OUR SPIRITUAL HERITAGE
MICHAEL TURNER
"Shabda - the Word of God - is the fundamental building block and primordial construct of all that exists. IT is an eternal Current of Light and Sound that is pure, golden Love. IT flows out of the Heart of God to the furthest reaches of creation - manifesting all that is - and then returning to ITs Source. Within this LightSong of Eternal Love are self-aware particles of attention known as souls. We are those particles. We are souls. By relaxing, harmonizing our attention with and letting go to the return flow of that Wave of Musical Golden Love, we are lifted up and taken Home to God and the Eternal Kingdom of Heaven. This is the alpha and the omega of the entire teachings. This is Surat Shabda Meditation.
- Michael Turner
- Michael Turner
“The spiritual exercises of Shabda enable (Soul) to make contact with the Light and the Sound, the visible and audible aspects of the Word, which raises Its consciousness upward through the various planes of existence. Since this great cycle of the Shabda has existed since the beginning of creation, the method of traveling back to God on the return flow has also always existed. And there has at all times been a Living Shabda Master, a representative of God, present on all planes to lead souls on this path of Divine Spirit.”
- Sri Darwin Gross - http://www.atom.org/
- Sri Darwin Gross - http://www.atom.org/
SRI PAUL TWITCHELL
“To have spiritual freedom here and now . . . The Word is the first manifestation of God and the rest of creation, including ethers and other elements, was created by the Holy Word. It is the Life and Soul of everything that followed ITS first manifestation.”
- Sri Paul Twitchell
- Sri Paul Twitchell
SANT KIRPAL SINGH
“Spirituality is another name for Surat Shabd Yoga. In other words, it means union of the Surat (consciousness or soul) with the Shabd (Sound principle, Sound Current or God-in-Action). It is an inner experience of the soul and far transcends what various creeds and faiths have to tell us or promise to give.”
- Sant Kirpal Singh
- Sant Kirpal Singh
“(T)he Word or the Sound Current . . . is the ‘royal road’ that leads the attention onwards. This Current is Life. IT is the essence. IT is within us, for us. Christ spoke of this Current as Word. Mohammed called it Kalma, and saints have given IT various names. IT is the basis of all religions.”
- Hazur Sawan Singh
- Hazur Sawan Singh
BABA JAIMAL SINGH
“Listen to the Shabd-Dhun with love and devotion . . .With grace and compassion, IT reverberates day and night as an unbroken melody. When you focus on IT, IT pulls up the attention immediately.”
- Baba Jaimal Singh
- Baba Jaimal Singh
“Except Shabd, there is no other way for leading the Soul back to its Original Home. . . Shabd is present in the inner self of everybody. Everyone should, therefore, hear IT internally.”
- Shiv Dayal Singh (Soamiji Maharaj)
- Shiv Dayal Singh (Soamiji Maharaj)
GURU NANAK
“Those who have communed with the Word, their toils shall end, and their faces shall flame with glory.
Not only shall they find salvation, O Nanak,
But many more shall find freedom with them.”
- Guru Nanak
Not only shall they find salvation, O Nanak,
But many more shall find freedom with them.”
- Guru Nanak
KABIR
“Nam is the only reality, and anything besides is subject to decay and dissolution. Always meditate and concentrate on this reality.”
- Kabir
- Kabir
JELALUDDIN RUMI
“Seek the Sound that never ceases.
Seek the sun that never sets.”
- Jelaluddin Rumi
Seek the sun that never sets.”
- Jelaluddin Rumi