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Ishwar Puri
Q?When can one get initiated?
A.

The Great Master.s Initiation is granted when He determines the

seeker is ready for it. The Initiations take place once a year
on Bhandara day, April 2nd.

Q?I have a question of Karma. In Your book The Anatomy of Consciousness, You state that
once a PLM initiates us, He liberates us from the Law of Karma. The only karma that remains
is mock karma. My question, Master, was does an initiated individual who commits a certain
crime or good deed receive the same karmic punishment or reward after he dies and goes in
the astral plane from the Master as he would from Dharam Rai?
A.

When a Perfect Living Master Initiates someone Dharam Rai gets

out of the way. The Master decides if a further life is needed
or not and also fixes appropriate events in that life so that
the learning process continues. Ishwar Puri

Q?I have a lot of external desires which takes my attention away from the path.
A.

Sustained meditation with more physical exercise will help. The

real solution lies in getting great and pleasurable inner
experiences in meditation whereby outside interests and desires
subside by themselves. Ishwar Puri

Q?Hello Mahraj Ishwar Puri Ji, I have met my spiritual master only 2 weeks who said that
everything is going to be fine I need to live in the present, forget the past, be positive and
have 100 % faith. Please can you advise me on how i can build on the last point. Lots of
negative questions go on in my head, for instance, is this is a way of giving a blessing then
leaving.
A.

Your question should in fact be addressed to your Spiritual

Master because you are seeking clarification on what he said! I
believe faith is very necessary for Spiritual progress. If you
start with doubt how will you make Spiritual progress? With love
and regards, Ishwar Puri

Q?I am an initiate of Sant Ajaib Singh Ji, and was raised a Satsangi. Growing up I went
through a period of being agnostic you could say. But recently, I have been drawn back
towards the ways of the mystics by studying Hermeticism and the ancient mystery schools.
What connection would you say exists between the 2 traditions?
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 A.

Originally there was not much difference between the two

traditions. Both believed that the Ultimate Truth could be found
only within ourselves and what was outside was a mere reflection
of what was within. But with time and errors of translation and
miss interpretation by some scholars attention began to be
placed on different ritualistic practices of the two traditions.
The Perfect Living Masters have kept the original intent intact
in their teachings and recommended practices. I am glad the
"agnostic" is returning to his Spiritual roots. Ishwar Puri

Q?1) When the Sound becomes constant at all times, day and night, without even plugging
the ears what is its true meaning and significance. Further, at what particular plane does it
become constant ? 2) Ever since the Sound became constant, interest in this world with its
attachments and desires, has undergone a severe erosion. However, the concomitant part of
this is the decreased ability to handle day to day challenges of life. Prior to this, when desires
for the world reigned supreme, one was motivated to perform in order to achieve. Now with
desire for things of this world disappearing fast, how can one still manage to live a
reasonably successful life for the remainder balance of life on the earth plane? Did the great
Master ever postulate on this critical subject.
A.

The constant sound can appear as early as the attention

gathering around the third eye. However the constant sound keeps
changing as we move up from level to level of higher
Consciousness! As the attention gets more and more attached to
the Sound one experiences more and more of detachment from this
world. In these circumstances in order to perform worldly duties
efficiently one must consider performance of such duties as Seva
(service) to one's Master. Love and regards, Ishwar Puri

Q?I have grown up loving science and having such an analytic mind I have not really paid
much attention to dreams, though these dreams were very distinct can you please tell me
whether I should give value to these dreams or should I just accept them for what they were
when I witnessed them? Is there any significance?
A.

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 Thanks for writing to me about your dreams and about your
analytical mind. I can identify with you because I have been
through the same phase in my early life. I intellectualized
everything and tried to understand Spirituality as a set of well
organized concepts. It took me some years to discover that this
was a precise but totally experiential science. Of course
dreams mean something. They can be prophetic, or symbolic or
curtain raisers to one's own Consciousness ! They can also be
recalling past life events in a modern setting.Very clear lucid
and colorful dreams have much greater significance than
monocolor ones the latter being generally a carry over of the
days thoughts and activities.It is the function of the mind to
create doubts but it is the power of the soul to overcome them
and build faith!

Q?Please explain why is it that sages like Ramana Mahirishi don.t seem to have the idea of
various inner planes {astral causal}? they just say enquire into the nature of your own
consciousness and as you progress the mind simply drops away, merges back with
consciousness and with that moment, time and space ends.and only the soul, or
consciousness remains and that.s it! No traveling through various regions.
A.

Very few Mystics have described the Inner regions or levels of

Consciousness because firstly it is not easy to describe
something so different from our experiences on the physical
plane and secondly they want to avoid giving any suggestions
which could be played out in dream like states and be
misunderstood as real higher awareness! Mystics who do describe
those regions do it in allegorical form and constantly remind
their followers not to take all descriptions literally! They
also recommend that meditation be done under guidance of a
Living Master who monitors your progress and lets you know
exactly where you are going. You are right that all Inner
experiences up to Trikuti, which is the Upper Limit of the
mind's realm, are created by the mind. But you should also be
aware that so are all physical experiences which we take as
absolutely real. Ishwar Puri

Q?I waste a lot of time thinking about sex. Watch stuff on the net. Been trying to kick it off for
years now (honestly). I do meditate also, but I could do so much more..
A.

