A Small
Preface
A Novice’s Honest Attempt To
Think Loudly About The Faith and Path and of The Master.
Since quite sometime I had become a
target of influx of Varied Thoughts
within myself and a long list of queries, better to say self questions raised
within myself and sought clarifications, answers with the logic as base
rationality as path way, conviction as source to manifest as sane and proper
answers for those innumerable queries about My Faith, My Path, and About The Master,
hence this attempt of mine to put my thoughts before you all learned and
experienced elders as well the younger ones, who are younger in age only.
In order to answer those Varied
Thoughts it is better for me to start with what view I had and what I presumed
as understood of the same Queries.
It seems that I myself which includes
my mind too are in a fluid state having taken the effect of force of thoughts
about the bane of my existence and my survival and am continue to survive with
the same faith with which I lived all
along with that faith nourishment and shared the same faith with innumerable
people and I fed the same faith to my near and dear ones and all of them single
pointedly acknowledged the supremacy of The Master, The Path and The Faith, which
I am following and others too followed by seeing the stunning effect of The
Path, The Master and The Faith on me and on my living and upon my entire
family, here I feel like mentioning an event of my life of a conversation and
advice of my respected father within my family, 25 years ago, wherein He stated
to me stating that “My son during my initial years of tutelage with my
spiritual teacher before my marriage at my age of 16 years I wish to adopt the
way of recluse life but neither my noble parents or my teacher gave permission
for my wish rather they chosen the bride, your mother, as my life companion of
the age of 13 years and I simply accepted their wish as a command and the
result is this entire family of us, but you are fortunate to get a Such a Master,
Method, and Faith along with wonderful trainers to train you on this path and
assure you with The Firm Conviction That it is possible to achieve the Goal
within the “Grihasth Ashram” please take the advantage of such a wonderful time
and get achieve the Objective of your life which is truly primarily the goal of
any human life and do not bother about our family burning issues the great god
will guide and suitably mend the situation as well as make a path way for an
appropriately shaping at an appropriate time and of the issues, perhaps He may
also give solutions in a befitting manner but you should hold upon this path,
The Master and Continue to Cherish the Faith in the way in which it ought to be
Cherished,” which That Faith only in reality manifested me and my entire family
and my lineage as well as my entire atmosphere and surroundings laying with The
Firm Stamp of The Master, The Path and The Faith in all the layers of my
existence.
Then, is it needed now further to
have retrospection with deep introspection about The Master, The Faith, The Path and of My Life
and Living, perhaps only to remind me and only to Find Him and Him only all
along the journey as a Perfect Companion as well as The Host To Receive Me at
all Intermediary Terminals and also at The Final Destination inviting with open
arms with intense waiting for me to reach That Destination, any how having
begun this quest let me refresh my memory with the nostalgias of experiences of
past as I have some leisure time too to do the
mental exercise.
Having realized the whole perspective
of the issue an additional realization has descended upon me to state that “Oh!
Master Thou Art The real Goal of Human Life and Thou Art The Only God and Power
to guide me please do guide me in this persuit of analysis, with this statement
which statement is when presented before Him becomes itself as The Prayer,
thence I proceed in my Endeavour.
First let me start with what The
Master Shri Babuji Maharaj gave as the method and practices and functions or
celebrations or congregations followed by Shri Babuji Maharaj and by His
Practice which practice becomes “ The Declaration of Practices.”
The Method named By The Master is
“Sahaj Marg,” and Practice Prescribed By Him is: Prayer, Meditation before
sunrise for about an hour, Cleaning in the evening after the day’s work for
about half an hour, Bed time prayer for about 15 mts before sleep and Constant
Rememberance during the wakeful state.
The Functions and Spiritual Congregations
and Celebrations are “Basant Utsav” – In the loving memory of Shri Lalaji
Maharaj, Shri Lalaji Maharaj’s Birthday Celebrations which used to be termed as
“Bhandara” a Spiritual Congregation.
