Section with the same title from “Forever with Master” vol. II (p. 27) — by Dr. Harbhajan Singh
“One whose practical life is exemplary is my true disciple.
He is like my Master and I am prepared to be his devotee.”
The conduct of a disciplined initiate should reflect
the greatness of his virtuous Master. (8)
— Kirpal Singh
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What is the writing of a Master’s life?
It is just to have the very qualifications
of the Master in our own life. (9)
— Kirpal Singh
The worldly people fight, play, and decay the life. The Gurmukh enjoys and saves the life and serves the life. He balances the life in full, and takes back his life as full. For him, as pure as the life came, so it got back. The life of the Gurmukh is spotless and ever shines in the high heaven. His high thoughts embedded in his Master shine like stars in the sky. The Gurmukh is a hidden treasure of his Master, which He delivered to the world, only a rare buyer would have the courage to buy it.
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One little mistake destroys the whole situation. The Gurmukh is without an error, though worldly people may think of him in different way. His taste is one and relishes the One. Those who trust him relish the One, too. Without full attention one cannot relish the One.
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His Master finds no lapses and discrepancies in the doings of the Gurmukh and blesses him with further and further Divine knowledge of higher stages with which the Gurmukh attains the higher status during this life-time.
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He does not accept a dot of demerits, whereas he knows that sometimes a little poison can kill a man. Not accepting the demerits throughout his life, he cuts the root-cause of separation.
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He has chastened his mind from attachments and has attained perfection and is gifted with the Divine knowledge by which he can discriminate between the demerits and merits of his life.
This is a beautiful and loveable life he possesses, and all good things add beauty and charm to his soul; and the Grace of the Master separates him from the poisonous effect of the world. This is due to the devotional services unto his Master. His doubts are dispelled and he feels His radiation more than more. If He shows His sight for a moment, He leaves His impression forever – and what a Gurmukh wants more? With His single sight he becomes His borrowed servant here and hereafter, and for him the excellences of his Master become beyond expression. Those who laugh and do not weep over their shortcomings are to weep bitterly and not to laugh at all. If the Conscious Co-worker of the Divine Plan meets such a person, he teaches him consciously and reminds him to feel his day to day failures.
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Those who laugh on others and do not overcome their own shortcomings are to weep a lot. They laugh and play on the palm of negative power. The Gurmukh does not laugh but weeps over the shortcomings of others and helps them to feel their shortcomings. He overcomes the miseries of others by communicating the sweet words of his Master. He is the friend of the poor, distressed and tormented, and lives near to their thoughts and does not forget to help them in their times of weal and woe.
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He who clears the dirt of his heart, sees everything very clearly, and by seeing one feels more nearness. Everyone has the heart, yet a very rare one knows the heart. The heart of the Gurmukh has a smiling and joyful touch throughout his life. From the touch of his heart he proceeds to the heart of others. He spends his breath with his heart continuously.
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If one always finds faults in others, he has no time to find faults in him. To find faults in others means to affect oneself with the problems of others. The beginning in the life of the Gurmukh started with finding the faults in himself. He continued to find faults in himself, till he did not find any fault in others. He rather advised the solution than to remind others of their faults. His purpose is to awake them and to affect and release them of their ignorance, but not to curse them.
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If the scientists knew how to utilize the energy of the earth at certain stages there would not exist natural calamities, like earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, etc. Similarly if everyone were vigilant about his shortcomings, there would not be any mishappening in this world.
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In the hope of Grace and forgiveness one commits lots of mistakes, but does not wind up the underlying cause of so many mistakes he did previously, and thus one creates a strong curtain and does not see beyond that curtain.
The Conscious Co-worker of the Divine Plan by the Grace of the Master followed the instruction and did everything exactly according to the wish of the Master.
Everything has a value in itself, but those values do not transcend the priceless heritage in man. Inner values, if compared and weighed against the outer values, provide instant relief to the Conscious Coworker of the Divine Plan, though it creates emotional discrepancies in the life of so-called people. Sometimes heavy odds in his life are due to the wide differences of the Gurmukh from so-called people. The Gurmukh is conscious, careful, but never doubtful. He bears the holy wisdom without an error. Sometimes people do not recognize his words, though his views would verify the future happenings in the world. People believe his words a long time after spoken by him.
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The dirt can appear in the atmosphere or in the water and on the most clear kept sites, but never on the Gurmukh. He is above the dusty and rusty situations of the world.
References
(8) Morning Talks, p. 269
(9) He came to make us Satsangis, SSE 7/72