From jamesjs@unixg.ubc.ca Fri Feb 26 00:39:37 1999
Newsgroups: alt.meditation.shabda
Subject: Excerpts from Letters of Kirpal Singh - Part 11
From: jamesjs@unixg.ubc.ca (James Shannon)
Date: 26 Feb 1999 08:39:37 GMT





                     EXCERPTS FROM LETTERS OF MASTER

                     KIRPAL SINGH JI TO HIS INITIATES

                        IN THE NEW YORK CITY AREA


                              [Part Eleven]
         
                                 *  *  *

			     GENERAL (cont'd)


        Now as to your question - 'self' and what it is?
        The inner man sitting in you, the unseen power or
        the spirit that supplies the motor-power to all
        the senses and the sense-organs of perception and
        locomotion activating all for the benefit of the
        real I you I in you, the 'indweller' in the body
        as apart from the body, is the I self. I When once
        you realize that 'self' by a regular process of
        self-analysis, then alone you will see that very
        'self' of yours reflected in others around you.
        Your first and foremost duty therefore is to know
        and realize the essential 'self' as distinct from
        its trappings. With this first-hand realization
        alone, you will be in a position to render any real
        and useful service to your fellow-beings, in the
        strict sense of the term. You will know more and
        more of the exact and intrinsic nature of 'service'
        in proportion to the degree you are able to extricate
        your 'self' first from the body and the bodily
        adjuncts and then from the astral and the causal
        raiments and stand apart as a Pure Spirit embracing
        the totality of existence itself. All these matters
        besides many another will then stand revealed of
        themselves and by themselves. The reasoning is of
        help to just a little extent in understanding the
        theory side only; but if it is carried on beyond
        proper bounds, it becomes a bar to further progress,
        as mind and intellect have both to be transcended for
        revelation of this 'self.' You should therefore, for
        the present, try to be content with the practices
        assigned to you, with loving devotion, leaving
        everything else to the care of the Master-power
        that will do for you all you desire, in a way
        unpredictable by the human understanding.

                                *  *  *

        The highest service and devotion one can offer to the
        Master is to live a life full of sublime dedication
        and piety, and remain attuned with holy Naam by regular,
        faithful and accurate meditations. Love is the panacea
        for all ills of life -- physical, moral and intellectual.
        The divine love of the Master surpasses all disciplines
        and austerities undertaken at the intellectual level. It
        is a rare subject concerning more with the heart than head.
        Loving devotion and dedication to the Master is the
        stepping stone to progress on the spiritual way. When you
        step over the intellect by complete mergence of your will
        with His Divine Will, you taste the real elixir of life.

                                *  *  *

                                DIARY

        The prescribed diary is recommended so that it way serve
        the initiates as a sweet and prompting reminder that they
        do not relax in their meditation and also that the outward
        failings may be weeded out one by one until a pure ethical
        life is wrought about wherein the great gift of spirituality
        dawns with full effulgence and consciousness. I have love for
        you and wish you progress from day to day. Please remain
        lovingly devoted and steadfast and accurate in your
        meditations. You will progress from day to day.

                                *  *  *

        Thoughts, words or deeds relating to failures in chastity are
        to be recorded in the prescribed columns of the diary for
        self-introspection. You can base your findings in light of
        this anytime you happen to fall in either of them.

                                *  *  *

        Love means warm affection, attachment, likeness or fondness.
        Non-violence means not to hurt anybody in thought, word or
        deed. Love implies in the diary column as a sense of absence
        of hatred for others caused by your better position in
        different fields of knowledge, wealth or worldly status. You
        can classify the failures under different headings accordingly.

                                *  *  *

        This type of failure on your part when you felt upset over
        the behaviour of your friend during meditations by her
        snoring, etc., falls under the column of hatred in thought.
        Howsoever, your sense of repentance afterwards is
        appreciated.

                                *  *  *

                    CHASTITY, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY 

        Try to realize that God has concern for all His children
        and that He is Himself looking after all the dear ones
        in your family. Try not to worry about them, and the more
        you are devoted to your meditations, the more help you will
        be to all of them.

                                *  *  *

        I appreciate your kind sentiments for the welfare of your
        brothers and sisters. You may please note that the gracious
        Master Power extends feasible help and protection for the
        near relations and friends of the dear ones who are
        accepted and put on the holy Path. You may convey my love
        to them and encourage them to repose their hopes in the
        gracious Master Power working overhead.

