33 I Human Life: A Unique Chance for Spiritual Growth – Part 2

In the concluding part of this 1988 talk, Dr. Harbhajan Singh goes deeper into the spiritual science of self-realization and the practical path back to God. He speaks about the radiant form of the Master, the seat of the soul between the eyebrows, and how to rise above body consciousness to experience the holy Light and Sound.

Dr. Harbhajan Singh shares striking comparisons between different yogic paths and explains why only the guidance of a competent Master—who never claims to be a master—can lead us beyond the astral into the true home of the soul. With clarity and humility, he unveils the hidden reality of spiritual life and encourages each of us to develop the higher value of life, not merely through belief, but through direct inner experience.

Transcript

Part 2

One Master says, by doing so with the help of the Master who helps you to close these ten doors of this temple and He will show you the holy light within. He will open your third eye. Christ said, “If thy eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.” And this is an experience for which they come into the world, because it is not a subject which is in the hand of a man. Man has to learn it. Without the practical experience and without the help of someone who has already solved the mystery of death, who has gone above the body consciousness, no son of man can do that.

You can do, perform all other yogas. You know, throughout the world people are taught to do different yogas. But (with) those very yogas which do not take you above the body consciousness, your third eye is not opened, you do not die before death, you do not get eternal life. Simply what will happen? By doing so, your attention is withdrawn back into the body. So those yogas which take us back into the body, they will take us again into the birth, again and again – not one, but maybe thousands.

There are different ways, but there is only one way to go back home. There is only one expression that can take you above the body consciousness. The importance of this yoga is supreme, because it will serve your purpose. It will not bring you back into the body, because you ride on the spirit, on the current, with the Word – the spirit on the Word and go back home. But those yogas which drive us back into the body, what will they do for us? We can fulfil a lot of our wishes in the world. We can be very important men in the world. We can teach those yogas to other people. But if you have not learned the art of life, what is the use of doing all those things?

There were two persons: one was Visvamitra and the other was Vyash. One was doing the yogas, hatha yoga and other yogas, many yogas he did throughout his life. So he thought he was very competent. He said, “This is the only way one can realize himself.” The other said, he who used to surrender here, – he was taught by his Master how to rise above the body consciousness. His third eye was opened. And he said, the power of his Father is greater than that. He believed in his Father and the other one he believed in his own power.

Because in all other yoga, you don’t need a master, because this astral plane is open for everybody. You know, in history, a master and a disciple sat together for meditation. The disciple was more receptive and he could enter into the astral plane very easily. If you have to do all those yogas, you don’t need a master. You need a Master who is competent in the mystery of the beyond. For that purpose, we need someone, we need the help of somebody. And that power is within. What is Christpower? Jesus and Christ, they are two. Jesus was a son of man on whose pole the Christpower worked. And this Christpower worked on different Masters throughout the world. Our contact is with Christpower and it lives in us. He has not left us. “I shall never leave thee nor forsake thee till the end of this world,” these are the beautiful words in the Bible. Because this Christpower lives in us, in each one of us. And that Christpower sustains the whole world. If it withdraws, the whole world will vanish in a moment, nothing will exist in the world. So the macrocosm is in the microcosm.

So these two rishis told their own experiences. They went to Vishnu. Vishnu thought that he would be unable to solve their problem, so he sent them to Brahma. Brahma heard them and he sent them to Shesha (black cobra snake). It is a force that carries the burden of the soul; it is a Shabd. There is a power that holds the earth. And they both asked the question. He said, “Yes, I have a very big burden of this earth. You please just make it light and only thereafter I will be able to answer your question, otherwise not.” Visvamitra applied the fruit of ten thousand years of his meditation. Nothing could happen. Then he gave the fruit of twenty thousand. Lastly he gave the fruit of his whole meditation of sixty thousand years. It is said in history. This earth moved a little bit above, but then later it again came on the head. He said, “Now you decide.” – “What do I have to decide? The weight is still on my head. What can I decide for you?” So then the turn of the other one came, who believed his Father, who used to rise above the body consciousness. He had solved the mystery of death and he was able to solve those problems for a lot of people. He had no ego. He had no attachment in the world. He surrendered to that very higher power within. So he was the son of God. He gave only twenty minutes of his meditation, that his Master taught him to withdraw from the body and come in contact with the Light and Sound Principle, and that contact which sustains the whole world. The power that sustains the whole world that also sustains the earth, that he was carrying on his head. So what happened? Slowly this earth moved up and stopped there. They asked, “Now you make the decision.” – “A decision is already made, you are seeing who is greater.” Greater is the force that is working in us. Greater is that, if you withdraw from the body consciousness. You withdraw from the body consciousness, which means, you withdraw from the world. And you are able to withdraw anyone from the world also.

