Stirrings and Musings within Me. {156.}

Radhasoami Dayal Ki Daya

Radhasoami Sahai

May Compassionate Radhasoami Shower His Grace

May Radhasoami Help

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Radhasoami!

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Oh, help me, my Supreme Parent

arrive unto You at the earliest!

There are now stirrings within me

evoking words from a mystical well

too deep for me to fathom.

I feel I am steadily evolving

beyond disease, health, my very body,

into another aura sired by my resonating prayers

that can instantly heal or wreak

all that it pleases.

There is an intuitiveness  

manifesting through my mind

that knows every truth there is

the unalloyed truth

the whole truth

shorn of distortion or verbiage.

Every mystery now stands resolved

and every question implicitly answered.

I have met and mated with the truth

and she is God.

I am amazingly moving

beyond sleep and wakefulness

into a continuing trance

that permeates my living.

I am inexorably transcending

beyond life and death

into a loftier realm

where the twilight glows  

and the words infinity and eternity

have been fully realized.

I mock sorrow and joy alike

serene in a bliss that heralds

nascent paradise to me.

Like all life so far

this, too, shall soon pass

and the path ahead lit

by God’s growing potent Grace.

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Radhasoami!

God, Life and Death Reconciled. {146.}

Radhasoami Dayal Ki Daya

Radhasoami Sahai

May Compassionate Radhasoami Shower His Grace

May Radhasoami Help

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Radhasoami!

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My impulse to mysticism may be summarized thus well:

Life is essentially just not worth living;  

And right, final and early death is eminently desirable. 

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Radhasoami!

My Loneliness Blossoms into Togetherness. {144.}

Radhasoami Dayal Ki Daya

Radhasoami Sahai

May Compassionate Radhasoami Shower His Grace

May Radhasoami Help

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Radhasoami!

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in loneliness i recklessly 
delved deep within myself

until there was no i

to even experience feeling alone.

whom they all call god

is my being;

i have realized the truth

but life thralls me yet.

i long for the freedom

that was mine before birth

and i shall triumph

in challenging, transcending death.

god is a mere

state of my being.

and paradise the home

all exiled yearn for.

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Radhasoami!

Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans {78.}

Radhasoami!
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Choose Guru, Not the World.
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“Sant Satguru ke saath preeti pratheeti karo. Wah sab duniyadaron aur duniya ke bakhedon se Chudawenge aur Apne mein preeti aisi Lagawenge ki jo param anand ko prapth karawegi. Duniya ke thagon ke saath preeti karo, tho wah aise sakht thaur se apne jaal mein jeeva ko jakad lenge ki marte waqt nihayath mushkil padegi.”


---- Param Guru Huzur Saheb Ji Maharaj; Bachan Bhag I, No. 100, Page 324.
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Its simple translation into English may be rendered as follows:


“You should develop love for and faith in the Revered Leader. He Will Extricate you from the squabbles of the worldly people and the world, and Inspire devotion to Him in such a manner that you will attain unto ultimate bliss. If one harbors love for the frauds of the world, then they will so deeply entangle the living being in their traps that it will cause one immense difficulty at the time of death.”
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Radhasoami!

None of This is It. {127.}

None of This is It. {127.}
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Radhasoami!

There’s something fractured and dissatisfactory
about life that is frustrating.

The best of experiences still lack
that certain something real, desired, meaningful.

Human language proves utterly inadequate
if one aspires to describe
the most sublime of experiences;
expression remains denied to me.

I cannot help constantly feeling
it’s on the other side;
call it God, reality, truth,
bliss, completeness, eternity, salvation, paradise.

Beyond the threshold of life,
across the embrace of death,
perhaps awaits my Supreme Parent,
I strive with that trust,
longing to transcendentally leap across.
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Radhasoami!
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Death is the Final Beloved. {126.}

Death is the Final Beloved. {126.}
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Radhasoami!

The world is too unreal and perishable.

Life is too fractured and fleeting.

The self is one’s responsibility.

God alone is real, desirable and important.

One’s soul alone matters eternally.

Meditation is the most worthwhile activity possible.

The goal is one’s final salvation ensured.

Death is merely crossing over
from life into the afterlife.

Death is the only embrace that can
lead one to divine bliss,
if one has striven rightly
for redemption during one’s lifetime.

So, let my love for my Maker
daw me inexorably towards Him.

Ah, Death, my final beloved,
I long for your kiss.

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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The Death that All Dread. {112.}

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Radhasoami!

Param Sant Kabir Sahib Ji
has penned umpteen memorable lines,
including the following:
“Ja marne se jag darey / Mere man anand
Kab mariho kab paiyo / Puran parmanand.”

That is,
“The death that all fear / I long for
Oh, when would I die and attain / Complete bliss.”

Caught up as we are
in the whirl of life,
it might be worthwhile to
pause and wonder about what
lies on the other side,
how one might cross over,
and achieve one’s true salvation.

Death is not to be feared;
it is the gateway to redemption.

Life is not the ultimate reality;
it’s a kaleidoscope offering a chance
for deserving souls to ensure salvation.

Let’s all value and live rightly,
focused on the paradise beyond life!

