K i r pa l S a g a r - O c e a n o f G r a c e

Spirituality - What it is
Talk given by Sant Kirpal Singh, London, 17 September, 1972

Manbody is the highest in all creation. It is a golden Plutarch tells us: „Those who are initiated into the
opportunity we have got, because in this manbody mysteries of the Beyond, their soul has the same ex-
alone we can know God. And to know God we have perience of leaving the body as it has at the time of
to know ourselves first. Because God cannot be death.“
known by the outgoing faculties, by the mind or in-
tellect. With the intellect we only try to grasp certain You know, the outer expression of the soul is atten-
things. It is the soul alone that can know the oversoul, tion. At the time of death the attention is withdrawn
because soul is of the same essence as that of God. from all outside. When anybody goes to a man who
God is All-Consciousness and our soul is a drop of is just dying, this man does not recognize anyone,
the ocean of All-Consciousness. because his attention is withdrawn from all outside.
Then the lower body is benumbed, lower chakras
So to know God we will have to know ourselves first. are broken, we come up to the seat of the soul in the
Like knows the like. body which is at the back of the eyes. Then the eyes
are upturned.
But unfortunately our soul is environed by mind and
outgoing faculties. Our soul is under the control of Learn to die, so that you may begin to live!
mind, mind is under control of the outgoing facul-
ties and outgoing faculties are dragged like anything Knowing oneself - as I told you, this experience or
by the outer enjoyments. So all Masters said that we demonstration can be had at the feet of somebody
should know ourselves first. „Know thyself!“ East who rises (above the body) daily. He is also compe-
and West makes no matter, you see. Those who have tent to give you a demonstration of the fact that you
known God, they say the same thing. To know our- are the very life in the body and not the body, you
selves, we will have to know it not at the level of feel- see?
ings or drawing inferences, but by self-analysis, by
rising above body-consciousness. This manbody is a wonderful house we live in; in
which there are so many apertures: that of the eyes,
How to? The outgoing faculties will have to be con- of the ears, of the nostrils, mouth and two under-
trolled, mind to be stilled and intellect also to be neath. But we cannot run away out of it. We are con-
ceased for a while after understanding what is what. trolled. So our body works so long as we are in the
Only then we can know ourselves. body. And we are in the body so long as we are con-
trolled in the body by some higher Power, which is
It is a matter of pure self-analysis, rising above the – according to the scriptures – the God-into-expres-
body-consciousness. To know God at the level of sion-Power, called Naam or Word. When that power
feelings or drawing inferences are subject to error. is withdrawn, we have to leave the body.
Seeing is above all. And this practical experience of
rising above body-consciousness is to be had at the Rising above body-consciousness by self-analysis
feet of someone who rises above body-conscious- gives you practically what is knowing oneself. When
ness daily. Saint Paul said: „I die daily.“ Dying daily you know yourself, you see that some Power is con-
means what? We have to undergo the same process trolling you. One is leaving the body when the kar-
as at the time of death, when the soul leaves the body. mic link is broken, when the silver-cord (which is

