Part II / I – I

Social Conduct and Ethical Life

I appreciate your selfless service for the holy cause of the Master when you are privileged to conduct Satsangs and convey instructions for initiation to the dear ones, under the protective guidance of the Master.

It is a rare blessing to be instrumental in the Divine Set-Up. A spirit of selflessness and self-abnegation invokes His gracious mercy and compassion in great abundance. Your reverential humility and devotion for Him will bless you with inner peace and harmony. Please convey my love to all the members in your group individually, and encourage them to write to me about their spiritual progress at regular intervals, so as to seek guidance where necessary.

*****

The moral code of an ethical life must be strictly adhered to. A pure and chaste life is a necessary prerequisite for progress on the Path to God. These are fundamentals that allow no relaxation whatsoever. Anyone transgressing them will have to reap the fruit thereof. These words may sound stiff, but the Father does not wish His children to go astray. He has overwhelming love for them and their uplift is His foremost job.

*****

I am glad you have a better appreciation of the value of the Satsang meetings, which are always inspiring, helpful and beneficial, as Master's love and grace is radiated in abundance therein, and all those present receive the Life-Impulses from the Master-Power working overhead. In group meetings, the entire congregation assimilates the overflowing grace of the Master and occasionally the Radiant Presence of the Master is experienced by the audience. Such meetings have deep inspiring significance and, therefore, should be cherished in all loving devotion.

*****

It is a natural desire of an initiate to rise high in the inner planes and meet within the Radiant and Charming Master and enjoy His Grace and blessings as well as the perfect peace and bliss of those regions.

Difficulties often block the Way. They must be overcome. You have a Strong One over your head. Take refuge in Him!

Why should a child ever feel shy in writing to his Father? Everyone who has learned to ride has experienced many a fall. To fall in sin is manly, but to remain there is devilish.

Please do not be disheartened. Do avoid uncongenial society and be regular and earnest in your meditation. Do your best and leave the rest to the Power overhead and do not worry. No amount of worry will help you. Let Him worry for you. You do your small part in humility.

Romantic life on the physical plane appears charming. It has its attraction, but it is debasing. It leaves behind horrible bitterness and a dislike for life. Life on the higher planes is more romantic and gives eternal peace and joy – so why lose a higher and purer thing for lower and debasing transitory things? One has, therefore, to stick to one's principles and not violate the rules of purity and ethics, and he who does this, receives all the necessary help in his efforts and is greatly benefited.

Those who are now better situated may have been like you some time back, or even worse off. They persevered and did the right thing. It gave them strength and power. You can do likewise. It is just a matter of starting anew. Start right now. The Master is anxious to see you progress. He wants His initiates to rise to sublime heights and have their bowls filled to the brim with the Nectar of God-consciousness.

But the bowls must first be emptied of the rubbish that they contain in order to make room for the Nectar to be put in.

Seek only that company which is helpful to you. Discard all others lovingly and unprovokingly. You will surely make progress. But remember one thing – Rome was not built in a day. It required a huge effort in toil from hundreds and thousands of people for a very long time.

Your discipline may not have to be as severe, but you cannot have what you want so easily. You must work for it. But be sure that with a little work you will get better results. The Master wants you all to develop love and humility. These must be lived with tolerance. It is regrettable that these virtues are absent in those with whom you come across. But that is no reason for anyone to go that way. Spiritual Science is very definite, and whoever, even the vilest of the vile, follows It, is changed for the better. If some people who have been put on the Way are not changed for the better, it is purely due to their fault and not that the Science is wrong.

