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December 1969 Volume Two Number Eleven the message of the Masters ‘Ya Hu’ and ‘Ya man Hu’ What is to be done, O Moslems ? for I do not recognise myself. I am neither Christian, nor Jew, nor Gabr, nor moslem. I am not of the East, nor of the West, nor of the land, nor of the sea; I am not of Nature’s mint, nor of the circling heavens, I am not of earth, nor of water, nor of air, nor of fire, I am not of the empyrean, nor of the dust, nor of existence, nor of entity. I am not of India, nor of China, nor of Bulgaria, nor of Saqsin. I am not of the Kingdom of Iraqain, nor of the country of Khorasan. I am not of this world, nor of the next, nor of paradise, nor of hell. I am not of Adam, nor of Eve, nor of Eden and Riswan. My place is the Placeless, my trace is the Traceless; Its neither body nor soul, for I belong to the soul of the Beloved. I have put duality away, I have seen that the two worlds are one. One I seek, One I know, One I see, One I call, I know none except ‘Ya Hu’ and ‘Ya man Hu’. —Maulana Rumi Sat sandesh December 1969 Volume two number eleven FROM THE MASTER The Master speaks : Kingdom of God page 4 Life in fullness 20 OTHER FEATURES Poem : ‘Ya Hu’ and ‘Ya man Hu’ inside front cover Maulana Rumi Clock of love and joy 31 Robert L. McKay Saute Surmadi 3 Bhadra Sena Resolving mystery of death 18 Vimla Bhagat God’s great gift to man 27 Sylvan Levey From the editor’s desk 32 Wisdom of the ages inside back cover Portrait of Sant Kirpal Singh Ji Maharaj 2 Harris & Ewing Sat Sandesh, Sawan Ashram, Shakti Nagar, Delhi-7, India. Editor : BHADRA SENA. Printer and Publisher : Bhadra Sena. Printed at : Nalanda Press, D-39, N.D.S.E., Part I, New Delhi-49. Subscription rates : Overseas edition : Annual US $6.00 or £2 Sterling. Single copy : 50 US cents or 3/6d Sterling. Inland edition : Annual Rs. 12/. Single copy Re. 1.00. The views expressed in the articles and other contributions in Sat Sandesh are those of the authors and not necessarily of the journal. Sat Sandesh is not responsible for the opinions and statements of the writers. Contributions for publication and all correspondence should be addressed to : The Editor, Sat Sandesh (English), C/o. Nalanda Press, D-39, N. D. S. E., Part-I, New Delhi-49. The articles should be in English and typed with double spacing. No payment is made for the contributions published. Saute Surmadi AZRAT Inayat, a Muslim divine and has reached the same goal of Truth H of the Mystic Order called ‘Sufis’, in which all the Blessed Ones of God tells us that this creation is nothing but unite. the ‘Music of God’ for it is the outcome or manifestation of His Power. He calls This being the case, the Sound of the it ‘Saute Surmadi’ or the intoxicating Abstract is always going on within, vintage from the Garden of Allah (God) around and about man. Man does not and has given an elaborate description hear it as a rule, because his conscious­ of it, as would appear from the follow­ ness is entirely centered in his material ing account. existence. Man becomes so absorbed in his experiences in the external world ‘All space is filled with ‘Saute Surmad’ through the medium of the physical body or the ‘Abstract Sound’. The vibrations that space, with all its wonders of light of this sound are too fine to be either and sound, appears to him blank. When audible or visible to the material ears or the abstract sound is audible all other eyes, since it is even difficult for the eyes sounds become indistinct to the mystic. to see the form and colour of the ethe- The sound of the Abstract is called rial vibrations on the external plane. Anhad in the Vedas, meaning unlimi­ It was the ‘Saute Surmad’, the sound ted sound. The Sufis name it Surmad of the abstract, which Mohammad heard which suggests the idea of intoxication. in the cave of Ghare-Hira when he be­ The word intoxication is here used to came lost in his ideal. The Quran signify upliftment, the freedom of the refers to this sound in the words: ‘Be soul from its earthly bondage. Those and all became’ (Kun-feu-Kun). Moses who are able to hear the Saute Sarmad heard this very sound on Mount Sinnai and meditate on it are relieved from all (Koh-i-Toor), when in communion with worries, anxieties, sorrows, fears and disea­ God. The same Word was audible to ses; and the soul is freed from captivity in Christ when absorbed in his Heavenly the senses and in the physical body. father in the wilderness. Shiva heard the same