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based on the reactions of the past) is broken; such
a soul never returns. But if you know how to rise
above body-consciousness while alive, this process
is the same, but then you watch some Power is con-
trolling you.
As I told you the other day, one atheist was at the
deathbed. He had in his room a big motto: „God is
nowhere!“ A child came up and began to read: „G-
o-d i-s n-o -w h-e-r-e: God is now here!“ And that
dying man said, „Yes, child, some Power is there.“
So it is knowing oneself by self-analysis, it is just ris-
ing above body-consciousness. When you know that
Power, which is controlling us now in the body, that
Power becomes apparent.
In the manbody alone we can know God. All the
world is full of practices (rituals and rites), you see,
we do one way or the other, so many things. Those
are only preparation for the ground. So, those are
good actions, of course. But, to have some models
before us, it is just to understand something, but to
see that thing for which that model stands, that is
something else.
The other day I also explained that God is Wordless,
Nameless, Ashabd. When He came into being, into
expression, that Absolute God wanted: „I wish to
be many“, there was vibration that resulted in two
things: Light and Sound.
God is Light. God is Music of the Spheres - Nada.
These are the two outward expressions of God-into-
expression-Power which is controlling the whole uni-
verse and also controlling us in the body. That can be
contacted when we rise above body-consciousness to
the seat of the soul in the body, which is at the back
of the eyes. So, it is a practical question which can be
demonstrated. When you see for your own self what
is what, then only you can be convinced, not before.
Man is afraid of dying for two reasons: The first
thing, we do not know how to leave the body. We
are not accustomed to it. We are so much attached
outside that we cannot dare to withdraw from out-
side. Sometimes we wish to withdraw from outside,
but we are so much identified with the outside things,
even if you want to leave, you cannot leave, you see?
So, for that reason we have to withdraw from outside.
If you know how to leave the body day to day, if you
die daily as Saint Paul said, if you take the cross daily
(the upright standing man with his arms stretched
out shows the cross), then death becomes a matter of
joy. Because all glory and beauty lies within you. The
astral plane is more beautiful than the outer physical
plane; causal is still more, and higher plane is still
higher beauty and higher bliss. So, once a man has an
experience of that, he would like to go, any time even,
he would possibly go. Now as you are not in contact
with that, mind is just given up to the outward enjoy-
ments and used to that little bliss.
Now what are we doing? We make models of the
manbody. Manbody is the true temple in which we
live, and also that Power, that controls us in the body.
Whom we want to contact and the one who wants to
contact – both are in the same body.
But we cannot see Him, because our soul is under
the control of mind, mind is under the control of
the outgoing faculties, and outgoing faculties are
dragged like anything by the outer enjoyments. We
have ourselves identified with it so much, that we
have forgotten our (real) selves.
If you know how to rise daily, there is no sting of death
in there.
Hindu scriptures tell us, when the soul leaves this
physical body, man experiences terrible pain, like
a scorpion’s bite. In the beginning it is just like
pinching, then that gives terrible pain. Death can
be compared to one thousand scorpions stinging
together.
Mohammedan scriptures tell us, „When the soul
leaves the body, it feels pain like that, as a thorny
bush is taken through the rectum and torn through
the mouth.“ You see, how terrible man feels, if he has
not learned how to die. Masters tell us, „Learn to die
so that you may begin to live!“ All Masters said the
same in their own language.
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And the second thing is, we do not know, what will preparation of the ground, to let people understand,
be our fate after leaving the body. For two things we what is what.
are afraid of death. If we sit at the feet of somebody
who can give us a demonstration of how to rise above When the Master meets us, He opens the Single Eye,
body-consciousness and gives us a link of the God- Third Eye or Shiv Netra so that Light is seen for one-
into-expression-Power – which is Light and Sound self. When you experience this, it is very easy to leave
– that‘s the way back to the Absolute God, direct way, the body; it is a matter of joy.
no by-pass is being made. That is natural yoga, you
see? Kabir said, „People are afraid of hearing the name
of death. I am very much overjoyed when I hear the
When mind gets that bliss, then naturally you would name of death. Because it is only then, that I can
like to avoid outer enjoyments like anything. unite with the God overhead!“

Now what are we doing? We have made the models
of the manbody outside: all temples are dome-shaped
(like the human head); churches are nose shaped
and mosques are forehead-shaped. We have put in
two symbols of God-into-expression-Power: There
is Light and Sound. We go there. There is a model
to show that suchlike Light and suchlike Sound is
within you.
I am now talking about Guru Amar Das, the third
Guru of the Sikhs. He was engaged in outward prac-
tices, models, all schools of thought for seventy long
years. But naturally one is only then satisfied, when
one sees. When you see for yourself, then you can say,
„God is Light.“ If you don’t see and only think, „God
is Light“, you are not in the Light of God. When you
then say that God is Light, is it true for you? No.

