DEAR READERS,
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These old pages will therefore be closed down in the
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Thank you,
In Love and Light
A disciple aspiring to follow the path of the heart must sense the full power of the flame of Love for his Teacher.
A disciple desiring to help in the building of the Teacher’s works must safeguard the Advice of the Teacher.
A disciple desiring to safeguard the Advice of the Teacher must protect His utterances as pearls.
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Learn how to guard the thread with the Teacher and to fill the heart with the Lord. It must not be forgotten that which is essential for an unswerving ascent.
Neither works, nor circumstances, nor character, nor diverse reasons may erect barriers between the disciple and the Teacher.
The manifestation of the Teacher signifies the initiation of the shortest path. To reject the Lord is to betray oneself.
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The thought of obedience to a Teacher is alien to people. How can one fear to go astray when the he is the Beacon leading the way?
How can the disciple lose his fire when the Teacher kindles all fires? How can the Shield of the Teacher hold back the disciple if he is already inspired by him?
Thus, in the consciousness of humanity dwells only a faint desire to strive for mutual cooperation. But they must learn to act independently and to embody all the thoughts affirmed by the Teacher.
In that way the Cosmic Mind achieves evolution.
Thus humanity must learn to construct by a higher way. Verily, by emulating the Teacher you assimilate his Image.
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Subtlety of receptivity is necessary for an understanding of the Teacher. In the realization that he imbues the disciple’s lower mind (used by the lower self) with higher understanding is contained the entire progress of the disciple.
The creativeness of the lower mind can be impelled upward only when thought ascends. The link between the Teacher and disciple is forged by spiritual striving.
Truly, who will uplift the lower mind of the disciple, if not his Teacher? Only the Higher can uplift the lower. Without this understanding it is impossible to advance. Thus, let us conclude by stressing the refinement of receptivity.
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The spark of the spirit kindles the heart, hence Our Teaching is in need of spreading through the fire of the heart. How can one kindle the torches of the lower mind without the fire of the heart? Only fire uplifts creativeness and imbues each action.
The energy that sparks off vital impulse must possess vital fire. In this law are contained all creative powers. The tension of each energy calls to life the surrounding energies.
In this way, all materializations take place, gathering around them all energies. Therefore, the kernel of the lower mind is a mighty accumulator.
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Wondrous is the thought of a Brotherhood on Earth. Each discipline of the lower mind produces striving, but only the will can give discipline to this mind. When thought roams about in obvious egoism, then, verily, there is no channel for correct, vital action.
Each lofty thought contributes to the growth of the lower mind.
Holding sincere thoughts towards the Mother of the World and the Guru leads to an expansion of consciousness.
Only the chain of the Hierarchy of Masters will afford the possibility of ascent. Complete obedience leads to true creativeness, for when obedience guides action, power increases, and intensifies all forces.
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Many wonder if it is really necessary to have a Guru (spiritual Teacher, Master). The answer depends on your aim in life, what your aspirations are. If the aim in life is just to live a happy, balanced life, then no Guru is necessary. But if the aim is to realize one's true nature, which is God, in this same life, then a realized Guru is necessary, for on the disciple's path to enlightenment there are many obstacles he does not even know about; and so finding the solutions may take several lives. There are also certain things which the disciple cannot do for himself.
Indeed, once on the path, the disciple discovers that he is constantly torn between living an easy, pleasurable life of the lower self, and following the call of his heart to embrace higher aspirations which give him spiritual joy. This brings some suffering, and he progresses by fits and starts. By himself, it is difficult to find the recipe which will bring balance into his life and allow him to reach the goal more easily and in a much shorter time.
Maharajji (Shri Hans Raj Maharajji), a great Avatar and Saint of the Sacha lineage (1922–2011) in his answer below to a question, gives us some important elements about the help of a true Master.
In the late 1990s, in reply to some seekers who asked him if he had a message for their country, Maharajji replied:
“I have only one message: spirituality – more precisely peace. Love is not in the mind nor in thought. Love is in the heart, and that is universal, whatever the country. There is no particular spirituality for any country. It is quite simply universal. One maybe a Christian, a Mohammedan, a follower of Krishna etc, but all must follow this… Love is God. Christ also says so; Mohammed also.
If you want to realize God, first you have to see inside. Don't look at other people. You have a lot of ego inside.
