Sant Kirpal Singh
Spiritual Elixir
- Collected Talks -
In alphabetical order
Absorb Your
Attention — "Simply look continuously without break with
full attention. Nothing more than that."
All the World's a
Play — "This world is like a magician's act. He fascinates
his audience with his magic; but in the end, what is in it? It
is all deception—a grand delusion."
Are You Even Half a
Disciple? — "Sadhu means One in Whom the Lord has
manifested—such is the Guru's True Disciple. The rest of us are
disciples of worldly things. These words may seem rather harsh,
but they are to help you realize the situation."
Are You The
Servant of Your Mind? — "Your mind gets strength from you.
Yet your servant, who is dependent on you, is dragging you here,
there, and everywhere. Do you think it is honorable?"
Attitude for
Spreading the Teachings — "Everyone is under the
impression that Jesus Christ remains forever. Christ Power
remains. But they identify Christ with Jesus, or the human pole,
which is not right."
Avoid Nature's Bill
... — "Spirituality is not so difficult as people had
thought it to be—It is very natural, a simple way—but we have
made it hard to understand, you see. What is it—close your
eyes—the seat of the Soul is back of the eyes—that's it: The
whole world is there."
Become His
Channel — "So light is the only thing to stand on. What
light? Not physical light but the inner Light."
Become More
Conscious — "We are conscious beings. The more we come in
contact with All-consciousness, we become more conscious."
Best Use of Your
Time — "The basic teaching of all Masters is that you
should find God within your body."
The Best Virtue
— "So the first thing, for clarification, that all Masters give
out is to just know that God is seeing you. The God in you is
seeing you and the God overhead is seeing . . . "
Be the Master of
Your Self — "Can you know yourself? Sometimes you have a
dip, then you are dragged outside. You have not become the
master of your body."
The Birthright to Be
God — "... Whoever has got the human body has the
birthright to become God, I tell you. There is no exaggeration
about it. ... "
The Cage of the Soul
— "... the soul has become so attached to the body and outgoing
faculties that it clings to the outside things and does not wish
to let go of them" (from a letter)
Celebrate a True
Birthday —"So, to be born in what is called a body, a
physical form, is like entering a prison. But, it is God's will
that we come, and He knows best."
Change Your Habits Now
— "O Man, it is the time now to discard your old disreputable
habits and adopt new ones ..." (Sawan Ashram)
Charity — "Why
are men so needy and hungry? Because we don't share. So by
sharing with others, our self expands."
Charity and
hard earnings — "It is always better to earn one's own
livelihood honestly, by dint of the hard sweat of your brow and
to share with others."
Chastity and
Forgiveness — If you practice the two virtues—chastity and
forgiveness—you will find that, without much effort, you will
attain higher consciousness, complete awakening, and perfect
peace of mind.
Come Back, My
Children — "Shamas Tabrez says,
Out of this temple of
the body I am hearing a Sound calling me, come up. Bell is
ringing wildly: Come back, my children, come back. You
see? And we do not listen."
The Coming Spiritual
Revolution — "The world is already in revolution; but this
revolution should be different. This revolution should not be of
the body, but against the evil propensities of the mind which
keep us away from God."
Criticism —
"By criticizing others, you simply invite that very sin which
you are criticizing. As you think, so you become."
Death and
Protection — "I think it is better to let her die
consciously. It's better. Otherwise her consciousness will be
morbid and that will affect her soul."
Decide Your Aim in
Life — "The word 'impossible' is found in the dictionary
of fools. It is possible; reach there, then decide. Or decide
now based on whatever you know in the worldly experience of the
past and using common sense. Decide."
Delusion of Doership
—
"So long as one feels that one is the doer, One cannot
escape from the cycle of births." (Sawan Ashram)
The Destiny of a
Gurumukh — "Be grateful to the Maker who gave you this
human birth, wherein you can realize Him. It is thy turn to meet
Him, through the silence of the heart ..." (Sawan Ashram)
Develop All
Around — "The end may be in early life, maybe young life,
maybe old life—we are not given any guarantee. The time is
appointed, but we do not know it. It is already dated. Develop
all around."
