Dear associates in the Path,
1.
On this happy occasion when we are all gathered together to
celebrate the 112th birthday of
our Master Sri Ramchandraji Maharaj of
Shahjahanpur, I offer my humble pranams to
all. When I see our gathering I get
overwhelmed and the waves on the shores of
humility I perceive make me dumb and silent.
I do not like to disturb the divine silence
that is over us as a canopy of bliss.
2.
The moment I try to peep out of this silence, I am faced with a
strange world that appears to have nothing
in common with the soul satisfying
imperience we just now had. The world which
is suffering from all kinds of conflicts,
gashed by divergences and cross-purposes,
might in fairness look towards the Master
the Great Healer, the One Supreme Spirit,
which is the benediction of all life and
being and bliss unending. The oneness, the
unfathomable imperience of Unity must be
realized in everyone’s life, for on that,
peace of the world and individual rests.
3.
True union of our self and that of Master is the goal of our sadhana.
When oneness is achieved, nothingness is
realised. This nothingness is not simple
void or shoonya. Our merger with Master is a
progressive six-stage path. The various
stages of devotion, surrender (that includes
selfless service), Prapanna (earnestly
seeking Master’s grace), Prabhu (experience
of all as Master), Prapanna Prabhu, and Laya
(oneness with Master) are progressive and
imperienced by serious sadhakas every time
they meditate. It is a matter of imperience
that we go through all these stages during
our meditations though we may not be able to
consciously delineate the stages. Due to our
regularity in sadhana and with increasing
depth of experience each of these phases
brings us closer, until we are fused in a
final state of perpetual bliss
consciousness, or Master.
4.
It is our duty to share this blissful consciousness with all. Rev.
Babuji Maharaj is the source of happiness.
He always asked us to be happy and said that
is the divine will. It is tonic and elixir
of our life to consider holding happiness as
our basic intention of life. When we feel
happiness our heart revels in delight and
joy. It grants us ‘santushti’ or the wisdom
to be contented always. This is the energy
that opens doors to harmony in our lives and
the vibration that is infectious. Can we not
be happy for all the blessings that flow to
us from Master? I know it may be difficult
to truly be happy when things seem to catch
us on the old roller coaster ride of life,
however, this is when we should remember to
stand tall and remind ourselves that
happiness can be a permanent part of our
nature. It is up to us.
5.
When I find my body and spirit is not all that harmonious I made it
a habit to go through my album of photos of
Rev. Babuji Maharaj: instantly I always find
that the shadows get dissolved into the
splendrous light. Many a night I find the
dawn coming by when I have not yet closed my
eyes. That moment which reminds me of my
duty to offer prayer is a great moment of
happiness as the yellow rays that peep
through the ventilator soothen me with its
caresses. This classical music of unearthly
silence that wakes us up in the dawn, Ushas,
to be with our Lord and hear the soul
soothing messages of the Master is the most
enviable happiness we have and is always
something to share with all. What makes us
happy? It is the memory of our Master who is
near most in our heart. His remembrance
bubbles up in our heart which certainly
helps to heal anything that comes by and
might bother us. More than anything it will
help our consciousness to be more
transparent for the activity of the Divine
to shine through us. Happiness consists in
the awareness of the activity of Master in
our hearts and we should know that such is the
constitution of our nature. The awareness of
the Master in our heart is a running stream
and not a stagnant
pool.
6.
Even as children we should share what we know. True happiness we
derive in the conscious awareness of the
Master is something to be shared without any
hesitation. Truth has to be revealed.
This is the true joy of life. Our purpose of
life is to spread the Master’s message of
happiness and joy. We need to recognize
ourselves as beings of a divine force
instead of a feverish and selfish clod of
ailments
and grieving senses complaining that the
world will not
devote itself to making us happy.
I am of the conviction that my life belongs
to the whole humanity
and that as long as I live it is my
privilege to
do for it whatever I can. Such shall be in
all seekers of Oneness with Master. He said
he belongs to the whole of humanity and when
we merge in him it shall be so with us too.
We should be ready to be thoroughly used
up when we die. For the harder we work, the
more we live.
Life is no brief
candle to us. Life in the Master is a sort
of splendid torch which we
have got to hold up for the moment, and make
it burn as brightly as possible before
handing it on
to future generations.
7.
Pranam.
