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Sri Krishna Janmashtami-2007.
My dear fellow travelers in the Path,
1.
It is a great opportunity for us to
gather here again on the auspicious occasion of
Janmashtami. Lord Krishna we all know is the
Avatar of the day and shall be so until the next
Avatar emerges as ordained by the divine. Master
has stated that “... with the advent of Lord
Krishna the regime of Lord Rama was over. It is
now the regime of Lord Krishna which is to
continue till the next avatar comes into the
world. This is the phenomenon of Nature which I
bring to light for your understanding.
(SS-110).Humanity at present is reveling and
reeling under the never heard of acts of
violence and terrorism in the history of
mankind. It is not perhaps wrong to state that
sadism and cruelty has become a virtue now days.
However it is the fortune of humanity that the
divine willed the emergence of a special
personality of almost the same status of an
Avatar to mend the wayward mental tendencies of
mankind which seems to be determined to ruin
itself in constant conflicts and wars. This is
an unique occurrence in spiritual history and
this happened in 1944. He is ever active in his
work entrusted by the divine and shall be there
till the emergence of a new Avatar when divine
wills so.
2.
We all know that Sri Ramchandraji Maharaj
of Shahjahanpur was born on 30th April 1899 and
has left its mortal coil on 19th April 1983. The
period of life our beloved Babuji we can see is
thus not co-terminus with that of the Special
Personality. The physical form of Sri
Ramchandraji Maharaj was utilised by the Grand
Master Lalaji Saheb to carefully structure and
carve out a personality and Nature was waiting
to use such a person as the Special one to guide
the erring humanity. It is guiding humanity
since then and also attending to such works
entrusted by Nature. It is the imperience of all
the aspirants in the Natural Path that it is
functioning more effectively after he shed his
mortal coil in 1983 from his true astral plane.
3.
However after he left his mortal coil in
1983 many started seeking for a person who is
living in the physical plane who can replace
beloved Babuji Maharaj. That he was the
President of SRCM and there should be succession
of President in SRCM is undisputable. However
that there can be no succession for the status
of Special Personality or the Master as we
dearly call him is elementary gnosis. ISRC has
answered this point several times in it’s about
16 years of functioning and the answers are
available for those who really seek in our web
sites also. However recently it was brought to
my notice that someone from an European country
asked us as to who is the Master now and whether
women are not eligible for being a Master etc.,
4.
I shall share today some of our clearly
stated point of view. The question of the need
for a living master is raised by many almost
implying a demand that a master in order to be a
master has to be in the physical plane. For
persons who understand that masters work even
when they are in existence in the physical world
from astral plane only, there is no difficulty
to accept the living master by virtue of their
experiences and imperiences irrespective of
their physical existence. If anything the
master’s grace in the form of Pranahuti has been
proved beyond doubt does not suffer the
limitations of any physical form barrier to it.
5.
Form and Name are basic binding factors
in our thinking which prevent our breathing our
liberated status. But from childhood we are
taught in schools and colleges to identify
persons, objects and patterns by their form and
name and this pattern of thinking makes many
think that consciousness also should have a form
and name. In this context it may be useful to
remember the statement of Lord Krishna as quoted
by our Master in his letter to
Dr.K.C.Varadachari (EH- 335): “I am reminded of
Lord Krishna’s predictions intercommunicated to
me some time ago, that the time has not yet come
for the people to have a full understanding of
your (my: Ed) existence though it shall
definitely come but when you (I) have given up
the material form.” This makes it amply clear
that Sri Ramchandraji whom we all feel every
moment of our life through the practice of
Constant Remembrance is a living master though
he shed his mortal coil and it is a form that is
formless universal presence responding to the
cries and needs of persons by whatever name it
is called and that is felt by us and not the
physical one.
6.
We need to accept the function of the
guru as Master has given it to us, as descending
through the disciplic succession from Lord
Krishna. It is stated by the Master that his
master communicated to him to the effect that
“All initiations shall be effected on my hand
and their connection shall be (invariably) with
Lord Krishna. At the time of initiation a
promise will be made to the effect that all that
Lord Krishna has enjoined as matters of
principle, shall be observed(by the initiated
persons).” EH.182. Most of the aspirants should
be knowing the difference between introduction
to this system of practice and spiritual
initiation. Thus not only the Master is on
record to say that he is living guru but Lord
Krishna is the Jagadguru.
