[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.