So long as there were practical people (with practi- After the search of Guru Amar Das for seventy long
cal experience), they gave others a demonstration as years („Knock and it shall be opened unto you“),
how to rise above body-consciousness, how to have God made some arrangement to bring him in con-
a contact with that Light and Sound which is the tact with the second Guru of the Sikhs. He got that
outward aspect of the God-into-expression-Power. experience of rising above body-consciousness and
They were convinced. But for want of practical peo- his Third Eye or Single Eye was opened within, so
ple, these things have become the be all and end all. that he saw the Light of God and said, „God is Light!“
They were only models to show that suchlike Light of Then he said, „I have spent seventy long years only
God and Sound Principle is within you. For want of engaged in the outward, in the methods which con-
practical people, there was nobody to demonstrate cern the exoteric side only.“
the Light within us. So we simply go to the churches
and the mosques and light the candle there, ring the These are good actions, of course, because they are
bell there. Both things are outer worship. So you see, meant for God, but the doership is there, ego. „What-
we follow the models which only show that such- ever you will sow, so shall you reap.“ You have good
like Light is within you, and show that we are to rise thoughts, they result in good actions. You have bad
above the physical body and have a contact with the thoughts, bad results. This coming and going (into
true Light, with the true Sound which is reverberat- this world) goes on like anything. You will go where
ing within the man-body and all creation. you are attached.

So those who have seen that, they say, „Body is the
temple of God!“ Masters say, „Manbody is the true
temple of God in which the Light of God shines.“ So
we are so much given up to these outward models for
want of practical people. We engage from day to day
in these outward models which were made for the
But when you see that Power is overhead, you will
say -– like the atheist I mentioned -–“Yes, my child,
this Power is overhead.“ That you only come to know
if you now rise above body-consciousness, if you see
for yourself: that Power is controlling. Which aspect
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nobody has seen Him. Before coming into expres-
sion, He was Wordless, He was Nameless; when He
came into expression, He was called Word, Naam or
Shabd. So, there are two aspects of the Word. „Thy
word is a lamp unto my feet.“
By coming in contact with Naam, you see the Light,
which can be compared to hundreds and thousands
of suns rising together. In whomsoever that Light is
effulgent, truly speaking, he is a real disciple (Sikh).
Carrying one outer label or the other, belonging to
different schools of thought or social bodies, does
not necessarily mean, you have achieved that very
object for which you joined that school of thought.
One can be a true disciple only when one sees the
Light of God. A true Hindu is one who sees the Light
within. A true Christian is one who sees the Light of
God. A true Mohammedan is one who sees the Light
of God. The same thing for all, you see? When one,
who does not see, says, „God is Light!“, it is just like
a blind man’s work, you see? Only when you see that
He is Light and He is the controlling Power keeping
us, and we are mere puppets in His hand, naturally
then all ego is lost, because you see that some higher
Power is working (not you).
I’m going to present before you. He said: „Look here,
where is God?“ And he says: „God is in this very cave
of the body!“ A cave is always long and dark, you see?
In this cave of the body He does live, you see, God,
who is never ending and who is above all outgoing
faculties. He lives in it.
Body is the temple of God.
Maulana Rumi tells us that prophet Mohammed told,
that God says: „I am so great, that all this earth, sky
and planes, higher and lower, all this creation is not
sufficient to contain me in them. I am so great!“ But
He says: „Strange enough that I abide in the heart of a
devotee. I am in everybody, I reside in every heart!“
Kabir says, „I went to have a pilgrimage to Mecca
and Medina. On the way, God met me. He began to
fight with me, saying, „Who told you I’m there? I am
in you!“ You see? Kabir was after finding Him by go-
ing round from places to places. All Masters‘ digest
I‘m giving you, I need not to quote, there are hun-
dreds of quotations there. They say: „The One whom
you want to, He is within you. He is your controlling
Power. He also resides in the body. Body is the true
temple of God.“

