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Volume 46 | Number 3The Message ofScience of Spirituality


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Front cover photo: Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj.


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MARCH 2013

VOLUME 46 | NUMBER 3

Sat SandeshTHE MESSAGE OF SCIENCE OF SPIRITUALITY

SAT SANDESH is published monthly in English

by SK Publications, U.S.A. to disseminate the

teachings of Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj,

Sant Darshan Singh Ji Maharaj (1921-1989),

Sant Kirpal Singh Ji Maharaj (1894-1974),

and Hazur Baba Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj

(1858-1948), and Masters who preceded them.

The English edition is printed in the U.S.A.

and distributed from 4S175 Naperville Road,Naperville, IL 60563. Editor: Dr. Art Stein. An

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internal web site, sangat.sos.org.

Recent articles by the Masters adopt gender-

neutral language. Articles taken from works

published by the Masters before widespread

use of gender-neutral language may refer to

God and humanity using masculine pronouns;

however, the Masters intended those references

to encompass women and men.

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Listen to the Music Within ...................................Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj

Questions and Answers ......................................... Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj

He Is the Doer ........................................................... Sant Kirpal Singh Ji Maharaj

Recast Your Life .....................................................Sant Darshan Singh Ji Maharaj

Meditation: The Highest Form of Prayer ......... Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj

When Our Hearts Blossom .................................. Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj

Lesson of the Hands ............................................. Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj

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Often when we observe the talentof someone else, we become envious.

We wonder how they are so gifted

in an area in which we feel we are

lacking. Sometimes when we have a

special interest in a eld in which we

wish we were skilled, we feel sad that

we are not as good as others are in

that endeavor. Sometimes we forgetthat it is God who has granted us

a special talent in life, and for that,

we should be grateful. Everyone has

something that God has granted for

which we should be happy, rather than

feeling depressed that we lack what

someone else has.

In this connection there is a truestory that took place in the middle of

the 1600s in Italy about three young

boys who were good friends. They

shared an interest in music. One boy

could sing opera-style music with his

incredibly beautiful voice. The secondboy was a virtuoso at playing the

violin. The third boy, named Antonio,

loved music, but had a squeaky voice.

Others laughed at him when he tried

to sing, which made him embarrassed

and sad. He wished he could produce

music as well as his one friend who

sang and the other who played aninstrument.

However, Antonio had a special

gift of his own. He was great at

woodcarving. He had a little knife

with which he would whittle pieces

of wood and create lovely works

of art. Because he so badly wanted

to sing and make music as his twofriends could do, he did not feel his

gift of whittling wood was special at

all. Although he would create lovely

little artifacts and artwork with the

wood, he did not consider that to be

Listen to the

MUSIC WITHIN

Everyone in life has a talent or skill at which he or she excels.

Some people are talented in a sport or physical activity. Othershave a talent for the arts, such as painting, sculpture, music, or

poetry. Some have a gift for intellectual activities such as writing,

speaking, teaching, science and technology, engineering, or

inventing. Some have a talent for caring for others, and excel in

helping professions like medicine or nursing.


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by Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj


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anything special, as he yearned to have

beautiful sounds of music come from

him as they came from his friends.

One day the two boys came to

Antonio and told him that they

wanted to perform for the annual

spring festival in the city. It was a big

festival where everyone came from

all over the city to enjoy the food,

performances, and exhibitions set up

in the streets. The streets would be

beautifully decorated for the fair.

Antonio knew he would be

embarrassed again if he tried to sing

along with his friends. His friends

said it did not matter if he could not

sing, but that he would have fun with

them. As he did not want to miss this

festival, he agreed to go with them.

The boys dressed in their best clothes.

They decided to play in front of the

cathedral where the largest crowds

would be gathering.

While there, Antonio was sad in

his heart that even his friends had

said that he could not sing. More than

anything, he wished he had a good

singing voice and was broken-hearted

that he did not.

In front of the cathedral his two

friends performed, one singing,

and the other playing the violin. An

elderly gentleman came forward

from the crowd, put something into

Antonios hand, and walked away.

When Antonio looked, he saw it wasa valuable gold coin. He showed his

friends, who checked it out to see if

it was real. When they saw it was an

actual coin, they were excited about

receiving the money. One of the boys

said, For that man it is no big deal, as

he is rich.

Antonio asked how his friends

knew the man. The boys said, You

do not know him? Oh, of course, you

would notyou just know how to

carve wood with your whittling knife.

Everyone involved with music knows

him. His name is Amati, and he is

known for making violins. In fact, he

is the best violin maker, not only in

the city, but in all of Italy and possibly

in the world. Antonio felt sad that

his friends made fun of his only real

skill, which was carving wood. They

had made fun of his voice, and now

they were making fun of him being a

carver.

Antonio decided to visit the home

of Amati and show him his work the

next day. The boy gathered all the

items he had carved, such as a bird,

statues, a ute, and a little boat.

At Amatis home Antonio knocked,

and a servant opened the door. He

asked for Amati. Amati remembered

the squeaky voice from the day before

when he had put a gold coin into thelads hand.

