Book III / VI

Who can taste this Nectar?

From the writings of the Masters it appears that one cannot taste this nectar until one learns to die while alive. One has, therefore, to

forsake the flesh for the spirit

Thomas a Kempis

for

flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 15:50

If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it, but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. 

St Luke 9:23

We have been leading a physical existence only. We know how to live on the physical plane and that we do with the help of our physical senses. We have never known that there is anything beyond and that we have senses subtle and causal, apart from the physical, and can make use of them by transcending the physical plane. There are tremendous possibilities in man, fashioned as he is in the image of God, but alas! in the mighty swirl of mind and matter we have lost hold of the lifeline within and are drifting headlong in the stream of life with no anchorage. A Master-Saint is the only refuge and a haven where one may for a while have a respite and time to think over his sad plight. And how does the Master help here? He shows one how to leave the body by withdrawing the sensory currents at the seat of the soul. This transcension of the physical body is called death-in-life. It is the Open Sesame that unlocks the door leading into the Kingdom of God.

If thou wishest to have everlasting life, learn thou to die in the body, before death overtakes thee.

Maulana Rumi

He who knows how to die while living drinks Amrit (the Water of Life), my mind is convinced of the need and is devoted to the Master's instructions. 

Guru Ram Das, Asa M4

Learn to die while alive, for in the end death overtakes all.

Baba Farid

Learn how to die that you may begin to life.

Thomas a Kempis

Remember ye the Naam and love the Lord unceasingly, live in constant devotion to God's elect. Those who live-in-death, drink the Water of Life, and their minds get absorbed through the instruction of the Master. 

Guru Ram Das, Asa M4

Drink ye the Water of Life – a pure gift from the Master, with an easy death, ye shall rise in eternal life. 

Guru Nanak, Basant M1

Spiritual Comfort is God's free gift and not of our own merit. It comes only through the Grace of some Godman. He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. The absorption in the Master alone helps one to gain the Pool of Nectar within and this is called a second birth or resurrection.