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The Best
Use of Your Time - Sant Kirpal Singh Ji
a morning satsang
given to visiting westerners July 26, 1973 at Sawan Ashram
during that year's celebration of Baba Sawan Singh's
Birthday
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We have come specifically for meditation, not to make new
friends nor to write letters back home. We are here to
forget all attachments, including families and countries.
Our main purpose is to advance spiritually. Put in as much
time as possible. Make the best use of your time while you
are here. You can all become Saints if you put in your time.
Time is valuable; do not fritter it away on frivolous
things. It is later than you think. If you are due to leave
this physical body and have only five minutes left, how will
you save yourself? Keep your thoughts in me.
God is Light. God is Naam. He comes to make people see who
could not see. All is the manifestation of Guru Power.
God cannot be had by observation. He is within you. That
Power is controlling you in the body. As you think, so you
become. You should be chaste in thought, word and deed. Mind
your own business. God is in you. You've had some
experience, go on with it. Simply listen to those people who
have seen within (Saints). Listening to others will lead you
nowhere. Do you understand what I am telling you? You must
have a demonstration of that Power. (Master puts His hands
up to demonstrate how to see within and He points to the
space between the two eyebrows.) There is hope for
everybody. Every Saint has His past and every sinner a
future. This is very plain talk. I'm talking very openly
now. I am not speaking Greek. A man may preach that he is in
the Light but in reality he is in darkness. Only the man who
sees Light can talk about Light. Don't spend your time with
worldly friends but with your Father who can make you see.
Rai Saligram says, 'How many sinners are there? I am the
worst of all sinners.' This shows complete humility. Those
who will awaken, they shall take intoxication (Master's
darshan). Those who get up early in the morning, three or
four hours before sunrise, and who sit in meditation, they
will enjoy the intoxication. If you are perfect, the whole
world can be perfect. You can say, 'My parents are Emperors
and Kings,' but if you haven't got Naam you are empty. If
you meditate you will not see yourself but will reflect on
me.
Master asked who wanted to put into practice what He had
said today. Everyone raised his hand. Master said:
You should go inside and see for yourself. Holy men have
always been telling you to tap inside. He lives inside. Not
outside. God is inside you. You're looking at the outside
world instead of the inside world. Why do you people go to
outer temples when you should worship inside your own
temple.
The basic teaching of all Masters is that you should find
God within your body. The outer temple is just to give you
some idea. The wise took this as an example, and they went
inside their own temples. There is a real temple inside your
body. The Lord said, 'I am your real treasure, your hidden
treasure. Tap inside and you will find it.' Make use of
these worldly symbols, but tap inside to find the real
truth. All Masters or Saints who have come, no matter what
creed or class, have given the same teachings. If your
friends are good, you will have holy or good thoughts. If
your friends are bad, you will have bad thoughts. It is a
question of attention. Right thoughts will bring you on the
right path. What have you to do with others? Mind your own
business. Mind your own conscience. God is within you.
Inside is the Nectar of Love or Naam. The drop of
immortality, for which you have come into this world, is
within you. When you have come to the feet of the Lord, give
up all cleverness. Give up your duality. Two priests were
initiated in Rome. They asked what they should do. I told
them, 'You are paid by the church; tell them this is
spirituality.'
You will go further when your intellect is stilled. Listen
only to that man who has been inside. The Master will give
you a demonstration so that you can see for yourself. There
is a natural spring inside you. You can have that when you
give up worldly things. Your eyes, ears and tongue will go
on bringing bad ideas. It is all a question of attention.
Try to control it. A duck gathers no water on its feathers.
He is in the water, but he is not wet. We should be like
this. Live in the world but be not of it.
This is my watch. (Master holds up his watch.) Some
controlling power is holding that watch. That controlling
power is me. When you sit at the feet of a Master, you sit
at the feet of God. How many Saints can you find that are
perfect? I'm not talking to amuse anybody; I'm speaking the
truth. Manav Kendra, which I have started, is a great revolt
against religious ceremonies. I have brought together all
men who enter it on one platform.
You and your Guru are sleeping in one bed but you don't talk
to each other. Those who have not seen inside will give you
different opinions. They will say this thing or that thing
is correct. Only God is your friend and Master. Mind is a
cunning friend; he will deceive you. You have come to me, I
have not asked you to be attached to me, I have asked you to
be attached to the Lord. All Saints say that they themselves
are the worst sinners. Guru Amar Das said, 'Once I was a low
lying fellow. When I got initiated, I came to the feet of
the Lord.' One who considers himself to be the lowest, he is
the highest. If you sit near fire, you get warmth. If you
sit near a holy man, you get some comfort. Those whom Master
has met, their karmas are being wound up, so consider
yourself at that state. Consider yourself cut off from all
attachment. If you don't give up all worldly attachments,
then, know that you have not met the Satguru. If you don't
give up these worldly things you are not ready for this
Path.
Masters are commissioned to take all to Sach Khand. He will
not if you are not clean. Make my task easier. I must clean
you. Keep your diary, do your meditation, and this will make
my task easier. Your house is on fire and you are running
around elsewhere. Try to look out for yourself. Change your
angle of vision from the outside to the inside. Those who
change their angle of vision are successful. See that you
progress every day on your way to spirituality.
I have given a simple talk, not any philosophy. I have told
you the truth. Following the directions will make your task
simpler and my task simpler. From today on devote your time
to your spiritual diaries. If you pity yourself, you will
have pity on me. Are you ready to follow what I say? Hands
up!
(All hands went up!)
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