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A Bi-monthly review devoted to t h e P ropaga ti on of S ri Babaji's Message and of Universal Brotherhood Throu gh Meher League·
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CONTENTS News About the Master
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Avatar
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Yoga by Swami Sivanandji
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Education for world Peace
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Bits from Sri Baba' s Talks
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Bits from Sri Vaswani's Talk
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Editorial
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Meher Asramam
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Meher League
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Our exchange
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NEWS ABOUT THE MASTER. Sri Babaji, with twenty-five disciples, including f\\·e \Vesterners, has been staying at Panchgani (Satara District, Bombay Presidency) since march 15, and May stay there till the middle of ] une. Bra Dadachanji writes: "The Ashram at Meherabad for the Mandali there, the Free Dispensary, and the Special Ashram for the God-mad are all conducted by the staff of the mandali staying tbere, each with different duties assigned. There is only one, Mahomed -·· the principal ~mong s t the inmates of the Ashram for the God-mad-who is brought here to stay with Babaji, who gives him his daily bath and food etc., as usuaL So that he alone from amongst the God-mad has the personal treatment and touch of the Master, who probably works through him for all the others of tbe type, as He explained when Mahomed was taken to France in September tast-"
MASTER'S WARNING. The Master once said "just 'I.S the diver' s uniform enables him tu be left un-touched by water, Divine Love enables the aspirant to divt: deep into the see of Maya, and yet be left un-touched by it. " And so He warns us "The chief props and agents of Maya are Kama , Krodh, and lobb (lust, anger and greed). Unless and until you subjugate them it is impossible for you to enter upon the path that leads to union with God."
Popular opinion is the greatest lie in tbe world. (Carlyle)
h2 AVATAR Questioned about 'Avatar' the Master said:God-realized Masters always do exist on the physical as well as on other planes, but are not always . known and seen physically. After cycles of years when spirituality reaches its lowest ebb. and materialie:n is at its highest points and at those critical periods when there is chaos and misery everywhere, the impersonal aspect of Divinity ac;sumeil personality, and the world sees the physical manifestation of an Avatar, or Prophet· It is the same Divine personality who manifested as an Avatar in the past times in the different physical bodies and under different names· These Avatars and Prophets, after completing their mis:;ion of giving a great spiritual push to humanity, giv,e up the physical body, and as'<ume once more the original, impersonal aspect of divinity. But even in their impen:onal aspect, they always remain self-conscious of their divinity.
YOGA (Swami Sivanaudji) Yoga is the dis;cipline of the mind,_ senses and the physical body. Yoga helps in the coordination and control of the subtle forces within the body. Yoga brings in Perfection, peace and everlasting Happiness. Yoga can help you in your business and in your daily life· You can have ::almness of mind at all times by the practice of Yoga. You can have restful sleep. You can have increased energy, vigour, vitality, longevity· and a high standard of health. You can have success in every walk of life. Yoga will infuse in you new strength, confidence and self-reliance. Through Yoga you can have complete mastery over the mind, passions, The body and mind emotions, impulses, temper, tongue, and so forth, will be ever at your beck and call. God·consciousne.;s or communion with the Lord is the acme of the ethico-religious discipline of Yoga. This is attended by a remarkable senses of freedom and moral elevation on account of the crumbling down of the false' illusory, little 'I'. The Yogi is in possession of all Divine Power now. He enjoys unalloyed eternal Bliss. Power of endurance is a virtue to be possessed by a Yogi, a Jnani, and a Bhakt;~.. Many hardships and privations have to he faced A wise man alters his opinion, a fool never.
