Master is the only One Who is your true helper. He is the only One Who is your true friend, and He doesn't accept anything, He doesn't demand anything from you for helping you. Sant Bani Magazine The Voice of the Saints May 2003 - Volume 27, Number 11

Master is Our TieFriend Sant Ajaib Singh Ji a Satsang of September 1, 1995

Have no Anxiety; He is Always With YOU Baba Jaimal Singh Ji

The Test ofthe Shipwrecked Disciple Swami Ji Maharaj "Always Keep Me in Your Refigen Sant Ajaib Singh Ji an underground rooom talk of February 3, 1990

Make a Schedule for Meditation Sant Ajaib Singh Ji a walk talk of February 2, 1980

Photo credits: Front cover, p. 32, Gurmel Singh; p. 5, Neil Wolf: pp. 10, 16, Joe Gelbard.

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alutations unto the feet of Su- Some Mahatmas mentioned the Bpreme Fathers, Lords Sawan name of Their Masters. They wrote and Kirpal, Who have allowed us in Their writings who Their Master to sing Their glory. It is all due to was, and from where He got the Their grace that we are able to sit perfection, from where He got the here in Their remembrance. It is all grace and the Light; whereas some due to Their mercy that we are able Masters have not mentioned Their to sing Their glories. Master's name, even though Their Although Saints and Mahatmas, writings, Their banis, are full of the the beloveds of God, are sent into praise and the glory of Their Mas- this world by God Almighty Him- ter. Reading the writings of the per- self there are two kinds of Masters fect Masters, we learn that those or perfect Mahatmas. One is He who hide the name of their Master Who is sent by God Almighty Him- - it is not a good thing. Although self, someone Who is already per- some Masters have mentioned Their fect before He came into this world, Master's name and others have not like Guru Nanak Sahib. When He that doesn't mean that They have came into this world He was per- hidden the name of Their Master. fectly Perfect right from the begin- The historians exaggerate, and ning. Whereas Guru Angad Dev Ji they write about the kings and the Maharaj went and sat at the feet of emperors of the time. They write a Guru Nanak Dev, and there He lot about them, but they do not pay gained perfection. So there are two attention to, and they don't write kinds of Mahatmas. First are those anything about the perfect Masters, sent by God Almighty, Who are per- such as who were the parents of the fectly Perfect right from the begin- Master, who was the Master of that ning; the others are those who go Master or where He was born. They and take refuge at the feet of the have cared very little for the per- perfect Masters and then become the fect Masters Who come into this perfect Ones. world. What do we people usually do This Satsang was given September 1, when we talk about the Masters 1995, in Brisbane, Australia. Who have sacrificed so much at

May 2003 Their Master's feet, and Who have cause without the Master, I am noth- even given up Their body, Their ing." mind and soul to the Master, and The bhatts* who were the disci- Who have done so much seva for ples of the Sikh Gurus have said, Their Master? When we talk about "Those who have not seen the Mas- those Masters, we feel honored by ter in this world, they have seen saying that They did not have any nothing." Guru Arjan Dev Ji Maha- Master. raj goes so far in glorifying the Mas- A brief hymn of Swami Ji Ma- ter by saying, "Those who have seen haraj is presented to you. It has been the Master with their own eyes, they about 100 or 125 years since Swa- have made their human birth suc- mi Ji Maharaj has left this world, cessful." left the body, but still some follow- So Swami Ji Maharaj sings the ers of Swami Ji Maharaj feel and glory of the Master in this brief they say that Swami Ji Maharaj did hymn. Listen to this with much at- not have any Master. [They do this] tention. Every single word written even though Baba Jaimal Singh Ji in this hymn is very valuable, and used to tell the people, "Please don't if you swallow every single word, say that Swami Ji Maharaj did not it can change your life. have the Master." Even at that time there were many dear ones who 0 Brother, catch hold of the knew that Tulsi Sahib was the Mas- Feet of the Master with ter of Swami Ji Maharaj, and Swa- Jirm determination; mi Ji Maharaj got His blessings. In Make the company of the fact, Swami Ji Maharaj came into Master fruitful. this world only with the blessing of Make the words of the Master Tulsi Sahib. your support; Only one who has eaten rock Have the darshan of the Mas- candy can talk about the taste of ter completely. the rock candy. So one who has gained anything from the Master, Swami Ji Maharaj says very lov- one who has brought peace to his ingly that first of all what should soul from the Master, one who has you do? - first of all, according to gained the benefit from the Master, the instructions which the Master how can he hide the name of his has given to you, do the Simran, Master, how can he not say that he bring your attention behind the eyes got everything from the Master? Guru Arjan Dev Ji Maharaj says, *The bhatts were those disciples who "0 my mind, go on repeating the used to sing and play musical instru- word 'Master, Master, Master,' be- ments in the court of the Sikh Gurus.

SANT BANI and, rising above the stars, moon all, you reach the Feet of the Mas- and sun, reach the Feet of the Mas- ter." Master Sawan Singh Ji used ter within. We bow down at the out- to say that the disciples have a cer- er feet of the Master also, because tain responsibility. It is the duty, they are also very precious, very the responsibility, of the disciple to valuable. The place where the per- reach the Feet of the Master. It is fect Masters put Their feet, that just like when a student goes to the place becomes worth worshippmg, school. The teacher is there, and it becomes the place of pilgrimage. when the teacher sees that the stu- He says that the place where the dent has arrived in the school, then perfect Masters lay Their feet, it is it becomes his responsibility, his more holy, more precious, than the duty, to teach him and to take him sixty-eight places of pilgrimage. further. So in that way, it is our But what do the Masters mean responsibility, our duty, to first by saying "reach the Feet of the reach the Feet of the Master. Master"? They mean to say that af- But what do we usually do? In- ter vacating from the nine openings stead of reaching the Tisra Til, the of the body, when you bring your Third Eye, instead of reaching the attention behind the eyes, when you school where we are supposed to reach the Tenth Door, only then you go, we sit here and we make the reach the Feet of the perfect Mas- prayers, we make the requests. We ter. Tulsi Sahib also says, "Once request the Master, "0 Master, you you reach there, constantly remain do this for us. You take us there." over there. Go on enjoying at the Often I talk about when I was in Feet of the perfect Master." Tulsi the army, and in the city of Poona says, "Only by remaining there and when I was studying in the wireless being there constantly can one get operator course, the instructors used peace." Guru Nanak Sahib has said to tell us, "When you come to the that after reaching there, one gets school, you should be all packed. the Light of knowledge and getting You should have your backpack on that Light of knowledge, one is en- your back, because you don't know lightened from within, and the dark- when you will be ordered to go and ness of ignorance is removed. join your army." Also, they used to When we apply the mascara of say, "We don't believe in the gods the Truth in our eyes, then the dark- and goddesses to whom you have ness of ignorance is removed and prayed before coming here. We be- the Light of knowledge is mani- lieve in the work which we have fested within us. given you to do. So first you should So all the Masters, and even do your homework and then you Swami Ji Mgharaj said, "First of should come to the school."

