Spiritual Elixir...
Collected talks, writings and
messages of
Sant Kirpal
Singh
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- "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--withdraw from outside--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."
- "Be in Charge of
Your Machinery"- "You are
attention. You give strength to the body. The whole machinery
works on account of you."
- "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."
- "Be True to
Yourself and Live for Others"-
"If each man learned to live for others, there would be
happiness in the world."
- "Birds of the
Flock Fly Together"- "People have
lost their common sense in bigotry and narrow-mindedness. . .
So don't criticize anybody."
- "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.
- "Clutching -- There Must be Some
Definite Purpose" -
"Three things: definite purpose in view, then tenacity of
purpose, perseverance, and chastity of life."
- "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."
- "The condition of the lover of God
- or the Master"- "If
you direct your attention to the Master, you will become what
He is. Whatever is in Him will be transmitted to you,
reflected in you."
- "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"
- "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."
- The
Difficulties in the Way of Developing Devotion to the Master
- "To abide by the teachings of the
Master is just like treading a razor's edge."
- "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?"
- "Drops
of Elixir"- excerpts from letters written during the 1960's
- "Dyed in the Color of
God" - "... My Master is a very competent Person Who can
dye us in the color of God.."
- "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
- "Enter at the Strait
Gate" - ".. Forgotten is the existence
of an inner life, forgotten is the inner way to it..."
- "The Esoteric Side of Religion" - "So
the
other
side--the third side, the spiritual side-- is the only hope
left"
- "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."
- "The Gift of the Living
Master" - 'It is the parshad or
the gift of the Master: "God gives you God as a parshad to
you!" You see?'
- "Give Thanks to God"
a talk given on Thanksgiving day of
1972 at the Disneyland Hotel.
- "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 Has Entered My House" a talk relating a hymn by Kabir
- "God Hears the Cry from the Heart" ".. It is God Who makes an arrangement to bring
you in contact with Someone in Whom He is manifest. .."
- "God Power, Christ
Power, Master Power" -
"...Christ-Power existed ever since the world began and has
manifested Itself from time to time at the human pole of the
various Masters" (PDF)
- "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."
- "Grace
Washes Away Everything"
- "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 We Forgotten
the Kernel? - "We are too much
given up to rituals and outer performances .... but
never put in time to go within."
- "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 Came to Make Us Satsangis" - "Hazur was Truth Personified. He came to make us
Satsangis--those who are linked with Truth."
- "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"
- "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 I"- "So
spirituality cannot be taught but it can be caught like an
infection by those who become receptive."
- "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"
- "I Am Within You ..
Come" a 'heart to heart' talk
given at Sawan Ashram
- "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"
- "In Remembrance of Hazur"
- "The more you live up to His words, the
nearer you will get to Him."
- "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 All His Grace
-- God is The Doer" - "So it is
all God's Grace that He takes over each one, nearer to Him day
by day; just winding up all give and take."
- "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."
- Guru Nanak's "the Jap Ji" translated
and 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."
- a letter on "Karma"
(Baba Sawan Singh?)
- "Karmas - A Time of
Trials" - "Whatever good or bad
happens to you, through whatever persons or object, directly
proceeds from our loving Father."
- "Keep a Vigilant
Watch" -"Keeping a constant,
vigilant watch over all your thoughts is what is wanted."
- "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."
- "KNOW THY SELF
-YOU MUST RISE ABOVE BODY CONSCIOUSNESS"- "After rising above the physical body, you will
have self awareness. When you rise above the astral and causal
bodies, you will come into your true I-hood. You will see that
"I and my Father are One".
- "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
- "LEARN TO DIE SO
THAT YOU MAY BEGIN TO LIVE"- "The body is not you .... You have
to leave the body. This fate awaits everybody and there is no
exception to the rule."
- "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 and Surrender, One-Pointed
Attention" -" That is a matter of love--the very easy way.
Intellectuals will say otherwise, but it is love."
- "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)
- "Marriage: Inner & Outer" and a "Wedding Talk" - "All Masters say that
marriage is a sacrament, not a contract"
- "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.
- "The
Message of Christmas Day" - " So those who have a
Master should enjoy every day as Christmas."
- 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."
- "Obedience - If
You Love Me, Keep My Commandments"
- "If you live by His Words, what is left between you and the
Master? The servant becomes the Master."
- "Ocean
of Intoxication" "This is a prayer to Master to give us one
bag of wine -- of God intoxication..."
- "Ojas" - "Two things are required for success in any line
you like. First, chastity, and second, perseverance."
