[Part Four] TV programs shall take their own course at the right time. You need not apprehend any undue worries in this behalf. Reasoning at the intellectual level is too inadequate to grasp spiritual truths. However, if you consider that such a course would be helpful, you may prepare a brochure of brief questions/answers at your level, from the understanding derived out of the sacred books; and send in for perusal and approval. The questions should strictly relate to the holy path and be quite brief and concise. I
appreciate your loving adorations for the book "Spiritual Elixir Vol.
I." It is a good book covering replies to most of the difficulties coming
in the way of meditations. It is a constant companion to guide you whenever you
need. Vol. II will be published in due course, then you will come to know of
it. The
experiences your daughter had recently, and hand of protection extended to her
by the Master Power are not uncommon, as it extends all feasible protection to
the blood relations of the initiates. You
must have known by now that there are certain essential basic pre-requisites
for taking up the Holy Path. These comprise of total elimination of all meat,
fish, fowl, eggs, both fertile or unfertile, and all alcoholic intoxicants and
opiates. So if you are already observing this serene mode of living, much
better, otherwise please try to adapt yourself to this type of right living in
the larger interests of your spiritual progress. I
have noted about your kind sentiments for _________ when _________ helps you to
understand many things. You will please appreciate that children invariably
derive wise counsel from the elders and if you will be humble and respectful in
your approach, you will be able to gain more from _______. As
regards your mundane affairs, you should
try to do your best and leave the rest to the gracious Master Power
working overhead. You should try to attain proficiency in one subject which
will enable you to have better prospects in life. The
greatest service a disciple can render to the Master is implicit obedience to
His Commandments and loving devotion to the Holy Seed of Naam or Word. All
dedicated work is worship. You should work carefully, diligently and honestly.
Frugality is a helping factor and
contentment an ennobling virtue. So
sad for Dr. Cursio. Similar reports have been received from other dear ones.
His is a good soul and deserves all help. Let them who have regard for
naturopathy come up for his help. My best wishes are with him. Please
do not bother about other hardships. You cannot alter anybody's destiny. Mind
your own business. The maximum if anybody claims from you is to render feasible
guidance and assistance within your means in a selfless manner and that is all. The
book I CHING has been seen ... stop altogether asking questions of this book as
these are not only misleading but fraught with dire dangers. It is incorrect to
understand that Master speaks through the book. You are invited to refer to
Stanzas I and II of "Jap Ji" for understanding fully about the Divine
Will of the Lord. Please tell ... others accordingly who seek your advice in
this behalf. The observance of strict dietary regulations by eliminating all
meat, fish, foul, eggs both fertile and unfertile and all alcoholic intoxicants
is very much essential as any transgressions in this behalf affects inner
progress. You should be careful in this behalf. You
may please note that human body is a precious asset granted to you and its
highest object is to attain spiritual perfection. You need not be apprehensive
about your past but try to benefit from the promising present to utilize your
talents for achieving your goal of life. I
appreciate your kind sentiments for your friends when you wish them to progress
spiritually. The so called spiritual experiences had under the spell of drugs
are misleading and are rather likely to affect your inner progress.
Spirituality is a research into the realms of reality - the consciousness. Please
convey my love to your friends and encourage them to study the sacred
literature relating to the holy Path for grasping the theory, and adapt
themselves to the strict vegetarian and teetotalarian diet. When they feel
satisfied and desire to be initiated
they should apply through the local representative and necessary
arrangements will be made for putting
them on way back to God. All
undertakings worked out honestly bring in desired results. Masters
of the highest order have been practising Surat Shabad Yoga or the Audible Life
Stream as in Bible. This is the way back to the True Home of the Father and the
child disciple seeking emancipation from the Wheel is granted inner links of
this divine power, which is already existing within. Since it is the divine
dispensation, only a genuine Master of highest order who is commissioned from
High Above can bestow this spiritual grace on the sincere seeker. Your contact
here is no coincidence but has a significance, as the gracious Master Power
controlling and guiding the destiny of child humanity makes it possible for the
truly yearning hearts to be led to the Living Master, for their eventual
initiation into the Mysteries of the beyond. There is food for the hungry and water for the thirsty. All
Masters say that man should share with others, by beginning with the least you
can, maybe one tenth, one twentieth, or one fortieth, but you should give
something. By sharing with others the self expands. So my Master used to say,
"You give one tenth of your earnings and if you count at the end of the
year you will find that you have saved expenses in some other way, in the case
of sickness and other things." Soul
being the essence of God is on equal footing in male or female body. The
females have rather greater scope for inner progress in early stages, being
endowed with more of love than males. Ego
should be overcome by inculcating a sense of reverential humility and
self-abnegation. Ego is gradually purified and annihilated gradually by
meditations on holy Naam when you
realize that you are simply a doll or pantamine dancing to the tune of
the divine wire puller, and act under His instructions as a conscious co-worker
of the divine plan. There
is no question of preference of Sikh and Muslim Masters over Hindu Masters. The
scriptural lore regarding Surat Shabd Yoga for quoting is mostly available in
case of the former and that is why they
are often quoted. There are references in the Hindu scriptures also, but they
are rare. You
have got the sacred books of "Naam" and "Crown of Life"
which contain much of the theory relating to the Holy Path. You should please
study them very carefully for imbibing the teachings in their right
perspective. An unbiased study of the books will reveal to you the great
difference between the teachings of the Master and other schools of thought so
far practiced by you. Howsoever, you should be thankful to your earlier
teachers, which has ultimately culminated in guiding your footsteps to the
Master. Providence
has made ample provision for your maintenance. 'Seek ye first the Kingdom of
God, all else will be added unto you' is an apt saying of Christ. Your material
needs will take their own care when you will strive for spiritual perfection.
