The Purpose of Human Life

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Kirpal Singh
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A Satsang by Kirpal Singh,

given at Sawan Ashram, Delhi / India
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Contents

The well-known Physicist and Nobel prize winner Max Planck stated .. 3
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Kind hearts are the gardens, kind thoughts are the roots;
kind words are the blossoms, kind deeds are the fruits.
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The well-known Physicist and Nobel prize winner
Max Planck stated

Dear Gentlemen, as a physicist who has devoted all his life hard-
headedly to science and the investigation of matter, I am certainly
free from the suspicion of being considered an enthusiastic spirit.

And so I say this after the investigation of the Atom: there is no

matter out of itself.

All matter resolves and exists only through one power, which brings
the atom particles in vibration and holds them together as the tiniest
solar system of the universe. As there exists in the whole universe
neither an intelligent power nor an eternal power – humanity has
not succeeded in inventing the desired Perpetuum mobile – so we
have to assume that behind this power there lies an conscious and
intelligent spirit. This spirit is the prime cause of matter. Not the
visible but the transitory matter is the real, the true, the absolute –
because matter would not exist at all without the spirit – but ra-
ther the unseen, immortal spirit is the truth! Since spirit can also
not exist out of itself but has to belong to an entity, we are forced
to suppose there are spiritual creatures. But as spiritual creatures
cannot exist out of themselves but have to be created, so I do not
hesitate to name this mysterious creator like all civilised people on
earth of past millennia have done: God!


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My work is to reveal to you the unity already existing

through all.

Awake, oh man, regain your Godhood, before it is too

late.

On regaining your lost Godhood you will have right under-

standing that you are all One.

Kirpal Singh


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Man is in search of happiness, but has no peace of mind. Even if

he succeeds in achieving his objectives, he remains dissatisfied.
His search for peace and happiness, therefore, never ends. Saint
Augustine says that God gave us the senses for using them properly,
but we misuse them by indulging in sensual pleasures; whereas
the bliss for which we should have striven remains enshrined in
scriptures only.

Man is an ensouled entity gifted with body, mind, and intellect. He

takes good care of his body for the sake of his domestic, social, and
political well-being. Intellectually, he has made strident advances.
He has successfully explored the earth, oceans, and space and has
made atomic bombs. A single atom bomb can destroy millions.
Strangely enough, with all his achievements he remains ignorant
about the prime source of energy from which his body and mind
derive their strength – soul – his True Self. He has so much identified
himself with the body that he is unable to distinguish his soul from
the body. In fact, he does not know that his Real Self is something
separate from the body. Have we ever thought about the propelling
force in us? Have we recognised the indweller of the house?

Soul is a conscious entity. Just as any essence has its basic source,
soul too has an Ultimate Source – the Oversoul – a vast Ocean of
All-Consciousness. The entire universe is His manifestation. The
soul is identified with the material body by constant association with
the senses. Man does not know that he can have True Happiness


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only when he is able to disfranchise the self in him from the outer
vestures. He is so much entangled with the mind and body that he
ever remains unhappy and restless. Soul being conscious and body
being material, these cannot coexist amiably.

We pretend to be religious by reading the scriptures without know-

ing their true import and by offering ceremonial prayers at the places
of worship. All that we worship is physical health and worldly riches.
We aspire for material well-being and not for God-Realisation. It is
said that once Majnu, a legendary lover, was told that God wished to
see him. Majnu replied if that was so, God must come in the form of
Lila, his beloved. Most of us offer our prayers to God only because
we want to fulfil our worldly ambitions. We seek God’s blessings
to become physical and intellectual giants. Thus, to us God is only
a means to worldly ends. Consequently, we get only that we crave
for; i.e., the material world and not God.

To know God we must first know ourselves. From time immemorial

many have tried to define God philosophically. But He remains
undefined as ever.

God cannot be realised by the body or intellect or senses. He can

only be experienced by the soul. Unless we know ourselves, the
question of knowing God does not arise. Thus, the first step in
this direction is self-knowledge which precedes God-Knowledge.
Know thyself!, has been the call of Saints and sages. Guru Nanak
was once asked by a Muslim holy man to define His faith. The Guru
replied that He neither claimed to be a Hindu nor a Muslim in the
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elements – ether, earth, fire, water, and air – and the God-Power
was pulsating in Him.

