Salvation During Life and Seeing For Yourself, by Sant Tulsi Sahib

 

Salvation During Life and Seeing For Yourself, by Sant Tulsi Sahib

"I offer myself in adoration to the Saints,

Who have bestowed on my soul the power to see."

"In this life the concept of salvation all describe;

To meet the Lord by dying while living, none discloses.

They all speak of the goal of salvation after death;

How to attain it while living, no one says.

"Were they to reveal the method of attaining release while living,

Then alone would Tulsi be convinced of their words.

While living, no one crosses the bourn to the other side;

"After death no one returns to this side to tell the truth.

How have the scriptures made assertions without experience?

They know not of the state of the one who has died.

Not a bit do they speak of the other side;

Yet on this side, they teach us how to attain salvation.

"One who sees not is called blind by the world;

Still people seek truth from priests and study scriptures.

All their accounts are mere hollow conjectures;

"They dole out falsehood, not by seeing,

but by reading.

One who has seen, his evidence I accept as true;

He who speaks without seeing, speaks but untruth.

After death no one returns,

nor does he send any letters.

"Who speak, after seeing with their own eyes,

And teach the method of salvation during life,

Are of the stage and stature of Saints,

For they reveal the quintessence of the soul."

(Book of Ghat Ramayan, by Sant Tulsi Sahib)

"With ears one hears, with eyes one sees;

without seeing, how can discrimination arise?

If you have not seen with your own eyes,

how can you accept another’s words as true?"

(Book of Muhammad Bodh, one of the sections of the Kabir Sagar)

The Gnostic Gospels Community at Discord

 

The Gnostic Gospels Community at Discord

There is a Gnostic Gospels community, a forum at Discord with much content about Gnostic spirituality with access to all the key Gnostic texts and the world of apocryphal writings.

Invite Link to Join the Gnostic Gospels Server at Discord:

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Explore lost Gospels like Thomas, Nag Hammadi, the Apocrypha, and more!

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Kabir Says: And what if the talk of paradise is just hearsay? You better check out the place yourself.

Kabir Says: And what if the talk of paradise is just hearsay? You better check out the place yourself.

Let’s go! Everyone keeps saying,

As if they knew where paradise is,

But ask them what lies beyond

The street they live on,

They’ll give you a blank look.

If paradise is where they’re heading,

Paradise is not where they’ll end up.

And what if the talk of paradise is just hearsay?

You better check out the place yourself.

As for me, says Kabir, if you’re listening,

Good company’s all I seek.

The above poem is from the Kabir Poet Blog: 

https://kabirpoet.blogspot.com/2016/04/good-companys-all-i-seek.html

The Time Before Death

Friend? hope for the Guest while you are alive.

Jump into experience while you are alive!

Think... and think... while you are alive.

What you call "salvation" belongs to the time

            before death.

If you don't break your ropes while you're alive,

do you think ghosts will do it after?

The idea that the soul will join with the ecstatic

just because the body is rotten --

that is all fantasy.

What is found now is found then.

If you find nothing now,

you will simply end up with an apartment in the

          City of Death.

If you make love with the divine now, in the next

life you will have the face of satisfied desire.

So plunge into the truth, find out who the Teacher is,

Believe in the Great Sound!

Kabir says this: When the Guest is being searched for,

it is the intensity of the longing for the Guest

that does all the work.

Look at me, and you will see a slave of that intensity.

-- Kabir, The Kabir Book

"If anyone becomes a son of the bridal chamber, he will receive the light. If anyone does not receive it while he is here, he will not be able to receive it in the other place. " (Gospel of Philip)

The Kabir Sections of the free Sant Mat Radhasoami E Library online: 

Kabir, Kabir Panth: The Bijak, Anurag Sagar (Ocean of Love), Kabir Sagar, Sakhis, Songs of Kabir, Songs of Kabir in the Adi Granth, Many More Online E Books Relating to Guru Kabir -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Kabir Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/kabir-and-kabir-panth-bijak-anurag.html

Anurag Sagar Studies Page, where you can read the Anurag Sagar online -- Guru Kabir's "Ocean of Love", one of many sacred texts composed and used by the Dharamdasi branch of Kabir Panth and Sant Mat: https://www.SpiritualAwakeningRadio.com/anurag-sagar

Various Kabir Blogs from India

 

Kabir Poems (translated by Sabita Das): 

http://anahad-naad.blogspot.com 

 

Kabir Blog (Sant Kabir Das): 

https://santkabirdas.blogspot.com 

 

Kabir Blog (Kabir Poet): 

https://kabirpoet.blogspot.com 

 

Gnostic Mandaean Spiritual Quote From the Canonical Prayerbook Qolasta

 

Gnostic Mandaean Spiritual Quote From the Canonical Prayerbook (Qolasta)

"I wander about

searching after my soul,

which is worth ages and worlds to me.

