Sat Sandesh December 1972 Volume five number twelve
From the Master
The Master’s talk: Don't bend your elbows
Questions & Answers in Cincinnati
The Vesture of the Lord: The 1964 Christmas Message
Other Features
The American Tour Begins: The Third World Tour, Part III
Selections from the Annual Report
Don’t Bend Your Elbows
All Masters who have come bring the
religion of love. They say that there is a maker of all this creation, that he
is controlling all this creation, and that same Power is controlling you in
your body. God is the love. Our soul is of the same essence as that of God –it
has love innate in itself –and the way back to God is also through love. In the
Bible is given the same thing: Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
with all thy soul, with all thy heart, with all thy soul, with all thy
strength, and with all they mind. And the second is like unto it: thou shalt
love thy neighbor as thyself. Kabir and all other Master have said the same
thing.
So we are conscious entities; we have to
love all consciousness. The attribute of love is that we have to identify with
the object of our love, wherever our love is attached. So we have to attach our
love to God; but instead we are attached to the whole world outside. That is
what is called attachment.
So Master say that the man body is the
highest in all creation, and the highest aim on the whole earth is to know God.
They say that while on the earth there is the law of cause and effect: wherever
we are attached, we will go. Now as it is we have come back again and again to
this earth. If we had love for God, we would have gone back to God after leaving
the body. So we must have that, you see, in this earthly life. If you develop
love for the God, naturally after death you will go to whom you are attached.
It we are attached to the world outside, all over, then world will have to come
back again and again.
So Master tells us, love God. Each in his
own language, of course. The tenth guru of the Sikhs addressed all social
bodies, all religious movements: hear ye all, I tell you the truth –whomsoever
has love, I tell you the truth –whomsoever has love, he can know God. Now love
knows service –and sacrifice. Love knows no burden. Where there is love, there
is no burden. So we have to love God, and God resides in every heart. And we
are of the same essence as God –we are all brothers and sisters in God.
Love is such an attribute, if you put it
into your household affairs, there will be peace; if you put it into your
society, there will be peace in the country; there will be peace in the
country. So love is the panacea for all ills, I would say. Love knows giving,
you see. It knows sacrifice. Kabir says, so long as you arte in the man body,
give, give, and give. The word for “body” in his language also means “to give”
so it is said as long as you are in the body, give, give, and give. Giving away
is true renunciation.
So if we have love, we must give to
others the best we can. If you make others happy, then you will be happy
yourself. If you make others miserable, then you also will not be able to
escape the misery. So once it so happened that lord Vishnu, who is the aspect
of God in charge of maintenance, invited all the angels and others of opposite
qualities to a facing each other. Then Vishnu said, “Well, dear bothers, dear
friends, all this is for you –eat to your hearts content –but there is one
condition laid down: don’t bend your elbows!” those who were only were only
demons, or whatever you want to call them, thought, “Well, strange enough! If
we don’t bend our elbows, how can we put the food in our mouths?” they
considered it for long, but they could not comprehend it. They said, “Lord
Vishnu is just mocking us,” refuse to eat anything and left the place in
disgust. But the angels who were sitting there said, “these are the words of
lord Vishnu; there must be meaning behind them, something we don’t follow.”
After calm consideration it struck them: we can feed each other! So it was very
easy. And all are as directed.
What does all this mean? If we make other
happy, we will become happy. If we put others in bad condition, we will be put
in bad condition. Sp if we want to be happy, we must make others happy.
And moreover you will find: once a
devotee prated to God, “please come to my home, my prayer is, you will please
visit my home.” God promised, “I will come, on such and such a date. The
devotee made all arrangements, you see, decorated made all arrangements, you
see, decorated his house with flowers, cleaned it throughout, and put on really
cleaned it throughout, and put on really clean cloths. He sat at the door and
waited for God. Form mourns to night he say there, bur all who could not even
walk properly. The old man said to him, “well, I am hungry, give me some food
–half a loaf of bread, pleased on. That night the devotee said to God, “Look
here, you promised and you never came. I made all arrangements for you!” but
God said, “I did come, and you would not even give me a half a loaf of bread.”
So God resides in every heart. No heart
is without Him. We are all brothers and sisters in God. If we give to others,
we will become happy. We want to keep everything to our own selves. The result
is that everyone wants to keep everything to his own self. This is attachment
and the result? Misery. All are unhappy. So those who are hungry give them
something to eat; if they are thirsty, give them something to drink; if they
cannot stand on their legs, then help them stand on their legs. It would be
good. If it is good for you, would it not be good for others too?
Truly speaking we are all brothers and
sisters in God. We are of the same essence as that of God, and God also resides
in everybody. He is the controlling Power within you. So if you love, well,
love is God; God is love; and the way back to God is also through love.
So parables are pregnant with meaning,
you see. They mean something. They are meant for this of average intellect… if
we are more intellectual, then it is given direct: share with others, please.
You see?
The point is: God is light and he resides
in every heart. Take heed that the light which is within you is not darkness.
Have you read the Bible? So any home where the light is, lit, it looks very
beautiful, does it not? If there is not light in the house, and it is dark
then? So bodies in which the light is effulgent in which the covers are shaken
off and the light is effulgent (because it is there already of course, but
covered) –that face and body becomes beautiful. Master say, that face is
beautiful in which God is effulgent. That light shoots forth t the eyes.
Whatever is there inside, will come out t the eyes. If there is darkness, then
darkness will come out. If there is light within, then naturally you will have
light.
When that light is within me, then
naturally it will shoot froth to others. So who is alive in the world? Guru
Nanak says, only he is alive, O Nanak, I whom the light of God is effulgent.
All others are dead. This is the definition of being alive in the terminology
of the saints: only he is alive, O Nanak, in whom the light of God is effulgent
within him and he sees it. Otherwise, he may be having the outward labels of Sikhism,
but he is not a true Sikh. He has only joined that social body to have that
light. Who is a Hindu? He who lights the candles outside, and rings the bells?
He should light the candles within. It is already lit, you see, simply the
covering is there. We simply have to withdraw the attention from outside; we
don’t have to light it again new, you see? Just shake off the coverings. This
is possible only by withdrawing our attention from outside. Tap inside. Rivet
you’re your whole attention to that which enlivens your body, which is you. It
is your own consciousness that makes you sees all the world over. If you
withdraw your attention, you will contact that direct.
I am looking at you all; not looking
behind unless I look behind I cannot see what is there. Unless we recede from
outside, we cannot see light. But if you do it, you will find light. That is
why the Master enjoin, take heed that the light within you is not darkness. All
glory and beauty lie within you; why, O man, are you going astray? In the Koran
it is said, I am hidden within you, why don’t you find me? And we go to find
Him outside! The on who comes to a saint, he is advised what? To go inside.
Withdraw from outside. He says, “If you can go inside and rise above body
consciousness, you will have an experience of those very statements which are
given out in the scriptures.” What do scriptures contain? What the Master have
put in there, for the benefit of the child humanity.
So it is love, you see. Mohammedans have
seen the light of God; Christ also has seen the Light of God; you may be
wearing any label, but unless you have got that God’s light effulgent within
you –take heed that the Light which is within you is not darkness –that is the
only way. Why don’t we find the Light within us? Because our love is occupied
outside in the world. We must direct our attention –attention is the expression
of our soul, the essence of which is love when our whole attention is directed
within, love meets that. So all Masters say, love.
You see, we have to leave the body. All
saints, all incarnations, all philosophers and great beings, did have the man
body, and they did leave. And you? You also have to leave some day. I don’t
think you have made any special arrangements not to go. So we have to leave the
body: it is the first companion we have when we enter the world, but when we
go, it does not mean that you should not pay off your debts to those members of
your family with whom God has united you. It means that that is not the end
all. After all, we have to go.
You see, in the man body we are bound
within certain limits and free within certain limits. We have to square up all
debts with those with whom we are connected as a result of reactions of the
past. When those debts are paid off, we have to depart. Some come as sons, some
as sisters, some as daughters, some as wives; there is a give and take, and
when that is finished, them we have to go. Take the example of a train, you
see? So many people gather together from different stations; when the train stops,
some leave the train, others rush in. and if you make friends with those who
are on the train, will it last long? No. For the time being, so long as they
are with you, if you have sweet words, kind words, you will be friendly and the
few hours on the journey will pass all OK. If you are fighting, then?
So we have to leave the body. And what
are we doing? As we sow so shall we reap. We are striking up friendships with
the outside things. We are amassing things outside like anything. It is like we
are (excuse me if I use the word) mad. It is sad.
