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“Every one endeavours hard for it,
but only he whom God ordains is successful.” (SDG,
First Message, Page-5, 2006 Edition,)
1. It is only when we forget both
clamour and silence in general and during meditation
sessions in particular; we clearly and certainly
understand the simultaneous realization of the
absolute and the relative. The absolute is the
chosen one, the Master while the relative are its
successors. To perceive the absolute, special vision
is required while the relative is an ordinary
perception.
2. From time to time there appeared
in this world one who has seen the truth, a fully
awakened one, blessed by the truth, abounding in
happiness, a teacher of wisdom and goodness, a
Master. He, by himself, thoroughly knows and sees
this universe, and knowing it, makes his knowledge
known to others. He proclaims the truth, lovely in
its origin, breezy in its progress and fresh even as
Nature in its consummation. He makes known a new
life in all its fullness. And that is the Natural
Path that humanity is gifted with, now.
3. It is this occurrence of a Master
that our Master was mentioning when he stated that
“Every one endeavours hard for it, but only he whom
God ordains is successful.” There are many souls
that are structured by the Masters and every great
Master endeavour to bring forth one more who would
be a cynosure in the eyes of Nature. Such a Master
is really rewarded: that is the reason we find all
the Masters of the previous eras congratulating our
Grand Master for having structured one who has no
compare in the past or the present and presumably
the future.
4. Our Master is structured in such a
way that there is nothing but Nothingness in him. I
may even say He is Void of void; there is nothing
lacking in him and yet he possesses nothing. One of
the close devotees of our Master writing about the
depth of the eyes of our Master into which he tried
to peep into said it informs us that Infinity is
close by.
5. It is identity or separateness
that is the cause for our incapacity to express the
divine fully even when the divinity is offering
itself for our mergence. It is our identification
with our thoughts and feelings that obscures
freedom. It is the “sense of self” that motivates
our creation and sustains our illusions and
consequently invokes the suffering of
disillusionment as a result. Identity is a sense of
self that exists only in the mind through effort and
this identity (also called ego) enslaves, through
thought itself, the individual who abdicates his/her
freedom for ego fulfilment. The thinker and what the
thoughts are about, transforms events and
experiences into either a confirmation or a
contradiction of this ego thus making it seem more
real regardless of the event. Whatever image is
painted through thought on the canvas of mind “about
the self” is called the self. Thus it may be
observed it is a vicious circle.
6. Our Master in this message
reaffirms the ancient wisdom that “If the element of
the truth seeker did not exist in everyone, there
would be no turning away from craving, nor could
there be a longing for nirvana, nor a seeking for
it, nor a resolve to find it.” Lord Buddha is
supposed to have said, all experience is viewed from
ego as a point of reference, and as a result the
world of thought and form becomes a maze of
illusions serving an identity that seems more real
regardless of the outcome of events. This is done by
emotionally relating to the meaning that thought
induces; it is not living but is arbitrarily
relating to thoughts “about living.” How can there
be any experience in any realm of nature including
the so-called spiritual that exists to serve the ego
(sense of self)? Does nature exist to serve the ego?
This question points to an obvious answer.
7. Identification with experience and
circumstance is not proper since circumstances are
always in flux. When we existed before an event,
thought, or feeling, can any experience be our
identity if it comes and goes within our nature that
is unchanged? Experience actually comes and goes
within us and not the other way around. It is a
consequence of this sense of self which tries to
avoid the pain of disillusionment that we seek of
money, property, prestige, and endless entertaining
distractions. This discontent will never cease
unless it metamorphoses into love of truth behind
the change and then such a discontentment can be
called restlessness and this perseveres till the
very end of seeking. In such a seeking there is
neither identity nor ego that identifies with any
experience.
8. It is such a one without any trace
of Ego that was structured by the Grand Master- that
was possible for Him only as He is the Advent
specifically assigned the task of transforming
humanity by Nature. The much awaited One of all the
peoples of the world thus appeared on the scene
having been structured by the Great Master Sri
Ramchandraji Maharaj of Fategarh on 4th
May 1944. All peoples and communities have been
expecting a revelation, and it has arrived.
9. If we study the story of the
"ascent of man" as recorded in the pages of history,
it becomes evident that the leading factor in human
progress is the Advent, from time to time, of men
who pass beyond the accepted ideas of their day and
become the discoverers and revealers of truths
hitherto unknown among mankind. The Special
Personality arrived on the scene to give relief to
all the seekers irrespective of religion, country,
race or sex or any other such silly distinction
among human beings. The plain truth is that one man
that has a higher Wisdom, a hitherto unknown
spiritual Truth in him, is stronger, than all men
that have it not; and stands among them with a quite
ethereal, angelic power to transform the order and
usher in a new Era.
