The Master Answers

A selection of questions and answers with Maharaj Charan Singh

Q: I suppose, Maharaj Ji, that any satsangi who does his meditation daily, diligently and devotedly for two and a half hours or more in the morning hours can reasonably expect to reach his spiritual destination?
A: Definitely. You see, you not only make spiritual progress within, but with regularity in meditation and living the Sant Mat way of life, your whole attitude and approach to the world and worldly problems changes. The time comes when you feel you’re not attached to anybody at all. And that is the main factor inour not coming back to this creation at all, no matter how little progress we have made within. Our whole attitude and approach to life changes by meditation, by living this way of life, and automatically we get detached from everything. And that detachment pulls us out of this creation.
_{Spiritual Perspectives, Vol. III}

Q: Master the word ‘happiness’ is sometimes defined as inner peace or calm or contentment. Is that what the Masters mean when they say we should be happy?
A: Happiness means perpetual happiness, perpetual bliss and peace within, not short-lived happiness or so-called sensual pleasures– those have terrible reactions. Happiness means that happiness which has no reverse reaction afterwards. That is perpetual peace and happiness.
_{Spiritual Perspectives, Vol. III}

Q: With our simran are we really calling to the Master all the time?
A: Yes. In meditation, there’s nothing else. In meditation we’re calling the Master at every stage, all the time, even to the last moment. For a disciple, meditation is nothing but the Master, at every level.
_{Spiritual Perspectives, Vol. II}

Q: Master, how can we help our fellow satsangis when they are having a hard time?
A: Everyone has a problem at every step in life, and there are a hundred and one types of problems. We are all full of problems. One has to struggle in life at every step and deal with these worldly problems. We should do our best, then leave the results to the Father. This world is full of problems – there’s no dearth of human problems. Mostly they are our own creation – I don’t say individually, but collectively. We have created these problems.

The Lord has given us enough earth to grow our food, enough material to live, enough places to live, but we do not know how to distribute these things, so we have created our own problems. We have exaggerated our needs in life so much that we cannot fulfil them, so we are always confronted with one problem or another. What do we need? How much can one eat? How many clothes do you need to cover yourself? How much shelter do you need? Calculate individually. Some have nothing, some have too much. So who created these problems? Our demands, our desires in the world – there’s no end to them, so there’s always a problem at every step.
_{Spiritual Perspectives, Vol. I}