BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART

Lecture from Sant Kirpal Singh, 17.10.1972, Franklin – Part II

The true temple of God is the human body. The whole creation is the temple, of course – earth below and sky overhead, that is the biggest temple we have got. On the miniature scale, man body is the temple of God in which He resides. The model of it has been made outside by the hand of man; they are models – not original. God does not reside in temples made with stone by the hand of man – find it in your scriptures. You see that it is true; but where does He reside? God resides in the temple which HE has made in the womb of the mother. He locked it up and gave the key to the agent in whom He is manifest so that he can open the door and let you in. The Koran says: O man, I am the hidden treasure within you. Why don`t you dig me up? Alls scriptures say that. Guru Nank says, Well, there are trasures of Divinity within you, why don`t you seek the advice of some Master and have that? It is within you all – whether you are Hindu, Mohammedan, Christian or anybody. And everybody has got the right to dig it up, you see? It is there.
We can do this only in the human body. Now what do we see? For want of practical people, we have forogotten that the body is the temple of God. We made models of the man body outside – dome shaped, nose shpaed, forhead shaped – ad in them we have put symbols of the God-into-Expression Power, Light and Sound. But there was nobody to give us a demonstration of that true temple of God, how to see the Light within. Take heed that the Light within you is not darkness -you see? All Masters speak of that; for want of that, we are attracted to the outside things which were made outside, models to show to the new seekers that suchlike Light is within you and suchlike Sound is reverberating within you. The result is, they stick to those things so much that they take to be real and this unreal.

I don`t say to go to temples or churches is bad, it is good. They are meant to show us that suchlike Light is within us. But somebody schuld be there to tell us what is what.  I remember Dr. Johnson, who came to India and sat at the feet of our Master. He was a clergyman first. I went to his church and gave a talk over there. I told them, he first as a missionary and then sat at the feet of our Master; then he came to know the true import of the scriptures. I went to Wilmette, Illinois, where there is a  Bahai Temple made with nin doors – big doors – as  high as anything. There was one open door above. I asked him, „What does it stand for?“ He said, to let the nine religiones come in, that`s all. You see, for want of practial people what happens? When I was in service, I had a Christian superintendent under me; and the Bishop of  Lahore, where we were, was considered to be the most advanced Christian in India. I asked the superintendent, „Go and ask you bishop, - what does this bell ringing stand for?“ and the Bishop said – to you know? - „It is only to call men together“. But when Hindus go to the temples, they ring the bell themselves. You see? Wordly wise are not sure to have everything. God has kept this secret fromthe worldly wise and given it to the babes. Learning is good, I am not deprecating it altogether. With learning you understand what is what. Learning is a garland of flowers around the neck of a practial man. A practial man with learning will give you the same thing as an unlearned, he has seen, he has lived that life.

What is happening? I was asked on television how peace can come up. I told them, it will happen when man rises above „isms“. Remain in the „isms“ true teaching is the same everywhere: All mankind is one. Soul is of the same essence as that of God. We are all children of God. We are all brothers and sisters in God, and the same God called by so many names is worshiped by all, and He is the Controlling Power of all creation and the body as well. Rise above those „isms“ - remain in them; I don`t say leave them. Masters don`t touch the outward forms; they don`t come to destroy but to fulfill. But for want of practial people, this happend. The result is that if a little pinnacle of a temple or mosque or church is broken, well, we are ready to sacrifice hundreds of true temples.

