Part II / II – I
Meditation
I am glad that the meeting was attended by about 130 souls from different places and that while you were waiting for every one to settle down, you saw the Master enter the room and turn to you all, smiling. You also saw the Master enter before initiation, dressed all in white, with a white coat on and giving all a sweet smile. The Master is always with His children who are all dear to Him. Where more than one meet in His loving remembrance, His Grace takes a more practical shape and happy and fortunate are those who are able to benefit from this Grace. I am happy that you see the Master in golden light whenever you sit in meditation. Please consider yourself lucky, and in thanksgiving be more regular and devoted in your spiritual practices and love for the Master. This is a Path of love and devotion and complete surrender. Whenever you see the Radiant and Charming Form of the Master within, absorb yourself completely in His sweet face so as to forget yourself completely. He will then talk to you and guide you further.
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Sit in an unflinching and easy pose, quite relaxed, without any tension in the body. Close your eyes and leave all thoughts of
- the body below and its environments,
- the breathing process going on in the body,
and fix your inner gaze into the middle of what you see before you within the space of the two eye-brows and repeat the words of Simran mentally, very, very slowly, may be at intervals, so that your inner gaze is not disturbed. The repetition of these words will ward off all evil effects of the negative power within. If you see Light, it will grow brighter and ultimately burst to give you a further way up. If you see the Radiant Form of the Master, as you saw before, bring the attention fully into His face so much so that you lose all thoughts of yourself. In this way, you will develop receptivity and the Master will speak to you.
Sit with your ears closed with the tips of both your thumbs. Simply hear what sound comes from the right side. That Sound will draw nearer, grow stronger and ultimately come from above and will be heard even without closing the ears during the day. You are not to follow the Sound to the place where it comes from, as in that case the Sound will grow fainter and gradually die out. You will have more sounds than one, but you have to stick to that of a big bell, a conch, a shell, thunder, drum-beat, a violin and the flute, which are the higher types of Sounds and leave all the rest.
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I am glad that you find an all-round improvement in practically all spheres of life with the Grace of the Master. It is the inevitable result of your devoted meditations, when you give about two hours daily. Your loving sense of dedication in serving the holy cause of the Master is appreciated. The harvest is great and willing workers are badly needed to work in the vineyard of the Master. The occasional manifestation of blue patches with gold borders should be looked into directly in the center and repetition of the Charged Names be continued mentally, very very slowly, may be at intervals, so that the inner gaze is not disturbed. It will grow brighter, steady and ultimately burst to give you further way up. You have not stated about your hearing practice which is equally important and as such regular time should be devoted to the listening of the Sound Current as coming from the right side. It will draw closer, grow stronger and ultimately come from above.
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I am glad to find that you are lovingly devoted to your holy meditations with the result that you are blessed with the celestial manifestations of the Radiant Form of the Master within in your vision exercises and hear the holy Sound Current of bells as coming from the right side with the Grace of the Master. It is a rare blessing to see the Living Master in your inner vision. You should try to develop receptivity by looking intently into His Lustrous Eyes and Forehead, and repeating the charged Names mentally, very very slowly, may be at intervals, so that the inner gaze is not disturbed. The holy Sound Current of bells as coming from the right side is good and should be listened to with rapt attention. It will draw closer, grow stronger and ultimately come from above.
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You have mentioned regarding your introspection diaries – that when others are progressing on the Way, why should it not be so in your case. Meditation is a matter of love and devotion; it is meant to cleanse the vessel of all inner dirt and filth. Unkind thoughts, temptations for revenge, a pride of learning and knowledge, lurking doubts and scepticism, distrust of God and lack of faith in Him are some of the formidable barriers that stand in the way and prevent His Grace and blessing from flowing in. Meditation done in an accurate way and with regularity, giving proper time with love and devotion, does bring good results and in abundance.
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The secret to success on the Path is practice, more practice and still more practice.
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I am glad to find that you lovingly devote time to your holy meditations with the Grace of the Master. You are blessed with perceptible inner progress when you see the golden Light in your visual practice.
The meditations should be undertaken in a spirit of deep spiritual fervour. This will ensure more inner bliss and harmony.
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Do not feel discouraged in any way, but be lovingly devoted to your holy meditations. All gracious help and guidance will be forthcoming from above.
Ego is really a big enemy on the Path against spiritual progress. The love for the Master is like fire in the brick kiln. If the fire is blown out rather than conserved, the bricks do not gain their proper maturity, and so it is with all spiritual matters. The initiates should conserve and keep veiled their love for their Master so that they may progress quietly.
Your advice to the disciples not to waste time in vain pursuits but to avail themselves of the precious time at their disposal so that they may progress spiritually, is very good. The World is, however, full of every kind of people and you have to deal with them in as kind and loving a way as possible.
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It is good to note that you are both devoted to Bhajan and Simran and are seeking the Heavenly Kingdom within you. An ingress to these realms affords us everlasting life and unchangeable permanence. All outer pursuits are not lasting and as such are not helpful. Now is the time we must work up for our future life.
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I am glad you are becoming more detached from the world. All relations and contacts here are in accordance with the laws of winding up the karmic debts and it is a happy sign that while you carry on outwardly with your friends and relatives cheerfully, you have begun more intensely to feel inwardly that they are aliens to your soul.
This will help in your inward progress on the way and will keep you disentangled from the temptations of the world. Your way is clear. Carry on with love and faith and you will progress from day to day on the Path and on your inward flight. You may devote all available time to meditation with love and faith. The loving Father always looks after His children, works for their benefit and extends His grace and blessings.
Talking is easy. Doing is difficult. Nothing is gained by talking, but by doing one may progress on the Path.
So, please do not fail to devote regular time to the spiritual practices with love and faith and you will progress from day to day. You will have all feasible inner help from the Master-Power overhead.
It is necessary for the disciple to adhere strictly to all moral codes of an ethical life. Pure and chaste living are prerequisites for progress on the Path. These are fundamentals and allow for no relaxation. Anyone who transgresses them, will have to reap the fruit thereof.
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The storms of life, no matter how severe, must be faced, but with complete trust in the Master-Power working overhead, and trying to be regular in meditation and placing all hope in Him.
This lessens the severity of the storms and brings hope and cheer. The storms are passing phases, they come and go.
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One never feels ill after meditation. The result of sweet and accurate meditation is the reverse; one feels peaceful and serene. The time that is at our disposal now is very precious. Lest one regrets having wasted it, it is better to use it to its fullest extent. To such people, inner help comes as oxygen comes to help fire.
I am glad you are helping others to come on the Path of the Masters. The weaknesses are overcome by devoting time regularly to meditation and keeping a strict eye on the conduct of daily life. All necessary help is made available by the inner Power. Those who are steadfast in their determination to get ahead in their spiritual progress, do get the necessary help and attain their Goal in due time. In the Satsangs the Grace of the Master works fully and something it does happen that in otherwise dry and hot seasons showers of rain do come to indicate the blessings of the Great Master Sawan Singh Ji.