I went and found my soul --

what are

all the worlds

to me?"

- The Qolasta - Gnostic Canonical Prayer Book of the Mandaeans

The Benefits of Being Mentored by a Living Teacher, Spiritual Master - Light and Sound on The Path

 

The Benefits of Being Mentored by a Living Teacher, Spiritual Master - Light and Sound on The Path

"We have so many scriptures, and since these scriptures describe the experiences of the soul which are beyond the human intellect, it is all the more necessary to seek the guidance of somebody who has undergone those experiments and experiences himself, and who can explain to us the true import of these scriptures. As these scriptures describe the realms and experiences which are beyond our intellect, our saints, seers, and prophets have often explained them in allegories, parables, and symbols. What often happens is that whatever is meant to be allegorical and symbolic we take to be literal; and whatever is to be taken as literal, we take to be symbolic. And it is in this respect that we cannot understand the true import of our scriptures. It is absolutely essential that for understanding our scriptures in their true import, we must go to the lotus feet of one who has traveled into the spiritual realms beyond, who has crossed the astral, the causal, and the supracausal plane, and who has achieved communion of the soul with the Creator. Only such a personality can explain to us the true import of these books. Spirituality is not a matter of mere knowledge; it is a matter of experience." - Darshan

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Soul Travel According to Hermes in the Corpus Hermeticum -- Light and Sound on the Path

 

Soul Travel According to Hermes in the Corpus Hermeticum -- Light and Sound on the Path

"Consider this for yourself: command your soul to travel to India, and it will be there faster than your command. Command it to cross over to the ocean, and again it will quickly be there, not as having passed from place to place but simply as being there. Command it even to fly up to heaven, and it will not lack wings. Nothing will hinder it, not the fire of the sun, nor the aether, nor the swirl nor the bodies of the other stars. Cutting through them all, it will fly to the utmost body. But if you wish to break through the universe itself and look upon the things outside (if, indeed, there is anything outside the cosmos), it is within your power." 

-- Hermes Trismegistus, Corpus Hermeticum, Book XI, Mind (Nous) to Hermes, 19, Brian Copenhaver translation

A noteworthy passage from an ancient Western text mentioning India, also affirming the practice of soul travel, be it to India in spirit, heavenly realms above, or indeed even outside the cosmos.

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Mandaean Gnostic Studies: Ginza Rabba: The Divine Call, and, The Ascension of the Soul

A Divine Voice Calls Out to All Souls in the Cosmos Summoning Them to Awakening. Also, a section on the the Ascension of the Soul (the Soul is Not Interested in Being Detained in the Lower Planes). Below is from the Ginza Rabba, Mandaean Gnostic Scriptures.

Manda ’d Hayyi is Calling [Gnosis of the Life (God)] is Calling

’Bshumayhon 'd Hayyi rabbi

In the name of the Great Hayyi [In the Name of the Great Life]

He stands beyond the limits of the cosmos.

He calls from beyond furthest reaches of the universe.

Chosen believers, listen: Manda 'd Hayyi [Gnosis of the Life] is calling you.

There are witnesses to bear witness to you.

Manda 'd Hayyi said, "Hayyi knows that I have called. I have called

you, humanity of the earth.

"I called them to worship Hayyi, but they occupied themselves with

the material world.

"I called them to care for their souls, but they were preoccupied by

their bodies."

The Soul Within Me Yearns

For Hayyi [Life (God)]

’Bshumayhon 'd Hayyi rabbi

In the name of the Great Hayyi [In the Name of the Great Life]

The soul within me yearns for Hayyi.

The soul within me demands Hayyi.

My goal is to reach the Place of Life.

I am flying, advancing until I reach the first guardian.

The servants of the first guardian came to meet me.

They said, “Let us take this man with us as our captive.

He might serve as a companion to us.”

They asked me, “Hail, companion;

Where did you come from? Where do you go?”

I came from the earth, I am going to Hayyi,

and my path is to the Place of Life.

They said, “This is the Place of Life;

here it is, so where are you going now?”

I said to myself, “I am not one of them.