Janmashtami- “Shri Krishnaji
Maharaj’s Birth day Celebration, followed by two Meditation sessions – one in
the morning and another in the evening, along with fasting the whole day, the
fasting is ended with consuming the “Prasad” which was offered after the
evening Meditation; which Celebration Shri Babuji Maharaj Continued to
Celebrate and Shri Raghavendra Rao Sahib also followed and observed all along
during Rao Sahib’s Life Time.
Shri Babuji Maharaj’s Birthday
Celebration on the birth date-wise that is
30-4-1899.
Founder’s Days Celebrations for each
and every centre where the Centre or Branch is declared opened and approved by
Shri Babuji Maharaj and respective day or dates been given differently to
celebrate as Founder’s Day Celebration and the same was approved by Him during
life time of Him.
All The Functions and Celebrations
are Termed by Shri Babuji’s Maharaj As Spiritual Congregations and a Phrase
used By Him is “Bhandara” and attending those functions used to result into
Huge Spiritual Benefit to individuals which benefit is remaining Drowned in The
Divine Rememberance for 24 hours with the perfect link establishing with The
Pure Divine for all the days of Those Celebrations and the observation and
following of events are the same during those celebrations which laid by Shri
Babuji Maharaj and Shri Rao Sahib also followed on the same lines with the
letter and spirit without any deviation or allowed no curvature in the
observations or practices all along his life time.
I am detailing my individual practice
in the following way:
Meditation: Divine Light Present in
the Heart and the Heart means where I experience Lub and Dub, the heart beat,
sitting in an easy posture before sunrise after accomplishing and adopting the
civility to the bodily sense and to start the Meditation with The Prayer
prescribed by The Master, for about an hour or so.
The Process is that I should wait
during meditation process with alertness of a soldier on the battle field with
calm and quiet mind keeping ‘fully opened observant mind eye’ and treating the
thought process by which activity of thought process innumerable wanted and
unwanted thoughts out burst to the self which are devoid of divinity arises
rather gushes out passing through the conscious mind giving jitters and shivers
to the body and mind as they remind me of my private and secret self which many
of a times alert and warn me as myself as “Unbecoming Self” to The Master, The
Faith and To The Path.
Here Comes The Everlasting Help Of
The Faith, The Master and The Method to hold me on the path as well cleanse the base of The
Heart with The Ultimate Consciousness of The Master and Support This Feeble
Heart With Pranasya Pranaha, The Transmission and The Master Himself with His
Ever Lasting Watch Full Eye who is present Himself the very second I close my
eyes with thought of doing Meditation.
The Second Step is Cleaning: It is
prescribed to me to do my self cleaning apart from the bodily cleaning after my
day’s toil in the evening with firm Will to clean of my self of “All sorts of
grossness, impressions, wasteful thoughts complexities, dirt and deceases and
darkness going away from me in the form of smoke and sweat and vapour from my
back and am getting cleansed and with the thought as Cleaned at the end” in
literal sense with the letter and spirit of the statement to indulge my self in
the process for about an hour every day so as to make my path way smooth and to
keep the channels of descendence of divine energy and to receive The
Transmission As It Exists and Reach To My Self to Energise and Strengthen me
and my system to reach The Goal, experiencing the divinity in the form of
cleanliness which is next to godliness rather further experiencing the purity
of body, mind and heart.
The Third Process-The Process of
Nucleus of Practice-The Constant Rememberance: To begin and To End The whole
Conscious and Wakeful State of my life leading and laying the path way with
lively link of experience of Pure Divine, The Master, to the doors of sub-conscious mind and
allowing the entry to the sub-consciousness, of The Divine Rememberance along
with the fragrance of Divinity and The Master Himself and by this process which
lays the proper path way as a natural course and result as of my life and become the end of the very my life and my
living which results as a bygone conclusion to my life journey.