Hazur Baba Sawan Singh Ji was once asked as to which religion He

belonged. He replied:

If God is Hindu, I am a Hindu; if He is Sikh, I am a Sikh;

if He is Muslim, I am a Muslim; if He is a Christian, then
I am a Christian.

All religions are man-made. God has not put a stamp of religion
on anyone. To know the Controlling Power of the universe, it is
inevitable and essential to know thyself, as Christ has put it.

Guru Nanak has also said:

Until and unless one analyses one’s self, it is not possible

to shed delusion and realise the Reality. Unless your Third
Eye is opened, you cannot realise God.

How various Saints have solved the mystery of life is the subject
for today. The fact is that Truth is one, but the ways of expression
may be different. Our ideal is Truth. Let us see what Swami Ji has
to say on the subject:

Link your soul with Naam.

We are advised to connect our soul with the Word. It implies that
our attention is presently linked with something other than the


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Word. What is meant by attention? It is consciousness, a state of
awakening or awareness. We may call it attention, spirit, or soul. It
is this Life-Current emanating from our self, soul, which acts as a
driving force within us. Swami Ji asks us to link this current with
the Word. Now, where is the source of these currents? It is at the seat
of the soul between the two eyebrows. What happens at the time
of death? Life withdraws from the feet and rises to the back of the
eyes. The Power which is concentrated behind the eyes is our Real
Self. After that power is withdrawn, the body is of no significance.
This is the most important and mostly ignored subject.

In order to probe further into this subject, one has to realise that
soul is an entity distinct from the body.

We have to learn and practise to withdraw the soul currents from

lower centres of the body to the eye focus. This process is similar to
the one undergone by the soul at the time of one’s physical death. We
have to rise above body consciousness. The theoretical knowledge
of this process is not enough. Practice is far more important. An
ounce of practice is more than tons of theory.

So we have to link our soul with the Word. Let us now consider
what the Word – Naam – signifies. The Word has two aspects. One
is an epithet and the other is that Ultimate Power to which the
epithet refers.

For example, water itself is one thing, but it is referred to by many

names; e.g., water, aqua, H2O , etc. Similarly, Truth is One; but sages
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Guru Nanak says:

I want to sacrifice myself on all Thy names, oh Lord.

Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru, compiled hundreds of

Names of God in His work Jaap Sahib. These Names are in addi-
tion to those already mentioned in the various scriptures. Despite
hundreds of Names, God is One.

Similarly, there are many religions; but their goal is One.

We have to understand the God-Power with the help of spoken

Names. This is our first step. Though the name is not different from
the Named, yet it seems so until the Named is actually contacted.
A person tastes a mango and declares that it is sweet. But one who
has neither seen a mango nor tasted sugar, cannot know how sweet
it is.

Thus, to realise God is of utmost importance. We have to make a

beginning with spoken names. It is unfortunate that people quarrel
over the different Names of God as given by the founders of the
various religions. All the Names refer to the supreme Lord; and, as
such, they all deserve our respect. The real thing is the Power of
God to which these Names refer. That Power is Eternal Truth. It is
One, will ever remain One, and is called Naam or the Word.

The Word is the source of the entire creation and can be experienced
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Guru Nanak has explained this point lucidly in the Jap Ji:

Whatever has come into being is the creation of the

Word.

The Word is the Power that exists in the minutest speck in the uni-
verse. That is the Divine Link that connects the body with the soul.
When this Link breaks, it brings about physical death. It is the same
Link which sustains the universe and higher Spiritual Planes. When
this Divine Link is withdrawn, there is total dissolution.

Now, the question arises, if we are connected with the Divine Link,
which is the point in the body at which the two meet?

Guru Nanak tells us that the Word can be contacted after one
transcends the six chakras – ganglionic centres – and has reached
the aggya chakra – behind and between the two eyebrows. The
Divine Link can be established only there and not anywhere else
in the body.

Rishi Patanjali as also other past Saints have explained this process.
When one reaches the aggya chakra after rising above the six lower
chakras, one is connected with the Celestial Sound Current, the
Anhat sound, and merges into Sahasrar, the first Spiritual Plane.