Die Before Death
— "All souls have this golden opportunity while in the human
form and so we should make use of it and prepare while we can,
for the day will come when we have to leave."
Don't Bend Your Elbows
— "What does all this mean? If we make others happy, we will
become happy. If we put others in bad condition, we will be put
in bad condition."
Don't Forget
Him — "So Master is the very life of the initiate. Don't
forget Him. Do nothing more, you'll become what He is. But we
are always thinking of the worldly things."
Don't Think Evil of
Others — "If you think of anybody else, always think
good of them. Why? because they are your brothers and
sisters in God."
Don't You Want to go
Home? — He (God) sends somebody to tell them to please
come back. "You've been in exile so long; why don't you come
back and enjoy your home?"
Ego Trouble —
"Unless man rises above body consciousness while in the body and
working from that level, the ego cannot know God."
Ek Onkar, Ashabd,
Anaam — "There is only one Reality. ... but none has been
able to describe it ... nor will anyone be able to do so. The
Reality can neither be known nor ... comprehended. One has to
merge ones self into It." (Sawan Ashram)
The Essence of
Religion — the Presidential Address given at the Third
World Religions Conference in New Delhi, 1965.
Factors Necessary for
Progress — "To progress on the way, there are certain
things which are very essential. If they are not there, progress
won't be there."
Faith in the Master
— "Shamas Tabriz at one place says, 'O people, you are going for
a pilgrimage. Where are you going? Pilgrimage is here (eye
centre).' You see?"
Farewell
— "Perhaps each one of you knows that the tongue of love is
dumb."
Farewell to the
Western World — "You have got your plane on which you have
been given a seat. Now you fly on, on the wings of Light and
Sound Current, to go back direct to your homes."
Final Talk at Chicago,
1972 Tour (1nov72) — "These are six things which stand in
the way of our progress on the spiritual way. And there are some
constructive points which help us on the Way. Both things should
be known."
Final Talk at New
York City, 1972 Tour (12oct72) — "Just like a thief who
wants to grab money anytime of the day or night, if you are
really after your spiritual progress, snatch away time
any
time you can."
Finish Something
Daily — "Finish something daily. Doing something daily is
also good but I think it is still better to finish something
daily. ... I have learned many things from
great mens' lives."
First See, Then
Say — "So bookish knowledge is all wilderness, no way out.
Even the sayings of the Masters are not understood in their
right perspective ... unless you see."
Five Charged
Names — "There are five planes and the Names given are
according to these planes, one by one."
Five Dacoits Are
Looting While Man Slumbers — "Everyone is sleeping and the
dacoits (thieves) are looting wildly. Who are these five
dacoits? They are anger, lust, greed, attachment, and ego. They
are looting the people who are sleeping in a drugged state."
A Flood of
Compassion — "If you hear the Sound and see the Light, you
will go straight to the source from which these things are
emanating. You will go straight to God."
From Poison to Purity
— "Those people whose soul is powerful achieve success in
anything they undertake, because the soul gives strength to the
mind, the senses, and the intellect ..."
The Fruit and its
Casing — "We are living in Him just like a fish lives in
the water. The water is never away from the fish - the very life
of the fish is water."
Fruit Follows the
Flowers — "... so when you sit down in God's remembrance,
you should wash away your mind from the worldly attachments only
then the true prayer will be performed."
Give Thanks to God
— a talk given on Thanksgiving day of 1972 at the Disneyland
Hotel, Anaheim, CA.
God and Man —
"From a careful and unbiased study of the sacred books of the
world we find that there is one Reality, which is our goal. That
Reality is termed God and by various other names."
God's Complaint
— He says, "I reside in you, and people have thrown Me out. So
they raise models which they make with mud and mortar. If they
had seen Me they would have known ... I am the Light within
them. But they just light candles outside."
God's Message to
Mankind — "...
Ever since you were sent down to the
world, you have not returned to Me—the True Home— but have
stuck fast in the enjoyments of mind and outgoing faculties so
much so that you have forgotten even yourself, what to speak
of Me."