Guru Nanak advises: The true nectar, for which you have come to the world, which will give you everlasting life, can be had through the Guru.  But for that, you will have to abide by what he says. He tells you natural truth – self-evident truth. Those very self-evident truths are given in all scriptures; but if we are stuck fast to ene and ask who said that – if Christ said so, „Does the prophet also say so?“- Well, truth is one, whether Prophet Mohammed is there or Christ is there or Guru Nanak is there. The same light is in the temples, mosques and churches. Which is better and which is not better? Just go into it – what is what. What is  happening in the world? Guru Nanak went to Persia. One azi Ruknuddin put a question to him: „You are a great Sant; you must have seen  the house of our Father, God; what is that like?“ And Guru Nanak referred to the man body. So man body is the true temple of God. Those eyes which are open, they see that the man body is the temple of God. We have respect for other temples because they were started just to let beginners know the Truth. But there should be some practical man there who will tell you what is Truth. In the temple of God, all should sit together, but in the temples of the Hindus, only Hindus sit together, in the churches of the Christians, only Christians sit together; in the mosques of the Mohammedans, only Mohammedans sit together. But this is the temple of God, you see; have a temple where all can sit together. And that is earth below and sky overhead. I have made no temples there in Manav Kendra, nor in the Ruhani Satsang – only for that reason. You follwo me if you stick to the water-tight bindings, don`t hear the words of others – why? If the same thing that is said in the Bible is said everywhere, you must have respect for all. So we have to believe in, we have to have respect for all who are sent by God; they say the same thin. Leave off the outer exoteric side; that changes according to climatic conditions or customs that are prevailing. But the inner way is only what? We must be neat and clean – pure in heart. Have true life and higher contact. This is the end of all – the ultimate goal of all scriptures.

So you will find in the mosques, what do they do? The mullah in charge goes up into the dome overhead and imitates that Sound coming from above. Similarly, this body is the true temple or Kaaba. When you rise above body conscousness at the back of the eyes, into the dome, you enter what is called Brahmrendra- „the fox hole of the brain“, you see. Rise into it; here you see Light and receive Sound – calling us back to God. And when you catch the Sound, that is called the Sound Principle, Kalma or Nada, and that leads you to the place from where it has emanated. But if you are stuck fast in your religion, you don`t see that the purpose is the same everywhere And what do we do? We simply say that our way is right.

There are two things within us: one is sight or Nirat, and the other is hearing or Surat. In the Light we have our starting point, and the Sound Principle guides us where we are to go. You to to a wilderness; it is all pitch dark ; nobody to guide you. You cannot stay there overnight because there is danger of your life. You look all araound; you don`t find light, any lamp burning. So you use your ears: is there any dog barking, any machine running? You hear some sound; you direct your footsteps that way and you reach the place. On the way there are pits; you may fall down. If somebody gives you some lamp, then? You won`t fall in the pit. With light we travel and by sound we are guided. So when you sit in meditation, you find Light – is it not? When you come up here. But the grace of God, this demonstration you have got. Anybody – A, B, or C – whether he is initiated or not, when he rises up, he will see Light. The Light is there: he is not to light the Light, he is not the visualize the Light, he is not to premeditate the Light, it is alway there. We are the children of Light. God is All Light. Take heed that this Light is not darkness, that`s all.

Amongst the Hindus, there is a custom, you see. When a man is dying, they just burn some candle or somthing and put in on the palm of the hand and ask the dying man to look into the flames. And a mantra is read in Sanskrit which means that this light will go along with you here and herafter. The poor man dies, but the candle and the palm remain here! What light is meant? Guru Nanak says, When you withdraw your attention from all outside, and conenrate at the place at the back of the eyes, there you will find that candle burning. If you light such a candle, that will help you here and hereafter. All Saints have referred to it. Kabir says that there is a light without wick and withour  oil.....
Everybody – all those who have gone in – have referred to it. We read this in scriptures; but there is nobody to tell us what is what. So we stick only to the outward rituals and customs, and performance ot those rituals we have considered the be-all and end-all. This is wrong. Remain in something, but what you perform, just go deep down into it – what do they stand for?

So that Light you don`t have to light  - it is already lit. You are simply to withdraw your attention from all outside. And that Light is not all alone; Guru Nanak says, There is Light within and Sound proceeds therefrom. The Upanishads also say so. Paltu also said: There is Light burning within you, in the inverted well of the head; and one Sound proceeds therefrom.