6 SANT BANI When the worldly teachers also and always be with Him, then He expect us to do our homework, will always be with you, He will when they expect that we should always accompany you, and He will do our work and then come to the do every single thing for you. school, then we can very well imag- Whenever you will feel hot, He will ine that the matter of Spirituality is be there ready and willing even to even more important. Just as the fan you. worldly teachers expect us to do our Paltu Sahib says, "God Almighty work, in the same way, our Master says that when one of my devotees also expects us to do the work which or when the Saint perspires, I feel He has given to us. as if I am losing the blood." When the disciple reaches the inner school at the Feet of the Mas- The glory of the Master is ter, whatever question he may put unreachable & limitless; to the Master, the Master will an- Sing the praises of the Master swer his questions. Even now we beautifully. are making the questions, we are asking questions to the Master and Lovingly He says that our tongue He is replying to us. But since we doesn't have the capacity, or our have not reached where the Master tongue doesn't have the strength is present, that is why we are not through which she can utter the glo- able to listen to the answer which ry, the importance of the Master. He is giving to our questions. We Because God Almighty is the In- don't know about the questions we visible One, He is the Unreachable have asked the Master, whether He One, the Unfathomable One, and we is saying, "Yes," or "No." cannot see Him with our eyes. Swami Ji Maharaj says, "Make So Satguru is that Being, He is the words of the Master your true that Vessel Who has seen God Al- support." He tells us to rely always mighty with His own eyes through on the words of the Master, and the grace of His Master. Masters whatever He is saying, accept that, do not lie. Whatever They speak, make it the bread and water of your that is very true, and whatever They life. And don't think that you have have seen with the grace of Their to go and see Him or you have to Master, They describe or They men- listen to Him after one or two hours tion only those things. - you should make it a point that This is the reason why the Mas- you always want to see Him, and ters have to come into this world, always want to be with Him. In fact, because God Almighty is the invis- when you will develop this kind of ible One, and we do not know what attitude, when you will go within form, what outline or what color

May 2003 He has. So how can we devote our- beautiful Form of the Master with- selves to the One Whom we have in us, then we see that Form within not seen? So this is the reason why everyone, and just as the sugar or the Masters come into this world. rock candy is dissolved in water, in Beloved Lord Kirpal Singh, the same way, that beautiful, en- along with Dr. Johnson, was once chanting Form of the Master is ab- giving a massage to Master Sawan sorbed, is present, within all the Singh, and Master Kirpal Singh creatures, all the things. Wherever asked Baba Sawan Singh, "Master, we look, we see only Him. what is the Form like in the with- What is our condition at present? in?" Baba Sawan Singh replied, We say that he is a Brahman, or he "You look at me, Kirpal Singh. In is a Sikh, or he is of a low caste or the within, also, you will find the of a high caste, he is an American same Form, the same features, the or he is an Indian, and we have all same outline."" Since we do not these differences. But once that en- know what God looks like, that is chanting, that beautiful Form of the why in order to show us, in order Master is manifested within us, af- to make us do the devotion of God, ter that all the differences are fin- the Masters come into this world ished because we see only our be- and They tell us what God looks loved Master within everyone. They like. all become our very own. It is a very surprising thing that Would such a Master give you once we receive such grace of the the training to fight with each oth- Master, once we see God Almighty er? Would He give you the instruc- in our within, after that we see Him, tions to criticize each other? No, we see that very Form within every- Dear Ones, He will only teach you one, even in the animals, and for the devotion of God Almighty. He us, both the friends and enemies be- will only give you the teachings to come alike. Bhikkan Shah said, "0 love everyone. Bhikka, both my eyes are content. So that is why Swami Ji Maha- Wherever I look, I see only Him." raj here says that the Master is Once we receive that enchanting, Agam, He is the Unreachable One, He is the Invisible One, and His importance, His glory cannot be de- * This must be one of those instances where the Master is addressing coin- scribed in words. ments to one disciple which are meant Guru Nanak Dev Ji Maharaj said, for the other, since Master Kirpal Singh "How can we go on praising the had been seeing Baba Sawan Singh in- Master, because He is capable of side for seven years before meeting Him doing everything, He is Almighty." physically. For as long as the Masters are in

8 SANT BANI the physical body, They live a very Give up the desire for pas- humble, a very small kind of life; sions; and even if They have done some- Run away from this world thing, still They will not exhibit abandoning all your Their powers, They will not per- wishes. form any miracles. Even if you have gained something from them or Swami Ji Maharaj said that you have had Their darshan, and if you have already indulged so much in go and tell Them, "Master, you did the pleasures, you have already had SO much for us," or "You gave us so many kinds of food, and even darshan like this -" They would then your mind has not said, simply say, "Yes, this is the grace "Enough." So if he has not said, of my Master." Whatever happens, "Enough," up until now, when do They always give the credit to Their you think that he will say enough? own Master. So give up all the indulgences, all the pleasures, and apply yourself to Keep the Master within your the meditation of the Shabd Naam. heart; When you will apply yourself to the The effect of Kal will be meditation of the Shabd Naam, then erased. your mind will also turn away from all the pleasures of the world. Dear Swami Ji Maharaj very lovingly Ones, only in the beginning it is says that no power, no force of the difficult, but once you make a point Negative Power can bother you if of it, once you make the habit of you have the Simran of the Master giving up all the indulgences and on your tongue, if you have the the pleasures of the world, then it Form of the Master in your eyes. becomes very difficult for you to Dear Ones, when you go to go back to those bad habits. sleep, at that time remember the Form of the Master. Bring the beau- Desire the Shabd of the Mas- tiful Form of the Master in front of ter; you in your eyes, and do the Sim- Wish to remain at the Feet of ran, even if it is for a couple of the Master. minutes, but before you go to sleep, before you close your eyes, remem- Now He says that we only have to ber His Form, do the Simran and it change our thoughts. Right now we is sure that you will never have any are having the thoughts that we have nightmares, you will never have any to do this or we have to do that in bad dreams. You will definitely the world. We have to make this or have His darshan. we have to make that. We always