Amati came to the door and asked

him what he wanted. The boy said,

I wanted you to look at these things

I carved from wood. Amati took

them and looked at them. Antonio

then said, Can you tell me if I have

enough talent to learn how to makeviolins?

Amati invited the boy in and asked

him why he wanted to make violins.

Antonio said, I want to make violins

because I love music, but cannot sing.


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My voice is as squeaky as a squeaking

door. Yesterday, when you gave us that

coin, you heard how beautifully my

friends sang and played violin. I also

want to make music that people will

enjoy.

Amati could see the pain inthe boys eyes and could feel the

disappointment in his heart in lacking

the skill to sing, and warmly told him,

What matters most is not the music

that comes out of our lips or hands,

but the song that comes out of our

heart. There are many ways of making

music. Some people sing, while othersplay an instrument. Some people paint

lovely pictures. Everyone has a talent

that makes this world more beautiful.

Your talent is carving or whittling

wood, but your song shall be as noble

and beautiful as anyone elses music.

Antonio was thrilled to hear

that there was hope for him also to

produce something beautiful. This

gave him the hope and encouragement

to keep going and not give up.

Amati took Antonio on as a

student. Antonio watched this

amazing artist each day in his

workshop. He observed how Amati

took pieces of wood and turned

them into exquisitely beautiful and

melodious violins. Antonio studied

with him for many years and learned

all the secrets to the craft of making

violins. There were seventy-two

different parts to a violin.

By the time Antonio was twenty-

two years of age, he had mastered the

art of carving and putting together

Let us meditate regularly, so wenot only can see inner coloredLights, but we can see the

glorious Light of God within usas well as in all others.


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violins. His teacher, Amati, allowed

Antonios name to be engraved on

a violin to show he had made it all

himself.

Antonio continued to make violins

for the rest of his life, totaling around

one thousand one hundred violins.

He strived to make each one more

beautiful and more melodious than

the previous one, improving all the

time. The name he engraved on each

violin was his full name, which was

Antonio Stradivarius. He is known

today as the best violinmaker in

history. The Stradivarius violin is

considered a treasure and work of art,

and every violinist wishes to own one.

This example from history shows

how we all can make beautiful music.

We may not be talented in one thing,

but we all have gifts given to us by

God. We need to nd our gifts and

maximize them. Each of us is special

and unique. We all have something to

offer the world.

When we think we are the doer,

either we become egotistical about

what we can do or fall into the

doldrums for what we lack. If we

remember that God is the Doer

and God is the Giver, then we can

appreciate what talents we have.

Within each of us is the Divine.

The Divine created everything, from

the smallest ant to the largest planet.

God created the stars, moon, and sun.Besides this physical galaxy and the

entire universe, God created many

realms of creation. Surely, that same

God who made everything and who

resides within us also has a treasure

house of gifts for us. When we tap

inside, we nd that everything is

within. No one is lacking and no one

is worthless. We all have something

special. We need to go within to see

what awaits us.

A frequent question asked by

disciples is, How do we know how

far we are on the spiritual journey? or

If we see this colored Light or that

colored Light does that tell us how

far we are on the spiritual journey?

People are concerned about the

meaning of what color Light they

see inside, but another real measure

of spiritual progress is when we see

Gods Light shining in all.

In this connection there is an

anecdote about a holy man who

had spent many years in meditation.

He was regular and devoted to his

spiritual practices and never missed a

day of meditation.

Because his attention was deeply

absorbed in the love of God, he only

talked to people when necessary. He

did not engage in gossip. He did not

engage in criticizing others. He didnot engage in backbiting. Since that is

what most of the people around him

were talking about, he did not enter

into their conversations.

He would talk only if people

had something positive to say about

others, but as the people around him

hardly engaged in that positive talk, hedid not have much chance to join into

their conversations.

He would talk if people asked

him for advice, but since most of the

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advice even when not asked, he hardly

had a chance to share his own ideas to

help others. Since no one asked him

for his advice, and he did not want to

offer it if no one wanted it, he was

quiet on those matters, too.

If someone praised God and

spoke of Gods gifts to the world,

the holy man would have certainly

joined in, but few people around him

ever spoke about God. The people

in his life spoke a great deal about

famous people, but few talked of the

One who gave those famous people

their talents. Since no one spoke of

God, the holy man did not engage

in conversations about this famous

person or that famous person, as he

did not feel that that type of talk was

either helpful or inspiring.

As a result, the holy man had

a reputation in his neighborhood

of not talking. No one bothered

to nd out why he did not engage

in conversations, so a rumor went

around that the man was a lunatic. His

choice not to engage in conversations

unless they had lofty and positive

thoughts was misinterpreted by others

who thought that he was a crazy

person.

One day as the holy man was

walking through the town, he decided

to sit down in a park area to eat some

of the lunch he was carrying with

him in his sack. As he sat down, a dog

came up to him and watched the man

as he began eating his food.

The holy man wanted to share

the food with the dog. He took

some bread, broke off one piece for

himself, and broke off another piece

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for the dog. The dog eagerly ate the

bread. The man broke off another

piece for himself, and then broke off

a piece for the dog and put it into the

dogs mouth.

