SANT MAT SAINTS

Saints are, according to the "Radha Soami Path, anyone who has acomplished the tas the feat of being able to take his soul to the Forth Realm, or Dimension of the Spiritual Plane, referred to as "SAT-LOK" by Sant Mat Masters, and merged His/Her being in the Absolute Lord, "SAT-PURUSH".

The Radha Soami Path is not new in technique,only in Name. Every person whose soul has reached "Sat-Lok Anami" or "Radha Soami Dham" is a true and perfect Saint; whether he is Nanak or Kabir, Tulsi or Swami Ji, Paltu or Dadu, Mansur or Hafiz, Shams Tabriz or Jesus, Maulana Rumi or Mohammad, or The Buddha or anyone else! Sainthood is a Degree of Spirituality, just as are academic Degrees, such as B.A.,M.A.,Th.D,Ph.D.,etc.Any M.A, can be a Professor and teach us his subject, as a Th.D. is able to teach us Theology,but it requires a person who has become a Saint to teach us Spirituality,to be our Guru or Master and take us to the last stage of Sat-Lok Radha Soami Dham. The Saint is one with the Absolute highest Lord, Sat-Purish or we might say that Sat-Purish Himself comes into this world in the guise of a human form and we call that person a Saint.

As Saints and Satgurus are one with the Lord,and all sing praises of Him, none can fully gauge the greatness of His Being.But, Saints who are one with the Lord come into this world to take us out of the prison of the negative power, Kal, who is ruler of all the regions of Braham and below,by the means of Anhad Shabd, or "listening to the Sound Current." Of all spiritual practices, the method of the Saints is the best, because it leads us back to our True Home, "Sat-Lok." It is there, that the Glory and Radiance of Sat-Nam is too immense and intense to discribe in words of any language!

When a person has been initiated by a perfect Saint, that is when his soul is joined to Anhad Shabd, then by the grace of the Guru and his own keenness and earnestness in doing the Shabd practrice, he CAN reach Sat Lok Radha Soami Dham during his lifetime. Even if he does not succeed in doing so in his life time, but is devoted heart and soul to his Guru, then too, after his death, he need NOT be reborn; he can go up to Sat-Lok by getting further training of Devotion on the inner transcendent stages.

If the soul of a disciple has not gone in at all, not even up to the THIRD EYE, then too, after death, if he is greatly devoted to his Guru and if his Guru is a Perfect Saint, he need not be born again into the world, but can be taken up, through devotion at the inner stages, to Sat Lok Anami or Radha Soami Dham by his Master or Guru, in his Radiant Form and the essence of Shabd.

Some think that if conciousness or soul is withdrawn to the third eye or Tenth Door, that the person dies; and this is correct, in a way, because that is the same process of death. But, when the soul goes in during Spiritual practice of the Shabd, the connection of the soul with the body is not snapped, and the person does not die. That connection remains intack, until according to his "Pralabdh", or Fate\Destiny Karma comes to a final end, or is paid off.During the spiritual practice of Shabd, the soul goes inward and upward, like a kite, but it always remains connected with the thread,cord, or line of the astral body or mind, called in the Christian Bible as the "SILVER CHORD." As the kite is drawn back, after meditation is stopped, the soul, similarly, is snapped back into the body, after experiencing its bliss and knowledge of the Realms. "death, as far as consciousness in this world goes, but then dreams are very similar to the successful meditation experience. This is the exact method of the Sant Mat or Radha Soami technique, and this is what the Saints teach us. It is a condition similiar to dreaming, but the difference is that in dreaming, the soul travels downward, into the throat center, or chakra, and sometimes lower, and we experience a lower level of conciousness; whereas in the Shabd Practice, the soul goes higher up into the Third Eye, or Tenth Door, and beyond, and we have experiences on a higher level of consciousness. This is the Transcendent consciousness.

The Master, or Guru remains with the disciple all through the journey from the Third Eye to Sat-Lok, but this form does not remain like that of the Guru's physical form throughout the whole path. At the Third Eye, his\her form is the same as his\her human form, outside in the physical world; but later, in higher Trancendent stages, his\her form (as all saints there) is different in different planes. However, in Sat Lok, or Sach Khand, his\her form is again like that of the human form, as it is at the Third Eye or outside in the physical world. Therefore, this is how Man\Woman is truly the "Image of God." It is not that the same form becomes more Radiant, or Effulgent; THE VERY FORM CHANGES FROM stage to stage, but, of course, it also becomes more and more Glorious and Resplendent. Words of any language can not discribe these forms!

The Path to the Absolute Lord lies through Anhad Shabd and by Shabd Practice alone; and by no other means can we reach the Lord God in His\Her Eternal Absolute Being. However, ONLY true and perfect Saints can reviel this "SHABD" to us; others do not know of it, or the method to go there, so can't lead anyone else there either!

People go to religious places, to temples and mosques, churches and gurdwaras, and such other places of pilgrimages, but they do not realize that Saints ALONE are the treasurers of "SHABD", which is the essential thing for realizing God. Even Yogis and Munis, Rishis and Prophets, Yogeshwar Gianis and Incarnations do not give us the treasure of Anhad Shabd, because they do not have it themselves. It is only "SAINTS" who can bestow it on us; for they, themselves, possess it.

All Saints tell us to devote our earnest attention to the Practice of Surat Shabd Yoga, or listening to the Sound Current. Sometimes, Saints describe other and lower methods of realization, such as Ashtang Yoga and Pranaya, Gian Yoga, Karam Yoga, Upasana Yoga, Kriya Yoga, Hath Yoga, and others, but they never teach these methods to there disciples. In describing or discussing those method their sole objective is to show the superiority of their own method viz. Surat Shabd Yoga. Shabd Yoga has been the ONLY method of all Saints, and no Saint has ever preached or taught other methods to return Home. Even Kabir, in his book: "Anurag Sagar"(Ocean of Love), said that he had come onto the world in the previous three yugas also, and that EVERY TIME, he taught the method of SHABD. He has given the names and other particulars of persons whom he initiated and whom, by this method of Shabd, he took to Sat-Lok.

NO TRUE SAINT EVER TEACHES ANY OTHER METHOD, nor leaves his\her disciples anywhere below "Sat-Lok Radha Soami Dham." ---------- END-------