Words of Welcome to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
World Conference on Unity of Man, Delhi, India, 1974

“The inner feelings of heart cannot be expressed through words, for love is always dumb; the power of love works through radiation. I have love and goodwill in my heart for all of you sitting here. And the love and affection that I have for Indira ji cannot be expressed in words. She has devoted her whole life to the cause of unity of man. Before this we have been holding many conferences at the level of religion. These were instrumental in mitigating bigotry and narrow-mindedness to a very large extent. So far so good. But there was yet considerable work left to do for unity and for that we now have this conference at the man level, the first of its kind. I recently went to the West. The idea appealed to them greatly. Here in India, too, the need for it is being felt in allquarters. Man has first to become man, in the true sense of the word. Even God is searching for a man -- a perfect man. The great Urdu poet Iqbal says in a couplet that Moses went to Mount Sinai in search of God, did he not know that God Himself was searching for a man?

Who is man? He who represents the ideal of manhood, who loves God and since God resides in all hearts loves all creation: his body and soul should give out radiation of love, of humanity; he should have love and regard for everybody -- his compeers, his superiors and those who are below him -- for God is in all of them. Man is the roof and crown of all creation, and so this conference is being convened on the level of man. Our dear Prime Minister has taken time from her busy hours for which I find no words to thank her. I thank her on my own behalf and on behalf of all of you for coming here to address us.”

His Holiness Master Kirpal meets with Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1974

HH Master Kirpal's Mission

"To fill the human heart with compassion, mercy and universal love, which should radiate to all countries, nations and peoples of the world. To make a true religion of the heart as the ruling factor in one's life. To enable each one to love God, love all, serve all, and have respect for all, as God is immanent in all forms. My goal is that of oneness. I spread the message of oneness in life and living. This is the way to peace on earth. This is the mission of my life, and I pray that it may be fulfilled."

Quotes -- Daily Living

. All nature is beautiful except when tormented by the hand of man.

. To earn one's living is essential, it is imperative; but it must be done by honest means.

. One can reduce the weight of karma by becoming the conscious co-worker of the Divine Plan, and this is the only way.

. You'll find, the fewer wants we have, the happier we are. So cut down your wants, cut down your desires.

. We eat more than what is required generally. We eat too much. We die of too much eating rather than of hunger.

. Always keep your tongue under control. This is one thing. The wound given by a sword will be healed in a month or so, but the wound given by the tongue is not healed.

. So it is infinitely better to practice than to preach. First live, then say.

. So actions speak louder than words; and thoughts are even more potent. You are not to tell others that, "I am a flower; the flower is very fragrant." Let the flower emit that fragrance, and let others say that the flower is fragrant. Let your lives prove that you have something higher.

. Just think for a moment: if you received a notice to tell you that you had to leave town tomorrow, how would you spend today?

. So today, go away with the firm conviction that you are all one. We are all brothers and sisters in God. We have got the same work ahead, the same ideal, the same One Whom we worship. There is no high, no low.

. Each and every man can make any place sacred, by simply bowing his head in love and devotion, for all is holy where devotion kneels.

. The worst of all the bad habits is to criticize others.

. Lead such a disciplined life that you depart from this world with a contented smile on your face and people remember you.

. The past and the future take away most of our time, most of our time -- these two sprites eating into our veins of life. So forget the past, forget the future, live in the living present.

. We believe there is satisfaction in outer things, but it is not so. True intoxication lies within us, for we are all-bliss.

. What is good; do at once; what is evil, delay.

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. Share with others. So long as you have this body, always give. Don't be like that -- taking. Give.

. That you can do only if you simplify your lives, mind that. If you have too much to do and you cannot stand on your own legs, how can you help others? That is why I said in one of my circulars, "Simplify, simplify, and simplify."

. And have kind words. If there is love, there are kind words -- there is no harshness.

. Don't try to make further karmas by grabbing, by receiving, by exacting from others. Those who are needy have their rights: give them. Those who are naked, help them. Where there is a good cause, give to it. This is the first thing for love.

