The Master Answers

A selection of questions and answers with Maharaj Charan Singh

Q: Maharaj Ji, sometimes in meditation questions come up that demand a lot of attention. And often we offer those questions up to the Master inside. Will the Master answer those for us, in the sense that during the next day the answer might become clear, or someone speaks to you and all of a sudden your answer presents itself?
A: You see, actually we waste too much of our time thinking about all these things at the time of meditation. We should attend to meditation. Meditation is nothing but seeking the solution to all these problems which are tying us down to this creation.
Meditation helps us to detach from all the problems of this creation. That is a positive approach, rather than trying to find every little answer to every little problem. If you sit for a couple of hours, and for one and a half hours you are just talking to yourself, then the mind won’t become still. It rushes out with all the questions, all the worries, all the problems. Leave those to the Lord to deal with. Just attend to meditation. Because your thinking is not going to solve any problem at all – it will rather complicate it. If you brush the problems aside and attend to meditation, solutions automatically will be there.
_{Spiritual Perspectives, Vol. II}

Q: Master, how can we possibly clear all our karmas?
A: By meditation. That is the only way. You see, brother, the Lord’s grace is not lacking; our efforts are lacking, our sincerity is lacking, our faith is lacking. The Lord’s grace is not lacking. He is more anxious to pull us than we are anxious to go back to him. But for that we would not be on the path at all today. It is because of his pull that we find ourselves on the path.
_{Spiritual Perspectives, Vol. II}

Q: Would you advise us on whether or not it is good to go to sleep after meditation in the morning?
A: Whatever atmosphere of happiness and peace we have built within ourselves during meditation, why lose it by sleep? Why not live in that atmosphere the whole day and cheerfully face the ups and downs of the day? We definitely gain something of happiness by meditation, and we should want to enjoy thatpeace and bliss the whole day. That is the only idea, not that we lose the effect of meditation if we go back to sleep.
_{Spiritual Perspectives, Vol. II}

Q: Does the Master protect the disciple from falling for temptations inside?
A: The greatest protection the Master has given us to save ourselves from these temptations is meditation, and we should try to make use of it. If you have to fight an enemy, and you have been given a sword or pistol but you don’t use it, then it is your fault. The Master has armed you with a ‘sword’ and a ‘pistol’ (meditation) to face the enemy, and now you should be prepared to face the enemy with these weapons. Attend to your meditation and you will be able to face these enemies.
_{Die to Live}