If I stayed with them, I would endure every torment.

This is not what my soul desires and wants.

The soul within me yearns for Hayyi.

The soul within me demands Hayyi.

My goal is to reach the Place of Life.”

I am flying, advancing until I reach the second guardian.

The servants of the second guardian came to meet me.

They said, “Let us take this man with us as our captive.

He might serve as a companion to us.”

They asked him, “Hail, companion;

Where did you come from? Where do you go?”

I came from the earth, I am going to Hayyi,

and my path is to the Place of Life.

They said, “This is the Place of Life;

here it is, so where are you going now?”

I said to myself, “I am not one of them.

If I stayed with them, I would endure every torment.

This is not what my soul desires and wants.

The soul within me yearns for Hayyi.

The soul within me demands Hayyi.

My goal is to reach the Place of Life.”

I am flying, advancing until I reach the third guardian.

The servants of the third guardian came to meet me.

They said, “Let us take this man with us as our captive.

He might serve as a companion to us.”

They asked him, “Hail, companion;

Where did you come from? Where do you go?”

I came from the earth, I am going to Hayyi,

and my path is to the Place of Life.

They said, “This is the Place of Life;

here it is, so where are you going now?”

I said to myself, “I am not one of them.

If I stayed with them, I would endure every torment.

This is not what my soul desires and wants.

The soul within me yearns for Hayyi.

The soul within me demands Hayyi.

My goal is to reach the Place of Life.”

I am flying, advancing until I reach the fourth guardian.

The servants of the fourth guardian came to meet me.

They said, “Let us take this man with us as our captive.

He might serve as a companion to us.”

They asked him, “Hail, companion;

Where did you come from? Where do you go?”

I came from the earth, I am going to Hayyi,

and my path is to the Place of Life.

They said, “This is the Place of Life;

here it is, so where are you going now?”

I said to myself, “I am not one of them.

If I stayed with them, I would endure every torment.

This is not what my soul desires and wants.

The soul within me yearns for Hayyi.

The soul within me demands Hayyi.

My goal is to reach the Place of Life.”

I am flying, advancing until I reach the fifth guardian.

The servants of the fifth guardian came to meet me.

They said, “Let us take this man with us as our captive.

He might serve as a companion to us.”

They asked him, “Hail, companion;

Where did you come from? Where do you go?”

I came from the earth, I am going to Hayyi,

and my path is to the Place of Life.

They said, “This is the Place of Life;

here it is, so where are you going now?”

I said to myself, “I am not one of them.

If I stayed with them, I would endure every torment.

This is not what my soul desires and wants.

The soul within me yearns for Hayyi.

The soul within me demands Hayyi.

My goal is to reach the Place of Life.”

I am flying, advancing until I reach the sixth guardian.

The servants of the sixth guardian came to meet me.

They said, “Let us take this man with us as our captive.

He might serve as a companion to us.”

They asked him, “Hail, companion;

Where did you come from? Where do you go?”

I came from the earth, I am going to Hayyi,

and my path is to the Place of Life.

They said, “This is the Place of Life;

here it is, so where are you going now?”

I said to myself, “I am not one of them.

If I stayed with them, I would endure every torment.

This is not what my soul desires and wants.

The soul within me yearns for Hayyi.

The soul within me demands Hayyi.

My goal is to reach the Place of Life.”

I am flying, advancing until I reach the seventh guardian.

The servants of the seventh guardian came to meet me.

They said, “Let us take this man with us as our captive.

He might serve as a companion to us.”

They asked him, “Hail, companion;

Where did you come from? Where do you go?”

I came from the earth, I am going to Hayyi,

and my path is to the Place of Life.

They said, “This is the Place of Life;

here it is, so where are you going now?”

I said to myself, “I am not one of them.

If I stayed with them, I would endure every torment.

This is not what my soul desires and wants.

The soul within me yearns for Hayyi.

The soul within me demands Hayyi.

My goal is to reach the Place of Life.”

I am flying, advancing until I reach the House of Life [Eighth Plane].

The righteous came forward to meet me.

In thanks, I bow down and praise Hayyi.

They clothed me in radiance, covered me with light,

and numbered me among the righteous.

Soul, you must raise your lamps

to shine among the lamps of light.

The word of truth has come to you.

It came to the faithful and the righteous.

