The Way of the Master

The Way of the Master
The way of the Master
          The two paths are open to us in this world. Either we follow the path of the mind or that of the Guru known as Guru Mat or Guru Marg. Every one according to his own light. Claims to follow Guru Mat.
The sikhs base this claim on the stength of the five symbols,  kara (stell bracelet) kachh (short kniskers) kesh (long hair) and Kirpan(sword) the five K’s are considered essential pre requisite and without them non can claim to be a follower of their Guru. 
          The Mohammedans regard Namaz, Roza, Haj and Zakat (prayer, five times daily; fasting from sun rise to sundown for thirty days during the mounth of Ramzan, pilgrimage to Mecca and giving a portion of their incove to charity) as Guru Mat. 
          In the same manner, the Hindus regard Shikha (tuft of hair at the top of the head). Sutar(sacred thread), Sandhya (prayer both morning and evening), Tarpan(religious fire for invoking gods) and Khat karmas(six duties according to Hindu scripture ) as Guru way.
          Some look upon idol worship. Pilgrimages and bath in “Holy Water” as Guru Mat, others take reading the Gita. Repetition of Gayatri. Recitation of Ramayana or other sacred scripture and still others think that fasting and other austerites lead to God. Realization. Yogis treat Pranayam vasti karma consequently, the first requirement is to find a true and perfect master. The perfect master says: “The Kingdom of Heaven is within you”. Lord God, the supreme creator, cannot be found outside by one who has not realized him within. This human body of ours is the “mansion of the Lord”. The temple of the living God. 
          In the body too, the Lord is not realize in the Khat Chakras(Six lower center) as believed by this yogis. He is to be realized. Above the eye center, and the way to realize him is given by a true master. 
          So long as the soul does not get out of cluches of the mind and senses, and cross the region of Brahm and Par Brahm, Guru mat is not really understaood. The Guru initiates us into the mysteries of the Path and Tells us how to vovode the body and enter the “Tenth Gate” that leads to the Lord Mansion. 
          Guru Mat is unique and sweet. It begins when the mind and the soul currents withdraws from the nine postals according to the instruction of a Guru and become concentrated at the “Bhru Madhe”.  The point between the two eyebrows, this is the door to the “Kingdom of Heaven”  within about which Jesus Christ says ‘Knock, and it shall be opened unto you’ the Guru tells us the ways to knock at this gate is to withdraw totally the attention from the nine outlets of the body and focus. It at the eye center attention to function below the eye center, we allow the mind and saoul to run out and squader PRECIOUS ENERGY.
          When by means of Spiritual Practice soul and mind have reach the ASHT DAL KANWAL (eight pettaled lotus). One begin to hear the Heaven music, called Anahat Shabd ( the word or logos of the Bible) which constantly resound there most sweety. Thus the soul is attracted by the voice of God, and its inward and upward flight begins. A new word of bliss is realized anf vistas of the macrocosm open before it, by the grace of the Mater, it taste the Amrit, the life giving nectar. 
          It was as though the owner of the house (our body) was sleep and the house was at the mercy FIVE THIEVES VIZ; LUST, ANGER, GREED, ATTACHMENT EGO or  PRIDE(ahankar).  Now that the owner has woken up, the thieves have run away. Hazur Baba Sawah Singh Maharaj Ji used to say “when a soul wake up” the five thieves go out in th form of small boys and inform the owner of the house that the place is now too hot for theme to survive there and they have leave. Kabir also said “After killing the five boys be attached to Nam” so long as the five enimies have control of the house, the soul is a helpless prisoner. The Elixir of Shabd, which is the life giving Nectar for the soul, acts as a prison for these imps. They run away and the corresponding virtues take their place thus lust goes and its place is taken up by continuence, anger is replaced by forgiveness, for avirice comes contentment, and egotism and pride are replaced by discrimination and humility. The mind which hankered after trifles and whose desire to possess knew no bounds, becomes stirll and contented the soul becoming free from all entanglements makes for it’s real home holding on the melody of NAM by the grace fo the Master it completes the journey of months in a matter of days the sense world now appears as an allien country and the region inside as native land. 
          As the soul hears the sound of the Bell and the conch, it begins to drop oft its impurities, and the lotus that lays inverted turns right side up, the soul then travels up rapidly, and flashes of the distant JYOTI begin to come in view. The gate to SAHANSDAL KANWAL open, whence the light and radiance from the thousand petal shines forth. This is the first stage on the Path of Guru Mat, but it is the highest and the last stage of nearly all the religions of the world. It is the Seat of the Narain or The trikoti Nath, the Lord of three worlds. The yogis too go no further. 
