Our Only True Friend

Man is really always alone but he thinks, and wrongly so, that he has a host of friends, possessions and attachments. At last, a time comes when he is disillusioned, and if he happens to be a satsangi, he realizes that the only real and true friend is the Master.

If we are not attached and have no expectations or unfulfilled desires, the behaviour of other people does not affect us much. After all, it is not the things themselves, but the reaction which they produce upon us which really matters. People of the world also ultimately come to this conclusion after receiving hard knocks and crushing disappointments. But a satsangi gradually and almost imperceptibly loosens the bonds of attachment in this world by devotion to Shabd.

Please have courage and faith in the Master. Now that you have learned the hollowness of the world and its possessions and attachments, you will be able to devote all your attention assiduously to simran and listening to the Sound whenever possible. As you very well know, simran or the repetition of the five holy Names is the foundation of this spiritual practice. It is by means of worldly simran, thinking of the things of this world, that we have become denizens of this plane and strangers to our own home. Therefore, we should gradually, by means of spritual simran, draw up our consciousness to the centre above the eyes, and then the Sound will automatically take care of us. We only have to do our duty and may thoroughly rest assured that the Master will do his duty; that is, he will take us at the proper time. All that is necessary is that we turn our back to the world and face the Master. He is always there to receive and welcome us with open arms.
_{Maharaj Charan Singh, Light on Sant Mat}