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3 as one book - Kirpal Singh

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The M<strong>as</strong>ter sets before us the goal, which is to attaincomplete <strong>one</strong>ness with the Lord- the One Being. b7ecan reunite with the Source from which we once emanated,and regain our permanent abode in the Home ofour Father, where joy and peace reign supreme beyondthe reach of annihilation and ignorance, beyond all miseriesof the troubled ocean of life.'!''There are three things required of a Sikh or the disciplein relation to his M<strong>as</strong>ter to enable him to createreceptivity of the M<strong>as</strong>ter's favor. He must sacrifice hisbody, his mind and his possessions-nay, even his verylife should be consecrated at the feet of the M<strong>as</strong>ter. It isnot because the M<strong>as</strong>ter is covetous of any reward fromHis disciple, but that the disciple should sacrifice all heholds dear in this life. The M<strong>as</strong>ter does not accept <strong>as</strong>peck of it, but gives them back, all intact, <strong>as</strong> a sacrificialoffering. He instructs the disciple not to defile himselfby misuse of his possessions, but to make the best use ofthem to the benefit of his brethren, the poor and theneedy, the sick and the infirm, so <strong>as</strong> to help in the harmoniousdevelopment of all around him. Let the disciplestand before his M<strong>as</strong>ter with his all at His feet, but theM<strong>as</strong>ter would accept naught out of it. He would thusstand in full resignation, ready to receive the Grace ofthe M<strong>as</strong>ter and the beginning of his realization. He h<strong>as</strong>to make himself a vehicle for the M<strong>as</strong>ter, like a rebeckor a lyre to be played upon, creating sweet symphoniesof the Holy Naam. All social connections, all attachmentsto worldly possessions, all clinging to name and fame,all the physical comforts, all the evil thoughts surging in

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