May 2003 go on making the plans of the world. many times you went into the world So instead of planning for the things and went away from the Master. of the world, we should change our Dear Ones, this is also part of planning, we should change our the things which necd to be filled thoughts, and whatever we need to out in the diary. Wc people write in think. whatever we need to plan. the diary that we meditated for one we should always do it for the Mas- hour, but we do not realize that in ter. We should always think and that one hour how many times we plan to do the Simran. becamc dry, how many times we Dear Ones, this is something went away, or wc just sat there and which you should consider and think did no Simran. So we should care- about minutely. If you do not fully. and very minutely, consider change your thoughts, then even in and analyze that, also. one hour when you sit for the med- itation, if you analyze that time vcry minutely and if you consider it, you will sce in that one hour how many times your mind became dry in re- spect to the Master, how many times When we give up the planning of you gave up doing the Simran, how the world, and when we change the

10 SANT BANI direction of the mind, since the and what he has to do in his office. mind cannot remain idle, then we He visualizes and he sees that the involve our mind with the Master. office is there, the files are there, and he sees everything over there. Day and night remain in the In the same way, when the house- Dhyan of the Master. wives think about their work, their Never understand anyone stoves or their kitchen, they know other than the Master. what things they have to buy the following day and what they have When we make our thoughts like to do. So all this is because of the this: that whether we are sleeping remembrance of what they have to or awake, whether we are sitting or do; they think and they do the sim- standing, whatever we may be do- ran and they know what they have ing, but if our Simran is always go- to do. ing on, and if the Form of the Mas- So since we have been in the ter is always in front of our eyes, in habit of remembering the things and that condition, when we close our doing the simran, that is why it is eyes, when we go to sleep, the Form not at all difficult for us to develop of the Master is in front of us. When the habit of doing the Simran given we are awake, even then we see the to us by the Master. Because the Form of the Master in front of us, Masters tell us that the crop which and all the time, whether we are has been destroyed by the water will asleep or awake, the Simran goes come back to life only with water. on happening within us. In the same way, if we are given We have always been in the habit some other Simran to do, only then of doing the Simran, so it is not at will we be able to forget the simran all difficult to develop this kind of which we are doing of the world. Simran which has been mentioned So that is why the Masters give us earlier. You know that when doc- the Simran, because They know that tors are doing their work, they do the Simran cuts the simran. When their simran, they remember their you do the Simran of anything, medicines, and as soon as they see when you think of anything, and a patient at once the medicine which that particular thing comes in front will work for that patient comes in of you - that is called dhyan. So front of them; they can visualize when you are doing the Simran giv- the sickness and they can visualize en to you by the Master, then by the medicine. In the same way, itself, the Dhyan or the attention of when a clerk thinks about his work, the Form of the Master comes in he knows which file he has to pre- front of you. So since we are in the sent to his officer the following day habit of doing the remembrance and

May 2003 the simran of the worldly things, There is no otlzer.friend like that is why the Masters give us the the Master. Simran, that is why They give us the Dhyan, so that by doing the Sim- Swami Ji Maharaj asks why do you ran and the Dhyan of the Master, have to do so much devotion of the we may be able to cut the simran Master; why do you have to remem- and the dhyan of the world. ber your Master so much? This is So Swami Ji Maharaj says, "Day because nothing from this world is and night, always remain in the at- going to go with you. No wealth, tention of the Master and do not no power, no rule, neither your understand anyone other than the brothers or sisters, nor your sons or Master." daughters will go with you. They all love you because of their own The Master should not be for- interest. So nothing from this world gotten in any breath (you will go with you, and nothing of take) and morsel (of food this world could help you when you you eat). need the help. Master is the only Sing the glory of the Master One Who is your true helper. He is every moment. the only One Who is your true friend, and He doesn't accept any- How far have the Masters studied? thing, He doesn't demand anything They do not tell us the things from from you for helping you. So He is hearsay. Whatever They have done the only One Who can help you at in Their practical life, They convey the place where no one from this all that to us. world can help, so that is why you So Swami Ji Maharaj said that have to remember Him so much, you should not let any breath go you have to do so much of His de- when you are not doing the Simran votion. of the Master, and when you are Swami Ji Maharaj says, "Your eating, you should not eat any mor- Master is your true benefactor, sel of food when you do not re- and there is no other friend like the member the Form of the Master. Master." Swami Ji Maharaj said that whenever you start anything, before The Master gets you veleased starting, remember the Form of the from the noose of Yanza. Master and always think of Him He makes you see your own before you start the work. self(rea1izatiorz of being a soul). The Master is your true bene- factor; The Master has come to show us

12 SANT BANI the way which goes to our real says that hearing the name of that Home. Our Home is Sach Khand, ocean of life, the soul trembles, and and the way which goes to our in order to protect themselves, in Home is behind our Tisra Til, our order to avoid going through that eyes. terrible ocean of life, kings gave up Master is not the One Who just their kingdom and they accepted the tells you a few words. In fact, He is yogas, and the rishis and munis also the One Who helps you in the most went into the wilderness and did difficult moment. The most diffi- their devotion. cult moment is when we are pre- The Siddhas asked Guru Nanak, sented in front of the Lord of Judg- "How does the Master take the souls ment. And when He asks us to settle across that ocean of life. What does the account, that is the place, that He have by which He takes the souls is the moment which is the most across?" Guru Nanak Sahib replied, difficult, so Master is over there. "Such beloveds of God have been He is always present there with us, given the ship of Naam. The Mas- and He helps us settle the accounts. ter is the Captain of that ship and Guru Arjan Dev Ji Maharaj said He knows about the ups and downs that those who take refuge at the and the waves of that ocean, so He feet of the Sadhus become the free easily and safely takes all the souls ones. They don't have to go and who get in the ship of Naam across settle the accounts, because the Lord this ocean of life." of Judgment has been appointed by Satguru is the ferryman, and God Almighty Himself, and He through the Shabd He takes the doesn't come near those who do the souls across. devotion of God. The Master protects you like He takes you across the the turtle hatches her own Ocean of Life; eggs. Every moment He improves you. The turtle lives in the water, but she lays her eggs in the dry place, Some have called it the river of and through her attention she takes pains and sufferings; others have care of those eggs. If she withdraws called it the river of boiling blood, her attention from the eggs, the eggs or the river of the fire. All the Mas- go bad and cannot produce any ters have mentioned that particular more turtles. In the same way, after place through which our soul has to giving Initiation, the perfect Mas- go in Their own words. ters do not forget Their disciples. Baba Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj In fact, the disciples are written