Go On Doing It —
"Time is passing. Go on with your . . . what you have been
given. See what you can do. He sees always."
A Grand
Delusion — "... This is a grand delusion in which every
one of us is being carried away. Unless one rises above the
physical level, one cannot come into his own and know reality"
Gurmukh and Manmukh
— "God alone is our Eternal Consort. We are so constituted that
we cannot rest until we rest in Him."
Gurubhakti: A
Lesson in Love — "Now what is
Bhakti (loving
devotion)? It is the love of God. God is Love and Love is God.
The way back to God is also through love."
Guru, GuruDev,
SatGuru — "While philosophical treatises deal with the
theoretical aspect of religions, the mysticism brings you face
to face with the Divine Power-of-God."
Harmony — "The
majority of men cannot forgive. Forgiveness requires a very big
heart. And how can those who do not like to forgive others
expect forgiveness from God?"
Have Grace on Your
Own Self — "If the Grace of God is there and even the
Grace of the Godman is there, and you don't have grace on your
own self, then the two graces do not bear full fruit."
Have You Heard Me?
— "Mere ruminating over books won't do. Read, digest, and then
live. Read, just see what you have followed, understood. That
also won't do unless you live up to what you have read and
understood."
The Heart's True
Yearning — "The yearning for a glimpse of God is the
highest aim in human life.
Receiving this human form, it is
thy turn to meet God."
He Gives His
Hand to Everybody — "So to even the most sinful, the
Master gives a boost and takes him above body consciousness,
gives him a peep through the Door; and he sees Light....Then, if
they are not attached to the world too much, they will be able
to remain there."
The Higher
Values of Life — "So there are different values of life.
The physical body has its own value, the intellect has its own,
but the spiritual life has the highest of all."
The Highest
Ideal — "Man represents God on this earth. And what is he?
He has a body, he has intellect, but he is consciousness—the
soul which is of the same essence as that of God."
How Can We
Please the Master? — "So try to win the pleasure of the
Master, by living as I have told you. Just have those
qualifications that He has got in His life, write them down in
your life, not on paper."
How
Devotion to God Bears Fruit — "Earn your livelihood by
honest means, maintain yourself and your family and also share
with others who are needy, naked or hungry."
How I Met My Master
— "... my Master [Baba Sawan Singh] began to appear to me when I
sat in meditation or when I was doing something. ... He used to
talk to me."
How to Develop
Attributes of the Master — "If you keep somebody in your
mind, you will react in his mind. If the disciple remembers the
Master, the God in Him, the Master will remember the disciple.
Action and reaction will take place."
How to
Develop Devotion and the Importance of Keeping the Diaries
— "So keep your diaries and eliminate all foreign thoughts from
your heart. Our heart is at present divided. It should have no
other thought except of whom you want to be devoted.
Scientifically I am speaking. When devotion sets in, you will
become helpless."
How to Develop
Love for God — "We cannot have true love for God unless we
see Him. To see God, we need somebody who can open our inner eye
to see the Light of God and the inner ear to hear the Voice of
God."
How to Develop
Receptivity — "But remember that it is not in your power
to gain His glance of grace. Grace comes as a grace only and
cannot be harnessed with all your wits about you, nor can it be
purchased. The secret of this lies in receptivity."
How to
Develop Receptivity II — "The Word is everywhere. ...
Those who become receptive by stilling their mind and intellect,
derive full benefit."
How to Love
God — "So when you have such a love and you see the
Master, you don't see His body, you see the God in Him. That is
also the true love of God."
Humility —
"Humility cannot be had by mere intellectual wrestling. That
comes only when you see some higher Power is working ..."
Hunger After God
— "Regularity pays—sit at the door, with full devotion, whether
he hears or not. Hafiz says, 'Sit at the door! Don't be anxious
whether your prayer has been heard or not.' You have done your
duty."
I Am Thine, Thou Art
Not Mine — "When will you actually experience the fact
that you and He are not separate and not different?—when you
separate yourself from matter by self-analysis."