There is a parable the Masters tell that
has a very pregnant meaning. They say that God had four species left to whom he
had not given the number of years they were to have on earth. One was man; one
was donkey; the third was dog; and the fourth was owl. You see? He called for a
man and said, “look here, I am sending you to the world.” “What will be my
fate?” “You will be head of all creation, you will be next to me.” “For how
long sir?” “Twenty or Twenty years.” “That is not enough; can’t you give me
more life?” “All right, wait, we will just see; if life is left over, from the
others, we will give it to you.”
Then came the donkey. God said, “I an
sending you to the world.” “What will be my fate?” “Well, you will be bearing
burdens continually here and there, that’s all.” “How long?” “Twenty five
years, thirty years.” “I will be killed, dear sir –give me less!” so he gave
him ten to twelve years, and the remainder he gave to the man; he said, “Yes,
you are getting more, you see?”
Then the third one, dog, came up. God
said, “well, we are sending you to the world.” “Sir, what is my duty there?”
“You will be guarding your masters home, always half asleep, half awake; you
will let nobody enter the building; you will bark at everybody.” “How long will
this be, sir?” “Twenty, twenty five years.” “My lord, for God sake give me
less!” so he was given some ten years or so and the rest was given to the man
who was so fortunate to have it.
And then came to fate of the owl. “We are
sending you to the world.” “What will be my gate?” “You wont be able to see
during the day, only at night can you see; during the day you will be depending
on others.” “For how long?” “Well, ten or twelve years.” “I wont be able to see
during the day?” and the rest he gave to the man.
Now you see what we are doing. Consider
calmly: when we are about twenty or so, we are on our own legs, we are starting
our family, we are a man; as we grow beyond that stage, this malady is upon us
–amassing things, making our house like a storehouse, purchasing things, from
the store –carrying them back and forth –we buy dozens of unnecessary things.
That is the period of the donkey he is enjoying, you see. Then he grows older,
he has children who do not obey him, he is calling names, howling and growing
like anything, guarding what he has stored up –that is the stage of the dog,
you see. And when he is dependent on others –no more to care for him, he is
simply at their mercy and if they give him something or not he says all right.
Because he is dependent –this is the stage of the owl. So this is our fate.
Man body is the highest in all creation.
We should be more loving. Love God and all things shall be added unto you. We
love the world, and all things, are not added; but of those that are, not a
single thing goes along with you. Even the body that you bring as your first
companion, even that does not go along with you. How will all the other things
you have got? So Master say, look here, brother, you should do what? Earn your
money with the sweat of your brow, by honest means, and just make yourself
stand on your own legs and others who are connected with you. And also if
possible, let others share. Man is one who shares with others, is of use to
others. Animals are of use to their own selves and their families. If we also
behave like that, then we are no better. One saint says, look to the face of
the animals –God has made it pointing down toward the ground. If they are
attached to the world, it is all right. But man your face is upward –look
upward to God.
So to earn money is all right; but that
money should be earned to let you stand on your own legs, pay off all debts to
those connected with you by God as a reaction of the past, and also share with
others who are needy, who are hungry, who are in bad condition. If you have
love for God, wont you give everything to others? Because we congeal everything
to ourselves, you see, the result is selfishness, tyranny, sucking the other
mans blood; is it not? Just as the parable shows: “don’t bend your elbows.” I
think if you would do like that you would eat more –if others put in your
mouth, is it not?
So the main object in the man body is to
know God. What we are doing is just like a man caught in conscription, you see?
He has to work from morn to night; he is of no use to his won self, and no use
to his household. Conscription. You have to work all say; but not for your own
self, not for those connected to you. But when you go, you go all alone. The
impressions of the world go along with you, and whatever you are attached you
will go to that very place. If you are attached to the world, you will have
sucks your blood. On the surface it may seem to be, “he is being wrong with me,
he is tyrant, he is cruel,” –but who knows what is the reaction of the past?
You see? So things happen like that but then God grace descends because man
body is the golden opportunity in which we can know God. And the one on whom
his grace and compassion descends, he is brought in contact with someone who
can open his inner eye to see the God in Him. All covers he shakes off these
covers, he is fortunate. When God descends that is his grace to you. Because in
man body only, we can know God. This is what is meant by love.
Live always giving, giving, giving. You
won’t lose, you see, mind that! The more you give the more you will have. The
more we congeal everything to ourselves, you see. The more miserable we are. So
Masters always advise first: stand on your own legs, by the sweat of your brows
–honest means. Because if you squeeze the blood of other, naturally the
reaction will come; they will also squeeze your blood some day. On the face of
it, it appears somebody is just giving you trouble, squeezing your blood. We
have done nothing in this life to deserve it; so it is a reaction of the past.
And moreover these contacts are for a temporary period, to wind up all give and
take –just as you go on the train. When your station comes, you jump down.
Others may be dragging you, but you don’t remain on the train, do you?
Similarly, when the give and take is up, the man has to go, whether all are
crying or not, wishing you could remain –no. You cannot, you see.
But the angel of vision changes when you
see that Light of God within you. You do see that Light of God within you. You
do see what is to happen because your vision is clear. Now, in our present
state, the angle of vision is not clear. We say, this wrong has been done to
me, this is my friend, this and that. But what did Christ say? Those who so the
will of my father, they are my relatives, mother, and brother . . .. All
others, brothers, sisters, are only for the purpose of give and take.
So that body is beautiful in which God is
effulgent. You know, among the Christians, when a man dies, his face and body
are decorated like anything. To keep it for a day or two! But it is a dead body
– the life is no more with it. You see, unless that light is lit within you,
there is darkness there. How you maintain and beautify your body! Man spends
hundreds and thousands of dollars to make himself beautiful – it was just like
ornamenting a dead body. This is the angle of vision from which the Masters
see. They love you all. They want us to love God. Love God and all things shall
be added unto you; you see in all the scriptures. How pregnant with meaning
they are! Lord God, and God resides in every heart; Love knows giving; so long
as you go on giving, giving, giving, - you will have no enemies, nothing of the
sort.
So love knows service, and if need be,
sacrifice also. Do you want other’s homes to be beautiful? If every one wants
others homes to be beautiful, will not your home be beautiful? Very simple.
Love others. That is why I say, love thy neighbor s thyself, and love means
giving, service, sacrifice; and you will go where you are attached. If you love
God, and all humanity for the sake of the God in them, you wish all your
brothers success in Him, for his sake, then you are not the doer. You will go
back to God because you have done all this for the sake of God.
So while in the world, as I told you, man
is one who is of use of others. An animal also looks to himself and his
children; he fights with others. If we do the same thing, then –are we not
worse than animals? God expects you to be more; he made your face upward.
So this is one thing: if you love God,
all things shall be added unto you. God resides in every heart. You will love
all –even animals, even birds. Once in the days of Lord Buddha, there was one
hunter who sent up an arrow and hit the wing of a bird and made it limps, so
that it could not fly. And the bird went up to the Buddha because man radiates
whatever is in him, and love was in him and the bird came up. So the Buddha
took him and put him under his arm, and said, “This bird is mine.” But the Buddha
said, “If it had been yours, it would have gone to you.” Do you follow? Those
who radiate love, everybody will be yours. But our love should not be acting
and posing; our thoughts are very potent. They are radiated. Others do know at
hear what you are doing.
So he who has got love has got love for
all. Guru Nanak said, peace be unto all the world. Thy will O Lord. We want
peace? This is the question put to me the other day on television. How can we
have peace? As long as we are stuck to our own selves, to our families, to our
isms –unless we rise above all these, how can we have peace? So if you love God
and, no matter what labels you are wearing, you rise above them and become a
man with the light of God within you, then will you love everybody or not?
There will be peace. We don’t have peace because we are first congealed to our
own families, then to our own societies, then to our own countries. So unless
people rise above these isms –and all countries, I would also say –there can be
no peace.
Love and all things shall be added unto
you. Our homes, society, everything shall be happy. Because we are man, we must
turn to man, you see. All “isms” are schools of thoughts which man has joined
to become perfect man. Man is perfect in essence, but he has to realize that.
And this is what the Master do. They do a great service, I tell you. Those who
are awakened, they do. And they don’t ask anyone to remove their labels, you
see. They say, it’s all right, remain where you are, that is the first step we
have to take. We are social beings and we must have social bodies to live in.
but which school is better? A school may have very high halls, magnificent
playgrounds, beautifully dressed students –but if no student comes out
successful? All these social religious are meant to turn out perfect men . . ..
That preparation will come only when you
love God. God resides in every hear, so naturally you will love all. If you
radiates love, even the birds will love you… even the snake will love you . . .
. Do and see.
Thoughts are very mind that it so
happened once that birbal, the minister of Kabir the great, emperor of India,
told Kabir that as you think about others, they have the same reaction in them.
