I am within you.....come QUESTION: Master, you shower us with so much grace everyday. You give us so much
grace everyday. How can we develop more love and devotion and gratitude for
what you give us? THE MASTER: I am growing gray headed and you are just fresh. Mind that, Christ Power
does not grow old or young. It is always young and fresh, working in due
course. That is never old. Once that seed is sown no power on earth can have
the power to pluck it away. Rest assured He will never leave you. What more? QUESTION: I once read that your Master Sawan Singh had in a previous incarnation
been Kabir and I wonder if this is correct? THE MASTER: How will it help you? DISCIPLE: It is just something that comes up in my mind once in a while. THE MASTER: They all had the same power working through them, Kabir and everybody
else. They are Word made flesh. So Word is sometimes manifest as Kabir,
sometimes this, sometimes that. The Word never changes. When your friend comes
today in a white suit, tomorrow in yellow clothes, third day in brown clothes,
would you not recognize Him? I hope you recognize and do not discard Him.
[chuckles] That's all I can say. Yes, anyone else. Yes, please. Come on. What
else do you say? DISCIPLE: How may we have better conduct? THE MASTER: Read Seven Paths. For what benefits the states of existence, read the seven steps for that; your nature will change. First, we are to
purify our minds of all foreign thoughts that occur. So He says and all Godmen
say: "Those who love their children, their parents, their other relations
more than Me are not my disciples." For one ruling passion, God-in-man,
they sacrifice all others. DISCIPLE: Yesterday, when you were not here THE MASTER: I was not here. DISCIPLE: We an felt let down. THE MASTER: What happened to you? DISCIPLE: We are getting dependent upon you, Master. THE MASTER: It is better to depend on Him Who is within you, not outside. He is
always with you. If you think He is away, then away He will be. It will take
time for Him to come. If you think He is already there He will come all at
once. You will solve the mystery of Koro. You must have heard about it in the
Mahabharata. Draupadi was won by the Koros. She was abducted and thc abductor
began to unwind her sari—the I cloth which she was wearing over her head.
Naturally nowadays to sit bareheaded is a sign of fashion or respect. But in the old days to sit with head covered was a sign of respect—to
sit bareheaded was great disrespect. She cried, "Oh Lord Krishna, come,
save me, I am being dishonored " In the meantime, he dragged the sari off
her head. Then Lord Krishna appeared and explained, the cloth she was wearing
could not be unwound. She asked Lord Krishna, "What's the use of coming
here when the cloth has already been taken off my head? Well, Krishna, you came
late. You did come, of course, but you came late." Then he asked, "To
whom did you cry for help?" "I cried for Krishna to save me from
Brindaban." He said, "I had to come from Brindaban, that took me
time. I am the very life of your life. Had you cried there, I would have saved
you then and there." You see? So never depend on others. Help is directed
to all, you are nevcr without Him. So He promises, "I shall never leave
thee nor forsakc thee till the end of the world." How could I ever do
that? Is this the Bible truth, truth or not? He did say, "I shall never
leave you till the end of the world." What is true then, what you say or
what He says? DISCIPLE: First of all I want to thank you. I am glad to be here. And secondly,
I'm also a student on a government funded program and there are certain
cultural activities which the program directors either require us to attend or
recommend that we attend. And I was wondering if you have some suggestions about
the way to take the best advantage of those opportunities that arise. For
example, tomorrow is the 15th of August. THE MASTER: Yes. DISCIPLE: Indian Independence Day, isn't it? THE MASTER: Yes. I wish you to be independent. DISCIPLE: What? THE MASTER: I wish you all to be independent—independent of your body, independent
of your outgoing faculties, independent of your mind, independent of your
intellect. Dependence is a heinous crime. Never depend on anyone. Outer help
may come to help you up. He says, "I am within you, come." How will
you enjoy Independence Day tomorrow? DISCIPLE: Well, I thought thut I would attend Mrs. Gandhi's speech at the Red
Fort, if I had your permission. THE MASTER: Well, you can go. Go, that's all right. But that won't make you
independent; talks will make you further dependent. So the best independence
day is to withdraw from all outside. You come out of this narrow dark cave of
your body and rise above it into the beyond That leads to the unconditional. So
come in contact with that Power which is God. Even after you are independent
you are still bound. Truthfully, you are not independent. Each man is bound in
his own way. When you are independent you feel blissfulness, radiate freedom. DISCIPLE: Radiate freedom? THE MASTER: Yes. About the show tomorrow, thousands will gather together to hear the