May 2003 13 on the Master's heart, and through you do not understand that you also Their attention the Masters always have to leave this world.'' protect Their disciples. Distance We see the worldly relations makes no difference to Them. with our own eyes: how the wife The dear ones who do the medi- leaves and the husband is weeping, tation, and those who go within how the husband leaves and the wife through the meditation, they know is crying, how when we are still how much Master is doing for the here our children leave us and that disciples in order to take them in- also adds to our suffering. So we side. And they know how the Mas- already see that all these worldly ter is protecting those disciples who relations do not give us any peace make the efforts to go inside, how or any tranquility, they only add to He is keeping the forces of the Neg- our sufferings and pains. ative Power away from them. Those who do not know from where the Angels of Death come There is lzo Protector like the and take the souls out - when they Master; understand the don't even know how or from where family etc. as devourers. they are coming - how can they [You should] never leave the help us? Instead of helping us, they Master; take your mind only weep and they add to our mis- away from the wealth & eries. women. It is our personal experience, that when anyone dies, we do not cry Swami Ji Maharaj says there is no for him, we do not mourn him. In protector except for the Master. All fact, we are worried and are crying the worldly things and worldly re- for our own selves, because now lations are like snakes; they are al- who will do the things which he ways harming you. Through the bit- used to do for us. Guru Nanak Sa- ter words they always go on biting hib had said, "0 Brothers, you are you. Swami Ji Maharaj says, "Day not crying for him, you are not and night, go on remembering the weeping for his death. In fact you Master. Go on doing the devotion are crying for your own self. What- of the Master, because there is no ever weeping you are doing, what- one in this world except the Master ever crying you are doing for him, Who will protect you. Everyone in he is not listening to that. You are this world, everything in this world doing this only to show other peo- is only going to devour you." Sufi ple that you cared for him." Saint Farid Sahib says, "Where are Swami Ji Maharaj said. "You your parents who gave birth to you? don't have to give up these worldly They came, they left you, and still relationships. In fact, you should un-

SANT BANI derstand it as your duty, and you peace here, and also in the beyond should attend to your responsibili- we get its benefit. ties toward these relationships. And Kabir Sahib said, "0 Kabir, whatever wealth or possessions without doing the devotion of the which God Almighty has given to Master one becomes a dog of the you, use them, but don't let them street which goes from one street use you. Don't become their ser- to another and never gets anything vants." to eat. A traveler should always remem- "0 Kabir, without doing the de- ber his destination. If he sits on the votion of the Master, even the king way, how can he reach his destina- becomes a donkey who carries the tion? load of the potter, and nobody feeds How can a guest make his host him any grass. do things according to his own de- "Even if one wears nice clothes sires? Whatever the host provides and eats the fragrant things, but still for him, he should be content with without the devotion of the Master, that, and he should be grateful for without the Naam of the Master, that. both his hands get tied and he goes Guru Arjan Dev Ji Maharaj said, to the city of the Yama." "Those who fall in love with the travelers, they do not get anything Hold thefaith in the Master and in the end they repent." So the within your heart; more we get attached to the travel- Swim across the world with ers, the more we love the travelers, the grace of the Master. the more pain we feel. The Master defeats pride, attachment, ego, etc.; The devotion of the Master Even lust and anger will be always gives happiness. afraid ofyou. Without the Master even the mind and intellect are the Now lovingly He says that lust and suffering ones. anger are two great powers. They have become our rulers, and we Swami Ji Maharaj lovingly tells us: have become helpless in front of "Do not fear the Master, do not them. Whatever they want us to do, leave the Master. Instead you should we do, because we are helpless in keep away from or take your atten- front of them, so here He says that tion away from the worldly things, if you do the devotion of the Mas- because the devotion of the Master ter, you can kill them, you can con- is always peace-giving." If we do trol them. In fact, Kabir Sahib says the devotion of the Master, we get that by killing all the five sins, all

May 2003 16 SANT BANI the five passions, we always remain also erupting within a man, and he attached to the devotion of the says that he will do this or he will Master. do that, he will do this business, he Dear Ones, it is a reality that will construct that, and so on. All unless we reach the Par Brahm, we these waves, all the greed, they all cannot be worriless; we cannot be- become quiet when a man manifests come free of all these passions. We the Master within him. cannot be comfortable, we cannot Master Kirpal Singh Ji used to sleep there stretching out our legs. say that when the hawk comes to Unless we reach the Par Brahm, we any place, the small birds become cannot make these five passions our quiet. servants. So we have to reach the Par Brahm, we have to rise above lfyou have the strength of the them, and only then can we make Master within yourselJ; no them our servants. one can defeat you. I have seen many people, those who tell very good stories or give Swami Ji Maharaj very lovingly and very good discourses, but even they with firm determination says that if were not free. Even they were not you manifest the Master within you, able to keep themselves from these none of these five passions can win five passions. over you. Dear Ones, you cannot construct a fort just by talking about it. Just When you get the chemical of by talking about the passions, you Naam from the Master, the cannot control them. witch of desire runs away Kabir Sahib said, "As long as from your within. the mine of lust, anger, greed, at- Charanamrit (the nectar from tachment and egoism is within any- the feet of the Master) is one, it doesn't matter if one is a the parshad of the Master, learned person or a fool. They both when you drink it with are alike." love, your problems will disappear. He throws out the wave of greed; Swami Ji Maharaj very lovingly ex- Maya and attachment lose plains that even though in the their game. present time the Saints have stopped allowing this practice, in the old Swami Ji Maharaj said that just like times the Masters, the Saints, used the waves in the ocean erupt, in the to allow Their disciples to wash the same way, the waves of greed are feet of the Master and drink that