Kabir asked, “What is the proof of that?” “Let up go outside,” said Birbal, and
they went out. Now Kabir was going bareheaded . . .a man was coming from a
distance and Birbal said, “Just think something about him!” so Kabir thought,
“I must shoot him!” when the man came near, the emperor told him, “Well, you
are forgiven for anything, just tell me the truth –when you saw my face, what
struck you?” “Sir, forgive me, but when I saw your bare head I wanted to beat
it with my first.”
So reactions are there: we may conceal
it, we may deny it, but from action comes reaction. Think love of others, then
naturally love radiates. Love begets love and hatred begets hatred however
polished it may be. It is a way of living, you see? It is what the Master
teach. The worldly life is made beautiful, and all things are added unto you simply
by loving God. This is why I say, love all.
This is what is meant, you see, by “don’t
bend your elbows to eat.” Simply set others eat –and others will be made
happy…. this is the way of living we should adopt. You will also be spiritually
successful, you will also be spiritually successful. Both hands –alive or dead,
here or hereafter, both –you will have what you say, the honor of being
received at the court of God. Why do we remember Nanak, Mohammed, Christ, and
others? They radiated love. With many Masters, we do not even know who their
fathers were, excuse me; but the places which they visited became places of
pilgrimage. Why? Those who want to be loved by the world, here and hereafter,
they should love God.
So this is what is meant by love. We know
so much… unless we live up to it, nothing will come out substantially. Does it
not appeal to you, what I have told you? It is common sense –love – you see. No
philosophy to infer. It so happened at Lahore, that the sweepers once had a
strike. Nobody went to anyone’s house to clean their filth. Within three days
not place was clean, the halls were imbedded, you could not breathe. What did
they do? There was one way out: they could not breathe. What did they do? There
was one way out: they could have taken it some place out of town. But instead
they threw their filth in each other’s hones, and everyone did the same. They
wanted to make other homes filthy, so all homes became filthy! This is what you are doing. This is the same
angle of vision from which the Masters see. And all those who live up to what
they say, they become happy.
We know so much already –no deed of
repeating this and that –only common sense things we have put before you. If
you live up to it, you will become happy. Any doubt in this solution? Have you
got any doubt? I think it is a self-evident truth. It is all give in a very
simple way which appeals to every body. Masters give you all things in a very
simple way which appeals to everybody. Masters give you all things in a very
simple way: simple way of living, simple way of thought, and simple way of
angle of vision –no enforcement; no drawing inferences; this is the thing.
Question & Answers in Cincinnati
Concentrate, concentrate, and
concentrate. Put in as much time as you can. In due course, this habit will be
formed in concentration.
QUESTION: I have heard that Master takes
care of all karma between families and initiates, concerning gifts.
THE MASTER I never said so. Look here:
the point is, how many friends have you got? You may have give and take with
one, two or three; but all the world over? Whenever you take anything from
anybody, you have to repay. They are very few friends man can have. Suppose you
invite somebody, or somebody invites you today. Another day, two or three days,
he expects return. Invitation is returned, you see. You don’t give him then
there is trouble. So no such thing, you see.
QUESTION: how about within a family?
THE MASTER: within a family –fathers,
children –that’s the give and take, previous reactions of the past. They do
come up.
QUESTION: aren’t we all members of one
family?
THE MASTER: so man has got two or three children, or one family, naturally he
has to take something. That is why he was born somewhere. Then in due course
you will find the father and mother will also have to be helped… as you sow, so
shall you reap.
QUESTION: doesn’t it distract form the
idea that God is the father of all when you think in terms of a single family?
THE MASTER: what? What has that to do with it? God is father of every body,
not just one family. We are all his children, man is one who is of help to
others. Animals help those who are connected with them; man is one who helps
his own family, earns his livelihood, and helps others too. So we are all
children of God. We are conscious entities, drop of the ocean of all
consciousness.
Look here. By the reaction of the past,
men are brought together, as sons, fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters. This is
previous give and take that we have to pay off here. Now we are connected in
one family. Naturally, man is one who helps others. When they are joined
together by the flowing pen of God, as brothers, as sister, as father, as
mother man who is well off, he should also help everybody. So within that area,
that is but natural, to develop like that, give and take. Real love how many
people have got it? Our love is only reciprocal. You help another and he will
help you. Generally. But if you love
God, for his sake you love everybody because God resides in every heart. In
that case you are bound.
QUESTION: if I give to somebody in our
family (of man), how is the give and take there?
THE MASTER: if he loves the members of the family of God, and helps them
because God resides in their hearts, anybody who does like that, for the sake
of that, he is selfless, there is no return. If he has not realize God, and
does not see God in every body, and does not see God in every body, and does
give to somebody, then naturally there is the saw of as you sow, so shall you
reap.
QUESTION: what were the three questions
that the Master asked his Master? I heard them once before but I forget them.
THE MASTER: well, what’s the use of repeating all those things? They don’t
help him. This is my question, between my Master and my God. You say any
question you have got. It is just like speaking about my self, “I am very
high.”
QUESTION: are we supposed to do simran
when we eat and are we to eat in silence?
THE MASTER: let me tell you one example. You have got a wound, and that is
bandaged; when you eat your food, do you remember the pain all the time or not?
Naturally, the pain is there, but you are eating.
QUESTION: when I try to meditate, I am
afraid to die.
THE MASTER: where were you initiated?
QUESTION: Sant
Bani.
THE MASTER: you see, we have to leave the body some day. if your breathing is
involved, you’ll be in trouble. You are asked not to pay any attention to the
breathing going on in the body below. Simply fix your whole attention into the
middle of the darkness lying in front of you, outside, here. In that case, you
wont feel anything. Don’t watch the process of breathing going on in the body.
Then you will have no difficult and no fear. Did you have any fear on that day
you were initiated?
QUESTION: no.
THE MASTER: that’s the right way of doing it. Because the karmic link is not
broken, we have to return. It’s leaving the body at will, while alive –this all
Master have been advising. Because if you know how to leave the body at will,
at the time of death you’ll go jolly –because you are accustomed to it. St.
Paul said, I die daily.
QUESTION: do angels help us on the
physical plane?
THE MASTER: angels? Angels worship whom? He who has appointed them as angels:
God. Then if you worship God, where is the fear of the angels? You need no help
from the angels when you look to the king. When he is related to you very
closely, by relation, by blood, by soul.
QUESTION: a good man once spoke to me
about the devil being an angel who has rebelled against God. Can this be true?
THE MASTER: that is metaphorically speaking. There are two powers. One is the
highest Power which is the creator of all. Then, at a lower level, the negative
Power is made; that is always going into expression for the purpose of
formation of the world . that is Brahma; it is made for that. So there is
nothing devilish …. Kabir says, God created two Powers, negative and positive.
Positive has its own work and negative is going into expression. One goes in
toward the source, the other recedes outward. So truly speaking, there is no
Satan, only those Powers are created Kal and Akal, negative Power, they always
like to go out into expression. And those who want to come back again to their
home, naturally they follow the positive way. That is given t the saints:
contact with God into expression, called Naam or word, which has got two
manifestations, light and sound. When you are contacted with that, it will take
you direct to the source form where it emanated: the true home of Our Father.
So there is no antagonism, but that [negative Power] is made for the purpose of
creation; because he had to make the creation.
If you Light a candle, the flame will go
up because the source of Light is the sun. if you invert it, even then the
flame will go up, because the source is above it. If you throw a cold of earth
into the air, however forcefully you may send it, again it will come to the
earth into the air, however forcefully you may send it, again it will come to
the earth because the source of the cold id beneath. Similarly, and is negative
in its effect. It is always working to take you into expression. But the soul
is of the positive side. It wants to take you up to its own source. When soul
is freed from the mind, that goes to God. So mind is made for the purpose of
keeping the world going. Without mind, the world could not go on. Kal and akal
both are expressions of the absolute … the absolute form where they all come.
This is an intricate question, of course, but it can be understood this way.
QUESTION: is the nature of angels positive
or negative?
THE MASTER: even the avatars0 are under the law of cause and effect.
Incarnations, what to speak of angels! Yes, surely, they are higher, of course,
they have done some good actions; they get bliss for a longer time, in the
higher planes, then come back again. In the Upanishads it is said that the
souls of the reship, when they returned after enjoying the bliss of the higher
planes, selected the man body, because in the man body alone can the soul reach
God.
QUESTION: is the nature of angels
positive or negative?
THE MASTER: even the avatars are under the law of cause and effect.
Incarnations, what to speak of angels! Yes, surely. They are higher, of course,
they have done some good actions; they get bliss for a longer tine, in the higher
planes, then come back again. In the Upanishads it is said that the souls of
the rishi, when they returned after enjoying the bliss of the higher planes,
selected the man body. Because in the man body alone can the soul reach God.
