UNIVERSALITY

By: O. P. Tandon (USA)

This happened in Paris. After a hectic day, Baba Gurbachan Singh Ji was about to retire when two ladies, both in late thirties come to see him. The Baba could not disappoint them. Form his door none has ever returned disappointed. One of them could speak English and she narrated how going into the whirl of materialistic life they had sinned, lost their husbands, their families, their love, and finally to get refuge and solace of mind, become nuns. Here they wanted to realise God. For this they had done penance, suffered much, prayed for long spells and yet they become more impatient and frustrated.

The Baba briefly explained them the turn meaning of worship. It was purifying the soul by merging it with the Cosmic Soul. Rituals, physical suffering, long prayers, which the mind could not echo or respond and which were mere lip service, served no purpose. As the Christ had said, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." The ladies bade a respectful adieu to the Guru, saying that for the first time in their lives they felt spiritual satisfaction and true gaity of life.

Later they collected more information from me. And it appealed them very much that Sant Nirankari Mission or it Guru was not our to start a new religion or debunking any creed. The aim was to kindle true spirituality in all men and women and this was acknowledging by every religious faith and prophet. Now enlightened, the ladies agreed that humanity could be integrated by the bonds of true spirituality.