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God Has Entered My House

 

March 20, 1971, Rajpur

 

This is a hymn from Kabir, jus sung out. who appreciates his own good luck : “by Gods grace the word made flesh has entered my house and it is fortunate I am that the manifested God in man has come in. how what should I do? He has given me a contact with that God within me. so go on; no moment should be lost with that Power. The result is, I am quite, serene in that bliss; at peace. Mind has found no place in met to rise into ripples now –quite, calm, serene. O mind, go on with this thing you have got by the grace of God who has appeared in man body and entered your house. So fortunate I am, you see. The result is, now I have escaped all wheel of life –birth and death. I am at home with God. thank you God,” Kabir says.

 

“God himself made flesh came to me, gave me a contact with Him who is already within me. oh mind, go on with it now. Don’t lose a minute without remaining in contact with that.” That is what the hymn says.

 

Out of thousands, millions, trillions of people, how many people get that contact? They are engaged mostly in the outward ways of worship –those methods which are performed with the help of hands or outgoing faculties or intellect. Who can give us that contact except the God in man, that God which is manifested in man body? Greatly fortunate, oh mind that God in man has entered my house. This man body too, really is a house we live in, an outside house.

 

I remember when our Master went to beas. He sat in a room and gave instructions to someone there. When he went back I locked it. nobody entered. Whenever you came into that room the sweet music was heard. So places are blesses by such personalities. The atmosphere is charged. Greatly fortunate we are that such a person has entered out house. So that is our lesson –thanking God –thanking our own destiny, our own God and God in man.

 

So now he says, “Oh mind, never go and leave that bliss that you now have.” Let no moment pass without remembrance, constant remembrance.

 

The lower mind does not like to withdraw from outside. At times, for one hour or two, we try to go in but it does not remain inside. Once we get that bliss, that bliss inside which is stronger, more attractive, more intoxicating, we will never dare to lose contact with that Power. Outside things are attractive to us, but are those things really attractive? We are conscious beings, a drop of the ocean of all consciousness which is an ocean of intoxication. These outside things are all material things. When you are wholly engrossed, imbued with outer things, you have that bliss, a little contact with your own intoxication within, like a dog who eats bones. There is no taste in the bones, but his own blood goes out and he tastes that blood. So we are bliss; we are a drop of intoxication. When you are imbued with something else, for that moment, so long as you are engaged there, there is some bliss, but it is really no bliss. When your soul, which is a drop of the ocean of all consciousness, comes in contact with all consciousness, it gets more bliss, but it is really no bliss. So really, we are of the same essence as that of God. he is eternal. So God is all wisdom; he is all bliss; joy, happiness. we all want happiness. pity we seek it amiss –it is within our own selves, and by coming in contact with the higher consciousness, we will become more happy. We have that reflection of our own peace and happiness in outer things by engaging in them.

 

We are fortunate we have someone who gives us a clue to that –not a clue but a demonstration of that for a while. We should develop that from day to day. them we say, like kabir, “I am very great fortunate that I have met with the Master, who came and entered my outer house, my inner house too. So mind, now enjoy that bliss. Never lose a moment of it. be thankful.” Have the real right perspective as the matter stands. By concentration only can you feel that bliss; if you come in contact with the higher consciousness –more bliss. If you are engaged in the outer things, then also you have some bliss, but that is only temporary for a while, a drop. Is that not true? Does it not appeal to you?

 

All Master's bring this to the world, you see. Shamaz Tabrez, a great Saint of Persia, says, “ don’t look to my outer dress. It appear to be living in rags. Look within me to see who I am.” When people asked Shamaz Tabrez, “Why have you come here?”, He replied, “I could not refuse. I have been sent. I could not refuse. I have been sent. I could not refuse. Look within me; I am the king of kings;” These are His words I am quoting you.  “What have you brought>” “I have brought very strong whiskey of heaven to distribute to the world. That is why I have come to you.” So all Master say the same thing in their own language. They bring something. What did Christ say? “I am the Bread of life. This has come down from heaven. Whosoever partakes of it shall have everlasting life.” Both expressed themselves in different words, but they say the same things. Fortunate those are who get a contact and like Kabir says, “Be thankful to the God in man.”

 

We fritter away all this valuable life in trifling things. Our Master used to class people, and His mother came up from behind? He was told that his mother had come. He replied, “Who is my mother; who are my brethren? Those who do the will of God?” Master have the angle of vision. All of the four sons of the tenth Guru were martyred. There were so many people sitting by him. His wife came up and asked, “Where are my children?” I have sacrificed them for all these children of mine.” You do not know how dear you are to the Master.

 

So those who are obeying, living up to what He says, forget all relations. It is he who binds our inner relation which can never be broken even after death, Here  all issues are paid off – give and take, that’s all. Each one has to go his own way, but such inner relation can never be broken even after death, even after leaving the body. Our Master used to give an example of people crossing a river. The sailor first takes one load, then another load, then a third. Those whom Master have initiated are taken one by one. All will go, some before, some after, but on the other side of the world you will all meet.

 

Are these things in books? Books cannot explain everything.

We are looked after by the shepherd. People asked Christ, “Why have you come here?” He answered, “I have lost my sheep.” When I was leaving by plane for the West, people gathered together and asked me why I was going. “I am going to find all of my brothers there.”

 

We do not realize what a blessing we have – make the best use of that. “God made flesh has come, has entered my house and given me a contact. Oh mind, don’t rest for a moment.” And that’s the main object of mans life. In this mans body you can go back to your home and in no other. Fortunate you are to have the man body! What you can do here in a short time, cannot be done in the other world, higher planes, in ten times as long. Every day, every hour, every minute together bring us closer to the end of the human body. So hurry up. Repose – just go into the lap of the mother. Nothing further to be done.

 

That is the result of effort, but effortless effort. There are two mottos in the world; first, “God help those who help themselves,” and also, “God helps those who do not help themselves,” Help yourself so much so that you forget yourself in that effort. So go back, recede. Leave off thinking. If the mind, outgoing faculties, and intellect stand still, that very silence transfers into Light, then into sound. So it is comparatively easier if you can repose like a child having faith in the mother. You cannot repose unless you have full confidence in the mother. A child can never dream that a lion would come and eat him up – he’ll run up to the mother and the mother would rather be eaten by the lion than let the child be harmed, such love has she for the child. So how fortunate we are, you see.

 

Here is the open secret. I have spoken to you from a common sense level. So what remains now? Don’t be led away by the daily doings. Life is a series of interruptions – a matter of give and take, reactions of the past. Nobody can even dream that anything goes to his will and pleasure. All these give and take are passing phases. Stick to what you have been given; that will prove a sheet anchor against all ills of the world. Remain air conditioned, not to be affected by the outside atmosphere, cold or heat, hurricanes or anything. where is that? That is in your own self. So recede; you will feel It. Don’t allow any waves coming from the outside to enter through the outgoing faculties. Shut yourself in the closet, as Christ says, the closet of your body.

 

What does meditation mean? when you enter within, you will find He is there, quite cut off from the outside. This is something given to you practically. You are to develop it by regular practice, weeding out all outer attachment in one way or another.

 

When a child is there trying to walk here and there, and the mother is pleased to see first the child crawling, then walking, then running. Master is pleased to see His children going along. He does not compare the man running with the child hopping along; He appreciates that hopping, too. Similar to the mother, is it not? The child is very dear to the mother, is he not? The child running, as well as the child hopping.

 

So let us be thankful, that’s all I can say. Kabir has a good lesson to give us.