Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans. {75.}

Radhasoami!
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Please Guru by Doing These.
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“Sant Satguru se sachhi preethi karni chahiye aur Unko Satsang, anthri aur bahari, aur tan man dhan se Seva karke prasann karna chahiye.”


---- Param Guru Huzur Maharaj Ji; Prashnothar, Guru Updesh, No. 21, Page 35.
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Its simple translation into English may be rendered as follows:


“One should be truly devoted to the Grand Master and please Him by performing Satsang, both internal and external, and by doing Service with one’s body, mind and wealth.”
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Radhasoami!

Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans. {69.}

Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans. {69.}
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Radhasoami!
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Intensely Seeking Salvation is Rare.
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“Sumiran, Dhyan, Bhajan aur Pothi ka Paath karne waale Satsangi tho bahut milthe hain, magar aise Satsangi bahut kam hain jo sachhe dil se yeh chahte hon ki is duniya ke ragdon jhagdon se jald chutkara ho, yani shareer choot jaave aur Maalik ke Charnon mein pahunchen.”

---- Param Guru Maharaj Saheb Ji; Bachan Part II, No. 20, Page 31.
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Its simple translation into English may be rendered as follows:

“One can find many Satsangis who perform Sumiran, Dhyan or Contemplation, Bhajan or Meditation, or recite Paaths or hymns from the scriptures, but such Satsangis are very few who really desire from their hearts that they be freed from the frictions and fights of this world, that is, they shed their bodies and reach the Lotus Feet of the Supreme Lord.”
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Radhasoami!

Real Keys to Good Health. {123.}

Real Keys to Good Health. {123.}
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Radhasoami!

There is much being written nowadays
about the apparent body-mind connection.

Actually, a holistic approach would regard
the soul-mind-body as the true substratum.

The soul determines a person’s faith,
ego, personality, sanskaras or aspirations,
karmas or deeds, entire living,
spiritual capital, and destiny.

It’s the soul that
determines a person’s mind.

Since the body is but the medium
through which the soul intends
to attain its worldly desires
and spiritual goals,
it is the soul that actually determines
the body that the person will have.

Your health, energy, ailments, pain,
healing, recovery, and the like
are inextricably linked with your soul’s urgings.

The sword weaves a scabbard
most fit for its purposes.

Basically, it is harmony
with the divine will
that leads to peace
and lasting good health.

Besides, the effect of karmas
needs be worked out before
the soul may attain salvation,
mandating the eruption of diseases.

No, this isn’t really mumbojumbo,
and consuming Prashad {sanctified things}
is a superb means
of eradicating one’s karmas.

The point I am emphasizing
is that goodness and spirituality
are eminently good for one’s health,
for very logical reasons.

It is your minuscule soul that can
recreate every single cell of your body,
streamline every single process occurring within it,
better than the best of medicines prescribed
by the world’s best doctors possibly can.

Sure, you need meditate and
awaken your soul’s faculties adequately,
but it is verily possible.

I have glimpsed as much
in my humble earnest strivings;
may Grace guide me onwards,
I trust the divine Law.

Radhasoami!
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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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Living Constantly Close to Death. {117.}

Living Constantly Close to Death. {117.}
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Radhasoami!

One should be close to God.

God is the reality the fortunate access
after having quit life itself.

The blessed rare manage to experience God
internally in meditation while alive.

It pays to remain aware,
clear about things,
God is beyond,
reality is transcendental,
body is bondage,
life is shackles.

One can considerably hasten
one’s evolution towards salvation,
by living in constant
remembrance of one’s death.

It is said that people who survive
a close brush with death,
emerge from it much changed.

This must be quite true.

Hence, one can consciously cultivate
such an attitude within oneself.

It is bound to trigger off
several positive stirrings within your being.

Live: close to death,
earnestly persevering for salvation!

Radhasoami!
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Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans {60.}

Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans {60.}
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Radhasoami!
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Gross Self Targeting Subtle Sounds.
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“Shabd sookshm hai aur jeeva ka swaroop sthool ho gaya hai. Phir jeeva Shabd mein ekdam kaise lagey? Sthoolta ko dhoor karne ka upaay Satguru bhakti hai, aur jab thak Satguru bhakti durusthi se na banegi, tab thak Shabd mein lagne ka adhikari na hoga.”

---- Param Purusha Puran Dhani Huzur Soami Ji Maharaj;
The Holy Sar Bachan {Nasr}; No. 223, Page 170.
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Its simple translation into English may be rendered as follows:

“The {mystical and divine} Word {or Sound} is subtle and the form of the living being has become gross. So how can one suddenly get attuned to the Sound? The method to rid oneself of grossness is worship of the Satguru, and till such time as one doesn’t perform the Satguru’s worship perfectly, one will not become fit to get absorbed in the Sound.”
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Radhasoami!

Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans {45.}

Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans {45.}
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Radhasoami!
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Karmas’ Eradication within One Lifetime.
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“Choonki kayi janmanjanm ke yani sanchit karma aur uske pahle janm ke prarabdh karma aur isi janam ke kriyamarn karma, sab isi ek janam mein Santon ne bhugthane hain, so agar in karmon ka poora poora phal bhugatna pade, tho yeh chola hee chhoot jaaye aur hum saha na saken. Magar Santon ne jo Farmaya hai ki sooli ka kanta aur man bhar ka chatank bhar kar dethe hain, yeh bilkul theek hai, warna ek janam mein saare karma saaf nahin ho sakte.... Is tarah bahut se karma abhyaas mein katthe hain.... Tho har ek jeeva jo chahiye ki jab Charnon mein aaya, pichle jo karma kar baitha tha unke wasthe pachtaye aur ayanda kadam phoonk phoonk kar rakhe.... ‘Radhasoami Choden na jise Gahen ri.’”

---- Param Guru Huzur Sarkar Saheb Ji; Bachan Bhag I, No. 25, Page 176.
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Its simple translation into English may be rendered as follows:

“Because the load of the accumulated karmas of countless lifetimes and the latent karmas of the previous lifetime and the manifest karmas of the present birth, the Saints are to cause all to be worked out in this single lifetime, so if the effects of these karmas were to be borne in full, then the body would have to be shed and we would not be able to endure it. However, as the Saints have Declared that the stake gets converted into a thorn and They reduce a ton to a mere speck, this is absolutely right, otherwise all the karmas could not be eradicated within one lifetime.... In this manner, umpteen karmas get worked out while in meditation.... So every being ought to, ever since surrenderance unto the holy Feet, feel remorse for one’s past karmas and henceforth perform karmas with grave deliberation {caution}.... ‘Radhasoami Doesn’t Let go of those He Grasps.’”
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Radhasoami!

Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans {21.}

Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans {21.}
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Radhasoami!
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Three Kinds of Human Powers.
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“Moreover, man has three kinds of powers, viz. (i) powers of the physical body and the senses, (ii) powers of the mind and the intellect, and (iii) powers of the spirit. Whosoever makes effort and awakens all these three kinds of powers is known as superior to all others and can attain a high region and can also learn the secret of the Supreme Being, while one who simply awakens the powers of one kind, would get benefit to that extent only, but nobody can attain the status of a person who, by means of practices, awakens the powers of his spirit and such a person would become dear to the Supreme Being and the entire creation would carry out his wishes.
... It should be noted that it is the duty of every man and woman that he should awaken at least to some extent all those three kinds of powers by means of continued practice.”

---- Param Guru Huzur Maharaj Ji; Radhasoami Mat Sandesa, Pages 16 & 18, Nos 51 & 55.
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Radhasoami!