May 2003 water. So Swami Ji Maharaj said The Master is the Sat Purush that if by any chance we get that & Sat Naanz. water to drink, or if we get any He is the Unreachable Form piece of cloth or anything which has & the Unfathomable One. been touched by the Master, which Radhaswami is the Naam of the Master Himself gives to us, or the Master. any parshad or anything which He Rest after reaching His Feet. Himself gives to us, it can work The Master is the All Con- wonders for us, because it has a scious One in every way, great amount of grace of the Mas- Sing and contemplate upon ter. But it also depends on our re- Radhaswami. ceptivity, it also depends upon our faith and yearning, how much faith Swami Ji Maharaj concludes this we have in the Master and how re- hymn where He started. He started ceptive we are, and how we are ac- this hymn by talking about the love cepting that parshad given to us by of the Master, devotion for the Mas- the Master. ter, and here He concludes by say- ing that the Master is the Giver. He Sacri$ce both the body and is our True Benefactor, He is our mind for the Master; True Friend. We should devote our- Behold the Beauty of'the Mas- selves to the Master, because He is ter within your heart. the only One Who can help us. So The Master is the Giver; the we should do the devotion of the Master is the Donor. Master as Swami Ji Maharaj has in- 0 man, worship the Master structed us, and make our human every moment. birth successful.

SANT BANI Have no Anxiety; He is Always With You Baba Jaimal Singh Ji

. . . Ever since the jivatma has been separated from Sach Khand and from Shabd Dhun, it has lost confidence in Sat Purush and Shabd Dhun. But the Shabd Dhun al- ways looks after the jivatma, though it knows it not, for it has fallen deeply in love with the mind and maya, the objects of maya, and with the senses which are so decep- tive, and loves them so much that it does not realize that it is to its detriment. It looks upon what is very harmful as something beneficial. Love for the mind has rendered it senseless, and mind itself has become senseless by the pleasures of the senses, and maya has put such a cover- ing upon it that it may never be able to come to its senses. It does not feel sorry in the least for wasting away twenty-four thousand breaths every day. And you cannot purchase a single breath at any price. It is clear from this that the jivatma is certainly sense- less and runs after companions of low degrees, and puts himself under their subjection for mere shells (petty things). As a result, when he gives up the best of all bodies - the human body - he goes to hell, then again wanders through the round of "eighty-four" (8,400,000 species of life). Therefore, believe firmly in the words of the Satguru. They are the words of the Lord God Himself. Satguru will again bring the jivatma in touch with that Shabd Dhun and, with Its help, take him to Sach Khand. And that confidence which he lost so many births ago, will again be reinstated by the Satguru. Guru Granth Sahib

May 2003 19 also has a confirming line with respect to this: "Who reunites the tie broken so many births back." I have writ- ten you in brief, for I had very little time. Take that for a lot. You should never think like this: "I should get this or that thing"; or, "such a one was far lower and now he has become a big man and I have not got it"; or, "why did God not give me this thing?" Such thoughts and low desires should never be allowed to enter your mind. You should always think that you want or care for only the love and faith in the Lotus Feet of the Satguru, and you wish to remain within His orders. (You should think:) "Everyone is suffering from the fire of maya and all the 'jivas' are being roasted in it day and night. Why do I then crave these things?" Satguru is the only One Who can take you safely out of this fire of the mind and maya. It is in His Feet that you should fix your love and devotion, and should never transgress His orders. (Also think:) "Whatever is in my fate I shall get and I should not crave more." Whatever worldly work He thinks is proper, He will do for you. Please have no anxiety. He is always with you. This should be your feeling.

This is letter #45, reprinted from Spiritual Letters, a collection of letters to Baba Sawan Singh from His Master, during His years as a disciple

2 0 SANT BANI The Test of the Shipwrecked Disciple as told by Swami Ji Maharaj Section 254, Book 11, of the Sar Bachan

T IS SAID THAT at a certain place in Deccan there once 1lived a fakir who was a perfect Guru. One of his disciples was a perfect Gurumukh. One day while Satsang was going on, a Moslem Maulvi, who was about to depart on a pilgrim- age to Mecca, came to the fakir and said that Mecca and Kaaba were very holy and sacred places and that the fakir's disciples should also visit those places, and began to praise those places very highly. At this, the chief disciple, who was sitting by the fakir, became very much displeased and, catch- ing hold of the Maulvi by the neck, forced his head on the feet of the fakir, saying: "Behold! Crores of Meccas and Kaa- bas are present in these feet." When the fakir went out to attend to the call of nature, there was a hot discussion between the Maulvi and the disci- ple. When the fakir returned, the Maulvi complained about the conduct of the disciple. The Guru Sahib then told the disciple that Kaaba was really a sacred place as stated by the Maulvi, and worth paying a visit, adding: "You also accompa- ny the Maulvi just now, and visit the place." Being a perfect Gurumukh, the disciple stood up and with folded hands said: "As the Guru is pleased to order," and then and there boarded the ship with the Maulvi. The ship had gone only a short distance when it encoun- tered a great storm and was wrecked. All people on board were drowned with the exception of the disciple, who con-

May 2003 2 1 tinued to float on a plank. He too was about to sink in a short while when a hand came out of the sea and a voice was heard saying: "Give me thy hand so that I may save thee. " "Who are you?" asked the disciple and the voice replied: "I am the Prophet [Mohammed]." The disciple said, "I do not know the Prophet. I don't know anybody else except my Satguru." And the hand disappeared. A little later, when the disciple was drifting on the plank, and dousing too, another hand appeared and a voice said: "Grasp the hand so that I may save you." The disciple asked, "Who are you?" and the voice replied: "I am God." The disci- ple said: "My God is my Guru. I know no other God." That hand too disappeared, but shortly a third hand came out. This was the hand of his spiritual grandfather. "I am thy Guru's Guru," said he; "Give me thy hand that I may take thee out." The disciple thereupon replied: "Whether I am saved or drowned, I cannot give my hand to anybody else except to my Guru. Whoever he might be, I will not come out at the bidding of anyone except my Guru." That hand also disap- peared. Then the Guru Sahib himself appeared, embraced the disciple and immediately took him home. Now, note that the voices of the Prophet, God Himself, and his Guru's Guru were all meant to test his faith; and when he successfully passed the test and proved his Gur- mukhta, Guru Sahib himself appeared on the scene and saved him. The jivas should, so far as possible, try to develop such strong love and faith in the Satguru.

