THE MESSAGE OF CHRISTMAS DAY

(This darshan session took place on December 25, 1971 and was originally published in the
December, 1974 issue o Sat Sandesh!"
QUESTION: Which does the Master feel is the most important birthday, December ! or
"ebr#ary $%
T#$ %&'T$() $*ery day is a birthday+ e*ery day is the
greatest birthday! ,ou are blessed+ you are seeing your %aster in
the physical body! - am not so blessed! There is a *ast dierence
between the .hysical %aster in the physical body and the %aster
who has transcended into the /eyond! &t the human le*el #e is
at the same le*el as you0it is all 1oy and ecstasy! The %aster
does not lea*e the initiate until the end o the world, but i we are
on the same plane both together! ! ! !
'o happy we are, o course, when we are in the physical
body with our %aster+ we can ne*er orget it! 2hen we remember
those days, tears are shed, the heart bursts! #e is not away rom
us! - know my %aster is with me! ,et with all that, the physical
presence cannot be underrated! That is why, - tell you, you are
happy, o course0- am not! -t does not mean that my %aster is not with me0#e is ne*er away
rom me e*en or a moment! /ut to be on the same plane together, that is blessedness!
'o those who ha*e a %aster should en1oy e*ery day as 3hristmas! -t is only #is 2ill to
en1oy that! To en1oy only eating and drinking, that is no en1oyment! 2e should en1oy being on
the 2ay! - we are progressing on the 2ay, we should en1oy #im inside as well as outside!
2hen my %aster let physically, - used to tell people who asked me) 45ook here, when an
oicer, that soul, withdraws inside his own room, he 1ust engages a boy to run, to carry on his
work!6 'o somebody is carrying on his teachings, his work!
,ou are blessed, you see+ but make the best use o it! %ay there ne*er be a day when you orget your
%aster! (emain in contact with the %aster0you ha*e a great boon0in that case you don7t all away in
lower pursuits! - you see your %aster is seeing you e*ery moment o lie, how can you do anything
wrong8 'o blessed you are, - would say, on this #appy 3hristmas!
The 3hrist .ower is the same working at dierent poles whether it is in 9esus or one o the other
%asters, that makes no dierence+ 3hrist ne*er dies! 2e ha*e to become conscio#s o that, you see!
Truly to commemorate, to celebrate the birthday o one %aster is to li*e up to it! /ut we should
celebrate daily! This is the one thing you orget when you are sitting0i you remember him daily with
an anguished heart, how blessed you become: 2e should celebrate the %aster7s birth daily, at e*ery
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moment o breath! ;uru &mar Das said) 4- - orget him with one twinkling o an eye0so much time
0it passes like a million years!6 'o %aster is the *ery lie o the initiate) don7t orget #im! Do nothing
more+ you7ll become the mouthpiece o the %aster! 'weet remembrance o the %aster is the sum total
o all practices! 2e do them only to show that he may not be orgotten in weal or woe! &s you think so
you become!
3elebrate your %aster7s birthday daily! #e is not the physical body+ #e is working through the
physical body, and those are *ery ortunate who see him at that le*el! $*ery moment spent with him is
*ery precious because you ha*e got the teachings both ways0one<third by word o mouth, and two<
thirds by recepti*ity! - think that is what - would en1oin on you0become %asters yoursel*es! It is I, not
no& I, b#t 'hrist li(eth in me) ,ou ollow me8 &ter all, or what purpose do you do all these practices8
To see #im inside, to see him e*erywhere, where*er your attention has gone! #e is not a son o
man+ he is ;od in man! =nce he initiates you, #e can ne*er lea*e you until the end o the world!
The attitude o mind o the %asters cannot be appreciated by those who are gro*eling in the
physical body! 'o #appy 3hristmas to you e*ery moment o lie: ,ou people are more ortunate
than me, you see! -7m talking o the physical plane+ don7t misunderstand me!
T#$ %&'T$() ,es8 &ny >uestions8
QUESTION: Why ha(e yo# come for #s% Why%
T#$ %&'T$() -7m a riend!