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by the aspirant in the successful performance of Yoga, Titiksha develops will-power. That is the reason why Lord Krishna says to Arjuna: "The contacts of matter, 0 son of Kunti, giving cold and heat, pleasure and pain, they come and go, impermanent; endure them bravely, 0 Bharata! The man whom these torment not, 0 chief of rnen 1 balanced in pain and pleasure, steadfast, he is fitted for immortality," {Bhaga\·ad Gita: Ch. 11-14, 15.) Moral excellence or ethical perfection is not, however, the fi nal goal of the Yogi. It is only a means to the attainment of the end of Ethical development is more difficult than the attainment of life. intellectual eminencP., because the truths can only be grasped by the Yogi who possesses a pure or untainted heart. The essentials of moral life are straightforwardness, hone5ty, mercy, humility, respect for life or tender regard for every creature that breathes absolute unselfishness, truthfulness, celibacy, non-covetousness, absence of vanity and hypocrisy, and co!;mic love· The student of Yoga should not possess much wealth as it will drag him to the worldly temptations. He can keep a little money to get the wants of the body• Economical independence will relieve the mind from anxieties and will enoble him to continue, his Sadhana uninterruptedly· The student of Yoga should be abstemious in his diet. He should a\·oid laziness, ease, habitual languor, and excess of sleep. He should observe silence and occasional. mild fasts to ensure a good tone to his constitution. He should develop correct habits. He should check aH sorts of ambitions and the counter-currents of worldly desires by enquiry• thinking and discrimination· He should say unto the deceiving mind· "0 mind ! I know your tricks. I have got dispassion and discrimination now. Do not wag your tail now. I will clip it off ruthlessly. I have learnt many lessons. It is only ignorance that makes man prefer a transient gain to permanent benefits. I do not want again these sensual enjoyments- They are like vomitted matter for me. I have resolved to attain the free, everlasting fruits of Yoga viz·, EVERLASTING PEACE, INFINITE BLISS AND SUPREME JOY." Yoga advocates complete detachment from secular interests for the sake of practising uninterrupted medit~tion. It recommend~ meditation on the inner Light of the heart or anything that is pleasing to you. It prescribes that one should withdraw oneself from the ordinary affairs of In all things
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A Yogi claims that he can attain extraordinary powers and knowledge by subduing the passions and appetites and by practising Yama, Niyama and Samyama (or the practice of concentration, meditation and Samadhi at one and the same time). Patanjali Maharishi, author of YOGA-SUTRAS clearly warns the students that they should not be carried away by the temptations .o f powers. The gods themselves tempt the unwary Yogi by offering him a position similar to theirs· Students seek more after Siddhis than after Truth and spiritual attainment despite the clear note of warning· Desire for power acts like puffs of air which may blow out the lamp of Yoga that is being carefully tended. Any slackness in feeding it due to .carelessness or selfishness for Siddhis will blow out the little spiritual light that the Yogi has kindled after so much struggle and will hurl him down into the deep abyss of ignorance. He cannot rise up again to the original height to which he bas ascended in the Hill of Yoga. Temptations are simply waiting like vultures to overwhelm the unwary student, Temptations of the astral, mental and Gandharva worlds are more powerful than the earthly temptations· Success. in Yoga is possible only if the aspirant practises profound and constant meditation- He must practise self-restraint at all times• because all on a sudden the senses may become turbulent. That is the reason why Lord Krishna advises Arjuna : 0 son of Kunti ! The excited senses of even a wise man, though he be striving impetuously, carry away his mind, Such of the roving senses as the mind yieldeth to, that hurries away the understanding, just as the gale hurries ~way the ship upon the waters·" (Bhagavad-Gita: Ch· Il-60, 67•) Very often various sorts of obstacles come in the way of the Yogi. Disappointment, despair, sickness, depression, doubt, indecision, lack of physical and mental energy, slothfulness, unsteadiness, craving for sensual objects, blunder, act as stumbling blocks. He should not be discouraged- Patanjali Maharsbi prescribes EKA-TATTWABHYASA i. e-, practice of concentration on one subject to overcome them· This wil( give him steadiness and strength· He further advocates the practice of friendship between equals, mercy towards inferiors. complacency towards superiors and indifferance towarrls wicked people· This practice will generate peace of mind or composure and will destroy hatred, jealousy, etc. A new life will dawn in him when· he practises these To choose time is to save time.
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virtues· 'What is needed is perseverance. It is the key-note of Yoga. The Yogi is amply rewarded, when he gets full c~ntrol over the mind. He enjoys the highest bliss of Asamprajnata Samadhi •
EDUCATION FOR WORLD PEACE. "Education for \i\Torld Peace" was the subject of a lecture given in Pach~ippa College, Georgetown, by Miss Martha L. Root a .New York magazine writer and Mrs. Shirin Fozdar of Bombay. Both are well known in1ernational speakers. Miss Root said the catastrophe is that we ha.ve come to a new universal age but we are still trying to carry on with the old, out-used education, the national competitive methods and these would not work. vVe need new international thinking, we must have a world plan or we perish. Similarly, she said that in economics we are making the fatal mistake of trying to rectify the present civilization instead of realizing that it must be spiritually and socially transformed· 'We must have new education, we must become internationally minded, we must study homocnlture• we must establish a new world order viewing the would as an organism. She added : ''It is just this new world plan, this new international education to peace that I have come to speak to you about today. Baba 'u'llah, the great world educator, taught certain principles for peace· No one principle will establish universal peace, bnt all these principles of which l am going to tell you will r.reate such a spiritual brotherhood and understanding that war will pass I rom the earth·" She stressed the new solution of the economic problem, taught by Baba'u'llah, by which every child in the world can have the proper education to earn his living and by which there can be the great interchange of students. This economic solution begins with the farmers, for the agricultural industry is the most important and the most useful in the national life. It provides that every village community, as well as every city. would have a central storehouse into which funds would come to be used for education and the better help of the poor. "The turning point of civilization", Miss Root said, "Is when all nations and particularly those of Europe and the Far East will realize that economic and political laws are only aspects of the universal laws which control the development of humanity. So to obtain economic Our opportunities to do good are our talents.
