Happy Guru Purnima Message – Happy Master’s Day! Devotees pay homage to their Spiritual Master especially on this day.
Thankfully, there have been many honest, loving, radiant, Godly beings that have graced this planet with their enlightened compassion. They work with those who seek the path of the Masters and successfully practice Surat Shabd Yoga in a way that is almost identical to the Ideal spiritual path described by Swami Ji of Agra, Tulsi Sahib of Hathras, and Sant Dariya Sahib of Bihar, with a rich mystical approach to meditation practice, travelling quite far along in their journey back to God. For them these teachings of Sant Satgurus are not merely sweet or surpy hallmark card sayings made in an attempt to be popular, or cleshay. These initiates have very real experiences commencing with meditation practice.
“The teachings of all Saints are essentially the same. They speak of the "Kingdom of Heaven” which is within. They show the path and impart instructions to attain it. They do not claim to teach something new or different from what other Saints have taught. Tulsi Sahab declared that he was giving the same teachings as those of Kabir Sahab, Nanak Sahab, Dadu Sahab and other Saints. Tulsi Sahab, for the first time, used the expression “Sant Mat” or “the teachings of Saints” to stress the basic unity of the teachings of all Saints.“ (From the entry for Sant Tulsi Sahib in, White Paper on the Religion of Sants and RadhaSoami Faith, published by Dayal Bagh in Agra)
"This mysterious path is described in the holy books, but it cannot be found simply by the study of sacred texts. It is found by the grace and guidance of an accomplished teacher.” (Swami Sant Sevi Ji Maharaj)
“The love of Maya is sweet to the world, but in the end, this delusion is dispelled. So perform devotional worship, link your consciousness to the Lord, and dispel anxiety from your mind. Nanak speaks the Truth; focus your consciousness on the Lord, O my stranger soul. Rivers and streams which separate may re-united sometime.
"That rare person who centers his consciousness on the True Guru, knows intuitively and realizes the Lord.
"Nanak speaks the Truth; through the True Word of the Shabad, those long separated from the Lord, are united once again.” (Shabad – hymn – of Guru Nanak in Raag Aasaa on Ang 438 of Adi Granth)
“A moment without sight of You passes painfully as a long dark age. When shall I see you now, my blessed Beloved? Your face is beautiful, and the music of Your sweet Word brings peace within. It has been so long since I caught a glimpse of You. I yearn for you as a soaring bird for water. Blessed is the land where You dwell, my good and beloved Friend.” (From Shabdad Hazare, translated in, The Name of My Beloved, Verses of the Sikh Gurus, Devotional Poetry from the Guru Granth and the Dasam Granth, Nikky Singh, The Sacred Literature Trust Series)
Sant Mat Satsang Podcast: Guru Purnima: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKPW6qgaDtk