When Guru Amar Das himself saw that, he said, Outward models are made to give you some idea:
„Saying prayers and praising Him without seeing suchlike Power is within you? Unless we see that
Him is just like a blind man’s work.“ See and then Power, we cannot lose ego; and so long the ego is
say. All Masters say that. Unless you see, your prais- not gone, we come round and round (to this world).
ing God is good, for the good thoughts are at least So all Masters tell us like that. Guru Amar Das says,
towards God. But your ego and doership is not gone, „God resides within you, just like -– take the case of
so naturally, „As you sow so shall you reap!“ madder. The more you grind it in water, the more
red colour it gives. As the fire is in the wood, by rub-
When we see that this Power is working and not you, bing it, you get the fire. As butter is in the milk, that
naturally you lose your ego. is changed into the curd, and curd should be shaken,
and then butter will come out, you see? So suchlike
So coming in contact with God-into-expression- God resides within you!“
Power, when you see, that it is this controlling
Power that is keeping us in the body, and we are All Masters tell us, „God resides in us! He resides
mere puppets in His hands, naturally ego goes. That in the heart of everybody!“ But we do not see Him.
can be had only when you sit at the feet of some re- Guru Amar Das says, „It is a sort of cataract. When
ally adept, called by any name you like, who opens this cover comes to the pupil, man cannot see. Only
your inner eye, so that you can see the Light of God if that is removed carefully, sight is restored.“ Simi-
within you. At that time Guru Amar Das gave all his larly (our inner sight is restored), when our attention
gist or the digest of the teaching in one hymn. That is withdrawn from all outside and just taken to the

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seat of the soul in the body -– which is at the back So you see, we need a teacher at every step. Even the
of the eyes – to the tenth door in the body which children need parents, brothers and sisters to teach
opens into the beyond; there you knock and it shall them. In schools we want teachers. In all outer as-
be opened unto you. pects, all subjects which are related to the outgoing
faculties, mind or intellect, we want guidance over
So, Guru Amar Das gives the descriptions in all ways, there.
how he got this and why people are going amiss. So
first he said, „To whom you want to continue, to have And for this subject -– which is: How to rise above
it, He resides in your manbody. He is latent within body-consciousness, to rise above outgoing facul-
you.“ You see? And all this outward expression (of ties? -– don‘t you need anybody? You do need some-
the world) is only of God-into-expression-Power. All body! But we are afraid of it. Because the world is full
this came out of Him, then where is that place, where of teachers, excuse me, now I say. Christ also said,
He is not? „They come as lambs, but they are ravening wolves.“

If you see in the air, there is nothing to be seen. Is There is so much acting and posing going on, the
there nothing in this air? There is of course. When people cannot decide, what is what. And Masters lay
you see through a microscope that magnifies all out one criterion for that: Unless you see for your-
things about 700 times more, you will see that it is self what the Master says, and unless you testified it,
full of insects. They are there even now; either those don’t believe the words of the Master. It is really a
things are magnified to come up to our level, or our great criterion! This can differentiate right from the
inner eye is so much etherealized, that we come to wrong.
their level. Then we can see.
Guru Amar Das says, „O God, I am thankful to my
There is God in us. Masters say that they have seen Guru who had made that God-into-expression-Pow-
Him in this very manbody. Those who are trying to er – after which I was seventy long years -– mani-
find Him in outward practices or observances, they fested. Thank God!“ One who gets that experience,
will never get Him. These are good actions, of course. there is gratefulness in such a heart.
They (The Masters) don’t deny, but ego is there, do-
ership is there. You have to sow; and as you sow, so Now he says, „First thing is that Naam, God-into-ex-
shall you reap! Good actions will bring you good, your pression-Power, which has got two aspects. When
coming and going will go round and round, you see? you come in contact with it, that gives you everlast-
ing life.“ Amrit means Water of Life which gives you
When you see that He is the worker, your ego is lost, everlasting life; you’ll never die. Once you learn to
naturally your coming and going is ended. So this is die, you‘ll live forever. „Learn to die, so that you may
what Guru Amar Das said. When you come to the begin to live!“
feet of a Master, He gives you a contact with that God-
into-expression-Power, which is called Word, Shabd, He is wise who values the rare chance of human birth
Naam. Then you see for yourself: God is there! But and tries to realize the Lord.“
God Absolute not, I tell you, God-into-expression- Kabir
Power, the two aspects of which are Light and Sound.
You see the Light of God, you hear the Music of the That Water of Life is had only when you learn how
Spheres. Now he thanks God: „O God, I thank you to rise above body-consciousness physically. That
very much, I sacrifice myself to you. I have been in gives you a taste, a sort of intoxication and bliss, with
a long, seventy years long search, then I thank to my which mind forgets all outward enjoyments. In man-
Guru at whose feet I got this experience. I sacrifice body only we can have it. And this thing we can have
myself not one time -– hundreds of times to the Mas- at the feet of the Master. He rises above physical body
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 Sant Kirpal singh during his second world tour 1963-1964

