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Dr. Chand Bhardwaj of the Sawan Adhyatmic Satsang Society

Dr. Chand Bhardwaj of the Sawan Adhyatmic Satsang Society of Delhi, India

 

 

 

About the Photo Above, from the book, "Towards Eternity", published by the Sawan Adhyatmic Society (with headquarters located in Delhi): "Sant Rajinder Singh Ji came to visit Maharajji [Sant Chander Prabha Ji Maharaj] and gave darshan to the sangat at the ashram."

Dr. Chand Bhardwaj, Sawan Adhyatmic Satsang Society, Delhi, India

 

Below is a "Gist of the Teachings", by Dr. Chand Bhardwaj, a very nice summery on evolution and the spiritual journey from a Sant Mat perspective. Bio-data is below that.

 

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Gist of the Teachings

 

The spiritual origin of universe is EKAM BAHU SHYAM fragmentation of PRAKASH emanating of SHABAD. We are all souls as fragments of Light and ever connected to our Source through the Shabad. We as souls belong to the source: GOD - the jyoti swarup at the center of the universe where TIME AND MATERIAL do not exist.

 

One of the souls known as KAAL requested the Source regarding his wish to create a TIME BOUND material universe. With the wish granted, KAAL created basic elements as per Mendeleev's chart by emitting different colours of lights converting into mist and clouds further solidifying and EXPLODING in to nuclear explosions. Thus the molten LAVA and the elements such as hydrogen and helium fused to create SUNS. These scattered in a rhythmic movement to form billions and trillions of STARS and galaxies.

 

This expanding universe is bound by the quantum field to revolve in predestined movements from the beginning of time till its END. Some of the comets hit the molten earth to form seas and mountains to evolve life on earth. One of the SOULS known as KAAL requested the GOD to send the souls to his TIME BOUND MATERIAL WORLD to visit and feel his creation. The paper deals with the journey of the SOUL - how it acquired the MIND from the UNIVERSAL MIND OF KAAL as laws of nature: how soul and mind used the MATERIAL created by TIME to form life on earth in the form of single cell amoeba that had the capacity to become from one to many.

 

The soul as intelligence with its outer expression of ATTENTION is connected to its SOURCE (GOD) with SHABAD, NAAD, KALMA, the WORD explained in all the religious scriptures. THE SOUL as ATTENTION received the intuitions continuously through the SHABAD from its Source to create the CROWN OF CREATION: THE HUMAN BODY, crossing 8.4 million species. The physical mind embedded with the laws of nature along with the information of past and future through the universal, causal and astral mind, was as a guide, but later became the master and does not allow the soul to get back to the SOURCE.

 

HUMANITY needs to understand how time and material has trapped the SOUL in KAAL CHAKRA by separately understanding: SOUL as ATTENTION, has GODLY qualities such as LOVE, COMPASSION, and MERCY. MIND has qualities like LUST, GREED, ANGER, ATTACHMENTS, EGO, etc. And the BODY deals with HUNGER, CLOTHS, HOUSING, VANITIES OF THE WORLD.

 

To de-link ATTENTION from mind and body and link it to its Source is the technique of prayer in all religions this allows the qualities of the soul to peculate from everyone's mind and body to achieve peace and harmony for all civilizations.

 

Regards, 

Dr. Chand Kanwar Bhardwaj

 

 

Bio-data: Dr. Chand Kanwar Bhardwaj Ph.D.

 

Education 

 

1969- Business Management from Faculty of Management, Delhi .

2007-  Doctor of Philosophy From Inter Cultural Open University at Opeinde, The Netherlands

 

Experience 

 

1969… - Automotive Enterprises, Delhi, India,  CEO

1* Developed various technologies related to automobile components, castings, steel alloys, processes, etc...

2* R&D project,  Development of creep resistant steel for Railways in association with National metallurgical Lab, Jamshedpur.

3* Setup two turnkey melting projects for Indian Defense Ministry in Muradnagar and Dehradun

1982 … - All India Induction Furnace Association (AIIFA)

Delhi, India, Honorary General Secretary

4* Developed the first micro steel plants in the country

5* Was involved in promotion and growth of the industry throughout India

6* Member Emeritus All India Induction Furnaces Association Delhi

7* Former Member CII

1982-1989 - Inductotherm, USA,  Business Development Manager

8* Sales of induction melting furnace projects in India.

