6 February – Birthday of Sant Kirpal Singh

Birthday Message
Written by Sant Kirpal Singh, 1960

­ ime is an interminable eternity with no beginning

T another. Again, there is no ill without a remedy, and
and no end except as man has for his own conven- this sovereign and potent remedy is to be applied,
ience, in his own limitations, tried to limit it and whether we will it or not, by oneself if we desire a
make separate divisions out of it. With all these ruth- cure; or else the disease of ignorance shall continue
less vivisections, eternity remains ever in love with to persist and persist endlessly as it has done through
the products of time and is willing to unfold the ages upon ages.
secrets of heaven and earth to him who reposes his
trust and faith in her benignity. Last but not least, the door of Salvation is open to
all. It is not a prerogative for any one sect, caste, or
Birthdays are but arbitrary milestones of life‘s jour- creed or even a religious order. Whosoever may run,
ney on earth, but they do serve a very useful purpose, can reach it. „Knock and it shall be opened unto thee“
all the same. As one crosses each division of time has been the message of saints and seers since the be-
and steps into the other, he is reminded of a stage left ginning of time. God is the God of all mankind and
behind and finds himself a step nearer to the jour- His Grace shines equally on all, but they alone who
ney‘s end. Each birthday, therefore, offers a splendid turn towards Him derive the greatest benefit. ‚Love‘
opportunity to the traveler to know where he stands, is the master key that unlocks the door leading to
how he has fared on the path of life, what progress the ‚Kingdom of Light.‘ „Love and all things shall be
he has made, and what he intends to do next with added unto thee“ is an axiomatic truth that has stood
new hopes, new aspirations, and new resolutions for the test of time. It is, therefore, said - „Love God with
the new year that lies ahead of him. It is an occasion all thy mind, with all thy heart, with all thy strength,
for taking a comprehensive view of the stock-in-life and with all thy soul.“
gathered already to be garnered thereafter, and it can,
as such, be profitably made use of to the best advan- My message today is none other than that of Love.
tage. Learn ye, therefore, to love all creatures as yourself.
Live in and for the love of all and the Lord of Love
On a day like this, I can only ask you who have been shall reward you manifold in return for the sake of
put on the Path Godwards to turn within and see, His own Divine Love. That is His Law, eternal and
each one for himself or herself, as to the measure of immutable. Try to cultivate a loving and a living faith
advance made in the spiritual field. Blessed indeed in His Goodness and nothing shall stand in your way
are those who have done so and to them my mes- on the Path.
sage is that they should persevere in full faith and
confidence in the Master-Power overhead and work This is the only message that you can have from me
hard to regain all the inheritance which is theirs and on this occasion. I extend to you all my loving greet-
of which they have a foretaste. To those who are ings with a Soulful Love and Benediction. May you
yet standing still for one reason or another, I would all arise and awaken in His Consciousness.
commend some sort of active striving with a will and
a purpose. After all, each one has to make an experi-
ment on his own and no one can vicariously do it for

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Question: Could you explain to me what the meaning of Kirpal Singh is?

Sant Kirpal Singh: Names are names.

Question: But does it not have a meaning? Singh means something

and Kirpal means... ?

Sant Kirpal Singh: Kirpal means Merciful.

Question: And Singh?

Sant Kirpal Singh: Singh means lion. When the two are put together:

Lion of Mercy. So His ways are full of mercy. He‘s very strict, mind

that. He has got an iron hand, but His gloves are very smooth-like.

