The Ocean of Love Part4 Future - Kabir

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IV.

The Story of the

Future

T H E B E GIN N IN G O F T H E S TO RY O F T H E F U TU R E

Dharam Das requested Lo rd, sacrifice myself on you.

L or d, You have told me that the Inca rnations come into the world

fo r the sak e of the souls.

The Gyani who will recognize the Word Incarnate will not be

stopped, even by strong force.

I have understood the Incarnation as the Form of Sat Purush, an d

in my heart no other thoug ht has come.

T he N otm Essence manifested an d came into the world, an d have

seen and tested Him thoroughly.

Even so, I have one dou bt. Shower grace on m e so that it may go.

I was sent by the Com petent One, and when I came into the world,

Kal trapped me.

You call me th e Essence of Suk rit. Even so, th e terrifying Kal bit

me.

If this should happe n to the Incarnations, then all the souls of th e

world would

be

destroyed.

So , shower such grace, Remover of Pains, th at Kal Niranjan may

not deceive the Incarn ations.

I do n t kn ow anything else. Lo rd, my reputation is in Y our

hands.

Kabir said

Dharam Das, you have thought correctly. Your doubt is appro-

priate.

Dh aram Das, in the fu ture it will happen tha t Dh ara m Rai will play

this trick,

Which

I

will not hide from you. Whatever will happen,

I

will tell

you truly.


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But first hear w hat I have already told you, an d listening to it atten-

tively, know it.

In the Sa t Yuga Sat Purush called me a nd ordered me to g o into the

world.

When I came, I met Kal on the way. Aft er deba ting with him, I re-

moved his pride.

Th en he deceived me, a nd took three yugas fr om m e,

Then the unjust Kal told me,

0

Brother, I will not ask for the

fourth yuga.

Afte r I gave him my promise, I cam e into the world.

I didn't manifest my Path in the first three ages, because I gave

them to him.

W hen the fo urth age, the Kali Yuga came, again S at Puru sh sent me

into the world.

The butcher Kal stopped me on the way, and in many ways he

pleaded with me.

I

have told you that story an d the secret of the twelve pa ths before.

H e deceived me , an d told me only twelve-He did n't tell me an y

other thing.

In the first three ages he defeated me, an d in the Kali Yuga he set

many traps.

H e told me (that he has) created twelve paths-but he hid fo ur fr om

me.

W hen I m ade four G urus , he also sent his essences.

W hen I made f ou r helmsmen, D har am Rai increased his apparatus

of deception.

Sat Pur us h enlightened me to this.

0

Dh ara m D as, I a m telling you

this a s a spiritual work:

0 bro ther, those w ho will have Na am as the Helper in their heart,

only they will understand all this play.

NIRANJAN'S ORDERS T O HIS FOUR MESSENGERS

Niranjan mad e fou r messengers to wh om he gave many teachings.

H e told them , Listen, essences: You are of my ow n lineage.

Whatever I tell you , believe that, an d obey my orders.

O ne bro ther, wh o is called by the nam e Kabir in the world, is my

enemy.

H E

HI F O U R

Without which the twelve don 't m ake much sense


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H e wants to finish the ocean of the world and take the souls to Sat

Lok.

Deceiving, and creating fraud , H e deludes the world, an d H e makes

all free from m y path.

Making the souls hear the true N aam , H e sends them t o Sat Lo k.

Because He is determined to ruin the world, that is why

1

have

created you.

Obeying me, go in to the world, an d, in the nam e of K abir, establish

your paths.

T he souls of the world a re lost in the sweetness of pleasures-they

d o whatever

I

tell them.

You create fo ur paths in the world a nd show them t o the people.

All four of you should bear the name Kabir, and don't speak any

word from your mouth except 'Kabir.'

W hen the souls com e to you in the name of Kabir, speak those

words w hich are pleasing to their minds.

In the Kali Yuga the souls d o not have any knowledge. Look ing at

others, they follow a path.

Hearing you r words they will be pleased, a nd again an d again they

will com e to you .

W hen they becom e firm in their faith in you, with n o differences in

their minds,

Throw your snare on them. Be careful D on 't let them know your

secret

In Ju m bu Island mak e your hom e where the nam e of Kabir is per-

vading.

W hen Kabir goes t o Bandh o G arh and accepts Dharam Das as His

Own,

H e will establish the Kingdom of Forty-two Incarnations an d then

His Kingdom will spread.

I

will sto p the souls by fou rteen Yamas, an d by twelve paths I will

deceive them.

Even so, have my doubts. Th at's why brothers, I am sending you.

Attack the Forty-two and trap them in your words. Then I will

know , brothers, th at you have obeyed me."

Hearing those words, the Messengers became very happy: 0

Mighty One, we have accepted your orders.

As you have ordered us, we take those words on our heads.


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By your grace we have become fortunate." Folding their hands,

they answered like that.

Kabir said l o Dharam Das:

Hearing this, Kal became happy. He was overjoyed at what the

Messengers said.

H e explained m any other things to them . In this way, Kal the un just

showed them his path.

Giving them m any m antras t o devour the souls with, he told them,

"Brothe'rs, go into the world

All four of you go, taking four different forms, and don't spare

large or small.

Set the traps, b rothers, in such a way that my food will not go ou t of

my hands."

Hearing these words, they became very pleased: the words of Kal

seemed a flow of nectar.

So these are the four Messengers manifested in the world, an d they

will establish four paths.

Consider these Messengers as the heroes and the leaders of the

twelve paths.

The f o 6 paths established by them will be changed back an d fo rth

to explain things.

These fo ur paths a re the origin of the twelve paths, an d they will be

painful for the Wo rd Incarnate.

Hearing this Dharam Das became nervous and folding his hands

he made this request:

Listen. Lo rd, Now my do ub t has become stronger.

RUINTHEWORLD If all the souls are liberated, who will live in Kal s crea-

tion? These entities do not think of themselves as evil; in fact quite the

opposite: they have a holy mission, to literally save the world.

BEAR HENAME

F

KABIR

Or any other famous Master. If his name is re-

peated often enough and loudly enough, no one will notice that what is

being advocated has nothing to do with him.

WHICHAREPLEASING THEIRMINDS What they want to hear as opposed

to what they need to hear. They will be lulled to sleep, in other words,

rather than awakened.


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Ma ster, don 't delay First, tell m e their names.

I a m asking this f rom Y ou fo r the sake of th e souls. Tell me their

nature.

Tell me the for ms of those Messengers, their signs, a n d also their

effects.

Wh ich fo rm have they taken in the world, an d how d o they trap the

souls?

In which co un try will they manifest? L or d, Yo u tell me all.

K ab ir said:

D ha ram Das, I a m explaining to you the secret of th e fou r Mes-

sengers.

D E S C RI PT I O N O F F O U R M E SS EN G E RS

First of all, listen to their names: "Rambh, Kurambh, Jay and

Vijay."

escription of Rambh oot

Ra m bh D o o t will set u p his residence in Kalinjer G ar h.

H e will be called the devotee of the L ord , a nd will bear the sam e

nam e. H e will take o n man y souls. Tho se who will be true to

their h earts, will be saved fr om this poisonous tra p of Ya ma .

Ra m bh Y am a is mighty an d hostile. H e will con dem n you an d me.

H e will cond em n arti, initiation, S at Lok , a nd othe r planes.

He will condemn the Scriptures, and the Knowledge of Naam.

Seriously he will utter the

amainis

of Kal.

H e will argu e over my W ords , a nd ma ny will be caught in his trap.

Tak ing m y Nam e, he will constantly spread the path in all fo ur di-

rections.

He will call himself "Kabir" an d will say th at

I

a m controlled by th e

five elements.

H e will say that the souls are Sat P ur us h, a n d deceiving the souls, he

will condemn Sa t Puru sh.

H e will say tha t this Kabir is the god of souls, an d he will also call

th e creator "Kabir."

But th e creator is Kal, w ho gives pain t o the souls, an d like him, this

Yam D oo t will attract th e souls.

Th ose w ho perform rites an d rituals will be called th e "Sat Purush"

by him , an d hiding Sat Pu ru sh , he will manifest his ow n self.

If the sou l himself is everything , then ho w cou ld it

be

suffering all

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Being controlled by the five elements the souls suffer-and still he

calls them equal to S at Purush ?

Th e Body of Sat Pu rus h is Imm ortal and Forever Young. H e has

many skills, an d H is Beauty bears n o shadow.

Still, this Doot of Yama will condemn Him, and will say that the

souls are Sat P urus h.

Then he will go to the ocean an d will see his own shadow . Seeing

himself as the Wordless, he will be deceived.

W ithout the mirror he will see his own form D ha ram Das, this

"Guru" is the uniquely reachable one

HYMN

Listen, D haram Da s. In this way the limitless mighty R am bh will

play the deception.

Singing the nam e "Kabir" he will trap many souls in this world .

Using the Sign of S ha bd a, you should awaken the Essence and the

Incarnations.