Anhad Naad during his Sama­ This sound develops through ten dhi in the Himalayas. The flute of different aspects because of its mani­ Krishna is symbolic of the same Sound festation through the different tubes of allegorically explained. This sound is the body (Nadis); it sounds like thunder, the source of all revelation to the Masters the roaring of the sea, the jingling of to whom it is revealed from within and bells, running water, the buzzing of bees, it is therefore that they know and teach the twittering of sparrows, the Vina, the one and the same Truth...... the whistle, or the sound of Shankha (conch) until it finally becomes ‘Hu’ The knower of the mystery of the the most sacred of all sounds. This sound knows the mystery of the whole sound ‘Hu’ is the beginning and end of Universe. Who-so-ever has followed all sound, be they from man, bird, beast, the strains of this Sound has forgotten or a thing. all earthly distinctions and differences; — Bhadra Sena 3 THE MASTER SPEAKS Kingdom of God HENEVER we read religious books lised terminology. Unless we are conver­ W or study any subject, there is a sant with it, we may not be able to certain terminology peculiar to each of understand the true import of the them. For instance, in law books, cer­ scriptures. tain terms have a specialised meaning For instance, there are certain words or connotation. If we are conversant used in the scriptures, such as “Kingdom with the definitions of the terms of God” which is within you. There used, we are able to understand the is “the Light of God.” “When the eye law properly, and will be able to becomes single, you will see the Light apply the same. of God within you.” There are certain If a layman reads the text of the same terms peculiar to the English Bible. law, he will not be able to grasp the true Because of the special use of words, meaning of the law and neither will he like these, persons not conversant with be able aptly to apply the same. them are not able to understand the scrip­ We have scriptures, holy scriptures at tures correctly. They simply interpret hand. Therein we find a certain specia­ them from the intellectual level and many 4 a time they fall into error. of highly renowned interpreters and each gave quite a different version of the same Phrases like “light within you.” or thing. A commentator tends to give the “God is Light,” which the intellectual view-point he holds, not what the scrip­ people interpret as meaning intellectual tures—the real texts of the scriptures— light. But the scriptures tell us: “If convey. And so the persons who depend thine eye be single, thy whole body shall on these commentaries are liable to be mis­ be full of light.” What a difference ! led. For this reason, I had to study Whenever the Masters came, they the Persian language quite thoroughly gave out the truths in a very simple way, so that I might be able to read those so that even the unsophisticated could scriptures in their original form. And understand. But, unfortunately, people I found them different from what the with no practical inner experience, have commentators had said. interpreted them in a way that makes it difficult for others to understand. If The Bible was originally written in we but take up the scriptures ourselves Hebrew. Later it was translated in and read them, we will find their lan­ different languages. The translators guage always very simple. But the task found here and there something which is rendered difficult, if we study them they could not understand correctly and in the light of the controversies raised so those who only read these translations by different intellectual interpreters who run the risk of going astray. have no knowledge of the practical side of things. Working from intellectual I have had occasion to meet very plane, they complicate matters. Those intellectually advanced people, who were who read the conflicting commentaries the leaders of thousands of men. When on the scriptures become confused and I questioned them about something from are spiritually unrewarded. the scriptures, just for interpretation’s sake, they kept quiet or gave some quaint So the task would become easier if interpretation of their own, on an you would read the scriptures directly intellectual level. Their conception of yourselves. I think the best way to God, soul and scriptures answered to the understand any scripture is always to level of their intellect and interests.
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