From the book “Light of Kirpal”

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Scenes from Sant Kirpal Singh’s life
Written by Dr Harbhajan Singh

fidence in us, but to take us back with that very con-

fidence. You know, miraculous things (happened),
these however are incidences (not miracles); there is
a great difference between miracles and incidences.
His words are highest and very much balanced. Masters don‘t play miracles, but they do something
Whatever He tells, He tells from the core of His which is in accordance with nature. Where there is
heart. His way of expression always meant some- demand, there He supplies.
thing. Throughout His life He never said anything,
out of which we could not draw some benefits. Lots He did a lot of such incidences everywhere in the
of people went to Him and everyone was benefited. world. If we collected all, it would become a very big
He loved each one of us irrespective of our reactions book. But for the teaching, for the subject He gives
and deeds and thoughts. He loved the sinner much today, we have to enter into the sanctuary of our
more than the pious. That was the reason that many heart, because this alone is the highest place in the
sinners and dacoits turned their life and became de- manbody. (It may be compared to mother and child.)
voted disciples of His.1 The child would get the love of the mother when he
comes back home. It is in the playground. Although
Master once told us about the time, when as an ac- the mother is waiting for him, the child is very much
countant He was ordered to the frontier. In the regi- interested in the games. So He has told us lots of
ment, there was a dacoit; very dreadful, indeed. He ways and means out of love and compassion which
liked Master and sometimes followed Him as His He has for every child. He does His utmost. Some-
bodyguard. He said he was afraid of Him. Master told times He has to go to the battlefield where you must
him, „Everybody is afraid of you and you say you are fight against your enemy. You don‘t go there, but He
afraid of me?“ He said, „When I look at you I start goes there and He wins over entirely in your interest.
trembling; my past sins come to life.“ Master asked And He has done lots of things for us already.3
him, „Why? What happened?“ He said, „I have tor-
mented so many people. Killed them, like that. How Once a man who has been initiated by another mas-
many I killed, the exact number, I don‘t remember. ter came with me to Sant Kirpal Singh. Although he
Is there any hope for me?“ – „Yes, there is hope for had remained with his master for many, many years
everybody. There is hope for even the worst sinner. he had not been able to get any experience. But Mas-
Repent. Pray. Do no more!“2 ter gave it only with the twinkling of an eye. He had
come with me and Master asked, „How you came
There are lots of instances and incidences that hap- here?“ He said, „I am the disciple of this master; but
pened continuously and most of those incidences re- he has left the body. „Master said, „Doesn‘t matter.
vealed about His competency. He could change the What do you want?“ He told very frankly, „You be-
life of man very easily. When some people came to come responsible for me!“ Master said, „Okay, I am
Him – so lovable – they forgot the reason why they responsible for you.“
had come there; with His attention He finished the
very root cause of their problem. Some time later this man was caught by dacoits
while he was sleeping outside in his field. They had
This is some rare phenomenon for which they (Mas- a very sharp knife and a big dagger and wanted to
ters) come into the world, not only to create the con- cut his throat.The man at once remembered the