So the outward expression of God has two aspects; one is Light, the other is Sound; the contact with which is given you by a Master by raising you out of the body so that you will have something to start with.  For that, true living is required. Some people are initiated; they get this very wonderful thing which cannot be and at any cost. They get it free. And they don`t live up to it. When they say, Wwe have got nothing,“ - „Are you keeping diaries?“ They say, „No“ Well what is the use of it? You will find out how very necessary it is, you see. If we once decide in the human body that we must reach God, then this is the only way. Swami Ji tells us, Well, just collect all your attention to the back of the eyes.  The words are expressed in different ways, but they say the same thing. What will happen? You will forget all outside. Your attention will be riveted there and the Light will sprout forth. And you will be convinced you have seen it. Some people say, „We have seen Light, but we are not sure“.  Oh – when you see, Light, who will be sure in your place? Don`t beskeptic, please; when you see somthing, bo on with it. If you keep the commandments of the Master hundred per cent, you will work wonders, I would say.

I am not telling you anything new; it is given in the scriptures. The light of the body is the eye – have you read in the Bible? What does it say? - If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of Light. I am only qouting from different things to show that the inner way is the same, even though these rituals and outer ways of living and customs etc. You go to the church, where it is considered that to be bareheaded is sign of respect. But if you go to a Sikh temple bareheades, they will take it ill, you see? So this is what Masters say.

When a Master meets us, when we go to him, we are blind, we are deaf.
???when you meet him, you will begin to see and begin to hear. Master`s job is just to withdraw all your attention from outside and give you a demonstration of that: how to rise above body conciousness to the seat of the soul in the body and how to open your single eye or third eye so that you see the Light of God. Your  bear testimony to it – there is Light. This Way, I think, is a very rare gift you have got and you don`t make the best use of it. We are greatly fortunate, we have got the human body, which is th highest in all creation. All who have got it are greatly fortunate. But those are more furtunate to get the Way in and tap inside. When we meet some living Master who gives .. the Way up, we will have some capital to start with. And what to say of those who have been put on the Way – excuse me now – who have have been put on the Way, given somthing to start with, maybe less or more – but after all, you have got something – and they don`t live up to it... how unvortunate. Those who have not, by God`s grace, met any Master, who have not been given anything to start with, who have met only suchlike teachers who have simply given them outward performance of rituals and customs – singing, this   or that thing – those who have not had this fortune, they are not to blame. But I think you might pause to see that fate of that man who has been put on the Way and does n ot live up to it – how unfortunate. What  a heinous crime he commits against his own self.

We are all reading in the same class – humans – to reach God. The Master`s Way is not a watertight label to put on. They say, all are human beings; East or West make no difference, it is you who have made these separations. We have read, of course, Est is East and West is West and never the teain shall meet. But Masters say, No; it is all the House of our Father; alll countries are so many rooms in the House of our Father.

So this is what I say: All Masters come, not for any „ism“, you see. They are not the monopoly of any sect. They are the monopoly of the whole world. All the world over, we are all verved by two servants – night and day – is it not? We have got the same privileges from God outside and inside. According to the Karmic reactions, some go high and some low; unless we lose that ego within us, we cannot be saved from coming and going on the Wheel of Life. When Master meets you, he takes you out of the Whell of Life – you see that your ego is eliminated and you see that „He is the doer, I am not the doer“.

So this is what the Masters all over put before us: just what you have  heard. I have not told you any new thing. But the only thing remaining is to live up to it. If you are stuck fast to anything, that will result in what – you know? In cleverness, narrow-mindedness, close -fistedness; I would say, bigotry. When you rise above, you will see that all are the same. That school of thought is appreciable which turns out true men like that. All these „isms“ started with noble purpose; but for want of practical people – I would say because of paid preaching – the whole ??havoc?? has  been done. What you have heard, you see, take into your heart. I am not telling you any new thing, but to appeal to you that the only thing remaining is LIVE UP TO IT – and that will come only if you keep the commandments of the Master. A strong man revels in his strength and a weak man wonders how he got it. But he has not got it in one day. You have been given something to start with, you see. And also somebody to help you, Who takes you under His care – that God  Power. What more do you want? If even now you have delayed, it is most unfortunate.

Newsletter 11/2005 from Unity of Man