                                *  *  *

        I am sorry to find that you were robbed and are unhappy
        over your family conditions. As mentioned to you in my
        last letter of November 11, please try to stay aloof from
        the discord and strife that your family has amongst
        themselves. You may pray for them and their sickness without
        letting them disturb your peace of mind, which is not
        conducive to good meditations. The gracious Master Power
        extends feasible help to the near and dear ones of a
        devoted disciple.

                                *  *  *

        I appreciate your kind sentiments for your family whom you
        wish all good luck. Kind hearts are invariably blessed with
        divine grace.

                                *  *  *

        Please read carefully the booklet 'Seven Paths to Perfection'
        for helping you to weed out all imperfections and replacing
        them with ennobling virtues. Lustful dreams resulting in loss
        of semen can be overcome by having self restraint in chastity
        of thought throughout the day. Thoughts precede the actions
        and as such the thought pattern of the initiate should be
        watched. Also, you should say some prayer before retiring and
        sweetly keep repeating the sacred charged names, and
        remembering the Master. If you sleep in this relaxed mood,
        no further disturbance will overcome you in this way, with
        His grace and protection.

                                *  *  *

        Loss of vital fluid in sleep state can be avoided by having
        a light meal in the evening and also watching the thought
        patterns during the day and evening. Thoughts create
        impressions in the mind, which seek release in sleep when
        the attention slips down into the body. These should be
        recorded on the diary forms. If you are not sensually
        affected by looking into your wife's eyes, then there is
        no objection to it.

                                *  *  *

        It is good that dear (wife) is now living with you at _____ ,
        and that you are able to be of help and encouragement to each
        other on the Path Godwards. You are not to discuss together
        your inner experiences, which is entirely a matter between
        you and the Master.

                                *  *  *

        I note the desire of you and your wife to have a baby.
        The spiritual conduct of the parents do attract a similar
        soul to them. My blessings are with you.

                                *  *  *

        You state that you are unemployed at present, and are
        feeling lost and lonely. It would be better for you to
        return to dear (husband) at ______ and strive to prove him
        a good wife. It is due to the evolution of past karma that
        persons with varying temperaments are brought together in
        the sacred bonds of holy matrimony for the liquidation of
        their give and take. All efforts should be made for cementing
        the relationship. You should try and be more obedient and
        serviceable to your husband. Loving devotion and respect
        for each other's sentiments will bring in more of right
        understanding and harmony. You are both dear to me and I
        wish for you both to be happy together and help each other
        to know God and to fulfill the highest aim of man's life.
        My blessings are with you.

                                *  *  *

        You may rest assured that the friends and relations of the
        initiates do receive help from the gracious Master.

                                *  *  *

        I am glad for your dear mother who has decided to be
        initiated into the mysteries of the beyond. Please convey
        my love to her and encourage her to write to me all about
        her welfare.

                                *  *  *

        Chastity is life and sexuality is death. While I sympathize
        with you in your present situation with your husband, you
        should continue to meet with your obligations in as detached
        a manner as is possible - you should inform him on your own
        behalf in a loving manner that the vital fluid which he loses
        each time is extremely harmful not only for his spiritual
        and mental health, but also to his physical health. If,
        however, he cannot stop all at once, he should in his own
        interests try and practice more self restraint. With your
        loving help and cooperation, he will be successful in this
        and to some extent, safeguard his physical health. Your
        advice to make use of the _____ was appropriate. The
        body is the temple of God and should be made a fitting
        instrument to manifest the God in man and not be degraded
        to the practice of sensual pleasures.

                                *  *  *

        Unfortunately, very few people have the right understanding
        as to the importance of maintaining the chastity of life.
        It is because man is not chaste that he is under the
        domination of other vices such as anger, greed and
        attachment. If he were to control his sensual appetite, the
        other vices would gradually drop away. So chastity is the
        key not only to the spiritual life but also to success in
        every other field of endeavour. The pity it is that the
        very people who could help their fellow men, such as doctors
        and the clergy, are themselves in the grip of sexuality and
        are hardly likely to recommend the practice of that which
        they themselves are a prey to. To help your husband gain
        the right understanding of the need to lead a chaste life,
        you should request him to read the English version of a
        Satsang that I have entitled "Chastity and Forgiveness"
        which may be found in the January, 1968 issue of Sat
        Sandesh magazine. Having gained this right understanding,
        he could talk in a fatherly way to your son, so that they
        may have the opportunity at their early age to realize how
        important it is to maintain the chastity of life and the
        benefits that can accrue from retaining the vital fluid
        in the body.