makes others to rise above body-consciousness. A trol of the breath at the different centres (chakras)
practical demonstration of it is given by Him, and in the body. Ultimately they came up to the sixth
then they see for themselves really and rise above chakra at the back of the eyes which is the seat of the
body-consciousness. Some get more, some others soul in the body. Then they saw and came in contact
less (experience). But some capital is given to each with the Sound Principle. How long it takes!
one to start with.
And when the Masters come, they give you little at-
A man who is coming to give you a talk on business tention, and – whatever number of people there may
principles, a wonderful and informating talk, but the be -– all (their) outer attention is withdrawn, goes up,
men, to whom this talk is given, have got no money. and the inner eye is opened. They get some experi-
What will your talk help them? ence of the Light and Sound Principle to start with.
What a great concession that is in these days!
When people come to us and give us very sweet sto-
ries of the Beyond, are they also able to give us some- So how does He give? It is very difficult to rise above
thing to start with? They are only giving beautiful body-consciousness. And you are given some expe-
talks. Where all the world’s philosophies end, there rience – more or less of how to rise above body-con-
the religion starts. You must have something to be sciousness. You get some capital of Light and Sound
able to start with, maybe little or more, you see? So to start with. Then you have to develop further!
man can have this experience. And it is very sweet
– there is sweetness, bliss in it. Where the world’s philosophies end, as I told you,
there the religion starts. Religion means: „re“ - means
Now he says, to rise above physical body is very diffi- back, „ligio“ ’– to bind; to withdraw your attention
cult. Yogis have spent hundreds of years to rise above (which is the outer expression of the soul) from all
the physical body. They performed kum-bhak, con- outside and contact it with God within you.

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Now the question arises, how Master gives this. Guru That happens when all your attention is withdrawn
Amar Das gives the one example of collyrium* which from outside and you rise above the chakras. You
is put on the eyes, you see? God gives the collyrium reach the seat of the soul in the body which is at the
of that inner knowledge, which is to be experienced back of the eyes and you see for yourself!
at the seat of the soul (at the back of the eyes). It is
given in a very practical way. When the collyrium is So, for this reason He says, „Those who are going
put in the eyes, you see. And similarly some Godman to find God in all worldly things outside, practices,
or some Saint or some – name Him by any name you their whole labour is just like a man’s (labour), who
like -– withdraws your attention from outside, with- has to work day and night and still gets no pay.“ So
draws it and brings it to the back of the eyes. Then all labour is lost in doing all outward expenses val-
you see Light. ued according to that.