Radhasoami!
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Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans {28.}

Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans {28.}
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Radhasoami!
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Transcend Death while Yet Alive.
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“... Jeethe ji marna chahiye, yani surat ko netron ke sthan se hata kar Maalik Sachhe ke Charnon mein lagana aur Nij Desh mein pahunchna chahiye.”

---- Param Guru Huzur Maharaj Ji; Prashnottar, Guru Updesh, No. 41, Page 37.
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Its simple translation into English may be rendered as follows:

“... One should die while one is yet alive, that is, the soul should be removed from its seat near the eyes and attached to the Lord’s Lotus Feet and be made to reach the True Abode.”
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Radhasoami!

Radhasoami Religion is about Death. {106.}

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Radhasoami!

This world is not real.

Life is brief, and merely
an opportunity to attain salvation.

The meaning and purpose of life
stem from but its eventual cessation.

This may sound strange,
but is nevertheless true.

It is the deserving soul
that early, clearly and seriously
dedicates itself to achieving redemption.

Meditation in the prescribed manner,
helped by the Guru’s Grace,
can enable any sincere devotee
to experience death during meditation,
to transcend and master death.

Death naturally loses its sting
for such a blessed devotee.

One realizes what reality is,
and knows that one has
attained a paradise that’s
glorious, blissful and eternal.

Radhasoami!
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Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans. {11.}

Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans. {11.}
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Radhasoami!
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Habitually Yearn for Salvation Intensely.
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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 rahte hon ki is duniya ke ragdon jhagdon se jald chutkara ho, yaani shareer choot jaave aur Maalik ke Charnon mein pahunche. Is kism ki sachhi khwahish hona badi baath hai. Kisi waqt dukh aan kar pada, us waqt maut maang lena aur baath hai. Magar duniyawi sukhon ke hothe hue bhee jab sansaar se vairagya aur Maalik ke Charnon mein anurag dil mein bana rahe, tab samajhna chahiye ki prem jaaga.... Is kism ke sachhe bhakton ko Maalik Aap se Aap Kheenchta hai.”

---- Param Guru Maharaj Saheb Ji; Bachan, Part I, No. 20, Page 31.

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Its simple translation into English may be rendered as follows:

“There may be found many Satsangis who perform Sumiran, Dhyan and Bhajan, and recite Paath from the scriptures. But there are extremely few who honestly and wholeheartedly desire that they be freed from the troubles and squabbles of this world, i.e. they quit the mortal body and attain the Supreme Godhead’s Lotus Feet. An intense yearning of this nature is a great thing. It is a different matter if one asks for death while under duress from some particular grief. True love may be regarded to have been engendered if one develops indifference to the world and longing for one’s Supreme Parent even in the midst of worldly joys.”
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Radhasoami!

Where, Pray, After You Die? {23.}

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Radhasoami!

Every human or other living being represents the effect of all one’s past impulses & deeds in all one’s earlier lifetimes.
You may believe you suddenly do something, but actually you have been preparing yourself for several lifetimes for doing it.
Besides, we are all essentially ignorant, imperfect and limited beings leading lives in an evil world.
Hence, one’s present karmas are extremely important.
Your present thoughts, desires, words & actions are preparatory to your future state of life, & to your ultimate spiritual end.
It is everyone’s individual responsibility to value, choose, decide, care, & actually make the proper efforts in striving to ensure one’s state of life &, far more importantly, one’s desserts & status in the afterlife.

WHERE DO YOU WANT TO BE AFTER YOU DIE?
This is the key question that ought to determine your entire living.
It is surprising -- actually unbelievable -- that people care so tremendously for their worldly gains that can at the most last a few months, years or decades.
Human lifespan itself is so severely limited, in the cosmic timeframe.
However, spiritual benefits acquired by securing a berth in the redemptive Radhasoami Ferry & performing good deeds last one till eternity.
It behoves the sensible to care for their eventual spiritual welfare & destiny at least as much as they do for the next meal that they are to have, or for that splendid house that they so keenly wish to buy.

Haven’t we had enough of collective & continuing ignorance, wrong valuing and myopia?
What do you care more about: that petty & measly trinket, or sincerely persevering to deserve that your soul could rejoice in ineffable bliss in an eternal paradise?
It is only humans, among all the living beings, who might possibly ponder over such choices, because they are the only fortunate ones who actually possess these options.

Please don’t waste your priceless human birth!
Please don’t ignore my words, believing them not to contain truth, or as being irrelevant for you!
Please don’t forego this opportunity that you now have of seeking to really ensure your eventual redemption.
Please don't let the most vital decision, which will directly determine the state of your soul for an eternity, be made -- owing to your lack of responsibility, & your continuing desire to evade it --"by default". {You deserve better than that, don't you?}

None of the others, & nothing of the usual sort, matters.
Life is a fleeting illusory play, but God’s Grace will really work, if you take care to deserve it.
Just how truly, honestly and intensely do you really care for what happens to your soul in the afterlife?
That’s more important than absolutely anything else!
Yes, seek the truth, while you can, & it will, indeed, enable you your freedom, transcendence and salvation.

Radhasoami!
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