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Master, „You gave me your promise and what will such a flower embedded inside which grows in a mo-
be my fate now? I will die soon, you however gave ment, blossoms, and its smell comes out and fills the
me the promise!“ At once Master appeared. All these whole heart within at once.
persons (who wanted to cut his throat) were stand-
ing on the left side, and Master was standing on the One time Master was sick, you know, and we were
right. One of them shouted to the others, „Why are together with Him for three months, and never we
you waiting? Cut his throat!“ When they were just created the wish to go back home. More than 150 pa-
about to do it, the man saw the Master and at once tients I really had to attend (in my hospital) every
turned his head because Master‘s radiant form was day. But I handed it all over to Him and said, „You do
there. So instead of cutting his throat his ear was hurt. that job.“ And there was no problem with the hos-
His whole body was full with blood and then he rose pital. Everything was okay because we knew from
above body-consciousness. He saw the Master and heart that He was looking after all the situation. We
rose about body-consciousness. When the dacoits were very happy to be with Him and He was getting
saw that he was no more in the body they went away better day by day. But one day He wanted to send us
and thought he was dead. away forcibly. He said, „Now you have to go back.“
From heart we never wanted but it was His order
Next morning he came to me, his ear was still a little from within also. So we got ready. With all our bag-
bit attached to the head, it was not fully cut. I sticked gage we went to Him to say good-bye. Many persons
it on again saying, „Okay, this much I can do.“ He were sitting there; we were standing. Master would
said, „Do you want any money for this sticking?“ I only look at us in intervals. We wanted to stand there
said, „No, it is done with the grace of my Master, I for any time He wanted (us to do so). We were nev-
have to do it freely.“ er too quick to leave that place. Then Master asked,
„Why did you come?“ I told Him, „Master, today we
I tell you there are so many examples of His blessing have to go home. We must go back.“ Master said, „I
which I could give to you, but I only want to say that will not permit it“, He said, „I have told you once for
His love and His blessing is always here.4 You have all that I will not permit you to go.“ I said, „Mas-
been blessed with the grace of the Master who would ter, no, we have to go.“ But we kept standing. Master
never leave us. He is free to give, He is free to provide said, „Doesn‘t matter to me if you keep standing, but
whatever we want from the heart. He wants to ful- I will not permit you to go.“ When all went He asked,
fil all our desires. You know there are lots of desires, „Then at least you check my heart before you go.“ So
not worldly but spiritual desires. The desire of the I went near and holding His right arm up He said,
disciple is to see the Master again and again, to hear „Well, check me!“ I said, „Master, Your heart is on the
the Master again and again, and try to remain in His left side.“ Master said, „You know that my heart is on
sweet harmony for all the time. Sometimes desire the left side?“ I said, „Master, I know, physically Your
arises to sacrifice all our worldly wishes, so as to get heart is here.“ But you know Master‘s heart is here
utmost and overflowing love from Him. We forget (third eye). So while I checked Him I was very close
the world for a moment and at once we feel that we to Him; in a very sweet voice and very lovably He
are already in the lap of the Father. Sometimes we left told, „No, it is my order, you must go.“
ourselves alone without the world and without the
attachment of the world and we could witness His This is really something that I cannot describe in
night-long presence with us. We wanted to hear His words. How much He loves us – very few people
sweet voice all the time, we wanted His attention all have cared to know about it. If we really knew His
the time. You know what the condition was of those love and His compassion, we would feel that this is
who became the lovers of Him? They only wanted never ending. It grows more and more between the
to see Him. If He left one place and went to another disciple and the Master.5
place, those lovers followed Him. This desire, I tell
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 thought a little bit because Master had said in the have to take it. But His gifts are very many. Some of
Satsang, „If Master shows His love to the disciple, His gifts will give you utmost happiness, some will
he will forget the world and will start to dance.“ I give you intoxication, some will bring you sadness in
thought, „No, it is not possible, how can it be?“ Many the world and sometimes you will feel very separate
persons were sitting in the room. When I was alone from your own self. If really you receive all His gifts
with Master He said, „Well, now it is time to depart, – in the sanctuary of your heart you will never feel
let me go to Pathankoth. There will be a Satsang.“ I others than Him. His thought will go on pouring in
said, „Master!“ Master looked at me and immediately you all the time; whatever He wants from you, you
I started to weep. Master embraced me and got into certainly have to do in the same direction, no way
the car. He looked at me and said, „Well, I have to go.“ out.
My condition was like a child who does not know an-
ybody else than his mother and therefore only wants One time, when Master was in Amritsar, a woman
to run after her. Immediately I took my motorbike started to weep; she cried very much; Master asked
and ran after the Master. So I could go nearly 6 or 7 her as to what the problem was with her, but she
kilometres, then Master asked the driver to stop the would never tell (the reason) but continued weeping.
car. Master said, „Why are you running after me?“ I After all she told, „Master, last night you came to me,