The Ineffable Story
— "There is no greater aim or goal for the soul, when it is born
into the human species, than to rejoin the Lord—to make its way
back to its Source, via the holy pathway." (Sawan Ashram)
Inn of Madness —
"... so in the true sense there are very few theists in the
world, for a theist is one who has realized himself and has
realized the Lord also."
Integration
through Self-Knowledge — "What is Spirituality? ... It is
purely a subject of self analysis—of knowing one's self and of
knowing the Overself—seeing Him face to face."
Is Your Destiny
Awakened? — "Having been born a human being, then what
does he do if his destiny is awakened?
He will then meditate
upon God's Naam."
It is a Noble Search
— "... the search to solve the mystery of life has been born all
over the world. The day that question arises in the mind is the
greatest day of one's life, for once it is born it does not
succumb until it is satisfied."
The Jap Ji — The
Message of Guru Nanak, translated with comments.
The Jewel of Infinite
Value — Those who have risen above and have realized the
Truth admonish us with the words, "Oh brothers, you are
sacrificing a valuable jewel for a worthless sea shell. You are
building castles out of sand."
Joyfully I Surrender
—
"The true facts and stories of the Lord are told by the
Guru, Who is the True Friend; Unto Him I joyfully surrender
myself in sacrifice."
Justice and Grace
— "So this is the way in which you can escape from the reactions
of the past. ... When no 'doer' is left, then God is the doer.
You are absolved."
On Karma — a letter
by Baba Sawan Singh published in the April 1975 edition of Sat
Sandesh.
Karmas - a Time of
Trials — "Whatever good or bad happens to you, through
whatever persons or object, directly proceeds from our loving
Father."
Keep Your Mind
Occupied — "Forget the past, as I told you; forget the
future. Live in the present moment as I told you. If each moment
is looked after—a vigilant watch is kept - then? Everything will
be all right."
The Kingdom of God
—"If we have to enter the Kingdom of God, we have to enter the
Kingdom of God within us and not go outside in search of it."
The Last Darshan
— "These are selections by God. They send the fruit—certain
people to administer certain things. They know when to come and
when they are going back. They won't let you down, mind that."
The Law of Karma
— "All bodies other than the man-body are bound; they have got
no free action there. In the human body we are bound to a
certain extent, as a reaction of the past, and we are free also
within certain limits."
Learning to Die —
a talk given before a small group January 1964 in Washington DC
near the end of Sant Kirpal Singh's second World Tour.
Let Us Reform
Ourselves — "The holy Quran says that even God does not
care about a person who does not think of reforming himself. By
reforming ourselves, we can change the whole world."
Life is a Game of
Chaupar — "We are all counters in this game of life, and
just as the game is played, we all have to reach Home."
Little Little Things
— "These are the little little things that affect the reservoir
of our subconscious mind. And they
react."
Living Up To It
— "It is God's grace that you get something to start with, the
very first day of initiation—any average person gets it, even
children. What greater grace could there be? Live up to it."
Look Only into
Master's Eyes — "Feelings, emotions, inferences they're
all subject to error. Seeing is above all. You feel. If you See
then there's no doubt."
Love and
Intoxication — "So we play with the world. Why not play
with God? It is great common sense: if you lose you will become
His, is it not so? And if you gain, then He will become yours:
either way, you are one with Him."
Love Beautifies
Everything — "Love is everything, you see. If we but Love.
Develop Love; it is already within us. Put in an ounce of Love
in your home affairs—there is Peace ..."
Love is the Way
— "Mind that, there is no sadhna greater than love. All outer
performances, rites and rituals and the saying of prayers are
only meant for love. If you have developed love, everything is
there. There is no higher law than love. And there is no goal
beyond love: because Love is God and God is Love."
Love versus
Attachment — "Any love which you call love but which keeps
you in the body is no love but is attachment."
Love versus Lust
(I) — "This is the reason why we have become enslaved. We
are coming again and again to where we are attached."
Love versus Lust
(II) — "How to differentiate and understand what is true
love and what is outer love is the question."
Man, Know Thyself
— a concise introduction to spirituality and 'Sant Mat', the
teachings of the Masters. This booklet was recommended reading
before initiation so that one would have a basic understanding
of the teachings. (
PDF)
The Masters Come to
Fulfill — "Outer temples are made only to show God lives
in the church which you are. ... we have forgotten the true
thing which lies within."