People passing by thought this

was a strange sight since during

those times people did not keep dogs

as pets, and considered them wild,

unclean animals. Seeing a manand

a holy man no lesssitting and

sharing food with a dog like this was

considered lowly and base, yet here

was this holy man and the dog sitting

together as if they were close friends.

Word went around that the holy

man had really gone out of his mind,

and people from all over the town

came to see this strange sight of the

holy man sitting as if he were friends

with the dog. People laughed and

jeered at him and spread the word that

he was truly crazy.

Finally, the crowds who came to

stare at him became so large that he

felt his peace was shattered.

The holy man decided to speak up,

and asked the crowd, Why are you

laughing at me? They told him that

his behavior of sitting and eating food

with the dog was strange. The holyman then said, Dont you know that

God is seated with God? This answer

made them really positive that this

man was crazy.

The holy man said, Dont you

People who find the Light of God within themselvesdo not see any difference between people who are richand those who are poor.


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know that God is feeding God? The

crowd nally asked him, What are

you talking about? The holy man

said, I see God within me and I see

God in the dog. Therefore, God is

sitting with God, and God is feeding

God.

Then they realized that this holy

man had reached a high state of

enlightenment in which he could see

God in all.

Someone said, We are sorry for

laughing at you. We hope you are not

mad at us. The holy man said, No,

not at all. I just take it that the God

in you is laughing at the God in me,

and if God is enjoying this, then I am

happy.

This story shows that the true

measure of our progress is when wesee the Light of God within ourselves

and then see it in all others. We are

worried about seeing this color Light

or that color Light within, but real

progress comes when we see the Light

of God in its full effulgence. These

colored Lights we see in meditation

are but a reection of a reection ofa reection of the Light of God that

permeates all creation.

As we meditate and progress, we

come to see the Light of God shining

within our soul. We then see that same

Light shining in all other souls. We see

that Light in all human beings. We see

that Light in all animals. We see thatLight in all forms of life.

People who nd the Light of

God within themselves have love for

all. They do not see any difference

between people of one background

or the other. They treat all people as

children of one God.

People who nd the Light of God

within themselves do not see any

difference between people of one

country or another. They feel all are

brothers and sisters.

People who nd the Light of God

within themselves do not see any

difference between people who are

rich and those who are poor.

Similarly, people who nd the Light

of God within themselves feel that

all animals, birds, reptiles, sh, and

insects are also younger brothers and

sisters in the Lord. This is why the

holy man in the story could sit with a

dog as if it were his younger brother.

People who felt that a dog was a lowly

creature in those times could not

understand his closeness to the dog,

even though, today, people keep dogs

as pets. However, in olden times, no

one would treat a dog with such love

and kindness. Yet, this holy man saw

the Light of God shining in that dog.

If we truly want to see how far we

have progressed on the spiritual path,we can analyze how much love we

have in our hearts for others. We can

ask ourselves whether we love people

of all backgrounds and social status as

if they were part of our own. We can

ask ourselves whether we have love

for all living creatures, whether birds,

sh, mammals, or reptiles. Do we lookat these creatures, with their different

shapes and forms, and see the Light

of God shining in them? If we can

answer yes to all these questions, then

we have made great advances on the


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spiritual path.

The diary is not just asking us to

note what color Lights or inner vistas

we see or what inner Sounds we hear

in meditation. That is one part of it.The front part of the diary is asking

us how far we have advanced in ethical

living. Ethical living is a stepping-

stone to spirituality. Each column in

the diary is designed to help us weed

out our own hypocrisy.

Ethical living includes leading a

nonviolent life. Before our wordsand actions can be nonviolent, our

thoughts must be nonviolent. Words

are the result of our thoughts. If

we can control our thoughts, then

we can control our words and our

deeds. Mahatma Gandhi almost

single-handedly brought down the

entire British Empire to liberate India

because of the quality of nonviolence.

He taught that one could only benonviolent if one has strict control

over ones thoughts. He taught his

followers to keep a steady watch

on their thoughts, keeping their

mind on the Lord, as the root of

behaving nonviolently. It was through

nonviolent action that India gained

independence.Similarly, if we wish to nd God,

we must develop spiritual qualities.

Nonviolence is a prerequisite to

gaining admission to the kingdom

of God. Do you think the spiritual

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realm of God is lled with violence

and hatred as is seething on our earth?

No. The spiritual realms are places

of peace and kindness. If we wish to

become residents of that kingdom,

we have to make sure that we do not

contaminate it with violence. The task

of purifying ourselves begins with

nonviolent thoughts. The diary helps

us keep a vigilant guard over thoughts

that sneak in that cause us to be angry,

hateful, and violent. Let us replace any

violent thoughts with nonviolent ones.

Many people think nonviolence

begins with telling others to be

nonviolent. If we are going to speak

about the benets of a nonviolent

life, we must also lead a nonviolent

life. If we tell others to be nonviolent,

we must rst be nonviolent our-

selves. Spreading the branches of

nonviolence, while the roots of our

ahimsa are weak will not convince

anyone of the value of such a life. We

must rst strengthen our roots and

become peaceful ourselves before our

advice to others about leading a calm

life will have any effect.

