VIII / (v)

Necessity of a Godman

Whosoever wishes to see a king, must first seek the company of one who is a favourite of the king. Whosoever is aching to see the Lord, let him seek One who has become one with Him.

Again:

Let no man in the world live in delusion; without a Godman none can cross over to the other shore.

Guru Arjan, Gond M5

Maulana Rumi says:

He who wishes to seek the presence of the Lord, tell him to sit in the company of the Saints.

The Saints are competent to change the course of our lives from beginning to end and are the means for leading us Godwards. They receive revelations from the Most High and whatever They say is veritable truth.

The Master says:

Listen ye to the true testimony of the Saints, for surely They say what They actually see with their own eyes.

Guru Arjan, Ramkali M5

You need not care for their outer appearance. Remain at their feet out of devotion. All who love the Lord – Hindus, Muslims, Christians and men of all other denominations – are one to them. They have the Sun of Divinity hidden within their physical bodies. They are the Music of the Eternal Song.

The Master explains this very truth in the fifth stanza of the Jap Ji. Such are the Masters, then, who manifest the Eternal Song within us and make the same audible to us. All illumination and perfection is in Them. All that is good and excellent is in such a Master. He is a Godman, nay, a polarised God – a pole from which the Power of God works in the world.