The Master's
Message of Love — "Sometimes tears roll down from the
eyes; that is the loving tears for you all. You don't know how
much love I have for you. Perhaps if you knew, you would be
dancing all around."
A Matter of Death and
Life — the special Satsang marking the completion of the
funeral rites of Mata Krishna Vanti, the Master's wife.
Mind: A Good Servant
But A Bad Master — "For mind control you have been given a
definite way. For concentration there is no high-road. The only
way is to concentrate, concentrate, and concentrate. In due
course it will come."
Mind: How to
Control it — "Presently, soul and mind are identified with
each other. So long as one is out-flowing, one cannot realize
the Reality within."
Mind your own
business — "... mind your own business. Have good wishes
for all—that is all right—but be concerned with your own
progress."
The Most Natural Way
— "This then is the natural way that is given by the Masters. It
is the most suitable for these days. ... The concentration of
attention is all that is needed."
Naam and Ramayana
—"The Vedas, the Shastras, and numerous other scriptures declare
that man has no hope of salvation without the Naam—
One Naam
is the Deliverer in all four yugas."
Natural Diet
— "So simple diet, simple living, and high thinking, is what
is required."
Nature of
Thought / Right Understanding — "One good thought will
give you an abundance of good thoughts; all atmospheric right
effects will come to you. One evil thought will bring you
hundreds in train, do you follow?"
Never Dance to the
World's Tune — "... and do not dance to the world's tune.
Protect yourself from lies and hypocrisy. Everyone has God
within them, so have love for all men."
The Night is a Jungle
— "... Those who have made the best use of their nights, by
knowing oneself and the Overself, have themselves been made ..."
No Love Without Fear
— "These two things both come with adornment of Truth: love and
fear. ... If a person really knows something of that Power, he
has an awe-filled awareness."
No New Faith, Mind That
— "The basic principles of all religions are the same. I am
teaching you no 'ism,' mind that. Remain in your own faiths."
Ojas — "Two
things are required for success in any line you like. First,
chastity, and second, perseverance."
The Mind Replies to
the Soul — The mind says, "O soul, whatever you say is
true, but I am powerless before these desires and cannot leave
them, even though I want to."
On Bhajan: Do One
Practice At A Time — "When you go within, and both of them
combine, then that's all right. But initially put in whole
attention into one practice at a time. You follow? That requires
practice. Practice makes a man perfect."
On doing your
work — "
We have to understand. "Well dear friend,
He is within you, go ahead within." Intellect used for
that purpose is all right, but once you've understood, then do
it."
On Independence
— "On the other side, of course, is where Master Power is
waiting for you. What for? To sup with you. And you are
outside!"
On Keeping the Diary
— an informal talk on the importance and necessity of accurately
maintaining the self-introspection diary.
On Lust and Anger —
"There are five passions connected with the outgoing faculties,
but two of them are the most dangerous: The first is
lust.
The second is
anger."
On Psychic Powers
— "All the same, this is no spirituality. These super-natural
powers come up by concentration, but if you are engaged in them
your higher power is stopped."
On Selfless
Service (LOK)— "But give. Don't give it as alms. Give,
share
with him, you see,
share with him. To share with others
is good. To give alms is no good because that reaction will
come."
One Full Year
Before You — In the scriptures of the Muslims, God says,
"God does not change the lives of anybody unless they themselves
want to change."
Out of Bondage —
"The beautiful soul has forgotten that God Himself is sitting at
the tenth door awaiting her, but the poor thing is frantically
lost in the maze of the other nine doors, and cannot experience
her Lord."
The Path According to
St. John — "Dear Friends: We are fortunate that we have
the man-body. the man-body is the highest rung in all creation,
and in the man-body only can we know God."
The Perfection of Man
— "The child must grow into a man, a full man, a perfect man.
Be ye perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect."
Permanent
Happiness — "So the permanent relationship is there within
you, to which Masters unite you. Such a relationship which never
ends, even after death. What a great concession it is I tell
you!"
