To systematize the teachings of his guru, Hazur Maharaj gathered
together the basic concepts and beliefs of Soamiji Maharaj
and presented them in easy and simple narrative.
Concept of Creation
Creation, according to Hazur Maharaj, comprises three grand
divisions-- spiritual, spiritual-material and material-spiritual.
In the spiritual grand division - the highest and purest of all-
the Supreme Being reigns over normal spiritual life. Pure spirit, uncontaminated
with matter, exists in this division. It comprises of six sub-divisions,
which are known as Radhasoami pad, Agam lok, Alakh lok, Anami lok, Sat
lok and Bhanwar gupha.
This division is also known as Dayal desh or the
region of mercy. Hazur also mentions this division as the region of Truth
of Truths.; he says that it is the essence, spirit, soul and life of
everything that has an existence. This division is boundless, unapproachable,
unknowable (except by sants), unchangeable, unfathomable, source and energy
of everything (perishable or imperishable) and an unlimited ocean of love
and wisdom.
The second grand division is the spiritual-material
region which contains both spirit and matter. In relative terms, matters
exists in purer form in this division and is subject to and controlled
by spirit; though spirit is here surrounded by coverings of pure matter,
it predominates in its functions. Like the first division, this region
also comprises six sub-divisions, named, Sunn, trikuti, sahasdal
kanwal and their three reflexes which have been designated as
and desh or regions of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh
respectively. This division is also called Brahmand or the seat
of universal mind and pure matter. Hazur points out that in the Vedic
cult this is erroneously considered the final and eternal division while
actually matter in purest form exists there; hence permanent durability
and immunity from change, decay or dissolution should not be taken as for
granted.
The third grand division is call material-spiritual
region in which matter predominates over spirit. Here spirits are heavily
shrouded with thick coverings of coarse matter; on account of this, the
spirits have lost consciousness of their original place-- the first division--
and have engrossed in carnal desires and passions. The animates and inanimates
which exists in this division are grouped into four classes: jeraj,
andaj, swedaj and udbhij. To first three classes belong
the animate bodies, while the fourth class includes mineral and other objects.
This division is also called pind and has been divided into six
sub-divisions and six ganglia related to human body. The pind is
also known as expanse of the nine apertures and five sense organs. Hazur
holds that so long as the spirit remains clothed in material coverings
or bodies in the region of matter, it will of necessity be subject to the
forces of nature or matter and have a downward and outward tendency. He
further points out that in the spheres comprised in the third grand division,
white light and the white matter of human brain represent spirit current;
while blue light and dark rays or the grey matter of human brain indicate
kal purush or brahman - the ruler of the coarse material regions.
It is clear, therefore, that fundamental units - the spirit,
mind and the matter - partake in creation. Spirit is the primary constituent
in everything and it is reflected both in the lower regions of brahmand
and pind. It is the light-giver or sound. Mind is the main working
factor in the second region, and it is reflected in the third region also.
Matter occupies a prominent place in the third grand division and is energized
and enlivened by spirit-force. Hazur says that the whole work of creation
in various spheres is carried out through the instrumentality of emanations
or spirits issuing forth from the Supreme Being, as rays from the sun,
and this creation exists and subsists as long as the spirit maintains connection
with the body or the form that it assumes; and that decay and decomposition
follow the severance of this connection.......Matter within its sphere
is also imperishable in its original form, namely, chaotic or atomic, but
it owes its life and activity to the impulse from the spirit force.
The three grand divisions in the universe, according
to Hazur, have a correspondence or are in the same plane with similar divisions
in the human form which is just a miniature or microcosm of the great universe
or macrocosm. The entire creation, indeed, is nothing else but emanation
from the Supreme Being. Absolutely pure in the first grand division, the
purity of the spirit decreases as it gets more steeped in mind and matter.
It can regain its pure spirituality, if it attempts, only through the grace
and mercy of the Supreme Being.
Concept of Supreme Being
Hazur's Supreme Being is the sole director of the entire
creation and the whole universe is the creation of His will. He is present
at every stage of creation - unlimited ocean of spirit, love, bliss, light,
wisdom and mercy. He is all merciful or dayal. He is truth of truths
or satpurush. He is the essence of essences, spirit of spirits and
absolute spiritual source of all that exists or seems to exist. He is omniscient
and omnipotent. He is omnipresent yet He rule over the entire creation
from His own region - the first grand division of creation. As such Hazur
calls Him ekdeshi and sarvdeshi both. He is personal as well
as impersonal.
According to Hazur the Supreme Being, though nameless,
has given his own name as "Radhasoami". He further says that the Supreme
Being is formless, but He manifests himself through humanity in the form
of Sant Satguru to grant salvation to the jivas. Upholding
the theory of incarnation, Hazur categorically asserts that his guru, Soamiji
Maharaj came to this world with a specific mission of revealing to the
jivas their true home and the correct path leading to that region
through the practice of Surat-Shabd-Yog and in reality Soamiji was
Himself the Supreme Being. He further holds that God or Supreme Being of
other religious sects and the vedas have their origin in the second or
the spiritual-material grand division of creation, whereas Supreme Being
- Radhasoami - reigns in the first and pure spiritual grand division of
the creation. Thus in the former maya (matter in the purest form)
is discernible, whereas in the latter their is not the least admixture
of any maya. Radhasoami, therefore, as Hazur believes, is
not one of the many names of the God, but on the contrary it is the name
of the true and all-spiritual Supreme Being.
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