reprinted from Sat Sandesh, September 1975

SANT BANI "Always Keep Me in Your Refuge" Sant Ajaib Singh Ji

HIS IS A VERY loving Shabd. Masters tell us that there are two TEven though God Almighty re- paths. One which is full of suffering sides within everyone, He is All Per- goes down in the cycle of 84 lakhs of vading, but still He is different, He is births and deaths; and the other one unique. He lives in the body as long goes upward to Sach Khand to finish as it is in the Will of the Lord, and the pain of birth and death. because of the body, He is the One Lovingly the Master tells us that with all the qualities, and He is with- the path which goes downward to out the qualities. hell, to the cycle of 84 lakhs of births We get this understanding only and deaths, that path involves us in when we go within and see the Truth ignorance, it involves us in the sen- with our own eyes. sual pleasures, in name and fame, and When God wants to forgive any all the things of the world. That path soul, first of all He brings that soul takes us to hell, and it takes us to a in contact with the Master, with the life which is full of sufferings, and Saint, and the Saint connects the soul we always remain in the darkness of with the Naam, the Naam for which ignorance. Whereas the Path which she has been yearning for many past goes up to Sach Khand, which the lifetimes. That Naam is often referred Master has shown to us, on that Path to as Nectar, it is also called the Wa- we get the Light, we get that Nectar. ter of Life. Not only that, at every single step of Those souls are the fortunate ones, that Path we meet that Master Who who, while living get to come in the has given us the Naam Initiation, and company, in the presence of the Mas- He is always prepared, He is always ter. And those who get to do the de- ready, to give us the right direction. votion of Almighty God by coming Masters tell us that giving up the in the company of the Master are the path of the 84 lakhs of births and most fortunate ones. deaths, giving up the path of hell and sufferings, we should catch hold of This talk was given outside Sant Ji's and start walking on the Path which underground meditation room, at Sant goes to Sach Khand. Once we are on Bani Ashram, Village 16 PS, Raja- this Path, wholeheartedly and with sthan, on February 3, 1990. complete determination, we should

May 2003 keep following that Path and reach and it talks about the love of the Mas- our destination, Sach Khand. ter. You know how Guru Arjan Dev This is what we call the man mat, was tortured by the goverment of that or the path of the mind, and Guru time. He was given inhuman torture; Mat or the Path of the Masters. By He was even made to sit on the hot following the Path of the Master we coals, and hot burning sand was come out from the darkness of igno- thrown on His head. But whatever rance. We get to know the real way came in the Will of the Lord, He of living, and we get to our Real accepted that gladly, and He under- Home from where our soul was sep- stood that the Will of Lord Almighty arated, we get back to Sach Khand. is sweet, and He did not complain. Whereas, by following the path of He always sang the glory of His Mas- our mind, we get hell; we go into the ter, and He always remembered His cycle of 84 lakhs of births and deaths. Master. He did not complain nor ask When we do the meditation of the for any help, because He used to go Naam according to the instructions within and He knew that whatever of the Master, and when we concen- was coming was coming in the Will trate at the Eye Center, as per the of the Lord. guidance of the Master, then when What is our condition? If we have we go to the inner planes, only then a little bit of pain or a little bit of do we become the true disciples of difficulty, even though that may be the Master. When we see the Master because of our karma, if anything in His Real Form within, only after goes wrong in our life, even though that is the true respect for the Master that may be because of our own do- developed within us, and then our re- ing, but still we would always write spect for the Master is limitless. to the Master, we would always ask From reading the banis of the Ma- for His help. But those who go with- hatmas Who have gone within and in never put such a burden on the Who have seen the glory of the Mas- Master, because they know what the ter within Themselves, we know how Master is, and what they are getting much love and appreciation They had is according to His Will, and that is for the Master, how much They used good for them. So that is why they to yearn for the darshan of the Mas- never ask the Master to help them, ter, and how much respect They had they never put any burden on the in Their mind for Their Master. Master. The example of Seth Hira Guru Arjan Dev Ji Maharaj 's brief Lal, Pappu's father, is in front of you. hymn, I am going to present to you. Even though he was suffering a great It's a very brief hymn, only a few deal - he had a very big operation lines - you people read or sing that - but he said, "Do not write to Mas- bhajan very often in the sangat - ter about this, because He knows

SANT BANI everything from the within, and we fakirs only because they wanted to should not bother Him, we should have the darshan of the Beloved, but not burden Him from outside." they did not get the darshan. Many The truth is always that there are people did not eat in the remembrance many dear ones who go within, who and yearning for the darshan of the do not want to burden the Master. Beloved; they even made their body They always remain happy in the Will very skinny. They dried their body, of the Master, because they know that but still they did not get the darshan Master is Almighty, He knows ev- of the Beloved. The Beloved did not erything. We should not bother Him give them darshan, that is why they with all these things outwardly, since became disappointed and very sad. He knows everything, and whatever Although they did so many things to He is supposed to do, He will do that. have the darshan of the Beloved, but From the writings of the Mahat- it was not in their fate and they could mas, we come to know how much not have His darshan. They yearned for the darshan of Their Master and how very important the 0 Master, I live by having your darshan of the Master was for Them. darshan. We learn that many yogis and other 0 Lord, ~navmy karmas be so-called holy men went into the jun- completely paid off gles; they left their homes to become 0 my Lord, listen to this renunciates, only to get a glimpse of prayer; that Beloved Lord in the Form of the "Give me Your Naam and Master. But since it was not written make me Your disciple. " in their fate, they did not get it, and they became very disappointed and Guru Arjan Dev Ji Maharaj is mak- very sad. We are very~fortunateones ing a request in front of His Master, because God Almighty was written in Guru Ramdas, saying, "Your darshan our destiny. God has given us this is my life. It was only because of my blessing, and He has given us the op- tiny perfect karma of the past life- portunity to have the darshan of our time which sprouted out in this life- Master. We are very fortunate ones, time that I came to know You, that I and that is why He has always kept came in Your company. Now I have us with Him, and always He has giv- only one request, only one prayer, en us His darshan. that giving me Your Naam Initiation Mahatma Chattar Das was an ini- You make me Your disciple." tiate of Master Sawan Singh and he You see how much humility He was from a place called Jinnia Walla, had. Even after reaching Sach Khand, which is now in Pakistan. He had and even after becoming the perfect written that many people became Master, still the perfect Masters al-