 

1989… - Coordinator of some latest technology based/R&D projects with Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India New Delhi

 

Associated with Russian Academies of Sciences for Research & Development   Work/assignments:

 

a) Viniitmash export   (Moscow) Russia

b) Institute of Inorganic Chemistry ( Novosibirsk) Russia

c)   Institute of Thermophysics  ( Novosibirsk) Russia

d) Institute of Metals Superplasticity Problem (IMSP), Ufa Russia

e) Associated with Bellorussian Powder Metallurgical Research Association, Minsk, Belarus

f) Radio Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russian Academies of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

g) Associated with Inducto Steel, Pittsburg.  USA

h) Associated with “Technometal”, Germany: for the development of Induction Steel Refining System in association with Pittsburg University and inductotherm, USA

1993 onwards… - Aeroenergia  Ltd., Delhi, India, Managing Director

9* Coordinating for setting up  MIG air craft engines for use as power generators 8MW and hot exhaust air converted into air conditioning with absorption technology up to 16MW based on Natural gas for IIT Delhi, AIIMS, Delhi,  Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi and for other corporate companies                           

 

Designing and Development of Composite material compressed natural gas  Cylinders for Buses, Automobiles and Stationary Engines with JSS Engineering College, Noida and Khatkov institute of composite material, Moscow, Russia

 

Also, Associated Very Actively With; 1992 onwards -- Sawan Adhyatmic Satsang Society, Delhi, India.  -- General Secretary

 

1*  Conduct lectures in educational, industrial and other government and NGO institutions about meditation and its benefits

 

2*  Promote research in the field of mind, medicine and meditation by partnering with medical institutions

 

3*  2001 onwards – Life member.  

World association of Vedic studies, Atlanta, USA,

Help in organizing seminars and talks with Vedic scholars

Coordinator for Radio Engineering Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow for  developing a Centre in All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, to study interaction of mind body and soul for studies of various radiation emanating from the human body, i.e., infrared radiation, microwave radiation, radio thermal radiation, acousto-thermal radiation, electrical radiation, magnetic radiation, Chemiluminescence’s radiation

 

These instruments can be used to monitor the effects of meditation, drugs, pain and other physical problems it can be used for monitoring in depth effects of  meditation  which can help in Self Regulation of Human Organism.

 

Former Faculty Member with Vivekananda Mission for its Centenary Celebration of Vivekananda Chicago mission at the Parliament of World Religions in Chicago USA

 

Elite Doctorate Degree (PhD.) in the discipline of intercultural management

For Peace and Harmony from the Intercultural open University, opeinde, The Netherlands

 

Life member WORLD ACADAMY OF SPIRITUAL SCIENCES, GANGA RAM HOSPITAL DELHI

 

Deliver lecture at various organizations, Schools and Colleges on the following subjects.

a)  Human Unity for International Peace and Harmony 

b)  Mind Meditation and Medication

c)  Mystery of death

d)  Spirituality is the Essence of all the Religions of the world.

Spirituality is not a Religion in it self, it is a unifying factor for the Humanity and God

e)  Co-relation between Scriptures, Science and Saints 

f)  Spiritual origin of the universe

g)  Creation of time bound material universe

h)  Universal MIND and how it governs the physical mind

i)  Co-relation of soul mind and body a logical and scientific explanation

j)  Super soul and soul its interconnection through the audible stream of life

k)  Stephen Hawking's "Brief History of Time" and spirituality

l)  Human body the conglomerate of hundred trillion cells (comprising of hundred trillion souls, minds and bodies of each cell)

m)  Spiritual origin of language from beyond (Vedic explanation of Para, Pashayanti, Madhyama and Baikhari) how mind contaminates the language originating from beyond

n)  Mind is nothing but information of Time (Based on past experiences it works on future)

o)  Binding all the religions together with the logical and scientific explanation of various scriptures regarding THE TECHNIQUE OF PRAYER which is the same in all the religions/faiths of the world

p)  The spirituality is EXPERIENTIAL

q)  After the EXPERIENCE the qualities of the SUPER SOUL flow and percolate from ones soul through the mind and body further through the senses of the body

r)  The qualities of the super soul are LOVE, COMPASSION, MERCY, PEACE, HARMONY, etc...