’u Hayyi zaken

Ingredients of a Living Spiritual Path -- Seven Gnostic-Sant Mat Parallels

Ingredients of a Living Spiritual Path -- Seven Gnostic-Sant Mat Parallels

In the Corpus Hermeticum and Nag Hammadi scriptures are/were described all of the ingredients of a living, viable mystical path:

1) living masters/teachers with students (past masters, scrolls, cuneiform tablets or old scriptures are not enough; a living guide is required);

2) a cosmology of several heavens/inner regions/planes/spheres;

3) an understanding that souls can access these realms here and now during this present life (a present-tense Kingdom of Heaven available to souls right now, not a spirituality postponed till some magical date on a calendar or hypothesized future age);

4) an initiation into the mysteries of the heavens, imparting to spiritual seekers the meditation techniques and sacred names;

5) visionary and auditory #mysticism (inner Light and Sound, spiritual seeing and hearing) -- descriptions of souls traveling within through various inner regions;

6) they have an ethical code, and this ethical foundation includes a vegetarian/vegan diet, then and now;

7) The Goal of the teachings and meditation practice is experiencing direct union with God.

#SantMat #Sant_Mat

The Mystic Traveler Transcends the Universe (Ocean of Samsara) Through Meditation

The Mystic Traveler Transcends the Universe (Ocean of Samsara) Through Meditation

"Association with a true Master [Satguru] is a prerequisite for the attainment of true spirituality (Parmarth). If the Sant Satguru is not met with, one may also achieve one's object by associating with a loving and devoted satsangi (initiate, disciple, representative of the Satguru) who has himself associated with him, is engaged in spiritual (Parmarthi) pursuits and is chosen of the Supreme Being Radhasoami Dayal [Compassionate Lord of the Soul], i.e., who is the recipient of his grace and mercy. When a sincere seeker learns the secrets and methods of practice from that satsangi and commences meditation practice (Abhyas), Radhasoami Dayal will take him under His protection and augment his love and faith by giving him palpable (perceptible, incontrovertible) help internally and externally." (Huzur Maharaj Rai Saligram)

"Raise your Surat [attention faculty of the soul] to higher regions where Dhun [the inner Sound] is audible all the time.

"Then you will make your human life truly fruitful and you will find rest and peace in Shabd [the Inner Sound and Light, Surat Shabd Yoga].

"The drum of breath is beating perpetually as a warning to eventual departure from here.

"Radhasoami has made available a boat. Get across the ocean of the universe free of any charge."

-- Soamiji Maharaj, Sar Bachan Radhasoami Poetry, Volume One

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An Inclusive Rather Than Exclusive Spirituality: Kirpal Singh and the Lesson of Nag Hammadi By James Bean (Exploring the World Religions Column)

An Inclusive Rather Than Exclusive Spirituality: Kirpal Singh and the Lesson of Nag Hammadi

By James Bean (Exploring the World Religions Column)

There are the great world religions: Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Taoism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, the Bahai Faith, Aboriginal/Indigenous/Native American/Sami People, etc. In addition to comparative religion there is also comparative mysticism, the study of various schools of spirituality or mystics that are, or once were, operating within many of these above-mentioned faith communities, East and West. Viewing religions through this particular “lens,” one’s list may include: Kabbalah, Gnosticism (Valentinians, Barbeloites, Nassenes, Manichaeans, Cathers, Bogomils), Hesychasm (Eastern Orthodox mysticism), Syriac and other forms of Monasticism, Quietism, the Beguines, Gottesfreunde or Friends of God, to name a few in the Christian category, Sufism, numerous lineages of Saints, Sant Satgurus and Bhaktas based in India.

The Gospel of the Egyptians

“The god of time (illusion, Kal, maya) has put a cover over the teachings of Saints and thus concealed them from humanity.” (Swami Ji Maharaj)

“And there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed. There is nothing buried that will not be raised!” (Greek Gospel of Thomas)

"The great Seth wrote this book… He placed it in the mountain that is called "Charaxio," in order that, at the end of the times and the eras… it may come forth and reveal... the great, invisible, eternal Spirit… The Gospel of the Egyptians. The God-written, holy, secret book." (Gospel of the Egyptians, The Nag Hammadi Library)

In December 1945 a collection of ancient scriptures – fifty-two books – was unearthed near the village of Nag Hammadi in Egypt. These texts had been placed in a clay storage jar, sealed, and buried sometime during the Fourth Century AD. Monks who lived at a nearby monastery founded by Saint Pachomius most likely hid them there at the time. They would have been sacred texts once part of the library of this monastic community, one of several Pachomian monasteries operating in Egypt during those days.