. First stand on your own legs by honest means. Then maintain your families and try to help others who are needy, hungry and naked; and do it for the Cause of God.

. Share something: there is no taxation, no imposition -- it may be one cent.

. Forgive and forget, and go with a clean heart into the lap of God; that's the best thing.

. Don't hear through the ears of others; don't see through the eyes of others.

. If we realize that death is certain, then there will be a change in our life.

. So there is hope, you see; we must do our best and then leave the rest to God.

. If you realized that God resides in others, would you want to hurt them?

. Procrastination is the thief of time.

. The word "impossible" is found in the dictionary of fools.

. We remember God only when we are hard pressed from every side. It is affliction and not affluence that turns us Godward. If one were not to forget God in prosperity, adversity would never come near him.

. Remain air conditioned, not to be affected by the outside atmosphere, cold or heat, hurricanes or anything. Where is that? — that is in your own Self. So recede; you will feel it. Don't allow any waves coming from the outside to enter through the outgoing faculties. Shut yourself in the closet, as Christ said: the closet of your body.

. Don't be led away by the daily doings. Life is a series of interruptions; a matter of give and take, reactions of the past.

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. Man is a three-fold entity, comprising body, mind and soul and it behooves one to be of service to his fellow beings in all of the three spheres.

. Just as a smallest cog is indispensable in a vast mechanism and serves a useful purpose, similarly, all is beautiful and full of divine manifestation, serving a purpose under His Will.

. Don't tell lies. If you do so, you deceive yourself first and then others; moreover, you have to tell many more lies to cover your one lie.

. Those people whose soul is powerful achieve success in anything they undertake, because the soul gives strength to the mind, the senses, and the intellect. A very strong horse can pull even the most broken-down cart.

. Making a big noise with empty words will benefit you nothing.

. Man is what he thinks about all day long.

. Spirituality is a living and practical subject.

. Indifference, non-acceptance or disbelief will not be to our advantage when Nature enforces its Universal Ordinance -- Death.

. Each thought, each word and each deed has to be accounted and compensated for in Nature.

. We should, therefore, try to see and to hear with our own eyes and ears rather than with the eyes and ears of others.

. Propaganda, acting and posing, have taken the place of practical Spirituality, with the result that the deluded public is being repelled from sacred books and thought of God. Atheism, therefore, is on the increase.

. The more the sheep bleats the more morsels fall from his mouth. Be thankful for what you have got.

. Hold back your mind from pride, for pride only comes from ignorance. The man who does not know thinks that he is great, that he has done this or that great thing; the wise man knows that only God is great, that all good work is done by God alone.

. Never allow yourself to feel sad or depressed. Depression is wrong, because it infects others and makes their life harder, which you have no right to do. Therefore if ever it comes to you, throw it off at once.

. You must guard, too, against certain small desires which are common in daily life. Never wish to think, or to appear clever; have no desire to speak. It is well to speak little; better still to say nothing, unless you are quite sure that what you wish to say is quite true, kind, and helpful.

. Another common desire which you must sternly repress is the wish to meddle in another man's business, directly or indirectly, privately or openly. If you see a case of cruelty to a child or an animal, it is your duty to interfere. If you are placed in charge of another in order to teach him, it may become your duty gently to tell him of his faults. Except for such cases, mind your own business and learn the value of silence.

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. Try to see what is worth doing; and remember that you must not judge by the size of one thing. A small thing which is directly useful in the Master's work is far better worth doing than a large thing which the world would call "good".

. If you aspire for spiritual salvation, then do not lose a moment in seeking to reform yourselves. Man making is the most difficult part of spirituality and if you have perfected yourself in that field, then God realization is not difficult.

. The body is your animal, the horse upon which you ride. Therefore, you must treat it well, and take good care of it; you must not overwork it, you must feed it properly on pure food and drink, and keep it strictly chaste always, even from the minutest speck of dirt. For without a perfectly clean and healthy body, you cannot do the arduous work of preparation, you cannot bear its ceaseless strain; but it must always be you who control that body, not it that controls you.

