1969 – Message for Remembrance of Hazur Sawan Singh
July 3, 1969
Message on the 111th Birth Anniversary of The Great Master Baba Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj
(1858-1948)
On this auspicious Birthday Anniversary of my Master, I congratulate you all, who have been put on the Way back to God and have been given a demonstration of rising above body-consciousness, by which you have come to know that you are not the bodies, but souls (embodied souls). Also, your single eye has been opened to see the Light of God and your inner ear has been opened to hear the Music of the Spheres – the Voice of God.
For verily I say unto you, that many prophets an righteous men desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Matthew 13:17
Moreover, you have learned to die while alive and have a new life – by entering into the Kingdom of God, which is within you and cannot be had by outer observation.
My Master, like all past Masters, revived the old, old Truth – to know that the body is the Temple of God in which you reside and in which God is effulgent in all of His Glory – which we have forgotten. We are all members of the One family of God – all endowed with the same privileges. We are all children of God and, as such, brothers and sisters in God. We are all like so many limbs of the One body. If one limb is aching, the other limbs also suffer. So the way to be happy is to make others happy. The most beloved unto God is the person who does good to God's family.
Religion has two aspects. One, the outer, and the other, the inner. Man is a social being, and must have a society. Masters do not come to destroy the outer forms of religion but to fulfill the need for the inner aspect of religion. The one aspect, the outer, is all right; remain in whatever outer religion you are. The other, the inner aspect, is the process of realizing 'Who am I' – to know the Self and to be free. The highest aim is to know one's Self and to know God, and to have loving regard for all others who are similarly situated by setting an example for others. An example is better than precept.
So we are:
To be just and friendly to everyone. To be sincere and to be true to on's self. To be good and to do good to others. To make others happy. To comfort the sick an the afflicted. To serve the poor and the needy. To love God and all of His creation, viz., man, animals, birds, reptiles, and also the least conscious. They are all members of the One family of God. There is one caste, one religion and one God. There is only one caste – The caste of humanity. There is only one religion – The religion of love. There is only one Dharma – The Dharma of Truth. There is only one God – The Omnipresent. The Omniscient. The Omnipotent. There is one language – The language of the heart.
My best wishes got to you all – to know all this and to be a living embodiment thereof.
Kirpal Singh
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