May 2003 ways wish and yearn to remain the Nanak makes one rquest: disciples of Their Master. Because "May I never forget Your per- They know Who has brought Them fect qualities. " to Sach Khand, Who has brought Them to this plane of Light. They In the end Guru Arjan Dev Ji Maha- know that He is the Master Who has raj said, "This is my only request, brought Them here. Often I have said this is my only prayer, this is my that if anyone has benefited from the only plea: You are the abode of all Master, his heart should be over- the good qualities, You are the trea- whelmed and he should always be sure of all the good qualities; I am grateful to his Master for all the grace the one without any qualities. I re- he has received from Him. quest, I plead to You: 'May Your Simran always remain on my tongue, 0 Giver - Lord, keep me in may I always go on doing Your Sim- Your refuge. ran. May Your darshan always re- Rare are the ones who get the main in my eyes. This is my only grace of the Master. prayer, that I may always do Your devotion and do Your Simran'." Now He makes a request, He says, We are very fortunate ones that "0 Master, You have given me the He gave us the spark of love, and it Naam Initiation, You have made me is only because of His grace that we Your disciple, now shower one more were inspired to come together. and grace upon me. Always keep me in we sat in His remembrance, we did Your refuge." Only those who have His devotion. It was only because of got the Initiation, and those who know His grace that we were able to come the Master, know that only He can here, and we did all this in His re- keep them in the refuge. It is only membrance. Otherwise, you know because of the grace of our Master how much the souls spread out in that we are able to sit together in His this Iron Age and how they are in- remembrance and do His devotion. volved in all the materials of this world. It is very hard for them to

0 my Lord - my Friend, lis- withdraw from all that and do the ten to this request; devotion of God. We can do the de- "May Your Lotus Feet dwell votion of God only if He makes us within my heart." do that. So it was all because of His grace that we were able to come Now lovingly He said, "This is my here and spend time in His devotion. request, this is my prayer, may Your We are very fortunate ones that He loving feet, Your radiant feet always blessed us with this opportunity, dwell within my heart." where He Himself made us remem-

2 6 SANT BANI ber Him, where He Himself made us [while] attending to your worldly re- do His devotion. sponsibilities, I hope you will always I hope that you will maintain what- continue doing your Bhajan and Sim- ever inspiration and encouragement ran, so that whatever you have gained you have got here in the past ten over here by meditating, you may days for doing the meditation. Even not lose it and you may maintain after getting back to your home, and increase it.

Make a Schedule for Meditation Sant Ajaib Singh Ji

In 1972 when Master Kirpal came In meditation, Sant Ji, I find that to America, He used to give medi- sometimes my body tenses up. I tation sittings, and then afterward don't know whether it's good to stay He would ask everybody what they completely relaxed. I know that we saw, and then they would all raise have to forget the body when we their hands, whether it be the stars, are meditating, but a lot of times the moon, the Master's ,face within. when I feel myselfgoing backwards I was just curious why that was done my body just tenses right up and I then. I was very curious because grab my knees and hold on. And when I was just beginning to medi- sometimes when I'm trying to focus tate, I wasn 't very good at it; I don 't on the Third Eye, I have to tense up think I am now. So I used to look the muscles in my face to try to fo- and see what everybody saw, who cus on that. I was just wondering, saw Master's Form within. I was are we supposed to be totally re- wondering if that was a good thing laxed when we meditate? I know or not. I guess Master had His rea- we're supposed to forget the body, son: I'd like to know what it was. but [the worry about falling back- wards] keeps coming into my mind. Brother, it was His Will, and only He can know about His Will. When you sit for meditation, you should never be aware of your body. This "walk talk" was given Februavy You should never think about fall- 2, 1980, at Village 77 RB, Rajasthan, ing forwards or backwards. You India. should always sit relaxed. You feel

May 2003 pain in your muscles when you try Why is it better to look into both to focus your attention, only when eyes at once, as opposed to just pop- you close your eyes with a lot of ping into one? [much laughter] strain. Just close your eyes and leave them as if in sleep. Forget [Sant Ji laughs] If we are meditat- your body completely and sit in a ing much, then it is not difficult for relaxed position. "Relaxed position" us to look into both eyes at one means that you have to keep your time. back straight but not tense. Both our eyes are the windows of our soul, and that is why it is I have two questions. The first one important for us to look into both concerns the Bhajan practice. I've the eyes of the Master using both never heard either you or Master our eyes. But as far as the Master Kirpal say it, but I've heard from pulling the soul up is concerned, it others that one should always use doesn't make any difference wheth- one's thumbs while doing the Bha- er you look into just one of His jan practice and not any of the 0th- eyes or into both. erfingers or earplugs or anything. You see, when you are doing Is that true, and Ifso, why? anything else: walking, or concen- trating on other things outwardly, People who cannot close their ears you are using both your eyes to look with their thumbs can do that with at them. other fingers or using other things, and there is no harm in doing that. [A question about] the Bhajan prac- Because the main thing is that you tice . . . ? should close your ears and that's all. You can do it in any way you Yes, because the Sound is coming want. from above at our Eye Center. We The thumb is preferred only be- close our ears only because we are cause when we close our ears with in the habit of hearing the outer our thumbs we can rest our fingers sounds. That is why we are told to on our head, and in that way we close our ears and listen to the can sit in a comfortable position. Sound coming from the right. In the beginning we feel that the Also, I've heard You say it many Sound is coming from the right side, times that it's best to look into both but later on one discovers that the Your eyes at once, and I'm one of Sound is coming from above the the numerous ones who find that head and it is sounding at the Eye next to impossible, and You always Center because that is the place say it would be better if we could. from where the Sound is coming.

28 SANT BANI If you become perfect in your able to meditate then. So either you meditation, in the Bhajan practice, will meditate at that time, or go to then you don't even need to close your work, and one of the works your ears. will remain undone. So that is why it is important to get up in the morn- Master, You mentioned that You ing and meditate. would like us to maintain the bliss The life of the satsangis should and peace that we found here by be different from the lives of the rising at three o'clock to meditate. other worldly people. The satsangis Some of the dear ones who came should always make a schedule and back from Bombay told us that You they should know for sure at what have stated that there would be no time they have to get up in the liberation for those who did not rise morning, what time they have to at three, and it surprised some of meditate, what time they have to us; it scared some of us. I wonder go to their store or wherever they if Master would comment on this. are working, what time they have Even ij' it's not true, it would be a to eat, and what time they have to real effective technique to scare sleep. And if you follow that fixed people. Also, I wanted to add one schedule you can progress a lot. A thing: I forget who told me this - satsangi should always go to bed that the initiate who is asleep at early so that he can get up early the ambrosial hour, Satan comes in the morning, and he should and does his work. I'm not sure never waste his time in gossiping. where I heard that. He should make a schedule and he should stick to it if he wants to I didn't say that those who don't achieve perfection in the meditation. get up at three o'clock will not If you will make up a schedule, get liberation. It was in the writing then your mind will always remem- of Farid Sahib. Farid Sahib said, ber at what time you have to sit for "Those who do not get up early in meditation, and in that way the re- the morning, they are like the dead membrance of meditation will al- bodies while living, and those who ways happen in your mind, and that forget God, God also forgets them." will help you to meditate. You see, if you don't get up at What do people generally do? three o'clock for meditation - three They don't go to bed early, and they o'clock is the time set for medita- waste their time in gossiping and tion - if you don't get up at that in doing useless things which they time for meditation, will you medi- should not do; in that way they stay tate when you are supposed to go up late in the night, until twelve to your work? No, you won't be o'clock or like that. And then at

