IV. Swami Govindaprakash

Maha Mandleshwar Swami Govindaprakash Ji Maharaj, Head of the Ram Tirath Mission, also spoke on the evening of the 7^th, as follows:

Today we bow in reverence to the Great Guru, not only of India, but of the whole world, Who has raised man to the level of man through the Power of God working in Him. The Supreme Power that we know as God is the arbiter of our destiny; He can send us to Heaven or Hell according to our deeds. But the Satguru, the True Master, liberates man from the chains of mind and matter that bind him to earth, and takes him back to his Eternal Home. But first He makes him man in the real sense of the word.

And what is a man? One who lives for others. He has raised himself from the level of animal to the level of man, and helps others to attain the same level. It is the level of a Saint.

We are today celebrating the 80^th birthday of such a One Who takes us in hand to raise us to the level of man, and then leads us on step by step to God. Who would not bow before such a Man? Who would not love and revere Him? We acclaim Him as our Guru. He is in fact a Jagat Guru, a World Teacher, Mentor, and Guide of child humanity.

Clouds send rain down from the skies, which takes the form of small rivulets in the hills, which become large rivers by the time they reach the plains, finally running down to the sea. The same pure, sweet, cool, fresh water becomes hot, muddy, finally brackish and salty and of no further use. But the ingenuity of the scientist and the engineer built dams to check the flow of water, constructed canals and regulated the course of water to irrigate millions of acres of parched soil to grow much needed food for millions of people.

We of the family of man are also like the flowing rivers journeying towards the salty sea of death where we will be of no use to anybody. But we are fortunate that the Great Master is still incarnate and working in our midst. He told us just now that He read for the sake of knowledge. I would say, however, that He read not for Gyan – knowledge – but Vigyan – higher or practically demonstrable knowledge. Gyan is just knowing; Vigyan is a state of being, of becoming. He progressed from Gyan to Vigyan, and in this Vigyan Bhavan today He has been talking to us of that demonstrable knowledge or Vigyan.

He is like the engineers and scientists who dam the rivers and regulate their flow through canals for the service of the whole creation. He has built the dams of Ruhani Satsang and Manav Kendra to check the wasteful flow of purposeless life journeying towards the salty sea of death, and He has harnessed the Waters of Life for the service of humanity.

And He has the power and authority to do that. He is the commissioned One, the Elect of God. His Word is with Power. There are four million of us in Delhi. If we all join together and demand that the courts of law should be closed for a day, or a general holiday be declared – will our demand be accepted? No. But if our worthy President, the Lieutenant Governor, were to say this – the courts would close for the day even in this age of democracy. Why? Because he has the power to do what he says.

We can only utter the words Ram or Sohang – I am that – or Shivoham – I am all consciousness, I am all bliss – or Aham Brahm Asmi – I am the Creator –; but we cannot manifest it. The Guru’s Word is with Power. When He utters these words, He has the power to make them manifest.

Just as the Lieutenant Governor first acquired the prerequisite educational qualifications, then sat in the I.A.S. examination, and, after running through the mill of administrative experience, got elevated to this post of authority; in the same manner, the Guru, through the practice of the Holy Naam or Name, got to the Named and became One with Him. It is not given to all to know and recognise Him; only a Saint knows a Saint. Let us all pray for His long life and the success of His man-making mission.

Hari Om Tat Sat.