He came to make us Satsangis

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We have assembled today in the remembrance of Hazur Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj. It has been noticed that whenever we sit in His sweet remembrance, we invariably get a cool breeze. And, today we are having a pleasant breeze.

Oh dear one, seek thy Beloved for Sawan has come. If thy attention is elsewhere, thou shalt ever shed tears of repentance.

Hazur came and gave us a glimpse of Divine Light. Great Souls come with a definite mission and leave after fulfilling it. Once on a winter night, between nine and ten o’clock, Dr Julian Johnson, an American disciple, and myself were with Hazur. Dr Johnson asked Hazur if it was advisable for a disciple to pray to his Master. Hazur replied that the very life of a disciple depended upon prayer. Being weak and helpless, prayer is the only weapon left in his armoury. One who is helpless always seeks the protection of a powerful and competent person.

For what should a disciple pray? Man is a three-fold entity, comprising body, mind or intellect, and soul. We are all micro-gods. Soul is the essence of God. Only the soul can realise God.

Hazur came on His earthly sojourn and showed us Divine Light before leaving us physically. It looks as if He has gone, but He is always with us. Master-Power – or God-Power or Christ-Power – never dies; It is not subject to birth and death. Manifesting on different Human Poles, It leads humanity to the Right Path. It is through the self-revelation of such Great Souls that people develop faith in God.

Hazur was Truth Personified. He came to make us Satsangis – those who are linked with Truth. Soul is Truth and is the essence of God. God is immortal; so is our soul. It is only due to the soul’s constant association with the mind and senses that we have become weak, for one is influenced to a great extent by the company one keeps.

The Lord is present in all of us; no human heart is without Him. Blessed is the Human Pole Where He is manifest.

God is our Controlling Power. The physical body is useful as long as the soul is with it. The soul cannot escape despite the nine outlets in the human body – eyes, ears, nostrils, mouth, rectum, and genital organ. When we exhale, the breath does not remain outside. Some Controlling Power is pushing it back into the body. When that Controlling Power withdraws, the body becomes lifeless. That is an Infinite Power and the soul is its essence. He Who has realised Himself by liberating His soul from the clutches of the mind and matter becomes the mouthpiece of God. Who are we? We have God in us. We are all micro-gods. It is only because of our outflow at the plane of the mind and senses that we have become degenerated. If we withdraw from sensual pleasures and divert our attention towards our Controlling Power, we would surely become its mouthpiece.

So, Hazur came to make us Satsangis. You may think, if the Ultimate Truth is in all of us, why does It not pull the soul up? It is no doubt a logical question. If a piece of iron is covered with rust or dust, a magnet will not attract it. The moment that piece of iron is cleaned, the magnet will attract it at once. Similarly, we have been defiled by the bad association of the sensual pleasures that our soul keeps all the time. If we are able to liberate the soul from sensual pleasures, we can become the mouthpiece of God.

Hazur was Truth Personified, and He came to make us realise the Truth. God is supreme and He is the Lord of everything – dharma (religion), artha (riches), kama (desire), and moksha (liberation). Whatever you earnestly ask of Him is given to you.

In the Koran it is said,

God has said that whatever a man asks for will be granted.

Other Great Souls have also said,

The Lord, the Benefactor, commanded: Let the child ask and it shall be given.

Whatever we earnestly ask for we get. But, Hazur came to bestow upon us a unique gift. Guru is the Greatest Benefactor. He gives us the capital of Inner Spiritual Contact, which no one else can give. So, Hazur was a Satguru, an embodiment of Truth – and that Master-Power is still guiding us.