Sustained meditation with more physical exercise will help. The

real solution lies in getting great and pleasurable inner
experiences in meditation whereby outside interests and desires
subside by themselves. Ishwar Puri

Q?I find myself fighting to believe in God, which is something that isnt too unusual. I recall

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you saying that if we have no desire for the things of this world that we are on a good tract to
find God. I do not want the materials do this world, I want truth, and to know and experience
that truth daily. Can you show me an experience?
A.

Don't fight too hard. Relax and have faith. Fighting hard or
struggling too much itself becomes a barrier to Inner
experiences. Love and regards, Ishwar Puri

Q?I have been following the spirituality for a long time, almost 20 years under no direct
guidance. I also meditate. Is it possible to determine the level that I have obtained and the
region that I have reached? Am I still at the very beginning? Do I need a Master? Why? Is it
possible for Baba Sawan Singh to directly guide me, since I dont have a strong connection
with most of the living Masters?
A.

If somebody has a strong affinity for another person it is

generally because of a past association. How far one has
advanced in the inner spiritual journey can only be found out by
going within and recalling previous experiences. One of the
important signs of a Perfect Living Master is his unconditional
love which does not change with time nor with changed
circumstances.Our human mind being what it is no real progress
can be made without a Master. Further to go beyond the mind it
is essential to be guided by a Perfect Living Master. Ishwar
Puri

Q?If you cant experience anything but you just sit there for meditation just because your
master told you to do so and you have strong believe that your master is a perfect living
master and you believe that whatever he says is true what do you call this, a blind faith and
or what?

Yes that would be considered blind faith! Ishwar

A.Puri

Q?Questions on Sach Khand, Dissolution, CD, Duality, Karmic result etc.

The question is too long. Master's answer is

A.enlightening

Even if you have seen Stars moon etc. as an Initiate in a

past life you have to start afresh in the present life and
1. go through the same course again.

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 All souls in the current Creation came from Sach Khand in
two installments and in Dissolution and Grand Dissolution
the same souls held in Upper Part of Parbrahm recirculate.
Those that have reached Sach Khand do not recirculate
2. unless they wish to.

The principle of Duality was created to enhance the

experience of Consciousness and applies to all parts of
Creation. It is the same as the principle of Pairs of
Opposites. When we return home to Sach Khand which is
beyond the regions of Duality the principle still applies
as it is a region opposite to Duality. The souls in Sach
Khand who never left their home, known as "Bans", enjoy an
inherent bliss and joy which is part of Consciousness
itself but it is nothing compared to the Bliss and Joy of
3. the returning souls who are known as "Hans"

Souls with no PLM on Dissolution stay in the upper part of

4. Trikuti. On Grand Dissolution they stay in Parbrahm.

Everything is totally preordained and prescripted. But in

human form the script reads as if we are making choices and
have free will?. How to please the Master is also
5. prescripted.

Now answers to second set of

questions:

Love and Devotion is more important than Simran and if you

have love and devotion for the Master you need not worry
1. about Simran.

If you follow Master's instructions as best as you can Love

2. and Devotion will develop by itself.

Changing of Karma by meditation is also preordained and

3. prescripted.

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 Pain and reduction of pain by taking medicine or going to
4. hospital are all preordained!

Q?Its regarding free will: You said in one of your discourses, that on the astral level there is
no experience of free will. People will know all in advance. That means they know their total
future at any time there? They will know at any second, what they will do next, and know that
all is prescripted ? How can that be.in some books I have studied, people were reporting
from the astral plane, and even in those books of the Theosophical literature, I found nothing
like beings know their whole life in advance. They act and think like we do here on earth, and
they do not know at all, what will happen in a few minutes, or next week. Its also said in
those books, that the beings there will have the option to make progress in the it spiritual
development. That.s only possible with the ignorance of the future, and with the illusion of
free will, otherwise they cannot make progress, its all prescripted already. Please let me
know, where I have misunderstandings about the subject of free will on the astral and causal
plane.
A.

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 Let me answer your last question first. The prescripted versions
of our destiny is different on different planes.On the physical
plane the prescripted destiny can be altered by divine
intervention but such intervention will be already prescripted
in the Astral plane. The prescripted life on the Astral plane to
which one gets full access and thereby loses the experience of
free will can also be altered by Divine Intervention but such
Intervention will already be prescripted in the Causal plane.
Similarly the Akashik records in the Causal plane can be altered
by a Perfect Living Master but such alteration can also be known
to a disciple who has crossed the three regions of the mind and
gone to Parbrahm. In Sachkhand everything can be prewritten by a
Perfect Living Master as that is the Source of all creation and
of all levels of experiences. Now the other questions: The game
of Creator Creation is a permanent one. As there is no time or
space in Sachkhand the term "forever" is redundant there. Hence
our mental effort to place events of Sachkhand in a time frame
is futile. There is no beginning or ending in Sachkhand! Souls
are trapped in different regions for ever. The upper part of
Parbrahm is indeed a part of Sachkhand but Mahasunn experienced
after Parbrahm is destroyed in the Grand Dissolution along with
the Lower part of Parbrahm. The souls trapped in Mahasunn stay
dormant in the Upper Part of Parbrahm till fresh wave of
Creation in time and space comes into being. If one has love and
devotion it is not necessary to see and cross the sun and the
moon and the stars. One can cross that region blind folded. The
two Wills I mention are to distinguish between mental will and
Intuitive will on the Physical plane. It is just a way of
avoiding the creation of more Karma by sticking to Intuitive
Will. It also helps in clarity of mind and a smoother life. Love
and regards, Ishwar Puri

Q?I am initiated in Sant Mat since 7 years. I am also professor like you, but I must say I am
not so positive about Path like you are. Maybe due to I am not born as Indian. My life after is
compose with depression, accidents, divorces and very difficult material life. No money etc
So I am loosing faith in Master and Path as on start..Please do reply me what is your
comment about these
A.

