Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans {50.}

Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans {50.}
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Radhasoami!
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August Founder’s Permanent Dayalbagh Presence.
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“... aur vichar karen ki kya aapne apni saari shakti laga kar Dayalbagh ki unnathi mein koi madad kee hai ya nahin.
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Huzur Mehta Ji Maharaj ne Hum sabko Salaah Dhi hai ki Hum Param Pita Soami Ji Maharaj se prarthna karen ki waha Dayal Apni Upasthiti se Satsang ki shobha Badhane aur Hum logon ke saath yahan Dayalbagh mein Sadeiv Niwaas Karne ki Daya Farmayen. Agar aapne apne anthar ke anthar se yeh prarthna ki aur Param Guru Soami Ji Maharaj ussey Manzoor Kar yahan Tashreef Le Ayen, tho aap Unko apna chehra kaise dikhayenge agar aapne kabhi koi aisa kaam kiya hai jo Satsang samaaj wa Dayalbagh ke hithon ke liye haanikarak hai?”

---- Param Guru Huzur Dr Lal Saheb Ji.
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Its simple translation into English may be rendered as follows:

“... and reflect upon whether you have employed all your means to help the progress of Dayalbagh or not.
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Huzur Mehta Ji Maharaj has Given Us all the Advice that We should pray to the Supreme Father Soami Ji Maharaj that His Graciousness May by His August Presence Add to the glory of Satsang, and May Grant Us the Grace of Permanently Residing in Dayalbagh among all of Us. If you have in your innermost recesses prayed so to the Supreme Lord Soami Ji Maharaj, and He Pleases to Accept it and Fetches His August Presence here, how will you be able to show Him your face if you have ever performed any misdeed that proved detrimental to the interests of the Satsang community and Dayalbagh?”
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Radhasoami!

Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans {40.}

Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans {40.}
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Radhasoami!

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Prayer to Our August Founder.
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“Besides this, a prayer has to be essentially offered in the Holy Feet of {Our August Founder, Param Purusha Puran Dhani Param Guru Huzur} Soamiji Maharaj. The prayer is: ‘You may mercifully let us know if the activity which is being carried on here is wrong or there is some shortcoming in it, and bestow enlightenment on all of us, and give instructions and hints so that we may give up the wrong path and follow the correct one, and commence our activity accordingly. You may mercifully condescend to remain permanently amongst us. Not one but several thrones and chairs can be offered at Your Holy Feet. But You must mercifully always remain present amongst us. We need guidance every moment. Presently, this prayer is offered in Your Holy Feet.’”

---- Param Guru Huzur Mehta Ji Maharaj; Selected Bachans of Param Guru Huzur Mehtaji Maharaj, Bachan No. 53, Page 81.
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Radhasoami!

Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans {38.}

Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans {38.}
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Radhasoami!
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Radhasoami Dayal Ensuring Sangath’s Prosperity.
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“But now Huzur Radhasoami Dayal has turned His attention towards the Satsang community and has disclosed to everyone the way of getting deliverance and living successfully in both the swarthi {or worldly} and parmarthi {or spiritual} matters so that people of this community may depart from here happily enjoying both and merge in the Feet of Radhasoami Dayal.... the prosperity that is coming in the Sangath will stay and be permanent because when Radhasoami Dayal has mercifully enquired of the sufferings and has arranged for their removal, this arrangement of His will endure for all times to come.”

---- Param Guru Huzur Mehta Ji Maharaj; Selected Bachans of Param Guru Huzur Mehtaji Maharaj, Bachan No. 23, Page 35.
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Radhasoami!

Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans {36.}

Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans {36.}
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Radhasoami!
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Superhumans: Children Nourished by Satsang.
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“... if Satsangis and Satsangins hand over their children to Satsang right from the very beginning ... such children will naturally have love only for Satsang ... they will have a feeling in their hearts that they should serve Satsang.... If even one person ... invents such useful thing or provides such convenience as is beneficial to Satsang or to mankind and improves the financial condition of Satsang, then undoubtedly people will say that the race of Supermen has made a beginning in Satsang....”

---- Param Guru Huzur Mehta Ji Maharaj; Selected Bachans of Param Guru Huzur Mehtaji Maharaj, Bachan No. 30, Pages 45-46.
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Radhasoami!

Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans {34.}

Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans {34.}
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Radhasoami!
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Silence on Way to Satsang.
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“A very important matter has to be put before you and it is that you come to Satsang daily and on the way and also on reaching here till the Satsang begins you continuously remain talking amongst yourselves. You may yourself say what benefit can be derived from Satsang in such a state of affairs. You should not, while coming to Satsang, talk amongst yourselves on the way, or at least after entering the Satsang compound you should remain quiet. The pucca roads around the Satsang platform are all included in the compound and within the environment everyone should try to remain silent. By doing so, you can do Sumiran at least during the time you remain quiet and can bring with you proper atmosphere which will help you in deriving benefit from Satsang. You import here in doing so a sense of reverence and spirituality and will take with you the best results of that atmosphere, ...”

---- Param Guru Huzur Mehta Ji Maharaj; Selected Bachans of Param Guru Huzur Mehtaji Maharaj, Bachan No. 71, Pages 117-118.
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Radhasoami!

Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans {32.}

Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans {32.}
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Radhasoami!
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On Developing Purity of Intellect.
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“... to obtain full benefit from religion and true Guru, it is very essential to have pure intellect.... How to acquire the purity of intellect? The person who wants to have purity of intellect has essentially to keep his eyes and ears open. He should listen to everything and ponder over it, and after thoroughly considering the pros and cons, adopt those that are essential and useful, and give up the nonessential and useless ones. He should act only after careful consideration and listen attentively to whatever is said. Thus, if effort is made to bear in mind the above instructions and one tries to develop purity of intellect, there is no reason to doubt the success. Even if one gets true Satsang, he would derive no benefit without developing a pure and chaste intellect....”

---- Param Guru Huzur Mehta Ji Maharaj; Selected Bachans of Param Guru Huzur Mehtaji Maharaj, Bachan No. 32, Page 51.
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Radhasoami!

Become Tough Enough for Life. {74.}

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Radhasoami!

Our sacred but fledgling religion
has recently passed through a tough situation.

No, we must not be so cowardly
as to pray that the Supreme Lord
spare us such tests, trials and battles.

Let us accept that if our religion
is to gradually prevail
in the whole world
as humanity’s final, true panacea,
then we obviously have a lot of
hard work, problems, enemies, dangers,
ahead of us.

Let us instead pray for liberal
Grace, security, clarity, strength,
unity, resources, adequacy, victory.

As Param Guru Huzur Mehta Ji Maharaj had Advised,
let us practice “No despair.”

Let us also remember that,
1.
“What does not kill me,
makes me stronger."
{Friedrich Nietzsche.}
2.
“When the situation gets tough,
the tough get going.”
{Anonymous.}

The Radhasoami religion of Dayalbagh
guarantees true and final salvation
to the best among humanity,
but we have much work to do,
and we shall have several long battles;
our Faith is not for cowards,
it is for pure,
perfect and powerful souls.

Radhasoami!
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Dayalbagh: Final Vatican, Developing Nation. {65.}

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Radhasoami!

Satsangis ought to be habitually
ambitious, optimistic, confident,
secure in faith,
clear about destiny,
and trusting Grace.

Param Guru Huzur Mehta Ji Maharaj
had very Clearly Referrred to
the term “nation”
in the context of Dayalbagh.

So, Dayalbagh is to one fortunate day
be established as a sovereign, independent nation.

Satsangis are lucky representatives of
the only living, expanding religion on earth,
the Radhasoami religion of Dayalbagh.

Satsangis are the torchbearers of Dayalbagh,
the final Vatican in the world.

Humanity will never require any other religion
as ours begins accomplishing its glorious Mission.

However, none of this can come about
by magic, on its own,
and we must all be ready
to strive adequately towards these goals
as Gracious Huzur Bids.

Radhasoami!
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First Think It All Out. {60.}

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Radhasoami!

Thinking is among the most elementary,
natural, ongoing, evolved, fruitful activities
that humans are capable of.

We think almost continuously.
Every moment one’s sense organs
receive a variety of impressions.
We process that information
by our thoughts,
and then file it
in our memories.

All these lead to beliefs, wisdom, insights.
Experiences can teach us a lot,
if we are willing to learn from them.
Only fools don’t learn from
& repeat their mistakes,
to put it rather bluntly.

Isaac Newton was not
a very practical person;
let’s be glad he wasn’t.
Had he been typically
practical & selfish,
when he had seen the apple
falling down to the ground,
he would merely have eaten it,
as anyone else would have.
Instead, he thought about it.
His thoughts on why the apple
fell to the ground,
helped science to discover
the fundamental laws of gravity,
and all the numerous
beneficial technological applications
derived from it.