So we need a higher contact, which exists high in the body. It is a high point in the body. By coming up, your mind is stilled, your outgoing faculties are stilled and your intellect doesn’t work at all. Only then you can realise yourself. And for that purpose, to reach that higher level, you have to attain the higher value of life. And what is that higher value of life? That teaches you to self-introspect you. You start to know your shortcomings, not only know, but you learn how to overcome those short-comings. Everyone has shortcomings. But as one is fully influenced by the mind and through the outgoing faculties of the mind, we have become the part and parcel of those faculties.

And what is the problem? Even if we try to understand, we cannot understand. So the higher value of life teaches us all those factors. And by knowing those, we can have the right understanding. By knowing about the right understanding, we can become perfect men in the world. Who is the right person in the world? Anyhow, it is not a little thing. It is a great thing in the world, but this credit goes to the man and not to any other. Every man has this right understanding within, but he doesn’t make the best use of that right understanding.

You live anywhere, you become a man. You are born in the religion, but you are not under the tentacles of the religion. You are living in society, you are not the prey to the effects of the society. You teach society. You do not go behind the society. Your boat is in the water, but water is not in the boat. You must know how to live in the world. You know, what do the Masters do? They do not change the religion of any person. They do not come forward with any ism or sec, or any religion. They respect all religions, but they do not teach any religion, because their purpose is very unique in the world.

It is very difficult to know them, but you can know, when you follow. To follow them is a great blessing, I tell you, because they will let you know the art of life, you have to live there. Only by following their words and relying on them can you change into new life. You will remain in the world, like a fowl which remains in the water, yet it flies with dry feathers. A lotus-flower, which grows in water, gets nourishment from the water, but still remains above the level of the water, always. This should be the condition of the man, and that is only learned with the art of life, getting through the higher value of life, thus writing, thus getting the right understanding.

And that is the subject and that will make us conscious. You know, when you get conscious? When you rise above the body consciousness. And consciousness is here. And from consciousness you work in the body. Because this consciousness is misused by your mind, through the outgoing faculties of the mind. So you say that whatever you do, it is right. It is manipulated, because it is misused and it is not your work, what you are doing. A right person, a Saint, a spiritual person, does the same thing, but He does it in a different way. He has a unique way to do that, that is a big difference.

He teaches the essence of those teachings. He teaches the essence of the teaching of that religion. He loves all religions and he loves all children, residing in those religions. He has no hate for anybody. He has respect for all religions.

One thing, for that purpose, for the higher value of life: if you want, you can study some scriptures which are written on a special subject, “Man, know thyself”, written by Sant Kirpal Singh. Sant Kirpal Singh was such a personality who used to give the experience on the very first sitting. And this credit goes to Him, when now it is possible on the very first sitting, as He used to give before. It is due to His promise. It is due to His guarantee He gave. His work still goes on and this work is for everybody.

The Master of all human beings is one and the same, that is this Word within. Master is the human pole, when He gives you some experience to rise above the body consciousness, open your third eye, then you take Him Word made flesh. When He starts to guide you within on the higher planes, you take Him the radiant form of the Master. When He merges your soul back into the ocean of grace and there you ride into the ocean, overflowing and roaring through the gushing light going back to home. That is His work. It is big work, I tell you. It is not a little work. It is a big work – but it is very easy with a competent one. He does this job wonderfully. It is His work. He does it. And He comes for all human beings, I tell you.

He would never say He is a Master. And those who claim they are Masters, they are never Masters. The one who can give you the experience, He is a servant of God, he is the servant of his Master. When you know that your father is working, your father has made that thing, you would never say, “This is my work.” You will always say, “This is the outcome of my father.” So those who see their father is working, they will never say that he is working.

So it is a universal teaching, your contact is direct and independent with Godpower. And this contact, if it is given, is a blessing.

So, thank you again.