Rather than confining themselves to only reading the Old and New Testaments or teachings exclusively from Orthodox Christian sources, these monks had a surprisingly diverse collection of writings that can only be characterized as inter-faith and multi-traditional. In other words, they were also studying the scriptures of other teachers, sages, religions and “cousin” esoteric mystical movements of their day.

The papyrus codices of the Nag Hammadi scriptures includes Christian texts such as the Gospel of Thomas, a collection of the earliest known sayings of Jesus, Dialogue of the Saviour, Gospel of Mary Magdalene, the Book of Thomas the Spiritual Athlete, Teachings of Silvanus, and Apocalypse of James (Parts I & II).

There are also many examples of mystical or Gnostic Jewish texts. Perhaps the oldest book of the Nag Hammadi Library, Eugnostos the Blessed, is one of many that originate with a sect known as the Sethians, who were affiliated with another line of living teachers in a different branch of Gnosticism that practiced a somewhat Kabbalah-like form of Jewish mysticism.

Several important Nag Hammadi books are part of the Corpus Hermeticum, sacred texts of the Hermetic tradition, an esoteric religious and philosophical mystery school or school of spirituality based in Egypt attributed to Hermes Trismegistus (“Thrice-Greatest Hermes”). These include: The Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth Heavens or Planes, Asclepius, and The Vegetarian Prayer of Thanksgiving.

Scholars have noticed there is a strong influence of Neoplatonism, a philosophy based on the teachings of Plato, present in many of the Nag Hammadi texts and Gnostic gospels. Both the Corpus Hermeticum and Nag Hammadi Library refer to India on a couple of occasions, and one Nag Hammadi book by the name of Zostrianos mentions the Persian Prophet Zoroaster. The books of Nag Hammadi are in the Coptic language and are copied by monks from much earlier Greek manuscripts. Some of the writings seem to originate in Syria, just north of Israel, including the Gospel of Thomas (Sayings of Jesus) and Book of Mar Sanes.

The Sentences of Sextus is a Pythagorean text, a collection of proverbs popular with many during the early centuries C.E.. The Pythagoreans were, as the name suggests, followers of Pythagoras, a sect that had a fascinating combination of mathematics, mystical practices and beliefs including reincarnation, transmigration of the soul, and hearing the Music of the Spheres, the Harmony of All Harmonies. They also adhered to a vegetarian diet. In fact, for most of the last two thousand years in the western world the word “vegetarian” has been synonymous with “Pythagorean,” such was their influence on Pagan, Jewish, and Christian traditions. Vegetarians have been referred to as “Pythagoreans” up until recently, when the word “vegetarian” became fairly popular.

Some of the scriptures of Nag Hammadi are from a moderate, fairly mainstream Gnostic Christian movement called Valentinianism, founded by Saint Valentinus of Alexandria. Some suspect that many of the Pachomian monks had been followers of Valentinus and brought their scriptures with them when they joined the monastery near Nag Hammadi.

Jesus and the Ebionites (Hebrew Christians), the Mandaean Prophet John (the Baptizer), Seth, Pythagoras, Valentinus, and Hermes Trismegistus

From the point of view of the monks contemplating the words of these scriptures, their interest was not a schizophrenic or contradictory eclectic spirituality. All these writings do have much in common. They share common themes and threads, a universal contemplative wisdom that transcends narrow religious sectarian boundaries, a rich treasure-trove of spirituality. The names of the teachers and the schools of spirituality they founded varied, yet the principles and practices were essentially the same. The Tree of Gnosis had many branches.

What a fascinating otherworldly, meditative, and “Eastern” version of Christianity these Coptic monks of the desert had — “a faith once entrusted to the Saints”. (Book of Jude) Egypt once was a kind of “Tibet of the West,” complete with chant. It wasn’t “om mani padme hum,” but there are actually many amazing examples of a rather AUM-like vowel chant preserved in several of the Gnostic texts.

“Wisdom leads the soul to the place of God.” (The Sentences of Sextus, Nag Hammadi Library)

Attempted Planetary Lobotomy

The codices of Nag Hammadi were buried after Bishop Athanasius condemned the use of so-called “non-canonical” books in his infamous Festal Letter of 367 AD. As a new conservative sectarian hardline leadership, with its lists of “approved” and “banned” books, imposed itself upon the monastic communities of Egypt, it is believed that some monks took these forbidden books from the monastic library and hid them away, thus rescuing them from certain destruction, and this free-spirited act ended up preserving them for future generations. The collection of the sayings of Jesus known as the Gospel of Thomas, rather than being the victim of censorship and the book-burning hysteria of the Fourth Century, now has its own website, the Gospel of Thomas Home Page. The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, illustrating the leadership role of women during the early days of Christianity, instead of being forever wiped from the pages of history, in the Twenty First Century is the subject of great interest by many open-minded spiritual seekers around the world.

