The Living Master With A Godward Focus - Light and Sound on The Path (Sant Mat, Radhasoami)
Question: Dear Babaji, the Satsang, Darshan, and Prashad of the Masters reduce the burden of the karmas of the initiates of the living Master. So, how about the disciples of the Masters Who are no longer in the physical body?
Babaji (Baba Ram Singh): For those whose Master has left the body, they can sit with devotion and attend to Satsang and do their Bhajan Simran with the same dedication and love and affection for their Master and they will get the same effect — like any other initiate who is getting it from a living Master. So, when anyone goes to take Darshan of a Master, of a Saint, whether he has been initiated by that Saint or initiated by some other Saint Who is no longer in the body, the Saint gives the blessings to everyone equally. So, everyone benefits from the Satsang and Darshan and the Prashad given by a Master, irrespective of whether he is an initiate of that Master or he is an initiate of any other Master...
Guru guru mein bedh hai,
Guru guru mein bhaav,
Guru guru mein bedh hai,
Guru guru mein bhaav
Soyee guru nith bandiye,
Jo sabhadh bathave daav.
Kabir Sahib says, “There is a lot of difference between one guru and the other guru. So, you should search for a guru — a true Master — Who has the knowledge of the Shabd. And then, you follow His Teachings and go within.”
Even Somanath Baba Ji did pranayamas for fifteen years. And he had a lot of mystical powers as a result of his practice. But, there was no peace. And he looked for a true Master after that and he went about the Himalayas for nearly five to six years. And, eventually, he came to Beas where he met Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj and he got initiated by Him.
Where we have true devotion for God Almighty and we really aspire to meet Him, then God Almighty Himself creates the Path for such disciples to go and meet the true Masters.
Wherever they are people with such past impressions, God Almighty definitely creates a path for such people to meet a living Master. And Whoever are the living Masters during that time, They bring such disciples under Their fold.
So, this Path has been created by God Almighty and He sees such people with past impressions and He sends the Masters to fetch such people.
Kanfookha guru hadh ka,
Behadh ka guru aur,
Kanfookha guru hadh ka,
Behadh ka guru aur
Behad ka guru jab milai,
Tab lahai tikaana taur.
Kabir Sahib says, “There are so-called ‘gurus’. And these people just blow wind in the ear. And by blowing that wind, they say that you have got your salvation.” And that is it. That is their practice. They just do that and then they may give some mantra for repetition. But this is what these people think about salvation and getting free from this world. It is only people who have past impressions. It is only such people who go to a true Master. And there, they understand the Teachings of the true Master and then they follow the Path of that Master.
All the other disciplines — all the other gurus — are all within the realm of Kal. And all of those paths will only keep you within this realm of Kal. It is only the true Masters Who talk about going beyond the compound of Kal.
Then there are others who follow the gunas — that is, Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh — and they give the mantras or the teachings of these deities. And then, they say, “If you do their practice, then you will either go to heaven, or you will go to Vaikuntha, or Kailash where these deities are supposed to be.
So, it is only with God's Mercy and Grace that a person with past impressions is drawn to a true Master. And then he understands the Teachings of the true Master and he follows the Path.
-- Excerpted from two Satsang Discourses of Baba Ram Singh
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