QUESTION: can an angel reincarnate as a
man or not?
The Master : yes. If they are to go back
to God, they must take the form of man. There is no other way back to God. I
just quoted from the Upanishads where it is said so.
QUESTION: how can the devil incarnate as
a man?
THE MASTER: there is no devil. That is only the name given the negative
Power, to the Power going into expression. Had that Power not been,
there’d have been no world.
QUESTION: how can an angel who rebelled
against God take a human incarnation?
The Master : you see, take the example of
the world. There are different appointments: officers, viceroys, and commanders
in chief. Under the law of karma, all are equal. But they have different
position in order to carry on the work. So this is the appointment of angels.
Some are deputy commissioners, some are governors; but they are under the law
of the cause and effect. They are not immune become directly connected with the
God in you. This is the law, you see. You should go and ask God to tell you al
these things. This is the law, you see. You should go and ask God to tell you
all these things. This is what he has made.
QUESTION: if an angel were never
incarnate in a human body, it would still be subject to the law of cause and
effect? [Reno Sirrine answered, “Yes.”] then this angel, the devil … but if an
angel has never reincarnated, how can it rehabilitate?
THE MASTER: these are the appointments, as a man is promoted from private to
corporal, sergeant, lieutenant, captain, major, or general. They are all subject
to the law of cause and effect. If they make any mistake, they are brought to
the court. Only God himself is immune from that, or those who are connected
with Him. Others are all under the law of cause and effect. Even incarnations,
you’ll find, have to undergo the law of cause and effect. Lord Rama struck and
killed some man. In his next birth, Rama became Lord Krishna, you see, the
incarnation of that age. And the man he had killed became a hunter and killed
Him.
QUESTION: I know a man who lives as a
vegetable: he can’t move, he can’t take food or take care, but his heart beats.
Should he be let alone to die or go on this plane like that?
THE MASTER: man should do his best, do what he can in the instance of keeping
life longer. If he is not to live longer, he cannot live longer. Thy days are
numbered. With all your help, he won’t live longer.
QUESTION: is his soul still in the body
as long as his heart is beating?
THE MASTER: yes, surely. The system cannot go on without it. When that is
withdrawn, everything stands still.
QUESTION: his mind is not working,
though.
THE MASTER: look here, any factory is run by the powerhouse. And those
departments work which are connected with the link of the powerhouse. So if the
main connection is taken off of the factory, the whole machinery stands still.
So the whole machinery of the body is run by the soul: when that is withdrawn, everything comes to a standstill.
Otherwise it will continue working.
QUESTION: when does the soul enter the
body? Upon birth, or before?
THE MASTER: when gestation started. When pregnancy started. Otherwise, there
are hundreds contacts, there is no pregnancy.
QUESTION: if we have to incarnate again,
will we incarnate at a time when we will find a living Master?
THE MASTER: yes, surely. That remains all the time; that Power exists all the
time, it never dies. It works from pole to pole from time to time. There is
food for the hungry and water for the thirsty. Any child who was born five
hundred years back, or five thousand years back, or now, does nature not
provide milk from the mother for that child, before birth? That’s a natural
law. That Power continues.
THE MASTER: yes, that Power is working. That Power is, you see. Word made
flesh. That will continue. You will be brought in contact with that and put on
the way. And he will help you.
QUESTION: would the Master speak briefly
on the raising and disciplining of children?
THE MASTER: are you parents or not?
[Yes.] you see, look here: whenever you bring up any child, what would you like
the child, what would you like? You would like the child to be an ideal one
–more active more, active, more consciousness, more wise –is it not? Then set
an examples for him; first thing.
Second: you try to bring him round from
the wrong thing that he is doing that he does not understand. Bring him round
by police words, kind words not by polite, words, kind words –not by rebuke.
Because man must know. Man learns and unlearns all through life. If the child
has done something wrong, please make him understand what the wrong thing is
that he has done, once or twice. If you are going to slap him one, two, three,
four times, poor fellow does not know what is the wrong he has done! So we must
politely bring the child round so that he may not do it in the future.
Our duty is to bring up children and make
them ideal men –even better than you are. To bring up a child, Master say,
bring him up a saint or bring Him up, a brave man, or a man who will help
others. Bringing forth children who are of no use if taking a burden for
nothing. Either he should be a saint, he should be a brave man, or he should be
one who will be of service to all others. These are the three things.
QUESTION: how much should a parent
forebear a child’s rebellion?
THE MASTER: there are two reasons for
that. One thing is, truly speaking, we are responsible for the children. The
child in the womb is affected by the mothers thoughts. If you are very saintly,
the child must be saintly. Only a saintly soul will enter. And the child develops
as it receives impressions in the womb. Even physical impressions are received
in the womb, what to speak of thought.
Further: as a reaction of the past, men
are brought together to pay off their debts. Then we are to adjust ourselves.
You must set an example to them. children copy what the parents do. Parents do
not know, but they copy them. so if the reaction have to be paid off, that is
natural consent. Pay off lovingly and give them love in return rather than any,
what you say, retaliation.
QUESTION: Master, would you speak on the
diary, please?
THE MASTER: I think last night I have a
talk on that. Diary means what? Keeping a vigilant watch over all your actions,
what you do, diary. That which is not a helping factor in going back to God is
to be avoided. And generally there are certain heads laid down for guidance.
One is to be truthful. Another is to be chaste. The third one is: God resides
in everybody (and we are souls, children of the same father) –love everybody.
And selfless service: man is one who lives for others not just to bring up his
own children, like animals. And the highest of all it non violence not to hurt
the feelings of others by thought, word or deed. These are the general lines.
Any failures under the general lines. Any failures under these heads should be
noted down. You must criticize others. Don’t spare yourself. And when you find
the failures, may be a hundred, never mind, but weed out.
And long with that, you are given a
contact with the God into expression Power, light and sound. The more you come
in contact with that. And the more your life is purified, the more advancement
there is no the way. You will reach back home quicker. Diaries are meant for
your further guidance. Please be regular. That is why I always enjoin, “even
send your diaries blank –I will accept.” How many months will you, send your
diaries blank? One month, two months, three months? You will feel morally you
are not doing right; you will begin to keep it. Then when you begin to keep it.
Then when you begin to do diary, anything wrong will be set right and you will
be on the way.
QUESTION: with father, mother, why is it
so? Why are some good, some not good?
THE MASTER:I have given two reasons
already. Follow it, please. One: the reactions of the past. The other: the
effect of the parents, in the womb and outside.
QUESTION: but is it possible for a human
to be born that does not have God for a father and mother?
THE MASTER: Mind your own business,
please. Take your own family and see what the father wishes for the children. I
tell you, when a child is born, he does not know who is his father is. He is
told later on. Later, by blood relation, he feels. Similarly, we don’t know if
we have God for our father or not. When you are in unison. You will feel there
is a God, later on. These are questions, you see- just go on with your own self
within, your own environments. You are a family man, just set an example of a
good father.
QUESTION: if God is our father, is God
our mother too?
THE MASTER: God is God. These relations
are given out to show what can be possible. Sometimes they relate to Him as
brother, sometimes as servant and Master, like that. Sometimes as wife and
husband, mother and father. These are different relationships given out by the
Master to bring home to us that we are truly closely related to Him. We are of
the same essence as that of God. Lord Rama put a question to hanuman, one of
his most devoted servants: “who are you?” he said, “so long as I am in the
body, I am your servant; when I rise above, I am one with you.” So our soul is
of the same essence as that of God. We are drops of the ocean of all
consciousness, and when we unite, we are one with Him. We are the drops, he is
the ocean. And when we are in the body, naturally we’ll use some close
connection to understand how closely you are related to God. . . . . God is all
Light, we are light. God is all consciousness, we are drops of the ocean of all
consciousness. There is not sex there, in the soul. ……the point is, you take
Him as father, all right; whatever you like. Then behave like that –then you
have a right to take Him as father, owner, husband, -whatever pleases you.
The Vesture of the Lord
The Master’s 1964 Christmas Message
Dear ones: The whole creation came
into being by the “Word” or Naam –the God into expression Power.
The Whole Creation is the temple of
God. There is not place where he is not. In mineral, life is sleeping in
plants, life is dreaming; in birds and animals, life is awakening; and in man,
life is awake. As such, we are brothers of all creatures! –of plants, of birds
and animals. So the flowers and trees, sparrows and doves are as members of our
own order. How simple, pure, loving, a beautiful they are! We should learn
lessons in leading lives of purity, holy simplicity and divine love form them.
We should love all, even the sinners
and robbers. We should not chop off the whole tree, but give it a chance to
grow again, we breathe the same air; we drink the same water; we bask in the
same sun; and live on the same Mother earth. Day and night are two servants who
are bringing up.
