                          GOD HAS ENTERED MY HOUSE
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THIS WAS A HYMN from Kabir, who appreciates his own good luck: By God's
grace the Word made flesh has entered my house, and it is fortunate I am
that the manifested God in man has come in. Now what should I do? He has
given me a contact with that God within meso go on! no moment should be
lost but to be with that Power. The result is, I am quiet, sitting in that
bliss, at peace. Mind has found no place in me to rise into ripples now -
quiet, calm, serene. Omind, go on with this thing you have got by the grace
of God who has appeared in man body and entered your house. So fortunate I
am, you see. The result is, now I have escaped the wheel of lifebirth and
death. I am at home with God. Thank You, God, Kabir says.

God Himself made flesh came to me, gave me a contact with Him who is
already within me. O mind, go on with it now! Don't lose a minute without
remaining in contact with that. That is what the hymn says. out of
thousands, millions, trillions of people, how many people get the contact?
They are engaged mostly in the outward ways of worshipthose methods which
are performed with the help of hands or outgoing faculties or intellect.
Who can give us that contact except the God in manthat God which is
manifest in the man body. Greatly fortunate, O mind, that God in man has
entered my house. This man body too really is a house we live inan outside
house.

I remember when our Master went to Lahore; he sat in a room and gave
instructions to someone there. When He went back, I locked it. Nobody
entered. Whenever you came into that room, the sweet Music was heard. So
places are blessed by such personalities. The atmosphere is charged.
Greatly fortunate we are that such a person has entered our house. So that
is our lessonthanking God; thanking our own destiny, our own God, and God
in man. Let no moment pass without remembrance, constant remembrance.

The lower mind does not like to withdraw from outside. At times, for an
hour or two, we try to go in; but it does not remain inside. But once we
get that bliss, that bliss inside which is stronger, more attractive, more
intoxicating, we will never dare to lose contact with that Power. Outside
things are attractive to us; but are those things really attractive? We are
conscious beings, a drop of the ocean of all consciousness, which is an
ocean of intoxication. These outside things are all material things. When
you are wholly engrossed, imbued with outer things, you have that bliss, a
little contact with your own intoxication within, like a dog who eats
bones. There is no taste in the bones, but his own blood goes out and he
drinks that blood, which provides the taste. So we are bliss; we are a drop
of intoxication. When you are imbued with something else, for that moment
so long as you are engaged there, there is some bliss; but it is really no
bliss. When our soul, which is a drop of the ocean of all consciousness,
comes in contact with all consciousness, it gets more blissthe most bliss.
So really we are of the same essence as that of God; He is eternal.

So God is all wisdom, He is all bliss, joy, happiness. We all want
happiness. Pity we seek it amiss; it is within our own selves, and by
coming in contact with that higher consciousness, you will become more
happy. We have that reflection of our own peace and happiness in outer
things by engaging in them. We are fortunate we have Someone who gives us a
clue to thatnot a clue, but a demonstration of that, for a while. We
should develop that from day to day. Then we will say, like Kabir: I am
greatly fortunate that I have met with the Master, who came and entered my
outer house, my inner house too. So mind, now enjoy that bliss. Never lose
a moment of it. Be thankful. Have the real right perspective as the matter
stands.

By concentration only can you feel that bliss; you come in contact with the
higher consciousnessmore bliss. If you are engaged in the outer things,
then also you have some bliss; but that is only temporary, for a while, a
drop. Is that not true? Does this not appeal to you? All Masters bring this
to the world, you see. Shamas Tabrez, a great Saint of Persia, says, Don't
look to my outer dress. I appear to be living in rags. Look within me to
see who I am. People asked Shamas Tabrez, "Why have you come here?" "I
could not refuse. I have been sent. Look within meI am the King of Kings."
These are his words I am quoting you. "What have you brought?" "I have
brought the very strong whiskey of heaven to distribute to the world; that
is why I have come to you." So all Masters say the same thing in their own
language. They bring something.... What did Christ say? I am the bread of
life which has come down from heaven; whosoever partakes of art shall have
everlasting life. Both expressed themselves in different words, but they
say the same thing. Fortunate those are who get a contact and like Kabir
say, "Be thankful to the God in man."

