GOD HAS ENTERED
MY HOUSE THIS WAS A HYMN from Kabir, who appreciates his own good luck: By
God's grace the Word made flesh has entered my house, and it is fortunate I am
that the manifested God in man has come in. Now what should I do? He has given
me a contact with that God within me—so go on! no moment should be lost but to
be with that Power. The result is, I am quiet, sitting in that bliss, at peace.
Mind has found no place in me to rise into ripples now - quiet, calm, serene.
Omind, go on with this thing you have got by the grace of God who has appeared
in man body and entered your house. So fortunate I am, you see. The result is,
now I have escaped the wheel of life—birth and death. I am at home with God.
Thank You, God, Kabir says. God Himself made flesh
came to me, gave me a contact with Him who is already within me. O mind, go on
with it now! Don't lose a minute without remaining in contact with that. That is what the hymn says. out of thousands,
millions, trillions of people, how many people get the contact? They are
engaged mostly in the outward ways of worship—those methods which are performed
with the help of hands or outgoing faculties or intellect. Who can give us that
contact except the God in man—that God which is manifest in the man body. Greatly
fortunate, O mind, that God in man has entered my house. This
man body too really is a house we live in—an outside house. I remember when our Master went to Lahore; he sat in a room and gave
instructions to someone there. When He went back, I locked it. Nobody entered.
Whenever you came into that room, the sweet Music was heard. So places are
blessed by such personalities. The atmosphere is charged. Greatly fortunate we
are that such a person has entered our house. So that is our lesson—thanking God;
thanking our own destiny, our own God, and God in man. Let no moment pass
without remembrance, constant remembrance. The lower mind does not like to withdraw from outside. At times, for an
hour or two, we try to go in; but it does not remain inside. But once we get
that bliss, that bliss inside which is stronger, more attractive, more
intoxicating, we will never dare to lose contact with that Power. Outside
things are attractive to us; but are those things really attractive? We are
conscious beings, a drop of the ocean of all consciousness, which is an ocean
of intoxication. These outside things are all material things. When you are
wholly engrossed, imbued with outer things, you have that bliss, a little
contact with your own intoxication within, like a dog who eats bones. There is
no taste in the bones, but his own blood goes out and he drinks that blood,
which provides the taste. So we are bliss; we are a drop of intoxication. When
you are imbued with something else, for that moment so long as you are engaged
there, there is some bliss; but it is really no bliss. When our soul, which is
a drop of the ocean of all consciousness, comes in contact with all
consciousness, it gets more bliss—the most bliss. So really we are of the same
essence as that of God; He is eternal. So God is all wisdom, He is all bliss, joy, happiness. We all want
happiness. Pity we seek it amiss; it is within our own selves, and by coming in
contact with that higher consciousness, you will become more happy. We have
that reflection of our own peace and happiness in outer things by engaging in
them. We are fortunate we have Someone who gives us a clue to that—not a clue,
but a demonstration of that, for a while. We should develop that from day to
day. Then we will say, like Kabir: I am greatly fortunate that I have met
with the Master, who came and entered my outer house, my inner house too. So
mind, now enjoy that bliss. Never lose a moment of it. Be thankful. Have the
real right perspective as the matter stands. By concentration only can you feel that bliss; you come in contact with
the higher consciousness—more bliss. If you are engaged in the outer things,
then also you have some bliss; but that is only temporary, for a while, a drop.
Is that not true? Does this not appeal to you? All Masters bring this to the
world, you see. Shamas Tabrez, a great Saint of Persia, says, Don't
look to my outer dress. I appear to be living in rags. Look within me to see
who I am. People asked Shamas Tabrez, "Why have you come
here?" "I could not refuse. I have been sent. Look within me—I am the
King of Kings." These are his words I am quoting you. "What have you
brought?" "I have brought the very strong whiskey of heaven to
distribute to the world; that is why I have come to you." So all Masters
say the same thing in their own language. They bring something.... What did
Christ say? I am the bread of life which has come
down from heaven; whosoever partakes of art shall have everlasting life.