Man is the highest in all creation.
Those who love God should love all. He is immanent in every form. There are
sermons in stones and books in rituals. We should live in fellowship with all
creatures, with all life. Creation is one family in God. All Rishis and saints
had the vision of cosmic unity and loved Dame nature.
“The whole creation is the house of
God and he resideth in it.” NANAK
The Rishis sang: ishavasyam idam
servam –“All that is, is a vesture of the Lord.” Nature is beautiful except
when tormented by the hand of man.
Man is a social being and has to live
in some society. Numbers are no index to wisdom, yet holy places of worship are
crowded with them. we need these to be the purest and wisest men of life. The
society should live by the law, of love, be ruled by guardians of the moral
law, and live a simple frugal life.
I am not after founding a sect, but
after gathering holy men of life, of purity, of simplicity and loving devotion
to God in all and all in God. It is no good to renounce one religion or the
other, but to have inner renunciation, like St. Francis and other saints who
renounced everything at heart but were Christ possessed or God possessed.
With these words, I send you, one and
all, my best wishes on this Christmas day to mould your lives accordingly.
Yours affectionately,
KIRPAL SINGH
The Third World Tour, Part III
The American Tour Begins
B.S. Gyani Ji
reports on the Master’s activities on the East Coast of the United States and
Canada.
The Master left London for the United
States at Heathrow Airport on Sept. 19, 1972. A large number of devotees came
to the airport to say goodbye. Many were in tears. The Representative from West
Germany, who traveled with the Master throughout Europe, also took leave as she
was going home. Six initiates flew with him on the same flight.
D.C AREA
–VIRGINIA
The plane reached Dulles Airport in
Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., at about 3 pomp, on the 19th
Mr. T.S. Khanna and Mr. Reno Sirrine, the Master American co Representative,
received the Master warmly with garlands and escorted him to the waiting crowd,
where yogi Bhajan and his party were singing devotional hymns. Almost a
thousand dear ones who had come from all over the United States and Canada were
waiting to have a glimpse of Him. For the vast majority, it was the first time
they had ever seen Him.]
Immediately on arrival at the residence
of Mr. Khanna where he stayed for the first thirteen days of his stay in
America, people started coming in to have Darshan and talk with the Master. He
very lovingly met with each one who came, and asked about their welfare both
spiritual and mundane. That evening, the Master addressed a very large gathering
of about at thousand persons, packed in to the big Vienna community center,
Vienna, va., and told them that he was happy to be here once again. He reminder
them that, side by side with their worldly responsibilities, they must be fully
devoted to their meditations and be very strict to find out their shortcomings
to be removed gradually. He said further that God is love, and the way back to
Him is also through love, and emphasized that each one should inculcate the
good habit of loving all as has been advocated by the Master who came in the
past. He concluded by saying that he had come to the U.S as part of the divine
plan, and he would be very glad to meet each one individually before he left.
The following morning, Sept. 20, the
first meditation sitting of the American tour was held in the American legion
hall, Fairfax, Va., which was full to capacity. The Master gave complete
instructions for meditation properly, and out of about 850 persons sitting, all
but three had experiences of one degree or another.
Immediately after the sitting, all of the
group leaders present met with the Master in an adjoining hall. Welcoming the
Master, Mr. Reno Sirrine thanked the Master for the wonderful demonstration of
his Power that had just been experience by every one. He and Mr. T.S. Khanna
invited suggestions from the group leaders regarding arrangements for the tour,
so that the maximum number of persons could benefit. It was agreed that there
would be no changes in the previously published schedule throughout the United
States and Canada, as it would involve too many difficulties. This was adhered
to generally; an exception was made for Yale University, New Haven, Conn.,
which extended an official invitation to the Master for Oct. 12, which was
accepted.
The Master gave a brief talk in which he
emphasized that, while his last tour had been largely for social and political
bodies, this tour was meant to strengthen the initiates: to cement the
foundations of love between one another and to give a boost, to their meditation.
He said that group leaders, who are required to shoulder much responsibility in
their areas, should consider themselves fortunate for this rare opportunity,
and put in more efforts with love, devotion and humility. He said that there
should remain respectful toward the point of view of others, and in case where
his advice was needed, he would be glad to give it. He advised that the leaders
should not only read the holy book, but should not only read the holy books,
but should digest the teaching and live up to them.
Mrs. Khanna requested the Master to cut
two big cakes which she had had prepared (baked by Mrs. Helen McDaniel) and
distribute them as parshad, which she had had prepared (baked by Mr. Helen
McDaniel) and distribute them as parshad, which he did, to the joy of all
present.
That afternoon the Master again gave
Darshan and answered questions at the American legion hall, and that evening he
gave a discourse at the American university, Washington, D.C., which was
attended by many students as well as the initiates. The large lecture hall at
the university was full to capacity, and many people sat on the floor in front
and in the aisles, and others stood in the rear, as all the seats were taken.
The Master spoke for an hour and a half, and then answered a number of
questions.
Those first thirteen days in America were
a really magic time for the dear ones, many of whom had come from a great
distance and undergone considerable difficulty in order to be there. The Master
was very pleased to see his dear children, and gave abundantly of himself for
their sake. Morning meditations at 9, and afternoon Darshan sessions at 4, were
held daily at the American legion hall in Fairfax; evening lectures were given
at George Mason University, Howard University, and the all souls Unitarian
church, Washington; and Oakton high school, Oakton, van. In addition, Master
saw many dear ones individually and in small groups, sometimes after the talks,
sometimes at Mr. Khannas
house, where indeed he was up to 1 a.m. most nights, dealing with
the difficulties of his children.
The Master was interviewed on television
on the morning of Sept. 22 for about twenty minutes. He was asked how peace in
the world could be brought about, and replied that it was possible if we rise
above “isms” and if the kings, president, and governaments rise above their
countries and have sympathy with all mankind. The camera moved in was beautiful
indeed, and appreciated by the initiates watching in their motel rooms or at
the American legion hall.
SHARMAS FARM
That afternoon Master gave a talk at the
legion hall at 7 p.m., and immediately afterward left by car for bowling green,
va., about eighty miles south of Washington, where Mr. And Mrs. Amarnath
Sharma, two very devoted initiates, had purchased a farm. They had requested
Master to bless it with his presence for a night and a day, and he graciously
agreed. He was followed by crowds and crowds of devotees about 80 cars followed
Him down that night, and many more arrived in the morning. The night was
moonlight and beautiful, and the Master presence sharpened and freshened its
beauty even more. The dear ones slept anywhere they could some in their cars,
some camped out, the majority slept in the barn. Five or six girls from kirpal
ashram took charge of the kitchen and everyone that was there was greeted with
tea and toast in the morning. The volunteers also worked all night preparing
food for the main meal, which was served later chapattis and five or six kinds
of food. Master felt very much at home there; and moved among his children
freely. The people felt they were in the loving lap of their father and loved
every minute of it.
Master put every one into meditation at
11 a.m., after which he gave a short talk and then talked individually with
anyone who wanted to come and see Him.
Then dinner was served with everyone
sitting in rows, Indian style, and the food from the langar was served to all.
No one wanted to leave; the love that was
being radiated by the Master was so all permeating. The Master was so all
permeating. The Master graciously stayed until 2:30 p.m., at which time he had
to leave. His car was surrounded by dear ones who seemed with their beseeching
eyes to be requesting more time; but it was time to go. But the peace and love
that were there was so intense that the light will stay in everyones memory
their lives.
* * *
the following morning, Sept. 24, Sunday,
the Master initiates 100 persons into the mysteries of the beyond. At the same
time, he put the old initiates into meditation at the legion hall, and about
800 people sat for three hours.
That afternoon the Master spoke at the
sylvan theater, a beautiful outdoor amphitheater at the base of the Washington
monument. It was a beautiful outdoor amphitheater at the base of the Washington
monument. It was a beautiful setting for Him, and at the conclusion he
conducted a series of private interviews on the stage. Many of the dear ones
had their first opportunity to speak to the Master and were overjoyed.
On Sept. 26, the Master gave a talk at
the Dept. of health, education and welfare at 12 noon. This was specially for
the workers there, and was done at their invitation.
At the conclusion of the talk at George
Washington university that same evening, a questioner said that observance of
chastity was impossible. The Master said that there is nothing impossible;
where there is a will there is a way. He said that chastity gives inner
strength to the individuals, and quoted mahatma Gandhi as saying that had he
known the value of chastity earlier, and observed it, he would have got immense
benefit earlier. Another gentlemen asked how long it takes to develop ojas, the
special Power that is the fruit of chastity. The Master said there was no hard
and fast rule; the more you observe celibacy, the closer it is.