. Please develop the habit of putting your heart and soul in the work before you; be it worldly affairs or meditation. The habit of doing one thing at a time will help you to progress inwardly from day to day.

. Work is worship. Be patient and earnest in the discharge of the duties entrusted to you. Such a routine will bless you all around with His grace.

. One learns swimming in water, not on dry land.

. There are sermons in stones and books in rivulets. We should live in fellowship with all creatures and with all life.

. Try to live like a fragrant flower which blooms in a forest and fills the atmosphere with its rich fragrance.

. My advice is from this day on to make love and self-surrender the cornerstones of your life. If you do this, you will find your life becoming daily a blessing.

. By renouncing everything, one penetrates into the all-pervading spirit. His attachment to the environments is done away with and his bondage to matter is ended.

. So you see, the whole thing hinges on this: if you are convinced you have to leave the body, all outer attractions leave you.

. All are born of the light of God and the same light shines forth in all; and, as such, none of His creatures can be dubbed "evil".

. This period is the most critical in the life of a sadhak. Until actual self-realization he is in a state of perpetual restlessness, tossing back and forth. He belongs wholly neither to the world nor to God. While in the eyes of worldly people he is a man of piety, yet in the heart of his heart he knows he is full of iniquities.

. Rome was not built in a day...perfection does not come in one day. You need perseverance. Perseverance and chastity is the underlying principle.

. If only we could learn to live together!

. Simplicity is the very high way of life.

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. A child is always absorbed wholly in what it is doing... we should learn from the child...

. Much of it is written in scriptures... it's a pity people don't read their own scriptures.

. Eating is not bad; eating is a blessing, a sacrament. What is digested will give you strength, if you eat with love that is good; what you just gulp down like anything, that will kill you.

. He wants us to stand on our own legs. He shows us how to walk and guides us, but we must walk on our own legs.

. And in case of sickness I tell you what to do. Just lie down, forget the world. Put in some time. That will be a blessing.

. The journey will be easier if your horse (body) is healthy and strong. Body is the horse and we are the rider. A strong horse is a blessing.

. You know what you know, just listen to what the other fellow has to say, you might learn something!

. Do your best and leave the rest ... to God.

. So simple living, simple diet and high thinking is what is wanted.

. Wanted: Reformers ... not of others but of themselves.

. Let you not be a reformer to whip others into goodness, but be a witness of the Great Love radiating all love in thought, word and deed. Be an example rather than give precepts to others. You are indulging in oceans of talks, but how many ounces of actions?

. You know we are always seeing faults in others, wondering "Oh why did he do that?" etc. But we should watch ourselves like that.

. Remember: GOD FIRST, WORLD NEXT.

. If you knew you had to leave the world at the end of this day, how would you spend it? A certain Master advises, "spend each day thinking it is your last on earth." If this advice was rigidly followed, a person's life would be transformed.

. Bhajan and simran are food for the soul -- do not give food to the body without first giving food to the soul. Make it a point!

. So whenever anybody hurts your feelings in word or deed, forgive. Forgiveness is the only sweet water that will wash away all dirt...Forgive and forget, this is the way to Spirituality.

. Excessive eating and drinking, and frittering away the attention on worldly sights, sounds and sensations -- all these are outer enjoyments which deny one the bliss of the inner enjoyments.

. These three things will help you: to eat less, sleep less and have mercy, forgiveness and love.

. Be good, do good, and be One.

Quotes -- Inner Life

. If you cease to hear from all outside, you begin to hear inside -- within you. That minstrel, our blessed God, is playing music all the time. Unpaid for. No money required. He is always waiting for you, to make you hear that music which is going on within you.

. Philosophy deals with theory, but mysticism deals with contact with Reality, because philosophy works on the intellectual level, whereas mysticism works on the level of the soul. "I AM THINE, THOU ART NOT MINE"

. We should not ignore the kernel by sticking to the outer covering of the walnut.