- "Ojas: The Power of Chastity" - "...Ojas is the power which helps you rise
into the Beyond.."
- "O Mind, Listen for
Once"-"...Birth after birth, the soul
thrashes itself to pieces at the hands of the mind..."
- ... "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 Controlling
Our Thoughts And Living Up To The Teachings" - " ... you have to control the thoughts. Don't
fritter away your life and strength in thinking like this.
Think positively. If you think somebody's good, you'll become
good. If you think ill of others, you'll become like that."
- "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."
- "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."
- "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 Judging Others"excerpts from evening satsang
- "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 Parents and
Gratitude" - "When you are
grateful, your mind is at rest; you feel satisfied."
- "On Psychic Powers"
- "On the Role of Women" - reply to a non-initiate about woman's issues.
- "On Selfless
Service"- " This is all I would
expect of you: love one another."
- "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."
- "On Sleeping,
Dreams and Visions" - " ...There
are dreams and there are visions. There's a vast difference
between the two."
- "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"
- "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."
- "Protector and
Protection" - The Who, how
and why of Satguru's love and protection of the disciple.
- "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!"
- "Recollections
from Master's Military Life" -
"Man does not become learned after leaving the body. Those who
have more experience may have background."
- "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."
- "Rise Above
Consciousness of This World"-
"God is waiting for you now--that friend is lying waiting for
you--go back as soon as you can. "
- "The Role of Women"- "By coming in contact with that Bread of Life, and
Water of Life, all virtues take an abode within you."
- "RUHANI SATSANG -
Science of Spirituality" - The Master's concise explanation of the nature and
function of his spiritual organization. (PDF)( Español)
- "Sail on the Satguru's
Ship" - on mind & ego, Naam,
love, yoga ....
- "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 pravidya or 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]
- "Sin and Religion"- "Let me explain to you: God plus desires is man."
- "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."
- "SIMRAN: The Sweet
Remembrance of God" discusses
the methods and benefits of repeating the "Original Names of
God". [available on book page]
- "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."
- "The Spiritual Revolution Explained" on the implications and necessity of true
revolution.
- "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."
- "Spirituality The Only
Answer" - "Philosophy deals with
theory, and mysticism deals with reality--direct contact with
God."
- "The Story of a
Camel"- "Habit has turned into
nature, you see. We are to unravel it."
- "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
- "That Music Goes On
Until The World Is Ended" -
"That inner music is always going on but we are not in tune
with it, because we're choosing to have the life of senses."
- "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."
- "This
World
is
Not
Your
Home" - " ... This world is not our home. We are
conscious entities and our Home can only be
All-Consciousness. .."
- "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."
- To Him Who Is
Obedient, The Keys Are Given -
"You must See things, otherwise the scriptures are
sealed books handed down from posterity to posterity and
nobody understands what is what."
- "The True Bread
and Water of Life"- "The soul is
a conscious entity and its Bread and Water of Life can only be
something conscious."
- "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 Meditation
and the Virtues to be Developed"-
"Yours is to sit at the door all alone, quite cut off from
outside. It is for Him to give. You need not be anxious."
- "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."
- "THE TRUE
SERVICE OF GOD OR GOD-IN-MAN"-
"Any service done at the Will and Pleasure of the Master, in
which there is no self assertion, bears forth ample fruit."
- "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."
- "Twelve Months of Separation" - poems to Baba Sawan Singh
- "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."
- Ungratefulness
Is A Heinous Crime - "It's all
due to Him. How can one be ungrateful? ....
Ungratefulness is the most heinous crime in the world."
- 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."
- "Wait Satan, Wait"- "What is good, do at once, what is not good,
delay."
- "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 are the
Principles of Bhakti or Devotion" - "...The first principle, the
basic principle and I would say the grandest of all, is to
know that God is everywhere."
- 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 Have You Become?" - Living up to the Master's teachings
- "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."
- "What the Master
does for the disciple"- "As a
mother sacrifices all comfort for the sake of her child, even
so does the Master sacrifice everything for the sake of His
children."
- "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.
- "WITHIN THE ATOM:
LIGHT AND SOUND"- "Real humility
comes up of itself when you see a Grander Work working."
- "Within This Mortal Form"- "All scriptures are within you - search them out."
- "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."
- "Woo Them By
Persuasion"- "... kind words
don't cost anything. Woo them by persuasion."
- "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
- "The Worshipers of Mammon" - "You cannot serve two Masters, you see. God or
mammon. Is it not so?"
- "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."