May 2003 29 midnight they try to sleep, and you read all of them carefully and mold can imagine that if one goes to sleep your life accordingly, then you can at twelve o'clock he cannot get up get much benefit from it. at three to meditate. So he gets up at eight or nine o'clock in the morn- Master, some of us are married to ing and then it is time for him to go non-satsangis, and I know in my to work. So at that time, even if he case, if1 didn't stay up late at night, has the thought of doing medita- I would only see my husband for an tion, he cannot do that. His mind hour. [tape skips] and I was won- will tell him, "Okay, now it's time dering is it more important to set to go to work. When you come back a regular time for being up - like from work in the evening, I will sit I can meditate [later] in the morn- for the meditation." Then, when the ing because my husband goes to evening comes after doing the work late in the day. So is that worldly work and the man comes acceptable or should I just try back to his home, other excuses are to rearrange or accommodate that presented to him and he gets in- somehow? I don't know how not volved in that. Then again he makes to mess up my married life. up his mind to get up early in the morning at three o'clock and medi- You didn't understand what I was tate, but the same thing is repeated. trying to say. I said to make a per- He stays up late at night until mid- fect schedule. The schedule can be night, and then goes to bed and nev- different for different people. Some er gets up at three o'clock, and when people have to go to their work ear- he gets up in the morning, again he ly in the morning, and some people has to go to work and his mind tells come back from their work late in him to meditate in the evening. So the night. So the schedule can be meditation is postponed from the different for different people. morning until evening, and when evening comes, he thinks about Master, could You comment on sup- meditating in the morning. So in pressing desires? Maybe it could do that way all his time is passed and more harm than good to suppress he never sits in meditation. the desires, or something like that. In Sant Bani Magazine many Master Kirpal said something about questions like you are asking here you shouldn't suppress, or "To go are answered, and you would have into sin is manly but to remain read those answers, also. But you therein is devilish. " people should be very careful in reading them and you should think There is a saying in Rajasthan: over what is written there. If you "Why do you invite the blind per-

3 0 SANT BANI son, when you know that if you in- Then I realized that whatever de- vite a blind person, two people will sire one has, that is fulfilled. So come with one invitation? So that that is why it is always said that a is why it is always better to invite satsangi should change his desires. the person who can see so that only If you will desire worldly things, he will come and not bring any- sooner or later those desires will be body else to help him." So you fulfilled. But you know that all should catch the root of the thing. worldly things lead to unhappiness, Why do we create desires when we pain, and suffering in the end. No know that it is harmful if you sup- matter if in the beginning you feel press them and that it is also going that they bring happiness and peace. to be harmful if we don't suppress Later on you find that all the world- them, if you don't enjoy that de- ly enjoyments always lead to great sire? So why do we create desires? pains and suffering. That is why in- A satsangi should change his life; stead of having worldly desires, you he should change his habits. If he should change them to the desire has the problems of desires, he for God, because if you are having should change them. Instead of hav- the desire for God, one day that de- ing desires for worldly things, he sire will be fulfilled and you will should have the desire for God, for meet God. Master, and he should always have [Sant Ji laughs as He tells this the desire to leave the body and story.] Once there was a prince meet the Master within. whose name was Sheikh Chilli, and Regarding my desires when I he had the habit of having desires was a child, whenever I would and fantasizing a lot. Just for a use- go anywhere, I would always think less thing he would go on fantasiz- about the ten Sikh Gurus and Their ing, "This will happen, and then I disciples and I would always won- will do this, and then that will hap- der whether that time would come pen," and so on like that. when I would sit at the feet of some Once it so happened that he was perfect Guru. I had the desire of walking in the street wearing ordi- getting a perfect Master and I want- nary clothes, and a soldier came ed to become a perfect disciple of there and he didn't know that he that perfect Master. So when I met was the prince. He thought that he Master Kirpal, He told me that the was just an ordinary boy. That sol- law of supply and demand always dier wanted someone to carry his works: whatever desire one has, one container of oil to a nearby market, gets that. The desire is always ful- so he called Sheikh Chilli and told filled by God, and because of that him to carry the container of oil He had come to give me Initiation. on his head.

May 2003 laughter.] 1 will sell the milk, and then finally 1 will sell all the goats, and then with all that money 1 will eet married. And when 1 L get married, I will have L many children, and one day when the food is ready, my wife will send my children to call me and 1 will pre- tend to be angry with them. 1 will tell them, 'No, I don't want to eat.' " And then he shook his head like that, and the container of oil fell to the ground. The sol- dier got upset at him and rebuked him, saying, "You have wasted my container of oil!" Sheikh Chilli said, "You are worried about your container of oil, but I'm worried about all my children!" [lots ruove Sheikh Chilli carried that, and lrrugliter.] on the way he asked the soldier So our condition is also like that how much he would pay him for of Sheikh Chilli. We people have doing this job, so the soldier re- filled our heads with all the desires plied. "1 will give you half rupee." and fantasies of the world, and the So thcii Sheikh Chilli started habit of our mind has become such fantasizing, "Well, he will give me that all day long all these desires, half a rupee, so with that I will buy fantasies and calculations are go- three or four eggs, and from those ing on in our within, and there is eggs chickens will come out and no time for our mind to do the Sim- they ~vill grow. [the dear- ones ran. We never try to do Simran. If lcrzrgh] Then I will get more eggs, we would try to do Simran, then all and then more chickens. and then I these desires and fantasies would will sell all of them and buy a goat. go away, and instead of that we Then I will have more goats. [mow would have only the Simran.

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