God’s Great Gift to Man

by Sylvan Levey

Where we are going? Whence have we came? Why are we here? How can we find happiness? These four questions have engaged the best efforts of many philosophers throughout history. Many have given up the quest for satisfactory answer – saying that the mystery of life can never be solved. Others have given answers to the four big questions which vary according to the depth and clarity of the vision of the individual thinker, school of thought, or religion.

The correct answer to these questions form the basis of the most ancient of all teachings – the Path of the Masters. These truths have been taught by Enlightened Souls who have been sent into the world to keep the Light of Truth from being extinguished by man’s ignorance.

The Path of the Masters is the most scientific and profound philosophy ever revealed to man. Actually, it is more than a philosophy – it is a guide to living in harmony with Divine Law and to the discovery of the Ultimate Truth.

This Spiritual Treasure has been brought to the world – both East and West – most recently by Satguru Kirpal Singh Ji. He is that rarest of all creatures in the universe: a Jivan mukta, or Enlightened Soul, Who has achieved complete freedom from the bondage of maya, or illusion, a Perfect Master, in other words.

Who is a Master? He is One Who has eliminated all the dross of selfishness from His ego and has so purified Himself that He can serve as a clear channel for the Power of God to flow through to mankind. Such a soul is God’s great gift to suffering, confused humanity. Without such a Perfected Saint to help him, the Jiva, or human soul, would be unable to find his way out of the chaos that is earthly life.

When one has the rare good fortune of being drawn into the orbit of a True Master, he is reaping the fruits of some marvelous karma in his past.

Every such Great Soul is sent into the world to fulfil a particular mission, and for this reason it may be confusing to attempt to compare in detail the teachings of different Masters. Nevertheless, the central principles of Their teachings remain ever the same throughout the ages – regardless of differing terminology and accented points which were designed to meet the needs of the times and communities in which they were uttered.

The Path of the Masters as expounded by Kirpal Singh Ji teaches the most suitable and effective method for the realisation of God in the current age, the end of the Kali Yuga. The main pillars of this Path are Love and Surat Shabd Yoga, the yoga of the Sound Current. At initiation the aspirant is connected with the Cosmic Sound which can draw him back to his Divine Home.

The Master-Power or Christ-Power that flows through Satguru Kirpal Singh to His initiates can liberate them from the dreary cycle of reincarnation if they obey His rules faithfully. His Love for His devotees is absolute, and is not conditioned by their shortcomings or lapses.

Initiation involves a two-way compact between the Master and the initiate. The Master promises that He will never desert the devotee until He has brought him to the fifth plane of the cosmos, Sach Khand, or the plane of enlightenment. The initiate commits himself to the laws of ethical behaviour as laid down by the Master and to regular meditation, and to report on his efforts in a daily diary.

The Grace of the Master acts to soften blows of karmic retribution so that the cosmic book-keeping accounts of His followers are cleared up more quickly than would be the case without such help. At the time of death, the Master is allowed to guide His initiates past the usual channels of judgement straight to the Highest Plane which the initiate had earned by his earthly discipline. It is truly a blessed birth in which one meets a Satguru of this calibre.

Those who obey the commandments of the Master are blessed with a deepening sense of serenity and experiences which testify to their Spiritual Growth. As they drop their worldly attachments, both physically and mentally, the vibrations of the Master-Power tune them to an ever higher pitch of consciousness. These same vibrations flow through the disciple to those in His vicinity, helping and soothing them – usually without their knowledge of the source of their help. In this way, often unconsciously, the initiate becomes an instrument of the Divine Plan. At each step of his progress along the Path, a touch of the Divine Gratitude gives him a taste of the rewards that lie ahead, thus further sharpening his eagerness for continued effort.

The message of Kirpal Singh is not aimed at the intellect, but rather at a higher level of consciousness – that of the spirit in man. Especially in the West, people with highly developed intellects and tastes for complex knowledge of the higher planes and truths may find His discourses too simple to be satisfying. But to those who listen with receptive hearts His words open the doors of escape from the prison of worldly life. The Masters do not waste words trying to describe conditions which lie beyond the power of words to describe. Rather, They prescribe a way to experience those conditions through the development of faculties more suited to that purpose than the intellect – which is limited to understanding through the physical senses only.

The highest manifestation in nature is the physical body. And the Greatest Fortune which can befall a human being is to be adopted into the family of a Master. We who have had that good fortune are grateful that Kirpal Singh has drawn us to His glorious Path, unworthy though we may feel ourselves to be.

Satguru Kirpal Singh Ji is a worthy teacher of this ancient science of the soul. Only one, who like Himself, can speak from direct experience can properly explain and demonstrate the operation of the Light and Sound Principle, the basis of creation. And His limitless Love and ineffable Power are sufficient to carry great numbers of aspirants over the stormy ocean of maya to the port of Sach Khand.

The teachings of the Path of the Masters are non-sectarian and acceptable to all well-intentioned people, regardless of philosophy or religion. One need not renounce the world to follow this path: it is suitable for householders as well as sanyasins, or renunciates.