He came to make us Satsangis

II

In the United States I gave a talk on Christmas Day and said that Christ lived before Jesus. Christ is the God-Power; when It became manifested on a certain Human Pole, It was known as Jesus. The same Power manifests Itself on different Human Poles at different times, like Guru Nanak, Baba Jaimal Singh, Hazur Sawan Singh Ji. The Great Souls are beyond the cycle of transmigration.

All of us have a Divine Spark. Hazur used to say that the Master does not add anything from outside. He shows us the Way to our Ultimate Goal. Not only that, He demonstrates how we can get the Inner Contact by withdrawing us from the intellectual and sensual planes. This greatest gift only a Saint can give. Only such a Soul is fit to be called a Saint. Hazur had the competency to extricate us from the meshes of mind and matter and to lift our souls above body consciousness even by a mere glance of His Grace.

Swami Ji says,

Only the All-Powerful Master can pull the soul up.

Anyone with a little training can give a religious discourse or explain esoteric methods. But, to impart a practical Spiritual Experience is the work of a Competent Master. Hazur revealed the Truth within us. Who was He really? A Godman alone can truly understand a Godman. Whether He was the embodiment of God or God Himself, whether He was one of the two or both in one – this is beyond our comprehension. We could know Him only to the extent He chose to reveal Himself to us. At times He did reveal Himself to the people in various ways. Some of the incidents are well known. There is nothing strange about them. The same God-Power is still working. It is very much within us and is protecting us …

When I was a student, I saw a man showing feats of hypnotism. He hypnotised a small boy and invited questions from the audience in any language, and the boy answered them in the same language.

Guru Har Krishan Ji, the eighth Guru of the Sikhs, was about nine years old when a priest asked Him, How is it that your name includes both Hari (God) and Krishan (Lord Krishna)? If you really are as great as Hari and Krishan, I challenge you to compete with me in interpreting the Shastras in Sanskrit. Guru Har Krishan Ji called an illiterate water man who happened to pass that way. Touching his shoulder with His stick, the Guru asked him to have a debate with the learned priest. The water man interpreted the Sanskrit Shastras with such profound knowledge that the priest was amazed and begged the Guru for forgiveness.

These incidents seem strange, but these are no miracles. They are according to the laws of nature not known to us. Such incidents are not uncommon in the lives of Great Souls.

Shamas-i-Tabrez wished a dead body to come alive in the Name of God. It had no effect. But, when He asked the dead person to get up in His own name, there was immediate response; and the dead body started pulsating with life once again.

Maulana Rumi says,

A Godman has the power to retrieve from midway an arrow shot even from heaven. 

Speaking for the Great Souls, the Maulana asked,

Do They claim to be on an equal footing with God?

He Himself answered,

No, They are the beloved children of God. All the commitments of a loving child are honoured by the Father.

Great Souls are capable of doing anything, for it is indeed the God-Power that works on the Human Pole in the garb of a Master.