You try to become purified by the grace of the Guru; you cannot purify yourself alone [in one lifetime]. You have to be helped by the Guru. And if you have an utmost demand for Realization, you will get a Guru. Until you have an extreme demand for realization, you will not get a Guru. When you get a Guru he will open your heart. And love is open, the heart is universal. You will then see everybody as yourself. It is the same in every country.
But there is no particular spirituality for a country, or a particular religion. Spirituality is universal and it is One. God is One.
Your sadhana – meditation, and all such things are adapted to each person; some sing songs, some do pranayam, some do yoga. But the ultimate goal is one. When you do turn your attention inside, and you see your ego, then that ego will go by the grace of the Guru, by the help of the Guru. You can't get rid of that ego by your own effort. You need a Guru first. Then you will get realization, peace, love. Just like dirty water connected with the Ganges, the Ganges automatically purifies that water. So the Ganges will not go to dirty water, it is the dirty water which will connect with the Ganges.
Therefore, if you have an extreme disire to realize your [higher] Self, your Guru will come, he will meet you and give you peace. He will open your heart. The path to that goal may be different – it can be Christian, Mohammedan, Hindu, etc.but God is One. The ultimate goal is One.”
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Some Remarks
Such a Master or Guru is one who has realized his true nature, who, having learnt all the lessons life has to teach, no longer needs to reincarnate. However, he can choose to do so in order to lead diligent disciples from the darkness of the lower self to the light of the higher Self, God. His spiritual mastery enables him to open the disciple's heart and bestow such help which is possible and which will shorten the disciple's path.
The link with this Master is also the link with the fifth kingdom, the spiritual realm – more precisely the spiritual Hierarchy of Masters to which he belongs. They watch over humanity's evolution, teaching them and guiding them as one body at every step up the spiral of evolution. Although we see such a Master in a physical body, he works on the spiritual planes to assist the disciple in his struggle to reach the light. Such Masters are, themselves, light and love, and one greatly benefits by keeping them in our thoughts.
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Contrary to what one may think, humanity on the whole is evolving slowly but surely, and has a goal to meet. We are not just drifting here and there as the wind blows, but are following a well defined plan that leads to the goal humanity pursues. This goal is the perfection of man, and his merging with his Creator, God. The Golden Path is a beautiful name one could give to the way leading to this goal, when one consciously goes up the path.
Humanity is one body, and we all go up this path together. However, many walk blindly, not knowing that there is a purpose to life. Indeed, man needs to more deeply explore the spiritual side of things; after all, we do realize that we are not just flesh and bones and a thinking mind, but also a spiritual being.
What then is the consequence of this? How does this change our lives? Those are the questions which need to be studied.
Each human being needs to ask himself questions like these and try to find answers. It is not enough to accept other people's conclusions without working out the answers ourselves, otherwise we would only be trying to live our lives as other people think fit, and not really live from our hearts. There must be some reason why many people are so unhappy in life, and this is because they do not follow their hearts. When we reflect on what our lives are about, then our eyes begin to open, and we begin to follow our hearts.
The path to spiritual heights is often long and lonely, because everybody does not arrive at that truth at the same time. Not everybody wishes or even finds it necessary to live with their hearts. But when one keeps one's eyes fixed on love, God and the goal, one is filled with such joy and happiness in spite of the many difficulties one confronts that one accepts to make the necessary sacrifices. The climb to those heights necessitates faith and perseverance.
This spiritual ascent is not incompatible with everyday life. Indeed, it is the same life. There is not "spiritual life" on one hand, and "every day life" on the other. We daily live through situations which lead us to practise the spiritual truths we believe in. And life after life, we come back and learn a little more, gain more and more wisdom until we understand the necessity to conscientiously follow a spiritual path of our own choice. One day, finally, we realize that this path has led us to blossom out into a highly spiritual being. And then at last, we live our lives much more abundantly.
However, we are entering a new cycle of spiritual development with new cosmic energies coming down on the Earth, so that, after many long years, humanity as one body, and not only individually, will be regenerated and spiritually uplifted. This change, called Parivartan in Sanskrit, will bring about more brotherhood and sharing.
At the moment we are at the dawn of this new consciousness, and so highly developed spiritual Beings need to inspire and assist man at this stage, to help him make the right choices.
The Sacha lineage is prominent in guiding humanity through the difficulties of the upward march of present times. The work of this worldwide spiritual transformation or Parivartan is called the Sacha Mission.