The Anhat sound is the Divine Link; It is the Word, or the Divine
Power, which is manifested in every human being. This is the pri-
mary source of all existence.

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Naam, the Word,

says Gurbani,

is invisible, unfathomable, limitless, and sweet beyond

description. It has an Everlasting Divine Intoxication
and Bliss. Whosoever experiences It forgets all worldly
pleasures.

The soul is a drop of the Ocean of All-Consciousness, but is covered

by numerous sheaths of body, mind, and senses. So long as a man is
engrossed in the material world, he remains unaware of the Divine
Naam within him.

What does the Naam signify?

According to Gurbani, communion with Naam opens within a

grand vista of Divine Light – the Light of God. Naam also refers to
the Sound Principle – the Sound of unabounding joy.

Thus, there are two expressions of Naam – the God-Power – Light

and Sound.

In the Vedas, Naam has been described as Udgit or Nad – Music

of the Beyond. According to the Vedas, Nad has created fourteen
spheres. Muslim sages call It the Kalma. They also believe that the
Kalma has created fourteen tabaks, spheres.

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Maulana Rumi once prayed:

Oh God, lead me to the place where conversation goes on

without words.

Christ says:

In the beginning was the Word, Word was with God and
Word was God.

The Gurbani says:

Naam has created the earth and the heaven. All Light has
emanated from Naam. All creation has come into being
from Naam which is resounding in all human beings.

The Word was there even before the universe came into being. The
Word is thus the source of all creation.

Saints of all the religions have expressed parallel thoughts on the

subject:

The Word has been the source of salvation to human beings

during all the four Yugas.

Gurbani

God is Wordless, Nameless, and beyond description. When He

came into being, It was called Naam, the Word, the Light-Sound

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Principle. One who communes with Naam is able to establish a
contact with God.

Hafiz Sahib, a Great Persian Mystic Poet, says:

No one knows the abode of the Beloved, but it is certain

that sound of bells comes from there.

If you follow the strain of sound, you will reach its source. Thus,
the Word – Light and Sound – is the safest means to the end – the
Way back to God.

To get in contact with the Divine Light, one has to rise above body
consciousness by self-analysis. Only then a contact with the Divine
Sound is possible. By contacting Naam one gets peace and Eternal
Bliss.

Blessed are they who are linked with the Word, oh Nanak!
Whosoever listens to the Eternal Music attains salvation.

Gurbani

People generally get lost in various Names of God. The whole world
talks of Naam, but there are only a few who know the Real Signifi-
cance of Naam. It is a practical subject. Unless we realise ourselves
by rising above body consciousness, soul cannot establish a
contact with the Oversoul. We have, therefore, to link our soul
with Naam:

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Those Who have communed with the Word, Their toils
shall end; not only shall They have salvation, oh Nanak,
but many more shall find freedom with Them.

Jap Ji / Finale
Again we have in Gurbani:

A Gurumukh (beloved of the Master) can liberate millions

of souls by imparting just a particle of His Life-Impulse.

Gurbani

Emerson says:

The keynote to success is one’s own thoughts.

To make a mark in any walk of life, you have to concentrate your

attention on that particular aspect. Similarly, if you concentrate
your attention on Overself, you will become spiritually great.

Buleh Shah, a Muslim Saint, inquired from His Spiritual Guide as

to how one could find God?

The guide replied:

It is as easy as withdrawing the attention from here

(world) and connecting it there (the Word).

Our Very Self is our attention. We are soul and not the body, but
we are engrossed in our bodies.

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Swami Ji tells us:

Let anyone of us connect his attention with the Word. This

body and wealth will not be of any help when confronted
with the Negative Power.

The human body is the soul’s first companion. It comes first with
the soul when the child is born. But even this companion leaves
us at the time of death, not to mention other worldly associations
acquired by us. Our own being, having constant attachment with
the physical world, has fallen to the latter’s level. As a result, we
have to come to this mortal world again and again.

Gurbani says:

Soul goes where there is attachment.

If we are able to analyse the self in our lifetime and learn to rise
above body consciousness by getting a higher contact with Naam,
we experience such a bliss as to forget all worldly pleasures and
attachments:

Worldly pleasures are nowhere before the Divide Bliss.