We must also develop the quality

of truthfulness. All lies begin in our

mind. If our words and actions are

deceitful and dishonest, it is because

they stem from our thoughts. We

start thinking that we want to get

the better of others, cheat, or gain

for ourselves through dishonestmeans. Those thoughts lead us to say

words that are untruthful or commit

deceitful and dishonest actions. If we

observe our thoughts throughout the

day and reect on them each evening,

they present to us an early warning

system of actions that may arise from

them. If we do not nip a dishonest

thought in the bud, it can blossom

into dishonest words and actions. Let

us weed out those thoughts that may

cause us to go astray in the area of

honesty. Similarly, if we want others

to be truthful, we must be truthful

in our own lives. We must rst build

the roots of truthfulness in our lives

and then we can share its value with

others.

Seless service is another quality

that will strengthen us. Our words

and actions arise from our thoughts.

If we have thoughts in which we

want to help others, then our words

and actions will reect that. If we are

going to talk of the need for seless

service, we must practice it ourselves.

If we tell everyone else to serve

selessly, but do not do so ourselves,

someone is bound to question our

own service, and we will be found

wanting. Let us be an example, rather

than telling everyone else to serve.

Each night we should observe ifwe were truly nonviolent. Did we tell

others to be nonviolent, while we hurt

the feelings of others, slandered others,

hurt others physically, or even thought

ill of others? Did we tell others to be

truthful, while we lied to others or

cheated them out of something that

was rightfully theirs? Did we tell othersto be pure, while we were impure? Did

we tell others to be humble, while we

were egotistical, bossed others around,

or put others down?

Did we tell others to be vegetarian,


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avoiding meat, sh, fowl, and eggs,

both fertile and infertile, while we did

not observe the diet ourselves?

Did we tell others to serve

selessly, while we only served to get

something for ourselves? Did we tell

others to meditate, while we never

put in a minute ourselves? These are

a few examples to show how we can

introspect into our behavior and weed

out our own hypocritical behavior.

If we wish to be one with God,

we have to develop qualities that are

compatible with the spiritual realms

of God. God is love, so we have to

become love itself to enter Gods

realm. God is truth, so we have also

to inculcate truth to be one with God.

God is purity, so we have to be pure

to merge back in God. God is seless,

so we have to be seless so we can

become a part of Gods kingdom.

God created all living things, and as

such, what right do we have to take

the life of any of Gods creatures?

Thus, we need to develop nonviolence

and a nonviolent diet in order to

return to God. This is the reason for

the vegetarian diet. God is conscious,

so we need to be conscious in order to

merge back in God. We need to avoid

hallucinogenic and recreational drugs

and alcohol. Drugs and alcohol lower

our consciousness and do not help us

raise our consciousness to the level

required to attain God-consciousness.

We can use the introspection

diary developed by Sant Kirpal Singh

Ji Maharaj as a tool to see which

habits we persist in keeping that are

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not helpful. Then, we can make a

resolution to change those habits. We

can keep track daily through negative

marking of our failures and resolve to

do better by decreasing those failures

the following day. We can pray to the

Master for grace in helping us change

our bad habits.

We can go to satsang where we can

hear discourses about the value of

developing good behaviors so we can

progress spiritually. Satsang provides

one-third of the teachings through

word of mouth. We can also gain the

other two-thirds benet of satsang

through the spiritual radiation owing

from the Masters attention. If we are

in the physical presence of the Master

in satsang, that radiation is owing

to us through his eyes and physical

presence. If we are in satsang where

the Master is not physically present,

the same charging is owing into us

through his attention even though

he is thousands of miles away. We

merely have to be open and receptive

to receive that radiation owing to us

from satsang.

We can also benet from the

physical presence of the Master,

where his spiritual radiation is bathing

us to wash away our negative qualities.

If we are receptive, then the higher

spiritual values of the Masters life

are models that we can emulate. His

spiritual radiation washes away ournegative habits so we can become

puried to return to God.

Part of ethical living is having love

for all. We can truly do so when we

see the Light of God in all. Meditation

is the pathway by which we can come

to recognize God within us and God

within all others.

When we recognize God in

everyone, then we know that this

whole world is a play of God meeting

God in all forms, God eating with

God in all forms, God laughing withGod in all forms, and God playing

with God in all forms. We see the

world as one lila, or play, of God whotakes on all forms in all living beings.

When we have that angle of vision, we

will truly become one with God.

Let us meditate regularly, so we not

only can see inner colored Lights, butalso can see the glorious Light of God

within us, as well as in all others.


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Queson

It seems as if every me I buy something

I have really been wanng, within a

short me I am wanng something

more. How can I learn to be sased

with what I have?

Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj

As long as we are intrigued with the

ashy jewels of the outer world,

we will connue in the wheel of

disappointment. We have forgoen

that the true jewel awaits us within.

