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C.L. Gulati

Revelation Through Prophet

Another important aspect of the Mainstream is that God is known only through the living contemporary prophet. Jesus says:

“No one knows the son

Except the father, and no one

Knows the Father except the son

And those to whom the son chooses. (Matthew: 11.27)

This shows the inherent relationship of Father and the son (i.e. Prophet). The two exist together. If we don’t know or meet the prophet (son), we cannot know or meet God (Father). There is no other way. The only way is through the son (Prophet). Jesus says:

“I am the gate, whoever enters

Through me will be saved.” (St. John. 10-9)

And what is the burden of the Prophet? What does the prophet demand from the seeker in turn for grant of Revelation? Only surrender and a humble request :

“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek and ye shall find;

Knock and it shall be opened unto you.”

(St. Matthew 7-7)

Social Aspect

Love and humility are the highlight of the Mainstream. Jesus prized these values and declared that the humblest are the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven. Arrogance and pride have no place in the valuable life of spirituality. He says:

Whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased;

And he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. (St. Matthew 23.12)

All these references reflect a clear vision of Lord Jesus who stood for humanism, love and humility. “Love of God, and love of man” are the two pillars on which his teachings are based. According to Jesus all the law and the prophets hang on these two commandments.

                                                                                                              (St. Matthew 22.37.39)  

The other qualities take the back seat and in fact owe their existence only to love of God and love of mankind. These two spiritual postulates evolve durable cohesion in the society which are a pre-requisite for prosperity and progress of the society at large. Whenever these two aspects disappear, the social citadel crumbles down.

Strange are the ways of the world, it first kills its great men and latter worships them to be remembered forever.

SANT NIRANKARI MISSION

Taking a cue from the towering message of Lord Christ- “Love of God and love of Man”, Nirankari Baba Hardev Singh Ji activates the same feelings, “Life gets a meaning, if it is lived for others,” It combines the theory of mutual relationship through spiritual awakening with the innate spirit of living for others. Thus True Religion represents our love and worship of God in direct proportion to our dealings and doings with our fellow human beings. It is in this background we know that “ SANT NIRANKARI MISSION IS AN ALL EMBRACING WORLD WIDE RELIGIOUS, SOCIO-SPIRITUAL AND CHARITABLE ORGANISATION WHICH PREACHES THE CONCEPT OF ONE FOMLESS GOD (NIRANKAR) AND BELIEVES THAT GOD CAN BE REALISED ONLY THROUGH THE GRACE OF LIVING SATGURU (TRUE MASTER)”. 

The curves and contours of this definition of the Mission run harmoniously into the teachings of all the past prophets and globally accepted scriptures, enjoined by the bold message, “Man is a man if he is human. He is human when the entire mankind is his family. Mankind is his family when the all-pervading God is his home. God can be his home when he actually knows Him and blissfully identifies himself with Him by living up to the teachings of True Master.” In the expressive words of Nirankari Baba Ji, “No God, No Peace; Know God, Know Peace”, is the impressive philosophy of life which is the real and actual subject matter of the Sant Nirankari Mission, widely representing as the present milestone resting on the pillars of the mainstream of spirituality.

America based organisation, “We Care for Humanity” recognised Nirarankari Baba Hardev Singh Ji Maharaj as “2017 Supreme Spiritual Icon of the Year” at UN Hqrs. (New York) on 20-10-2017 aiming to honour the “Greatest Humanitarian of the World” with Global Order of Dignitaries Award.

The enlightened persons believe that all their assets, material and mental belong to God, and we, as trustees only, are ordained to use them for common good of the whole human race. This spells a living above narrow prejudices and dogmas of caste, colour, creed etc. Thereby, one becomes respectful towards others’ modes of dress, diet and culture. With towering traits of humility and tolerance, he leads a purposeful self-reliant family life and maintains order in the society. 

The apostles laboured hard, the martyrs died in torments, the scholars and the scientists proclaimed the beauties of higher life, the sociologists untiringly inculcated the sense of duties of good citizen, the philosophers pioneered sublime thoughts, and all agreed that God is one and that man’s first duty is to realise Him. If man loses faith in God, he loses faith in himself. It spells crisis of character resulting in shocking crash of human values followed by chaos and wide spread violence. Then, only a Messiah can redeem the world. 

Religion essentially means knowledge of God. In the absence of actual knowledge, God is different for different persons and for the same person on different occasions. The concept of one God for all, foresees the idea of one religion for all, that suits the whole human race. Mission has succeeded in achieving this objective through a living revelation of Fatherhood of God, the central seed of all religions, ruling out conversions. 

The wide range distinguished Socio-Spiritual and Charitable activities of the Mission led to the grant of “General Consultative Status” by U.N. The Mission has expressed the firm opinion that every kind of discrimination and inequality, including socio-economic and gender, can better be sorted out through Spirituality.

The Mission as a parent body has two strong arms, Sant Nirankari Mandal, the organizational setup spreading Divine Knowledge globally and Sant Nirankari Charitable Foundation, exclusively carrying out the socio-charitable activities of general public utility, irrespective of caste, creed, colour, culture, religion and nationality, holding the banner “Service with humility.” It was exactly this kind of religion in his mind, when William Burke claimed that the religion is the foundation of Republic of Mankind, the second name of Humanism, the basis on which all true Civil Governments rest and from which power derives its authority, laws their efficiency and both their sanction. If it is once shaken by contempt, the whole fabric cannot be stable or lasting.

The Corona Virus pandemic, the challenging event of our life time, has proved to be harbinger of destruction in terms of loss of lives. The entire humanity feels helpless to change its hapless into happiness. It will be divine intervention and an act of serendipity that we will come out of this pandemic. The whole world is closed for renovation. Restoration of enlightened faith in the Omnipresent and Omnipotent God marks the needed renovation, holding promise for a happier world eagerly waiting for “Grand opening.”

It is believed universally that a healthy heart beat makes two sounds. “lub dupp, lub dupp.” Time has come for all of us to consider if this can be changed into two more important and much needed sounds; “love deep, love deep” We can surely hear the sound this way when we heartily pick up the spiritual message “God is love and love is God.”

The Sant Nirankari Mission has become today a mass movement of God-Knowledge and Universal Brotherhood working as a deep reservoir of peace, love and understanding to stem the wild fire of hatred, jealousy and ill-will. Hence the stress is on our own behavior based on spiritual enlightenment. The Mission is certainly poised for greater heights since the peace and tranquility, love and faith it preaches and practices is exactly what the trouble-torn world does need to stabilize and march forward to peace and prosperity.

Her Holiness Satguru Mata Sudiksha Ji Maharaj, the present Spiritual Head of Sant Nirankari Mission gives a clarion call, “The world needs to be united as a family, tolerating, accepting and loving each other, keeping in mind the watchword “God-fi-dence” having complete faith and confidence in God, truly proving our image of God.”

- The author is the Vice Chairman, Sant Nirankari Mandal, Delhi

- The opinion/s expressed in the article are that of the author’s and do not necessarily represent or reflect the policy or position of this magazine.