Selection from Morning Talks

Morning Talks, by Kirpal Singh. Delhi: Ruhani Satsang, 1970.

The spiritual talks that follow were given by his holiness Sant Kirpal Singh Ji, at Sawan Ashram, Delhi, India. With the exception of the last two talks, they were given in the morning over a period of five months, beginning October 1967 and ending February 1968.

These talks…were first delivered in the Hindi language and immediately afterwards, were translated into English by the Master for the benefit of a number of western disciples who were staying at the Ashram at the time.

The subject of spirituality pure and simple, has never before been dealt with as clearly or concisely as these morning talks set forth. To those who are sincere, these morning talks will appear as a brilliant shaft of light, which will dispel the dark clouds of ignorance. They tell us what is required in order to develop the spiritual side of our Nature and if we can but translate their contents into positive action, our spiritual development would progress by leaps and bounds.

From the foreword by 
Stanley Shinerock.

What you really want, that you will be given. There is a saying of the Master's that God has promised to give everything what a man wants, what his soul really desires. We simply say superficially that, “O God, we want you,” but at the bottom we want worldly things. If you have got real love for God in your heart, God will come to you, he will manifest to you. But generally, we want only worldly things, here and hereafter. Those who care for the love of God don’t hanker after the worldly things, or the wealth of the other worlds. They don’t even want emancipation. They would like to have only one thing. No heaven, no earthly things, not emancipation, only to be with God , that’s all. If we have really got that hankering in our heart then naturally we must meet God. God will come to us. If we take one step that way, he will precede one hundred steps to receive us. We have to decide what we want at our heart of hearts. Are we here only for the worldly things? Are we here only for the name and fame of the world? Are we here only to have things of the other world, or heaven? Are we really after emancipation from birth and death? A real lover wants none of these things. He wants God and God alone. this is the highest ideal that we can achieve in the man body and in no other. So you have to decide by an honest searching of your heart, what you want. If you want God then God will meet you, sure and certain. If you want something else, you will have it, that’s all. You will get nothing short with whatever you want. But why, when you go to a king, do you want ordinary pebbles and stones? So we should judge how we stand, day by date. The result of reading scriptures, doing penances performing this or that ritual, or doing one pilgrimage or another, all depends on the amount of love that you have got in your heart of hearts. If you have developed love for God, well and good. If not, then ? you must be going round in transmigration. It is a matter of only directing your attention, this way or that way.

Some people see the Master or God with their open eyes, while others don’t see him and wonder how those who do see him have this experience. The strong man revels in his strength and the weak man wonders how he got it. so it is a matter wholly and solely of Concentration on one point. Such like devotion bears forth fruit. People who enjoy this state are just like a wife who is devoted to and always thinking of her husband. The others who are not devoted are like a wife whose heart is attached to other men, even though she may appear to be outwardly devoted to her husband. Well, the wife who is devoted only to one man, she enjoys. Here whole attention is riveted on her husband. A husband would also like such a wife who thinks of no other man except him, who adores him and has nobody else in her heart. A heart that is devoted to so many men outside though married to one man, what good is that? So if you want your devotion your love of God to bear fruit, then be wholly and solely devoted to one. Think of him, see him, hear about him and know him. Bhakti or devotion will bear forth fruit only when you are wholly and solely devoted to him, so much so that you forget yourself.

I was speaking about devotion real bhakti. The first principle the basic principle and I would say the grandest of all, is to know that God is everywhere. We are living in him and he is in us. We live and have our being in him, like fish in the river. The fish lives in water, its whole life depends on water. It lives in water, it lives on water, from whence it gets its food. When God wished “I am one and wish to be many”, the whole Universe emanated, came into being. The whole world is an expression, a manifestation of God. where is that place where he is not? We are in him, he is in us and is our controlling power. All ensouled bodies are the drops of the ocean of all consciousness. When we know this, all is beautiful. God is beautiful and any world made by him manifested by him, is also beautiful. Beauty comes out of beauty, not from ugliness. Anything that appears to be ugly in the world is the result of the spectacles that we are wearing. If the glass of the spectacles is smoky, you will see all smoke. If it is red, everything will appear red. If it is black, everything will appear black. Well, the world is not black, red or smoky, mind that! So we have to change the trend of our mind, of our heart.

Love can be developed in many ways, but the most effective way is through looking at the Master into the eyes of the Master. Eyes are the windows of the soul. The Master is always within at the eye focus, so when you talk to him, you should always be attentive there. He is also attentive when he talks and soul speaks to soul. The Master gives lessons through the eyes without talking. He is overflowing with the love and intoxication of God and the radiation comes through his eyes very strongly. Those who are embedded in his eyes by receptivity get a boost.

Everybody says, “Be chaste, observe celibacy.” For that the only criterion or specific remedy is what? To be self centered. It is we who give power to the mind. It is we who give power to the outgoing faculties. It is we who see good or bad outside. If we become self-centered and somebody touches you, you will not be affected. You will be air-conditioned. But if you touch those who are not air-conditioned that will carry its effect. So for that, all Master's have enjoined “Don’t touch anybody – don’t look in the eyes of others .” these are the outward precautions to save you. Just like when a tree is cut down , first the branches are shorn off and it is then easier to cut the stem. These precautions are only to cut off the branches. But the whole thing will depend on being self-centered.

Another impediment is when somebody is devoted to you. There is one example that I will give you. Suppose that you have got Rs.100 or 100$ in your bank. Whoever thinks or looks to you with all devotion sends in a debit bill against you. The one who is devoted will want a return for that devotion, whether you have got money in your bank or not.

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