Using the Knowledge given by the Master, test the Shabd a and rec-

ognize It in your heart.

COUPLET

Dharam Das, be wary within yourself when Yamraj plays this

deception.

Having faith in Shabda, awaken the souls in Shabda.

Description of

Kurambh

Doot

have explained t o you the story of R am bh, and now I will describe

the qualities of Kuram bh .

R A M B H OOT The path of R am bh Doot is that particular distortion of S ant

Mat which can be called "intellectual non-dualism." Th e M asters, in-

cluding Kabir, teach the basic unity of the universe and the ultimate

identification of t he liberated soul with G od ; Ram bh D oot is teaching

that the

bound

soul is one with G od [a nd hat there is no God other tha n

i t ) ,an d therefore need s no initiation, no M aster, etc. This teaching also

ignores the inne r planes and th e existence of the Negative P ower: these,

like initiation, e tc . , are seen as dualistic an d the refore inferior. Th e

result of this tea ching on its un for tun ate devo tee is the com poun ding of

the illusion: since he is already aw ak e, w hy sho uld he ma ke an y effort to

wake up? He lulls himself back to sleep with affirmations of his

awakenedness .

SEE

H ISO W N HA DO W he ocean is the Bhav Sugar, the ocean of the w orld.

W hen he sees his shad ow - his relative statu re in the lower world- he is

conv inced of his m ightiness an d thin ks of himself as God . This is a very

Blakeian image.

K U R A M B HOO T "H e will create the tra p by telling true things" wh ich are


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H e will manifest in M agad h (th e south ern part of Bihar), a nd will

bear the nam e Dhanidas.

Ku ram bh D oo t will set u p ma ny traps, a nd by his knowledge he will

mislead the souls.

Yama will destroy by deceit those who have ordinary knowledge

within them .

Dharam Das said

L or d, tell me a bo u t the knowledge h e will give out.

Kabir said

D ha ram Das, listen to the t rap of Kuram bh: H e will f irmly create

a t ra p by telling tru e things.

H e will keep people devoted to the sun a nd mo on, an d constantly

he will talk ab ou t the phases of t he m oo n.

H e will describe the five elements as the m ost im portan t thing, a n d

th e unwise soul will not unde rstand his decep tion.

H e will spread the pa th o f astrology, bringing the soul und er th e

co ntro l of th e visible planets. H e will ma ke th e souls forget the

Lord .

Giving out the knowledge of water and air, he will describe the

names of air .

He will present many interpretations of arti an d chauka, an d de-

ceiving the souls, he will mislead them.

W he n h e mak es so m eo ne his disciple h e will d o special things: h e

will read the lines of every single part of the bod y.

brothe r, h e will examine from head to foo t. Putti ng the souls in

the trap of Karma, he will mislead them.

After examining the souls, he will han g them o n a spear, an d after

hanging, he will eat them .

H e will mak e the souls sacrifice gold an d w omen as donations, a n d

in this way he will plunder t he souls.

Tying up the souls he will cause them t o g o back an d forth, an d in-

volving the m in their deeds, he will ma ke th em th e disciples o f

Yama.

There are eighty-five winds of Kal. Writing the names of these

winds o n th e betel leaves, he will ma ke t he souls eat the m .

Talking abou t the water an d the wind, he will spread the path, an d

in the na me of th e winds he will perform the arti .

Visualizing th e eighty-five winds, he will thoug htfully p erfo rm the

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bro ther, he will examine the mole a nd warts everywhere o n the

body, whether m ale or female.

F ro m head to foo t he will read all the lines. H e will examine the

"conch," "circle," an d the "oyster."

brother, such are the evil ways of Kal by which he will create

do ub t in the soul.

By creating doubts, Kal will devour the souls and will make their

condition very bad.

Listen to m ore ways of Kal. Whatever he speaks will be false.

By creating sixty divisions of time an d twelve mon ths he will create

illusion in the body.

H e will pretend t o give the simran of t he naa m which is full of five

nectars, essence of Sh abda , abod e of qualities.

Whatever has been m ade for the soul-Kal plans t o pu t his decep-

tion in that.

He will tell about the use of five elements, saying that this is the

path.

Five elements, twenty-five natures, three gunas, and fourteen

yam as will be called G od by him.

bro ther, this Ya m a has created the snare of five elements in which

he will tra p th e souls.

Being in the body, if o ne puts his attention o n the elements, where

will he g o after leaving the body?

W he re his desire is, there will he reside-as his at ten tio n is in th e

elements, he will go into th e elements.

H e will mak e on e leave the contemplation of Na am an d will keep

him trapped in the physical.

Dharam Das, what more can I say This Ku ram bh D oo t will d o

atrocious deeds.

Only th e soul who understands an d merges into me, will recognize

his deceptive nature.

All of the five elements are pa rt of Kal. Fo llowing them the jivas

perish.

unimportant for the salvation of the soul. This is the path of absorption

in physical phenomena, and is another classic distortion of Sant Mat.

Astrology, palmistry, dieting, physical healing-the emphasis is always

on the five elements at the expense of the soul. The individual may con-

sider that he is on the Path, but where is his attention? As his attention

is in the elements, he will go into the elements. He will make one leave

the contemplation of Naam and will keep him trapped in the physical.

This path also is often taught in the name of some Master.


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HYMN

Dharam Das, you have listened to the play of Kurambh who will

create many traps a nd catch the souls.

By spreading the path of the elements, he will devour countless

souls.

In the n am e of Kabir he will establish his path in the world.

The souls who g o to him , being controlled by illusion, will fall in the

mouth of Kal.

COUPLET

Sim ran , which is full of nectar an d precious qualities, is the Essence

of Sat Purush's Shabd a.

Those who will accept

It

firmly in thought, word, and deed will

cross the ocean of the world.

escription o Jay oot

I have described Ra mb h an d Kuramb h. Now understand the bani

abou t Jay.

T he Messenger o f Y am a is very horrible, and this evil on e will call

himself th e Origin.

H e will be born in the village of K urk ut a nd will live near Ba ndho-

garh.

H e will be bo rn in a family of cobblers, and he will criticize the high

castes.

Th e Messenger will call himself the servant o f t he L or d, and he will

have a son named G arpat.

Bo th father a nd son will be very painful. They will com e an d attack

your family.

H e will say, The Origin is with me. Dha ram Das , he will re-

move you.

J A Y

OOT

Th e most blatant an d dan gerou s of the fo ur, this is the left-hand

path of Tantra in which the female organ is the philosopher 's stone an d

the attention is kept concentrated in th e lower chakras or ce nters of th e

body. Sensual experience is identified with mystical exp erience, and th e

sound that is hea rd- th e Jhang Naa m-is the sound coming from the

lower ch akra s and heard on the left side, thu s dragging the l istener

do w n rather than pull ing him up . Ritual use of flesh food , alcohol and

drugs ma y be o ther aspects of this pat h. As with o thers, there is truth

also here: Kabir himself wa s bor n in a low caste and criticized th e high

castes very thoroughly, for exam ple. But it is drown ed by the falsehood.


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H e will give out the knowledge of m any scriptures, and will change

the conversation of G yani and S at Purush .

H e will say, Sat Purus h has given me the

root mantra

and that

D haram Da s has not recognized his own origin.

In this way this Kal will be mighty and will create doubts for the

Incarnations.

H e will m ake the In carn ations believe in his teachings and will im-

pose his teachings on them .

By his sign the Incarnations will be disturbed, even the p ure souls

will become of Kal's nature.

H e will talk abo ut the Jh an a Sh abd a, brother, and he will mak e

even the true souls forget.

As the body is created by the water, saying this he will impose his

path.

H e will say that the root-seed of the body is karm a, a nd he will keep

the Naam hidden.

First he will keep his mantra hidden. When the disciple becomes

firm-only the n will he speak it.

First he will explain the knowledge of the scriptures, an d later o n he

will m ake the souls firm in Kal.

He will say that the female organ is the philosopher's stone, and

asking for the disciple's permission, he will take her.

First he will speak the words of knowledge, then he will make the

disciples drink the root ma ntra.

That root is the mine of Hell. This crooked Yama has decided to

play this deception.

H e will explain the m eaning of the story of Jhanjhari Deep an d will

tell the disciples t o con template o n Jhang Naam.

He will call the Limitless Sound the place of the Negative Power,

an d will preach th e pa th of five elements.

H e will go in th e cave of five elements where he will d o different

things.

H e will brighten the five elements, and in the cave

Jhang

will soun d

very loudly.

When the soul of Sohang leaves the body, then tell me, how will

Jhang

protect it?

Kal has created the Jha njhari Deep, and Jhang and Hang are both

branches of Kal.

Th is un jus t Kal will call them imperishable, an d by calling them

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H e will describe many ways of performing rituals a n d he will have

man y helmsmen.

H e will create everything with the Na am of Kal. D ha ra m Da s

patiently understand this.

A t every place he will establish the rites a n d rituals an d using my

name he will ridicule me.

His souls will consider no one as equal to him bu t when they dis-

cover his secret their illusion will go .

