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My dear fellow travelers in the Path,
1.
On the auspicious occasion of the 110th
birthday of our beloved Master Pujya Babuji
Maharaj I offer my salutations to all the
devotees of the Master. Master used to say that
‘When all of my associates gather at one spot,
it becomes a temple for me and it is their duty
to make their hearts as the temple themselves.’
I feel blessed to see so many temples in one
place all presenting the Master in their
sanctum. My reverential attitude towards the
Master thus gets transferred to each and every
one of you assembled here. My humble pranams to
you all.
2.
Throughout the ages and in almost all
civilizations societies, regular meditation has
been considered a praiseworthy practice by those
who are wise. But today's times are unique. With
the increased pace of life and the many more
responsibilities we must shoulder, most of us do
not have the luxury of spending years in
cloistered solitude, gradually increasing our
spiritual capabilities.
We find there is a craving in general for that
elusive peace and humanity is crying out for
inner fulfillment, for awakening which we
understand is the only way to gain peace.
Simultaneously, the paradigm war of "love vs.
fear" is being fought in people's minds and
hearts with a greater intensity than ever before
in our civilization's history. It appears that
humanity needs massive amounts of love and
divine wisdom to be poured into human hearts so
that the message of the Master spreads
throughout the world. Master used also to say
that the capacity of the vessel (heart) has to
be increased. Having Him in our hearts we cannot
afford to waste time more and it is now for each
of us to increase our spiritual bandwidth, if I
am permitted to borrow this term and the size of
our spiritual containers. This is a promise we
have to keep with the Master. No aspirant is
less endowed to do this onerous work and
everyone is called upon by the Master to offer
the Universal Prayer at 9 P.M.
3.
Those who do not practice PAM and yet are
pious and devoted and meditate in their own
manner also do lot of good to the world. The law
of attraction applies there too and spiritual
good is surely enhancing by their efforts too.
But our efforts are directed not only for the
good of our self but for the good of our family
and our spiritual brothers and sisters, and this
is further aided by the help we get from the
divine Master. We because, we are blessed with
the company of the Master due to the Pranahuti
that was offered to us, I appeal should try to
live in the environment of the Master who is
shedding light all around. We have been the
beneficiary due to the presence of the Master in
us and we are duty bound to enable many others
to have Him in their hearts. We are enjoying the
pure joy and happiness that accrues from
loosening the knots of frustration and
consequently dwelling in an atmosphere of
expanded awareness. Such a joy is something that
swells as we share.
4.
Master asserted that during the days of
celebration of the Masters spirituality would be
oozing from the canopies of the divine. We do
imperience the same and are very conscious of
that. Yet, after being immersed in the joy of
the showers of divine grace we very soon get
into a state that is in a different plane. We
seem to quickly forget the state in which we
were and cave into the pressures of the mundane
world. To be precise we seem to drift from the
divine realm to that of undivine. If we then
contemplate over our condition we feel exhausted
and frustrated with ourselves. If only we
continue to live in the atmosphere of Master we
would be feeling the rarefied air around us and
be relaxed and blissful. The difference between
living in the atmosphere of Master and the
atmosphere of the mundane should be very clear
to the serious aspirants. One has to not only be
with the Master during meditation but live with
him always. Then the
very presence of Master would enfold us. It
would be all
divine light around us. It will be one of
gratitude. We then feel
solace, regeneration, inspiration, and grace. It
will be an all-embracing love.
I am too small to describe the atmosphere of the
Master that is vibrant with us now. How can
anyone possibly name all the many facets of
Master?
5.
When we thus live in the atmosphere of
the Master we do feel a vibrancy around us. Some
inaudible voice is felt. If we do not seek for
the messages in the traditional sense of the
spoken word we would be feeling the current of
Master. When we listen to that voice with intent
care and faith in the Master, we feel the call
to the Homeland. But be sure that you do not act
or react; just listen to Him and you are in the
Homeland already. Whatever might be the problems
of the mundane life all appear to get
temporarily left behind. The voice of the Master
alone matters then. Then that whisper cracks
open the most hardened heart, settle the most
troubled mind and heal the most distressed of
the emotional states. The more we listen the
more we are soothed on all the levels of our
being. The whisper of the Master transforms us
into the incandescent lover of the Master and
this for all of our lives.
6.
This enables us to live even as any
ordinary person. But then we find all the people
are well organized and harmonious and move about
doing their jobs with joy. I surely do not want
to fool all of you saying we would be then
having the same imperience as we have during
meditations. That environment is the sanctum of
Master and this world of mundane life cannot be
confused with that: for this is only the
periphery of the temple. Still there is the
lingering presence of the Master everywhere and
in every activity. There are many activities and
things out here which do not smell sweet and the
fragrance felt inside is missing. Even so with
the voice of the Master that is ever present, no
matter what the outer circumstances and
conditions of life living in the atmosphere of
Master is like living in a garden. That is real
life that a real man should lead. Master
asserted that”
My object of life is that not only everyone of
you present here but all the humanity should
become the Real life personified i.e., life in
life as I often say. Many of you have not yet
fully seen the grace of the beautiful flowers of
the garden and have not tasted their fragrance.
I pray that you all may taste it to the full.
This is the thing for which the Kings of the
ancient used to leave their thrones and go to
forests for penances.”
7.
I have been a spiritual seeker all my
life, ever since Master took me into his fold I
have been making great strides in the path
coming closer and closer to his bosom and
enjoying the warmth of close hugging. As I get
into the state of vision of the Master in
everything that exists I find the sweetness of
his heart. I no more need to stretch out for him
because I find him being in my heart and others
too around me wherever I go or whatever I do. I
hear his whisper always replacing my concerns
and anxieties whenever they arise with love.
8.
We make our life what it is by the
attitude toward whatever we have our attention
on. We have a choice each and every day to live
in the patch of our own making or dwell in the
garden of God.
Master spoke once that “Most of the brothers and
sisters assembled here today have, in some way
or the other, a lurking desire in their minds to
achieve God or the Ultimate. When one has got a
mind and a strong sincere desire to reach the
state of Realization, he will surely get the
means to take him to the state of Realization.
The maxim goes 'Where there is a will there is a
way'. Idea, when it leaves its boundary, becomes
thought. When thought becomes stronger, the
activity for Realization develops. One, who
dives deep, gets the pearls. The burning desire
for Realization brings the goal nearer. If
anybody wants that he should get benefited, he
should encourage himself to cultivate right
faith, right cognition, and right morals.” My
dear co travelers, this is the gateway to the
garden of the Master. I remember once while we
were discussing the system of the Master, one of
the aspirants asked me about how we enter the
garden of God. I promised to answer later and I
hope the aspirant who may be here got the
message of the Master. I beckon all of you to
enter the gates of the beautiful garden of the
Master and feel the abiding presence of the
Master in every weed and flower of the ambrosial
garden.
9.
Pranam.
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