The Physical Body
After Death — "So physical body is like a good horse to
ride on, you see. When you have made the best use of something,
leave it. That's all right."
Prayer — "What
is real renunciation? When you renounce all other things except
for One, that is renunciation. Not leaving your hearth and
home."
Prevention is
Better Than Cure — "There is a proverb, 'prevention is
better than cure.' ... When you get a disease you have to cure
it. It is better to prevent it at the very source from whence
the whole trouble arises."
Privacy —
"Let the wildflower grow in darkness. Let nobody have notice of
it. When it is in full bloom then let everybody see."
Purity of Heart
— "So you can regain your Godhead day by day. It is there but we
have lost it."
The Purpose of Human
Life — "God cannot be realized 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."
The Real Hunger —
"Comb your heart thoroughly to find out exactly what it really
wants and you will see that out of a whim, sheeplike, you follow
others who say they are seeking the Truth; but this is not truly
wanting the Lord."
The Real Reality
— "Are we not children of God? Is not God Power surging in us
from top to toe? Do we not live and die according to His Will?
... Let us practice God in our daily life and be forever happily
free."
RECEPTIVITY: Let
Your Instrument Be Free of Dust — "It is all there; you
simply need an instrument to receive it from here, there,
everywhere, do you not? ... So you can catch this like a radio
instrument in your area. ... You simply operate the instrument
and receive. So, how wonderful it is to develop receptivity!"
Remember the God
in Him — "So we have love for all Masters, you see, the
God in them. They are not Jesus or Singh or Kahan or Kabir or
anybody, but that Power that worked through Them. This bulb is
only giving off the light sent through it."
The Remodeling of Our
Destiny — "We are living in an age of decadence, when
moral and spiritual values are at their lowest ebb. With all
these drawbacks and the numerous divisive tendencies, there is
still a ray of hope of regeneration and reorientation."
President's Address—Unity of Man Conference, Delhi India, 1974
Removing the Weeds
- Little by Little — "In the beginning you'll find very
few failures. But as you daily go more deeply, you will find
more and more, more and more. Really they existed, but we had
never gone into weeding them out."
Riddle of Life —
"In brief, a contact with the saving lifelines is very necessary
if you want to salvage your own soul. 'What does it profit a man
to gain the possession of the whole world and to lose his own
soul.' "
Right
Understanding Exalted — Without the right understanding
each one sits in pride, saying, "My way is the right one," and
attempts to force everyone else to accept it.
Righteousness, Detachment, Self-restraint — "So what is
Righteousness? It is not to attach yourselves to outside. You
are not to leave the world of course, but you are to make the
best use of the outward things."
Rise Above - Come
Out of This Delusion — "Keep constant vigilant watch over
your thoughts, every moment. If you watch the present moment,
that will go on till eternity. Nothing can go wrong."
The Role of Women
— "By coming in contact with that Bread of Life, and Water of
Life, all virtues take an abode within you."
SANT - The Master —
"Self-evident Truth requires no proof. The sun can be seen by
nothing but his own light. YOU CANNOT BE LOST ON A STRAIGHT
ROAD."
The Science of the Soul
— "It is due to the lack of practical persons well versed in
pravidyaor the science of the Beyond that we are offered
shadowy rites and rituals, symbolic of the great Truth bubbling
with life."
Search for Truth
— "God is not deaf. He knows what is passing in our hearts and
acts accordingly."
A Seed Has Been
Sown — "... The seed cannot be destroyed but it can be
developed here more quickly than there in the Beyond ..."
Separation —
"... The more we have yearning like that, the more our mind is
cleansed of all the dross of the world; it is washed away with
the tears that roll down from the eyes."
Seven Paths to
Perfection — describes the seven basic requisites
enumerated in the prescribed self-introspective diary which aid
immeasurably in covering the entire field of ethics and help to
invoke Divine Mercy. (also as
PDF,
2009 edition) [available on
book page]
The Single Eye
or Third Eye — "The Masters tell us that there is also
another eye, called variously the third eye, the single eye or
the shiv netra. Unless you open that third eye (which can be
opened only while in the man-body), you are nowhere."
