Book X / I – (i)

Inner Vision of the Master’s Feet

A living Master is not a physical entity alone. He is an active live principle that transcends at will the physical plane and traverses into higher spiritual regions. The Radiant Form of the Master, called Guru Dev, guides and helps the human soul to extricate itself from the trammels of the flesh, by means of Simran or repetition of the charged words given by the Master. In subtle regions the spirit is enabled to stay by the magnetic influence of the Radiant Divine Form of the Guru (Divya-rup). Hence the necessity fo devotion at the sacred feet of the inner Radiant Form as well.

Keep the feet of the Master ever engraven in thy heart; thou shalt have all thy wishes fulfilled. 

Guru Arjan, Asa M5

Let the remembrance of the Master's feet abide in thy mind, all thy sufferings shall vanish and thine enemies be destroyed.

Guru Arjan, Gauri M5

Let the remembrance of the Master's feet abide in thy mind and thou shalt be saved from the hell fires. 

Guru Arjan, Gauri M5

The feet of the Master are manifest in my forehead, this is why all my trials and tribulations have now ended.

Guru Arjan, Gauri M5

The blessed form of the Master is manifest in my forehead; whenever I peep within, I find him there; His lotus feet are the source of my very life. 

Guru Arjan, Dev Gandhari M5

*The entire Radiant Form of the Master as It appears within is blessed indeed. The pine Light emanating from the feet of the Master is resplendent and is the first to dawn; with It comes the entire form. As a harbinger of the pine Presence, It is fit to be worshipped and loved. From stage to stage this Holy Light grows in luster.

Swami Tulsi Das, the famous author of the Hindi Ramayana, spoke of it as follows:

The nails of the Master’s feet are more lustrous than the shining crest jewel. A concentration on them opens the Inner Vision and one becomes all-knowing.

Ram Charitra Mansa

* (This section is adjusted to the Fourth Edition of 1981;
Editor’s Note 2011.)

Maulana Rumi also speaks of it:

When the Pir (Master) appears within, you become knower of the past, present and future.

This is tantamount to what is technically called Fana-fil-Sheikh or merging one's identity in, or becoming one with, the Sheikh or Master. Hereafter the duality between the disciple and the Master ceases and they become one in spirit. The disciple truly becomes a Guru-man. The Astral Form of the Master appears when one rises above body consciousness. When the sensory currents (or consciousness) through the process of Simran collect at the centre between the two eyebrows, the light sprouts forths and when one goes further this Radiant Form manifests itself. So long as this pine Form of the Master does not come to guide, one cannot marchon the spiritual path and gain the Kingdom of Heaven; for Guru precedes God and leads us Godward. This Radiant Form remains ever with the disciple, no matter where he may be, and helps the pilgrim spirit on the Path; leads her beyond the Trigun-atmak regions (physical, astral, causal) and takes her to the Fourth Grand pision called Sat Lok, which is a purely spiritual realm.

The feet (Light) of the Master shine in my forehead, no more am I a prey to trials and tribulations. 

Guru Arjan, Gauri M5

The Blessed Form of the Master is ever present in my forehead; every moment as I look up, I do behold the pine Form; and now I live and breathe by the Grace of the Master's lotus feet. 

Guru Arjan, Dev Gandhari M5

Blessed indeed is the human body in which dwell the feet of the beloved.

Guru Arjan, Dhanasri M5

The manifestation of the Guru Dev, or the Astral Form of the Master, is purely a gift of God. By pine grace alone, initiates are blessed with this precious gift.

I am enraptured with seeing the lotus feet of the Radiant Form of the Master, it is by the Grace of the Master that one comes to serve the Lord. 

Guru Arjan, Bilawal M5