answered, „Master, I cannot tell, but my purpose is but you didn‘t stay with me. I wanted to stay with
not to come with you to Pathankoth.“ Master said, you.“ Then Master was looking everywhere and I at
„What is your purpose?“ I started to weep again. Then once told, „Why you weep? He is now with you, He
Master said, „Look at me!“ I looked at Him; then I is sitting before you, you can ask anything.“ At once
felt totally unconscious, I could not move my legs. Master looked at me – I do not know with which eye
(the outer or the inner eye) – and that gave me over-
I tell you this experience because I want to tell you flowing love. I could not bear the weight of His love. I
that there is a big difference between what we think went with Him in the room; He was alone there, any-
of the Master and what He really is. Then Master said, how it was very good. His smile was very simple but
„You are happy now? Now you fully know the fact it was full of love. I saw it and you all, those who lived
(which was explained in Satsang)?“ I said, „Master, with Him, they realized that He was never angry with
this is right.“ Master said, „Go and do the work! This anybody. But if per chance He was angry, it was only
is sufficient or do you need more?“ I said, „Master, I to make someone understand the real meaning of a
need more.“ But Master said, „I know when to give. thing. But the same moment He got very polite from
You do not know when you want to take it.“6 within. He gave some attention as well. So what was
that attention? He gave the remedy, He gave the solu-
Master used to say that He felt two difficulties in tion to the problem of the disciple.7
His life. One before His (Master‘s) coming and one
after His departure. And this is very exact. Nobody Once two persons, who had some quarrel, came to
can deny it. This is a very hard factor in life. To one Master. I was there when they came to Master for
who has surrendered to Him such difficulty always a decision. Both had got initiation from the Master
appears from time to time. To some extent I have and both were loved by the Master. They had some
known that while doing His work we remain with quarrel for certain reasons and no one was able to
one thought in Him and we always feel His nearness. take any decision for them. So Master asked one per-
But everyone of us knows that we are in this world for son. He was very emotional. Master was listening to
a very short moment. After all, all what Master wants everything he told and he took a lot of time from
for us is to be with Him forever, is to have the posi- the Master. Master loved him – but only outwardly.
tive companionship with Him. Father and child must I knew that Master was only loving him from out-
become one; they must be dyed in one and the same side. But when the turn of the next person came he
colour, that is His purpose. His purpose is holy, it is only told so much, „Master, you know everything, so
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 it. Whatever you decide, it will bring me happiness.“ also visited our home in Nagkalan. People want to
Then Master said, „You have to pay for this.“ He said, donate and give away everything for the right cause,
„Definitely, Master, I will pay for this.“ The first man but Master does not take it. What is the problem? Be-
was very happy because the thing came out in his fa- cause we have the miserable attachment with these
vour; then, when they were just to leave, Master asked things. We do not want to part with it, though we
the second person to meet Him before he would go. know that we have to leave it after some days. We are
So he went to Master again and Master gave him having a life for two or four days, very quick, there-
much love. He gave him one apple to eat and also after we have to leave each and everything. But Mas-
told him, „You can also sit in meditation.“ What I ter has special meaning behind His cause. He does
saw after two or three years was: This man, who did something so that other people must follow. There
not speak, to whom Master had given the apple and are many instances in the histories of the compe-
who had to pay much money to end this whole rift, tent Masters, they showed the way to perfection. But
he became a very perfect person. The other person, when Master visited our home, He said, „Okay, I will
however, who had got everything, he was still living come to your house on five conditions: This house
like a beggar. does not belong to you, the hospital does not belong
to you, and the agriculture farm, it is my farm, and
Master had wonderful ways and means to love His the money that will come in belongs to me; even
children. He is the sustainer of all happiness and we your children, they belong to me; I am responsible
are only after those which are self-created. And these for them.“ I said, „Master, I am then alone?“ Mas-
are also emotional, self-made and self-styled. We ter said, „You are also mine.“ Master took it only, He
know that this is against Master‘s wish, and that is the gave these words only because He knew that every-
reason why we are devoid of His mercy. We are wait- thing was free; who has to take it?
ing for His mercy but we are not fit for it. There are
lots of things a disciple deserves to learn from the life When the thing is for the Master, for the right cause,
of a Saint. His compassion and love is beyond all bar- then Master has to take it. We had no attachments
riers. In reality very few people tasted His love. And with it. Master knew it from heart that everything
by tasting His love one forgets the enjoyment, sen- was open. So He was the owner of the whole thing.
sual enjoyments and one‘s own purpose. You know, When He visited our house there, He put me one
in spirituality – if you go senseless, you will have the question. He said, „You never asked anything in the
super-consciousness inside. It is a way to surrender whole of your life, you can demand anything this