The next morning Sept. 27, after the
morning meditation at the legion hall, the Master gave a brief talk on the
outer aspect of his work in the west. He said that we are all brothers and
sisters in God; no high or low. We are limbs of the same body. He said that up
to now the work had been carried on by two corporations, managed by Mr. T.S.
Khanna and Mr. Reno Sirrine. He said both are part of the same machinery, and
if one of them is in pain or trouble, the other cannot remain happy. Then he
said that both the dear ones had decided to work jointly under one corporation,
which was very good. Then the Master asked both Mr. Sirrine and Mr. Khanna to
speak on this subject, which they did, saying that they have love and respect
for each other they have love and respect for each other and will cooperate
with each other for Master holy cause. They mentioned that copies of a letter
written by both of them, would be available the next day.
That evening the Master spoke at Harward
university in Washington, D.C., where he was welcomed by Dr. Gandy, head of the
school of religion, and gave a discourse to a packed hall. After the talk, he
was interviewed by a reporter for the Washington post.
On Saturday, Sept. 30, the Master gave
initiation for the second time in the Washington area, this time in the
Washington area, this time giving Naam to 24 dear ones, while simultaneously
putting the old initiates in meditation nearby.
The following day, Oct. 1, was the Master
last day in Virginia. In his farewell talk, he mentioned that the number of
people who were seeing the radiant form of the Master within had doubled since
the first sitting thirteen days earlier, which was proof of advancement. He
then proceeded to give a beautiful talk, which , God willing, will be published
in a future issue of sat sandesh.
That afternoon there was no program
schedule but many people came individually and in small groups to see Him one
last time before he left. Many of them assembled on the lawn in front of the
house, and Master came out and gave Darshan.
Many dear ones were also present at the
national airport in Washington, as Master prepared to board the 9 p.m., flight
to charlotte, north Carolina, his next stop. Master consoled each of the dear
ones individually before he left.
CHARLOTTE
The Master and his party reached
charlotte, the largest city in north Carolina, at about 10 p.m., on Oct. 1,
1972, and was greeted by several hundred dear ones at the airport, many of whom
had driven down from Washington the day before. The Master met them all and was
then driven to the home of Mr. Charles fulcher, the local group leader, where
he stayed during the four days at charlotte.
Meditation were held each morning,
Darshan sessions each afternoon, and public lectures each evening at south park
auditorium and the Myers park Baptist church.
On the afternoon of Oct. 3 many of the
initiates who were traveling with the Master assembled outside his house and
sang devotional hymns and sat in meditation. The Master was busy attending to
foreign correspondence but when he saw them gathered there, he left his work
and came out to be with them, much to their great delight. The Master answered
a few question and spoke on love. He said that love is innate; that everyone
loves and wants to be loved. If we develop love for the Master, he will love us
in a much greater degree. In reality, the Master teaches us how to love just as
a mother teaches her son. The love should be from the innermost depth of the
heart. The Master then told a beautiful story from his own life: once the great
Master baba Sawan Singh (his Master) went to dharamshala, a hill station in
India, for about three months. Everyone was anxiously waiting for his return,
when he decided to stay another three months! No one could help then he (Carpal
Singh) wrote a short letter to his Master, saying, “We hoped to see our Master
with the arrival of basant (spring). It is now bas ant (end of spring), and you
have not come . . ..” there was such a loving entreaty in the letter that the
great Master embraced the letter cancelled his program, and returned.
On Oct. 4, the Master was invited to
speak at the university of North Carolina, and gave a talk to the students and
others from 12 to 1 p.m., in a very big hall filled to capacity. He spoke on
the inevitability of death and the necessity of universal love.
That afternoon at 5, the dear ones again
assembled in large numbers outside of the house where Master was staying. The
account of this beautiful session has been published separately.
The following morning, Oct. 5, the Master
gave Naam to 22 persons at his residence at 9 a.m., earlier he had put he
initiates in meditation at south park auditorium. That afternoon at 2 he gave a
farewell message to the dear ones, and stressed the importance of attending
their local Satsang, as when more than one sit in his remembrance, he is there.
He also urged them to keep their bodies clean, and be regular in their
meditation. A little later he left for the airport, where a special room was
reserved for Him and his children so that they could sit together. At 6 p.m.,
his plane left for Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA
The Master arrived at 7 p.m., and was
greeted at the airport by Mr. David Diamond, the Philadelphia group leader, and
many others dear ones who were eagerly awaiting his coming. After giving
everyone there a very sweet Darshan, he was driven to the Warwick hotel, where
his entire program had been set up for the two days stay. Later that night, at
Master apartment in the hotel, about eighty persons gathered for Darshan and
were fed a delicious meal prepared by the Philadelphia Satsang ladies with
great devotion and love.
The usual schedule of morning meditation,
afternoon Darshan, and evening public talk was maintained, all in the Warwick
hotel ballroom. The large crowds listened to the talks with rapt attention. The
Master radiated beauty and joy and peace, and all got benefit.
On the morning of Oct. 7, 26 persons were
initiated by the Master in his apartment in the hotel.
He left Philadelphia about 5 p.m., by
car, and the hotel lobby and the street for half a block away were lined with
people anxious for his Darshan. He left the hotel so sweetly and slowly,
stopping to speak with some, milling at others. As he got in the car and was
driven away, the majority of satsangis raced for their own cars. To get to New
York as quickly as possible and not miss a second of Master presence.
NEW YORK
The Master first night New York was
spent, as a gesture of deep love, at the house of a dear satsangi family in
Weehawken, N.J., just across the Hudson River from the city. The following
morning he arrived at the Hilton hotel, where he was to stay the rest of the
time, at 9 a.m., and was immediately driven to the hunter college playhouse
where he gave a brief talk followed by a meditation sitting from 10 to 11 a.m.,
after ward he gave many interviews.
The public talks in New York were all
given in this same playhouse, which was a very large hall and absolutely full.
Every seat was taken and many people were standing since there was no place to
sit. Meditation were also held there, and the afternoon Darshan were held in
the hotel. At one of these latter sessions, the Master spoke beautifully on
Darshan, substantially as follows:
The word Darshan –what it stands for is
the when nothing remains between you and Him. When Master come into the world,
hundreds come to look at Him. Not everyone benefits. Eyes are the windows of
the soul. If nothing remains between you and Him, you may have the full
benefit. So that is why Christ said, “eat me and drink.” It is not his flesh
and blood but his radiation. Whole attention should be on the eyes of the
Master, not on the body. The more attention you have, the more benefit can be derived.
Receptive, you will forget your body. By sitting before the Master in this way,
with full attention, may sins are washed away. This is what is meant by
Darshan, not just looking at the Master.
If you sit by a burning fire, you have
warmth. If nothing remains between you and Him, you will have the full benefit
of the radiation. That is why Christ said, “I am the bread of life that has
come down from heaven. Whosoever partaketh of me shall have everlasting life.”
This eating comes from being receptive. You understand what Darshan is? Full devotion
–where even a thought does not strike you. These words are in the scriptures.
This is the most effective way of cleansing the mind. Darshan has a very deep
meaning: when two become one. This is the fate of those who have true devotion.
This will not come with mere acting or posing, but when there is no outside
world.
On the morning of Oct. 11, the Master
initiated 86 persons into the inner science, and gave them a contact with the
inner Light and sound current.
The Master left New York by car at 11
a.m., Oct. 12, arriving at New Heaven, Conn., at 1 p.m., there he had been
invited by Yale University to give a talk. He spoke beautifully and powerfully
on education, stressing the need for an necessity of experiencing higher
consciousness.
BOSTON
The Master left New Heaven by car and
arrived in Boston on Oct. 12 at 8 p.m., and blessed the city and the people
with his unending love.
During his three days here, he stayed in
brookline at the home of his representative, Mrs. Mildred prendergast. Morning
meditation were held at the beacon street motor hotel,, just a few minutes walk
away. The afternoon heart to heart talks were given in the brookline motor
hotel, just across the street. The evening public talks were given at Lowell
lecture hall, Harvard university, Cambridge, and were very well attended.
A child care center was set up and worked
beautifully, much to the great appreciation of the parents. It was located in
the brookline motor hotel, and the mother hotel, and the mothers were on a
rotating schedule for the care of their children. Thus, the children were well
taken care of during the Master talks and were gathered in one place for the
blessing of the Master.
Master spoke, as he had so often
elsewhere, of the main purpose of life being to know yourself, and of how it
can be done: through meditation, rising above body consciousness, and self
introspection, with the help of a living Master. He encouraged the dear ones to
“hurry up!” saying, “your breaths are numbered: wrong use of your breath will
shorten your life. Whatever you pray from your heart, think in your brain and
speak through the mouth is a true prayer nad will be granted by the grace of
God. Pray, I want nothing of this world or the world hereafter, just lead me to
the world hereafter, just lead me to the word made flesh so that he may make me
such as he.’ Pray, ‘let me become the humble slave of your servant till my last
breath is taken.’ This is the prater of the truly devoted.”
