Total letters: 79
Letter 61
Ishwar's Reply
Dear,
I have received your message about your faith and belief. At the outset I would like to tell you that I have never criticized any faith or Religion. I have hundreds of Christian friends who believe in Jesus Christ and worship him.
However I do tell these friends to follow the teachings of their Master by practicing those teachings in their daily life and not merely have blind faith with no Spiritual experience and no Spiritual advancement.
Jesus says clearly and strongly that the Kingdom of God is within you. Go within and find Me and My Father. He further says that our body is the "Temple of the Living God"!
Do we really follow Jesus and go within ourselves to find the Truth or do we just go to man-made Church and pay lip service to God and come to live our life exactly as we did before we went to Church.
Do we have any real Guide who has personal experience of going within and meeting Jesus? Most of my Christian friends have never seen Jesus inside or outside. Yet some of my non-Christian friends have in
their meditation personally seen Jesus inside! That is where He resides and can be found. I am glad you believe you have been Initiated by Jesus and follow him. You will surely
find a Reality beyond our Physical Reality if you practice what Jesus taught. You will also get an answer to the question you have put to me.
With affectionate regards,
Ishwar Puri
Letter 62
In our sant mat books there is nothing said about the star sun moon. We are told only to do simran to go passed these orbs. They have a function like the chakras also they are in the body as we go up Huzur only
says within, the star catches the attention the sun is judgment the moon shows the hearts desires. The first time I went in and saw this some one in the dark pulled me to the right of it and
said you do not want to go in there. Being pulled was a surprise. We are told to not contemplate on the moon because of the entity that is in that orb Within Huzur and I sit on a white moon and there is a building all white a crystal doom
over the house A narrow lawn that is taking care of by a clear transparent gardener in work close In the big house Huzur sits side by side with me in shabd absorbed and simran.
There was a man radiant that was there in the big white hall for a long time. I asked Huzur who he was he said it was the first sat guru. The man looked Egyptian bald and fifty or so years old.
My question is about the function of the powers the entity in those first orbs. Star sun moon?
I have discovered that every inner experience is mimicked in the solid human body from the cell mitosis of cells dividing to form a human body. And the same thing happens with
one blue orb that divides and then transforms into an astral being. But much faster. We here at home are all sat sangis and are going through your series of videos And they are very good thank you.
Ishwar's Reply
Know that the three orbs, the Primordial Star, the Sun and the Moon, lie between the Astral and Sub-Astral levels of Consciousness and we often cross these regions in full
awareness and sometimes without awareness (virtually with blindfolds on) depending on the pace of ascent set for the disciple by his Master. This often depends on our Karma
and desires and attachments. Perfect Living Masters often show their disciples previous Masters during their Spiritual journey.
Loving regards,
Ishwar Puri
Letter 63
Regarding some of the qualifications for initiation, how long must one have abstained from all of the proscribed substances. I am vegetarian, no drugs, don.t drink, don.t smoke (but I do use chewing tobacco) and
have a couple of prescription drugs I take on a regular basis. Could you provide some clarification on these issues (tobacco and Rx drugs) and any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Ishwar's Reply
Prescription drugs are all right. Try to avoid chewing tobacco! Six months of abstinence is good enough!
Ishwar Puri
Letter 64
Ishwar's Reply
I am very pleased to learn that after a short detour you are back on track on the Spiritual Path. This Path requires that we follow the instructions of our Master, the
Master who has Initiated us and who has taken responsibility to take us back to Sachkhand, our True Home. You are mentioned about "approval of the Dera"! Please know, Dera is a place not a
Master. Many Masters have come and gone at the Dera including my own Master, the Great Master Hazoor Maharaj Baba Sawan Singh Ji. One follows the instructions of one's
Master and not of a place. When a place becomes more important than a Master Spirituality turns into a Religion and rules and regulations and ceremonies become more
important than true following of the Path with true love and devotion for a Master. I must add I have great Memories and associations connected with the Dera where the Great
Master Initiated me in March of 1936 and where I have spent so much time. Indeed only today I have shared with some friends Parshad from the Dera consisting of Rice grown
there and vegetable curry with spices specially brought from the Dera!
With all my love,
Ishwar
Letter 65
Ishwar Ji can you please elaborate on half initiation as much as possible can you please elaborate on half initiation in detail. Also I think I.m quite rational and actively seeking for the ultimate objective truth, but I
can't for some reason trust this astral stuff. I mean how will you distinguish the imagination from the truth in astral travel? and if your imagination is the truth then in my reasoning there is no order, its chaos.
In seeking we try to distinguish reality from the subjective mind that is the goal but in astral travel both get mixed up and what ever appears is reality. Still I don't understand.
Ishwar's Reply
Here are my answers to the two pending questions:
Half Initiation: Great Master used to give Half Initiation to young kids between 5 and 12 by teaching them how to hear the "Dhun" (Sound current)!
For teenagers He would give Half Initiation of "Simran"(Repetition of Holy words). When these kids grew up to be adults they were given the remaining half Initiation. Of
course He made several exceptions by giving full Initiation to many kids.
Imagination and Astral experience: There is great difference in Physical imagination and Astral experience because in Physical imagination you cannot go beyond elements that exist in the Physical world.
Though there may be several new combinations of elements that don't exist in the Physical world the elements of those combinations are all of the Physical world. In Astral
experience several experiences have no counterpart in the Physical world. There are new elements non-existent in the Physical world. With an Astral experience you can always
know it is not Physical imagination. On the other hand all Physical imagination arises from the Astral imagination and hence the two are often confused.
Love and regards.
Ishwar
Letter 66
How old must you be to receive initiation has the age requirement changed since your times or it.s the same?