Many difficulties and adversities in life come from our own

actions of past lives. These heavy Karmas sometimes make it
difficult to meditate and get all the advantages of the
Spiritual Path. In fact with so many painful experiences the
mind cannot have much faith in the Path. So we get into a catch
22 situation where we need faith to have spiritual experiences
and spiritual experiences to build faith. My suggestion in all
such cases is go to your Master, explain the situation and ask
for GRACE! and more GRACE! Ishwar Puri
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Q?Sir, pardon me if I go harsh in words, but if there is such a illusion of Sachkhand at very
place inside, and person cant himself judge at what place hes actually, then how can you
say that the place you are talking about is actually Sachkhand?
A.

I am very happy someone has asked a very good question. When one
ascends different levels of Consciousness which are like
different levels of Creation, each one looks like the final one
and so a disciple on his own cannot go any further and
considers that state to be Sach Khand our True Home. If his
Master has gone no further he will also declare it as Sach
Khand. A Perfect Living Master who has Himself Realised the true
Sach Khand will urge and carry his disciple to the fifth level
of Real Sach Khand. The distinction between different levels can
only be truly seen from above. But it can be explained to some
extent by understanding the nature of Time (called Kal in Hindi)
which is totally different at different stages. In the physical
world we take time for granted as something that must exist for
any experience to take place and is uniformly moving in one
direction creating a past, present and future framework which we
consider as inevitable and permanent ! Here we cannot stop time
and freeze events. In the next higher plane called the Astral
plane (Suksham avastha) we can do so. Hence the experience is
entirely different. In the next higher plane we call the Causal
plane (Karan avastha) time moves in both directions and so the
experiences there, which is the true home of the Individuated
Mind and of all Akashik records which constitute all possible
permutations and combinations of destinies in any form in the
three worlds of Time (Kal), are entirely different. Above that
in the state of the Soul or Individuated Consciousness (Arma)
which is beyond and above the Mind there is no Time as we know
it but a state of Timelessness from which Time is created for
the lower levels, a state we call Parbrahm, that is beyond Brahm
the Creator of the three universes of Time. Sach Khand our True
Home is above and beyond Parbrahm and totally beyond
intellectual or mental comprehension! The human mind can only
function in time and space so the experience (which itself is
now not a very correct word) in Sach Khand is of Pure Totality
of Consciousness where Oneness and Manyness become the same.
Only a Perfect Living Master who has attained that state can
take his Initiates there. Indeed His guaranteed promise at the
time of Initiation makes it certain that He will take us there.
If we follow the instructions of a Perfect Living Master we can
achieve that state in this life time of ours. Ishwar Puri

Q?When a Master of truth leaves the body, where does this leave the disciple? Is the contact
broken, is the disciple on his own, who supports his effort? Does he just carry on with what
he can remember, where does he go for help and support? The Master takes out a contract
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on the disciple to take him to Sach Kand, but now the contract seems dead. Where does the
disciple turn?
A.

When a Perfect Living Master Initiates a disciple, who is on

his last life on the physical plane, He establishes a permanent
relationship that never breaks even if the Initiate takes
thousands of physical years to reach Sach Khand. The Radiant
Astral Form of that Master remains with the Initiate for ever!!!
If this is not the last life of the Initiate and he has to
have another birth in the physical plane, then the Perfect
Living Master in the last life is the One to stay with that
disciple for ever. Of course if a disciple has not manifested
the Radiant Form of the Master before the Master leaves his
body such a disciple can consult any other Perfect Living Master
for questions regarding his meditation and any other issues that
bother him.

Q?How does a rock reincarnate into an ant or something of the sort, if a rock sits there all
day like every other rock. Is it because it doesnt act like every other rock? Also, if an apple is
a consciousness, if you split the apple in two, is there two conscious beings now?
A.

A rock does not have active Consciousness like all living things
have. A rock has passive Consciousness which means because the
observer is Conscious the rock comes into existence. An apple
does not have a separate Consciousness. It participates in the
Consciousness of the Apple tree. Once plucked from the tree it
becomes the subject of Passive Consciousness. Splitting the
apple does not make a difference. Active Consciousness of any
living form requires a soul. Passive Consciousness does not
require a soul but becomes a form because of the soul of the
observer. Sounds too complicated? Perhaps it is! Ishwar Puri

Q?Do we regularly go into the astral plane when we sleep, or is it another more physical level
of consciousness that we enter. I seem to have very lucid dreams where I go to beautiful
places and speak to my departed loved ones. Is it easy to go to astral plane in sleep, or must
we do it more through meditation through the guidance of PLM?
A.

