You have paid off debt. Your angle of visions is changed,
you see. Long before I came to my Master, my elder brothers wife was quite sick
for a long time; then she recovered. I wrote a letter to my brother:” “ look
here, on he receipt of this letter, be careful. She will go.” When he got the
letter, he thought, “She is quite all right, what is this?” and within half an
hour, she departed. So ever if you know, what can you do? I think it is better
no to know. But if you know what can you so? I think it is better not to know.
But if you know when your angle of visions is changed, that’s all right “thank
God.” I've not shed a tear on the death of my children or brother or Father.
You think that I have no sympathy? Do you think that if I had sympathy that
would have helped? This is only a
question of give and take, you see. Master winds up all this give and take of
his disciple, if you just surrender to Him and have been doing Naam. Any other
question? Every day you have some subject covered. I was given new
life at Hardwar . I was having a heart attack. There was no pulse and he sat
with me for an hour or so . . . . . .
and then the pulse returned. “I'm still alive. You are still
bound. [all chuckle] it's all his grace. Well I don’t know anything about it.
That Power works, you see. While going to
Kashmir, I got a heart attack. I usually remain in bed for some days, say about
fifteen days. I can't move. But Master was there in Kashmir for the whole
night. he had taken the whole trouble with him and I was altogether all right
the next morning and I started to work again. The only thing
we can say, as Christ said, “thy faith has cured thee.” Such like people are
not permitted to go to the hill with heart attacks. Hw was there. So go on with
your meditations. What a great blessing you have got, with Gods grace, of
course. I have got some sweets from the West. I want
them for you all. Do you ever
take sweets yourself? I am a man like
you. Of course I don’t relish but I am not against it. simple diet is better,
you see. I just see so
many people giving sweets to you and
you don’t take them. Those are
offerings. I don’t accept offerings. I live on my own earnings. There may be
given and take at one or two places, not everywhere, you see. If you accept
offerings, that will be debited against you. If they bring, I distributed them.
So let me start from the right . no, the left, the negative world. [chuckles]
you also enjoy and also enjoy on behalf of all of you. If I eat, I eat only my
own. The tenth Guru said, “those who put some food in the mouths of the poor
and the needy, they put it into my mouth. Those who clothe others who are
naked, they clothe me,” because he himself is therein. |