Heart to Heart

In a question and answer session, a disciple asked Maharaj Charan Singh, “The time for departure from the Dera is rapidly approaching, and I want some reassurance that we can take all this love with us and that this is as easily accessible at home as it is here.”

Hazur replied, “You see, our Master is within every one of us. No matter how much we try to depart from there, we can’t. So if we are carrying him with us, the question of departure doesn’t arise. Being here at the Dera, if you don’t carry him with you, it is the same thing as being away and not carrying him with you. If you are here, he is with you if you are carrying him with you; it is the same even if you are a thousand miles away, if you are carrying him with you. He is within you. So we have to carry him with us always, within us. Then there’s no departure at all. A feeling of depression shouldn’t come then because we are carrying him with us – he is with us.”
_{Spiritual Perspectives, Vol. III}

In January 1947, before the Partition, when riots broke out all over India, news came to us of the terrible conditions during the forced migrations. Great Master gave the sangat instructions about living through these times: “Do not look upon anyone as your enemy. Do not let any feelings of ill will enter your heart. Love everyone and do not injure or harass anyone. Even to hurt someone’s feelings is considered a great sin in the court of the Lord.”
_{Heaven on Earth}