This is the most perfect Way given out by all the Masters who came in the past. Our day to day life should be a living testimony of what we profess. This is the long and the short of the whole thing. Everyone must learn it and the sooner, the better. Reformers are wanted, not of others, but of themselves. It is better to see one's own faults and try to remove them than to pick holes in others

*****

You have asked my consent to visit India to sit at the holy Feet of the Master. How can a loving Father deny such a loving gesture for His beloved children who have unquestionably a birth-right in this respect. The Master and His congregation would be very glad to greet you and dear … . I may, however, remind you of your spiritual obligations there in the States which you have been fortunate enough to undertake, becoming a source of inspiration for many a dear one. If you can afford to have leisure to come, you may undertake to voyage. There is no objection to it. But, please note that I am planning a world tour which may mature before long, and I will be visiting your country by next Spring, which will afford you the opportunity of travelling with me.

I will be glad to see the manuscript of your beautifully written devotional poems which you intend to compile for the welfare of the dear ones on the sacred Path and for raising funds towards the building of an Ashram in the State. That will, with His Grace, serve a cause and be a source of help and inspiration to many.

I quite appreciate your adoration for the Master and your anguish for mergence into His divinity. Please relax so that the gracious Master-Power engulfs you in Its splendour and glory. Let the ego be completely annihilated and you emerge out of and above the plane of duality, forgetting all about your I-hood.' Self-denial and abnegation is another stepping-stone to the climax of spirituality. Be completely immersed in the sweet glory of His remembrance, altogether oblivious of the past or future. Just resign and surrender in favour of His Divine will. The Nectar of Life needs a most transparent receptacle, to be poured into, for distributing to the thirsty children.

*****

You need not worry about the opinions of others. Views based upon one's own testimony are the best. Every person receives help according to his individual receptivity. All are on the way to Perfection. All that each dear one has to do is to carry on with meditations regularly, with love, faith and devotion, and to develop from day to day. Al necessary help is extended from the Master-Power within and without.

Attendance at the Satsang is a very helpful factor for one's spiritual progress. The organizers along with the labourers in the field should always consider that the Satsang is that of the Master and offer their their loving service and co-operation however small, to add to the tranquility and congeniality of the Satsang. I will be very happy to see love and sweet co-operation between the children of the same Father on the Road to the same Godhood.

*****

Humanity has always been on trial. The human body is a precious asset granted by Providence in the ascending scale of evolution. Thy days are numbered is a positive truth. Those who earnestly work toward Spiritual Perfection, under the protective guidance of the Master, utilize their tenure on earth to the best advantage, which results in their eventual Liberation from the Wheel of Life. A liberated soul becomes a source of help as well as inspiration to others who cross his or her path. Although the tide of destruction is on the increase and all of humanity is overtaken with the fear of annihilation from the destructive weapons, yet the benign Master-Power controlling the destiny of child humanity is always exercising His gracious protection. It is an age of prosperity, and spiritual Grace is being extended to all, irrespective of colour, class or creed.

*****

I appreciate your precious efforts in becoming instrumental in the Divine Set Up. It is a rare blessing to be chosen for such a holy cause when you bring back the dreary and forlorn to the Living Master for their spiritual liberation from the Wheel of Life. Your combined and co-operative efforts in this cause will bring life and light to many a dear one awaiting their turn. It is a reward in itself and it is the climax of Divine Grace.

*****

No doubt hard and difficult times await us. But those who are living chaste lives and remain devoted to the Master and to God, will pass through them unscathed.

*****

All initiates are on the Way. Some have developed more than others, so some may have more faults and failings than the others. We have to hate the sin and love the sinner. Those who are doing the Master's work in helping others to find a Way back, need and command our help and more tolerance. Example is better than precept.

*****

*Fortunate are the chosen few who are blessed with the rare privilege of instilling faith and right understanding in their less fortunate brethren for their Spiritual Enlightenment.

* (This section is adjusted to the First Edition of 1967;
Editor’s Note 2011.)

*****

When a disciple, having found a True Master, has developed such absolute love for Him and steadily purifies himself, he becomes a recipient of Divine grace. I wish all disciples to meet God in this life. Keep the physical body pure by keeping all outgoing faculties pure. Follow the teachings of Masters and meditate faithfully. Learn self control, train your desires, be pure and be active. But let that activity be dedicated to God and God-Power working through Master.