3 as one book - Kirpal Singh

2 2 THE HOLY PATHtion is the ideal condition for realizing the Lord.I do not want Swarg (heaven) or Vankunt( higher heaven) ;I only want to repose in the lotus feet of myGuru.How can one reach God if one desires the fruits of thisworld or the next? Comb your heart and find out if youtruly want the Lord. True desire does exist, but it isvery rare.35The first thing for man is to rise to God's level. In theGodman, God is fully manifested. If we become Guruman,we rise to the level of God, and we begin to see thepower and spirit of God in him. We can neither visualizcGod nor contemplate Him, as He is formless. In the Guru,He assumes a form. Devotion to Guru then is devotionto God in him. Guru, in fact, is not the body but the Godpowerworking in and through that body. He is the humanpole on which the Divine Power works and carrieson the work of regeneration. This power neither takesbirth nor does it die. It eternally remains theYou may call Him by any name you like-Guru, Sadhu,Mahatma, Master, or anything else. When theyasked Hazur what to call him, he said, "Call me brother,or think of me as a teacher, or equal to your father,'butlive according to my advice; and when you reach thehigher regions and see there the glory of the Guru, youmay say what is in your heart."37To love, revere, and feel grateful to our fellowman isto love and revere God. So, too, the love for the visible