7.
Guru is not an ordinary man. That is why
we celebrate the appearance day of the spiritual
masters. It may be noted that here the words
‘appearance day’ are used instead of the usual
‘birth day’. Appearances are the only things
that happen in the physical world to the great
masters, as otherwise they live, move and have
their being in the astral and divine realms. In
a sense they were never born nor will they be
dead. They are eternally living divine entities
discharging the duties and functions as assigned
by the divine. Lord Krishna the Jagadguru
functions now as he did during his physical life
on this planet. He has taken note of the
emergence of the Spiritual Personality and is in
a sense working proxy through the great master
Sri Ramchandraji Maharaj of Shahjahanpur who
will be eternally working for the cause of the
divine.
8.
We are worshiping our Master as he is a
pure via-medium to Sri Krishna. Master wrote in
his letter to Dr. K.C.Varadachari (EH-428) that
“Lord Krishna appeared before you in dream and
has given you a very mild transmission also.” He
also stated that “Sri Krishna disappeared
because He felt that you have got the difference
between him and the master.” Thus there is no
difference between Lord Krishna and the Master
is fully established. Therefore it may not be
wrong to say that “He is worshiped as "saksat
Krsna" or "directly Krishna". It is morally and
spiritually wrong to consider such a guru an
ordinary man and it is also totally
inappropriate to consider any ordinary man as
the guru.
9.
Our Master classified the types of gurus
and never brought in the concept of a living
guru there. There are five types of gurus
according to him. We know that our Master and
Grand Master belong to the category of Guru Azli
Fazli meaning that they are born gurus of the
highest type. Every seeker has the opportunity
of realizing his/her true nature and by a total
dedication to the cause of the divine become a
Fazli guru and assist humanity to work in
harmony with the divine. Such gurus having gone
beyond death during their physical life time
itself never die and become dead. They are the
ever burning torches showing the brilliance and
beauty of the divine.
10.
The argument for a living guru is based
on the assumption that the original master is a
dead guru. It is necessary to prove this
statement. One has to show that Sri Ramchandraji
is dead in all planes such that he cannot
deliver his blessings to us. The clarification
given by the Master to Dr. K.C.V and the
experiences of many of us, disciples of the
Master Sri Ramchandraji Maharaj of Shahjahanpur
testifies that the Masters function from higher
planes than the physical and they are capable of
communicating and transmitting. To receive
transmission it is not necessary to have a
physically living master around us. Many
disciples of the Master try to push the argument
in favour of the "living guru" line, implying
that our beloved Master is now a "dead guru" and
no one can take shelter under him any more and
that he is incapable of doing any spiritual
service now. It is not true of course and the
Master has quoted Lord Krishna’s’ statement that
he will be more effective after his physical
veiling.
11.
Sri Ramchandraji Maharaj of Shahjahanpur
is living still is understood by any one who
experiences Pranahuti. A true and sincere
aspirant takes refuge only in him and feels that
his surrender is accepted, is bare truth of
experience of many. It was never before possible
for a spiritual master to be so vividly present
after his physical departure from our material
vision. There are surely many Masters in his
lineage and that is the wish of the Great Master
too. He categorically stated that he makes
Masters. Not all claimants are necessarily of
that standard since one has to be qualified.
12.
Any true master will not try to say,
leave alone attempt to prove that the Great
Master is dead as the concept of death itself is
alien in the field of spirituality. Where and
how one lives in the different planes of
existence alone matters. A master in the lineage
or order will simply present the message of his
spiritual master and his spiritual master will
live through him and this fact should be
understood by all spiritual aspirants. The
Masters are self effulgent and have their
authenticity not by virtue of a group of persons
governing an institution or any other agency
than that of the divine order which follows self
illumination. It is completely apparent to any
non-envious person to understand that Sri
Ramchandraji of Shahjahanpur is empowered by Sri
Krishna and Revered Lalaji Maharaj. This message
we tried to pass on through our publication
“Ganga Jamuni” issued last year on the
auspicious day of Janmashtami.
13.
Some entertain odd and mystic notions
about Pranahuti. ISRC has effectively proved
through its research work that it is not so and
the real nature of Pranahuti was brought to the
public view without any prejudice. Our books and
publications on this topic are available in the
internet and any one can study them. Certain
concepts regarding Guru is sought to be
explained in this context.