. The human body is the prototype of the universe and much more than that. In it there are millions of solar systems with their suns, moons and earths revolving in and out. The sweetest of the sweet Music is also going on in it, emanating from the true throne of the True King -- God.

. You are fortunate you have the human body. What you can do here in a short time cannot be done in the other world — the higher planes — in ten times as long.

. For the essential advantage in the field of spirituality is to be found not without but within. It lies not in the absence of outer opposition but in ones inner capacity for complete self-surrender and love; and outward obstacles may in fact act as tests and stimuli for the development of this capacity.

. The Path to Salvation lies in the direct touch with the Inner Power rather than to get entangled with outward things.

. The mind for ages is accustomed to staying outside and it takes some time for it to develop another habit, that of going within to stay there for long periods.

His Holiness Sant Kirpal Singh (1894-1974)

Quotes -- Love

. Put in one ounce of Love in all your affairs, even the mundane affairs; you'll have your happiness.

. Love does not want any taking. It is always giving; sacrificing for others. Serve and sacrifice for others; only if we love, you see.

. Love and all things shall be added into you. It is love that makes you all-attention. It is love that gives you a place in the heart of the Beloved. It is by His love that we live.

. What, then, is God is the next question. He is an Ocean of Existence, Consciousness, and Bliss. All these three are His attributes. Our soul, being a spark of the Divine Fire, is endowed with the similar qualities. Love is the cementing force between the two.

. It is very clear and simple: if you love God, you become what God is.

. Love cannot be expressed in words. ... Yes -- you can see from the Light which dances in the loving eyes -- by radiation -- I send you my hearty love, you see.

. Love knows service and sacrifice.

. Love beautifies everything.

. Love knows no burdens.

. Love knows giving, not taking.

. Whatever goes to develop your love for God, do it. Whatever goes to develop love for your own self, at the cost of the love for God, then leave it.

. Mind your own business first. Charity begins at home. Develop love in yourself. Don't be wanting there. Then extend your love to everybody.

. Of all of the qualifications love is the most important, for if it is strong enough in a man it forces him to acquire all the rest, and all the rest without it would not be sufficient.

. Love begets love.

. I have great love for all of you. Indeed, if you knew how much I loved you, you would dance for joy. You will become so intoxicated by His love that it will carry you straight into the arms of your Beloved within.

. There is only one remedy for all such discord and that is Love. He who has not mastered its secret, can never hope to be received in the Court of the Lord. It is the beginning and the end of spirituality. He who understands Love in its true nature and who lives and moves by its light shall, surely as two added to two makes four, attain the Lord.

Quotes -- Mind & Maya

. Thus the first and foremost prerequisite on the spiritual path is to still the mind, to stop it from running outwards, and to develop silence within.

. So when can we realize God? When the soul forsakes the companionship of the mind.

. With so many different thoughts entering your head, who resides within and is in control at present? Your mind--which is making you dance continuously to its tune.

. Through reason we can come to the point of accepting that God does exist; but having done that, why not realize Him? And, for that, the intellect then must be stilled.

. So, it means that the sole barrier between us and the Lord is the mind.

. Through this friendship with the mind, the soul became involved with the senses, and has ever since remained at that level. This is how it got imprisoned in the worldly name and form, and the misery started from there.

. If you have a very strong desire to realize God, then put one foot on your mind, and the next step will be at God's door.

. If not, the mind will think of others and judge their actions; criticizing, etc. instead of the good actions of others, we take their bad actions to be our guiding factor. If you see the bad qualities of others, you will become those bad qualities. As you think, so you become.

. The mind will not allow man to have knowledge of the soul. Its nature is to seek pleasure and its constant fluctuations are difficult to subdue. Attuning one's self with the internal Sound Current is the best way to calm the mind and practise concentration.

. Control of the mind, therefore, is the first step to Spirituality. Victory over the mind is victory over the world.

. To believe in a thing or fact without troubling to investigate it, does not in any way do credit to an intelligent man. On the contrary it reflects adversely on his ignorance or credulity. Any belief not based on personal experience and verification of the facts, has little value.