H ow long should I continue talking abou t Kal? O ne wh o is a Gya ni

will understand by discrimination.

HYMN

O ne w ho has the L am p of M y Knowledge in his han d will recognize

the Yamraj

Giving u p the pleasures created by Kal such a soul will hast en to his

work.

On ly a connoisseur will understand the ways of living and discrimi-

nation.

Tho se who pay attention to M y Wo rd will leave the husk a nd take

only the Essence.

COUPLET

Dh ara m D as understan d the deceptive ways of th e children of

Yama.

I

will give a sign to the souls so that Y ama ma y n ot s to p them.

Dh aram Das the souls under the control of ignorance d o not

recognize the signs of Kal.

But as long as one remains attached t o the Incarnations Kal will

remain po or.

Tho se wh o speak uselessly an d remember Kal will give u p Na am

an d m anifest Kal within them.

W hen th e Ro ot attacks the Incarnations those souls will fall in de-

ception giving u p the T ru th .

Kal will com e to destroy the Incarnat ion s an d in mater ial

deceptions he will snare the souls of Kal.

But the Incarnations will be awakened by my means and will

s top act ivi ty of the Root .

ON Y

CON NOISSEU R t rue seeker is pro tec ted by h is humi li ty an d th e in-

tegri ty of his searc h wh ich respo nds to the t rue teachings of the M aster .


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T he So n of N ad will remain unaffected an d he will accept my Wo rd

firmly.

By the support of Shabda, he will have a radiant way of living,

knowledge, understanding an d qualities.

T h e unjust Kal will not devou r him. Kn ow this as true, O brother

T he description of Vijay o o t

No w listen t o the qualities of Vijay, which I a m explaining t o you

one-by-one.

H e will be born in Bundelkhand, an d he will keep the nam e Gyani.

By organizing a ras an d playing the flute, h e will ma ke th e souls firm

in

Sakhi Bhav

H e will keep m any female com panio ns with him , a nd will call him-

self the se cond K rishna.

H e will deceive the souls, as withou t th e Knowledge, how can they

recognize him?

H e will say that in fro nt of the eyes is the shadow of the mind , an d

that abo ve the nose is the sky.

T h e souls will fall in the misty deception of Yama-a painter wh o

uses black an d white colors.

M om en t afte r mom en t he will be fickle an d will not be steady. The y

(th e souls) will try t o see this with the ou ter eyes.

Kal will show t he sha do w of t he mind , a nd will call this shadow th e

mea ns of liberation.

H e will m ake the souls leave the true Naa m so that the souls may g o

in th e mou th of Kal.

O D ha ram Das, I have explained t o you w hat Yam rai will d o .

All the four Messengers will create deep illusions, and in this way

they will steal the souls.

T H E W A Y S OF R E M A I N I N G S A F E

F R O M T H E S E M E S S EN G ER S

I will definitely bu rn the L a m p of Know ledge so that Kal will not

ruin the souls-

Jus t as I caution ed In dr a Mati-who remained careful-and so Kal

did n ot get her.

S P E E C H A B O U T T H E F U TU R E-D IF FE RE N T S U B JE C T S

broth er, I a m explaining t o you what will happe n in the future.

As long as you remain in the bo dy, Kal will no t manifest.

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an d when you leave the body, Kal will com e then.

H e will break u p your family, a nd with his deceptio n, Kal will please

them.

In the family there will be many helmsm en. T he Essence of Nectar

will taste the poiso n.

Using the Moo and indh he will pollute the family.

Th e family will face on e great decept ion when H an g Do ot joins

the family a nd lives with them .

As Hang grows stronger, he will make the family members fight

am on g themselves.

Because of their nature, they will not leave Hang, and again and

again he will disturb them.

H e will kill his ow n essence-and afte r seeing this the disputing will

increase.

Kal will no t be able to see the fighting, s o he will find a way o ut f ro m

the family.

Your family will talk a bo ut m any experiences an d will criticize th e

Son of Nad .

SONO F

NAD

Son of the Sound Cu rren t; spiritual son as opposed to th e Son

of Bind or physical son . Here refers to the gurumuhhs such a s

Chuda ma ni who w ill become Masters .

VIJAYDOOT The path of pleasant misdirection. Everything is gentle, en-

joyable and plausible, but the soul doesn't wake up: he sees only the

black an d w hit e of Kal instead of th e living color that is his her itage . T he

em phas is on love, mu sic, dancing, etc ., w he n divorced from its spiritual

roots , becomes counter-product ive.

W H E N

OU

L E A V EH E BODY It is a ma tter of historic re cord that on m an y

occasions when a Master has left the body his children or other family

members have claimed the Guruship and have often succeeded in at-

tracting attention a wa y from the genuine succe ssors. Your family will

talk abo ut ma ny e xperiences and w ill crit icize the son of N ad, is a pro-

phecy that has been fulfilled man y tim es. Dh ara m Da s is Kabir's Son of

N ad , his sp iritual son and suc cessor; even if Kabir's physical son K amal

shou ld raise the dead it alters nothing. Similarly, i t is Ch uda ma ni (i n he

fullest possible meaning D haram Das's spiritual or Nadi s on ) w ho is

Dharam Das's successor, and not his physical or Bindi son, Narayan.

The temptation on the part of the Master 's family members to equate

physical with spiritual relationship is enorm ous, a nd the willingness of

the disciples to make the sam e equation is aw esom e: even if th e M aster

states publicly on m an y occasions before a variety of w itnesses th at his

successor w ill not be a m em ber of his fam ily, it m ak es little difference .

Of c ourse , there have been instances wh en som eone has been both a

spiritual and physical son of his Mas ter, but su ch instances a re rare. Th e

tru th given here by Kabir is the no rm .


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T he ones who will accept my W or d will be th e beloved family, a s

without my Wo rd, one cannot cross.

Dharam Das said:

Forty -two Incarnations are Your Essences. By liberating the m what

a great thing You are going to d o

Lord, If You liberate the Essences of those Incarnations, then

there is glory in Your coming to the world .

Kabir said:

Th e Forty-two Incarnations of your Essence, I have liberated with

One Word of Mine.

From the other lesser families, no one will be liberated without

getting the Sign.

Whe n on e unites with the Seed, it is called "family," an d tha t will

not come to fruition without the W ord.

The Competent One has given His Support to the Forty-two

Incarnations.

Fo r bo th the Incarnations and the Essences the Wo rd is the same.

T he Incarnations will be greater a nd the Essences lesser.

Through My Word, the Greatest Essence will awaken, and the

lesser Incarnations will follow him .

They will establish the path and show the way to the forgotten

souls.

They will establish th e pa th of Nad and Bind an d C hudam ani will

liberate the souls.

Dharam Das, your family will become ignorant, and will not

recognize the Signs of the Essences.

INCARNATIONS

N D ESSENCES A difficult passage to rend er in to English. T he

Incarn at ions are the physical m anifestat ions of th e Essences, an d ar e

greater because unt i l they m anifest they cann ot liberate the souls . T he

for ty- two- those wh o are des tined to becom e M asters -a re in fac t

a l ready l ibera ted , a l though they wi l l ( as d id Ch uda ma ni ) go through a n

ini tia t ion an d tak e a M aster l ike every one else . The l iberat ion of others

will de pe nd o n their seeking and f inding. Al though the physical family

proceeds f rom union wi th th e Seed (B ind) , he sp i r itua l fami ly proceeds

f rom union wi th the W ord (N ad ) . Th e Grea tes t E ssence re fers to

Ch uda ma ni , but the M as ters wh o wi ll fol low him wi l l not be l ess f rom

our point of v iew ( th e dis t inct ion here is betwe en swateh sant or one

born f ree f rom above , and

gurumu kh sant

o n e w h o h a s b e c o m e f re e

throug h medi tat ion and the grace of his Ma ster ) .

N A D

A N D

BIND "Word m ad e f lesh." the spir itual uni t ing wit h the physical .


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brother, I am telling you whatever is going to happen in the

future.

You will have a Seed in your sixth gene ration, an d even that Seed

will forget the Incarn ations.

Yo ur Seed will become s o igno rant, tha t h e will accept the pa th of

Taksari .

They will give up our Path and they will all follow the path of

Taksari .

Th ey will perform the C h au ka in such a way that m any souls will go

in the cycle of t he eighty-four.

Th ey will have a lot of egoism a n d will fight with So n of N ad. Yo ur

family will become evil-minded and the Word Incarnate will

stop them.

Dharam Das said

No w my do ub ts have increased. Lo rd, tell me the definitive

words.

First Yo u said this: "I have kept Forty-tw o in M y Protection."

Now y ou say they will com e under the control of Kal H o w can

bo th these things happen?

T H E P RA IS E

OF

T H E I NC A RN A TIO N O F N A D

D hara m Das, be aware I am explaining to you abou t the W or d

Incarnate.

W henever Kal makes a sudd en sw oo p, I'll com e to help there.

Then I will manifest the soul of Nad, and breaking the illusion, I

will m ak e the world firm in devotion .