Gurbani

That is why Saints have taught:

Oh friend, give up the insipid sensual pleasures, And drink

the sweet elixir of Naam.

Gurbani

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When one gets a taste of the Real Bliss, the pleasures become insipid.
The Real Bliss is either within our Inner Being or in Naam – God-
into-action-Power – since soul is its essence.

Soul is a spark of the Divine Essence. It is bliss in itself, and it is a

conscious entity. It is the soul which is the source of all bliss and
not the body and worldly things. Saints have warned us that worldly
objects, in which our attention is engrossed, are not going to be of
real help to us. Not only that all these worldly objects will stay back
at the time of death, but their constant attachment will bring the
soul back again and again to this world.

What does it profit a man to gain the possession of the

whole world and to lose one’s own soul.

The soul resides in this house – body. It has to go out of this mortal
frame leaving everything behind. When the time comes to vacate
this body, one is greatly distressed because of man’s attachment with
the body. Repenting then is of no avail. If during one’s lifetime the
soul establishes a contact with the beyond, it attains perfect peace.
But, we never think of the world beyond.

We generally follow the maxim: Eat, drink, and be merry. If someone

reminds us of death, we just ignore it by saying that we will face it
when it comes. This is not a wise approach. If a pigeon closes its
eyes at the sight of a cat, the cat is not going to spare it. Everyone
has to leave the body. There is no exception to the rule.

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Emperors or kings, rich or poor, all have but to go in their
turn.

Gurbani

We all have to go, but we do not know when. We should be prepared

for the change. Are we?

Everyone is scared of death and wishes to live till Eternity;

with Guru’s Grace, if one learns to die while alive, one can
become a Conscious Co-Worker of the Lord. Whosoever
so dies, gets salvation.

Gurbani

If you learn to die by rising above body consciousness, you will

attain Life Everlasting.

All Saints tell us that God has bestowed us with three forms:

• physical,

• astral and

• supra-mental or causal.

We are already active at the physical plane, Pind, through the senses.
After leaving the physical body, the soul acquires the astral form.

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With the astral senses it can traverse the astral plane – And. Simi-
larly, after attaining supra-mental form the soul can enter into the
causal plane – Brahmand. It is beyond these three planes that the
soul gets self-knowledge. It is only at that stage that you will be able
to know who you really are.

Swami Ji says:

This is the most opportune time to attain peaceful bliss by

avoiding the fire of ceaseless desires.

The world is being consumed by invisible flames of fire.

Guru Nanak has prayed:

This is the fire of desires that has spread all over.

Although we are its victims, we are unable to perceive it. Only Saints
know the real magnitude of this fire. Yet only human life is capable
of getting away from this blazing furnace. That is why human life
is considered to be the crown of creation. But without sincere ef-
fort in the right direction, there can be no salvation. For instance,
if we have to avoid scorching heat, we have to find shelter in an
air-conditioned room. In our context, the air-conditioned room is
within us. We shall have to withdraw from outside and enter into
it to find blissful solace from all the miseries of the world. This is
high time that we introvert ourselves. If we miss this God-given
opportunity, we are no better than beasts. The human body has a

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worth so long as the soul dwells in it. We should make the most of
it while it lasts.

Man is enveloped by flames of passionate desires, anger, greed, at-

tachment, and vanity. One can escape himself from delusion only
by contacting the Word within. The most important task before us,
therefore, is to withdraw our attention from outside and get attuned
with the Divine Melody within. Then comes Eternal Peace in the
form of the Word.

Whosoever has accomplished this essential task is really successful

in life. Otherwise, any amount of learning, name and fame have
no real meaning. It is high time that we learn to rise above body
consciousness and know the Real Self in us.

Contemplate the form of Satguru, and serve Him true,

and He shall lead thee away from all harm.

Swami Ji

Swami Ji now tells us how to link the soul with the Naam-Power.
He says that three steps should be taken to rise above body con-
sciousness.

First is Simran (contemplation), continuous remembrance of the Al-

mighty. Second, service to the Master. Third, control of all desires.

