3 as one book - Kirpal Singh

124 MEDITATIONbecome bold and fearless. You will see within so manyrivers, mountains-you will cross them by flying overthem. Simran will enable you to fly over them.lZ7Withdrawal: Rising Above Body ConsciousnessTHE ABC STARTS where all philosophies end. It is amatter of seeing, of rising above body consciousness,of experiencing for one's self.lZ8 The highest aim is to riseinto God consciousness. That will come only when youknow yourself, who you are. You are not the man-body,you are dwelling in the man-body, the highest rung inall creation. We have to make the best use of it and thatis: how we can be out of it. For this purpose, Mastersalways advise us to rise above body consciousness. "Learnto die so that you may begin to live." You will have theright spectacles to see through if you do this. Everythingwill appear in its right perspective. This is why all Mastershave said: "Know thy Self!"The withdrawal of sensory currents from the body belowwith the aid of repetition of the charged names orlistening to the holy Sound Current as coming from theright side is the normal feature of meditations. You mayunderstand it more clearly: suppose there is a roof witha hundred stairs and unless you cross all the hundredsteps, you cannot reach the top, even if you reach theninety-ninth. You are under the roof and not on its top.As you approach nearer to the roof, you have more andmore light. Similarly, the withdrawal of the sensorycurrents up to the eye-focus demands complete cessation