T he S on o f N ad is My Essence an d by H im the P a th will be glorified.

T h e word Incarnate will be conscious, b ut you r Seed will not hav e

love for H im.

T h e Wo rd Incarnate will be awakened by S ha bd a, an d will finish

the ambu sh o f Kal .

Your Seed will not believe in Him, and will not merge into the

Shabda .

Th e Son of N ad will have th e desire fo r Sh ab da, whereas your Seed

will forget.

D ha ram Da s, you c an test this: by Seed the Sh ab da will not be

manifested.

Lo ok in the history of the fo ur ages: the P a th h as always been mani-

fested by the Sh abd a.


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Whether one is without qualities or full of qualities, without

Shab da he cannot maintain the Path .

Dh aram Das, you are my Son of N ad. That's why I have given

you the String of Liberation.

In this way I'll liberate the Forty-two. Whenever th ey fall do w n, I'll

rescue them .

Looking a t the Seed who will not accept the W or d of Shabd a, Kal

will clutch h im.

The Incarnate who will believe in the Shabda will themselves be

liberated, an d will liberate many other souls.

brother, where is the Sh abda? Wh ere is the Seed? Withou t the

devotion to Naam, one cannot go to Sat Lok .

T H E IM PO RT AN CE O F T H E G U R U

O ne should no t see anyone else as greater than the M aster, a n d he

should understand the Master as the Greatest of All.

H e should understand his Master as the best, a nd h e should under-

stand the teachings of his Master to be true .

Your Seed will fight like this: without the Master he will want to

cross the ocean of the world.

Being Guru-less, he will teach the world H e himself is dro wned ,

an d he will cause others to d row n.

Witho ut the G uru there is no liberation: Those wh o take th e Master

cross the ocean.

By force he will ma ke a relation with the Incarnations so Kal will

devour him.

W he n the world is stuck in relations an d families, then the Incarna -

tions m ay be deceived.

Th en Kal will come a nd devour the souls, and converting them into

ma ny different forms, he will bring the m back into th e world.

Th en My Nad will come an d call-looking at W h o m Kal will ru n

away at once.

That's why, Dharam Das,

I

a m cautioning you: I have explained

to you abo ut the Wo rd Incarnate in man y ways.

Those w ho want t o escape from the deceptions of Kal should main-

tain their love for the Incarnations of Nad.

BY S E E D HE S H A B D A ILLNOT

BE

M A N I F E S T E D ategorical statement driv

ing the point home.


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T he Seed wh o will leave the support of the Incarn ation of N ad will

be trapped by Yama.

Th e M essenger will set up many traps, looking at which the souls

will be attracted.

Those who will not have love in their heart for the Incarnate of

N ad , will go into the m outh of Kal.

That is why I have explained to you about everything, and have

warned you.

Th e souls wh o know the Essence of N ad , a nd those wh o recognize

the Signs of the W ord Incarnate,

Those w ho recognize the true Shab da, Yama can not stop them

Dharam Das, I a m explaining this to you-Accept my words, listen-

ing attentively:

G o and tell the souls that the W ord Incarnate has com e to liberate

the w orld.

They should not leave the W ord Incarnate-which is Nad-and

they shou ld always have love for N ad .

They should not take sides in the quarrels between relations and

families. If they take sides, they will fall in suffering.

In many ways I have cautioned you. One who will be careful will

no t suffer.

In this way your Seed will go with N ad, looking a t which the Mes-

sengers will repent in their hearts.

In this way the Seed will become happy. The Messengers will not

affect the Seed who will be with Nad an d the W ord Incarnate.

Dharam Das arose and requested: Lo rd, now explain this to m e:

You have spoken of the importance of Nad so much , an d you have

mentioned the W ord Incarnate und er Him.

My Lo rd, tell me the reason why You created the W ord Incarnate.

If the Incarnate of Nad will awaken the world, then when is the

W ord Incarnate going to work?

Hearing these words the Satguru laughed and He explained it

thoroughly to Dharam Das:

Because Gargin didn 't accept the Nad and the W ord , tha t is why

I created the Seed.

"Bind" is a nam e an d is called "Bind" after meeting the Essence.

T he Word Incarnate is the Essence of Sat Purush. Reaching to H is

Abode , the soul will become free from this world.


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When both N ad an d t he Seed com e together, only then will Kal's

m ou th remain closed.

As

I

told you before, N ad an d Bind will come together,

Because without Nad, Bind will not develop, but without Bind,

Nad will liberate.

brother, in the Kali Yuga Kal is very difficult: in the form of

egoism he will devour everyone.

T h e unio n with N ad will hap pen after giving up egoism, whereas

Bind is full of egoism.

Th at is why Sat Purush has created this ancho r, and m ade Nad an d

Bind as two different forms.

Those who remember the form of Truth, giving up egoism, they

will become Han sas.

bro the r, whether on e is Nad o r Bind, the quality of egoism is no t

good for anybody.

Tho se who have ego, they will be drow ned in the ocean of th e world

and completely trapped in the snares of Kal.

W hen the quality of egoism will com e in th e Incarnate s, the differ-

ences will be created between Nad and Bind.

If the Incarnates are opposed, everyone, being controlled by Kal,

will follow his path.

Dharam Das said

Lo rd, hear m y request: With Y our grace the souls will be liberated.

You have made me understand the form of N ad an d Bind, a nd You

have told me the secret of their liberation.

All the souls will go to Your Lo k. T he n what will Narayan Da s do?

Because he is called my son in the world, tha t's why worry ab ou t

him comes to my m ind.

All the souls of t he ocean of world will cross, b ut Na ray an Das will

fall in th e mo uth of Kal?

THENADA N D THEWORD NCARNATEharam Das is confused by Kabir's

use of these terms, which are slightly different aspects of the same thing.

ad

and Word are synonyms meaning the Sound Current.

THESATGURUAUGHEDWell he might. This is an incredibly dense passage.

The idea is that while the Word is all powerful it has to manifest in a

human body before Kal can be defeated and souls can be liberated.

WITHOUTIND The power of liberation is in Nad, not Bind, and under cer-

tain circumstances (e.g.an initiated disciple who has left the body) the

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This is no t a go od thing. Listen t o my reques t, Giver-the Oce an

of Happiness

Sw am i, liberate him Th is is my reques t, All-Conscious O ne .

abir

said

Dh aram Das, again an d again I have told you, bu t in you r heart

you don't believe it:

If the fourteen Yamas go to Sat Lok, tell me, who will trap the

souls?

Now I have recognized y ou r intellect. Knowingly, you have becom e

the on e wh o know s nothing.

You have started erasing the orders of Sat Purush . W he n o ne for-

gets the Knowledge, attachment and illusion awaken.

W hen the darkness of at tachm ent dominates the heart , one forgets

the K nowledge a n d leaves his wo rk.

W ithou t faith, devotion cannot be done; an d without devotion n o

soul can cross.

Again you have been caught in the trap o f Kal. T ha t is why attach-

me nt fo r you r son has been awakened in your heart .

Even tho ugh you saw s o clearly that N arayan Da s is und er the con-

trol of Kal-

Still you have become s tub bo rn and you have no t understoo d even

on e word of mine.

D ha ram Das, wh at you just said to me-you didn't think ab ou t

it in your heart.

You do n' t believe in me. Ha ve faith in the Master-why d o you

have faith in the wo rld?

If on e meets the Ma ster, giving up everything of his ow n, tha t fo rtu-

nate o ne climbs the stairs of Tru th.

If on e catches at tachm ent , illusion awakens, an d that u nfortu nate

on e gives u p all devotion an d knowledge.

You are the Essence of S at Purush. You have come into the world

to tak e o n the work of awakening the souls.

If you yourself give u p faith in the M aster an d, looking a t the things

in the world, you get attached t o them ,

Th en where is the place fo r the souls? Th is shows clearly, Dh ara m

Da s, yo ur family will also d o the same.

Th ey will always bu rn in the fire of attac hm ent a n d it will create

differences in th e family.

T o say, "Without the son the name cann ot continue," an d, "With-


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ou t the wife there can be n o hom e," all these-like pride of

family-are the tricks of Kal.

In this all members of the family will forget, and will not get the

Pa th of the true Na am .

Looking at others, the souls will be trapped in these things-and

the Messengers will be happy looking a t this.

Th en the Messengers will become mighty, and grabbing the souls

they will send them into hell.

W hen the souls are caught in the snare of Kal, they will forget them-

selves in lust, attachment, greed and egoism.

They will not have faith in the Guru, and hearing the true Naam

they will burn.

Listen to the signs of those who will have Sat Naam within them:

They will not be affected by Kal, and will not have lust, anger,

egoism and greed in them.

Giving up attachment a nd desires, they will always keep the Word s

of the Satguru in their heart.

As the snake keeps the jewel on his head, in the same way the

disciple should always keep the Master's orde rs on his head .

Forgetting "son" an d "woman," an d giving up pleasures, the soul

who touches the Feet of S at Puru sh becomes the Han sa.

