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“Every one endeavours hard for it but only he whom
God ordains is successful”
Sri Vidyadhar Joshi
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Humble Pranaams.
Unlike our earlier deliberations on Master’s
thoughts, this topic is of quite a different nature.
While we deliberated on our understanding on one of
His thought or message before, the topic of this
seminar is a statement that refers to Himself and
His work. We also refer to Him, Pujya Sri
Ramchandraji Maharaj of Shahjahanpur, U.P, India as
the Special Personality in whose service stands the
Institute of Sri Ramchandra Consciousness as
depicted in our emblem. I feel, that to talk about
the Special Personality on any respect is like
trying to put my puny hand in the ocean to know its
depth. But this much we surely know by our
imperience of Pranahuti, we feel Sri Ramchandra
Consciousness in degrees that fairly give us the
confidence in our heart to accept Him as our Master
guiding our spiritual destiny. It is a supra
rational belief that arises direct out of this
imperience which is granted to us out of His love
towards us and not out of any dogmatic acceptance or
belief from our side.
When we look at the “First Message” from where the
topic of this seminar is chosen, the message
reverberates with a feeling of simplicity and
plainness of things as they stand. We see a
proclamation of the Master and His means. It
announces the Advent of the Special Personality in a
way which is marked by utmost humility, yet candid
enough to announce the Advent as well the purpose.
The message however starts with His own sadhana as
follows.
“I have devoted the major part of my life to
constant remembrance. I was twenty two when I gained
access to the holy feet of my Master, Samarth Guru
Mahatma Ram Chandraji Maharaj of Fatehgarh, who
brought me up in the lap of his grace and
affection.”
Mark the humility that the first part of the “First
Message” He places His position of being only a
humble and devout disciple of His Master whom He has
taken in His heart as the Ultimate object of
worship. The gift of Special Personality to the
erring humanity transpired as a result of this
unparalleled submission of Pujya Babuji Maharaj to
His Master Pujya Lalaji Maharaj so that human
transformation is effected. The unflinching
orientation Pujya Babuji Maharaj displays towards
His Master is something for us to emulate in our own
sadhana.
He further mentions in the article how one makes or
mars himself and emphasizes what kind of Master is
required to make oneself from the marred state.
“Let us now consider for a while how one makes or
mars himself. The world is composed of the finest
Paramanus (Sub-atomic particles) which are dense and
dark, but in between there exists a faint glow also.
That confirms the idea of the presence of both
Purusha and Prakriti side by side. The wise and the
prudent, inclined towards Divinity, take into view
the brighter portion and get profited by it. On the
other hand those held up by the charms for material
objects get themselves linked with the darker
Paramanus and go on contacting the grosser effects
thereof, which get solidified by the effect of their
continued thinking. Thoughts create impressions
which go on growing stronger, forming coverings.
They offer a fertile ground for the Mayavic effect
to settle in. The effect thus cast upon the
particles of the body, being thereby focussed on the
membrane, is reflected upon the centre of the brain.
This leads to the formation of Sanskaras which
having deepened make him easily susceptible, making
his mind all the more rigidly adhere to environment
and association which tend to support his evil
tendencies. Thus he goes on from bad to worse. At
this stage, it may only be the power of the Master
that can save him and help in the transformation of
his darkened inner state.
A true Master can be he and he alone, who possesses
such wonderful power and can at a glance create a
state of light in an aspirant, diverting his thought
from darkness to light till his tendencies, which
were previously directed towards darkness, begin to
absorb brightness within them. His passage towards
light thus becomes smoother and his own internal
power begins to act for it. His problem is thus
solved and he is saved from all adverse influences,
imbibing only that which is to his advantage.
Another remarkable thing, which if adopted will
leave no stage uncrossed, is that one should try to
copy Master's merging. I did the same and it helped
me to attain my present state. May God grant you all
the capacity for it.
One thing which I like to introduce in our Satsangh
is that at 9.00 p.m. sharp every abhyasi, wherever
he might happen to be at the time, should stop his
work and meditate for 15 minutes, thinking that all
brothers and sisters are being filled up with love
and devotion and that real faith is growing stronger
in them. It shall be of immense value to them, which
their practical experience only shall reveal.”
We see that He is giving a glimpse of the problem of
human life as well as the solution that lies in
yielding to the Master of the day. The preceding
sentence of the seminar topic says,
“Happy be the time that brought forth the present
day which promises fulfillment of the Master’s
mission.”
I see this sentence charged with beaming hope and an
assurance directed towards an ailing and groaning
humanity. In the context of the above sentence, we
can understand the mission of His Master, i.e, Pujya
Sri Lalaji Maharaj’s mission from the following as
given in the message given by Pujya Babuji Maharaj
in Mysore.
“Great men are not born accidentally. They are born
when the world waits for them in eager expectation.
Such is the phenomenon of nature. At the time when
spirituality was tottering helplessly and the solid
materialism had usurped the position of spiritualism
in human life and Yogic transmission had become
quite obsolete, the Great Soul of my Master
descended down to earth in the form of Samartha Guru
Mahatma Ram Chandraji Maharaj of Fatehgarh, U.P.
This spiritual genius was born on Basant Panchami
day, 2nd February, 1873. His life marks the advent
of a new era in spirituality. He was in fact the
nature's prodigy and his work in the spiritual field
is beyond common conception.”
(Page 9, SDG, 4th edition.)