My love and blessings are always with you. Worry
and anxiety betrays faith and harms meditation. You need not feel discouraged
in any way but repose your hopes and aspirations in the Master Power. Please
refer to "The Wheel of Life" for having more of right understanding
relative to your belief that dishonest people prosper more than virtuous ones. You
are invited to refer to "The Wheel of Life" for understanding more
about the Law of Karma. The holy meditations on Naam go a long way in granting
much of inner ravishing bliss when the effects of Karma howsoever these may be
painful are borne out cheerfully by the disciplined dear ones. Pain and
pleasure are the attitudes of mind.
When you rise above body consciousness
and develop conscious contact with divine light and sound principles,
the pinching effect of Karmic liquidation is removed with the grace of the
Master. Physical
body is constructed by God in His Own divine manner. Your duty is to maintain
it in a most careful and befitting way for meeting with your mundane and
spiritual obligations. It
is not hundred percent correct to say that those who have access within can
read their fate easily. (Note: this refers to something read in "Spiritual
Gems"); howsoever, the disciplined and devoted dear ones mould their lives
in such smooth patterns that they can ensure peace and harmony by following the
behests of the Master. Kind thoughts lead to kind words and eventually to kind
deeds which become the bedrock of peace and tranquility. A
disciple who is a mother of children is advised to put her children on the
vegetarian diet, which is conducive for their good health and also helpful for
their spiritual practices in later life. The mother has a responsibility in
adhering to the vegetarian diet as enjoined by the Master and also to the child
in feeding it harmless food. To feed it eggs when she knows them to be harmful
to the physical body and also detrimental to spiritual growth, will incur
Karmic debt according to the circumstances. The conch sound is not the sound of
OM of the yogis. The sound of ocean roar or thunder as coming from the right
side when listened with rapt attention transpires like this OM sound of the
yogis. I
have noted your viewpoints in regard to the general welfare of suffering
humanity. The Masters do not object for such like reformation and rather
advocate all rational and realistic attempts. They radiate kind thoughts for
the welfare of all. You
should not please be disappointed about the attitude of the dear ones put on
the holy path, who are indifferent to the suffering of the people at large. You
should please note that a spiritually illumined and realized soul does not
require outward show of expression for the welfare of others. Politics and
spirituality cannot possibly be synthesized. Self-reformation is what is needed
most and should be relished under the
guidance of the Master. However, your kind sentiments for suffering humanity is
appreciated. The
abounding fears and apprehensions of various sorts should not be entertained as
these grow in abounding measure when dwelt upon. You should instead dwell more
diligently on the opposite virtues of peace, harmony, serenity, chastity,
humility and selfless service. Please note, as you think so you become. Dear
Child, you are dear to me. You should be rest assured that when I came to the
States, you will have the chance of having a personal chat with me. The tour
program is being finalized and when it is fixed up, all of you will be notified
accordingly. You
need not be afraid of discussing esoteric teachings of the Masters with others.
Spiritually illumined do owe much to their less gifted brethren when you can
instill faith and right understanding in them out of your own personal knowledge
derived from the sacred books published from here and on personal experience
gained by meditations. You may please be rest assured that all similar gestures
of divine order when undertaken in a spirit of deep humility and self
abnegation bear positive results. Fortunate are the chosen few who are made
instrumental in the divine set up. Fear
of God or Master is the step forward towards divine intelligence. You can
benefit from this attitude by introverting within in holy meditations when you
will be blessed with more of divine grace and protection. Question:
Is group investigation of reincarnation and karmic relationships advisable
among initiates? Answer:
You are kindly advised to leave all such studies well alone and devote your
precious time in holy meditations and the study of the sacred books of the
Master. The holy path of the Masters offers a direct conscious contact with the
divinity within after rising above body consciousness. This sublime principle
differentiates the holy Path from all other schools of thought. Fortunate
indeed are the chosen few who have been given initiation by a True Master whose
inner eye is opened and is competent to open the inner eye of others. Blessed
are ye who get experience of light by having the single eye opened, the very
first day of initiation. |