Heart to Heart

In a question and answer session, a disciple remarked: “Master, we long to be close to you, but it’s impossible for 600,000 satsangis to be close to the Master physically.”

Hazur replied, “You see, whenever you are attending to the Master within, you are showing your presence to him physically, within. The Master is within you. So be in his presence; you are physically present before him.”
_{Spiritual Perspectives, Vol. III}

On one of his trips abroad, Maharaj Charan Singh was preparing to go through customs for boarding the plane. His face was glowing, more radiant than ever, and his smile was full of ineffable love and mercy. A new initiate, with tears in his eyes, suddenly spoke out the thoughts of all those present: “Master, I am very sad that you are leaving us.” The Master turned to him and gently replied, “Am I leaving you?”
_{Heaven on Earth}

In Heaven on Earth, it is recorded that several priests were greatly impressed when the Great Master came to their village and gave a discourse. A few of them even asked for initiation. Upon hearing this, one of the villagers went to one priest and said, “You should be ashamed. You, a Brahmin, bowing at the feet of a Sikh!” The priest replied, “Just look at him with my eyes – what do you know of his greatness!”