3 as one book - Kirpal Singh

3 4 THE HOLY PATHinto higher spiritual realms, bringing him back to theTrue Home of his Father. Henceforth the Master-spiritnever leaves the soul, but continuously helps and directs,visibly and invisibly, directly and indirectly, in this lifeand the life hereafter, as the occasion may demand.""With initiation and spiritual sadhna or practice, onegradually becomes aware of his shortcomings and triesto weed them out, and the more he purifies himself, themore he grows into Divine Life. As the scales begin todrop off, the true values of life become more and moreapparent. The spirit gradually gets freed from the shacklesof the world and is enabled to transcend the physicalbody and make flights into the higher regions. Hereafter,"he walks not after the flesh but after the spirit." Livingin the world, he is no longer of the world. He now delightsin the bliss of higher spiritual regions and not inthe pleasures of the senses and sense-objects. The gift ofNaam or Word comes only from a Master-soul who, byinjecting his own life-impulse, befits an initiate for thespiritual journey.The measure and speed of advance, however, dependson the individual's own make-up, the ground on whichhe stands, and the preparation that he may have madein past incarnations. As each one has a different background,each one has his own starting point. The seedis sown, but its unfoldment, growth and developmentdepends on the nature of the soil in which it is planted.70Each one however, as said before, takes his or her owntime for efflorescence and fructification. The dormantspiritual faculties begin to quicken with life and the initi-