How does the Godman or Saint give you this inner The real thing is: to know God.
knowledge, this collyrium of Light and Sound? By
withdrawing your attention from all outside and tak- People practise all models. With all that we do not
ing it to the seat of the soul at the back of the eyes, see God. Of course those are good actions, which
which Yogis were taken hundreds of years to have will give us good results. But ego is not lost, and the
it. First there is all darkness, when you close your coming and going will go on. So, those who are under
eyes. When He gives you a (meditation) sitting, your the control of mind and outgoing faculties, identified
attention is withdrawn from outside, goes up and with it, they say „How can there be light inside? Who
darkness fades away. You see Light! And you testify says? When you close your eyes, it is all darkness?“
yourself that it is Light. He does not say you’ll have it They don’t believe. When they see for themselves,
in hundreds of years, after this life, at the end of life then they have to say, „Yes, there is something!“ So
or in ten years. He at once gives you something to Master tells not to believe in anything what the Mas-
start with. First it is all darkness, you see. Then, when ter says, unless you bear testimony to it (may be little
you see for yourself, you are convinced. This is how or more). That’s the work of a Master or a Saint, from
Guru Amar Das tells his story. where you can discriminate right from the wrong,
ravening wolves from the lambs. Guru Amar Das
All Saints say that those who do not see God and says, „With the Grace of the Guru I have found God.“
praise Him are like blind men. In the terminology How? By self-analysis.
of the Saints a blind man is not one who has got no
eyes on the forehead, but one whose inner eye is not Macrocosm is in the microcosm. When he rose
opened and who is unable to see the Light of God. above physical body – there are three different stag-
es of mind: one is physical mind, the other is astral
Kabir says, „I see all blind men sitting around me. mind, the third is causal-mind – he said, „When I
Had there been one or two, I would have explained rose from the physical body and the physical mind,
to them. What to speak, everywhere I look, all are then I saw some light. When I rose from the astral
blind!“ Very sweeping remarks of course, but true. mind and astral body, I saw still more light. When I
Teacher of the man is a man. God resides in every rose still above them, there was still more light.“
heart. But only the one, in whom He is manifest, can
give you a demonstration of it, that’s all. It is just like a lamp with three or four covers over it.
When you light it, you see no light. If you take off one
The grace of God is working in a manbody, you see. cover, you see some light. If you take off two covers,
„Word-made-flesh“ you might say. God is manifest- there is still more light. If you take off three covers,
ing in the manbody. And that Power withdraws your still more light can be seen. God is all Light. When
attention from all outside, takes it up, and then you we have some experience of the Light and Sound
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as the densities of the different planes are changed. Christ said that it is better to enter the Kingdom of
Guru Amar Das is telling all that, how he got God God with one eye, rather than two, which will cast
by analysing himself, rising above the physical body you into hell. You see?
and physical mind, astral body and astral mind, and
causal body and causal mind. “If thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of
light!“ – „Straight is the gate!“ („Because straight is
Now he says, „Godman or man-in-God, or call any the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto
name you like, Sadhu or Saint or elder brother or life, and few there be that find it.“ Matthew 7,14)
father, He gives you an experience of the Light by Read the scriptures! These are references to the be-
bringing your attention into the eye-centre. Then yond – how the soul leaves the manbody.
you see Light. When you sit there, truly you see, and
you start to praise God. Those who praise God with- Now Guru Amar Das says, „Unless the darkness is
out seeing Him, they are like blind men! These are removed and you see the Light of God face to face,
good actions of course, the Master does not deny, your coming and going (into this world) will not
these are good actions, you see, but the doership is end!“
there. Natural: „As you sow, so shall you reap!“
When you see God, see that He is the power control-
Now again Guru Amar Das further goes, „This man- ling you, your ego is lost and you are not to come
body is a wonderful house; it has got ten doors. Nine back (into this world).
are apparent, one is latent.“ Two eyes, two ears, two
nostrils, mouth and two underneath – they are open, But unless you see the Light of God within you, you
apparent. There are the nine doors open to the sense are only devoted to the models given in the churches,
world and there is the tenth door behind at the back temples and the mosques for daily worship. Amongst
of the eyes, where the soul passes into the beyond by Hindus there is a custom, you see. When a man is on
coming to that place where the single eye opens. He the deathbed, they light a lamp, give it to him and
says, „As long as you do not withdraw your attention ask him, „Look into the flame of the lamp!“ And they
from outside, from the nine doors and come to the read a mantra that means, „This light will lead you
tenth door, you will neither see Light nor will you to God!“ You see, hand and light, both remain here.
hear the Sound Principle.“ He gives very clearly all What Light will be there (in the beyond)?
his life experience. People say that Saints keep this
thing secret. No, no; they tell out from the platforms That light, which is within you already.
like that, you see? It is for all people. If you can go
up yourself, well and good. If not, take the help of You can see it when you reach the tenth door in the
somebody! body and your inner eye, third eye or the single eye
is opened. So he says, „Who has the key?“ Suppose
So what he says? „I withdrew my attention from there is a man who has got a house. You want to enter
outside, from the nine doors and came to the tenth that house, but the owner has locked up the door of
door at the back of the eyes. There I heard the sweet the house and given the key to the agent or the serv-
melody of the Music of the Spheres, Nada. That is ant or somebody. So first you‘ll have to seek the sanc-
giving highest bliss.“ tion of the owner of the house. If he gives sanction,
then he asks the servant, „Go and open the door!“
As long as we have no contact with that Godpower
which is called Shabd, Word or Naam, you will see God resides where? God resides in the temple which
darkness, when you close your eyes! When you with- is made in the womb of the mother. He resides in
draw your attention from outside and come to the this manbody. He has locked it and given the key to
back of the eyes, the single eye is opened and then whom? To the „God-in-man“ or „man-in-God“ or
you can see the Light. Saint, or any name you like. He gives you a sitting,