True happiness does not lie outside;

true happiness lies within. The souls

real nature is pure joy. It is, in fact, bliss

itself. It is only when we idenfy with

our real self that we become moving

drops of bliss on earth. We are moving

about on the desert of the earth,

becoming more and more parched,

looking for the ocean. We need to

realize that a reservoir of refreshing

waters is lying within. The way to tap

into this pool is so simple. It is only a

maer of our aenon. We can direct

our aenon wherever we wish. We

can place it on the body. We can focus

it on our mind. Or we can concentrate

our aenon on our soul. Unfortunately,

since our childhood, we have been

trained to focus ourselves on our body

and mind.

When the soul is withdrawn to the

third eye, it can then travel on the Light

and Sound through the higher realms,

back to its Source in the purely spiritual

realm. The process by which the soul is

brought into contact with the current

of Light and Sound reverberang within

is called meditaon. The reason we

are not aware of the Light and Sound

within is due to our aenon. The outer

expression of the soul is known as the

aenon. Presently our aenon is

scaered throughout our body and

goes out of our body into this world

through the ve senses: sight, hearing,

smell, taste, and touch. We have to

withdraw our aenon from the world

outside and collect it at the seat of the

soul. Meditaon, pure and simple, is

withdrawing our aenon from the

outer world and focusing it at the third

eye.

Questions

andANSWERSwith

SantRajinderSingh JiMaharaj


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Queson

Somemes I lose my zeal for making

spiritual progress. I stop trying and just

assume I will see or experience God

when I die.


The path of Surat Shabd Yoga is the

path of experience. It is not a path in

which a person thinks that one will be

emancipated only at the me of death.

Sant Kirpal Singh Ji termed it a scienc

path. Todays world is a scienc world.

He used to say that as we experiment

in a physics or a chemistry laboratory,in the same way, in our body, we must

experiment with our soul by taking

it to the inner regions. When we rise

above this body and transcend the inner

realms, we pass several stages. We can

recognize these stages with the help

of a competent spiritual Master. If we

pracce meditaon in the correct way,

we will be able to progress forward in

the right direcon.

If we have a sincere desire to

progress on the spiritual path and

to know God, we should not let any

obstacle stop us from our goal. Whether

we are healthy or we have physical

challenges, nothing should stand

between us building a bridge between

our soul and God. No maer how many

hardships come our way, no maer

how much negave cricism towards

us comes our way for even trying to

nd God, we should not let those things

deter us. We can experience God in this

lifeme.


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He Is the Doer

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You can throw away someone elses

wealth earned by somebody elseI am

not responsible; it is his grace. This is howI see it. Perhaps you may be mistaken...

you people may be mistaken. But I see

quite clearly it is like that. He sends you

here; he gives you contact; he guides you

further. So long as you are in the physical

body you require physical guidance.

So I am ashamed at mes to see thatGod gives me fame for which I am not due.

So I pass it on. During that Diamond Jubilee

that was celebrated, [Ed. in Delhi on the

occasion of the Masters seventy-fifth

birthday on 6th February, 1969] people

of all religions, heads of all religions came

up; everybody highly praised me. I was

asked at the end to give a talk. I told them,

Look here, whatever you have said about

me is not due to me but to the Master at

whose feet I sat. So I have been passing all

your remarks to him. This is what I said. I

have been passing everything he passed

on, to you. I only work at the post oce.

Really, it is so. How can I say otherwise?

You tell me. If I am not true to myself then

why should I say these things? I am true.

With his grace I see it is right. I give out

the same thing but people dont believe

me. Strange enough, the fact remains like

that. And sll they say, No, no, no, no!Is it not a fact? Then why are you misled?

You see, bodies come and go; that power

never leaves you.

When one is very highly spoken of by

others one becomes pued up. It is only

acng and posing. When I see that he is

doing everything, how can I say it is my

work? His grace brings you here; his grace

gives you a contact with him withinwell,

how can I be there? Hundreds of people

sit... all get the contact. I simply give them

some instrucons and go away on my job.

When I come back I ask, How many have

seen this form within, or this? So this is

my duty. It is my duty to do all that. My

Master told me, you see, I confer this

thing on you. I was in tears. He added,

Well, I wish it to be... distribute it... go out

into the world! Then I said, All right. A

dog barks. I will be barking too. It is for you

to accept them. So I do that. If I am there

I must be exerng to give you some fruit. I

never exert because I do not do it. It is he

who does it. I am saved all this burden.

Iwas a very spendthri man, you see, who gave awayeverything. My Master found me like that. He said,

Give it to them... all right... distribute! So I can see

it is not my wealth. It is His wealth.

by Sant Kirpal Singh Ji Maharaj


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In this worldeach ofus thinks that his or her sorrows are

greater than those of any other, but

the truth is that the whole world is

plunged in sorrow. As Guru Nanak

said, He alone is happy who isanchored in Naam. Baba Farid tells

us: At rst I thought I alone was

plagued by sorrow. I thought that

I alone was subject to disease, to

poverty, to humiliation. I believed

that I alone knew these pains, while

the rest of the world went on living

a life of happiness and plenty. At

rst I thought my tragedy peculiar

to me, but when, through the grace

of a living Master, my vision wastransformed, I saw the truth. I realized

that my disease was part of a universal

disease. I realized that the whole world

was plunged in sorrow. I thought I

alone had gone astray; I alone had

by Sant Darshan Singh Ji Maharaj

RecastYour


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moved away from God. I thought I

alone had been caught up in the world

and in its snares. Now I see that the

rest of the world is no different.