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 There are dreams in monocolor (shades of buff color) which are a
visual experience of previous wakeful events. Then there are
dreams in subdued colors which often pick up images buried in
the sub-conscious mind, very often those we have tried to
forget. Then there are dreams of past memories, sometimes very
remote past memories from the Sub-Astral region of
Consciousness. Then, rarely though, are dreams of a prophetic
nature which can give a glimpse of what is to come in the
future. Finally there are beautiful very colorful dreams from
the Astral plane. All these experiences look like dreams because
when we are awake we regard the wakeful state to be the only
reality! Ishwar Puri

Q?I am in the midst of changing my diet and as u know, Eggs are an excellent source of
protein (and omelet is my weakness)so will it be ok for me to still at least eat eggs, while I
am on my vegetarian path? I am in the midst of having a lifestyle change (I have started
meditating, exercising and have given up meat/poultrythough continue to eat eggs).
Please let me know as your insight will be very helpful! If you feel that eating eggs will hinder
my spiritual growth, then I will certainly consider giving it up as well! Thanks much and God
Bless :)
A.

The food we eat affects our power to concentrate our attention.

This happens through our subconscious associations with
different images we have built in. The eggs create the image of
something producing chicks and chicken. Hence I have always
advised serious meditators to avoid eating eggs as part of their
vegetarian regimen. Other items of dairy like milk and milk
products are O.K.

Q?At this present moment i am doing japa , have started to move from the movement of the
tongue to closing the mouth and saying the mantra. Would like guidance as to how do we
now teach the mind to say it but also then watch the mind doing the japa. There are moments
now while doing the japa I stop and there seems to be no need to carry on but sitting for a
few seconds in silence. Please guide.
A.

Meditate with eyes closed, feeling that you are behind your
physical eyes, allow the mind to think randomly and then listen
to those thoughts and watch any associated images that come up
with those random thoughts, smile at what you are watching and
you will begin to discover you are not the mind but an observer
and user of this "thinking" device called the mind! After some
practice you will be able to direct the mind to think what YOU
want it to think and the mind will become your servant and not
your master.

Q?Do PLM go beyond Sach khand to higher regions? What is the highest region that PLM go
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to please?
A.

PLMs can go above Sachkhand to Alakh ( which cannot be described

) Agam (which cannot be known ) and Anami (which cannot even be
named !) The highest stage is Anami! Love. Ishwar

Q?If one have problems with his health, could you elaborate on cause of it, is that past
karma too?
A.

Health issues arise for all of us based on Past Karma. With

Master's Grace and our meditation we get some relief. Sometimes
we can see that relief sometimes we cannot ! That again is often
based on our Past Karmas. Affectionate regards, Ishwar

Q?When human leaves a body is he/she remembers this last life or memory about it is gone
after death? In some lecture Master mentioned about complexity of karmic records in regards
to relationship between people and as I understood in reality its more simple because our
conciseness is generating only people we need to reconcile current karma with, is it correct?
And if so each person would generate required people to reconcile karma, so we still have
very complex network or Im missing something here ?
A.

You are right. The whole experience of a human life is generated

from within and all people and events are created to serve the
needs of that individual's Karmic destiny. That looks simple
enough but what complicates the system is how much destiny
should be reactive to past actions and how much to be a
continuation of old lessons still not learnt and how much to
finish unfinished projects and plans.

Q?Do you have any recommendations for me before initiation? Anything I should be working
on before initiation can happen? I thank you so much for your time, and am quite eager to
hear from you.
A.

Keep up your earnest seeking for the Highest Initiation by

meditating regularly and that will be the best preparation for
getting Initiated by a Perfect Living Master! Loving regards,
Ishwar Puri

Q?Im confused Sant Sawan Singh mentions that once you reach Sach Khand you do not
come back nor do you want to. If we do come back I heard it was only to help other souls and
not for our own adventure. Based on what you mentioned about total reality why would a
master then not choose to come back and always experience material world in an
enlightened state of consciousness? Are perfect living masters all knowing, and all powerful if
they so choose to be? The last question is mind is happiness and its opposite unhappiness
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and soul is bliss which has no opposite. Would total consciousness be a trillion times more
preferable then material consciousness? Sorry to bother you ishwar. I just really feel a strong
need to understand.
A.

Perfect Living Masters do not come for adventure but only to take back
home certain marked souls! It is impossible to describe the state of being
in Sach Khand where there is no time and space. Our mind cannot
imagine, visualize or comprehend anything that exists outside of time
and space. Hence all descriptions are only allegorical. For example if we
consider the soul to be a drop of water and Satpurush in Sach Khand as
the Ocean, then after the drop merges in the big Ocean and the Ocean
Itself manifests in the Physical world would we say the drop has come
back ? PLMs are the Total Ocean manifesting in a unique physical body
just like ours but in Consciousness they remain Total. Of course the Bliss
of Sach Khand is more than a trillion times better than worldly
happiness. We have to experience that state to know what it is. And once
you are in that state you become speechless because no words exist to
describe it. Perfect Living Masters have to invent allegorical stories to
inspire us and motivate us. With love from Ishwar

Q?One of your students has stated that the God of the Bible is on the 1st level of 8 levels of
heaven. And that your God is the supreme God. Could you please give me a simple yes or
no to this?
A.