We are always busy in contemplating worldly affairs. If we have to

establish a contact with the Word of God, we must first constantly

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remember Him by any Name of our choice. This should be our first
and foremost ideal by inculcating the habit of His contemplation
every moment of our life. We have to replace worldly thoughts by
contemplating the Word.

Contemplate on Him alone ceaselessly; so much so that you begin

to feel the pangs of His separation. Thus, the first step is His remem-
brance. Remembrance leads to Love which, in turn, results in pangs
of separation. This creates a strong urge for the Beloved.

Only One to remember and to sigh for; sing ceaselessly His

praise alone. Meditate on Him with all the Love in thee.

Gurbani

Simran should be undertaken with intense Love for God. Love

brings concentration. One forgets the whole world while contem-
plating one’s beloved.

Another purpose of Simran is to identify the soul with its Real Form.
Yet another aim of Simran is to enable the self to know itself. As it
is, the soul is completely identified with the physical body. It has
to be withdrawn from the body and concentrated at its seat in the
centre of the eyebrows.

In the Gita, Lord Krishna says,

[…] that Great Ones traverse into the cave starting from
a place above the nose.

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There are various methods of doing Simran:

• with the help of a rosary or

• with tongue,
• or in throat
• and heart.

However, Saints do not advise these methods as these are apt to

become mechanical and allow the mind to wander away. Thus,
concentration of attention through those methods may not be
possible.

Saints have, therefore, advised the practice of Simran with the

tongue of thought. All Saints, including Maulani Rumi, Guru Arjan,
and Swami Ji, have indicated this Spiritual Path.

Guru Arjan prayed:

Oh Saints, take pity on us; we have yet to learn to serve

our souls.

We are working on the mental and sensual planes. Until we learn to

rise above body consciousness, our plight remains unchanged.

Yogis tried to control breathing through kumbhak to achieve con-

centration of attention. It is a difficult process and everyone cannot
practise it. Saints, therefore, do not interfere with the breathing
function. They concentrate Their attention at the seat of the soul,
behind and in the centre of the two eyes, by means of Simran with

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the tongue of thought. If it is done with rapt attention, the soul
will cease to flow out through the body pores. The body will then
become senseless. It is only then after that the concentrated soul
gets the contact of God.

However, Simran with the tongue of thought is not as easy as it

appears to be.

It can be accomplished successfully only through the blessings of

a Competent Master. Now, there is a difference between practising
Simran by repeating the Names given by a Competent Master and
the name or names taken out of scripture of one’s religious belief.

The Names given by a Competent Living Master at the time of

initiation are charged with His thought transference and have tre-
mendous force in them. This type of Simran, therefore, is above all
other forms of Simran.

The Vedas and other scriptures have stated that in order to seek
God, one must seek the guidance of a True Master. Besides giving
the Charged Names, the Master also gives a practical contact with
the Divine Power. Now, the question is how to get that competent
guidance?

Swami Ji tells us to serve the Master; one can serve the Master in
many ways – physically, financially, intellectually, and spiritually.
One should lead a chaste and clean life. Keep the body ever engaged
in selfless service. This is physical service. As for monetary service,
spend a part of your income for charity. After fulfilling your family

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requirements, you must keep aside a part of your earnings in the
name of God. This is a duty one must not neglect. Service by heart
and mind means Love for all, hatred for none, and observance of
Truth. The service of the soul is of the highest order. To do this one
has to rise above body consciousness and to open the Inner Eye.

Hazur used to say that a Master may keep a servant or two to serve
Him. He does not need our services in the normal sense. If we only
obey His commandments, keep our lives chaste and pure, we do
not only serve the Master, but also our own ‘self.’

The Master loves them most who serve their own souls and lead a
pious life. So, Swami Ji exhorts us to imbibe the feeling of service
and to refrain from sensual desires.

All desires are included in sensuality. The observance of celibacy

is most important.

Just as light and darkness cannot stay together, the Word and sensual
desires are not compatible. Therefore, we must observe celibacy.
Married people need not despair. They ought to live a disciplined
life in accordance with the scriptures where marital relations are
permitted only for procreation. Grihastashram (family system) is
a great institution.

