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Dear associates in the Path,
1. I offer my humble pranams
at the holy feet of all the co aspirants in the
Path assembled here today to celebrate the
birthday of our beloved Master Sri Ramchandraji
Maharaj of Shahjahanpur, India. We were
meditating for the past one hour and were
drenched in the showers of divine grace as well
as tears of joy in our hearts. In one word we
may say we were in a state of prayer.
2. Master said “If a person
develops that state of mind he is constantly in
a state of prayer, which implies he has realized
his own serfdom and with the Lord's Mastership
he has established a permanent link of devotion.
Everyone can attain this state but only after
sufficient practice. He who acquires it abides
in the state of supplication permanently. He is
at liberty to put up humbly before the Master
anything he likes. Everyone has to assume that
state at the time of prayer; then alone is the
prayer accepted. This is the relationship of
love which having been established in the sphere
of self extends up to that of the Master. This
is the link which once established is never
severed. But still the final destination is far
off, though the power of thought, which is
enormously great, makes it easily accessible.
Remembrance brings a lover close to the beloved.
There is no limit to this closeness. The greater
the love or affinity, the more does one advance
towards Him. This relationship comes to us by
inheritance. Now it is up to us to develop it as
far as to secure utmost nearness to Him. The
state of prayer is that of a devotee and it is
strengthened by love. This constitutes the first
step in the ladder which helps us to climb up to
the Ultimate. All stages or states of spiritual
advancement are within it.”
3. The law of equivalence of
form (in our language Sarupyata) determines that
being close to something means being similar to
it. To be close to the Master, we need only make
our qualities similar to His own. I seek your
indulgence to meditate on this thought during
the period of celebration and take such
decisions as you would consider necessary to put
into action your understanding.
4. It is an interesting world
we live in. We may be just one yard apart,
speaking to each other, seeing, hearing, and
perhaps even smelling each other. Yet, we have
no idea what each of us is thinking and what we
really want. Perhaps in this very minute we are
thinking about someone living in a different
place, or even at a different time. We all say
we love the Master. It is for certain that we
all know that people in love are the most boring
people to talk to. They may be standing right in
front of us, but their minds are constantly on
their charming/lovely/wonderful/smart loved one.
We should all naturally agree that this should
be our state of mind if we really mean our love
to our Master. Whether it is so let the lovers
of the Master answer for themselves.
5. Further we all say we love
each other dearly as all of us are dearly
seeking the same Master. Yet if we are asked as
to who was sitting by our side during the
meditation it is doubtful whether we would come
forward to answer. If there were to be answer it
is obvious that the object of Love was not the
One. But we know there are lovers of the Master
who say that their meditation was affected
because of the person who was before him
throwing out that entire person’s dirt on them.
So many other judgements of others are made by
these types of persons and they wail, their love
of the Master could not be expressed fully. But
it must be clearly understood that during our
deep mergence in the thought or consciousness of
our beloved Master we recognize none but Him.
It is thus clear that we
think, feel, and imagine what we feel close to
and what we really want. This is our internal
life.
6. Sarupyata or the law of
equivalence of form is not a new discovery in
spirituality. It is obvious that we can only
detect what our senses can perceive. The eye,
for example, can perceive images by receiving
specific wavelengths between the colours purple
and red. This is why we cannot see shorter
wavelengths than purple, such as ultraviolet,
with a naked eye. A bee, on the other hand, does
see ultraviolet, and this enables it to detect
different kinds of flowers that we humans would
not be able to distinguish. We all know that our
world contains many frequencies, most of which
we cannot receive, although they do affect us
like the radio or x-ray waves. With the right
instrument that can translate these waves to a
length our sense organs can perceive we will be
able to detect those waves in the space around
us. If we were asked what is being broadcast
right now on our favourite radio station, we
would most likely say that we do not know. But
if we turned on the radio and switched to the
frequency of our favourite station, we would
immediately answer. This is due to the fact that
the radio fixes itself to work on a frequency
that existed in the air before we turned it on.
It helps us transform the message created in the
radio station from an undetectable wavelength to
one our ears can detect.
7. The law of equivalence of
form works in the spiritual world also. But in
spirituality, it is about similarity and
dissimilarity of intentions, not about
equivalence of frequencies. All that is measured
in the spiritual world are intentional thoughts.
The intention of the Pranasya Pranah that
governs the whole of reality, including our
lives, is only to bestow, to give. It acts out
of love. If we want to know and understand how
the world is ruled, we should also acquire the
intention to bestow. If we concentrate on
ourselves and on our personal benefit, we will
not know the reasons for everything that happens
around and within us, since we will remain
detached from the superior force of Pranasya
Pranah. It is only when our consciousness
equalizes with the Divine we discover the true
nature of all things and how all are intertwined
and in the process find happiness and peace.
8. No one other than the
Master stated this principle of equivalence
better. By being in complete oneness with the
Master it follows that if Master is ‘Merciful’
we should also become ‘Merciful’. As He is
called 'Gracious,' we are also to be gracious.
As He is called 'Holy,' we too shall be holy.
The importance of complying with the Ten
Commandments of the Master can be easily
understood when we know these implications. We
then shall become personifications of the
'Forbearing', 'Compassionate' 'Righteous' and
all such good, noble and godly qualities.
Oneness with the Master or God shall lie in
conducting ourselves in such a way to resemble
Him as much as one can. I request all to study
in depth the lives of the Masters and educate
the children in this regard. That is our duty
and should be our way of loving the Master.
Master said Love Him who Loves All, I would
prefer to appeal Live in such a manner that He
would live in us.
9. It is a great pleasure to
be with the persons who love the Master, heart,
mind and soul. Surely amongst us there are
persons who have if I can use the phrase
‘perfected their insignificance’ to merit being
with the Master always. All are in fact with Him
alone but there are some who are not seen as
different from the Master. Travelling together
over a period of 4 decades has a sentiment of
its own. Such a sentiment carries along with it
the scent of the divine. My being swells in joy
and freedom to be deserving such a company and
it is all His play. Constant remembrance is a
means and is also the end. That is the beginning
of sadhana and that is also the nature of the
first ring of splendour. We lived in such a
state now and let us continue to live in that
state and that is not difficult if we keep Him
in our heart.
Pranam
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