I feel it is a total waste of time discussing God, levels of

Gods, how many Gods there are if any, and such like intellectual
questions without actually going within our own Consciousness to
discover the Truth of such matters. Discussing such subjects
without any practical experience of the nature of our own Self,
our Consciousness, which cannot be obtained without actual
meditation under the guidance of a Perfect Living Master is
nothing more than ordinary gossip. Please go within and you will
get all the answers! With affectionate regards, Ishwar Puri

Q?I dont understand how a perfect happiness would have a desire for adventure or anything
if the soul was so very in love and perfect happiness? The other question if we do go back for
adventure after total realization why would we return with total enlightenment being that the
first time we left for this adventure we forgot who we were? What would be the difference
please?
A.

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 Bliss in Sach Khand is not happiness because happiness has it's
opposite of unhappiness. They both exist in the world of
duality, the world of pairs of opposites, which is a world of
the mind. Bliss has no opposite!!! The Great Adventure in Sach
Khand does not occur because of "desire"! There is no desire
there. It is the Ultimate Will for experience that creates that
adventure and indeed creates all of Creation!Second time around
if we come back to this world we will not forget who we are and
why we are here! Thank God! Love. Ishwar

Q?This sounds very interesting. I was wondering if anyone can see the light you talk about
like a blind person someone that has lost their eyes due to an illnesswould it be possible
for someone like that?
A.

Even blind and deaf people have seen Inner Light and heard Inner
Music. Ishwar Puri

Q?Do I need to give up my faith to practice meditation and be accepted in Sant Mat?
A.

I have received your message about your faith and belief. At the
outset I would like to tell you that I have never criticized any
faith or Religion. I have hundreds of Christian friends who
believe in Jesus Christ and worship him. However I do tell these
friends to follow the teachings of their Master by practicing
those teachings in their daily life and not merely have blind
faith with no Spiritual experience and no Spiritual advancement.
Jesus says clearly and strongly that the Kingdom of God is
within you. Go within and find Me and My Father. He further says
that our body is the "Temple of the Living God"! Do we really
follow Jesus and go within ourselves to find the Truth or do we
just go to man-made Church and pay lip service to God and come
to live our life exactly as we did before we went to Church. Do
we have any real Guide who has personal experience of going
within and meeting Jesus? Most of my Christian friends have
never seen Jesus inside or outside. Yet some of my non-Christian
friends have in their meditation personally seen Jesus inside!
That is where He resides and can be found. I am glad you
believe you have been Initiated by Jesus and follow him. You
will surely find a Reality beyond our Physical Reality if you
practice what Jesus taught. You will also get an answer to the
question you have put to me. With affectionate regards, Ishwar
Puri

Q?My question is about the function of the powers the entity in those first orbs. Star sun
moon? I have discovered that every inner experience is mimicked in the solid human body
from the cell mitosis of cells dividing to form a human body. And the same thing happens with
one blue orb that divides and then transforms into an astral being. But much faster.
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 A.

Know that the three orbs, the Primordial Star, the Sun and the
Moon, lie between the Astral and Sub-Astral levels of
Consciousness and we often cross these regions in full awareness
and sometimes without awareness (virtually with blindfolds on)
depending on the pace of ascent set for the disciple by his
Master. This often depends on our Karma and desires and
attachments. Perfect Living Masters often show their disciples
previous Masters during their Spiritual journey. Loving regards,
Ishwar Puri

Q?Regarding some of the qualifications for initiation, how long must one have abstained from
all of the proscribed substances. I am vegetarian, no drugs, don.t drink, don.t smoke (but I do
use chewing tobacco) and have a couple of prescription drugs I take on a regular basis.
Could you provide some clarification on these issues (tobacco and Rx drugs) and any help
will be greatly appreciated
A.

Prescription drugs are all right. Try to avoid chewing tobacco!

Six months of abstinence is good enough! Ishwar Puri

Q?I went away from this path and lost my way and decided to come back as everything
looked mundane & insipid to the inner joy and light that you talk about. Do I need to get an
approval from the Dera to be accepted?
A.

I am very pleased to learn that after a short detour you are

back on track on the Spiritual Path. This Path requires that we
follow the instructions of our Master, the Master who has
Initiated us and who has taken responsibility to take us back to
Sachkhand, our True Home. You are mentioned about "approval of
the Dera"! Please know, Dera is a place not a Master. Many
Masters have come and gone at the Dera including my own Master,
the Great Master Hazoor Maharaj Baba Sawan Singh Ji. One follows
the instructions of one's Master and not of a place. When a
place becomes more important than a Master Spirituality turns
into a Religion and rules and regulations and ceremonies become
more important than true following of the Path with true love
and devotion for a Master. I must add I have great Memories and
associations connected with the Dera where the Great Master
Initiated me in March of 1936 and where I have spent so much
time. Indeed only today I have shared with some friends Parshad
from the Dera consisting of Rice grown there and vegetable curry
with spices specially brought from the Dera! With all my love,
Ishwar

Q?Ishwar Ji can you please elaborate on half initiation as much as possible can you please

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elaborate on half initiation in detail. Also I think I.m quite rational and actively seeking for the
ultimate objective truth, but I cant for some reason trust this astral stuff. I mean how will you
distinguish the imagination from the truth in astral travel? and if your imagination is the truth
then in my reasoning there is no order, its chaos. In seeking we try to distinguish reality from
the subjective mind that is the goal but in astral travel both get mixed up and what ever
appears is reality. Still I dont understand.
A.