On Oct. 14 the Master was interviewed by
jay Richard turner of the siddhartha foundation, Waltham, mass., for a program
called on the path to higher consciousness over radio station WBUR. This was an
in depth interview, with the meditation instructions at the interviewer’s
request. Other persons who came to see the Master included Dr. Michio kushi,
well known macrobiotic teacher; the editor of east west magazine; and the baron
frary von blomberg, co president of the world fellowship of religions, who
sought his guidance.
On Sunday morning, Oct. 15, the master gave
Naam to 63 blessed souls at the Brookline motor hotel. What a blessing for
Boston!
SANT BANI ASHRAM
The Master left by car for sant Bani
Ashram. Sanbornton. New Hampshire, at 9 p.m., on the 15th,
immediately after the evening lecture at Harvard university. A few devotees
accompanied Him, the great majority arriving the next day when the official
program began.
Sant Bani Ashram consists of about 200
acres of mostly forest land in the foothills of the white mountains. It was
founded as an ashram by the Master himself during his previous visit in October
1963, just nine years earlier. Many changes had taken place in the meantime as
the work there had grown enormously, including the construction of a large
Satsang hall and several other buildings. In preparation for his coming, the
dear ones there had grown enormously, including the construction of a large
Satsang hall and several other buildings. In preparation for his coming, the
own hands and great devotion a house for the Master to live in. it was to this
house, by the side of a pond, that Master was taken, outside of which were a
large group of local initiates waiting with great joy to see Him. He sat with
them so lovingly in the living room of his house, and reminisced about his
previous visit and other past events. The weather was cold, but as he said
smilingly , “love knows no cold.”
The next morning people began arriving
from all over. The Satsang hall and the main guest house, together with all
other houses on the ashram, had been pressed into service in order to
accommodate the devotees; in addition, two large tents had been constructed
specially for the visit. With the loving cooperation of the local initiates,
who worked very hard both before and during the visit, a langar (free kitchen)
was set up, and with his grace, two meals a day were served throughout his
stay. The atmosphere there is quite and congenial for meditation; as the
oriental proverb says, “mungle in the jungle.” (“Bliss in the forest.”) many
people wanted to be there in Masters company. And about 500 persons were fed
and accommodated during his stay. Many others from the local area attended the
public talks and came to see the Master.
At 9 a.m., Oct 16, the Master put all the
initiates present (many still had not arrived) into meditation, after giving a
short talk in which he commented on the radical change that had taken place at
the ashram since he had been there last. He mentioned that them there were only
a few people and only one main building, and that there had been a rapid
improvement. He urged the dear ones present to utilize the five days they had
here for meditation, and told them not to gossip or waste time in frivolous activities.
Some of the public talks were held
outdoors, by the pond, next to the Master house, and others were held in the
Satsang hall, which however was not nearly large enough to hold the dear ones
who had flocked there. In order to accommodate as many people as possible, it
was necessary of the dear ones to sit on the floor with their knees drawn up in
front of them; in this way, about 700 people were squeezed in. but this was not
enough; and overflow space was provided in the main guest house, with Masters
talk piped in on a speaker. (the Master graciously came down after the talk and
gave Darshan to those dear ones.) about 100 more were accommodate this way, but
this was still not enough. So some dear ones remained outside the hall during
the talk, and heard Him over a loudspeaker set up outside. But when Master
looked out the window and saw them outside, he instructed everyone inside to
squeeze up still tighter so that their brothers and sisters could come in.
everyone had thought they were squeezed as tight as they possibly could be; but
somehow room was made for all the others.
On some occasions, however, people were
left standing outside; they just could not be squeeze in. once after all
efforts had been made, Master said about those outside so compassionately, “God
bless them –part of my attention will be outside with them.”
When weather permitted, and despite the
cold wind that blew continually, the great Master held Satsang outdoors. Here
everyone could sit in one place and enjoy his bliss.
A number of Darshan were held Satsang
outdoors. Here everyone could sit in one place and enjoy His bliss.
A number of Darshan were held in the
Master house; here of course only a few could get in, but it was the effort of
the organizers to insure that every one present was given a chance to sit in
the Master living room with Him at least once during his stay. Some of these
sessions were very profound, others lighthearted and jolly. At one session a
group leader disease. The Master replied very strongly that he must remember he
is working for God. He told his that if he had a shield of humility, them nobody
will harm Him. He added that he should never take credit for any work he did,
but be aware that he was simply a pipeline.
On another occasion, a very old retired
Christian minister was present, the grandfather of an initiate; the Master
treated him with great respect, and engaged him in conversation for some time.
The gentleman said, “I feel peace in your presence, sir, but I cant call you
Master.” The Master smiled at him and asked, “what is your age, sir, if I may
ask?” the gentleman replied that he was 87. the Master said, “all right, just
take me as your younger brother.”
The Satsangis from Clinton, Maine, who
operate kirpal goat farm their, met with the Master for the purpose of
establishing a branch of Manav Kendra at their farm. The Master advised them to
think over the issue calmly, and said that it is not difficult to start things
but very difficult to maintain them. he later gave his approval to the idea.
At one of the afternoon meetings held
outdoors, the entire student body and faculty to horizon’s edge school, a
nearby private school came to hear the Master. He addressed the discourse to
them, and afterward spoke with them and gave them parshad. He told them to be
devoted and obedient to their teachers, since only one third comes through reading,
etc.; the rest comes through receptivity. He also advised them to read
biographies of great men.
On Tuesday, Oct. 17, the Master paid a
visit to the sant Bani press in Tilton, N.H., where SAT SANDESH and some of his
books are printed. He thus graciously blessed the place, much to the joy of the
press staff.
On the evening of Oct. 19, the Master
spoke before an absolutely packed hall on the importance and nature of Master,
an extraordinary talk which, God willing will be included in a future issue of
SAT SANDESH. The atmosphere of love and joy that had been building all week
long reached a peak in this memorable Satsang, which will live in the memory of
all who heard it.
On Friday morning, Oct. 20, the Master
gave initiation to 53 persons and connected them with the sound and light
within.
That afternoon, after a very sweet
farewell Darshan outdoors, the Master left by care to take his unfathomable
love to kirpal ashram in Vermont.
KIRPAL
ASHRAM/BURLINGTON
This ashram, the oldest in the western
world, is situated 12 miles from Montpelier, Vt., in the town of Calais. The
ashram building is situated in a thick jungles, approachable by road, on the
bank of a small stream. It is a very calm and quite place. A few devotees
reside there and there is a daily program for meditation and Satsang, as there
is at sant Bani. Some people to visit the Ashram and spend a few days in
solitude and derive benefit from its radiates and charged atmosphere.
The Master was provided with a very
simple bed made out of wooded logs. Instead bed made out of wooden logs were
found in the rooms for sitting accommodations. The rooms for sitting
accommodations. The rooms were lit by candlelight, and heating arrangement was
of olden times: burning wood it stoves. Many dear ones were given accommodation
in the ashram itself; others were placed in a house nearby; in the open field
to provide sleeping space. Food, prepared by the organizers in a most loving
manner, was served to all. It was very cold; but the Master children did not
mind, as long as they could be with Him.
The following morning, Oct. 21, many more
people arrived. The Master put the people in meditation in the tent and then
gave a short talk.
At 1 p.m., the Master left for
Burlington, forty miles away, where he had been invited by the university of
Vermont to be the guest of the dept. of religion for two days. Immediately on
arrival at the university, the Master was received and welcomed by them;
following which, he gave a short talk. He was then taken to the east O lake hotel,
where he stayed for the duration of the time in Vermont.
The Master gave a series of lectures in
various halls of the university, which were exceptionally well attended by the
students: the halls were so filled that the initiates present were asked to
give the students first chance at the front seats., etc., so that they would
have an opportunity to see and hear Him at close quarters. In addition to the
lectures, the Master saw many students and others, in small groups and
individually, at his hotel room. At one of these sessions, two priests, who had
read the book Naam or word, came to see Him. They had greatly appreciated the
book and asked the Master searching question on the nature of inner experience.
among the others present at this time, a student said that his parent at this
time, a student said that his parents refused to give him permission to get
initiated. The Master said that he should be more obedient and loving, and they
remained adamantly opposed. Finally, the Master looked him right in the eye and
said, “look here it is a question between you and God, not you and your
parents.”
The religion faculty, accompanied by many
students, also visited Master in his hotel room, and asked many question. One
of them wanted to know it the American disciple were having difficultly in
their meditation. The Master said that he should ask them and find out.
