Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans {44.}

Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans {44.}
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Radhasoami!
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The Effects of Others’ Company.
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“Phir sohbath ke baare mein Farmaya ki iska bhee bada asar hotha hai. Ek aadmi ke andar se kaam, krodha, lobha, moha aur ahankaar in panch angon ki beshumar dhaaren har waqt bahar nikalti rahti hain aur uske gird ek ek dhaar ek halks banathi hai. Is tarah se sansari aadmi ki fawware ki manindh {tarah} sab gilazath {gandgi} bahar nikal rahi hai. Tho jo shakhs aise shakhs ki sohbath karta hai, us par us gande halke ka asar zarur padta hai. Lekin mahatma aur Sant jan ki Sohbath se bada phayda hotha hai, kyonki Unke andar se sheel, kshama, ki Dhaaren nikal rahi hain, jo roshan daayra {ghera} banathi hain ... Agar kahin bhaag se Sant ya saadh ki Sangath mil jaave, tho usse bada phayda hotha hai, kyonki Waha Nirmal Chetan Desh ke bhandar Hain. Unse jo Dhaaren nikal rahi hain, waha tho bahut hee roshan aur prakashwan hain aur bahut dhoor dhoor thak asar karti hain.”

---- Param Guru Huzur Sarkar Saheb Ji; Bachan Bhag I, No. 17, Pages 157-8.
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Its simple translation into English may be rendered as follows:

“Then Pronounced upon the subject of the company one keeps that it has great influence upon one. From everyone, the currents of lust, anger, greed, attachment and ego, umpteen rays of these five tendencies are every moment emerging out and creating an {aura or} energy-field around the person. In this manner, from a worldly person, like a fountain, such impurities keep sprouting forth.... So, whoever remains in the company of such a person, will definitely be susceptible to the adverse effects of such a dirty impact. But great benefit is derived from the company of the evolved souls and of the Saints, because from their beings, the streams of serenity and forgiveness flow out, forming a refulgent aura, ... If one is ever fortunate enough to attain the company of a Saint or a evolved soul, then one benefits incalculably therefrom, because They are the repositories of the Pure Spiritual Region. The currents that emanate from Them are extremely splendrous and shining and cause an effect up to considerable distances.”
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Radhasoami!

Religion’s Beginning: God or Soul. {102.}

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Radhasoami!

The world is full of billions
who profess to follow various religions.

Can people be regarded religious
merely because they subscribe to
certain mandated weltanschauung or beliefs?

Well, that might be deemed religiosity,
but not as I see it.

Religion begins with God
or the human soul.

Have you beheld God?
If not, then you're not religious.

You have seen your face,
you have touched your nose,
but have you experienced your own soul?

How can you profess to follow
a religion that teaches one how to
internally raise one’s soul’s heavenwards
if you haven’t even verified
that the soul exists within?

It’s like staking all you have
on a certain journey without confirming
that the touted train actually exists.

God is supposed to be reality,
so let God be realized within!

I think religion is becoming
mere words, words and words,
empty words, and meaningless words,
words bandied about for effect,
words sold for petty profits,
words hurled to cause injury.

Where are the loving words,
which guide, purge, heal, redeem?

So, help me God,
truly practice your religion.

“Dehu Deedaar dhoor kar purda /
Tab mero man maane.”

That is,
“Allow me to behold Your Countenance,
by Removing Your Veil,
only then shall I be satisfied.”

Please Grant me Your Darshan internally
and awaken my soul’s powers ... the fastest possible!

Radhasoami!
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