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Various Topics

You must not feel upset over the behaviour of others who base their finding on personal limited understanding. Be grateful to your critics who help you to improve variously. The gracious Master-Power is your nearest and constant companion. Please introvert and attune within to wit and enjoy the Divine Glory by regular, faithful and accurate meditations. 

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Confession is a good custom amongst the Christians – aiming at do no more and for this purpose a diary of self introspection is prescribed. The sins can be forgiven by God or by God in man the Master. If the priest has reached the stage of God in man that is another thing, otherwise the matter is apparently doubtful. The Master is the Pole at Which the God works. He nullifies the effects of the karmas by bringing the initiate to rise above body consciousness and contacting the Light of God and Sound Principle and by doing so he becomes selfless by becoming conscious of the Divine Plan. The Competent Master takes charge at the time of initiation, the entire account of karmas of the initiate, and works to wind up in the best interest of the disciple. The soul of an initiate is taken higher up to places according to one’s earnings, if one is not able to develop within during one’s lifetime he is brought back to human body again to work up the way. That is why development during this lifetime is necessary. It is making hay while the sun shines. No one can have anything other than pain and misery from a life of senses. 

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As regards your questions: Initiation by Jesus Christ on Witsen tide – I am told it is a ritual in the Catholic Church wherein the Minister takes the role of Jesus and carries out a ritual of initiation. If it is so the initiation is not carried out by Jesus. If you could write to me more details about this matter, I will be glad to comment. 

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Positive and negative powers are the two phases of Absolute, deriving power from Him. The functions of both these powers are diverse – one for the Inner Recession beyond the senses, whereas the other of externalism. The Master of highest order initiates the souls into the mysteries of the beyond for proceeding back to the True Home of the Father. His mission is purely spiritual based on ethical living. The Negative Power is the controlling force of this plane and demands adjustments of each farthing in accordance with the Law of Karma. The initiates are advised in their own Spiritual Interest to abide by the Holy Commandments to incur the least karma, and by attuning themselves with the Holy Naam within to evade the load, by reposing in His will and pleasure. Every pleasure has its price – this is the law of this power. The Spiritual Aspirants should regulate their lives to strict Spiritual Discipline, and pursue such a sublime pattern of life. 

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The Living Master is Love personified and in His compassion prays for the welfare and Spiritual Good of all creation under His will. The gracious Master-Power manifests on the chosen Human Pole of the Master. It is by gradual awakening that the child disciple is granted the Sacred Boon of right understanding that God-Power is working in the Master. On the human plane He may appear as limited but on the spiritual He is limitless and infinite as God Himself. 

A similar question was once put to my Master Hazur Sawan Singh Ji, Who in His gracious Mercy replied: 

Just take the Master as your friend, elder brother, a father, and work according to His instructions, and when you see His Glory and grandeur within in the realms of beyond, you may call Him by any name you like.

This is equally applicable for your query. The Living Master is the embodiment of Positive for escorting souls back to their True Home. 

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What is life? It is a series of interruptions. What is happiness? It is simply an adjustment to the environments in which one is placed. 

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No initiate can take over the karma of another initiate. Of course, if one comes in touch with a loving person, his/her loving way gives upliftment while from a person of lower propensities, down pulling thoughts are radiated and are likely to affect one’s living unless the latter is sufficiently developed not to accept them. Consider that whatever little good that accrues from you to others is because of the Master and you are just a puppet. 

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I appreciate your deep gratitude for the rare boon of Divine Love of the Master with which you have been blessed. Love surmounts all difficulties and opens new vistas of Divine Glory. You are so dear to me and I wish you all Spiritual Progress. My Love and blessings are always with you both and children. Love is the shortest cut to Spiritual Beatitude. Love is the kind sentiment of the Master which when properly nurtured by the dear ones by gradual assimilation weeds out all imperfections and shortcomings. 

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There are various factors which lead to doubts and scepticism when the dear ones leave the Path or go astray. The chief being lack of steadfastness and implicit obedience for the commandments. The stress on initial experience is given simply for testing the competency and genuineness of the Master as to whether one can have first-hand Inner Experience of Holy Naam on initiation. If one has the experience, maybe least to start with, more can be expected by regular practice in due course. Perfect discipleship is a rare blessing which evolves in very few who not only work assiduously for their Spiritual Progress but surrender their all at the Holy Feet of the Master. It is perhaps much easier to meditate regularly, abide by the dietary regulations and observe other outer disciplines, but to inculcate a sense of complete self surrender is most difficult. 

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I am glad that you enjoy the sweet association of dear … and dear … . The kind Father is always happy to see his loving children share their pain and pleasure. You will further enrich your lives if you please endeavour to set apart some fixed hours for your Holy Meditations and sit all together to share the Grace in increasing measures. 

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An initiate has to be careful in his outer dealings to guard against the effects of catching infection of lower thoughts from people, and also to be regularly devoted to meditations with Love, faith and earnestness. In this way he would develop from day to day and in due time became strong enough to radiate his loving thoughts and influence to others. Small saplings need care till they grow into big trees. So please remain devoted in your meditations and weed out weaknesses one by one. Master-Power will be extending all feasible help and Grace. The Master-Power never leaves His children and is constantly at work to look to their Spiritual Benefits. 

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I appreciate your loving devotion and aspirations for enjoying the personal aura of the Master. You are fortunate in having been blessed with such a unique Divine Gift of the Master. Your sweet memory is quite fresh with me and I wish dear … and lovely … (a child) all Spiritual Progress. Convey my Love to them. 

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Please be rest assured you are on my mind. Blessed is the heart which pines for the Master. Rare ennobling virtues evolve in such gratuitous hearts in good time and fill the life with ineffable bliss and harmony. An overwhelming emotion of loving devotion goes a long way in blessing the child disciple with ravishing Divine Intoxication. 

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Question: Did Jesus have a Living Master?

Kirpal Singh: As to whether Jesus had a Living Master the history is not clear. There are traces that He had been in India for a pretty long time. Bible was written long after He had left physical planes, and such His sayings are recorded as may be available – and whether there is any mix up in them it is not known. 

Bible says,

Son knows the Father and others whom the Son reveals.

The sonship is for all the Masters. Christ said, 

I and my father are One

and the other Saints also did say the same: 

The son and the Father have been imbued with the same colour.

I send you my son – to the world to set the people right –, 

etc. and that 

Nobody can see the Father except through the son.

There is no doubt each man has his background and some Masters came as made and others may have attained the Masterhood here. Of course, they were more advanced. Apparently Spiritual People would seek the company of Spiritual People – although the history is dark about it. ‘Man is the teacher of man’ is a general rule. The fundamental law of nature of lighting a candle is universal.

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In the preface to Essene Gospel of John published by the Essene School of Life – Tecate California, there is an indication that the complete manuscripts in the original words of Jesus and His beloved disciple John, exist in Aramaic – the tongue spoken by Jesus –, in the Library of the Vatican and in ancient state in the Royal Library of the Hapsburg’s – now the property of Austrian Government.

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For an initiate the Master is neither difficult nor complicated. He has to develop within where he can even met Jesus – and reach His True Home.

Blessed are they who follow.