To those seeking Holy Initiation

by T.S. Khanna

All seekers are encouraged to make searching inquiries into the science of Sant Mat before they are initiated. They are invited to probe as deeply as they wish, and to compare it with all other religious movements and yogic systems until they are fully satisfied in their minds that the Path of the Masters and the Spiritual Work enjoined by the Great Master Kirpal Singh holds the Greatest Promise and can receive their full devotion once they are initiated.

To let this probing search of the Path go undone until after initiation means that one is likely to be plagued with doubts and divisions in his mind. So such a person should not expect higher Spiritual Experiences immediately upon initiation. One has to grow under the Grace of the Master. If he or she gives all his Love and affection to the Living Master, all obstacles will run away and the Light will shine. Some drawbacks lie within us, and we should try to remove them step by step, using the self-introspection diaries.

Some of us may encounter opposing persons who criticise the Master and His teachings. Once a seeker has fully satisfied his own mind, then he can just ignore such people; and if he does not, it will just stand in the way of his own Spiritual Progress. We should remember that Truth has always been opposed throughout history. Certainly we see it was so in the time of Lord Jesus.

When an elephant walks, so many dogs start barking. But the elephant never cares. When it comes near to the dogs, they will give way. The stronger the Truth, the stronger the opposition.

The stronger the opposition, the stronger we grow. A man who has a hand firmly on the Truth is a giant among men, and his mission will spread in spite of all opposition. Such is the Path of the Masters and the Masters are such Giants.

We should be prepared to stand like a rock in the ocean, unaffected by waves and storms. The man with wavering doubts on his mind cannot do this. To take up the Path of the Masters at the time of initiation is entering upon a scientific experiment. He is to prove the theory, as taught by the Masters, that if the seeker will

create in the laboratory of the body the conditions that are prerequisite, then as surely as the day follows the night shall he rise into the Kingdom of God.

Kirpal Singh

So it does not behove an initiate to leave aside the hypothesis in the middle of the experiment. Only the disciple who has answered his intellectual questions before initiation can proceed boldly in this experimental science within.

However, if with all of this, an initiate for any reason decides he can get liberation in some other way, without the help of the Living Master of the time, then the Master will not prevent him or hold him back. And if such a person feels like returning again to the Great Master Kirpal Singh, he can do so with the confidence that the Master will accept him in all humility like a loving father.

If we worship the Living Satguru or True Master of the time, then we are worshipping all the past and future Masters, and we worship also God, definitely. What else can we want? It is a pearl of great price, which even the incarnations and angels are craving. Nobody should think he or she got initiation because he is worthy. It is only the deep compassion of the Master that He will ignore all our past sins and grant initiation, acting under the direction of the Supreme Father as always. This will enable us to reach our home sooner or later. The Master’s Love for the initiate is more than the Love of thousands of fathers and mothers together. That Loving Power is always working over the initiate’s head, giving all feasible help, guidance and protection.