From the proper vantage point,

one can see the whole world aame in

torment. So long as we think that wealone suffer, we are caught up in our

own misery and are always desiring

what others possess, thinking they

have found the key to happiness. But

once we realize that unhappiness is

universal, we then try to seek a path

that leads to freedom from sorrow. We

then seek the road that leads to eternal

bliss and happiness.

One of my friends used to say,

God has everything, and He can

give us all that we want. Indeed He

gives us almost everything, but He

withholds one thing. And just because

He withholds that one thing, our

lives are spent in anguish seeking

after that which we do not have. His

words are simple, but they contain

much truth. What is the cause of our

suffering? We think that by possessing

this or having thata car, a house,

an airplane, one item of luxury or

another we will gain contentment. We

think that by satisfying our desires

for material objects we can be happy.

But how can we obtain happiness and

contentment from such things? We

can only attain lasting happiness by

coming in contact with that which is

conscious, that which is permanent

and lasting. Unless we acquire the

right understanding of life, unless we

go to someone who teaches us to rise

above the material world and contact

that which is immortal within us,

we cannot know true happiness and

peace.

All saints have stressedthat life is an illusion. Whatever youwish to do, do it right away. There is

no room for waiting, for life cannot be

trusted even for a moment.

This material body is the root cause

of falsehood. The trouble begins

LIFEHaving found a

saint we have todevelop love and

devotion and recastour lives accordingto his teachings.


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when we identify ourselves with the

body. We do not think of it as a house

to which we have come as a tenant;

we think we are the house itself. Such

is the power of illusion in this world

that we fail to distinguish between the

tenant and the tenement! What was

given us merely for temporary use, we

believe is ours forever. In their own

way, the wise have always reminded

us that this life of ours is a bubble.

Who knows when it may burst? It is

based on the precarious balance of

ve elements which may disintegrate

at any moment. But while life in this

world is transient, the soul is eternal. It

is forever treading the road that leads

back to God. Divided from its Creator

from time immemorial, the soul is

ever journeying towards Him. What is

death? The Sus say it is the name we

give to the intermission between two

stages of the long journey of the soul.

We are lostin theattractions of this world to a point

that we have totally forgotten the goal

that lies before us. While we continue

to be lost in the world of the senses,

the drum heralding the morning is

beaten, and we have to be off again,

off on the journey for which we

have failed to prepare ourselves. We

are indeed lost in the world and its

relationships, and we have forgottenthe Lord who created us. It is only

when the bell is tolled signaling the

end of our life that we suddenly wake

up to the truth. As Kabir says: We

only awaken when the Lord of Death

stands before us with his iron rod.

Generally, it is only when we are

faced with death that we realize how

we have wasted our lives in vain

pursuits. Sant Kirpal Singh Ji used to

relate the story of an atheistic teacher.

On the wall of his room he had a

sign which read: God is nowhere.

When he was dying, a child entered

the room and began reading the sign

out loud. The child haltingly read out

the words: God is now here. And

the dying man said, Yes, my child,

God is here. It was only at the point

of death that he realized the presence

of God. But at that point, such

realization is too late.

We have come into this world to

engage in the business of returning

to the Lord, but instead we have

squandered most of our resources.

We have failed to turn our steps

Homeward. Instead of seeking the life

eternal, we are lost in the ephemeral

world of the senses. This indeed is

the grand delusion from which we

suffer. We waste away the great gift

that the Lord has given us. We came

into this world to resolve the mystery

of life and death and we can do so by

going to a spiritual teacher who has

himself resolved the mystery. Having

found such a saint we have to develop

love and devotion and recast our lives

according to his teachings. In this

way, we can rise above the physicalbody, traverse the inner realms of the

stars, the moon, and the sun, cross the

higher planes, and ultimately merge

with the Lord.


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Prayer is an effective means of communing with God.

There are many kinds of prayers that people do. Some

people pray for things of this world. For example, you

might want a better job. You might want a new houseor a new car. There are others who pray for wellness, so that they

or their family can be physically well. There are others who pray for

their personal relationships to be better. Yet, mostly people pray for

objects of this world.

MEDITATION The HighestForm of Prayer

by SANT RAJINDER SINGH JI MAHARAJ


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Generally, as we pray, it is asking

God to give something to us. As one

who is praying, we are always trying to

ask for those things that we think will

help us. At that time, our knowledge

of the big picture of our lives is

limited. At times, we might pray for

something that we may think will

help us but it might not be the right

thing in the whole scheme of our

lives. We may pray for something and

receive it, but nd that it is not good

for us in the long run. Therefore, to

me, I believe the right way of praying

is for Gods will to happen in our

life. This is why there is a saying in

many traditions that states, Not my

will, but Thy will be done. Why?

Because God is aware of each and

every thing that is happening with

us. God knows what is truly best

for us. For example, we might think

that winning a lottery of ten million

might be good. However, little do we

realize that after getting the money,

two different things can happen. We

can go on such a big buying spree that

our attention from God is diverted.