talk of the Prime Minister. They're going to pay obeisance to her. If you had told
me, I would have arranged for your ticket. DISCIPLE:
Wow! THE
MASTER: If you told me earlier this morning I
could have got a seat for you. And now you will have to stand. DISCIPLE:
Wow! THE
MASTER: You can see it on the television. There
will be no crowds pushing there. DISCIPLE: Will you be watching it, yourself? THE
MASTER: I need not. I may or may not. I am not
bound. You are bound. But I can stay or not. You're bound to your likings. I am
very thankful to you—you have reminded us of Independence Day tomorrow. Let us
all be free tomorrow, Independence Day. All outward shams and shackles should
be shaken off. DISCIPLE:
It's also Guru day tomorrow, Master. THE
MASTER: Guru day is tomorrow or now? DISCIPLE:
Yes, Guruwar—tomorrow. THE
MASTER: Today is also Guruwar. Guru is not bound
to Guruwar. He is free. He comes to make you free. He'll give you a contact
with truth, which frees you from all outside entanglements. That is why Christ said, "Those who do not take cross daily
are not my disciple followers!" Take cross tomorrow. Why not fly? You
take cross. To take cross you must be up in there [in the head]. This is the
cross [Master outstretches His arms and makes a cross of His body] I won't be
able to find you here if you are all free. Independence Day is not in reach to
the touch of the outside people. So real freedom is that. Outer freedom, too,
comes only where there is no requirement for needs, military or anything; when
each man has his own share of freedom without any exertion, the kingdom of God
will come on earth, you see. Master comes to make you free by from all
entanglements: physical, astral and tells you how to do it. Do not be stuck
fast in this room. If you go up you have got free air. If you rise above the
physical body, it is all free. If you are made to live in some unventilated house
with no windows, all pitch dark, no free air, do you not become fed up with it?
Would you not like to go into| a more ventilated room in the building, where
everything is free like air, sun and water? If you're free from all desires
then you'll really be free. Be desireless. All Masters say this. Tenth Guru
also said, Kama nahin. So, any works performed without reward are true; if you want compensation or
return, naturally you are bound. QUESTION:
How does one reach that state of being
desireless? THE
MASTER: When there is no desire? Read Seven
Paths. Truth is free. When you come in contact with truth you are free. All
darkness is removed. You come out of the Pindi house in which they give you no
air to breathe. The atmosphere is very stifling. Come up to higher bliss. Would
you not like to come out of this narrow, narrow building? Masters tell you how
the very first day. Those who can at their own will and pleasure go, come and
go, come and go, are free. Yes, anyone else? I hope you enjoy Independence
tomorrow. If all of you are enjoying independence, I won't be able to see all
these faces. QUESTION: You shower so much grace and so many
kindnesses on us. How can we repay it? THE
MASTER: By keeping His commandments first. Do
what He says. No complaining, no grumbling. Whatever He gives should be
accepted with joy. Generally we simply start with
complaints. DISCIPLE:
Yes, if you don't get one thing you like
you start grumbling. THE
MASTER: The more the sheep bleats the more
morsels fall from his mouth. I tell you to keep your meditations accurate. Put
in more time; take cross daily. This gives you more bliss. First of all, keep
commandments 100 per cent; then develop the very habits and nature of the
Master. That is had only through receptivity. You'll earn two-thirds more. Your
independence day starts what time? When? DISCIPLE: The sooner the better, Iguess. [Master
laughs] . . . THE
MASTER: I wish you to go and be ready to enjoy
Independence Day. Parades and speeches make you bound, not independent. They
are more chains. Rise above. QUESTION:
Master, if you are true to yourself in
thought, word and deed, is that enough? THE
MASTER: Not only that, something more, still
more. If you have sweet remembrance of the teacher in God, then
you become receptive. [The lights
went out] DISCIPLE:
Master makes the darkness beautiful. THE
MASTER: In just three minutes silence you can
want independence, within three minutes silence, can you not? QUESTION:
Beloved, what if one has a great desire
and that is just to be with you? Don't care for anything else, they just want
to go with you. THE
MASTER: If it is true you'll have it. You are
already there but not realizing it. Never alone. [Master dropped a pebble in
the dark room and explained that the people go outside to look for it there
because they couldn't see in the dark room]. I tell you, they think there is
more light there and they can find it outside, because there is more light
there. All right, God bless you. Go. Param Sant Kirpal Singh (Ek
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