VII.

Surat Shabd Yoga

No doubt, there are ways and ways of union with the Beloved. But in this age, the most natural form of Yoga is the Surat Shabd Yoga or the Yoga of the Sound Current. It can be practised with equal ease by the young and old alike, and hence it is popularly known as Sehaj Yoga or the Easy Path. An initiate in this form of Yoga has not much to exert himself. He is, of course, to do meditation for two to three hours a day, as enjoined by the Master, which consists of sitting in sweet remembrance of the Lord and in doing mental Simran or repetition of the charged words with the tongue of thought with the gaze or Surat fixed at the seat of the soul, located behind and between the two eyebrows. One is not to presuppose, visualize or clutch to have one thing or another. The opening of the Third Eye is the task of the Master. The moment the Master takes charge of the soul, He guides it both directly and indirectly, visibly and invisibly, on this earth and beyond, in this life and the afterlife, and never leaves until the final goal has been attained by the soul.

Having had such an experience, one realizes the truth of aphorisms like:

The Master-Power can never leave nor forsake thee till the end of the world.

And him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out.

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To meet a Master-Saint and to get Initiation from Him is the acme of good fortune and the greatest blessing. He holds the keys to the Kingdom of God and leads the world-weary and heavy laden back to His Father's Mansion. He rediscovers God for man in the secret chambers of the soul. As the Master is the greatest gift of God, so is God the greatest gift of the Master, for it is only by the Grace of the Master, that one can have union with God.

In fact, there is no difference between the two, for:


I and my Father are one. No man knoweth the son but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father save the son, and he to whom the son will reveal Him.

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In the Holy Granth Sahib of the Sikhs also, it is said:

The Father and the son are dyed in the same colour.

The Father and the son form a co-partnership.


Hence, the need for a really Awakened Soul, for without Him, we ever grope in darkness and cannot see the Light or have salvation

Hundreds of moons may shine forth; and thousands of suns may be set aglow; but despite a blinding lustre like this, pitch darkness prevails within. Without the Master, one finds not the Way and goes awandering in the dark.

Holy Granth

Such a Master-Soul may work through a representative in far off lands and make him a vehicle for the purpose. There is a vast difference, however, between the Master and the representative. The former is perfect in His Science, whereas the latter is on the Way, not perfect as yet. So we have always to look to the Master-Power, working at the chosen pole of the physical Master outside, for perfect guidance and help until we can commune with the Master-Power within.