Sant Chander Prabha Ji Maharaj

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Staying Focused in an Internet Age of Distractions - The Radio Blog

Staying Focused in an Internet Age of Distractions - The Radio Blog

By James Bean

 

 

The folk musician Pete Seeger once said: "Technology will save us if it doesn't wipe us out first." The same Internet that creates an avenue for cyber-attacks is also providing the opportunity for people from all nations (imaginary lines drawn on maps but not visible from space) to be able to communicate with one another, hopefully affirming their desire for life, love, prosperity, and working out their differences. 

The Internet could save the world by empowering its people to collectively save themselves. Seeger often made coments about radio and "democratizing technology", expressing the hope that: "Maybe the 21st Century will be the Century of the Democratization of Technology. This is Pete Seeger signing off and saying don't forget to make music yourselves." Actually his famous song "Little Boxes" reminds me of the world of radio as it once was just a few short years ago, in what now can be described as the pre Internet age: "Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes made of ticky tacky, little boxes, little boxes, little boxes, all the same. There's a green one, and a pink one, and a blue one, and a yellow one, and they're all made out of ticky tacky, and they all look just the same." The full song at Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywgJLw21UqU

The mediocrity (media-ocrity) of the "vast wasteland" of channels and frequencies, with all it's conformity, is finally being transcended in this Internet Age. Rather than remaining limited to a handful of local media outlets zealously preaching a gospel of rock, country, or right-wing political talk radio, the global "Democratization of Technology" is just a mouse-click away. 

Now everyone potentially has a microphone, a blog, an ability to access information, to network, to share ideas and organize new communities as never before in all of human history. Now many with an urge to broadcast, can do so. One might say the creative human spirit is finally free, and: "This time it was right, it would work, and no one would have to get nailed to anything." (Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy")

Yet, there is always the danger that the same dullness-of-spirit that reflected and echoed back to us a vast media wasteland of "five hundred channels and still nothing on", could end up dumbing down, slowing down, over-regulating, or filtering this great Type One Civilization means of global communication known as the Internet. There are growing signs of this already, both near and far.

Still, I think at present, the greatest danger for now is people failing to prioritize, failing to pay enough close attention to, and support, the causes that are most important to them. In the pre Internet Age the problem was denial or slowness of information - lack of access, only a limited number of speakers, microphones, and channels. These days however, the main concern is our attention being scattered. We are drowning in a sea of information ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime, and hopefully not multitasking ourselves into a new vast cyber wasteland. Facebook for example. My opinion is that, for some, the Facebook experience is getting to be a bit scattered, out-of-focus. As people not only join a few groups and pages that reflect the causes they really care about, but also join ("Like") hundreds or perhaps even thousands! of additional pages, how can one pay attention to much of anything anymore? 

It is the same for Internet radio. May the creative voices stand out, be heard, not submerged below the noise level, not lost in the static, not starving and dehydrating. May the creative people, the webcasters with a vision for a positive future for humanity and the planet we call home, the innovative, truly receive the support they need, so that these torchbearers may thrive, teach, transform -- being many stars collectively forming one light. HealthyLife.Net radio network holds a torch and has lighted the way in internet radio since 2002. The metaphor of the musician: If a street musician is a masterful player, throw some "coins" into his hat or guitar case, and you may get to enjoy hearing him again and again. Without the musician there is no music. 

"A human being's attention is the most precious treasure he possesses." (Edward Salim Michael, "The Law of Attention - Nada Yoga and the Way of Inner Vigilance")  

"All peoples of this earth weigh equal,

Heading as they are toward one goal, common to all....

Let all come forth and march in loving union;

The greater the trials, the more united we shall be.

Together we shall overpower the onslaught of time,

And learn to light the torch of love in one and all......

Let us find the remedy which raises us from the

wheel of life,

Fills our whole being with love, and alchemizes us

into the divine."