We fritter away all this valuable life in trifling things. Our Master used-
to class people, disciples. He would say that the Satsangis are all there,
but there are some "homey" Satsangis - those who are at home with the
Master. They were more dear to Him than anybody else in the world.

You remember that Christ was once sitting with a good number of people and
he was told that his mother and brethren had come, said "Who is my mother?
Who are my brethren? Those who do the will of God." Masters have that angle
of vision. All the four sons of the tenth Guru were martyred. There were so
many people sitting by him. His wife came up and asked him, "Where are my
children?" "I have sacrificed them for all these children of mine!" You do
not know how dear you are to the Master.

So those who are obeying, living up to what He says, forget all relations.
It is He who binds our inner relation which can never be broken even after
death. Here all issues are paid off; give and take, that's all. Each one
has to go his I own way; but the inner relation can never be broken even
after death; even after leaving the body. Our Master used to give an
example of people crossing a , river. The sailor first takes one load, then
another lot, then a third lot. Those whom Masters have initiated are taken
one by one. All will gosome before, some after. But on the other side of
the world you will all meet.

Are these things in books? Books cannot explain everything.

We are looked after by the shepherd. People asked Christ, "Why have you
come here?" He answered, "I have lost my sheep." When I was leaving by
plane for the West, people gathered together and asked me why I was going.
"I am going to find all my brothers there." We do not realize what a
blessing we have. Make the best use of it. God made flesh has comehas
entered my house and given me a contact. O mind, don't rest for a moment.
And that's the main object of man's life. In this human body you can go
back to your home and in no other. You are fortunate you have the human
body. What you can do here in a short time cannot be done in the other
worldthe higher planesin ten times as long. Every day, every hour, every
minute, brings us closer to the end of the human body. So hurry up! Repose;
just go into the lap of the mother. Nothing further to be done. That is the
result of effort; but effortless effort. There are two mottos in the world:
First, "God helps those who help themselves"; but also, "God helps those
who do not help themselves." Help yourself so much so that you forget
yourself in that effort. So go back, recede. Leave off thinking; if the
mind, outgoing faculties, and intellect stand still, that very silence
transfers into Light, then into Sound.

So it is comparatively easier if you can repose, having faith in the
Mother. You cannot repose unless you have full confidence in the Mother. A
child can never dream that a lion would come and eat him up; he will run to
the mother, and the mother would rather be eaten by the lion than let the
child be, such love she has for the child. So how fortunate we are, you
see.

Here is the open secret I have spoken to you from a common sense level. So
what remains now? Don't be led away by the daily doings. Life is a series
of interruptions; a matter of give and take, reactions of the past. Nobody
can even dream that anything goes according to his will and pleasure With
all that, these are give and take, passing phases. Stick to what you have
been given; that will prove a sheet anchor. Remain air conditioned, not to
be affected by the outside atmosphere, cold or heat, hurricanes or
anything.

Where is that?that is in your own Self. So recede; you will feel it. Don't
allow any waves coming from the outside to enter through the outgoing
faculties. Shut yourself in the closet, as Christ said: the closet of your
body.

What does meditation mean? When you enter within you will find He is there,
quite cut off from the outside. This is something given to you practically.
You are to develop it by regular practice, weeding out all outer
attachments in one way or another. When a child is there trying to walk
here and there, and the mother is pleased to see, first the child crawling,
then walking, then running. Master is pleased to see his children going
along. He does not compare the man running with the child hopping along; he
appreciates that hopping too. Similar to the mother, is it not? The child
is very dear to the mother, is he not? The child running, as well as the
child hopping. So let us be thankful, that's all I can say. Kabir has a
good lesson to give us.

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