From jamesjs@unixg.ubc.ca Tue Aug 31 00:53:28 1999
Newsgroups: alt.meditation.shabda
Subject: Simran of the Five Names
From: jamesjs@unixg.ubc.ca (James Shannon)
Date: 31 Aug 1999 07:53:28 GMT





                         SIMRAN OF THE FIVE NAMES

                                    by
 
                           Sant Kirpal Singh Ji


May 15, 1971

    Among all the sciences, the most important is that of "Pra Vidya" -
the science of God-Power, working alike in Man and the rest of God's 
creation. Being God-made, it is the most natural and perfect in every
respect. This inner science is eternally the same and knows no
variableness (and hence Sanatan). As it is the most ancient in point
of time, it is call Puratan, "the oldest." It is "Ilm-i-Seena", that is
esoteric in character and not "Ilm-i-Safina" (exoteric). The Mahatmas
or Great Souls of the grade of Sant or Sadh are the Masters of this
Science. They are the only competent personalities who have traversed
all the spiritual planes and can also help those willing and aspiring
souls who seek God-knowledge and God realisation. Such personages are
called "Master Souls" or "Satgurus" (in tune with Sat or Truth). They
are Word Masters for they are commissioned by the God Power to help
such souls go homeward who have God's Name writ in their foreheads.
Such indeed was Hazur Baba Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj.

    To cross the physical plane or to rise above body consciousness while
yet in the bodily tabernacle, Satguru gives the Simran of five Names and a
conscious contact with the Sound Current, besides some inner vision of the
holy light, by way of practical experience of this Science. Satguru's
real Saroop or Form is Shabd -- the charming Sound Current, differently 
called as Word by Christ; Kalam-e-Qadim or Kalma of Kun-feo-kun by the
Prophet of Islam; Vak or "Nad" by the Vedas; Shruti, by the Upnishads;
Naam by Guru Nanak Dev, Tulsi Salhib and other saints of the highest order.
The physical Self of such beings also deserves all our reverence because
they mastered this hidden Science in the temple of their body. 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 (Jyoti Saroop), appearing inside on spiritual
planes. By giving us contact at the lowest link of Light and Sound
principle the Satguru gives us the permanent living symbols of His true
Self and in this wise dwells within us. All physical bodies are perishable,
but Shabd is eternally permanent and is the only live principle to guide
us on the God Way. It never leaves nor forsakes the disciple even in the
hereafter and leads us from plane to plane until we reach the True Home
of our Father in Heaven. Thus the real Form of the Satguru -- the Radiant
Ringing Light, eternally remains and cannot suffer death.

    In fact, the epithets "Word Master" and "Satguru" were exclusively and
reservedly meant for those Sadhs and Sants of the highest order who could
give contact of the Shabd (Sound Current), but as the general public does 
not understand this practical Science, these are now-a-days used
indiscriminately for each and everybody who professes to be so or puts on
the holy garb (Ochre or Black or Blue) of any distinctive order.

    The Sound Current as coming from above is all one. But as it passes
through different planes, it sounds differently, in the same way as wood,
brass, iron or copper would react differently and produce a different sound
when struck by the same rod because of the varying vibratory density of
each. The Shabd or Word is to be caught with attention (Surat) and not by
the external ears. And attention when attuned with the Shabd directly goes
upwards, getting easy access from the presiding pontiff or the sovereign
ruler of each plane, all of whom owe their allegiance to the Word Master.

	All simrans have advantages. Tennyson gives a wonderful experience of
his own name:

    A kind of "waking Trance" I have frequently had quite up from
    boyhood when I have been all alone. This has generally come upon
    me through repeating my own name two or three times to myself
    silently till all at once, as it were, out of the intensity
    of the consciousness of individuality, the individuality itself
    seems to dissolve and fade away.into boundless being, and this
    is not a confused state but the clearest of the clearest, surest
    of the surest, the wisest of the wisest, utterly beyond words,
    where death was a laughable impossibility, the loss of personality
    (if so it were) seemingly but the only true life. I am ashamed
    of my feeble description. Have I not said the state is utterly
    beyond words?

	It is a practical process. The Simran of five Names with concentration
of Surat (Attention) continously and without a break or pause, grants
all powers, which practice alone can convince an Abhyasi. Some of the 
advantages of the Simran of five Names with Dhyan are summed up briefly
here:

    1. It creates love for the Satguru to a degree which is very hard
       to cherish, cultivate and develop by any other possible means
       within the reach of man.

    2. It provides the easiest access to help "concentration". It makes
       will power strong. The thought-transference from the Guru along
       with the five Names works wonders.

    3. It enables the Surat to invert or tap inside (that is to withdraw
       from the physical body) and to traverse all the higher planes,
       while the simran of other words leads only to concentration up to
       the back of the eyes, the top of pind (body). If however the Master
       other than that of the rank of a Sadh or Sant gives other formulas
       or formulae, with an access to a slightly higher stage, then one may
       go a little higher to that stage but cannot secure admission to all
       the spiritual planes above that. Thus, the Simran of five Names
       given by a practical and competent Satguru or Word Master acts as
       a "password" for access to all the planes.

    4. Again, when on withdrawal from the physical body, deities or other
       formidable figures appear before us inside to dissuade or to block
       the passage upwards, or Kal (Negative Power) in the guise of
       Satguru tries to deceive us or obstructs, the Simran of five Names
       unmasks them all and chases them away from the Path. It is only
       the Satguru or any other associate Saint who traverses all the five
       planes, who can stand before the Simran of the charged Names. Thus,
       it protects and helps us inwardly in our spiritual journeys.

    We express ourselves through words of mouth and everything that is
named is distinguishable one from the other, for each has some specific
significance. The literal meanings of the words will hardly do us any good
nor will they be of any useful service. On the other hand, they will divert
our attention outside. We will be mixing up the various meanings of each
word given in the various dictionaries or the explanations and annotations
given by commentators because, like Vachak Gyanis, they try to interpret
on the level of the intellect...The aim of all the teachings of the saints
is to still the mental flutterings and push the disciple soul inside his
ownself by repetition of the five Names which are infused with "Guru's
thought transference."...Suffice it to say that as a first step a disciple 
should concern himself with the Simran of five Names as key words or 
passwords to enter into the Holy Hill fortress of the inner Self and he 
need not dwell on the meanings of the five Names. It may be noted that 
the secret of success lies not in the words per se but in the 
thought-transference imparted along with the words by the Master, for 
this alone brings about the desired results.

    There is nothing lost in nature, but the charged Words can give
quicker results -- as a fruit-growing tree takes six to seven years to
give fruit, but if it is given scientific food, it gives fruit in two
or three years.

                                       Your Affectionately,

                                          Kirpal Singh




Simran - repetition of the five Names
Abhyas - meditation
Sant - Saint

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