WHAT AFTER DEATH?
cannot grant on soul-level some actual experience of what he asserts on the level of the intellect, is not a Master in the true sense of the word, and his words cannot carry weight and conviction. A Satguru is verily Truth personified, God in the garb of man. His mission is to lead human souls to the True Home of His Father (Sat or Truth) called Sach Khand or the abode of Truth; the first Grand Division that came into being by His Will and hence the region of pure Spirit, eternal and indestructible. The Path of the Masters is a grand road leading from merely physical material world to the purely spiritual realm, beyond all duality and pairings of opposites. The Satguru says: Move ye in the vast sea of Light substance, In your hearts, in your perfection. Go on, and on and on, until there is not a vestige of the human left. The Light substance knows no limit. His is the path not of hells and heavens, nor of toils and sorrows, but one of flowery boulevard ‘studded with heavenly lights and soul-stirring strains of Divine Harmonies;’ and above all, He himself as an unfailing friend and an unerring guide comes, in all his glory in full radiance, and accompanies the pilgrim-soul into the great Beyond, instructing in the life of spirit, as he proceeds along, explaining the beauties and mysteries of the way, guarding against pitfalls and warning us of the sharp turns and twists that lie en route. The disciple, from the very beginning is taught how to withdraw from the body and rise above body-conscious ness into higher regions. The inner man is to draw himself from his coarse bodily encasement, as a hair is drawn out 103