When I enquired with Respected Rao Sahib about
the external Aids and Tools and Help in our practice which are there with us
and available to us as a part of our lives in our day to day living being in
Grishastashram when properly used can bring miraculous and wonderful result in
our practice and set right the whole family as well as with a proper
orientation enveloping entire ways of life and living when adopted and they are
already explained by Shri Babuji Maharaj In The Conclusion Chapter of Efficacy
of Rajyoga in the Light of Sahaj Marg :
“ Another external thing necessary
for the beginner is that he should practice restraint in thought, word and deed
so as not to injure the feelings and prick the hearts of others. If he does not
restrain himself he spoils his own heart. The reaction affects him unnoticed. ”
“ I have discussed sufficiently as
far as my anubhava or reading of Nature allowed me. I may now add
a few lines for the seekers, to reveal to them the secret of success. Meditation
is the foundation of spirituality. If you meditate having your real goal before
you, you are sure to arrive at the destination. There are ways and ways
converging towards the real goal and they are discussed in various scriptures
sufficiently. There are external forces too, helping us to the destination if
properly guided. The Eastern Thinkers have taken special regard of the question
of food. It should be cooked neatly and cleanly in a proper manner. That is the
hygienic point. But if it is sattvic and
is cooked in constant remembrance of God, its effect will be surprising. And if
it is taken meditating all the while on God it will cure all kinds of spiritual
diseases and remove things which hinder our progress.”
When Rao Sahib Quoted the above
paras, then I said to Him, Appa, “Annam” become “Prasad” when Cooked in the
remembrance of The Lord and Offered To The Lord, and consumed in the Constant
remembrance of The Divine, for my spelt answer He further continued the
explanation saying, yes, yes, That is the reason in our houses elders used to
say “Annam Parabrahma Swarupam” and that
is infact The Primary Visible God in Nourishing and assisting the growth as
well as maintaining the “Sthoola Shareera” of Proper and well developed basic
structure which can said as “A
Healthy Body is Abode of Well developed Mind.”
Further Rao Sahib said that Shri Babuji
Maharaj explained about the same in In
the 8th Commandment of “Commentary on Ten Commandments of Sahaj
Marg” book, written Shri Babuji Maharaj Himself which Quotes:
“Be happy to eat in Constant Divine
Thought whatever you get, with due regard to honest and pious earnings.”
It was The Practice followed in The
House of Shri Babuji Maharaj at Shahjahanpur (U.P.) that any sweets or edible
item when been placed for their personal use also, first thing the family
members of Shri Babuji Maharaj used ask us to Offer those sweets as Offering,
in Hindi they used to say “Bhai Sahib Pehle Prasad Chadayiye, Tub Hum Le sake”
and they used to give first morsel of the sweet to the one who brought that
sweets and thereafter only they used to accept and they told me that “Yeh Riwaz
to Shri Babuji Mahraj Qudd Apnaye Te, phir Humlogonkeliye In cheesonke bareme
sochneke jarroorat nahin hai, sivaye paalan karna chodke, bus uthana hi hai,
baaki hai kya.”
The Bed Time Prayer: The Prayer
Prescribed :
Oh! Master Thou Art The Real Goal of
Human Life,
We are Yet but Slaves of wishes
putting bar to Our advancement,
Thou Art The Only God and Power To
Bring Me Up to That Stage.
Before going to bed after completion
of all the works and just the time to retire to the sleep, sitting in a quiet
and calm state in a easy posture with the devotion filled heart and the
heart as a begging bowl experiencing the
Divinity or The Master’s Presence before me and seeking the forgiveness for the
wrongs done knowingly or unknowingly during my wakeful state and seeking the
guidance not to repeat the same mistakes and to pray for giving strength not to
indulge in doing the same mistakes with that state of complete helplessness
thoroughly feeling the repentance and continuously experiencing the Divinity
for about 15 minutes sitting in that state and posture and thereafter laying to
allow and assume the state of sleep and continue the sleep-state only to awake
in the state of Rememberance of The Master and to do The Meditation to begin
the day thereafter till my last breath of my life.