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withdraws your attention from all outside to the seat wanted? If you are not successful, then let you be
of the soul in the body and you see Light. Of course helped by someone, as you also need the help of a
some get more (experience), some get less according teacher in outer things. Just sit by somebody who
to each man‘s background, but everybody gets some- gives that free; all gifts of God are free: air, sun, water,
thing to start with. earth. This earth is a gift of God. To sit at the feet of
someone who gives you all this freely is necessary.
The key of success is with the Saint. The one who
made that body – God – He locked it off and gave the The word „Gurmukh“ means, when your eyes come
key to the Saint to open it whenever He gives sanc- in contact with the eyes of the Godman, and live is in
tion. Not all are given initiation, it is God-chosen, we tune. One third of the teaching is given by the word
are chosen by Him. It is not with us to choose. It is of mouth and two third by radiation. So devotion is
Him who chooses. necessary. In devotion you develop receptivity. And
there you learn more.
Whom He chooses? Now for an example, there is an
office, where there are some appointments vacant. So Guru Amar Das says, „When you want to derive
The officer-in-charge over there whose handwriting full benefit of the manbody, which is the golden op-
is carried off very wonderful, he asks all hand-writ- portunity you have got to know God, then sit at the
ten applications to come to him. He passes on all of feet of a Saint!“ If real yearning is there, God within
them. Hundreds of applications he passes on. What- you sees that you are really crying for Him, He makes
ever handwriting is very beautiful, he takes out. You some arrangement to bring you in contact with
see? Because he appreciates that qualification which someone where you can be put on the way. Then you
is in him. will testify yourself that it is like that. You may get
something, little or more (according to each man‘s
God sees those who are hankering more after God as background); you get something to start with.
compared for the world.
So this is what Guru Amar Das gave out, when he
God resides inside, He makes some arrangement to came to the feet of his Master. He gave the digest of
bring you in contact with someone who can put you all his teachings in one hymn.
on the path, that‘s all. He chooses you. Those who are
very yearning for Him, He brings them in contact So every Saint has His past, and every sinner a future.
with someone so that they can be put on the way. There is hope for everybody. When Guru Amar Das
came up to that state, he said, „I was like you some
Now Guru Amar Das repeats: „That manbody is the day. I‘ve now come up with the grace of God.“ What
cave which is dark inside, and God resides in it.“ „He did the grace of God do? „I was like a stone under
is so great“, as prophet Mohammed said, „but He can water - under control of the outgoing faculties, He
just reside in the devotee’s heart.“ He is latent, all this dragged me up and manifested Himself to me.“
outer expression is also God, all you see is the ex-
pression of God. First you only see darkness – but So there is hope for everybody, those who have got
when your inner eye is opened then you see: the manbody.