Here are my answers to the two pending questions: Half

Initiation: Great Master used to give Half Initiation to young
kids between 5 and 12 by teaching them how to hear the "Dhun"
(Sound current)! For teenagers He would give Half Initiation of
"Simran"(Repetition of Holy words). When these kids grew up to
be adults they were given the remaining half Initiation. Of
course He made several exceptions by giving full Initiation to
many kids. Imagination and Astral experience: There is great
difference in Physical imagination and Astral experience because
in Physical imagination you cannot go beyond elements that exist
in the Physical world. Though there may be several new
combinations of elements that don't exist in the Physical world
the elements of those combinations are all of the Physical
world. In Astral experience several experiences have no
counterpart in the Physical world. There are new elements non-
existent in the Physical world. With an Astral experience you
can always know it is not Physical imagination. On the other
hand all Physical imagination arises from the Astral imagination
and hence the two are often confused. Love and regards. Ishwar

Q?How old must you be to receive initiation has the age requirement changed since your
times or it.s the same?
A.

There is no special age limit for Initiation! Great Master gave

half Initiation to kids as young as 5 or 6 years old. He would
say the Spiritual Path can be followed by any one from the age
of 5 to the ripe old age of 80!

Q?How is the supreme state of conscious different then a natural state of indifference
produced by a drug or something like that? I also wanted to ask about the fear and terrer that
some people speak of when they enter into pure awareness. They say your all alone and it is
our worst fear come true. Can you please explain that fear and do we rise above that?
A.

It is a state of supreme bliss and alertness. It is true that when

consciousness sees the Master it is only the subtle mind. Above the
mind the Soul sees by becoming that which it sees! All souls merge into
Total consciousness in Sach Khand including the souls of Masters.
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 Anami is higher state of consciousness for Totality to visit. No individual
soul reaches Anami. Love is a great experience whether you love God or
a person. But love should not be confused with infatuation or
attachment!

Q?I would appreciate your response to my judgments of Dr. Johnson as expressed in his
book Path of the Masters. It seems written from the point of view of someone who has not
gone beyond the mind. His training as, what I would call, an Old Testament Christian minister
permeates the writing and frames issues in black and white, right and wrong. It was from this
books point of view that I judged and condemned you as incapable of being a plm (I take full
responsibility for my thoughts and actions). Forgiveness is mentioned only one time in the
whole book as an antidote to krodh. There is little discussion of going beyond the mind. The
book is a testament to the authors powerful ego-mind.
A.

You already know that I don't judge anybody! So I can pass no

judgment on Julian Johnson or on his book The Path of the
Masters. But I do know that many Western seekers including
several Americans did come on the Spiritual Path after reading
that book. The internal experiences in meditation, like seeing
and being guided by the Radiant Form of the Master are held as
personal experiences generally not shared with others as such
sharing often leads to a boost in Ego which becomes a hindrance
to further Spiritual growth. For help in improving the quality
of meditation I can only say it should be done with great love
and devotion. Without love and devotion meditation is a
mechanical exercise not yielding any Spiritual results. Love and
regards, Ishwar

Q?I wanted to ask a follow up question please. So after merging in everything which the
Buddhists call the void I hear there is a great deal of fear and panic. Some call the highest
state alone where there is no one not even you. Is it the ego that is still there that is afraid
and how does a soul get past the fear? I read that the highest state of consciousness was
like a high state of total indifference where there is no happiness or sadness since you go
beyond opposites. It does not sound like you feel anything. Can you please explain that for
me?
A.

The stage at which the Ego merges with it's Totality is in the
second region of the Universal Mind. There one is alone and
"indifferent"! Most Yogis Yogeshwars and other practitioners of
various types of Meditation have thought that to be the Highest
level of Consciousness! Only Perfect Living Masters have taken
us beyond that stage to pure Spiritual realms where the Bliss
and Happiness is incredible!

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Q?My last spiritual teacher was Shaykh Hamid who was teaching from the Mevlevi sufi
tradition[Turkey]. He taught us from 1985 to 1990 at which time he disbanded his teaching
circle and told us we could go anywhere spiritually that our hearts took us. Another spiritual
brother from that group and I have wandered for 21 years looking for our next teacher.
Personally I have looked in India, Central Asia[Uzbekistan], the middle east, Egypt, Europe
and North America. Lastly, even though I have spent many years in the sufi tradition I am not
Muslim. I was born and raised Christian. As always thank you for your time and any
consideration.
A.

When you will meet "your" Perfect Living Master your "heart"
(INTUITION) will tell you this is it! After spending some time
with the PLM your experience will confirm that too! Do not allow
your mind to mess up your experience by creating unnecessary
doubts and fears! The Spiritual Path is not a Religion. It is as
good for a Muslim as for a Christian! Indeed it is even good
enough for an Atheist. All that it requires is that you seek the
Truth and that the Truth lies within you' Love and regards:
Ishwar Puri

Q?The path teaches us that karma can be improved by meditation. Does this mean that
meditation makes us care less about the impact of karma (i.e., losing an arm is not as
devastating to us when were meditating when compared to when were not meditating), or
does meditation actually reduce the karmic load we experience
A.