Both expressed themselves in different words, but they say the same thing.
Fortunate those are who get a contact and like Kabir say, "Be thankful to
the God in man." We fritter away all this valuable life in trifling things. Our Master
used- to class people, disciples. He would say that the Satsangis are all
there, but there are some "homey" Satsangis - those who are at home
with the Master. They were more dear to Him than anybody else in the world. You remember that Christ was once sitting with a good number of people
and he was told that his mother and brethren had come, said "Who is my
mother? Who are my brethren? Those who do the will of God." Masters have
that angle of vision. All the four sons of the tenth Guru were martyred. There
were so many people sitting by him. His wife came up and asked him, "Where
are my children?" "I have sacrificed them for all these children of
mine!" You do not know how dear you are to the Master. So those who are obeying, living up to what He says, forget all
relations. It is He who binds our inner relation which can never be broken even
after death. Here all issues are paid off; give and take, that's all. Each one
has to go his I own way; but the inner relation can never be broken even after
death; even after leaving the body. Our Master used to give an example of
people crossing a , river. The sailor first takes one load, then another lot,
then a third lot. Those whom Masters have initiated are taken one by one. All
will go—some before, some after. But on the other side of the world you will
all meet. Are these things in books? Books cannot explain everything. We are looked after by the shepherd. People asked Christ, "Why have
you come here?" He answered, "I have lost my sheep." When I was
leaving by plane for the West, people gathered together and asked me why I was
going. "I am going to find all my brothers there." We do not realize
what a blessing we have. Make the best use of it. God
made flesh has come—has entered my house and given me a contact. O mind, don't
rest for a moment. And that's the main object of man's life.
In this human body you can go back to your home and in no other. You are
fortunate you have the human body. What you can do here in a short time cannot
be done in the other world—the higher planes—in ten times as long. Every day,
every hour, every minute, brings us closer to the end of the human body. So
hurry up! Repose; just go into the lap of the mother. Nothing further to be
done. That is the result of effort; but effortless effort. There are two
mottos in the world: First, "God helps those who help themselves";
but also, "God helps those who do not help themselves." Help yourself
so much so that you forget yourself in that effort. So go back, recede. Leave
off thinking; if the mind, outgoing faculties, and intellect stand still, that
very silence transfers into Light, then into Sound. So it is comparatively easier if you can repose, having faith in the
Mother. You cannot repose unless you have full confidence in the Mother. A
child can never dream that a lion would come and eat him up; he will run to the
mother, and the mother would rather be eaten by the lion than let the child be,
such love she has for the child. So how fortunate we are, you see. Here is the open secret I have spoken to you from a common sense level.
So what remains now? Don't be led away by the daily doings. Life is a series of
interruptions; a matter of give and take, reactions of the past. Nobody can
even dream that anything goes according to his will and pleasure With all that,
these are give and take, passing phases. Stick to what you have been given;
that will prove a sheet anchor. Remain air conditioned, not to be affected by
the outside atmosphere, cold or heat, hurricanes or anything. Where is that?—that is in your own Self. So recede; you will feel it.
Don't allow any waves coming from the outside to enter through the outgoing
faculties. Shut yourself in the closet, as Christ said: the closet of your
body. What does meditation mean? When you enter within you will find He is
there, quite cut off from the outside. This is something given to you
practically. You are to develop it by regular practice, weeding out all outer
attachments in one way or another. When a child is there trying to walk here
and there, and the mother is pleased to see, first the child crawling, then
walking, then running. Master is pleased to see his children going along. He
does not compare the man running with the child hopping along; he appreciates
that hopping too. Similar to the mother, is it not? The child is very dear to
the mother, is he not? The child running, as well as the child hopping. So let
us be thankful, that's all I can say. Kabir has a good lesson to give us. Param Sant Kirpal Singh |