Dharam Das, only a brave one can constantly obey the peace-

giving W ords of th e Master.

Such a soul goes to Sat Lok an d for him, liberation is not far.

COUPLET

Giving up the complication of karm a an d illusions, love the Feet of

the M aster.

Having firm faith in the Shabda of the Gurumukh, understand

the body as ashes.

Hearing these words Dharam Das was ashamed and in hki mind he

fully repented.

Running he fell at the Feet of Satguru andsaid:

Lo rd , help me. I

am the ignorant one

Swam i, forgive my mistake Accept this request, All-Conscious

One.

I am the ignorant o ne who ignored Your Words , an d m ade requests

again and again.

F O U R T E E N

M S

Th e Negative Pow er an d h is messe ngers , e tc . , wi l l

be

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Now I a m com e to Your Feet an d a m making this request:

If the child becomes stubborn in front of the father, the latter

doesn 't care ab ou t "good" or' "bad."

Your N aam is the Libera tor of sinners, so please do n't coun t my

bad qualities.

Kabir said

Dharam Das, you are the Essence of Sat Purush: Give up

Narayan Das an d family.

Using the Sh ab da, look into your heart-0 Dh aram Das The re is

n o difference between m e and you

You h ave com e into this world for the sa ke of souls, and you will

establish the P at h in th e ocean of the w orld.

Dharam Das said

L or d, You are the Giver of the Oc ean of Happiness You have

m ade me a servant an d a true disciple.

Kal had taken my intellect away, until

I

recognized You

Since You made me Your own, I have had firm knowledge.

Taking firm hold o f Your feet, say that the world is not within me

now.

If

I

desire fo r anyo ne else-giving u p You-then may

I

go to live

in hell

he

Satguru said

Dh aram Das, you are the blessed one to recognize me, a nd , obeying

my words, t o renounce your son.

W hen the m irror o f the he art of the disciple is polished, only then

can the fo rm of the Master be seen.

Only when the disciple keeps the form of the Master in his heart,

does he destroy all the branches of Kal.

As long as one has cunning desires, that servant will not see the

Master.

When the disciple devotes himself to the Feet of the Master with

one-pointed attention, he is released from attachment and

knowledge awakens.

When the Lamp of Knowledge comes in the heart, It destroys all

attachm ents an d illusions.

When he comes again to the Satguru, it is as the drop dissolving

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Without faith the soul will not cross, and without having faith in

the Master, the soul will accept Kal.

brother, there is no Giver like the M aster. Th at is why you should

keep your heart absorbed at the Feet of the Master.

HYMN

Th ere is no other Giver in the world. Understand the Master as the

Giver of Liberation.

Making one free from his low w ays, Master explains the Knowledge:

Making the souls firm in devotion, H e brings them in to the La p of

Naam.

OUPLET

O ne w ho doesn t understand any difference between the Master

and Sat Purush,

He gets Perfect Recognition, and for him the sufferings of Kal

finish.

D ha ram Das, see the qualities of the Satguru-how firmly H e

believes an d has faith.

Consider the soul involved in rites and rituals-how firmly he

continues in his faith.

H e brings the mud by himself, and he himself makes the idol of the

Creator.

H e offers rice and flowers to it. W ith love an d faith he contem plates

o n it with his mind.

Th en , understanding it as the Creato r, he worships it an d doesn t let

his faith break.

As there is love in the decep tion, the same love becomes alive fo r

him.

These souls who have love for the Master as this man has for his

idol are priceless, an d they become the Beloved H an sa of the

Lord.

Lo ok a t the love of those idol-worshipers-how firmly they are

entangled in deception.

I

myself have told you the Naam of the Guru, and have told you

there is n o difference between G uru and Sa t Pu rush .

S o the souls will remain under the contro l of Kal, and they will not

have faith in the Master.

W hen one doesn t have faith in the Master s Body, by focusing

his atten tion in th e void, he will deceive himself.

Those who firmly rely on the Master, their liberation cannot be

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Those who have such firm faith tha t they do n t leave the Master o r

put their attention in any other place-

This way of living of the soul is precious, an d such a soul dyes his

body in the color of Love.

Lovingly unde rstand th at the Word of Master is the Nectar, drink-

ing which the bad intellect goes away.

Dharam Das, considering all this in your hea rt, be firm in your

faith in the Master.

HYMN

In this way, having firm faith in the Feet of the M aster, love H im

constantly.

Lighting the La m p of the M aster s Knowledge in the heart, remove

the darkness of attachments.

By the glory of the dust of Master s feet, the sins will certainly go

away.

There is no other way of getting liberation except by faithfully

merging into the S hab da.

OUPLET

This world is very deep. Accept the Naam with love an d determina-

tion.

By the Grace and S upp ort of the Master, one gets the W ord of the

Master as the H elmsman.

T H E WAYS OF LIVING OF TH E G U RU A N D D IS CIP LE

Dharam Das made this request

You are my L ord a nd I a m Your

servant.

Maste r, forgive my errors , but graciously tell me-

The ways of living of the Masters an d the disciples. Explain tha t to

me.

The Satguru said you who keep the Guru s words, the M aster

is the support in Nirgun and Sargun.

No dealing can be done without the Guru. Without the Guru the

ocean of the world could not be crossed.

Understand the disciple as the oyster shell, and the Guru as the

Seed of the pearl; the G uru as the Philosopher s Stone an d the

disciple as iron ;

N I R G U N

ND SARGUN Without qualities and with qualities; in creation and

out of it Under all conceivable or inconceivable circumstances the

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T he G uru as M alay M ountain; and the disciple as the snake-by

touching th e Master the body becomes cool.

The Master is the Ocean and the disciple is Its wave; the Master is

the L am p and the disciple the m oth.

Understand the disciple as the moonbird, and the Master as the

Moon; the Feet of the Master are the Sun and the disciple is

that lotus which blooms.

If the disciple is determined in this kind of love, and if he keeps the

darsh an of the Master's Feet in his hea rt,

W he n the disciple remembers the M aster like this, understa nd tha t

disciple as equal t o the M aster.

Think about the difference between one guru and another, as all

the world is calling, guru , guru .

He is the Guru Who manifests the Shabda in the souls by the

strength of Which the souls go H om e.

The re is no lacking in such a G uru . Th e P at h of such a G uru and th e

disciple is the same.

H Y M N

All the world is entangled in different kinds of thou gh ts, deeds an d

emotions.

T he soul has fallen in the snare of illusion an d doesn't know how to

go back to the Real Hom e.

There are many gurus in the world and they have made artificial

snares.

W ithou t the Satguru the illusion will not be finished as th e terrible

Kal is very mighty.

OUPLET

I sacrifice myself on the Satgu ru, W ho gives the Im m ortal Message.

Meeting Him , the souls become unique an d m eet Sat Pu rush .

Day and night one should attach his attention to the Master, and

should dwell within himself like the Sadhus and Saints.

H e on whom the Satguru showers grace, his noose of karm a burns

away.

If one makes an effort and withdraws his attention, the Satguru

makes him reach Sat L ok.

Th e Satguru cuts away the tra p of on e who, after doing the seva,

has n o desire.

One who keeps his attention at the Feet of the Master goes to the

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N o matter if one becomes a yogi and practices yoga-without the

Master he will no t cross the ocean of the world.

The disciple who obeys the order of the M aster, with the Master s

grace crosses the ocean of the world.

The soul who is the devotee of the Guru , for him there is no differ-

ence between the Sadh us an d the Master.

On e who doesn t see any difference between th e S adhu s and the

Gu ru, understand Him as the True Guru.

The worldly people will not understand the Guru s, disciple s, an d

Sadhu s way of living.

Understand those people as the ones who are in the trap of Kal;

such Messengers are the essence of Kal.

Dharam Das, these are their signs: The loss of souls will happen

because of them.

On e who know s the Way of Love of the Master, will recognize the

Pa th of the true Shabda.

The Masters make the souls firm in the devotion of S at Purush, an d

by making them practice hearing and seeing, they make them

go Home.

Giving up cleverness and foolishness, if one loves Them with all his

heart, then without doubt he reaches the Real Home.

After crossing the ocean of the world, he doesn t com e back.

Sat Naam is the Precious Nectar. One who gets this Unchanging

Nectar,

Giving up the qualities of the crow, he accepts the qualities of

Hansa, and always keeps his attention at the Feet of the

Master.

There are many o ther bad paths which he will not bring in his mind.

One who always has love for the Feet of the Master, and for the

good Pa th , Dh aram Das, such a soul will go to Sat Lo k.

COUPLET

Giving up the snares of karmas and illusions, love the Feet of the

Master.

Understand your body as ashes, having faith in the words of the

Gurumukh.

S A D H U S N D T H E MASTER

He will not draw a distinction between what

ever past Master he honors and worships and the present day em

bodiments of the same Power.


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Epilogue

Dharam Das became very happy in his heart. The tears came out of

his heart and overwhelmed he spoke these words:

In my heart was darkness, which you removed by the Lamp of

Grace.

