Light and Sound on the Path: Sant Mat — Mysticism, Spiritual Love (Bhakti), Gnosticism, Ethics, and Quantum Consciousness. Sant Mat is Death Before Dying — Die To Live Through Meditation. “In all higher regions, Heaven’s Music is the spiritual food.” (“The Way Out is IN”, by Swami Ram Bihari Lal) “God is perceivable only through the soul. But our individual soul has become surrounded or covered by several sheaths or subtle bodies [astral, causal, etc…]. So long as it remains in the captivity of these various subtle bodies and the physical body, it will be under the knowledge of these bodies and organs only, will be under illusory knowledge only, and will not be able to realize God. In order to know Him, the Jivatma or the individual soul shall have to liberate itself from these bondages. The one who is able to liberate himself from the body and subtle bodies, is able to lift himself beyond the universe, also.” (from a Satsang Discourse of Param Poojya Shahi Swami ji Maharaj) “The path leading to God is within your heart. Enter into the ajna-chakra and you will find your Beloved. God is found not in a man-made Ka’ba, but in natural Ka’ba (holy place), within your own heart or self. Turn your attention within. You should listen attentively to the reverberating divine Sound. The celestial Sound is coming to take you back to the Source.” (Swami Sant Sevi Ji Maharaj) “Until the last moments of his life Lord Mahavira inspired many to seek world peace through the attainment of inner peace, and he encouraged people to realize their divine nature. For thirty years he traveled throughout India to spread his message. At the age of 72, on the day of Divali in the town of Pawa Puri, Mahavira ended his worldly journey. In the state of deep meditation he attained nirvana.” (Swami Sant Sevi Ji) “Abhyas [the meditation techniques used by the Path of the Masters] help in withdrawing all the senses and directing them towards concentration…. To fix attention (‘Surat’ [the attention-faculty of the soul]) on ‘Shabd’ [the inner Sound Current] and to reach the stage of deep meditation is the main aim of these practices.” (Shri Paramhans Dayal Ji Maharaj, The Master’s Blessings) “Listen within day and night; you will hear blissful inner Sounds. Within everyone, reverberates Shabd [Sound Currents], about which no one knows. The Brahmand [cosmos, inner planes] is represented in the body in every respect. Says Tulsi, open your inner eyes, and the Sant will show it to you. “Glittering Light shines in the region of the Sky, which only a brave one can behold. If one seeks the Truth, one will not go down the transmigratory cycle. If one meets the Merciful Sat Guru, one will come to know of all the secrets from Him. If one renders service to a Sant, he will tell one of the whereabouts of the Abode. Says Tulsi, it is only by being dead whilst alive that one can find the Perfect Guru.” (Sant Tulsi Sahib) Learn more on Medium