Shri Babuji Maharaj declared by
following ardently The Sacred Spiritual Congregation Methods followed
meticulously in every detail, “The Basant Utsav,” with 5 Group Meditations comprising of Three days and with Havan of
‘Shanthi-Patha’ for 24 Hours and also Sweet Offerings are mandatory which
vessel filled with Sweets to be kept on a pedestal upon a white fresh new cloth
to The Guardians of Sahaj Marg with utmost respect and honour while placing
humbly the request with prayer for Those Divine Entities To Grace That Occasion
and To Accept The Offering having thorough and perfect physical ambience
befitting to Them with a total regard for the cleanliness as well with proper
dress code befitting The Great Lords of The Universe which Dress Code includes
and binding upon Himself – Shri Babuji Maharaj- and with His Own Physical
Etiquette Filled Mane to Sit Before Them for their Blessings and their Watchful
Protective Eye so as no curvature can take place in the method of practice and
also to protect it from any deviation what so ever and from whom so ever which
is away from the laid path by Shri
Babuji Mahraj under the Divine Guidance, this The Birth Day Celebrations of
Holy Joy In The Holy Rememberance of His Master, in who’s Sacred Memory, Shri
Babuji Maharaj Founded This Method of Practice Sahaj Marg for the Welfare and
Wellbeing of the mankind and This Great Spiritual Congregation is Certainly has
a Concluding Note With “Aftab-E-Marafat” which rendering is humble devotion
filled offering is penned as a song in praise of Shri Lalaji Maharaj sung in
the presence of Shri Babuji Maharaj which transports Himself and rest of gathering
to The Sacred and Holy Presence of Shri Lalaji Maharaj in invoking and
seeking the Blessings of The Lord For
The Entire gathering as well as The
Universe and To The Entire Existence.
Krishna Janmastami: Lord Shri
KrishnaJi Maharaj’s Birthday- “Yuga Purusha” as stated by Shri Babuji Maharaj,
further elucidating about Lord
Shri Krishnaji Maharaj, He used to state that, that there is no faith or
religion or devotional practice which was born thereafter of Him born with His
Grace Only and had to depend upon Him only and single pointedly took the
inspiration from Him only and born and existed and continue to exist with His
Grace and with His Hand of Blessings only in the whole world.
Shri Babuji Maharaj used to say that
‘The Lord’ is The Only One who introduced “Bhakti” ‘A Lively Link with Life and
Liveliness of Grace’ in the persuits of God realization as a Sure Sadhana in
turning the attention of ‘The Lord’ and thereby to reach destination.
The Teachings of The Lord as
explained by Rao Sahib and the way I understood is “To Become One With The Lord
Is Yog,” “ Eka Tattva Chintanam Yogaha ”
while that state is entered after the manifestation of the state of
receding and the process of receding set into motion and that process effected
the state of surge with the forceful momentum to effect the separation from The
State of Unison and reach a such juncture, the juncture of seamless finish line
of the boundary of Unison which Begins and ends in the sense of down word path
of becoming individual entity and faint awareness of experienced state of
Unison which effect is like the fragrance or aroma having engulfed within this
existence generates a intense longing to go back but at the same time an intense and deep Urge surges out to remain
in that newly developed State as well to possess it forever, when attempted to
explain from outer line It Could be named as “Bhakti” and wanted to explain the
intricacies about the whole path to begin with from the boundary line of
Seamless finish Line of Unison to One side and other side as Bhakti and this
explanation of different states and stages and levels becomes “Bhakti Yog.”