          After the thousand Petalled Lotus(the sahansrar), comes the land of Brahm the second spiritual Region. He is the creator, the sustainer and the destroyer of the Universe. Connecting the two region is an oblique Passage called the Bunk Nal(the curved tunnel) only after crossing this tunnel, does soul reach the real of Brahm, here the attributes of the mind drop off and thereafter the soul ascends alone Trikuti is the source of mind once it reaches its Home, if merges in it thereby setting the soul free. 
          The soul, however has to sojourn in TRIKUTI for a fairly long duration of time the store of sinckit karmas( the reserve store of karmas) and the soul has to stay her until this store of karmas is liquidated. Just as grain is seperated from chaft gravel and dust in a thrasher, so is the soul purged of all it’s dross, while staying in this regin. TRIKUTI has three prominences the highest being clled the Guru Pad. It is a sublime stage beyond description. As the python draws its prey towards itself. So does the Melody draws the soul toward it. 
          Next come DASWAN DWAR, the region of Par Brahm. Here the music is that of Kingri a stringed instruments similar to guitar, which they play both morning and evening, Guru Amar Das refers to this kingri when addressing the yogis “O Yogis, the kingri of yours does not help in Meditation. Play the kingri which give forth the unstruck Music and draws the soul to the Supreme Being. 
          Now the soul has transcended the region of potent Illusion the tight knot which fastened it to the mind has been cut asunder. All its chains have been broken. The three covering of physical, astral and casual bodies have been removed. The soul now shines forth in the lustre of its full glory. Here it is that “it knows it self”
          Shorn of all its fetters the soul now proceeds upward and reaches the four stage called BHANWAR GUPHA(the whirling cave). This is the gate to SACH KHAND.  But on the way between the third and fourth stage falls the MAHA SUNN (the great void), the land of primordial Gloom this is the region of utter darkness. Even though the soul has a refulgence of TWELVE SUNS, Yet it is unable to penetrate this darkness by itself. it is hare that the soul realize the greatness of the Guru, for by itself it is incapable of crossing this region of unfathomable gloom. Only a sant satguru, a Master having access to the highet region, can take it through the darkness. It crosses this TIMAR KHAND with the “Guru” in sanckrit means one bring light to the darkness many soul, that did not have the good fortune of having a perfect Master remain lost in this darkness. 
          After crossing this timar khand, and on reaching cave, the soul sees that in essence it is the same as the crator the only defference being that it is a drop and he is the ocean. This realization of its identity with the Lord of all creation brings forth an involuntary cry from it “ I am He” the Great Mansur was stoned to death by the ignorant Mullas for this cry of “ I am He”  - Ana – Ul – Haq. What does poor intellect know of the greatness of God realization. 
          From here the soul ascends to SACH KHAND,  the Sat Lok, the true the IMMORTAL the ETERNAL  and Home of bliss and perfect peace, where there is no pain nor sorrow this is the SATGURU PAD  the Abode of the true Master. 
          There are no words with which, greatness, the sublimity, the light or the extent of the Satguru Pad can be described. Millions of suns pale into insignificance before the effulgence of even one atom of this region. 
          The Music in Sat Lok is that the Venna, a very fine, stringed Instrument. Guru Nanak says “He who is attached to the Veena Music knoweth the secret of the three worlds”. Baini ji also says “I will play on the Anhad Veena then i will become Bairaga Rama” Swami Ji Says “wanderful is Guru Mat where Mind and soul contact the sound amid beautiful scenes inside. 
          From here the Sat Purush takes the soul to Radha Swami Pad, after crossing the Alakh and Agam Lokas this is the final stage. 
          Now you can judge for yourself how far and wide do people stray away from reality, the yogis and gianis have no knowledge of this. The yogis even after many years of hard labor in the khat chakras could with great difficulty succed in attaining the Sahansrar Chakar the thousand Petalled Lotus. Yogishwars coul only reach up the top of the second region Brahm Lok. As for the Gianis the philosophers and the learned, most of them reamined lost in hair spitting. After facing failures, a few of them who sought the help of a SPIRITUAL GUIDE COULD GO UP TO BRAHM. This again bring home necessity of a perfect master because, no matter how hard one works, one cannot go beyond that stage to which one’s Guru has access.
The Way of the Master