Once a Disciple asked, "Can a man in his rebirth be born as a lower animal."
The Master's say, "Yes. It is very much possible. First of all we should question ourselves, 'What could be the reason for re birth.' The answer is one who does not Live in The Remembrance of The Lord, will be re born. One who does not Live in The Master's Will will be born again. Only those who have not taken to The Master's path, will think about Re birth.
Now comes the question where will he re born?
No one has been till date able to understand the Lord's way of handling Karma. Our Consciousness is not even a fraction of Supreme consciousness. But Saints and The Master say, 'that which had been our desire, which was filled in our Contemplation, is what we become.'
That is, if One keeps clamouring for a particular species all through his life and was not connected to Naama, can be born as that species.
But, if One breathes Naama day in, day out and becomes The Naama himself, he will attain Moksha, freedom from the cycle of birth and death. No more birth."
The Disciple asked, "Is the individual capable of spiritual progress in the animal body?"
The Master's say, "The Saints and The Master always have maintained that 'Spiritual progress can be attained only when we are in human form'. But Lord's Grace and magnanimity is beyond our comprehension. So, "It is better to Use the opportunity in hand, the human form and reach our destination. Because, there is no surety of when we will get the next opportunity, if we miss this golden chance."
The Disciple asked, "What is Guru’s Grace? How does it work?"
The Master's say, "All the time that we spend Remembering The Lord is because of The Master's Grace. Right from Reaching The Master, getting Initiated, treading the spiritual path, Simran, Dhyaan, Naama Bhakti, Realisation of our Aatma within, everything has come to us because of The Master's Grace. The Master's Grace is nothing but our Consciousness, our Soul. It is after this Realisation that we are able to unite with The Lord, thanks to The Master's Grace."
The Disciple further asked, "How does it lead to realisation? Can you please elaborate."
The Master's say, "The Lord is the same as The Master and The Soul. He dwells within us.
We always begin our quest with dissatisfaction. Not content with the worldly ways, we seek satisfaction of desires by prayers to The Lord. Unknown to us due to our prayers to The Lord, even though it was our personal benefit, our mind gets purified.
We long to know The Lord more than to satisfy our worldly desires.
Then The Lord’s Grace begins to manifest. The Lord takes the form of The Master and appears before us. The Master gives us the knowledge of Truth. He purifies our mind with The Naama. He orients the mind towards The Lord.
The Master's company enables the mind to gain further strength, The mind now turns inward. As the mind further purifies itself through Naama Bhakti, eventually it starts to remain still without the least ripple. That stillness or Absolute Silence is the awakening of the Soul. Awakened Soul is always oriented towards The Lord.
The Master is both present both in exterior as well as interior. From the exterior, The Master's human form gives a push to the mind to turn inward; from the interior, in The Naama form, He pulls the mind towards the Soul and helps the mind to achieve Silence. Finally, we Realise that The Soul is The Lord, and The Master. We too are nothing, but His particle. Thanks to The Master's Grace, we unite with The Lord."
Human life is a golden opportunity to escape from the world of pleasure and pains. We are lucky to be in The Master's company. Our focus and aim should be to do as much Naama Bhakti as possible. Let us forget about the results, because The Master clearly says, 'on our own we will never make spiritual progress'.
The Master will take us back home, if we do Naama Bhakti. Let us do Naama Bhakti and wait for His Grace.
Authored by K. Giri
