A Tribute to Kirpal Singh from ‘The East West Journal’

This tribute to our Master appeared in the October issue of East-West Journal and is reprinted by permission.

All ensouled  bodies are the drops of the Ocean of All-Consciousness. When we know this, all is beautiful. God is beautiful and any world made by Him, manifested by Him, is also beautiful. Beauty comes out of beauty …

In October, 1972, I first met Sant Kirpal Singh Ji during His visit to Boston on His last world tour. I was there to record an interview with Him for my On the Path radio show. To say that there was a beauty and a radiance about Him is an understatement, for although His body was bearing age, His soul was ageless. We discussed responsibilities which a Master assumes in becoming a Master. Strain though I did, I could barely hear the soft and gentle words which I saw His lips forming. I left His motel room disappointed that the time was wasted because His words were inaudible. A week later, I received a tape of the interview at WBUR from the disciple who had recorded the interview. Knowing that it could not be airable, I placed it in my desk drawer.

For all this time, I have been neglecting that tape. Recently it started nudging me. Finally on 21st August, it said Listen to me! So, I did. I was amazed, the voice was clear and audible and yet it contained every wrinkle and smile of the face which I could clearly see in my mind.

This past week I received a letter from two disciples of Sant Kirpal Singh Ji Maharaj. I thought it was an announcement that He was returning to Boston and I was eager to see Him again. Then the second paragraph assured me that disciples throughout the world were sharing a new kind of energy since Sant Kirpal Singh Ji Maharaj had left His body in His sleep at His Sawan Ashram in Delhi, India at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, 21st August 1974.

J. Richard Turner

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Note: 1) Mr Turner is Director of the Siddhartha Foundation, and conducts educational radio’s ‘On the Path to Higher Consciousness’ show. The tape of Sanf Kirpal Singh Ji will be aired in December.