Simran of the Five
Names — "The physical body is the human pole of the God
Power and is meant for giving us instructions on the human level
and to enable us to recognise our Satguru in His Luminous Form,
appearing inside on spiritual planes."
Solve the Mystery of
Life — "At death, a soul withdraws to the 'seat of the
soul,' ... where the 'window' opens into the Beyond. When you go
through that window, you will be able to see who you are, and
will see that Controlling Power at work. Such experience can
only be had in the man-body and in no other species in all
creation ..."
Some World
Problems Beyond the Solution of Man — "Politicians are the
worst people. They are chosen by us. You curse yourself; why did
you choose them? I say sometimes to people when the Government
is bad, who is the cause of it? You! Why did you vote for the
wrong person?"
Spiritual Healing
& Other Psychic Powers — "On the way many powers will
come up, but to engage in them is a heinous crime. You'll retard
your progress. Moreover, the karmic law is very inexorable. You
will have to suffer for it some day."
Spirituality,
not Spiritualism — "What things help us to know ourselves,
what things are not helping factors, and how we can analyze
ourselves from the outgoing faculties and intellect is a
practical subject. This is truly called Spirituality."
Stick to Your
Principles - Sweetly — "How can I be pleased with you
people if you don't live up to what I say, if you don't put in
any time to your meditations to be successful there? I'll be
pleased, overjoyed when you go up, traverse within."
Subjective and
Objective — "So all this spiritual literature is
directive, speaking of those things which are already within you
and with which you can be given a contact from where that Power
is manifest."
Sweet Remembrance
— "The God in me is also the God in you... Simply turn your face
there; you will find. The more you come in contact within, you
will overflow with love; and outwardly, have sweet remembrance."
The Temple of God —
"This is all right, and we should show respect to those places
where people sit in remembrance of God. But He, God, resides in
this body and not in the temples made by man." (translated from
Hindi).
Thief of your Life's
Breath — "Bhajan is imperative to right living, for the
true meaning of bhajan is to go within and rejoin the
Lord—nothing more nor less."
The Thing Love Knows
— an informal talk given on the second world tour about problems
between initiates, loving all of God's creation, and
developing/manifesting love in one's life.
Think of Death
— "We have taken the physical mold as something real and think
that we have to live permanently in this world."
The Thousand Headed
Serpent — "All the knowledge in the world will be of no
avail, for mind can be controlled only with the nectar of
Naam—God's own sweetness."
Three Questions —
"When I went to the feet of my Master ... these are the three
questions I did ask him."
To Gain His Pleasure
— "It is most difficult to please a Guru: .... His pleasure may
be gained through respectful attention, obedience to His wishes,
devotion, and selfless service to humanity."
The True Guru or
Master — Guru Nanak was asked, "Who is your Guru, your
Master ?" He replied, "The God-into-Expression Power, the Shabda
is the Guru. My soul is His disciple."
True Master and His
Mission — "Whenever we feel helpless in our struggle, and
we do feel helpless in diverse ways, we call for the unseen hand
of God to our aid."
True Meditation
— "So meditation, true meditation - I might further add the word
true- is only to be at one point, wholly and solely."
True Prayer
— "... The Master replied, from our own level. He said, "The
disciple's work is to pray, but for higher things, not for the
worldly things."
True Satsang
— "I was just speaking something about Satsang, or joining the
holy congregation of a Saint. It is a school where you are not
only taught, but are given a demonstration of the God within
you."
True Temple is the
Man Body — "Truly speaking, body is the temple of God. We
reside in it and God also resides there. You see? The true
temple is the body."
The Ultimate:
Full Surrender — "Ultimately we say, "If You give, that's
all right; ... if You don't give, even that makes no difference;
even then we are satisfied." That's the ultimate—full
surrender."
U-Turn on The Path
— "But He is not all of the spring. He is the mouthpiece of the
spring. Water is coming from where it appears to be working or
from where it appears to be emitting. After all, the water is
coming from the spring, from the perennial source."
Unlearning — "So
learning is a garland of flowers around the neck of a practical
man."