“The tyrant will not be able to take away happiness.” (The Sentences of Sextus, Nag Hammadi Library)

The loss of the Nag Hammadi Library and the destruction of the Library of Alexandria represent two spectacular examples of "Planetary Lobotomy," the unrestrained wanton destruction of the knowledge of humanity. At least in the case of Nag Hammadi, a large percentage of the texts have been restored to us, and we can read them online.

The Lesson of Nag Hammadi

Beware of today’s “Athanasius-types,” the Archons (the rulers, the powers-that-be). The spirit of Athanasius lives on in each generation, desiring to take freedoms away, seeking to blow up statues of Buddhas and Saints, forbidding the study or public recitation of “unauthorized” books of the Masters – deliberately making these books go out of print, causing trouble for many seeking souls, ever thinking up new rules and regulations. The results of the imposition of over-reaching rule-making, control and censorship in spiritual organizations, despite the usual good intentions that are advertised, ultimately leads to the loss of knowledge and wisdom, a reduction in the quality of meditation practice — the dumbing down of a tradition.

“The Pharisees and the scholars have taken the keys of knowledge and have hidden them. They have not entered nor have they allowed those who want to enter to do so. As for you, be as sly as snakes and as simple as doves.” (Yeshua, Gospel of Thomas)

As I’ve written in the past, there is no permanent Institution or University of Mysticism, but a decline-renewal process, a continuous pattern of Masters making a fresh start in a new location, choosing to remain free, to exist in genuineness and authenticity. No need for a hierarchy of scribes or ever-growing caste of Pharisees to surround the Master, ultimately blocking him from our view. Let’s just stick with hanging out with the Master around the Bodhi or Banyan Tree of simplicity. The true Masters do spend time with their disciples. Personal interviews? Answering the mail? Absolutely. Yes. Make every effort to enjoy their company and communications whenever you can during this lifetime, while both you and they are in the body.

The Master says, “What your own eyes cannot see, your human ears do not hear, your physical hands cannot feel, and what is inconceivable to the human mind – that I will give you!” (Yeshua, The Gospel of Thomas – Wisdom of the Twin, Lynn Bauman’s translation published by White Cloud Press).

Administrative religious councils have been at war with enlightened souls since the beginning of time, and ultimately seek to retire and replace living Masters altogether. I remain suspicious of the institutionalization process, the eagerness on the part of some to build ever-larger buildings for themselves, and thirst for power, the creation of new leadership titles, committees and councils to rule over.

“Do not lay down any rule beyond what I ordained for you, nor promulgate law like the lawgiver, or else it will dominate you.” (Yeshua, Gospel of Mary Magdalene)

Only mystics care about mysticism.

The Modern-day Example of Master Kirpal Singh (1894–1974)

The spiritual Master from India, Sant Kirpal Singh, advised his students to follow a satsang template that included a long reading list of potential scriptures and sources of inspiration or Master-instruction: “For the subject of a talk, we may take up the hymns from any scripture, preferably from the Masters of the Sound Current. It may be supplemented by apt quotations from the parallel writings of other Master Saints. The Holy Gospels themselves are full of such material as may fit in with such a context. The illustrations from various Masters are essential so as to bring out the essential unity in the teachings of all the Saints.” (Instructions For Holding Satsang, by Sant Kirpal Singh)

“To fill the human heart with compassion, mercy and universal love, which should radiate to all countries, nations and peoples of the world. To make a true religion of the heart as the ruling factor in one’s life. To enable each one to love God, love all, serve all, and have respect for all, as God is immanent in all forms. My goal is that of oneness. I spread the message of oneness in life and living. This is the way to peace on earth. This is the mission of my life, and I pray that it may be fulfilled.” (Kirpal Singh)

Kirpal Singh was a prolific writer, publishing scores of books over the years, quoting from most every world scripture, mystic, poet, philosopher, and great Master that has ever existed spanning the centuries, very much embodying this same curiosity and inclusive universal spirituality we find present in the Nag Hammadi Library of Egypt. May the legacy of both always be remembered and honored for all time to come. ////////

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