Then controlling himselfhesaid: 0 G od , how could I praise You?

Now, Master, listen to my request: Tell me how to discriminate

am ong the souls.

Which souls should I initiate? 0 Co mp etent O ne , tell me this, giv-

ing their signs.

SIGNS OF TH E JIVAS DESTINED FOR NA AM

The Satguru said:

0 Dh aram Das, do n't worry. Give the Message of Liberation t o the

souls.

Those whom you find to be humble and devoted, tell them ab ou t

the Devotion of Liberation.

Dharam Das, give Naam Initiation to him who has mercy, conti-

nence, a nd forgiveness within him.

Tell him the M essage of Sat Purush : to remain firm in the contem-

plation of N aam day and night.

On e on w hom the grace is not showered, and who doesn't believe

in Shabda, goes in the direction of Kal.

The true S habd a will not reside in o ne with wavering vision.

Know tha t the M essenger himself has com e t o reside in on e whose

chin is jutting out.

W A V E R I N G

ISION,

TC

This description do es not refer to the ph ysical body

but the as tral , wh ich exactly m irrors th e spiri tual s tatus . Masters can see

the disciple 's astral body as clearly as they can see the physical, an d the y

use them exactly as indicated here. See Kirpal Singh, orning Talks

p . 238.


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Those who have a mole in their eye, definitely understand them as

the form of Kal.

Tho se w ho have a little head and a big body-fraud will always

remain in their heart.

D on t give them the Sign of S at Pu rus h, as such jivas bring loss to

the Path.

T H E K N O W L E D G E O F T H E L O T U S BO DY

Dharam Das said

Lo rd, you have mad e my birth successful. Making m e free from

Yam a, You have made me Your own.

Even if one had a thousand tongues in his mouth, then also Your

qualities could no t be described.

Lord, I a m very fortunate. W h o else is as fortun ate as I am ?

Only that jiva in whose heart Your Naam resides is the fortunate

one.

Now listen to my one request, and tell me the description of this

body.

Which god lives where and wh at work does he do?

H ow many veins are there, an d how much blood an d hair? A nd by

which routes d o the breaths flow?

L or d, tell me a bo ut the intestines, the bile, an d the lungs.

L or d, describe to me w here these things ar e located, giving me the

signs.

H ow ma ny petals are there in each lotus, an d day an d night, how

many breaths come and go?

Fr om where does the Sha bda em anate, an d tell me where does it go

an d merge?

If an y jiva gets the shimm ering light, Lord, tell me how to dis-

criminate.

W hich god s darsha n he is having, a nd explain th at place to me.

he

Satguru said

Dharam Das, hear now about the body, which is different from

the Naam of Sat Purush.

In the first mool ch ak ra is a four-petaled lo tus where Gane sha lives.

He is called the giver of the quality of knowledge, and by doing

contemplation an d six hundred japas he m ay be experienced.

Above the mool lotus is the akhara and there is the lotus of six

petals.


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2 3

Brah ma, Savitri and the gods rule there, and six thousand a-japas

soun d there.

In

nabhi

is the eight-petaled lotus; Vishnu and Lakshmi are the

main ones living there.

Going there one gets the proof of six thousand

a-japas

and this

place can be reached only by practicing the Pa th of the M asters.

Above it is the twelve-petaled lotus, and in that lotus Shiva and

Parvati reside.

In there the six thousand a-japas happen-witness this by the

knowledge of the M aster.

The jiva lives in the lotus of sixteen petals, where one thousand

a-japas happen.

Its place is between the two eyebrow s where the ab od e of King Mind

is.

Dh aram Das, pay attention: One thousand a- japas happen there.

Dharam Das, God of the Souls, understand this.

Above the two petals is the place of the Void where the light is

shimmering. Understand that as Niranjan.

Dharam Das, listen to the Message of Shabda. I a m giving you

the teaching of knowing what is within.

Again listen abo ut the body, and have faith only in the One Naam .

K N O W L E D G E

F T H E

LOTUSBODY Knowledge of how the activating astral

energy in terpe netra tes and gives life to the physical body thro ugh the

chakras or centers, called lotuses because th ey are divided into petals.

This is the preo ccupation of Yoga system s w hich deal with th e

pranas

Kundalini etc. Kabir is rounding out D hara m Das's education here . See

Kirpal Singh,

The Crown o f L i fe

pp 6 3 - 6 8 .

M O O LC H A K R A he energy center at the rectum, associated w ith the god

Ganesha .

AKHARA he sex center; Brahma, the creator of the physical universe is

the presiding de ity. Th e Kundalini in its latent state is located h ere .

NA BH I The navel cen ter, solar plexus or hara.

T W E L V E - P E T A L E DOTUS The heart cen ter.

TH E IV A IVES Th e m anuscript is deficient a t this point . The fifth an d s ixth

cha kra s have been m erged into one , probably through a copyist 's err or .

T he sixte en-p etaled lotus is at the th roat an d is the seat of M aya or K ali;

the seat of the soul is behind the eyes and h as two p etals.

P L A C EF TH VO ID Th e sixth chakra behind the eyes is the seat of th e mind

as well as the sou l-th e knot of the soul and the mind or of the con-

scious and th e unc onscious. The light that is at this place can be seen by

any on e who can w ithdr aw his attention ; that light is the light of N iran-

jan and cannot lead higher u nless one has the guidance of a Satguru w ho

has come from abov e. For others it is a dead en d.


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T h e bod y is created by blood. Millions of hairs have decorated the

earth of the body.

Th ere are seventy-two main veins, but on e is the Un ique O ne , by

entering which, on e gets the For m of T ruth .

When the Shabda is manifested the qual i t ies of the lotus come

forward.

W hen the Sh ab da emanates, o ne enters the Void a nd merges within

it.

T h e intestine is of twenty-one han ds, an d the stom ach is approxi-

mated t o measure) on e and o ne quarter arm length.

Solar plexus is of o ne an d o n e qua rter ar m lengths; o ne goes in the

cave through the openings.

Un dersta nd the bile as three fingers breadth) an d the heart as five

fingers breadth).

T h e lungs are of seven fingers, a n d in th em reside seven oce ans.

Withdrawing the air f rom the body, the sadhu takes the path of the

yogi.

Th ey keep doing this yoga, an d, without de votion, are swept away

in the w orld.

COUPLET

The Yoga of True Knowledge is the Abode of Happiness, f rom

which o ne gets Naa m an d goes to the Real H om e.

T he soul then) becomes the liberated O ne after destroying the very

mighty enemy.

Dh aram Das, through the knowledge of the Master, understand

the ways of th e mind.

M ind shows the light in the void, an d m ind itself creates different

types of illusions.

T h e

n runkur

has been created by min d, broth er. A nd the crea-

tion of mind is spread thro ugh out the three worlds.

A t ma ny places th e jiva bow s his head-by no t recognizing his ow n

self he

is

deceived.

Th is is all in th e will of N iranjan an d w ithout the true N za m his

t rap cannot be cut .

As th e organ grinder gives pain to the monke y by m aking him dan ce

in different ways,

In the sam e way the m ind m akes the jiva dan ce by making it f irm in

the deep tra p of k arm as an d illusions.


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2 5

Th e true Shabd a uproots the mind. O nly the rare ones, wh o know

Its secret, recognize the mind.

Receiving the message of Sat Pur ush, the mind becomes jealous a nd

takes the jiva in his direction.

Dh aram Das, these are the ways o f the mind. Recognize the mind

and accept the Feet.

In this body no one else lives. Mind and soul alone live in this house.

The mind is stuck in five, twenty-five, and three-all these ar e

slaves of N iran jan.

When the Essence of Sat Puru sh comes in the jiva, he remembers

the sign of his Real Home.

These slaves have surrounded the jiva. Unless he recognizes them,

the jiva also becomes the slave of Y am a.

As a parrot caught in a cage, being in the control of illusion, the

jiva doesn t know himself.

As the lion, seeing his reflection in the water understand s it as an-

other,

Jum ping into the water, he loses his life-In the same way the soul is

deceived and doesn t recognize himself.

As the dogs, barking in a palace of mirrors, understand their re-

flection as other dogs,

brother, when they hear the echo, they again start barking-

In this way Yama has created deceptions fo r the souls. W hen Kal

devours them-then they repent.

Because they do n t love the Shabda of the S atgu ru, they ar e de-

stroyed.

The fake Naam is a branch of Niranjan and the Original N aam is of

the Satguru.

The jivas do not love the Feet of Satguru; but they can go back

Hom e only after meeting the Satguru.

Dh aram Das, the jivas have become of others, and thinking tha t

it is nec tar, they a re entangled in poison.

Dharam Rai has created such varieties that, being controlled by

deception, the souls have forgotten.

Listen to the spread of karm as created by the mind. A jiva will be-

come The Unique One after recognizing this evil.

U N I Q U E N E T h e Sukhmana or Shah Rag a vein (actually an astral tu be)

that run s betw een the eyes . It is the way up for the at tention.

