RADIO RUHANIYAT. 10-05-2013: Episode 323

REAL RELATIONSHIP !

In fact all men and matters, events and eventualities have their importance because of their relationship with us. It is not the status or the stature of a person that matters for us but what really matters is how that person is related to us. It is one thing when a man and woman meet as strangers, it is different when they meet as husband, and wife and still different if they meet as brother and sister or as a mother and son.

It is in this context that man’s relation with God has to be examined. Unless the relation of the Creator with the creation is revealed to us, we will be groping in dark for peace. And without such revelation, we cannot develop a genuine urge to live above the animal plane. The real relationship has to be revealed to us; obviously we cannot have any relation with the unknown. Practically, there can be no relationship as husband and wife unless two persons are first introduced; they cannot have the married happiness unless the real relationship is established. In other words knowledge is a prerequisite to all relationships. Our relationship with Creator is no exception.

No doubt, as a Creator and Sustainer of the Universe, the all-pervading God is running this great show but our relationship with the Creator cannot be established unless we know Him, and unless we live with Him and love Him. This is the only way to be with Him and partake in the Eternity. This is how we can end our perishable separate entity. This is salvation, Mukti or Moksha or Nijat. And this is what great scriptures and prophets tell us. Now it is upto us to move a step or two in this direction and see the results. Religious scriptures and nobility of the past prophet cannot be of any help to us unless we follow what they did. It is no use wasting this precious life in customary rites and rituals (Karam Kand). And now the question arises how to realize God and how to establish the real relationship with God. The holy scriptures tell us the way and the prophet of the day does it for us.

Holy Bible say:

            If you know me you know my Father.

Holy Gita says:

            Ask Him who know me; bow to him in respect and he will unveil to you my Real Face.

Holy Quran says:

            Trust His messengers and you will be one with truth.

Holy Granth says:

            Kaho Nanak Gur Bin Nahin Sujhe Har Sajan Sab Ke Niket Khare (God is standing by your side; You cannot know Him without a guide).

It is thus amply clear that the All-pervading God has to be known through the Knower, the prophet of the time; only the prophet can establish the relationship between man and God. And if the relationship is established once, it is established for all times. It is no temporary vision or some spiritual miracle which has a momentary effect. It is a real relationship which has a lasting effect. Once a relation, always a relation. Once a father, always a father or once a son, always a son. It has to be clearly understood that such a relationship cannot be established merely through reading, and reciting the scriptures or through some other spiritual discipline or practice.

Source – Sant Nirankari Magazine, September 2013.

Article by (Initial Part) – H.S. Almast