                         By Love, Serve One Another
                                June 6, 1967
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How fortunate you are that you have been initiated into the secret inner
Path leading to the Kingdom of God; the Kingdom that comes not by
observation (without), but that which lies within you. Know you not that
you are the temple of the Holy Ghost? Verily you are so, and you have
witnessed within yourselves the primal manifestations of the Godhead, no
matter at what level, according to your mental makeup and the receptivity
developed by you. You have seen what many prophets and righteous men
desired to see but did not see, and you have heard what they desired to
hear but did not hear.

God is Spirit and can only be worshiped in Spirit. You must therefore try
to rise over and above the body consciousness and strive to arise into the
consciousness of the higher order--I mean spiritual consciousness--rather
than remain tied to your own persons or in fact to any other person,
howsoever great he may appear to be in his own eyes or in the eyes of
others. Principles are higher, much higher, I would say, than
personalities. Persons may come and go, personal cults may linger for a
while, yet principles, the spiritual values, last and last beyond time.

Your main concern should now be to develop the inner experience granted to
you. Love the God-in-action Power with all your mind, with all your heart,
with all your strength and with all your soul. This will enable you to
expand beyond all measure, so as to embrace the totality of His Being, far
above party affiliations, party politics and all politickings.

A tree is known by the fruit it bears. Do glory unto the God-Power and you
shall be glorified in return without any effort on your part. That is the
law. And again, a fruit-laden tree bends with the weight of the fruit it
bears. Try to cultivate and attain the divine virtues of love, humility and
understanding for all. Who is there under the sun who has no failings and
shortcomings? With all our righteousnesses, we are but filthy rags. Be
polite and courteous with all. Courtesy costs you nothing but it pays rich
dividends. Human heart is verily the seat of God and must be kept
sanctified at all times and at all costs, no matter what the sacrifice.
Learn to live peacefully and amicably with each other, giving due regard to
the feelings and sentiments of others. "By love serve one another" should
be your rule in life. A loving service adorns both the server and the
served alike.

The above injunctions apply equally, nay with greater force, to the Group
Leaders and Representatives of the Master, for they have to set a better
example to all those who are within the sphere of their influence. They
must know that they are just instruments in the Divine Plan and not the
flywheel running the plan itself; and unless they work smoothly in loving
harmony and cooperation, they are bound to generate heat by constant
friction, damaging not only the quality of the work but even themselves.

Ye are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its savor, wherewith
shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing. Should the
protecting hedge itself start nibbling the farm enclosed in its fold, you
can well imagine what would remain of the farm: a pestilence-stricken arid
ground of no consequence.

It hardly serves any useful purpose to cast aspersions upon anybody or
assign motives to whatever one says or does, for it is not given to us to
read anybody's mind when we cannot read even our own. Judge not, lest ye be
judged and found wanting in the Divine Scales. Therefore, arraign not
anybody, much less your colleagues and brothers in faith. In the case of
honest differences of opinion, which sometimes may arise, try to iron them
out lovingly and in private, rather than wash the dirty linen in public
meetings and public places, spreading a nauseating foul smell around you.
If you cannot do so between yourselves, for one reason or another, you will
do well to refer the problem to the Master for solution and reconciliation
of the apparently divergent views. I, therefore, enjoin on all of you to
keep loving and friendly relations among yourselves as children of the same
Father and do not do anything that may make anybody raise a pointing finger
at you and bring disrepute to the Highest Knowledge--the Science of the
Beyond--which you have come by after an evolution through ages past. "Ye
are the light of the world" and hence should keep this light aloft on the
hilltop so that those who see it, even from a distance, are encouraged to
seek you for advice and bless you for your sage counsel and the Master
Power that helped you to it. As such, you are to help your brothers in
faith, keeping them firm in their loving devotion to the Master instead of
coming in between them and the Master--for all belong to Him.

All of us are, in fact, fruit-gatherers in the vineyard of the Master. We
have nothing in us to recommend us to His Grace. The puppets in a pantomime
show dance not by themselves but by the wire-puller behind the screen. To
assume any importance, in doing the Master's work, is not worthy of noble
souls, as you are.

We are all of the Master and for the Master, but not the Master--Gurbhais
and not the Guru, for Guru-Power is only in one commissioned from above.
The Master knows best how to carry on the Divine Plan. Let us, therefore,
submit our individual wills to His Will and not appropriate to ourselves
any credit for the gifts freely and lovingly bestowed upon us by Him. After
all, what is there in the conduits that simply pass on the refreshing and
life-giving water that comes from the overhead reservoir (the Master
Power).

The greatness of the Master is not to be judged by the strength of his
following or by the outer glamor of his court. He is not after wealth nor
after name and fame nor after the numbers that follow him. He, standing on
the hilltop, knows in what hearts the fire of anguish is smouldering and,
like oxygen, comes in so many diverse ways to fan the flames of loving
devotion in them. So nobody should feel that he or she is indispensible and
therefore put on airs which others may resent or cavil at. Remember that we
cannot add to or detract from the glory that is His. If we can be of any
service in His Cause, that may, on the contrary, be taken as a privilege
coming from Him in His Grace.

In the end, I hope that every one of you, whatever your position in life,
whatever your place in the administrative setup for furthering the Holy
Cause, will contribute his mite, as best as possible, in a spirit of loving
and selfless service and try to enrich himself inwardly by living in peace
and amity in his respective circle, radiating nothing but fragrance to all
around him, as so many children in the one Grand Family of Man.

One thing more, which I cannot help but emphasize for the benefit of all
the dear ones on the Path. If at all, any of you, at any time, feel that
you are the most favored in divine manifestations, you should try to
exercise restraint and observe decorum in society, rather than be carried
away by the emotional tide that may take you off your feet. Humility is the
first and last adornment that embellishes the noble soul.

My best wishes are ever with you and nothing will give me greater pleasure
than to see you all, well set on the spiritual Path, with appreciation of
each other, moving shoulder to shoulder, forming one spiritual phalanx so
that those who see you will admire you and get inspiration from you.

Wishing you, one and all, God-speed on the God Way.

Yours affectionately,

KIRPAL SINGH

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