F I V E , W E N T Y - F IV E

N D

T H R E EThe five eleme nts or tattwas the twenty-five

prakritis and the three gunas.


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HYMN

D ha ram Das, recognizing him on e should become different from

him-accepting th e L am p of my Sh abd a.

O ne w ho sees this difference will no t be ca ugh t by Ya ma .

As long as t he gu ards sleep, th e thieves easily d o their w ork.

In th e sam e way [the souls] are controlled by illusion a nd th e thief

doe s his work.

OUPLET

By awakening, he gets The Unique Quality, having which Kal

doesn't get him.

Illusion is like a well full of darkness in which Yamraj, through

deceptions, devours th e soul.

SINS A N D VIRTUES

OF

T H E M IN D

brave o ne , l isten to this element of mind an d, with the help of

the G ur u, distinguish between the thief an d th e ma n o f wealth.

M ind is the horrible Kal wh o mak es the jivas d ance an d m akes their

cond ition terrible.

When a beautiful woman comes in his sight, the mind becomes

excited, a n d lust troubles the body .

Mind takes him there by its strength, and the knowledgeless jiva

gets deceived.

M aking him involved in sexual pleasures with wo ma n, the jiva takes

the blame.

Lo okin g at others' wealth, mind becom es happ y: "I'll take it "-

an d thus desire comes.

W hen he takes others' wealth, the soul is blamed for that sin.

This crazy mind develops this k arm a a n d th e innocent sou l obeys its

orders.

Criticism of o thers and taking their wealth are traps of th e mind.

Becoming hostile to the Sa int a n d criticizing the Master-these are

the ka rma s created by th e mind which p uts the soul in the tra p

of Kal.

Being a married man, he desires another woman: In this way the

mind sows the poison o f deep karm a.

Mind makes the soul, in a n excited state, kill others. H e makes the

sou l suf fer hell because of th at sin.

Deceiving the souls, the mind makes th em serve god s an d goddesses

in pilgrimages and fasts.

The mind itself introduces bad habits, and involving the jiva in

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207

H e may have on e birth as a king-and then he will go and suffer in

hell.

Or he may be incarnated as a bull who becomes the husband of

man y cows. K arma yoga is a trap of the mind: W hen on e be-

comes without karma, only then his pain and sufferings go

away.

HYMN

D ha ra m D as, listen to the qualities of mind. H o w long should

I

describe it to you?

Th re e gods, thirty-three lesser gods ar e in his tr ap;

Shesh Nag a nd other gods are defeated by him.

W ithout the Satguru , nobody can understand the mind a nd will fall

in its snare.

Only th e rare Saint has recognized him throug h discrimination, an d

has left him.

COUPLET

T he fear of birth a nd death goes away with faith in the Satgu ru.

Dh ara m D as, o ne wh o accepts the true N aa m firmly is the servant

of S at Purush.

T H E C H A R A C T E R O F N IR A NJ AN

Listen, Dharam Das, to the character of Dharam Rai, who has

trapped the souls an d deceived them .

Taking incarnations, he uttered the ita and didn't let the blind

souls cross.

A rj un a was his very devo ted disciple t o whom he gave all the wise

knowledge:

He gave him the knowledge of creating karma and becoming

karmaless-and giving up the latter, he ma de him firm in the

former

First he told him about mercy and forgiveness, knowledge, signs

~ a r m a ,

And Arjuna became truly devoted in his worship of the Lord

Krishna.

First Krishna created desire in him, a n d then h e sent him t o hell.

THE

CHARACTERF D H A R A M A I This moving passage written from the

point of view of human suffering makes some revolutionary but very

sensible points about the character and actions of Krishna as Hindu

traditions picture them.


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By developing these, one can reside in Sat Lok, a nd by walking the

Pat h, o ne can see his Hom e.

One who serves the M aster a nd has love for His Feet resides in the

heart of the Master and defeats Yama.

Even in the Vedas and Shastras the importance of worshiping the

soul and meeting the Saints has been w ritten.

One should do the devotion of the Saints as the Master, and control

the qualities of attachment and anger.

Th e Sat Naam of Sat Purush is the Tree of Nectar, a nd by keeping

the Company of S at Purush s Friend one goes to the Immov-

able Plane;

All these are the strings to get to Sat Purush. Accepting the true

Naam , one goes to Sat Lok .

Th e blind one cannot go to his hom e. These are the signs of th e

Path.

The Naam of the Sat Purush is the Eyes and Authority, taking

which, the soul goes to its Hom e.

One s birth and death finish if, by having firm faith, one accepts the

Feet of the Master.

T H E WAYS O F T H E PA T H

Dharam Das said

Lord, You are the gracious Sat Purush, Your words give me

peace.

Lo rd, explain Your Pat h t o me: How should the renunciates and

householders live their lives?

he

Satguru said

Dh aram Das, listen to the message of Shab da, and give the Teach-

ings of L iberation t o the souls.

Make the renunciates firm in renunciation and explain the way of

doing devotion t o the householders.

TH E QUALITIES O F THE DETACHED RENUNCIATES

I

am telling you the natu re of the renunciate. Only when he gives up

inedible food which has no part in nourishing the body-

R E N U N C I A T E SN D H O U S E H O L D E R Sasters of Sant Mat d o not req uire their

disciples to becom e re nunc iates or m onks; but if renu nciate s come to

the Ma ster , they a re required to l ive u p to the spiri t as well as the letter

of the vows they have already taken.


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tobac co, mea t, wine-can he become the H an sa.

Love and devotion always remain in his heart, and he has no

hostility or violence in him.

H e always has mercy fo r the souls, an d in though t, w ord a nd deed

he doe s n o violence.

Always he keeps the sign of Liberation, by which all the ka rm a an d

illusions finish.

H e establishes the Pa th , becoming the fo rm of Han sa, an d he wears

earrings, a necklace, a n d he puts the tilak o n his forehe ad.

H e eats plain an d simple foo d, a nd daily he repeats m y N aam.

If he takes your Naam also, then

I

will send him to the Imm ortal

plane.

Giving up all karmas and illusions, he remains absorbed in the

Essential Shabd a.

H e doesn t touc h wo ma n, he never loses semen, and from his heart

he removes all anger an d f raud .

H e gives u p w om an, calling her the mine of hell, an d with one-

pointed attention, he attaches himself t o the Sh ab da of Gu ru .

H e throws aw ay all anger and fraud, an d going in the Ganges of

Forgiveness, he bathe s there.

H e is the abod e of joy an d meditation, a nd the ocean of happiness,

love an d coolness. H e never tests whether on e is a king o r a

subject.

By doing the meditation of the Unrepeated, he removes the pre-

vious veils;

O n e w ho remains unaffected an d never flows into passions-such a

renunciate gets me.

Meeting m e, h e becomes like me an d remov es all duality.

H e remains absorb ed a t the Feet of t he Ma ster, giving u p all illu-

sion, fraud and cleverness.

O n e w ho always remains in the Ord ers of the Master-Evil Kal will

not get him.

H e keeps firm faith in the Master, an d understands him as me.

H e gets all fruit by serving the M aster. If on e becomes antagonistic

to th e Ma ster, he will not cross.

As the lily loves th e moon-in the same way the disciple shou ld

have faith in the M aster.

T h e renunciate shou ld live like this. O nly he is a lover wh o loves the

Master.


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TH E Q U A LITIES O F

TH

HOUSEHOLDERS

Now, Dharam Das, listen to the devotion of the householders,

doing which they d o not fall in the snare.

They throw away all the qualities of the crow, and in their heart

remains mercy for all souls.

They don t go near fish, meat or wine; they always remain vegetar-

ians.

They drink the sign of liberation so that Kal doesn t come to stop

them.

They ad op t the necklace, tilak, an d the clothes of the sadhu, and in

their heart they always have love for the words of th e Gu ru-

mukh.

They maintain love for the Saints, and always serve the true

devotees.They sacrifice everything for the service of the

Master.

brother, in thought, word and deed, they become firm and do

the S imran which the M aster gives them.

HYMN

Listen, Dhara m D as: These are the strings of Sat Puru sh by which

the householders get liberation.

W ithout eyes one cannot go to His Home-then what else can be

done?

Dharam Das, the essence of the Incarnation is the Eyes, which

will awaken all the souls.

If on e trusts My W ord s, I will finish his birth and d eath .

COUPLET

Those w ho accept the Shab da with faith, an d those who repeat the

Na am of Sat Pu rush day and night,

Those who have got such Naam triumph over the Ocean.

T A K E S O U RNA AM LSO It is not enough to venerate a past Master (K abir

is speaking of the fu ture he re );one m ust also sit at the feet of the living

Master .

M I N E F HE LL W oma n as sex-object; the thought ho lds t rue in reverse .

M EE TIN G E Working th rough the l iv ing Master , as he makes c lear th ree

lines later.

