At Charles Fulcher’s home in Charlotte, October 4, 1972 Master asked,
“May I put question to you? You have put so many questions to me.” Everyone
replied, yes. “if time runs short, what do you do to lengthen it? Put chains on
the legs of time. Have the sweet remembrances with you not to forget it; that
will lengthen the time.” Question:
“Jesus said, blessed are those who believe without seeing, so why is it
necessary to have a living Master?” The Master:
“Blessed are those who can believe due to their past actions. Have you read the
Gospel of John? Jesus said, As long as I am in the world, I am the light of
the world. (John 9:5). God is the only Guru. If they have faith it is due
to reactions of the past. What I understand from the scriptures is, shabd is
the only Guru. Guru Nanak was asked, “who is you Guru?” he said, “Shabd is my
Guru.” My Master said, “Take me as you brother. Do what I say, and then when
you meet me inside, call me what you like.” You too are micro-Gods. “Moreover, some
people are sent to the world with a mission to punish the wicked and reward the
righteous. Master also come, to lead the people back to God and help them
become the conscious co-workers with God. “Take a prison
house where the prisoners are in bad condition. One man comes and sees the
condition and wants to help, so he brings them some good food. Another man
comes and brings them good clothing. Still another builds them good house to
live in. the purpose of all three was to do good. Another man with the keys to
the prison comes and let all the prisoners out. all did good; but what do you
think of the fourth one? You see, Masters are the last. When Masters come, they
cry, with their hands up, “come on – lets go home!” God makes the arrangements.
You have been long in exile. Why don’t you come back and enjoy your true home?
Fortunate are those who are to come back home. Even when the door is opened, we
don’t like to go. Udho, a follower of Lord Krishna, once said to him, “Well, if
they want to stay in all this misery, why not let them stay?” you see, we don’t
really want to go. If you really want it, you will have it, sure and certain.
What comes out of your heart, brain, and tongue – all three – is true. Pray and
wait. “In the most
cases we deceive ourselves. That is why I request you to be true to your own
selves. The God power is within you. I ask everybody to keep the diary. One
lady at the Ashram kept the diary by placing flowers on it. She could not read
or write, but she had self-introspection anyway. I told one man that if his
diary was true he must be going to the third plane; but he says he sees no
light. Take seriously what I am telling you. Be truthful with you diary. “In school it
takes one year to pass from one grade to the next. If you put in four hours in
school and two hours at home for one year – 365 days, six hours a day – what is
that? 2,190 hours. You must go up one plane. Every Saint has his past and every
sinner a future. A strong man revels in his strength and a weak man wonders how
he got it. Can you become a professor in one day? “Those who are
initiated are not to be judged by the Lord of death, but by the Master himself.
Those who are sincere to the Master will not come back; if they are to come
back, they will be in a high family. It is a great blessing to be put on the
other way. You should work for it. When I went to my Master, I was a family
man, I had two children, I earned my livelihood. I said, “how much time should
I put in?” He replied, “five to six hours at least, and the more you can do the
better.” Man is in the make. Some come with good background. Those who have
good background see light and hear sound. Even with this background we are
dilly-dallying. Even if you have no background, if you put in your time and do
you self-introspection you could rise above the others. I tell you these things
from a common sense point of view. Make the best use of what you have got. Why
prolong you life? From heart to heart: you must work for it. I would advise you
to keep the diary, I went to the woods five or six months and asked what I
could do to help people live up to what I did all the time I was a student, I
kept a diary. Criticize yourself as you would criticize others, to say, “I am a
sinner, I am a sinner’ – that wont do. Weed out! ‘Procrastination
is the thief of time. Who knows if you will live until that time, if you put
things off. Do it now while your body is fit. If you have misused your life,
your eyesight will lessen, your hearing will lessen. While you are young you
can put in more time. Don’t spare yourself. Criticize yourself. Have pity on
yourself. I am not telling you anything new. All of you could give a good talk;
but it must be sincere, true. Don’t think God is dead; he is everywhere. “We have got no
aim in life. Sometimes we want one thing. Sometimes we want another thing.
Decide what you want and then stick to it. I had ambition too. Decide once and
for all and all things will be added unto you. Don’t you want to go Home? God
is waiting for you. Have an aim set up. A child takes one step and mother lends
her hand. Similarly, if you want to go back to God, I will give you a hand. If
you had seven children, you would remember all of them, you don’t leave any
behind. “It is up to you to live up to what is said. You benefit by it. This should appeal to each one |