It can be understood from the above that birth of
Pujya Sri Ramchandraji Maharaj of Fatehgarh is a
Divine decree to assure the humanity which is
immersed in solid materialism that a solution is
quite at hand. Humanity was given the solution in
the form of structuring of a Special Personality who
is given the charge of overhauling the nature of
human consciousness. The need for a Special
Personality is well elucidated in the article “OUR
MASTER – SPECIAL PERSONALITY” on the website
www.sriramchandra.org as follows:
“The appearance of the Supreme Personality is a
necessity that was felt by Nature and He has come
into being. He covers in Him all the earlier
prophets, saints and messiahs. In Him are merged the
Masters and there is no difference between Him and
the Lord Krishna or Lord Buddha.”
…….
“Mankind has so far been not able to get out of its
clinging to animal nature though it has been
realized by nobler souls that transcending the
animal (asuric) nature is an absolute must if the
world has to be a peaceful place to reside.
The bestial nature of man and his clinging on to the
desire of satisfying his own wishes at any cost
globally has resulted in affecting the eco system
and is now the greatest evil that has to be
corrected. While the Master asserts that passion and
anger are gifts of God, He demands that they are
harmoniously blended and moderation maintained in
life.
Such a balanced existence alone can enable
continuity of the Divine will for expression
otherwise the Divine creation itself is under
threat. The Personality in existence is given all
the powers to ensure the Divine will to express is
not thwarted by human nature.
This Special Personality (Babuji Maharaj) himself
leading a grihastha life realised the Ultimate by
the grace of His Master (Lalaji Maharaj). He
generously gave the humanity His method of Yogic
Sadhana to enable everyone to realise the true goal
of human life (Ultimate) without any distinctions of
race, caste, sex, age etc. in His infinite
compassion and love to humanity, He made available
to mankind His researches in the field of
Spirituality. This Eternally Present Supreme
Personality is guiding the spiritual destinies of
all.” We certainly feel in our sadhana, the
transformation experienced in our life by following
the Natural Path presented to the humanity.
In the message, “Tasteless Taste of Mergence” (SDG,
page 104, 4th edition), Revered Master writes
“Transmission gives a new life to the sleeping
condition of man, and prepares for the highest
approach reserved for human beings. Not only that;
it transforms the whole being, shattering all the
obstacles in the way of progress. The true meaning
of Realisation is 'Death of Death' or 'End of End'.
If a man is absorbed in this condition, it means,
the way is clear now. The time has changed to such a
great extent that so many persons in India do not
know what transmission is. It is my Master alone who
gave light to the Original Source, which was nearly
dried. His message to mankind may aptly be
pronounced as 'O Bounded ones, now start to look for
becoming free'. (Aseero karo ab rihaayee kee
baathain)”
Mark the last sentence by Pujya Lalaji Maharaj. It
is an assurance to the humanity. Sri Ramchandra
Consciousness is all pervading and ever willing to
breathe into every heart. This, experienced as Waves
of the ocean of bliss by those who yield to the
Master of the day is offered through the process of
Pranahuti.
Pranahuti, that is the central to the Natural Path,
stokes aspiration for the Highest and makes us
sensitive to Divine impulse which hitherto had been
subdued by our preoccupation with anything and
everything other than Divine. For many of us
ordinary folks, such an aspiration would have been
out of question if not for this wondrous process.
The Natural Path promises the transformation of
human psyche
Pujya Sri Ramchandraji Maharaj in all humbleness and
humility never states directly that He is the Master
guiding the human destiny. But in the light of the
statements He makes about His Master, His own
sadhana notes and above all, the taste of Sri
Ramchandra Consciousness provided to us graciously
by Him, it just seems so right in the heart that He
is indeed the Master who has been chosen by Divinity
making relevant the statement of the seminar
“Every one endeavours hard for it, but only he whom
God ordains is successful. “
Why He is ordained for the task and not someone else
is not a point to question or even analyze when we
see He Himself stating that it is ordained by the
Divine. I feel emboldened to say this out of the
imperience we get by yielding to the Master as I
mentioned in beginning. This alone gives us the
confidence that we are not subscribing to any
personality cult for the Special Personality has no
form but it can be felt as pure unalloyed
Consciousness when we yield sincerely in our hearts.
He is the chosen One to fulfill the Mission of the
Grand Master, not necessarily as a head of any
spiritual organization though He was the president
of SRCM while still in his physical form. This point
is very well explained in the article “LIVING
MASTER”, a talk delivered by Pujya Sri K.C
Narayana Garu on the occasion of Janamasthami 2007.
At the end of the message, He gives a subtle hint to
all that now there is only one link to the Divine.
That this is through Him and He exhorts that all
have necessarily have to come up to it.
“You may also be surprised to note that the link
of connections which existed so far is now no more,
since it has been cut off under Divine directions,
and another one has been established in its place
which every one has necessarily to come up to.
It is therefore essential for you all to turn round
- the sooner the better - towards this new link and
offer me an opportunity to mend and correct your
connections without which one shall remain deprived
of the Master's infinite Grace.”
I end with a couplet from Marfat song composed in
the glory of Pujya Lalaji Maharaj who structured
such a Great Personality beyond our comprehension
but yet within reach of our hearts.
Aaj hai fazlo karam sey terey vo roshan chiraag
Roshini pathey hain jis sey aashiqaney marfat
Chashmey haq bi dekh ley bismil nigaanye shokh sey
Phooltha phaltha hai kaisa bostaney Marfat
Transliterated to:
The light of your benediction has illumined
countless lamps of Love and devotion
The discerning eye beholds the garden blooming with
fragrance of Bliss Divine”
Pranaams.
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