                                *  *  *

        I am glad that one of your sons has taken an interest in
        the teachings of the Master and is studying the sacred books.
        You nay encourage them all to study the sacred books by
        holding Satsang in your home, if it meets with your
        husband's approval. Whenever the boys are home from college
        on vacation, they may perhaps like to read from the Master's
        books at the Satsang meetings. In this way, your lady
        friends may also like to join you and grasp more of the
        theoretical side of the teachings, which precedes practice.
        A short meditation period can be included before or after
        the Satsang and all can enjoy the divine radiation from
        the charged atmosphere. My love and blessings are always
        with you. Please convey my love to your husband, sons,
        daughter and lady friends. I shall be glad to hear from
        them at any time.

                                *  *  *

        You should continue to meet with your obligations towards
        your husband in as detached a manner as is possible. The
        relationship between husband and wife is sacred and nothing
        should be allowed to come in between. Your loving patience
        and cooperation will help him to awaken to the higher
        expression of life in due course. My best wishes are with
        him.

                                *  *  *

        You should exhibit more of respect, patience and loving
        tolerance for your husband as God has united you both in
        marriage, which is a sacrament.

                                *  *  *

        You should consider yourself as a trustee for your child
        and love him with a more detached and serene manner. As
        also please refer to my latest message since released on
        the Birth Anniversary of my Master.

                                *  *  *

        When you feel overtaken with judgment of your mother, you
        should try to search about your own self. You will overcome
        this failure.

                                *  *  *

        I am sorry for your family affairs when your husband does
        not cooperate with you. It is due to the evolution of some
        past Karma that persons with varying temperaments are
        blended together in the bonds of matrimony for the
        liquidation of their Karma. You are advised to be more
        calm, patient and tolerant in face of harshness. Such
        like passing phases of trials and tribulations come up as
        a reaction of past Karma and as such should be treated
        in the like manner. You may consult dear _____ in this
        behalf and act accordingly. My love and blessings are
        with you.

                                *  *  *

        I appreciate the selfless help which dear _____ and _____
        have given you in solving your marriage problems. In fact
        the disciples of the Master should be ever prepared to help
        fellow seekers after Truth in all their affairs.

                                *  *  *

        You may nurse your son as long as you consider it
        necessary.

                                *  *  *

        I am sorry to learn that your husband has gone back on the
        promise he made at the time or your reunion that he would not
        make dear ______ eat flesh. You have acted rightly in
        politely refusing to feed your son on eggs. Please follow the
        path of righteousness and resign yourself to the Supreme Will
        in all humility. My best wishes are with you.

                                *  *  *

        You should be more obedient and serviceable to your husband
        which will enable you to win him. Love and humility surmounts
        all troubles whatsoever. Please convey my love to him.

                                *  *  *

        I appreciate your loving and dutiful attitude towards your
        dear husband. An attitude of serene detachment from within,
        yet attending to one's legitimate duties carefully,
        considering oneself to be an obedient servant and trustee
        of the Master is the central them of the sacred teachings
        of the Master. Your steadfastness and obedience will help to
        win him round to you in due course of time, with the grace
        of the Master.

                                *  *  *

        You need not bother about your husband but try to serve him
        with more of devotion which shall enable you to win him to
        your side in due course. Please convey my love to him.

                                *  *  *

        Marriage is a sacrament and means the selecting of a
        companion for life to stand by in weal or woe. If you and
        dear ______ have decided to enter into matrimony and you
        can afford to do so, there is no objection in your marrying.
        Married life is no bar to spirituality if you live according
        to the scriptures. You should try to come up to the required
        standard of chastity by mutual understanding.

                                *  *  *

        As regards your attitude towards your dear parents, you may
        please note that your duty is to be humble, polite and sweet
        outwardly and at heart. Everybody is free to choose his/her
        course of faith and action which is chiefly determined by
        past karmic evolution. You should try to exhibit and
        inculcate more of loving humility which will be more
        effective to prove your greatness and that of the holy
        Path on which you have been put. You do owe them some
        parental debt which can best be repaid by service and loving
        devotion. Please convey my love to them.

                                *  *  *

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