Or maybe all our friends want a piece

of what we gained and if we do not

give it to them, we lose our friends

and our life becomes lonely. So we

really do not know what is truly good

for us. In our own limited vision, we

ask for whatever we think is good.

But if we leave it up to God to giveus whatever is best for us, then we are

truly praying.

The highest form of prayer is to

know God and have communion with

God. Other prayers may be sincere,

but they are often with the end to

gaining something that will help our

material existence. Praying to know

God is to seek out the one who

created us. Praying to know God is

to turn ones face to the one who was

the cause of our existence. When the

desire to know God enters our heart,

it becomes a continuous prayer that

does not stop until we nd the Lord.

Such prayers to know God are

known as meditation. Meditation is

called the highest form of prayer. In

prayer, we are telling God what we

want. In meditation, we are listening

to what God wants for us.

Meditation is not just a state of

sitting in quiet calm. Meditation

is focusing ones whole being on

searching for the Lord. It is setting

aside all other purposes in life to sit

in readiness for Gods grace to enter

into us.

Meditation is not just a mechanical

act, as some of the mechanical prayers

are. Meditation is a state of intense

longing and yearning that arises from

ones mind, heart, and soul to mergeback in God. It is the yearning of the

soul for its Creator. It is being in a

spontaneous state that comes naturally

from deep within us to meet God and

become one with God.

In Science of Spirituality, we

practice Shabd Meditation, or

Meditation on the inner Light andSound. We also teach an introductory

technique called Jyoti Meditation,

which can be practiced in the

comforts of your own home. To

do this, select a pose that is most


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answers sincere prayers. When we feel

so much pain and suffering in Gods

absence, God feels the cries and does

something to remedy our situation.

God is so moved by the suffering and

pain of the soul to know the Lord and

to be one with the Lord that grace is

sent.

We can analyze our own con-

dition to see that we are not just

mechanically praying or meditating.

If we truly want the Lord, then that

desire will become so strong that it

will permeate our being. Then, when

we meditate, we will have that one-

pointed passion and zeal to reunite

with God. This will help accelerate our

journey back to God. Meditation is an

effective form of prayer that leads us

to have the ultimate gift, knowledge

and communion with God.

convenient, in which you can sit the

longest. Close your eyes. Your eyes

should be relaxed, as they are when

you go to sleep. Focus your attention

into the middle of the eld of

darkness lying in front of you. Your

eyes should be focused about ten to

twelve inches in front of you in the

horizontal plane. As you x your gaze,

mentally repeat any name of God

with which you feel comfortable. As

you continue to meditate, experience

the inner peace and bliss.

True meditation is in a state of

total concentration, intensity, and

passion for ones prayer to know God

to be answered. When we begin to

meditate in such a state of intensity,

God will know that we are really

passionate about knowing the Lord.

Saints and mystics have said that God

Meditation is not just a mechanical act, as some of themechanical prayers are. Meditation is a state of intenselonging and yearning that arises from ones mind, heart,and soul to merge back in God.


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delight in the signs of the outer spring

with its owers and fragrances, let us

take a poron of our day and enjoy

the springme of the heavenly realms

within. We can be like the woman saintwho found that there is an eternal

springme within that far exceeded

the joy of being in the springme of

the outer world. The outer owers

and joyous sounds of spring are but

a reecon of the sights and sounds

within us. If we think the lovely sights

of the springme on this planet are

beauful, we cannot dream of how

much more wondrous are the sights

of the eternal springme awaing us

within. There are regions aer regions

of extraordinary beauty in realms

beyond this world. We can frolic in

those meadows and gardens anyme

we wish through meditaon.

Let us discover eternal spring forourselves. We will then know there is

God and we are soul, and will enjoy

eternally divine love and union with God.

We can make the most of this

spring by capturing it within our eyes.

Whatever me we have with the source

of spring physically, we can contain

within ourselves and re-experience that

me and again through meditaon. Let

us enjoy these moments of spring. By

meditang, we can bask in the joy of

spring whenever we want, as the gentle

breezes of the eternal springme within

ll us with ecstasy.

M

any parts of the world

are experiencing the

season of spring when

the weather warms up,

trees get their rst buds, and owerssprout from the earth. The sounds

of chirping birds ll the air as they

return from their migraon to warmer

climates. Small animals emerge from

their hibernaon holes heralding the

return of spring. However, For those

on the spiritual path, spring truly takes

place when they get the life-inspiring

glimpses of the spiritual realms within

through meditaon. Spring ocially

arrives when our hearts blossom with

the owers of love that are nourished

by the intoxicang vistas within. When

we come in contact with the love of God

within us, that is true beauty and that

beaues the world.

Springme can come outwardly or itcan come from within during meditaon

when we experience the Divine within.

The inner regions have one season.

It is a perpetual season of springme

with beauful colors of the inner

Light, upliing music from the inner

Sound Current, and the all-embracing

experience of union with the soul and

God. Joyousness resounds through the

atmosphere as souls frolic in the playful,

loving games with the Divine within.