QUESTION: Why don*t yo# stay &ith yo#r Master%
T#$ %&'T$() -7m under orders! - was not prepared to li*e e*en one moment ater him! -
prayed to him all through lie! - was initiated physically in 1924, but - was with him se*en years
beore - met him, on the inner planes! -n 1927 - had a *ision+ - saw %aster was lea*ing us0
twenty<one years beore he really let the physical body! - ne*er had a moment o 1oy aterwards
in his lietime because - always had that sting, - tell you! - knew that was the *ery thorn o
separation which was awaiting me! 'o - always prayed) 4%aster, let me go beore you!6 #e said)
4?o, you are to continue!6 2hy, why, why do - ha*e to8 =rders cannot be >uestioned!
+#rmat Sidhant is a book written by me0through my hands, - would say, not by me, by the
%aster within me! - used to write it down and take it to the %aster to read it to him, so that he may
gi*e the inal yes) =nce - wrote what happened to an initiate who is let behind ater the %aster has
let the physical plane! That was a *ery practical statement, description gi*en! There was a %aster,
Dadu by name, who had an initiate who was not at the place when his %aster let the body! 2hen
the initiate came to #is tomb, he lay down on the tomb and passed away! &nd he repeated this
couplet) 4=h %aster, without ,ou - could not li*e or a moment! -t is not bearable!6 'o he passed
away! The second ;uru o the 'ikhs, when his %aster let the body, became a recluse ne*er to
show his ace to anybody! To li*e without the %aster is *ery diicult, unbearable! 2e know when
the %aster lea*es, he is ne*er away rom the initiate+ but the initiate, as a son o man, has great
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suering! $*en now when - remember my %aster - shed tears! /ut he let his orders! 2hy8 There
is no >uestion why!
2hen - read that part o the +#rmat Sidhant to him, he said) 4That7s all right+ @irpal 'ingh,
read it again:6 - had 1ust >uoted two or three sentences like that! Then again - read it to him!
&gain he said) 42ill you read it again86 &gain - read it! .erhaps he was telling me, 4,ou, poor
ellow, will ha*e the same ate awaiting you!6
These are so many sweet remembrances o the %aster, you see+ this is e*erything! =ne poet
says) 4To li*e in paradise without the %aster is a hell or me! &nd to li*e in hell with my %aster
is a paradise or me!6 /ut these words can be appreciated only by those who are really de*oted to
the %aster!
- your son passes away, your mother passes away, how grie*ed you eel: - ne*er elt any
grie, thank ;od! That7s a great suering you usually eel or the physical relations! 2hat about
the relation which is spiritual8 &nyhow, to be with the %aster is a great 1oy! That ;od .ower
ne*er lea*es you! /ut make the best use o the time you ha*e here on the physical plane!
=nce it so happened that my %aster was photographed or the irst time+ - was there! #e
mo*ed rom one station to another! - ollowed him where*er he went! &t one place a man, who
was a big landlord, was 1ust entering the room, standing by #im, and - was sitting by the door
outside! #e re>uested the %aster) 42ell, %aster, will you gi*e me a copy o your
photograph86 The %aster7s ways are *ery mysterious! #e told him) 45ook here, e*en @irpal
'ingh wants it, but - won7t gi*e it to him!6 - was sitting outside, you see! %ysterious are his
ways! 5ater - said) 42ell, dear %aster, - know your lo*e or your %aster is the richest! ,ou
cannot scale it, how much lo*e you ha*e or him: /ut still with the little lo*e you ha*e gi*en
me, won7t you gi*e me a copy o your photograph86 4?o, no! ! ! surely - will gi*e you one!6
That was the irst time he got himsel photographed! - you ha*e lo*e it is the panacea or
e*erything! 5o*e is ;od and ;od is 5o*e! /ut i you want to ha*e this marriage you are ha*ing
now! ! ! ! 'o the %aster always tries to >uicken the lo*e o the disciple or his %aster! #e
knows what it was like with his own %aster!