On Effort: The whole path is covered with "effortlessness"

! What looks like effort in the beginning also turns out to
1. be Master's Grace later on.

On Karma: Mixed Karma (good and bad) creates human life. A

big change either way can set up a life form other than
human which would take away the opportunity to escape from
2. this prison of continuous reincarnations !

On Time and Space: There is a fixed point in space as well

as in time for things to happen including progressive steps
upward on the spiritual path. We can discuss these and
3. other related topics in greater detail when we meet next.

Q?Is there more love and happiness here than at self realization? Is there something more
positive to attain at this highest level?
A.

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 Rising in consciousness above the Mind gives you Happiness and
Bliss that is way beyond anything that is given while you are
under the realm of the Mind and which at best gives limited
peace and joy !

Q?What is the mystery of disappearance from ones physical frame (the death).Is the death
pre-determined with respect to time and place? How and why the death appears to human
beings at different age and human frames? Why there is no premonition of death?
A.

Death destroys the physical body but not the astral body
which contains the same mind and the same soul that was in
1. the dead physical body.

Death is predetermined both with regard to time and

2. place.

The timings of death for different people are different

3. because of their different Karmas.

Sometimes there is premonition of death specially with

4. people who practice meditation

Q?Help me to understand how an all-knowing Consciousness could apparently miss what

was bound to ensue in regards to Kal Niranjan..
A.

In our Father's Home there is no time and space and no Judgment

of any kind. It is only His "Mauj" (Playful Will) that creates
everything ! So error of judgment does not arise!

Q?Please elaborate Initiation takes place in Astral Plane?

A.

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 It is true that Initiation by a Perfect Living Master takes
place at the Astral plane. How often one returns to the physical
plane depends on our attachments to things physical but never
exceeds four visits each subsequent visit having less attachment
and less load of Pralabhd (Fate) karma. It is more difficult to
meditate in the Astral plane because of greater knowledge of the
future, and becomes even more difficult in the Causal plane
because of full knowledge of the future in that plane. In that
sense it is appropriate to say that "ignorance is bliss"! The
Astral plane has two parts, the Upper Astral where you feel the
Physical was merely a dream, and the Sub Astral where we get
several non-physical experiences but not that of full
wakefulness.

Q?I have read that you are Great Masters disciple and that you are initiated since your 9. Did
you meditate from your 9 till now everyday for 2 hours? How did you manage that? What do
you think of masters today? I hope you can say a few words on this theme?
A.

I am happy to receive your e-mail and to know that you are a

follower of the Spiritual Path. I am a disciple of the Great
Master Hazoor Maharaj Baba Sawan Singh Ji and have tried to live
by his teachings. Whatever I am doing today is my Seva to my
Master. I have been with many Masters in my life and have great
respect and reverence for all Masters who teach that the Way to
Truth is within you. All Masters can help you to go up to the
level of higher consciousness that they themselves have
realized. We must keep meditating with love and devotion till we
come in steady contact with the Radiant Form of the Master. Our
true Spiritual journey then starts in the company of the Master
who takes us as far as he has gone! With love and RS greetings
to you from Ishwar Puri

Q?Should one avoid herbal capsules, that are made of of Gelatin?

If taken for medical reasons you may take the

A.capsules

Q?Armageddon, Doomsday, Apocalypse, Ice Age, Pole-Shifts rumors?

A.

It is not necessary to make any special preparations for a

possible future disaster, like the return of the ice age, as
there does not appear to be any imminent threat like that. One
can always keep normal household articles in the house for any
shortage one may encounter. The best is to use one's commonsense
in these matters.

Q?Is Ishwar Puri ji a Perfect Living Master?sour

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 A.

First of all I do not claim to be a Master nor do I Initiate

any one. I am doing what I believe to be Seva to my Master as
best as I have understood His Instructions. In that sense I am
merely a humble servant of my Master, and thank God a million
times for that opportunity or opportunity for any kind of Seva
for a Master, but not a Master myself. Further I am not aware
of any Will or written document by which my Master, Great Master
Hazur Maharaj

Baba Sawan Singh Ji, was appointed a Master nor am I aware of any such document
appointing my Masters Master, Baba Jaimal Singh Ji as a Master. Each seeker must
seek and be found by his Master. Our Master is one who pulls us from within with His
unconditional love which is hard to resist inspite of our minds frantic efforts to do so.
And if a Master is not a Perfect Living Master He can still help us to go as far as He has
gone. And if our seeking continues beyond where a Master has taken us we will
definitely be found by a Master who will take us beyond. These are the teachings of the
Great Master Hazur Maharaj Baba Sawan Singh Ji ! I also feel the Spiritual Path is a
very personal affair between a Master and his disciple. Each disciple progresses on this
Path at his own pace depending upon several factors like his Karma his opportunity for
being close to the Master his level of meditation etc. It would be wise for us to take full
advantage of the Grace of a Master and speed up our progress on the Path instead of
worrying about the speed of other peoples progress. Ishwar Puri

source: IshaNews.org

Q?What is the Radiant form of the Master?