10. It is true that all down the
ages, whenever the spiritual life of men has become
degenerate and their morals corrupt, that most
wonderful and mysterious of men, makes His
appearance. Alone against the world, without a
single human being capable of teaching, of guiding,
of fully understanding Him, or of sharing His
responsibility, He arises, like a seer among blind
men and as a sage to proclaim His message of
righteousness and truth.
11. Amongst such men some stand out
like the star on the morning sky. It is true every
few centuries a great Divine messenger appears on
the scene like a spiritual Sun, to illumine the
darkened minds of men and awakens their dormant
souls. Whatever our views as to the relative
greatness of these great messengers we must admit
that they have been the most potent factors in the
education of mankind. These unique persons declare
that the words they utter are not from themselves,
but are a revelation through them, a Divine message
of which they are the bearers. Their recorded
utterances abound, too, in hints and promises of a
great world teacher who will appear to carry on
their work and bring it to fruition, One who will
establish a reign of peace and justice upon earth,
and bring into one family all races, religions,
nations, and tribes.
12. Surely such an advent must be the
greatest event in human history. Such an Advent has
to do things which the earlier advents could not do.
With the greatest reverence and regard to all the
earlier advents it may be stated there was always a
residual grossness due to what may be called
identity or individuality about which we referred in
earlier paragraphs. One who is an amala or pure by
birth and a nirmala or one who is purified purity
was the requirement of the time. Grand Master was
able to locate the pure being of our Master very
early in Masters’ life and purified that purity
which attracted the attention of all the earlier
advents and messengers of God who were waiting for a
deserving successor to pour down all their spiritual
treasure.
13. The "Sun of the Natural Path"
thus has arisen. If we study the Emblem of the
Institute we may say as yet only a few on the
mountaintops have caught sight of the Glorious One,
but already its rays are illumining heaven and
earth, and erelong it will rise above the mountains
and shine with full strength on the plains and
valleys too, giving life and guidance to all.
14. When it rains it is not only the
big rivers that receive the waters but many rivulets
and springs too. Similarly when there are showers of
divine grace raining torrentially faiths and beliefs
of all types get the succour. The old principles of
materialism and self-interest, the old sectarian and
patriotic prejudices and animosities, are perishing,
discredited, amidst the ruins they have wrought, and
in all lands we see signs of a new spirit of faith,
of brotherhood, of internationalism, that is
bursting the old bonds and overrunning the old
boundaries. Revolutionary changes of unprecedented
magnitude are occurring in every department of human
life. Surely there are plenty of clouds vast and
threatening, but the light is breaking through, and
is illumining the path of progress and revealing the
obstacles and pitfalls that obstruct the onward way.
15. It is our firm conviction that it
is due to the arrival of the Advent on 4th
May 1944, the Second World War ended and real change
in human consciousness started emerging. True many
saints, sages and mystics have appeared on the scene
since late 19th century but every one of
them had an already drafted plan and scheme of
things that are going to occur leaving no scope for
the divine consciousness to work its way through.
Rev. Babuji Maharaj, we firmly assert is the
Light-bringer of the spiritual world, as the sun is
the light-bringer of the natural world. Just as the
material sun shines over the earth and causes the
growth and development of material organisms, so
also the Sun of Truth shines upon the world of our
hearts and souls, and educates our thoughts, morals
and characters. And just as the rays of the natural
Sun have an influence which penetrates into the
darkest and shadiest corners of the world, giving
warmth and life even to creatures that have never
seen the Sun itself, so does the showers of grace of
the Master influences the lives of all, and inspires
receptive minds even in places and among peoples
where the name of our Master is unheard.
16. Master has asserted that he is
the Special Personality entrusted with the task of
bringing in change and his powers are superior to
that of Lord Krishna who wielded only the Sudarshana
chakra while he is operating with Kalchakra. He is
the person who is entrusted with the task of
transformation through the channel of a wondrous
Pranahuti that would transcend all previous
outpourings, in which all previous forms of religion
would become merged, as rivers merge in the ocean.
17. For one who is in search after
truth, the oneness of mankind, unity of religions,
of races, of nations, of East and West, the
reconciliation of religion and science, the
eradication of prejudices and superstitions, the
equality of men and women, the establishment of
justice and righteousness, the sane diffusion of
knowledge, Master Ramchandraji Maharaj has given a
practical solution through offering of the Supreme
Divine Impulse otherwise called Pranahuti. Pranahuti
is not only to be received; it is to be lived and
shared with all.
18. Such is the one who is ordained
by God for the good of mankind; cynics would say
‘let us hope so’: I would rather like a Cynic (A
member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who
advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good
and that the essence of virtue is self-control) say
in tune with the tone and tenor of the Master that
“It shall be so”. I am blissfully aware that all
those who practice His Path join me in this
confidence.
Pranam. |
