Master–Disciple Relationship

by Sandra Foth

There is no relationship in the world like that of a Master and His disciple, no bond stronger, no Love greater. No flame burns brighter than the Spiritual Union between them, for it is the flame of Everlasting Light of Life. It is the tie that transcends time, space, distance and death and no power in the universe can sever or undo it. It is an absolute assurance that one will never be alone and will not be left to the mercy of the Negative Powers of the flesh and mind.

Though hardships may come, friends desert, health fails – whatever may happen – the protecting and comforting cloak of the Master ever remains over the soul and body of His disciple. The latter learns to cleve to his Master, as does an infant to the mother, looking to Him in all situations for help and guidance which he knows he will invariably receive. All other sources may fail, but the Master never.

The Master is not an ordinary man. He is not in a class with the clergy and the priest, parents and acquaintances. He constitutes a class by Himself. He is a walking God on the earth-plane. He comes in answer to the prayers of struggling humanity, to serve and to save. Compared to His greatness, the richest treasures of the earth are like dust. Neither words can adequately describe Him, nor the human mind comprehend Him. It is only through Love that we begin to know Him, as much as He may will to reveal Himself.

A Perfect Master is One Who has achieved Oneness with the Supreme Father in Heaven, becoming God’s powerhouse in the world. He is our Eternal Star of hope and place of refuge where sorrow and fears vanish before His goodness. He is all Love and means of salvation for all who seek Him. Though He appears mortal and wears a mortal body like any other man, He is not mortal. His physical vesture is but an instrument with which He communicates with those whose eyes and ears cannot perceive the spirit of God. He is Word personified or Word made flesh to dwell amongst us, as Jesus puts it. Residing in our mundane world, He dwells and functions on the Inner Planes as well, and it is in these higher regions that He does the major part of His work and controls the souls of His beloved children. Whether He has two disciples or two million, they each receive from Him the same Grace, loving attention and protection. Those whom He has initiated can be sitting in His presence or at the other end of the earth, it makes no difference so far as His awareness of their needs and difficulties is concerned. He in His Radiant Form is present in all initiates at all times and in all climes.

As the Master has conquered all that is weak and corrupt in mankind, He never betrays or fails His trusting disciples Though they may desert Him, He will never desert them. He is pledged to them through the Power of God at initiation. Henceforth, their souls are in His keeping. Through strain and stress, He remains with them as a faithful friend and a liberator, guiding them onward and upward through the stormy sea of existence, helping them to gain self-realisation and God-Realisation. He personally escorts each and every initiate from out of the lower planes of darkness and suffering on to the Father’s abode In the highest region. As we have forgotten all about our True Home and are trapped in by the Negative Power and their intricate net-work, a Perfect Master comes to rescue us. We have no idea whatsoever to get ourselves on to the road back, but He knows that road well, and is willing to lead us to it.

What a priceless assistance, then, is to be found in Him! What a blessing it is to discover, in one’s lifetime, a True Master and be accepted by Him! Without the Love, Mercy and guidance of the Master, we can neither escape these dungeons of lust and violence, nor find freedom from the perpetual wheel of births and deaths to which our minds and personalities are bound. We would never experience complete peace, have access to the Light and Truth which a genuine Master-Soul represents. Not only does He lead His children to heaven, He is the doorway to heaven itself.

He is compelled by no higher authority to enter these lower levels of intense sadness and pain. He comes on His own and out of sheer Love and compassion. Seeing our needs and helplessness, God’s Mercy is stirred. He Himself comes, time and again, in human from, in the form of a Master, and says:

Follow me, I’ll take you Home.

It is to Him, the real Godman, that the braved, disillusioned and lonely ones can turn for aid. To Him even the worst of sinners can turn for succour and redemption. He refuses no one. His Mercy and compassion encompass the whole of the universe, for His nature is no other than of God’s. And to sit in His physical presence is to know instant peace, tranquillity and joy! A mere glance or smile of Grace from Him is sufficient to fill the heart with ecstasy. To see Him is to shed tears of gladness.

It is true that there are countless people who have never in their lives heard of Masters and who cannot dream that such Divine Beings walk among us. Nevertheless, these liberators and perfect links with the Lord do exist in our midst. They have always been and undoubtedly will always be. But They do not come in vast numbers. However, in each generation there is always at least some Living Master upon the earth, and sincere seekers will find Him, or rather He will find them, for those whose search is earnest cannot escape His attention.

He hears an ant’s call before He does the trumpet of an elephant.

Guru Gobind Singh