He also told them that his work was
purely spiritual, and cultural and social problems would take care of
themselves if the spiritual, and cultural and social problems would take care
of themselves if the spiritual work was done first. He also explained to them
the reasons behind the vegetarian diet. One of the professors commented on how
much they appreciated the Masters presence, and invited Him to visit the
university again.
The climax of the two days in Vermont
came on Oct. 22, when the Master initiated 74 persons, the great majority
university students, into the science of surat shabd yoga. It was announced
that Satsang would be held regularly at the university.
MONTREAL
The Master left Burlington on Oct. 23 at
9 a.m., by car, and arrived at Montreal, the largest city in Canada, and one of
the largest in north America, at 12 noon, after a brief stop at the U.S. Canada
border for customs formalities. On arrival, he was taken to the Windsor hotel,
where many loving souls were waiting to greet the Master.
During his two days in Montreal (his
first visit there), the Master gave Darshan, meditation sittings, and public
talks at the conference room of the hotel, and also spoke at the sir George
Williams university, at the invitation of professor rossner, head of the dept.
of religion. There was also a press conference at the hotel, which was attended
by the initiates as well as the press. Dr. Roger Foisy, the local group leader,
introduced the Master to the reporters.
At one session, the Master was asked
about blood transfusions. He said, “if it keep a man alive so he can know God,
then it is all right. But the transfusion of another’s blood can change your
whole way of thinking.” Reno Sirrine said, “Master, can you spare a
transfusion?” Master answered, “Why do you want my blood? I am giving you my
life.”
Another questioner asked, “By following
Master, we leave our previous religion, more or less, and this affects our
family and hurts them because we are not following their tradition.” The Master
replied, “the customs that are now prevailing are man made, not God made or
Master made. Don’t criticize others, love others, be friendly and loving. Be
polite, but know the truth within. The basic teachings are the same everywhere.
Right interpretation can only be given by one who sees.”
Another question was, “Can all initiates
make it to Sach Khand in one lifetime?” the Master said, “not in one day to you
become a Ph.D.; not in one day you become a wrestler. If you have full devotion
and develop the way you have been put on, it is up to you how long it will
take. It is all on the way. Those with background go straight up.”
Another dear one asked, “it is very easy
to develop love for Master when you are in his physical presence, but what do
we do when you are not here?” the Master said, “Develop receptivity. Send in
your diary. Give more time to your meditation. My Master told me to give at least five to six hours, the more the
better.”
Another question: “are you in a state of
samadhi now?” Master said, “when you have Ph.D. you don’t use the knowledge
every minute, but you still have the degree.” Again: “Do you meditate to
maintain samadhi?” “when you have a Ph.D., do you repeat your ABC’s ? when a
man is in the world, he must use his outgoing faculties, but that does not mean
he cant leave it at any time.”
On the morning of Oct. 24, 59 persons
were given Naam. Later that day he told the initiates of Montreal, old and new,
to be sweet, loving, to speak in any language but speak of love.
At 6 p.m., on the 24the an interview with
the Master was recorder for a Montreal radio station. The Master gave very
complete answers to the interviewer’s questioning, telling him that his main
purpose was to revive the unite that already exists, and to help up solve the
mystery of man –who we are, what we are; that the Master is the word made
flesh, and there have always been Master, sometimes more than one at a time;
that if any earnest seeker prayers to God from his heart, he will make
arrangements to lead Him to the Master of the time; that the stage of all
consciousness cannot be described or explained; and that an internal
demonstration can most decidedly be given.
The Master and his party left Montreal
the following morning, Oct. 25, by plane, for Toronto, arriving there at 10:30
a.m.
TORONTO
At the Toronto airport many persons were
waiting to see the Master, including Stanley and Edna shine rock, his group
leaders there, who had lived with the Master in India of six years. They had
been separated from his physical form since June 1970, and extended a very warm
welcome to Him and felt so joyfully and grateful for his visit. They took the
Master to Mont sondan hotel, where he stayed the one night in Toronto. Then the
Master went to manor road United Church where many people were waiting to have
a glimpse of Him. He put them in meditation and gave a brief talk. Later in the
afternoon he saw a large number of people at his hotel.
The public talk that night was at the
theosophical society at 8 p.m. when the Master arrived, the hall was absolutely
full and many people had either to sit in the corridors or passage or had to
stand along the sides. It was announced that the very first Satsang in Master
name in the western world was held at this very place about 22 years ago, by
Mr. T.S. Khanna, and only four of five people came to hear Masters message of
love. How Masters work has grown in the meantime!
The following morning, the Master
initiated 24 persons into the mysteries of the beyond. At 3 p.m. he left for
Chicago by plane.
Selections from the Annual Report.
The annual meeting of the board of
directors of Ruhani Satsang –Divine science of the soul was held and called to
order by Reno H. Sirrine, Chairman of the board, at 2:20 p.m., on thanksgiving
Day, Thursday, November 23, 1972, at the home of Reno H. Sirrine, 9445 Dacosta
St., Downey, California. . . . . . .
All directors were present as follows:
his holiness Sant Kirpal Singh Ji Maharaj; Mr. Reno H. Sirrine; Mr. Farwell P.
Hull; Dr. John H. Lovelace; Mrs. Lucille B. Gunn; Mrs. Ogla Donenberg; Mrs.
Mildred prendergast. Other officers present were: Mrs. Helen Von Aldenbruck,
secretary . . . . .also present were: Charles & Dona Kelley; Mr. & Mrs.
T.S. Khanna; Mr. Arran stehens; Mr wayne Von aldenbruck; Mr. Dennis Von
Aldenbruck; Mr. Dan Crow; Russel & Judith perkins; Mr. Ben Ringel; Mr. S.R.
Bhalla; Mr. B.S. Gyani Ji.
The invocation was given by Master kirpal
Singh Ji requesting that all the directors must be true to themselves and not
to personalities, but always for the mission itself.
[the minutes and financial statements of
the previous meeting and year were read and approved.]
Reno Sirrine suggested that we put the balance
of the funds left, after the tour expenses, into the general account to do what
Master wants done with it. It was also suggested that the larger satsangs
retain a two to three months operating capital and send the remainder in to the
general account of Ruhani Satsang –Divine science of the soul. They will be
given credit for this, and also al notice showing where the funds were used.
Mr. Sirrine then asked for a motion that
the money to be sent to India be sent to the corporation headquarters in California
stating your preferences as to where it should be sent, Ruhani Satsang or Manav
Kendra. . . . . it was unanimously carried.
Master Kirpal Singh mentioned that anyone
wanting to send the money to India directly may do so but they must realize it
is not then tax deductible or tax free.
OLD BUSINESS:
In regards to the initiation forms, the
chairman suggested that, in the future, we only obtain one brief life sketch
from the applicants for initiation. This would be sent to Master in India for
his records only, so the confidential information of the initiate is not
available to any other than Master.
The chair man also suggested that we be
more strict about employment. The new initiates should be able to stand on his
own feet…..m approved of this, recognizing that there may be some deserving
exceptions…..
NEW BUSINESS:
A letter from his holiness sant kirpal
Singh Ji and a letter from Mr. Reno H. sirrine and Mr. T.S. Khanna were read
regarding the joining of Mr. Khannas group with the corporation, Ruhani Satsang
–divine science of the soul, in California, and the dissolving of the district
of Columbia corporation…..
Reno sirrine asked Mr. Khanna and Mr. Dan
Crow, an attorney, if appointing Mr. Khanna as chairman of the board and adding
the six new members, …..seems satisfactory and fair to all. Dan crow stated,
“yes, it appears to be.” Mr. Khanna also agreed.
Mr. Sirrine them informed the board that
to meet the needs and requirements of the corporation, the number of directors
should be increased from seven to thirteen. Them, Mr. Khanna submitted and Mr.
Sirrine nominated the following six new directors:
Mr. T.s. Khanna; Mrs. Helen McDaniel; Mr.
Charles Fulcher; Mr. Amarnath Sharma; Mrs. Dona Kelly; Mr. Dan Crow.
……the nomination ….. was carried unanimously.
Master kirpal Singh again stated that all
directors have to give their services to God, not to Mr. Sirrine or Mr. Khanna,
and that all opinions should be in the interest of the mission…..
Mr. Reno Sirrine them submitted his
resignation as chairman of the board and nominated Mr. T.S. Khanna for this
position …..it was carried unanimously….
Mr. Khanna requested that Master consider
coming to the united states once every six months or so. Master smiled, and
stated, “the initiates thread of love is stronger than chains of iron.”
Master kirpal Singh Ji made a motion to
adjourn the meeting …. It was unanimously carried and the meeting adjourned at
4:10 p.m.
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