Most Saints or Great Souls, Mahatmas, were householders and

fulfilled Their family obligations. Hazur has said that those who
wish to bring up their children pure and chaste should themselves
become so. Children tend to emulate their parents.

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Swami Ji thus asks us to take three steps if we want to rise above
body consciousness and to get contact with Naam: to practise
Simran, to serve Satguru, and to lead a chaste life.

Swami Ji says that you can have a taste of the Divine Nectar with
the help of a True Master only after you have brought your mind
and sensual desires under control.

At present the soul is flowing out through the senses. Discipline

your senses and keep your mind steady. You will then know who
you are. When you have realised yourself, only then the question of
realising the Overself will arise. Those who have disciplined their
senses can free themselves from the influence of enemies like lust,
anger, greed, attachment, and vanity.

These five deadly enemies attack us through the five senses. You can
escape their fatal attacks if you rise above body consciousness.

The Upanishads state:

The soul is riding a chariot of the body driven by horses

of the senses with the mind as its reins and the intellect
as its driver in the field of sensual pleasures.

Swami Ji, therefore, stresses the need to discipline the senses and the
mind. When this is done and the soul rises above body conscious-
ness, the Master is there inside to offer the Divine Elixir of Naam.

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Now, are these teachings meant for any particular sect? The teach-
ings of all Great Souls are meant for the entire humanity and not
for the followers of any particular religion.

Hazur used to say:

Go to the door where Satguru, full of compassion and

Mercy, is waiting to receive you.

Which is that door?

This door is in the centre and behind your two eyebrows. Once
the soul gets an opportunity of tasting the elixir of Naam, it has a
starting point for its Spiritual Journey to the Ultimate Destination.
Moreover, this will bring about freedom from the dragnet of the
mind.

Mind is a tremendous hurdle on the Spiritual Path. The world at

large has always been its victim. Even mahatmas and rishis – great
souls – in the past who tried various methods to control the mind
often succumbed at some stage to its powerful impact. So, we have
to control the mind.

How can it be done?

The mind cannot be controlled by outer pursuits like learning or

studying the scriptures. Even if it is under check for a while, it again
goes out of control, for it is always after sensual pleasures.

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There are mainly two types of attractions for the mind – beautiful
things to look at and sweet melodies to hear. Just now, if you happen
to hear melodious music, your attention will be diverted to it.

The only way to keep it under control is to link it with Naam that
has both these attractions. At various Spiritual Planes within, you
have wonderful visions to see and also enchanting melodies to hear.
When the mind has more fascinating experience within than it has
outside, it is automatically subdued. Thus, only by establishing a
contact with Naam one becomes desireless.

According to a parable, once Lord Krishna plunged into the river

Yamuna where a thousand headed cobra used to live.

Lord Krishna performed a dance on the cobra’s head to the tune of

His favourite flute and subdued the deadly snake. What does the
parable signify? The thousand-headed cobra is the mind itself. The
mind poisons us in innumerable ways. By attuning to the Celestial
Sound Current within, mind can be subdued. There is no other
remedy.

A Muslim mystic has said that if you have firmly resolved to reach
God, put one step on your mind and your second step will be in
God’s court.

Swami Ji now advises us to give up procrastination and to start

meditation without delay. Sehaj Yoga, the Path shown by Saints,
has three aspects:

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Simran, meditation, and catching the Celestial Sound
Current.

Simran lifts the soul above body consciousness. Once this is done,
meditation or contemplation with rapt attention provides a resting
place for its stay there until it catches and listens to the Celestial
Sound Current.

Shamas-i-Tabrez says:

Every moment a Divine Sound is calling my soul to come

to the Lord.

Tulsi Sahib also says:

Listen with rapt attention at the archway of the Real Kaaba

(body) and you will hear a call from the beyond.

This body is the temple of God and the forehead is the archway of
the temple as described by Tulsi Sahib. Procrastination is the thief
of time. We tend to postpone meditation on one pretext or the other.
Start meditation forthwith so that we may come out of the mortal
body which is the domain of negative power.

After all, this body has to be left behind. If we learn to leave it while
alive, death will not perturb us. You will then be carefree.