„It is all Light, God is everywhere. There is no place
where God is not.“
But how can that be done? ... It is already there. It
is only a question of withdrawing from outside and
coming up to the seat of soul. If you can reach there
yourself – do your best! If you can – what more is
That is why manbody is spoken of very highly. Even
the angels are asked to bow down to the manbody.
All souls of the rishis of the old, when they returned
after enjoying the higher bliss of the planes, they
chose the manbody to enter. You are very fortunate,
you have got the manbody.

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So this is the highest time to know God. six hours at least, the more, the better!“ You see?

All other things are reactions of the past, give and After all, it is us who have to work on it. So at least
take. The flowing pen of God has united us as a re- put in two hours, if more – that‘s all right. It is help-
action of our past, some as brothers, sisters, wives, ing yourself. Two hours of the twenty four hours are
husbands or parents. So, a Godman or man-in-God not much. One tithe is to be given. One tithe of the
brings you in closer relation which is already exist- twenty four hours become two hours and twenty
ing. When Christ was told, while many people were minutes. You are further given a concession of twen-
sitting near him, „Your mother had come!“, he an- ty minutes.
swered: „Who is my mother? Those who do the will
of my Father, they are to me mother, brother and sis- The second thing is to maintain the diary. Hitherto
ter, they are mine!“ This is a true relation in which a these things were given only when the people were
God-man unites us, you see? As man you are all one. ready, when the vessel was clean. Now the times have
As soul we are of the same essence as that of God, we changed. Who can sit at the feet of the Master for
are all brothers and sisters in God. years? So you are given something to start with first
and you are asked to maintain it by self-introspec-
We worship the same God called by different names. tion, weeding out all failures in life and also putting
So it is high time to see Him. We have got the golden in regular time daily.
opportunity for it. All who are sitting here have got
the manbody for such a long time – twenty, thirty, If you weed out all imperfections from within, and
forty, fifty, sixty years. But have you reached God? If also put in regular time and get something to start
yes, well and good. If not – hurry up! So this is the with already, then that experience will develop from
high time now. day to day. So for that, self-introspection diary is nec-
essary, so that you may know yourself who you are,
This is what I found by the parallel study of the scrip- what the failures in your life are, you see? It is just
tures and by sitting at the feet of the Master just as like when we go to the church, to the priest, when
Guru Amar Das has placed before you. He has passed we make confession and pray: „O God, I have done
seventy years in search of God, and when he got the that, I won‘t do more!“ You see, do it a hundred times
experience of Him, he showed to others, „This is the a day.
way!“
So when you get something to start with, that is al-
So I placed this before you. I may thank you for your ways to develop, it is helping your own self, is it not?
patient hearing. What I found I have placed before „Learn to die so that you may begin to live!“ There
you. So thank you for your affording this opportuni- is no fear of death, no sting of death to be left. So
ty of snatching away your time from your busy hours put in regular time to your bread of life and water
to just have a patient listening to what I have come to of life. Give water of life to your soul first, then give
know. So I thank you all for all that. the bread of life to the body. And God will help you.

One thing I have to say, specially for those who have My wishes are with you.
already been initiated. For them two things are nec-
essary. First: meditation – it is the bread of life and
water of life. No day should pass without taking that
food. You are asked to put in as much time as you
can, at least two hours daily. When I went to my
Master, I asked Him how much time I should put in.
I was a family man, I had two children, I was serving
also, earning my livelihood. He said: „Put in five to

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