Very Few Really
Want to Go Home — "Even of those who have taken up this
path. ... They pray to God so that they may have something of
the world here and in the hereafter. Very few there are who
really want to go home."
WCAU Radio Interview
— "EH: She wants to know: since you have seen God, many
listeners would be interested in knowing what He looks like. KS:
Well, with the grace of God of course, I have had experience of
Him. God is Light. All Masters say,"God is Light." So It
Manifests as Light. God is Light, love, and life. So, we can
experience Him in that way."
We Must Return
to Nature — "We must return to nature. It is no
spirituality I'm talking to you, but it is a helping factor. ...
Simple diet and high thinking."
What Epithets
can we Give God? — "So that is why I say God is a mystery
... Simply keep quiet. The more you speak about Him, the more
you belittle Him, excuse me."
What 'Guru' Means
— "The communion with the Holy Word is what makes one really
religious."
What is a True
Satsangi? — "If you do this, one and all, you will find
change in your lives. You will see change for your own selves.
This is, I think, all that I expect of you. It is in your own
interest and earns my pleasure for nothing."
What is Love?
— "Love is the fruit of a tree. It is the ultimate goal, which
develops and comes up within us."
What is True
darshan? — "And the word
darshan, using the
terminology of the Saints, is when two become one. No duality
remains."
What is True Living?
— "You are not to tell others that, 'I am a flower; the flower
is very fragrant.' Let the flower emit that fragrance, and let
others say that the flower is fragrant. Let your lives prove
that you have something higher."
What is True
Love - I — "Love is innate in our souls. ... But love
knows attachment. The love of the soul which should be attached
to the Oversoul, or God, has been attached to the physical
things and outward enjoyments."
What is True
Love - II — " The most practical and competent way in
which you can develop it is just to sit in the radiation of
somebody who is overflowing with the love and intoxication of
God."
What Special
Practices Bear Fruit — "If you want to bear forth fruit,
derive full fruit from your devotion, then be wholly and solely
devoted for a while, do one thing at a time."
When We are in
Control, There is No World — "Unless you know yourself,
you are not in a position to know Overself. Even then you do not
know fully—you are simply to be absorbed, that's all. It cannot
be expressed in words."
Who are You? Where
are You? Where do You Go? — "The main thing is you have to
leave the body. Who are you? Where are you? Where do you go? How
does this body work? I think these are very vital questions,
most vital, which concern our own self."
Who is High, Who is
Low? — The soul is an entity of the Great Godhead;
therefore, all the powers of God are in the soul—but on a
smaller scale.
The Whole System
is Wrong — "We must rise above the three qualities.
Discard the first quality [tamas] altogether. The second [rajas]
helps if it is directed toward good. ... But when it is combined
with the satvic side, man works wonders."
Whom Should We
Love - I — "GOD is love. Our soul is of the same essence
as that of God, so love is innate in us, and must have somebody
to love. We are conscious entities, and we have to make our
beloved an all conscious God."
Whom Should We
Love - II — "The outward experience that we can have of
the love of God is constant remembrance, sweet remembrance of
God. You can never forget Him whom you love."
Why Don't You Follow
the Guru? — "... The bedrock of all religions is the One
Reality—Truth—the Alpha and the Omega of all creation. ..."
given April 1963 and sent on tape to US.
A Wonderful
Concession — "Those who are related to the initiates
whether dead or alive, have concession. They are looked after,
even those who are dead. When a man initiated that effect also
goes to them; to those who have left the body."
The Word Made Flesh
— "... They know the Father and others to whom they reveal Him.
Reveal. The word "revelation" is there. That means That already
exists with us, never leaves us. The matter remains only a
revelation."
World or God —
"But sometimes you are for God, sometimes for the world.
Plus-minus nullifies everything. So decide finally what is your
aim in life."
World Peace in the
Atomic Age — "Without love no lasting peace can be
maintained in the world and without the spiritual aspect of man
being realized you cannot have true love." Address to UNESCO,
Delhi India, 1956.
Your Most Personal
Work — "Now you've come to know what your real work, your
personal work, your private work is. It is to know Self and to
know God."