3 as one book - Kirpal Singh

THE WAY OUT: GURU, THE GIFT OF GOD ' 5God or pole from which God manifests Himself amongstHis people. Limitless and infinite as God is, He is beyondcomprehension by finite powers of perception. He can,however, be apprehended in the Master somewhat as avast sea can be apprehended at the beach with bathingghats, where sea waters gently flow in so bathers can havea safe dip.As like attracts like, man must of necessity have manas his teacher, for no one else can teach him. The way toGod, therefore, lies through man. Some Godman alonecan tell us of the "Way out" from the world and a "Wayin" into the Kingdom of God, now a lost province tomankind in general. The fall of man was brought aboutby man and the regeneration of man too is to be broughtabout by man. But there is a world of difference betweenman and man-the latter being God-in-man."When people see the Guru living like an ordinary humanbeing, eating, drinking, etc., they become carelessin thought and respect. You should always rememberthat a Master's life is two-in-one. He is the son of man,accepting all as brothers, having no ill thought for anyone,living like a true human being, sharing happinessand misery with others. He also suffers in the sadness ofothers, and sometimes sheds tears of sympathy too, but,as his true Self, he leads the souls within and up. Thoseunfortunate people who consider him merely a man, remainat the level of man and lose the golden opportunity."The greatest prayer a person can therefore offer toGod is that He may, in His unbounded mercy, establish