to Him. He wanted to teach us many things in His day.“ I said, „Master, yes, I have one wish.“ Master
lifetime but even sitting along with (Him), people said, „Tell me!“ I said, „Your Mission must flourish
created more and more wishes. Lots of people came throughout the world.“ The Master was very happy.
to Him for worldly problems. Master can do that, but Master was taking some oranges; it was already in
better it is if these are solved without asking, because His mouth, a little bit on the lips. Master took it back
it is also His work. We keep such problems always and put it in my mouth. Master said, „I am very sat-
forth just to feed the mind all the time. The matter isfied. Lots of people came to me, they had different
which does not belong to you or which is outcome wishes. They came for certain worldly things, for the
of the pure mind, it does not really belong to you, it welfare of their children.“ They never knew that all
really doesn‘t need your attention. Leave it, and have these things are side-issues and Master is looking af-
the ruling passion for Him alone. And you see, when ter these side-issues minutely. Master knows which
there is a ruling passion, all those wishes which mind is the best thing that He can provide for His child.
creates all the moment, they run away like anything, He knows, but we only want dirt. We need only dirt.
because where there is the positive Power, the nega- Master wants to give, to pick up some diamond for
tive power cannot stand.8 us. But we say, „No, we need iron things. We need
rubbish. We want to collect rubbish.“ But we don‘t
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 child. Anyhow, Master was very happy. Master said, as your best friend. He wants to carry your load on
„Okay, never anybody came to me for this purpose. His shoulders because He knows how to carry it. He
You have demanded a very high thing.“ And Master Has learned it. He has learned it (throughout) many
said, „This I give to you.“ Mission is a tree whereas all
births. He didn‘t have any work in the world. He only
other things, spirituality, meditation, all other things,
came as a kuli. He is a kuli, I tell you. Who is a kuli?
they are the branches. If there is no tree, where the Who carries your burden when you get down from
branches will be? They‘ll all get dry.9 the train. He says, „Okay, give me your burden, you
have much burden, I will carry you to your home.“
To have Him within is to have His sweet remem- He works as a kuli. And still He has the same job. So
brance. People say, „Those who have not seen Him, you need a kuli. Don‘t take Him as Master, but take
how can they remember Him?“ How? This happi- Him as kuli. (First it may seem that) He is of little
ness always comes from within and He is innate in value to you here in the world. In the beginning take
our soul. You remember Him and He is there. At the Him as kuli. Then you see how beautifully He does
time of initiation He appears. He loves, He comes this work. He is your servant without any payment.
in your dream and makes you sleep; He loves you, He is a borrowed servant. In true sense, if you take
He does everything. But His desire is to look after the Master, He is a borrowed servant. But we don‘t
the child all the moment. But if we don‘t feel or if need Him. If we need Him, He is ready to go. He
we don‘t need Him? Sometimes we only need food lives above the heavens and before you think, He is
from the mind, how can the Masterpower then stay with you. He is ready to take your burden, to take
there? your load, your luggage; if you want, otherwise not.
It is a law, that already ever exists. Forcibly He cannot
People say that it is very difficult to change the mind. take. He will only take if you have just a wish even.
It is right, you cannot control the mind with the You create a wish and He will know. He will come at
negative thought. You can control the mind with the once and say, „Okay, you feel heavy of it. Give it to
positive thought. And there is love, compassion, and me!“ Otherwise not.
there is vibration in the positive thought, and that
will keep down its activities. The mind is the source I know one instance near my village, perhaps two
of all negative thoughts. And what is there? Attach- kilometres away. One person fell ill and all relatives
ment, enjoyment, glory, and charm also, and it is il- gathered. He told them that he had to leave. He was
lusion. Illusion is not gold, but like gold, and not all crying like anything and said, that he would certainly
that glitters is gold. die. He was a teacher. There was one lady teacher who
was doing much in Master‘s Mission. She was a very
We most of the time feel empty, empty of His love, good companion to us in the Mission of the Mas-
empty of His charm and glory, which Master wants ter. She only went there. This teacher who was going
to provide us with. I mean to tell those things that to die was not initiated, nor did he know anything
people got it from His ready stock; it is available all about the Master, nor had he ever seen the picture of
the moment. All helps from the Master are available. the Master. She told the purpose of human life. She
You simply have to surrender your worldly problems, asked him, „What is the trouble with you? Let us talk
ill-feelings for others; you may say the dirtiest things from heart to heart. Please tell me, if I can be of any
that always morbid your consciousness. He doesn‘t use to you?“ He said, „I have so much burden on my
want any good thing from you. He needs all your tongue, on my ears, on my head, on the whole body,
bad things back. He knows how to throw it away. We that I do not know what to say and what to speak and
(however) simply know how to keep them. what to hear. I have forgotten, I only cry that I am in
an awful condition. I cannot bear what is happening
If you want to identify only with your wishes – then with me.“
it is okay. Otherwise Masterpower is there to help
you. Not only here but thereafter as well. Take Him She told him also about the competency of the Mas-