“To Become One With The Lord Is Yog”
further explaining That State beyond Unison and Bhakti, Rao Sahib told me that
having sufficiently developed and experienced The One ness or mergence with
“That One” and got soaked well with the essence, the individual mind reaches a
balanced state thereby developing Total One Pointedness as well as within the
mind the levels, stages, and states well segregated clearly demarcated with
clean and clear perception of perceivable separations within its individual
independent entities of its states when got fired or burnt with the
Intellectuality with its natural characteristic of Mind-‘Repetitive Thinking’
stirred the entire sphere and reach of The Mind and starts giving explanations
about the insight of pathway detailing the pathway with all its intermediary
stages, levels, and states of the path way and further explanations of
intricacies of effects, pros and cons of the path way for reaching the State of
Bhakti and Unison and the experienced fragrance and aroma of Bhakti State and
Stage and Level and attempts to give faint or feeble idea about the Unision is
called “Jnana Yog” with the forever helping hand of The Subject which termed as
Philosophy when attempted to utilize the same systematic explanation to bridge
the gap of Imperience.
When I further enquired with Rao
Sahib about “Karma Yog,” the detail explanation could be given only with the
help of “Jnana Yog,” and in each and every form of three Facets of Yog are all
in the three facets of Yog, which involved and in particular about this “Karma
Yog” is also about the deed of an individual aspirant towards achieving the
Unison with The Lord in the common parlance but in reality and in true sense
these steps are emerged while receding from The Perfect Unison to innumerable
further away states which comprises of levels and stages and states and
explained by The One who actually having the experience of Imperience in nature,
who having sound well developed matured human mind and a perfect human heart at
his disposal to be and can be utilized for explaining the intricacies involved
in this subject matter.
“Yog” means in the general sense as
well as the true meaning is “Doing” or “Conducting” in a systematic way,
orderly way, optimally utilizing the energies, conductively and cohesively to
the means and path and to achieve the goal “Yogaha Karma Su
Kaushalam”-Karma-Doing- is Action and Action means and includes Continuous
Action with well oriented objective in view only to achieve the Set Objective
or Goal and after achieving the objective still to maintain the achieved
objective keeping it in its pristine pure state of its Original Existence till
the last breath as Ordained by The Master to Consume by the seeker.
Now it is foregone conclusion “Karma”
is The Only Essential Factor Than Theory, Philosophy or any thing on the path
way for the persuit which only assures certain of the fruit with keeping the
Link Live with Smaran or Constant Rememberance of The Lord to Sail through the
Infinite Ocean, which means First to Establishing The Link Firmly With The Lord
and That Establishing The Link Process
to be completed so as to take firm holding as roots to The Ground of That Self
of The Lord, and Established Link to Make it Live with continuous needed flow
of feed, and That Live Link is to be made Lively by making these roots so robust to withstand
the flow of Grace and Sustenanace and the result of That Lively Link with Liveliness
.
“ Satsangatve Nissangatvam,
Nissangatve Nirmohatvam ”
“Nirmohatve Nischalatatvam,
Nischalatatave Jeevanmuktihi”
“ Aashaya Badhyate Loko, Karmana Bahu Chintaya
Aayuh Ksheenam Najanati, Tasmat Jagruta Jagruta ”
“ Kama Krodhashcha
Lobhashcha, Dehe Tishthanti Tiskaraha
Gnana Ratnapaharaya, Tasmat Jagruta Jagruta ”
“ Sampadah Swapna
Sandeshah Youvanam Kusumopamam
Vidyut Chanchalam Aayushyam Tasmat Jagruta Jagruta ”
“ Mata Naasti Pita
Naasti, Naasti Bandhuh Sahodaraha
Artho Naasti Gruham Naasti, Tasmat Jagruta Jagruta ”
“ Janma Dukham
Jara Dukham, Jaaya Dukham Punah Punaha
Sansara
Sagaram Dukham, Tasmat Jagruta Jagruta ”
“
Tvameva Mata Cha Pita Tvameva
Tvameva Bandhuscha Sakha Tvameva
Tvameva Vidya Dravinam Tvameva
Tvameva Sarvam Mama Deva Deva ”
The Source
of Nectar Sprang “The Spring of Devotion” from The Heart of Thy Devotee Hey “Kanha” by Thy “Bluish
Presence.”