Ishwar's Reply
There is no special age limit for Initiation! Great Master gave half Initiation to kids as young as 5 or 6 years old. He would say the Spiritual Path can be followed by any one from the age of 5 to the ripe old age of 80!
Ishwar Puri
Letter 67
Hi I'm sorry I wanted to ask a question please. How is the supreme state of conscious different then a natural state of indifference produced by a drug or something like that? If the soul See's his master doesn't that mean that he still is in the subtle mind and not the soul yet because there is still some duality? Does the soul of a perfect master after death stay in anami lok or sach kand and anami lok and what is the difference please? In this material world I still have desires and attachments. Although I have had a lot of negative in this life I had moments of joy in relationships and sports ect.
My question or statement is in order for me to cut my desires in the material for romance with women and other desires I need to be sure from you that there is something so much better. I read if you took all the happiness of this world of all history and put them all together it would only be a tiny minute fraction of being in ananmi lok. It was also told that all the material relations and falling in love and happiness is so much less then sach khand or anami lok.
Falling in love made me feel so alive and great that I keep trying to again and again. They say that anami lok is millions and millions times more happy. Are these true statements? I also wanted to ask about the fear and terrer that some people speak of when they enter into pure awareness.
They say your all alone and it is our worst fear come true. Can you please explain that fear and do we rise above that?
Ishwar's Reply
It is a state of supreme bliss and alertness. It is true that when consciousness "sees" the Master it is only the subtle mind. Above the mind the Soul "sees" by becoming that which it sees!
All souls merge into Total consciousness in Sach Khand including the souls of Masters. Anami is higher state of consciousness for Totality to visit. No individual soul reaches Anami. Love is a great experience whether you love God or a person. But love should not be confused with infatuation or attachment!
Letter 68
I would appreciate your response to my "judgments" of Dr. Johnson as expressed in his book Path of the Masters. It seems written from the point of view of someone who
has not gone beyond the mind. His training as, what I would call, an Old Testament Christian minister permeates the writing and frames issues in black and white, right and
wrong. It was from this book's point of view that I judged and condemned you as incapable of being a plm (I take full responsibility for my thoughts and actions).
Forgiveness is mentioned only one time in the whole book as an antidote to krodh. There is little discussion of going beyond the mind. The book is a testament to the author's
powerful ego-mind.
Ishwar's Reply
You already know that I don't judge anybody! So I can pass no judgment on Julian Johnson or on his book The Path of the Masters. But I do know that many Western seekers including several Americans did come on the Spiritual Path after reading that
book. The internal experiences in meditation, like seeing and being guided by the Radiant Form of the Master are held as personal experiences generally not shared with others as such
sharing often leads to a boost in Ego which becomes a hindrance to further Spiritual growth. For help in improving the quality of meditation I can only say it should be done with
great love and devotion. Without love and devotion meditation is a mechanical exercise not yielding any Spiritual results.
Love and regards,
Ishwar
Letter 69
Ishwar's Reply
Date: July 15, 1937.
My dear Son:
I have just received your very kind letter, recommending Mrs. Martha E. Hill for this Path. I thank you most cordially for your kind interest, and shall be pleased to accept her
into our California family. I am writing to her and to Mr. Myers to that effect. Yes, it is a very unusual thing for boys so young as the Sullivan boys to be so keen
and sincerely interested in spiritual matters and ready to seek advancement. In our last big Satsang here a little girl, about ten years old, came forward and asked for Naam.
I asked her which she would prefer, Naam or a nice big bunch of sweetmeats. She very promptly answered: "Sweetmeats." It simply meant that she had no proper understanding
of what she was asking. But in your country, I am sure many youngsters are more advanced in intellect and more ready to assume heavy responsibilities. Here we have
many asking for Naam simply because their friends or relatives have taken the Initiation, so we have to reject many. But it seldom happens that one has to be rejected from your
people, because when anyone is ready to ask for Naam, it means that they have traveled a long way up the grades, and are actually ready. Otherwise, they would not have asked for it.
I am pleased that you are getting together a fine group of seekers on the Path of Sant Mat in your section of the country. May that number increase, for the foundation must be
laid in America for a very Great work. That country is to make great advances in spiritual things, leading the whole world of Western civilization. You who are in the vanguard
now are doing a greater work for humanity and especially for America than you perhaps fully realize. Large numbers there are simply waiting for the matter to be properly
presented to them. The inner preparation has been made. When the Western World has accepted the Science of the Masters as their inner guide to all that is worthwhile, then a
new civilization must spring up. A new age must be born. I am glad we are gathering together so many good and sincere workers and students who will help to spread the
WORD. Of course your first duty is to take your own souls up, and then to help others. With love and best wishes for your own rapid unfoldment and happiness,
I am affectionately yours,
Sawan Singh
Letter 70
I wanted to ask a follow up question please. So after merging in everything which the Buddhists call the void I hear there is a great deal of fear and panic. Some call the highest
state "alone" where there is no one not even you. Is it the ego that is still there that is afraid and how does a soul get past the fear? I read that the highest state of consciousness
was like a high state of total indifference where there is no happiness or sadness since you go beyond opposites. It does not sound like you feel anything.
Can you please
explain that for me?
In my love and devotion
Ishwar's Reply
The stage at which the Ego merges with it's Totality is in the second region of the Universal Mind. There one is alone and "indifferent"! Most Yogis Yogeshwars and other practitioners of various types of Meditation have thought that to be the Highest level of Consciousness! Only Perfect Living Masters have taken us beyond that stage to pure Spiritual realms where the Bliss and Happiness is incredible!