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 ter so that a wish was created in him. He thought: „Is titled to further life.“ So Master prolonged his life.
it possible? I never knew that this was possible in the These are examples which show Master‘s competen-
world. I only knew that this was possible in the past cy and how our way of life is connected with it. Both
with the competent Masters whose teaching we have go together now.
with us. We loved the teaching but did not get the
practical subject. We have never thought that there You cannot separate the purpose of human life from
is also a practical way. It is very beautiful if such a the competency of the Master, you cannot separate
Master is there in the world.“ Later she went home. yourself from the Master, because He is the source
The angel of death appeared and Master at once went for you. Your purpose only lies with the positive
there. Master manifested there and immediately the Power and you have nothing to do with the world.
angel of death disappeared. The dying man was very We however have never known. We said, „This world
happy, his joy was of no bound. Now he saw the same is for enjoyment! Let us enjoy, time will come, when
thing (that he had just heard of), and the same Mas- we have to go!“
ter was present. He knew only little about Him; it was
only two hours before his death, that he could get Everyone has to be very wise, I tell you, because oth-
to know something about Him and Master came. So erwise there is no way out.10
Master gave him assurance, „You have remembered
me!“ It is very difficult to remember Him in such a
situation. „You have remembered me – maybe with
any help thus I have come to you. See, your life is
finished, you have no life at your disposal.“ He said,
„Yes, Master, I have to go now.“ Master said, „Okay, I
give you life from my own hand; go happily, solve the
purpose of human life and solve the mystery of death.
The purpose for which you came into the world you
have not done yet. Now you have come to the senses,
so some life is given to you, but only for the reason
that you have realized, otherwise you were not en-

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1 from tape 87/87 – 27.12.88 6 from tape 3/88 – 02.01.88

2 from „Light of Kirpal“ – chapter 52 7 from tape 87/87 – 27.12.87
3 from tape 87/87– 27.12.87 8 from tape 12/83 – 13.12.83
4 from tape 7/85 – 06.01.85 9 from tape 47/85 – 07.11.85
5 from tape 87/87 – 27.12.87 10 from tape 6/88 – 03.01.88

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