The Tenth ;uru, whose birthday was celebrated yesterday, played the role o a 'aint as well
as an &*atar! =nce he was ound in sweet remembrance o ;od repeating) 4-t is ,ou, it is ,ou
alone, it is ,ou!6 T#m hai means it is ,ou alone, nobody else but ,ou, all the world is ,ou
personiied! #e was meditating, 4T#m hai, t#m hai: ,ou are all, e*erything ,ou are!6 #e got intoAicated
and went on repeating this or three days, day and night, 4T#m hai, t#m hai0it is all ,ou, Thou =h
5ord+ -t is all ;od!6 #ow can you imagine, appreciate these words o those %asters8 - you ha*e lo*e
like that or the %aster, that will gi*e you blessedness as i you had done penances or a hundred years!
- you take the %aster as a son o man, what will you get8 'onship0physical relationship! - you
take him as a rich man, you7ll ha*e the same thing! - you take him as ;od, then you become ;od!
There are dierent angles rom which hundreds come to him0only *ery ew really ha*e that attitude!
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;uru (amdas says go and gather together all the riches o the world, rom the plains and the ocean,
gold and precious stones, and put them all together at one place+ then ask a de*oted initiate o the
%aster, 42ould you like the wealth o the whole world0or the %aster86 %aster is &ll<2ise0yet
when we do things, do we put the %aster irst, or the world irst8
- you learn this message o 3hristmas Day, - think you7ll become 5ords yoursel*es! 2hy do you
delay8 #e simply wants you to obey his commandments! ,ou obey the commandments o your mind as
compared with the commandments o the %aster! 2e gi*e preerence to the commandments o the world
0there we lack badly! That is why we ha*e got *ery little progress! 2ell, this is the message or today+
take it to your heart and li*e up to it! - you die in that sweet remembrance o the %aster, you are not to
return to the world! $*en ,ama cannot look at you0he will run away when you repeat the ?ames o
;od! 2hat are the charged words8 They are charged by the %aster! The %aster is not the physical
body, mind that, but the presence o ;od! - ha*e written this0but to hear it is more real! =ne is
rom the intellectual le*el, but this is rom ;od direct!
,esterday - went or the sweet remembrance o the Tenth ;uru! 2hen we went there we read
rom 'ikh scriptures! - oered my heart to them! 2ho knows what - was and what #e was there! The
;uru was always the same0one or two li*ing there! They7re all =ne, you see+ all %asters are =ne!
%asters ne*er become two! =ne bulb is used and another is put on! 2hen that is used a urther third
one is put on0that7s all! The 5ight is =ne!
'o we7ll ha*e a east today in sweet remembrance o 3hrist!
QUESTION: Will &e ha(e a Satsan, d#rin, the day also%
T#$ %&'T$() This is more than hundreds and thousands o 'atsangs, what you ha*e got now! -s
it not8 -t is the *ery gist, the *ery soul o all preachings o all scriptures! 2hat - ha*e told you0would
you like anything more once you get that8
QUESTION: Someday maybe yo#-ll ,i(e #s a feast of Satsan, all day lon,% .#st for one
day%
T#$ %&'T$() .ity it is, the east is gi*en e*ery day by radiation, you people don7t en1oy it! #is
*ery mo*ing on earth is a regular east! &n actor acts in whate*er he7s doing0e*en when he7s eating,
he is acting! The %aster is radiating 5o*e! $*en i he is harsh, still that 5o*e is radiating! =nce it
happened that a lady came up to my %aster when he was *ery busy! #e does not become angry, but! !
! ! This lady came up and bowed down to #is eet! #e said) 4;et away: 2hat is it8 -7m busy:
2ait:6 &nd this lady said) 4That7s all - want, your radiation!6 ,ou see8 #is whole attention was
there) 42ait: 2ait: ;et away:6 -s it not the whole attention8 4That7s all - wanted! Thank you!6
'o he radiates 5o*e who has got lie in him! Cery ew people really appreciate this because they
ha*e no lo*e or the %aster!
