Kirpal Singh

I wish you to awake

From the Master’s 1962 Christmas Message

You may read libraries of books. Of what avail are they? You may have many meritorious acts. What avail are they? Far are you from the Beloved if there be not the longing in your heart. Consume hundreds of books in the fire. Let your heart blossom forth with the sweet remembrance of the Lord. Be absorbed in the white radiance of the Beloved. Be absorbed and you will know that the Master is but One with God. […] In every race and religion, every prophet and saint, every scripture and song, is the shining ‘One’ revealed.  Let your inner-self be overflowing with the Love of the Master so much so that all thoughts of yourself be lost in Him.

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Be not imprisoned in the jail of ‘I’ and ‘me’. He who hath transcended self, he verily hath attained to the Highest. He hath become Perfect. Such a one knows no difference between the Hindu, the Muslim, the Sikh, the Christian, the Jew, the Buddhist or the Zoroastrian, for God is the Lord of all and in all shines the one picture Divine; we are worshippers of the same Lord. The One is within thee, outside thee in me, in him and in every place. That one alone doeth speak in all.

I wish you awake, awake. Awake this very day of Christ. Awake in the Kingdom of God which is shining within you. Be not in love with passions. Think no evil of any one. Strive not for greatness, wealth and applause. Strive for truth, purity and humility. Awake in the brotherhood of God. Inculcate Love for one and all. See them all in the One – the shining One.