May - Ruhani Satsang USA

meanings in His inimitable and lovingway, until the charged atmospherereached its zenith and climax of Grace.Through the dense pressing crowdsthe Beloved waded back to His quartersand took a chair on the courtyard verandafacing the street. Many devoteesand neighbors came and sat at His Feet.for a special goodnight darshan. Somepersonally conversed with Him until verylate in the evening. Uncomplaining, theMaster never spared Himself for thesake of His children and this time wasno exception.Sitting respectfully before the Mastera local disciple addressed Him. "Maharaji,there was a time when I doubtedwhether it was true or not if the RadiantForm of the Master appeared at thetime of death to a disciple, as You havesaid it does. Two years ago my mothertook seriously ill. and on her death bedI approached her asking if the Masterhad come within to greet her. It waswith great happiness and affirmation thatshe set my qualms to rest, for she confirmedthat she was constantly seeingthe Inner Master Who was even thentalking to her, unseen by all around her.I wish to offer my unbounded gratitudeand devotion to Thee, 0 Satguru!"Early the following morning severalhundred sat cross-legged in meditationon the floor of a huge circular domedhall, before Guru Dev. After an hoursublimely slipped by, the Beloved quietlyre-entered the hall and, as He walkedamong us, His salvar brushed my sleeve,sending spiritual currents throughout mybody and inner vision. "Sub chordo bhui(leave off meditation, please!)" was Hiscommand. In response to His explicitenquiries, several dozen men and womenaffirmed the manifestation of the RadiantForm of the Master and His Master Whoinwardly conversed with them in meditation,showering mercy unrestrained.May 1976Practically all others saw the strongheavenly Light of Suns, Moons, andStars within. One fortunate village womantranscended physical consciousnessso much so that not even slaps to herface could bring her down. The Masterinstructed one of the ladies to massageher neck in a certain way, whereby hersurat partially returned to mundane consciousness.So absorbed in the superconsciousstate, she did not wish to returnso soon into plurality from the blissof mystic union. The shock of returningfrom the Kingdom of Heaven to thisworld of pain and illusion was so greatthat she began wecping inconsolably.One who has learned to transcend theflesh practically in life could live in thisworld, but having learned the pricelesssecret from the Master, was not boundto it. "Learn to die, so that you maybegin to live," is a meaningless statementuntil one actually has an experienceof death in life, through the grace of aLiving Adept.Disciples gathered on the steps andstone floor of the host's courtyard. Thiswas a time of intimate sharing of thesecrets of the heart, and of great unburdeningat the Feet of the Satguru. SeveralSatsangis brought their spiritual diariesof self-introspection to Him for inspectionand improvement. A few menand women quietly wept out of love,fulfilled longing and joy that the Belovedwas once again with them in His graciousphysical form, for who knew when suchan opportunity would ever again arise?It was not unusual to see massive Sikhtillers of the soil and disciplined soldiers,afraid of none, suddenly melt and burstinto tears in His Presence, beseechingHis Great Mercy with upturned and cuppedhands, trembling with innermostneed.