(Darshan Singh, from, "The Cry of the Soul")

 

 

 

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Light and Sound on the Path: July

Light and Sound on the Path - July

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"The Saints of India": Can you identify some of the
great Sants, Mystics and Masters in this jpg icon? I
see Buddha and Mahavira next to each other, in the
back. In front of them, Mira Bai. In the center, with
a white beard and turban, is Guru Nanak. To his
right, also with a white beard, is Guru Kabir. In front,
pictured as bald with a white beard, is Baba Devi
Sahab, disciple of Tulsi. To his left, with afro hair
and black beard, is Param Sant Tulsi Sahib of
Hathras. You may be able to recognize others in
the crowd as well, Ramakrishna, Tukaram, Namdev,
perhaps more.

Satsang Discourse

Time Waits For No One

Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero: "Seize the day, putting as little trust as possible in tomorrow." (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) Kabir also said, "What you would do tomorrow, do today, what you would do today, do now." Another version, Kaal Kare So Aaj Kar, Aaj Kare So Ub Pal Mein Pralaya Hoyegi, Bahuri Karoge Kub: "Tomorrows work do today, today's work now. If the moment is lost, how will the work be done?"

"With Swami Ji there is no such thing as idle chatter; he talks of the impermanence of the body and the purpose of life: attaining spiritual enlightenment to avoid samsara (endless rebirth). He reminds me that when I die nothing will go with me; I will have to leave everything behind, except the accumulated spiritual wealth of my personal sadhana." (Maharshi Mehi Ashram, Kuppaghat, Bhagalpur, Bihar Dist., INDIA)

When Satguru Baba Devi Sahib was nearing the time of his departure from this ephemeral world for his true destination, satsangis humbly requested him to bless them with his parting words. Responding, Baba Devi Sahab obliged by saying, "Duniyaa waham hai, abhyaas karo", meaning: "This world is an illusion. Practice meditation." (From the Preface to the book, "Baal Kaa Aadi Aur Uttar Kaa Ant" of Sant Tulsi Sahab)

"Jeeva-atmaa (the Individual Self or Soul) is the indivisible part of the Supreme Being (i.e. the Universal Soul). In the bondage state it is called the Jeeva. It is also called soul, an indivisible part of the Supreme Sovereign God. Only the individual soul (Jeeva-atmaa) is capable of recognizing itself. When the Self will be realized, only then it will be merged into the Supreme Sovereign God. Then it can be liberated from the cycle of birth and death. Besides knowing itself, no other method has been articulated in the holy books and scriptures." (Shri Swami Sant Bhagirath Baba, from the book, "Santmat Tatva-Jnaan Bodhini" -- Quintessence of Sant Mat)

On Being Real, Genuine

"One who gives an ear to words of truth and justice, and ponders over them, it is only to him that these words bring happiness. But one, who accepts a word without going into the depth of its meaning, does not benefit from it in any manner." (Saakhi Granth of Guru Kabir)

Simran, Zikhr, Remembrance

"Happiness rests in ever-repeated simran. Sorrow and suffering is removed by simran. Kabir declares with utmost force and clarity: 'Practice this simran and be one with the Lord.'" (Guru Kabir)

"Separation from God is like a well; remembrance of Him is the rope." (Rumi)

Simran, Remembrance: "It is bliss remembering God, even for a moment. But only those who practice it, know it." (Saakhi Granth of Kabir) 

 

Sant Satguru Kabir

Ethical/Ahimsa Teachings of the Masters: 1008 Kabir Vani is a partial translation in English of the Saakhi Granth of Guru Kabir:

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"Devoting hours to meditation without eliminating bad habits and cultivating good ones in their place, will not get one anywhere. Purity of life is essential for fruitful meditations." (Sant Kirpal Singh)

Death Before Dying -- Die To Live -- Rise Above, Ascend Through Meditation

"If you live for God, all things shall work out in your best interest, not only spiritually but also materially. This is the fundamental law of God and can be realized by all who will practice true living." (Sant Kirpal Singh)

"The reason for your not hearing the Sound is that your mind is so much engrossed in worldly matters that it does not allow the soul to go in. When the mind goes down it ceases to catch the Sound. The remedy is to bring about the concentration of the mind by means of careful repetition, which will make the mind and the soul still and collected and, therefore, able to catch the Sound Current." (Huzur Baba Sawan Singh)