N E C K L A C E ,I L A K

N D

CLOTHESSymbolically. Each a rticle of th e Sadh u s

dress has inn er significance, and the householder disciple is supposed t o

adopt that for w hich the ar ticles s tand . Compa re Gu ru Arjan s hym ns,

Ho Kurbane Jao Mehar Bana a n d Sachya Guru Meharbana


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COUPLET

Love the Ferryman who takes us across:

W hen o ne gets the Sa tguru as his Ferrym an, he crosses the ocean of

the world.

TH E CONSEQUENCES O F CARELESSNESS

As long as the soul remains in the body, bro the r, practice the

Path of Shabda.

Just as the brave one remains in the battlefield-if he runs, he is

defamed.

Th e Precious Shabda of the Master is the battlefield, and Kal gets

those who waver from it.

The soul who goes away from the Master never survives. Falling in

the firepit, he will be burned.

brother, he gets many sufferings. Birth after birth he goes into

Hell.

He gets millions of births as a snake, and in bearing the fire of

poison , he loses each birth.

H e is born in the dirt in the body of the worm, and fo r many births

he remains in hell.

H ow mu ch should say abou t the pains which such souls get?

Accept the Shabda of the Gurumukh and be firm in it.

If the Master is gracious, Sat Purush is also gracious. Kal cannot

even touch those who remain firm in the Master.

Fo r the sake of the souls I say, "Those who a re the devotees of the

Guru-they don't lose "

ARTI The

rti

stand s for meeting or having darshan of th e M aster. Kabir

has , in one of his most fam ous hym ns , writ ten o ut a s imilar sequence

of relat ive frequency for having the M aster 's darsh an. The symb olism

of the arti the presen tation of light -se rve s bo th for initiation and

darshan .

POOR Th ey will not be able to afford to travel to the M aster's feet.

MILLIONS

F

B IR T H STO ake Naam from a living Master is the gateway to

l iberat ion, which is the reason for the human birth. Any human who

knowingly, deliberately, definitely and finally rejects the opportunity

for liberation is also rejecting human birth, and goes back into the

"w heel of eighty-four." On ce in the wh eel an d de scend ing, a little

m ath em atic s will sho w the logic of st atem ent s like this: most fo rm s of

life are a lot closer to snakes and w orm s than th ey a re to hum an s. "Hell"

may be an y s tate in wh ich w e are separate from G od , including but not

necessarily the theological hell w e are used to in the Christian tradition.


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Even if th e jiva per form s millions of Yogas, w ithout the Satg uru he

will lose.

T he Satguru shows the P at h to the Unreachable-Whose secret not

even the Vedas reveal.

T he Vedas describe him who has created them-they d o not know

the Secret of Sat P urus h.

Any soul who is discriminating accepts the true Shabda.

O ut of millions, rare a re the discriminating Saints w ho accept M y

Word.

All others are trapped in Niranjan s snare, and those un fortun ate

ones d o not invert a nd recognize the Real Ho m e.

P R E C A U T I O N

xample of

the

u koo

Listen to the nature of the baby cuckoo, and understanding its

qualities, think about it.

The cuckoo is clever and has a sweet voice, and her enemy is the

crow-who is the mine of sins.

Sh e lays her egg in his nest a n d m akes th e evil on e her friend.

T h e crow nourishes it, thinkin g that it is her friend. T h e crow-who

has th e intellect of Kal-hatches th at egg.

Th en the egg hatches an d the fledgling comes out . Afte r so me days

its eyes open.

W hen her body becomes strong, its mothe r comes to ma ke it hear

her voice.

Hearing her voice, the baby awaken s, since the voice of th e cucko o

family is dear t o her.

W hen the crow goes to bring foo d, again the cuckoo makes i t hear

her voice.

Sh e awa kens the baby cuckoo-which is her essence-and the

qualities of th e crow d o not remain in its heart.

O ne day, in front of t he crow, the cuckoo makes her baby fly away.

Sh e mak es it fly by singing with her voice, a n d the cro w becomes

restless a n d flies af te r them .

H e doesn t catch them an d, getting tired a fter a while, he comes

back hom e a nd goes to sleep.

The baby cuckoo reunites with its family, and the crow becomes

unconscious afte r engaging in fruitless wo rk.

H Y M N

Singing with her ow n voice, the bab y flew an d met th e family.


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Th e crow became restless and tired when he didn't get her.

Th e crow came back to its nest, lost consciousness, and repented;

Th e baby cuckoo met her father, bu t the crow remained engaged in

fruitless works.

COUPLET

Like the baby cuckoo, the souls will meet Me in this way.

Those who get to the Real Home in this way, I will liberate their

whole family.

The qualities of the ansa

bro ther, on e who gives up the intellect of the crow and takes up

the qualities of the Han sa, goes t o Sat L ok.

Nobody likes the voice of the crow; but hearing the voice of the

cuckoo, everyone is happy.

In the same way the Hansa speaks words of Love and Truth and

accepts the Word of the G uru as the Nectar of Love.

He doesn't speak deceitful words to others, and always remains

serene.

If anyo ne comes t o him bringing the fire of anger, h e himself extin-

guishes their heat after becoming water.

The following are the signs of the Knower and the ignorant one.

The ignorant one is crooked, ha rd, and of bad intellect.

The Knower is cool, full of love, and w ithin him reside truth, con-

tentment, and discrimination.

The qualities of the Knower

He is the Knower who removes the bad intellect and, recognizing

the element of mind, forgets it.

If on e speaks harsh words after becoming a gyani, such a gyani is

called an ignorant one.

No matter if on e seems to be brave-understand th at only he is

brave who goes in the battlefield and dies.

The Know er shou ld see from the sam e perspective-I am telling you

the signs.

In the foolish heart, effort does not come, and Sar Shabda and

Master are not understood.

If a blind one steps in the mu d, n obo dy laughs a t him; but if one

who has eyes steps into a bad place, he is blamed.

Dh aram Das, in this way-by the true Shabd a and the Remem -

brance of the Master-one shou ld distinguish between Know -

ledge and ignorance.


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PILOGU

H e resides in everybody. A t som e places He is hidden an d at o ther

places H e is manifested.

This is His sign: that He bows to all, understanding them as His

Essence; and H e accepts G urubh akti.

YMN

H ow firm Prah lad remained in his devotion because of the color of

Love

Even though he was given terrible pain, he remained firm and

accepted the qualities of the L ord.

If on e accepts the Sa tguru in this way, such a soul becomes precious.

If he is steadfast, he will reside in the Im m orta l Plan e.

D E SC RI PT IO N O F PA R MA R T H

OUPLET

After giving up illusion and the snare of Y am a, one should keep his

attention in Sat Naam:

Walking on the True Path, he should keep his attention in Par-

marth.

The example o the Parmarthi

cow

Understand the cow as the mine of Pa rm arth : Gyani, recognize

her ways and attributes.

She herself eats the grass in the field, an d then , drinking water, gives

milk.

It

nourishes the calves, and by her milk a nd ghee even the gods are

satisfied.

Even her du ng is used by m an; bu t ma n, by doing sinful karm as,

loses his birth.

W hen the time comes that the cow leaves her body, the de m on men

devour it.

Her skin also gives so much happiness. bro ther, so many good

qualities are in the body of the cow.

The qualities o the Parmarthi Saint

If-like the cow-Saints also accept this W ord , then Kal cannot

devour the jivas.

If one has such qualities in the human body, and he meets the

Satgu ru, he becomes imm ortal.

Listen, Dharam Das, to this Word of Parmarth. By doing Par-

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Pa rm art h is the support of the Saint. On e who gets this from the

perfect Master goes to the other shore.

He gets the knowledge of the true Sha bda , an d by doing Par m art h

goes to S at Lok.

Forge tting himself, he does seva. If he remem bers himself he suffers

a lot.

A man is very clever as he says, "I have good qualities an d

karmas

He calls himself "doer of good karmas,' ' an d for the bad karmas he

says that H ari has done it.

In this way the good karm as end a nd , Dh aram Das, by touching his

feet one gets only disappointm ent.

One who keeps Naam as the only hope never shows and boasts of

his good karma.

H e always keeps his attention at the Feet of th e Master, as the fish

never forgets the water.

H e always puts his attention in the Shab da of the M aster, a nd day

and night he sings the praises of the true Naam.

As the fish never forgets the water, in the same way he accepts the

Shabda.

The effect of Sat Purush's Naam is such that the Hansa doesn't

come in to the world again.

Definitely he goes to Sa t Pu rus h Dh aram Das , it is like the nature

of the turtle.

HYMN

The souls will come running to their home as is the nature of the

baby turtles;

The Messengers of Yama will look at them and-becoming weak-

they will no t go near th em .

Becoming fearless, the Hansas will go, reciting the Sa t Naam .

The H ansas will reunite with their family, an d all the Messengers of

Yama will stand there helplessly.

COUPLET

The Abode of Happiness where the Hansas will live happily is

precious;

PR AH LA D he son of th e Demon King, he refused to wo rship his father as

God despite heavy torture.

PAR M ART H he spir itual way.

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