A.

The Perfect Living Masters clone works all the time even
if the disciple has not manifested the Radiant Form of the
Master in meditation.

Whenever we pray to the Master He listens. The clone does a

great job!

When you make an image of yourself in meditation and you

are looking at it you are not where the image is but rather
where you are looking at it from. When you see the image
ask yourself where am I seeing it from. That is the point
where you actually are and so dont worry about not being
able to see yourself!

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Q?What does Initiation by a Perfect Living Master mean?
A.

There is no such thing as initiation at this physical level so

far as a perfect master is concerned! The perfect master
operations from the higher levels of consciousness and initiates
us at a level of consciousness higher than this wakeful state.
When a perfect master initiates you, he creates a connection
between you and his higher form at the next higher level of
consciousness. No perfect master ever initiates his disciples
at this physical plane! The "real" initiation takes at the
astral level within, from where he operates; from where he
connects his "spiritual form" to ours. He does not believe in
teaching any new system of rituals and ceremonies. He does not
propagate any new practices or methods of worship. We have
already been confused enough by all these things. We have been
praying and worshiping the Lord for thousands of of different
ways.

Q?God has created humans in His own image, then how come we are so imperfect?
A.

Everything that we can experience in meditation cannot be

explained by the Big Bang theory or the Evolution of human
beings from apes etc. indeed these theories are being questioned
by scientists themselves. For example the Big Bang theory
asserts that both time and space (which cannot be separated
being part of a single continuum of time-space) both began with
the Big Bang about fourteen and a half billion years ago. The
puzzling question with scientists today is if there was no space
or time where and when did the Big Bang take place unless there
was an earlier Big Bang that created the time and space for the
current one. Similarly Darwins Theory of evolution placed homo-
sapiens coming much later than the recent fossils of human
beings found in Africa by Dr Leaky and his team. Science cannot
explain compressed time which can hold millions of years of
events in a few seconds or indeed even in zero time and yet that
can be experienced in meditation. Creation of an imperfect man
and an imperfect world seems to be the best way to experience
the perfection of the Creator since we observe all things in
pairs of opposites. Perfect Living Masters do not come to show
worldly miracles rather their mission is to take us beyond the
mind to our True Home. You can call the Creator as God or
Totality of Consciousness or any other term it does not matter,
but realizing that state is a genuine possibility through
meditation. Love and regards.

Q?What is the significance of Guru Kripa or the Grace of the Master?

A.
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 Guru Kripa leads to faith and in combination they lead to
enlightenment! .

Q?Can the Perfect Living Master carry a devotee from the darkness into light?
A.

The Gurus power is immense! Please continue your meditation

with love and devotion and seek grace from the Satguru.

Q?What is the significance of the Sound and the ascent to the higher planes?
A.

The real sound that pulls us out of our body comes from within
ourselves which in the wakeful state is at the eye center. When
that sound pulls us we lose awareness of right ear or left ear
as we ascend to a higher state of consciousness where we get
actual experiences of our Astral self. The resounding bell sound
does not come from any side. It is a sound that surrounds us
because it is coming from within us. Many people have been
trapped into listening to the sound from the right ear which
does not have that pull and is at best just a practice sound.
But extended meditation even with practice sounds or with
Simran/Mantra alone have given people several dreamlike
experiences which they mistake as higher experiences! Such
experiences have not led them to the Radiant Form of the Master
or true Astral Region which is and looks more real than the
Physical experience! Always go by your own experience and not by
anybody elses experience. Continue your meditation with love
and devotion and withdraw your attention to the eye center which
is the gateway to higher experiences

Q?What do you think of the Masters today?

A.

I am a disciple of the Great Master Hazoor Maharaj Baba Sawan

Singh Ji and have tried to live by his teachings. Whatever I am
doing today is my Seva to my Master. I have been with many
Masters in my life and have great respect and reverence for all
Masters who teach that the Way to Truth is within you. All
Masters can help you to go up to the level of higher
consciousness that they themselves have realized. We must keep
meditating with love and devotion till we come in steady contact
with the Radiant Form of the Master. Our true Spiritual journey
then starts in the company of the Master who takes us as far as
he has gone!.

Q?Astral Plane and Physical Plane?

A.

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 It is true that Initiation by a Perfect Living Master takes
place at the Astral plane.

How often one returns to the physical plane depends on our

attachments to things physical but never exceeds four visits
each subsequent visit having less attachment and less load of
Pralabhad (Fate) karma. It is more difficult to meditate in the
Astral plane because of greater knowledge of the future, and
becomes even more difficult in the Causal plane because of full
knowledge of the future in that plane.

In that sense it is appropriate to say that ignorance is

bliss!

The Astral plane has two parts, the Upper Astral where you feel
the Physical was merely a dream, and the Sub Astral where we
get several non-physical experiences but not that of full
wakefulness.

Q?What is Death?
A.

Death destroys the physical body but not the astral body
which contains the same mind and the same soul that was in
the dead physical body.

Death is predetermined both with regard to time and

place.

The timings of death for different people are different

because of their different Karmas.

Sometimes there is premonition of death specially with

people who practice meditation.

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