"The Word gives out both Light and Sound. At this end, in the physical plane, the Light and Sound are lost in gross matter. On the finer planes - astral, causal, and spiritual - Sound is audible and Light is visible. At the upper end, the Sound is the finest music unheard by human ears - and the Light is of millions of suns and moons in one ray." (Huzur Baba Sawan Singh)

"In the center behind and above the eyes there is an aperture; on this side of it is the material world, in which we are living now; and on the other side is the astral world." (Huzur Baba Sawan Singh)

"This 'Single' or 'Third Eye' provides an ingress into the spiritual worlds - the Kingdom of God - now a lost realm to most of us...Of this inlet or ingress little is known by the people at large." (Sant Kirpal Singh)

"The practice of Surat Shabd Yoga (Sant Mat) lies in detaching the mind from external objects and attaching it to what lies within, and then catching the Sound Current and traveling on it. This Current connects the individual with its Source." (Huzur Baba Sawan Singh)

Quotes Above from Huzur Baba Sawan Singh and Kirpal Singh are from the new website:http://KirpalSingh.org

Sant Satguru Kabir: "So plunge into the truth, find out who the Teacher is, believe in the Great Sound!"

"By practice of the Word, one speeds on to the Higher Spiritual Planes unhindered; By practice of the Word, one gets into the spiritual plane openly and honorably; By practice of the Word, one escapes the by-paths of Yama, the king of Death; By practice of the Word, one gets in close touch with the Truth. O, great is the Power of the Word, but few there be that know it." (from Guru Nanak's Morning Prayer - Jap Ji)

"Various sorts of Sound Currents reverberate in the human system from which the initiate has to pick up the right one and listen to it, otherwise he will go astray and lose his equipoise. The practical Guru forewarns his disciple and directs which Sound to listen to and which one to discard. A variety of Sound Currents are of a lower order which have to be rejected. The experienced practitioner [of Surat Shabd Yoga] knows that some of these low order Sound Currents can become audible. Therefore the initiate his to be very careful and avoid then in entirety. If not, they are bound to create a sort of roadblock in the ascension process." (Shri Shivbrat Lal, from the book, "Dayal Yoga")

"Begin meditation with internally chanting or repeating the Guru-mantra incantation (the charged words given by a genuine Living Master at the time of Initiation). And then try to visualize the radiant form or image of the Satguru in the still darkness of the inner sky (with eyes closed). Follow that with focusing your attention at the seat of the soul within, i.e. at the Third Eye or the Inner Eye or the Til Dwaar, by making the two streams of consciousness in your two eyes converge in a Point.

"When the two currents of consciousness meet in a Point, Divine Light appears within. Then, practice Surat Shabd Yoga (Yoga of Inner Divine Sound) i.e., try to shift your attention to listening to the Divine Sounds or myriads of melodies (Anahad Naad) ringing inside. Listening to the Divine Sound destroys all the perversions, agitations and fickleness of the mind.

"Ascending beyond or transcending myriads of sounds, try to identify and tune in to the Quintessential Unstruck Melody, called "Saar Shabd" or "Anaahat Naad" which alone is capable of taking you and merging you into oneness with the Supreme Lord; this is the ultimate deliverance, emancipation, liberation." (Swami Sant Sevi Ji Maharaj)

"Having come here, I advocate the practice of Surat Shabd Yoga and I instruct you to enter and permeate into the Word. I describe a ladder (pandi) of several steps of Shabd so that you can climb up step by step, reaching the city of Truth (Sat Lok). As it is, forsake this Land of the Drop and move on to the Sphere of the Ocean; have fun and frolic there." (Swami Ji Maharaj, Agra)

"Hearing the Divine Melody, the mind remained absorbed. Obtaining samadhi, it remained devoted at the Gurus feet, and all its mental sufferings have been removed. Grasping the rope of the Divine Melody, the soul has climbed to liberation. At the mountain peak of the Void the decorations are resplendent. There the Nectar rains, and Divine Love keeps flowing. Kabir says: "0 brother sadhu, listen to me! Tasting this Nectar over and over, the mind has become intoxicated." (Kabir Bhajan Amritam)

