Sant Mat Radhasoami

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Friday, August 04, 2023

What About Those Who Get Re-Initiated? - Light and Sound on The Path: Sant Mat Radhasoami

What About Those Who Get Re-Initiated? - Light and Sound on The Path: Sant Mat Radhasoami, by James Bean

At a group I belong to someone was asking who their spiritual master is if they have been initiated more than once, which can happen in this Path of the Masters. My reply:

Who is your true Master, your Sant Satguru? The one you say it is… the one you have the most love (bhakti) and respect for… the one you are the closest to above all others in this world and in the worlds beyond. He’s the one you’re working with, and he is it who is working with you, mentoring you… the one that came to you in your hour of darkness offering light (light-giver, the one who takes the darkness away). He’s your Beloved, your Gurudev, the one who will come to you in all Radiance. Some have been initiated more than once. Being re-initiated is not necessarily disrespect for the previous guru. Being re-initiated happens sometimes in Sant Mat. Soamiji Maharaj said to consider one’s previous guru as being “in” or part of your current satsang affiliation*. And if one has a Christian background and you have much respect for Jesus, bring Jesus with you. Or, in other words, continue to have respect for the teachings of Christ, as Sant Mat does, and other past masters. All true masters have been co-workers for the One God. The Path is One.

* NOTES:

See Sar Bachan Prose, Book Two, Sayings of Swami Ji Maharaj Given in Satsang, Sayings 250, 251 and 252 for various principles regarding past guru affiliations.

RSSB Translation:

https://archive.org/details/SarBachanRadhasoamiProseSwamiJiMaharajRSSB/page/n159/mode/2up?q=in

Dayalbagh Translation:

https://archive.org/details/SarBachanRadhasoamiProseDayalBaghTranslation/page/n169/mode/2up

Also see: Baba Kehar Singh’s book, Question and Answers, Part One, Pages 48 and 49 on Guru Bhakti (the spiritual teacher you are most devoted to):