We think all the time.
It is believed that the mind
does not fully rest
even during sleep.
Thoughts continue through one’s dreams.
The human mind habitually dreams,
though not all dreams
can be always remembered.

The average human mind
is believed to give birth to
as many as about
10,000 disparate thoughts
during the course of
every single day.

A large fraction of one’s thoughts
pertain to routine, petty, wasteful stuff.
She looked at me so ...
He said that about me ...
& the like.

Meditation involves gradually
reducing one’s thinking
to a standstill.
This enables one divine consciousness.

Thinking is the key
to one’s character.
Thinking and feeling are allied.
As the Buddha also observed,
we tend to become
just as we think.

So, control over one’s thoughts
can help us to
determine that we live rightly.
It is also crucial
for any spiritual progress.
To recall a quote,
“Only by understanding
can you get
the better of destiny.”

So, think, think,
think, think, think,
think, think, ... & continue thinking.

Don’t just think mechanically.
Think actively, think proactively.
Introspect.
Retrospect, as had been Advised by
Param Guru Huzur Mehta Ji Maharaj.
Think creatively.
Think out of the box.

Nobody is totally perfect.
Nobody is born perfect.
Nobody is a devil.
Nobody is damned eternally.
{I may add that I am generalizing
to convey a certain idea;
the actual truth is far more complex,
& cannot be presently discussed.}

Think about your strengths
& about your weaknesses.
Thereby learn to maximize
your virtues & competencies,
& minimize your errors, failings, failures.

Mere experiences or knowledge
are like raw food.
Digest it all with
your power of thought.
Emerge a polished person.

Then anyone you happen to meet
will be naturally attracted & impressed
by your awareness, control, bearing,
calm, reserve, poise & dignity.

A thoughtful person naturally speaks less.
Her thoughts are usually insightful,
right & honest.
A thoughtful person is more respected
in one’s peer group & community.

A thoughtful person’s actions will usually
be much better on various parameters,
than a bungler’s who lives recklessly,
with no thought to morality,
ethics, propriety, consequences.

When anything happens in life,
think about it.
Understand the essentials,
learn to discriminate, become able
to pierce through superficial veils.

With practice, you will be able to
become very intuitive.
A mere look at a person
will enable you to
instantly judge him
uncannily rightly, indeed.

You will then find that
living becomes an easier, simpler
& much more rewarding experience.

Thinking can help you to
even predict outcomes,
with varying degrees of certainty.

Thinking is a faculty that we must
learn to optimally employ to our advantage.

In any case, Satsangis are
enjoined to avoid
worldly objects & sensual pleasures.

Our living is to be
always strongly determined by values,
and directed only towards salvation.

As the Paath or hymn lines go:
“Main pyari pyare Radhasoami ki
Kaamna rahi na ab sansaar.
Main pyari pyare Radhasoami ki
Chutayi Guru ne jag begaar.”

That is,
“In that I am dear to Radhasoami Dayal,
I have now lost desire
for the world,
& He has Prevented me
from engaging in useless activities.”

To end this on
a slightly humorous note,
I hope you thought
that my above thinking
& thought-provoking thoughts
on thinking have been worthy
of your seriously thinking about,
& that you think it
desirable & necessary to henceforth
make it a habit to
think it all out first.

Radhasoami!
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Discernible Benefits of Talking Less. {50.}

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Radhasoami!

Param Guru Huzur Mehta Ji Maharaj
had once Reminded Satsangis that M. K. Gandhi
used to observe a weekly Maun,
or day of silence,
when he wouldn’t talk to anyone at all.

The habit of talking less
has several advantages
that we ought to consider.

One saves energy.
One remains serene.
One observes, thinks, understands more.

In a lighter vein,
if one talks less,
one is less likely
to make a fool of oneself,
and people are apt to respect you more
if you are a taciturn person,
rather than a chatterbox.

If you talk less,
your words are likely to be
more believed in and
have a greater impact than otherwise.

Moreover, talking less helps oneself
to remain collected,
enables a quicker withdrawal
of the sense organs,
and facilitates an internal ascent
of the surat or soul during meditation.

Talking less helps one remain
constantly internally attuned to the Lord.

As the Paath or hymn lines describe
the ideal state for us:
“Moha na byape, jag nahin phansayi,
Rahe surat nirmal Guru satha,
Shabd mile rahe Charnan matha, ...”

That is,
“Attachment doesn’t work, the world doesn’t entangle,
The soul remains pure with the Master,
With one’s forehead at the Lotus Feet, one attains the Word.”

Radhasoami!
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