. The astral mind wants you to be angry, to say sharp words, to feel jealous, to be greedy for money, to envy other people and their possessions, to yield yourself to depression. All these things it wants, and many more, not because it wishes to harm you, but because it likes violent vibrations and likes to change them constantly.

. This is a vastly powerful optical illusion in the influence of which we are imprisoned. There is but one way of gaining release from this entangling situation, and that is what all the Masters have prescribed -- to know oneself. We should not believe anything unless we see for ourselves.

. Between God and spirit, there is no other obstacle but that of a veil of the mind. If this veil were to stop fluttering in the breeze of desires, as it does at present, the spirit can take in directly the Cosmic Energy from its very source.

. Thoughts are more potent than deeds, you see. If you think evil of others that thought vibrates and the whole atmosphere is poisoned. Whatever you think of others that thought radiates... others will feel it.

. Soul is of the same essence as that of God. Mind is of the same essence as that of the Negative power... Mind is controlling our bodies and all this world; just make friends with it, then it will leave you alone.

. Birth after birth, the soul thrashes itself to pieces at the hands of the mind, and as long as the mind does not emancipate itself from the senses and the soul gain freedom from the mind and come to know itself in truth, it is impossible to know God.

Quotes -- Self Introspection

. Introspect yourself like a hard taskmaster: "What have I done today?" In the beginning you won't find any shortcoming in yourself because it has become a habit.

. Keep a watch over your whole life -- each action -- day by day, and through meditation increase your inner progress.

. Analyze yourself and see your own shortcomings instead of seeing the shortcomings of others.

. To cultivate chastity is an uphill task that requires a long-drawn struggle through life -- something very strenuous indeed.

. Each and every action we make is seen by God -- how could anyone sin if this was truly realized.

. The diary helps to bring out many of the hidden underlying weaknesses to the surface so that one may begin to see them and try to remove them one by one, and with their removal, life becomes more pleasant and spiritual progress is accelerated.

. Sometimes we think we are sufficient; we are not sufficient. Man learns and unlearns all through life.

. Man is so constituted that he cannot for long remain at one level. He either progresses or slips back. You may judge for yourselves which way you are going by seeing how far your minds and senses are coming under your conscious control.

. The more one aspires to weed out the imperfections by daily introspection, the more of serene bliss and grace come from above.

. Keeping a daily record or diary is the best method to become conscious of one's shortcomings and errors. Eradicate and uproot them and plan future progress. Without such self-analysis and self-criticism, no real advancement is possible.

. The diaries show how much time you put in and in how many places your heart is attached to outer things in one form or the other.

. The truth of the matter is that we must become consciously aware of every thought that passes through the mind.

[ENDS]

Successors

The successor to His Holiness Master Kirpal Singh (1894-1974) was His Holiness Master Ajaib Singh (1926-1997). His successor is His Holiness Sant Sadhu Ram. Their books, thoughts and analyses are available for download from www.mediaseva.org.

Holistic Quantum Relativity Background

For those who wish to understand the genesis of this Socratic Dialogue on IntentBlog, which has led to the preliminary efforts towards Holistic Quantum Relativity (HQR), please visit the following strings in sequence:

1. Maulana Rumi: 2007 is his 800th Anniversary!

2. Unified Force, Sub-nuclear Physics & Love of Rumi

3. Holistics: Embracing Science, Art and Spirituality!

4. Complex Holistics: Hegel's Logic, Spirit and Mind

5. Simple Holistics: Hegel Triangles & Unified Pyramid

6. Holistic Pyramid, Sahasrara, Sri Yantra, Creation

7. Holistic Relativity: Spiritual Planes & Consciousness

8. Holistic Quantum Relativity: Spirituality and Science

9. Holistic Quantum Relativity Project: Glossary

10. Holistic Quantum Relativity Evolution on IntentBlog

11. HQR: Tagore Einstein: Science, Spirituality & Music

12. HQR: Albert Einstein Quotes on Spirituality

13. HQR: HH Master Kirpal -- Nature of Thought

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