Swami Ji says that only the Satguru is capable of pulling the soul
above body consciousness. Therefore, pray with every breath for the

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Grace of a True Master. I have already discussed the functions of
Simran; i.e., it brings the soul above body consciousness. Another
equally important point is that the soul is attached to the body; and
unless a Competent Master helps with His thought transference
through personal attention, the soul cannot be separated and lifted
above body consciousness. Here lies the greatness and importance
of the Satguru. As a matter of fact, the real test of a Guru is that He
is capable of pulling the soul to its own seat. We must, therefore,
pray for His Grace and help. All great souls have prayed likewise.

Maulana Rumi testifies it by asking:

Who is capable of saving the humanity from this mys-

terious box (world)? Only either a prophet or a Master
commissioned to do that.

We have thus to seek the help of a Realised Soul, but He must really
be a Realised Soul.

When a so-called master cannot lift his own soul above body con-
sciousness, how can he help others?

The responsibility of a Competent Master is great indeed. Not only

He guides and helps us in this world, but He is also a torch bearer
on our journey within.

Swami Ji, therefore, emphasises that the only way out is to pray
to a Competent Master. Out of compassion, He will give you an
experience of super-consciousness. Thereafter, follow His com-

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mandments, remember Him constantly with all your heart, and
ever remain eager to serve Him.

Tulsi Sahib also asks us to look through the veil of darkness behind
the pupil of the eyes. How to do it? He tells us to go to a God-
realised Soul.

Such a Master will give you some Inner Experience, pull you above
body consciousness, and tell you how to see through the darkness
within.

Your Inner Eye will thus be opened. All Saints agree on this point.

Swami Ji has advised us to seek the company of a True Master with

Love. Go there with devotion, leaving behind all worldly ideas. You
should then have only one thought – the thought of your Master.
Sit there with solitude and listen with full attention to what the
Master has to say.

Swami Ji now explains the importance of Satsang.

He says:

Attend Satsang in all seriousness.

We have to solve the mystery of life and death. Grasp and imbibe
what is taught there.

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We are fortunate if we get in touch with a True Master and get
Inner experience through His Grace. If we do not act on His com-
mandments, our Spiritual Progress will be retarded.

That is why so much emphasis is laid on doing away with unneces-

sary worldly things. This way one’s Spiritual Experience will con-
tinue to grow until a Luminous Form of the Master appears within.
He will talk to you and guide you. On getting proper guidance from
the Master, devote adequate time to meditation and mould your
life according to the Master’s teachings.

We must have tenacity of purpose as we cannot afford to slacken

our efforts in our present state when we have yet to rise above body
consciousness.

Finally, Swami Ji explains what is Naam, the Word, what is the des-
tination, and what is our ideal? He says that our aim is to merge our
soul with Sat Naam, True Word, the Eternal Nameless God-Power.
We have first to rise above body consciousness and get the lowest
link. After gradually traversing the various higher planes, the soul
will finally reach where there is nothing but All-Truth.

The three regions – primal, subtle, and causal are destructible. Be-
yond these three regions is Sat Lok or Sach Khand which is the
abode of the Almighty.

This is our goal and we must achieve it.

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Jesus Christ at the time of leaving His immortal frame, instructed
His disciples first to accomplish what He had taught them.

The human birth has given you a golden opportunity. Make the
best use of it.

[…] Those Who have communed with the Word, Their

toils shall end. And Their faces shall flame with Glory,
not only shall They have salvation, oh Nanak, but many
more shall find freedom with Them.

Jap Ji / Finale

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The whole creation is the temple of God. There is

no place where He is not. 

In minerals life is sleeping; in plants life is dreaming;

in birds and animals life is awakening; and in man
life is awake. 

As such we are brothers of all creatures, of plants of

birds and animals. So the flowers and trees sparrows
and doves are as members of our own order. 

How simple, pure, loving and beautiful they are!

We should learn lessons of leading lives of purity,

holiness, simplicity and Divine Love from them.

Kirpal Singh

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Naam is available for all those truly longing to reach God.
With the Grace of the one God and the God working through
our Master Kirpal Singh, initiation into Sant Mat, the
Surat Shabd Yoga, is still nowadays given as a free gift.

So, whoever believes in the gospel of the Unity of Man,

may ask for initiation!
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