3 as one book - Kirpal Singh

I 68MEDITATIONfor then it behaves like a small babe who, when lockedin a dark cell, shrieks, cries, and knocks to get out.Now, if the baby were provided with some sweets toeat and toys to play with, it would stop crying. Exactlysimilar is the case with the human mind.The Living Master holds the key into the Beyond; andwhen he provides the child disciple with inner links ofdivinity which carry him into higher regions, the lattergets a feeling of satisfaction. You know that the innerbliss is supreme and unrivaled. There is nothing similar toit on earth, but alas! the mind is so much intoxicatedwith the lust for woman, wine, and wealth that it failsto see and comprehend the greatness of the spiritual beatitudewithin. But patient and persistent efforts to keepthe mind still will gradually unlock the treasures of divinitywithin' you with the Grace of the Master. Always bebuoyant and fresh when you sit for meditation and waitpatiently, like a loving baby looking up into the eyes ofthe nursing mother.220Mind is enamoured of pleasures and runs after themwhenever and wherever they can be found. It is stilledin the physical presence of the Master. It is by His DivineRadiation that the souls are attracted towards Him, andthe mind which gets consciousness from the soul is stilledfor the time being. Tulsi Sahib says :The attention or the outer expression of soulis controlled in the company of a Sadh.It is only then that the mind attains some stillness.But pleasures of the flesh are quite different from true