Hey Krishna Kanhaiah
“Thou” art Meant To Feel Sarvam Mama Deva Deva
It appears with a great persuasion
and pestering from the entire family of Sahaj Marg followers from all over the
world Shri Babuji Maharaj Conceded for the request of Celebrations of His
Birthday as He used to Say in Urdu, “Bhai! Murrawat me Aake Karna Pada,” since
1974, which is His 75 year of Birthday Celebration and at that time that
Celebration was aimed at seeking Donations for Building the Head Quarters
Ashram at Shahjahanpur.
This Celebration of Joy of Shri
Babuji Maharaj’s Birthday Celebration is also meticulously thought and planned
as replica of Basant Panchami Utsav with every detailed and minute details same
as that of the Basant Utasv or Basant Panchami.
The Third guidelines prescribed by
Shri Babuji Maharaj is Celebration of The Founders Day Celebrations for Each
and Every Centre and Branch of Shri Ram
Chandra Mission, which is infact a Spiritual Grant by The Master To The Place
Specific and That Place Specific is to be made befitting to become the Store
House of Divine Energy and Power by The
Master and Continue to Maintain By Him of its Spiritual Well being with the
proper amount of purity and sanctity and to see that The Pure Prana in its Pure
and Original State Available there whenever there is call or request or prayer
is made for the availability hence this guidelines by Shri Babuji Maharaj for
the Celebration, To That Place Specific after making the place proper and
befitting to conduct spiritual training, a day which is a suitable day for the
local centre depending upon the local factors as The Founders Day and in some
centres and some times Shri Babuji Maharaj did suggest some days and month for
some centres and the same is being followed and the conduction and procedure is
also same as Basant Panchami Utsav or Shri Babuji Maharaj’s Birthday
Celebrations in every minute details and The Grace and Blessings are showered
upon and enveloping entire Abhyasis present and the atmosphere in all the days
of Spiritual Congregation. The Founder Father of Shri Ram Chandra Mission, Shri
Ram Chandraji Maharaj is being Remembered in Reverence for having given an
opportunity to Conduct The spiritual Congregations and Making The Place
Specific as a Centre To Impart Spiritual Training and to Impart Divine Impulses
to the general public.
The Master Provided me with the
enough time and placed the basic literature before me to my convenience and to
help me to come to proper logical conclusions whether to embark upon this
journey by adopting His Path allowing my complete freedom of thought and
analysis and conviction to start the method of practice.
The Master Shri Babuji Maharaj has
provided me with these basic literature about the method of Sahaj Marg namely :
“Reality at Dawn,” “The Efficacy of Raj Yog In The Light of Sahaj Marg,” “The
Ten Maxims of Sahaj Marg,” “The Sahaj Marg Philosophy,” “Towards Infinity,” and
“The Voice Real” One and Two Parts, “The Truth Eternal,” and The Auto Biography
of Ram Chandra by Himself.
These basic literature formed as
Forming Knowledge Base for my understanding and for clarifications during my
practice as well developing proper insight and outlook about The Method, The
Master and The Process as well as About The Intricacies of Developing Proper
Mind With sound base of True, Sincere and Honest Faith about me and Myself and
upon my abilities of understanding in a right perspective of the whole issue.
Apart from the basic literature of
Sahaj Marg other learned and experienced Seniors had also produced certain
amount of literature thereby strengthening the literature of Sahaj Marg Method
and the method of practice as they viewed with their backing of long years of
their serious, honest and sincere practice under the tutelage of The Master and
these literature also helped me to restrengthen and reorient and to recharge
the tone and the surge of my individual practice as those Learned and Great
Ones Lived That Way standing as Beacon Light Throwing and Illuminating the Path
way and assuring by their Very Living As Ordained By The Master and Stood as
Towering Personalities With Full of Life and Liveliness of The Master Inspiring,
Convincing and Reassuring me stating by their living, “ My dear one that it is
possible within this very life or within the short span of living as an
ordinary human,” then I thought and got convinced that like me an ordinary
individual also can aspire for such a reach.
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