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relief there must be world economics ; to obtain political stability there must be a world order; and to remedy the bitter strife of classes there must be universal religion. "She explained the new teachings about a universal League of Nations with every country a member and all countries laying down their arms simultaneously ; and she gave the function of an international peace force. Another of Baba'u'llah's teachings, she advocated, wa9 the equal education of the girl and the boy, as the girl is the potential mother: He said .that man and woman are as the two wings of the bird of humanity and the bird cannot attain its perfect flight until those two wings are equally strong and equally balanced¡ She told the audierice that when she visited the Argentine, South America, the men were helping the women in the suffrage work and Wire keen to work for the higher education of girls. Universal education was well taught by Baba'u'llah. The lecturer said, one must teach social studies, not alone subjects that begin in words and end in words, but practical studies to teach us how to live together as individuals and as nations. A universal system of culture must eventually encompass the world, a common curriculum, a common aim, a common purpose underlying the d:stinctive educational expression of each nation. This new cosmic education, Miss Root said, should be based upon one culture-that means the scientific culture or man and woman ¡ to their most complete susceptibilities. The chief function of universal education is to aid the child to develop to the utmost his spiritual qualities while subordinating and sublimating his animal tendencies. "There is a time in the development of character," said Sir 'Abdu'l Baba Abbas son of Baba'u'llah "when nobility of expression becomes habiiual. Then we hardly have to try to be goodâ&#x20AC;˘ "But it is a long, long step from the weak and ignorant child, full of careless and selfish tendencies, to the mature man or woman clothed in the wisdom and power of a spiritua character." The speaker also stressed the education for a universal auxiliary language, for the doing away of all prejddices racial, political, national and religious; for the harmony 'of science and religion as ed11cation to make us world citizens in the fullest meaning of the word, capable of sharing in and directing world civilization for which people must be prepared. "The Baha'i Faith" said Miss Root, "is like a Universal League of Religions which seeks for the unity of mankind." She closed her Miss not the occasion.
u1 ¡ address with the words of Sir 'Abdu'l Baha' Abba's as to the l{ind of education our colleges and universities should teach: "The universities and colleges of the world must hold fast to three cardinal principles of education. First, whole¡hearted service to the cause of education, the unfolding of the mysteries of nature, the extensio~ of the boundaries of science, the elimination of the causes of ignorance and social evils, a standard universal system of instruction, and the diffusion of the lights of knowledge and reality. Second, service to the cause of morality, raising the moral tone of the students, inspiring them with the sublimest ethical ideas, teaching them altruism, inculcating in their lives the beauty of holiness and the excellency of virtue, and animating them with the graces and perfections of the religion of God. "Third, service to the oneness of the world of humanity: so that each student may consciously realize that be is a brother to all mankind, irrespective of religion or race. The thoughts of universal peace must be instilled in the minds of all the scholars, in order that they may become the armies of peace, the real servants of the whole world. God is the Father of all, Mankind are His children. This globe is one home. Nations are members of one family. The mothers in the homes. the teachers in the schools, the professors in the colleges, the presidents in the universities, must teach these ideals to the young from the cradle to maturity."
BITS FROM SRI BABA'S TALKS
Divine Love You yourself are the cause of your separation from the Beloved. Annihilate that which is called self, and you will thereby gain union with Him. The highest divine knowledge is attained through love. follows hatred and forgiveness follows love.
Revenge
The Perfect Master He who loves his spiritual Master for the sake of love, ever intent on giving it and never desirous of receiving it, is a true lover¡ Surrender yourself to a Sadguru if you want God-realization.
The May of life blooms only once.
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FROM SRI VASWANI'S TALK
The root and the Fruit The root of love is the illuminated heart. joy that passeth understanding.
!be fruit of love is the
The modern world moves fast, but like a burdened motor-car• The modern world doth not know that the only riches are Love . . May ye bear witness to the Ancient Wisdom that to live is to drink in, the Light of Love ! (From 'Mira') EDITORIAL A word about 'Service·' Please meditate for two months on 'Karma, Yoga and Service.' There is always one thought in the mind of our dear Master -that of Service; and if we wish to be his genuine disciples, we must be one with Him. And we can be one with Him only when our thoughts become identified with s~rvice• Reading the immortal Gita a thousand times is no good, but the reading will be useful only when it makes us true Karma yogins. We must try our best to become good instruments of service. Service and Love go together· A great Master says, "It is indeed the will to be one with God, not in order that you may escape from weariness and suffering, but in order that because of your daep love for H;im you may act with Him and as He does. Because He is Love, you, if you would become one with Him, must be filled with perfect unselfishness and love also." Those who stand as candidates for becoming members of municipalities and Local boards must be saturated with perfect unselfishness and love. It is only then they can be useful to their country. In the words of a daily '' we must confess that the Congress record in the field of local self.government bas not been as satisfactory as in the field of provincial Government·" Disinterested service alone will solve this problem.
MEHER ASRAMAM (Saidapet, Madras) Members of Meher League assemble here and spend some time in meditation• They meditate and practise the virtues of 'Devotion' in Janu~ry and 'Equilibrium' in February. 1.
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2· Earnest spiritual aspirants may go there and spend some time in the queit place under the tree planted by the Master3. At present the Saidapet Rate Payer's association and the 'Civic association' are located here· Members take physical exercise and read news papers.
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