Dec - Ruhani Satsang USA

( THE MASTER'S TALK 1
(Continued from page 15)
should be looked at and listened to with
rapt attention. The heavenly melody,
when listened to in this way, will grow
stronger, ultimately come from above
and drag you up into the Beyond. You
may well ask why the Shabd Dhun (the
Sound Current) does not exert that magnetic
pull now. It is so simple. You know
that iron filings when put near a magnet
are at once attracted to it, but if some
earth is placed between them and the
magnet, or if the filings themselves are
covered with rust, the magnet, though
lying close, is unable to attract them.
Similar is the case with the soul, which
is not yet wholly freed from the entanglements
of mind and matter. The Sound
Current grants it a treatment which is
at once curative and constructive. It is a
constant cleansing process, for which the
time factor is a necessary must. It is by
constant and patient practice that we
learn to bind our attention to the Holy
Naam within; and once it learns to ride
the Sound Current, it is carried in no
time to higher spiritual regions.
Without the Shabd, there is no way
to be extricated from the entanglements
of the body.
The Naam is the only tried approach
which can take us out of the quicksands
of delusion. You have seen that all human
efforts at the intellectual level or
the senses cannot help us to rise above
body consciousness and become attuned
with the Holy Word. The Shabd itself is
the divine principle which alone can release
us from the meshes of mind and
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matter. All past Masters bear testimony
to this great truth. Swami Ji himself has
dealt with the same theme elsewhere
in his writings, saying, Besides the Holy
Word there is no way through which
you get a release from the limitations of
the physical body-Shabd being the
only tried medicine which has been
found highly efficacious in granting you
spiritual emancipation.
Therefore take the key from the
Master
And open the closed door to receive
the Sound Current.
Swami Ji once again stresses the importance
of the Master who holds the key
which opens the Way into the Beyond.
He says that this is why I again advise
you to open the door within by taking
the key from the Master who will reveal
to you the Sound Current. Here the
physical body is described as a prison
house which is locked by Providence.
You see, there are nine openings or
doors in the body citadel, and yet the
imprisoned soul cannot escape. There
is some Power within which is controlling
and sustaining it. The tenth door,
which opens into the Beyond, is locked
by the Creator. For opening the locked
house, you have to look for the owner
of the house; He is no other than God
Himself. No one else can grant you an
ingress into the Beyond; it is the same
God Power, working on some chosen
human pole known as the Living Master,
Who opens the great prison door
blocking your way. Ordinarily, we fail to
appreciate the grandeur and greatness of
the Master, who compassionately rends