The Path of God, Anadi Sat Purush, is the Path of the Masters

"The Supreme Being whose abode lies further ahead, is unique and only Sants know about Him. He is Nameless (Anami, Anadi Purush, Soundless) and free from Maya. How to explain what He is. He has no colour, no form and no line of demarcation. Shabd is unmanifest in His region. I am worthless and know nothing but I had the good fortune of reaching His Abode. By placing my head at the feet of all Sants, I could reach that Original Abode which knows no decay. The three worlds are created and they perish, but I have taken my Surat beyond the Fourth Lok." (Param Sant Tulsi Sahib, of the Hathras Satsang)

"Whosoever has concentrated his soul has been redeemed from the fear of Death. She has ascended the firmament with force, and has found refuge at the feet of the Lord. She has taken abode in the infinite region and has attained union with the Beloved. Indeed, 0 Tulsi, she has been delivered from delusion, suffering and fever of countless lives." (Param Sant Tulsi Sahib, of the Hathras Satsang)

"Surat [the attention-faculty, eyes and ears of the Soul] going to glimpse the Absolute, concentrates its gaze at the tenth door [third eye center]. Watching the Luminous Point, the pole Star, the Moon and Sun, the Surat hears many sweet tunes of the five spheres. Mehi says, this is the quintessence of Sant Mat." (The Padavali of Maharishi Mehi Paramahansa)

"My Radhasoami [Lord of the Soul] is a profound ocean of serenity which none can fathom." (Soami Ji Maharaj, Sar Bachan Poetry, Volume I)

"The current which has been instrumental in having brought it [the soul] down here must naturally be the 'True Path' for its return to the Original Source, and whoever finds this current is on the path of emancipation. This current which is the spirit and life current is called in the Radhasoami Faith, 'the Sound Current' or 'Word' or Holy Name." (Radhasoami Mat Prakash, by Huzur Maharaj)

"The sole purpose of the incarnation of the Supreme Being as Satguru is to redeem the Jivas [souls] from the cycle of chaurasi [the transmigratory cycle of births and deaths], to reveal to them the efficacy of Surat Shabd Yoga and to engender into them the true and sincere love for the Supreme Being." (Agam Prasad Mathur - Dada Ji, "Petals of Love")

By The Grace of the Masters

"Hope is a lie and desire a mere dream -- yet both are construed as actual reality. But when my guru gave me his holy wisdom, I awoke from my dream and my heart yielded." (Sant Namdeva)

"The most powerful divine force in your life is the intensity of your devotion to your living Ideal or Master with all understanding and wisdom." (Sree Sree Mentu Maharaj)

"Kabir has conceived of God (Raam), as one eminently attracting humanity to a Communion of Love, and of man's putting his earthly life to its best use in responding to this. The resulting Communion of Love finds the devotee as totally absorbed into God as is humanly conceivable." ("The Encyclopedia of Saints of India, Volume Two: KABIR", Criterion Publications, New Delhi, India)

A Universal Prayer: "Give us what no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, what no hand has felt, and what has never occurred to the human mind." (Gospel of Thomas) "Lead us from the unreal to the Real. Lead us from darkness to Light. Lead us from death to Immortality." (Upanishads)

God exists from the beginning and even before the creation of world. Nobody knows who is the first person or Guru who learnt the way of meditation and taught the world. Also, the way to achieve God is inside all the human beings naturally. Only God is the creator of that way and He has established this path naturally inside the human. He was the first who established the relationship between Sadguru and disciple. Nobody can claim that he is the inventor of that path. Yes, Only God can be the first entity who established the path of meditation, and Master-pupil relation. Maharshi Mehi says, "The person who advances on this path and achieves self-realization and salvation while alive becomes Sant (i.e. God-realized soul) and each Sant becomes a new link added in the Sant Mat. This is the continuous ceaseless flow of Sant Mat dynasty." (The Teachings of Maharshi Mehi Paramahansa) /////////

YouTube Bhakti

Prayer of Meher Baba put to music by Pete Townshend and the Who:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZkIdo55oUw

Anand Sahib by Guru Amar Das, Chant and Text:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuGDrkX2vzQ

O Mind, Meditate on the Lord's Name:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyqSGmotjf4