Features of the Ideal Religion. {119.}

Features of the Ideal Religion. {119.}
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Radhasoami!

The ideal religion ought to ideally
have the following few
ideal components & features,
in a life where little
is ever ideal.

It should firstly have a
divine dimension to it,
having been founded by a
divine incarnation;
for what’s a religion without God?

There must be continuity in the
Mission of the religion,
beyond the shedding of body
by its founder;
an intergenerational lineage of gurus
appears rather inevitable.

It should address the human individual’s
need to pray, and teach one how to
meditate so as to
awaken one’s soul and
internally access the lofty divine realms,
thereby ensuring one’s salvation.

The ideal religion must ideally
naturally usher in
a better society
and a world that is
{saner}, more just and peaceful.

All this seems to be
a tall order.

So, how many religions
meet the above criteria,
or does even one do so?

Let time prove and effect,
for God’s will is mysterious,
subtle, but final.

Radhasoami!
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The Essence among the Diversity. {95.}

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Radhasoami!

Life is a kaleidoscopic play
of Maya, or illusory reality.

It is easy to get lost
in the big and bad world.

Most people have lost their direction,
{or probably, they never had any},
yet keep going from sheer momentum
of the elementary urge to live.

Pause ... for a while, and reflect;
It’s never too late for anything.

This human birth is precious,
life is a priceless opportunity.

Seek the valuable, beyond the muck.
Seek God, beyond the world’s attractions.
Seek redemption, beyond life’s sundry temptations.

It’s a long uphill climb within.
There’s little time to be wasted.

The hell with everything else;
just strive for salvation earnestly.

Radhasoami!
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Life: Brief Four Days’ Sojourn. {59.}

Life: Brief Four Days’ Sojourn. {59.}
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Radhasoami!

There are several Paath or hymn lines
that contain references to life
as comprising merely four days.

“Chaar dinan ke sangi yeh”
while denoting that one’s attachments
last for but four days,
implying thereby that one’s bond
only with Radhasoami Dayal
continues across many lifetimes.

What is one to
construe from all this?

Firstly, it is very true
that time fleets past swiftly.
One rushes through the teens,
enters middle age
and, slightly later, old age,
even before one seems to realize
the rapid progression of years.
So, not wasting one’s time
must logically be duly high
among everyone's priorities.

Secondly, all one’s activities
and one’s entire living,
ought to be reviewed
from the spiritual perspective.
Thus, a course of action is desirable
if it gets one closer to Maalik.
Since the world offers umpteen
temptations, diversions, entanglements,
Satsangis ought to constantly check
and redirect their living
closer to the ideal
stressed in the Radhasoami religion.
This is important because
there is limited time available
for working one’s salvation out;
merely four days in a lifetime,
and four lifetimes at the maximum,
or a total of 16 days.
Since the time normally utilized
out of one’s four days
for active pursuit of spirituality
is rather limited,
the effective time that one has
for one’s spiritual progress
stands the more reduced.
Can’t afford to delay anything!

Thirdly, no time like now,
for redemption just as well.
Why need one irresponsibly postpone
preparation for this vital journey
to an indefinite future date?
“Kaal kare so aaj kar ...”
That is,
“Do today what need tomorrow …”
Hence, one ought to seek redemption
during {or at the close of}
the current four-day lifetime itself.

Radhasoami!
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Take Time Off for It. {52.}

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Radhasoami!

Be alive and present in life.
Be aware and experience your self.

Work is worship.
Work is power.

To what purpose?
To what end?

Take some time off ... to love.
Take some time off ... to care.

Break free of your self.
Transcend death while living itself.

I desire nobody and nothing else.
I seek just You and It.

Let The Guru Guide.
Let His Grace Redeem.

Radhasoami!
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