As spring arrives, let us not only

enjoy its outer glories, but let us also

nd me to sit in meditaon. While we

WHEN OUR

HEARTS BLOSSOM



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Lesson of the Hands

There is a story about an angel who was training a group of

new arrivals to heaven on how to be angels. In conductingthe training, the angel was trying to teach them how to assist

any humans they were assigned to watch over.

The angel said, It is very easy to tell whether a human being isabout to do good or about to do harm. Let us go to earth and watch

them and you will see the clues to their behavior.The angel took them on a eld trip to earth to show them the ways

of human beings.

The angel pointed out, The key to how they act lies in their hands.The other angels asked, What do you mean?

She said, Observe.

First, the angel took them to see a mother with her young infant.The baby was lying in its crib while the mother was standing over her.

The mother was holding out her hands with the palms upwards andopen, gesturing for the child to come to her arms.

See that? said the angel. She is giving love to the child and wants

the child to come to her, so the hands are open. The other angels

noted this in their angel journals of notes.Next, the angel took them to see a mother of an older child. The

mother was in a store with her child and the child wanted a toy. When

the mother said no, the child began to beg and whine for the toy. The

mother then closed her hand into a st and raised it in a threateningway.

See that? said the angel, The mother is angry at the child and

has clenched her st. It is a gesture of aggression. The angels noted

it in their angel journals.

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The angel continued to tour the earth. She showed many examples

of people holding their hands open. She showed them people who

were helping others, by holding out their hands. She showed thempeople who were nurses and doctors who held out their hands in an

open way to their patients. She showed them teachers who were

lovingly holding their hands open to help their students. She showedthem paintings and sculptures of the great saints and enlightened be-

ings with their hands open to bestow blessings on others.The angel then showed them examples of closed sts. She

showed people ghting in a boxing ring who were trying to win a com-

petition of who could bring the most damage to the other boxer. She

showed children ghting over a toy with sts clenched. She showed

Master Darshans hands, on the Indian festival of Raksha Bandhan.


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people of different cultures ghting each other with closed sts. She

showed them people at war and how they held their guns or weapons

with clenched hands.The angel said to the other trainees, You can see that by watching

the hands of a person, you can tell that if their hands are open theyare in a loving and giving mood and they are in the process of doing

good. If the persons hand is clenched into a st towards someone

else, it is a sign of aggression, anger, or holding back. Let all of yourgestures be of open hands. When you encounter humans, steer them

away from the path of violence and hatred expressed by a closed st

and instead guide them to the path of love with an open, giving hand.This is a lesson for each human to learn. Are we passing through

the roadways of life with an open hand or a clenched st?

When we clench our sts, it shows that we are stopping the owof love. It means that we are holding back from loving one another. A

clenched st means that we are lled with anger. We are in the pose

to strike out at someone. Even if we do not follow through with physi-cal violence, it means that in our mind and heart we are angry and

violent towards others. If we nd ourselves clenching our st, it meanswe need to pull back, stop our negative thoughts, think of God, and

then open our hands in a spirit of love.

We can resolve our anger by opening our hands in love. Insteadof stopping love with our closed st, we can let it ow from us. By

opening our hands, we are also opening our hearts. It means that we

recognize the Light of God in everyone and share love with others.It means we have respect and tolerance for others and hold out our

hands in love and appreciation for our differences. We do not have toagree with everyone, but we can respect and love them for who theyare and for their differences. An open hand shows that we love people

and keeps us in a state of peacefulness.As we walk through life, let us observe whether our hands are

mostly open in a gesture of giving and receiving love, or whether our

hands are closed off in a st where we block love. The spiritual path isone in which the hands are open to give love and receive love. If we

observe our hands, we will nd that we will be able to choose whetherwe want to stay in an angry state or stay in a loving and peace-ful state. It is through being in a loving state that we will speed our

progress back to God.


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The Spiritual Path: Anthology of the Writings of Kirpal Singh 20.00The Crown of Life: A Study in Yoga 10.00Morning Talks 10.00

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for foreign surface delivery; multiply the above rates by eight for foreign airmail. *No postage for pamphlets.Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj may be contacted at Kirpal Ashram, Sant Kirpal Singh Marg, Vijay Nagar,Delhi110009, India; Tel.2-7117100; Fax: 2-7214040. Further information and literature about the Mastersare available from Science of Spirituality, 4 S. 175 Naperville Rd., Naperville, IL 60563, USA. Tel. (630) 955-1200; Fax: (630) 955-1205; www.sos.org. For information and availability of photographs of the Masters inthis and other issues, contact the SK Photo Service at [email protected].


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s long as we are intrigued with the ashy jewels of the

outer world, we will continue in the wheel of

disappointment. We have forgotten that the true

jewel awaits us within. True happiness does not lie

outside; true happiness lies within. The souls real nature is pure

joy. It is, in fact, bliss itself. It is only when we identify with our

real self that we become moving drops of bliss on earth. We aremoving about on the desert of the earth, becoming more and

more parched, looking for the ocean. We need to realize that a

reservoir of refreshing waters is lying within.


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