14.
Traditionally the role of the Guru is to
give Diksha. Diksha is a unique and rare process
of making the life of a disciple more pure, more
enlightened and more successful. Generally a
human being remains under the sway of bad karmas
of past lives which do not allow him to make the
desired level of progress in spite of hard work
and sincere efforts. In such cases nothing can
work better than to receive Diksha to remove the
baneful effects of past Karmas and propel the
aspirant onwards on the path of success. Just as
a cloth has to be washed thoroughly to free it
of stubborn stains similarly Diksha is a method
adopted by a Guru to free the disciple of his
mental, physio-psychological and physical
drawbacks so that he could make good progress
with a free mind in the spheres of spirituality
and materialism. Diksha is the foundation of a
disciple, the fuel of spiritual life,
completeness of the mind and the path to reach
one's destination. The act, by which teachings
are given and by which all kinds of animal
instincts are sought to be demolished, which is
granted by the Guru in charity is known as
Diksha.
15.
It is not my desire to go into the merits
and demerits of various paths shown by different
gurus. All I desire to state is that in the
system of Rev. Babuji Maharaj which utilises the
power of Pranahuti the trainer introduces a new
energy by means of transfer thus enlightening
him and helping him in sadhana and realisation.
At the beginning the transfusion of energy
brings in a state of peace, settledness and
balance. It is a subtle transfer of the divine
energy of a Guru into the heart, soul and body
of a disciple. This pure energy initiates a
process of change in the person which ultimately
leads to destruction of all evil and negative
tendencies, and spurt of creative and positive
powers which encourage him to strive for the
highest and best in life.
16.
It is obvious that a man has a twofold
duty here on earth one to preserve his life, and
two to realise the true nature of his self. To
preserve his life, he has to learn to work for
his daily bread. To realise his true nature, he
has to meditate, love and serve. The Guru who
teaches him the knowledge of worldly arts is
called the Siksha Guru. The Guru who shows him
the path of Realisation is the Diksha Guru.
Siksha Gurus can be many, as many as the things
one wishes to learn. The Diksha Guru can be only
one: the one who leads him to the state of
realisation. This is the reason we have been
insisting on having one and only one, our
beloved Master Sri Babuji as the Guru/Master.
Several persons of very high spiritual calibre
do help us in the path and we are grateful to
all of them but there is only one Guru. The
trainer and masters of the order are all
relevant but our focus and orientation is the
real Guru only. It is obvious that the strength
of the chain lies in its weakest link. This
demands that the links we have and of which we
are also a part have to be strong. That demands
sadhana of a high standard and the aspirants and
trainers have to work hard at it.
17.
We are all fortunate to have obtained
diksha or introduction in this system but for
making us attain our goal it is necessary to
free the body and the mind of all impurities.
The sadhana in this regard starts by
implementing the First Commandment of the
Master. Only when one is physically and mentally
pure does the divine light that is within starts
emitting its fragrance and we gain a glimpse of
our true nature. It is very difficult for an
ordinary person in the present age to become
free of the evil tendencies on his own. For this
he needs the help of an accomplished master who
could instill his own spiritual power into the
person and destroy his weaknesses. Master says
only such a person who can transmit his own
internal divine power to the aspirant can be a
trainer. This is an act of kindness and love
which the master has for us and it cannot be
repaid by any other means than becoming truly
spiritual and in turn carry the torch of
spirituality into other hearts.
18.
It is not any ordinary power or energy
that is transmitted but the original power at
the root of creation which for our understanding
may be called supreme consciousness. This is
what we call Sri Ramchandra Consciousness, more
to satisfy our desire to remember him who is all
in our life: but in reality it is something that
is beyond our comprehension. It is such a
consciousness that is guiding the human destiny
now as ever. It is just Love: a love that is not
possessive and particular. It is Love Universal
Omnipresent and Omnipotent.
19.
Sri Ramchandra Consciousness breaths
through the firmament and all that it requires
to be felt is an earnest longing for Him who
loves all. Lord Krishna is called so because he
is the Lord and he is the giver of immeasurable
bliss. I pray on this auspicious day that we all
live and move in that Consciousness of which all
manifestation is an expression in the eternal
present.
20.
Pranam to all the Master intoxicated
co-travelers in the path. Pranam.
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