#aiD, a great 'aint o .ersia, reerred to the %aster as a lady with red lips! #e said) 4The
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*ery harsh words coming out through those red lips are the sweetest in the world!6 The blessed
Eith ;uru says) 4$*en when you chastise us, it becomes *ery soothing to me on account o
lo*e!6 2hy is it sometimes he is strict like that8 #e wants to gi*e you a lesson in lo*e+ he wishes
you to become like himsel! &nd you delay because you ha*e no lo*e or him! 'o take this to
your heart0don7t orget it or him0then you7ll progress like anything!
QUESTION: /o& come, Master, &e*re so pri(ile,ed to be &ith yo# &hen tho#sands of
initiates &o#ld li0e to be &ith yo#%
T#$ %&'T$() This is the ;race o ;od, not me as son o man! -t is all #is ;race0#e
aords the opportunity! ,ou ha*e come rom a oreign land, spent thousands in money with lo*e
and anguish to come here to stay a month or two! The people li*ing here donFt appreciate it like
that0there are some who do, but many do not! 'ome may say the .ower o ;od is there! 'o this
appreciation arises out o a grateul heart! -t is #is ;race, o course!
%anbody is the highest in all creation! $*ery moment is worth millions, trillions, - would
say, billions o trillions in money! Direct e*ery moment to #im, i we are to make the best use o
e*ery moment o lie! @abir said) 4The time taken in taking one breath is worth more than the
three worlds) physical, astral, and causal!6 ,ou see8 This appreciation arises only out o a
grateul heart! /ut how many are there who really go to the %aster or Master*s sake8 Cery ew!
QUESTION: What is Master*s sa0e%
T#$ %&'T$() The reason you come to him is to meet ;od! This is a room+ it has our
corners! There is a man in one corner who has millions o dollars+ whoe*er goes there, he gi*es
him money! The second corner is only or diseases+ those who come sick to him, he heals them!
The third is or supernatural powers! &nd in the ourth corner ;od is sitting #imsel! #ow many
will go to ;od8 Cery ew! .eople come only or worldly things, here and hereater, or or
healing, or or supernatural powers! #ow many are there who come to ;od or ;od7s sake8 Cery
ew! .eople come to the %aster only or these three things0most o them: The man who comes
to #im or #is sake gets put on the right 2ay! 'o you7re blessed, you see! ;od has directed you
rom within to meet you somewhere, where you can ha*e your true chance o 5ie, which is
ne*er, like the world7s relations, rittered away, ne*er ruined, ne*er lost!
Those who ha*e got the manbody ha*e the hereditary right to meet ;od! Those who think o the
%aster, who come in contact with &ll<3onsciousness, will become more conscious! - you think o
the material things where there is less consciousness, your consciousness will be decreased0ater
death you will go to the lower le*el o creation! 'o that is why it is most important to think o
;od0&ll<3onsciousness0so that you may not come back in the lower orms o lie! - at all
you are sent back, that7s another thing!
'o those who are celebrating today do not appreciate what 3hrist did! Did not 3hrist say)
42hoe*er lo*es me will lo*e my commandments, and my Eather who has sent me will lo*e him!
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2hen he will lo*e #im, - and my Eather both will maniest to him in his *ision!6 Do you
remember8 (ead your scriptures and see what they say! &ll %asters say the same thing) Those who
keep my commandments are lo*ed by me and my Eather who has sent me! 2hen my Eather lo*es
him, - and my Eather both maniest to him an eAperience! ,ou see8 -7m not telling you anything
new, only >uoting rom 3hrist!
QUESTION: 'o#ld yo# e1plain to me &hat the meanin, of 2irpal Sin,h is%
T#$ %&'T$() ?ames are names!
QUESTION: 3#t does it not ha(e a meanin,% Sin,h means somethin, and 2irpal means)))%
T#$ %&'T$() @irpal means merciul!

QUESTION: 4nd Sin,h%
T#$ %&'T$() 'ingh means lion! 2hen the two are put together) 5ion o %ercy! 'o his
ways are ull o mercy! #e7s *ery strict, mind that! #e has got an iron hand0but his glo*es are
*ery smoothlike!

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