- Sri Rajesh Raina

Rev. Master has mentioned in many articles, that a sort of Oneness should be there. We know that through Pranahuti, he infuses in us a new consciousness that enables us to contemplate and live this Oneness. Rev. Master thus ensures that we are able to follow the third commandment which says “Fix your goal, which should be complete oneness with God. Rest not till the ideal is achieved”.

Once we feel the fragrance of this Oneness and the idea takes hold in our heart, truthfulness and servitude are the result. Our heart says to us, “Let us be truthful to this Oneness”, “Let us be truthful to this Oneness”. We realize that the world does not exist for our sake, but that we exist for the sake of the world.

One can feel the Oneness and its working in action in the commandments five, six and seven of the Master.

We need to be truthful to our true condition, is what is stated in the fifth commandment. One way of looking at this is that we can think of our true nature as having Oneness with three elements, which are our fellow brethren, the nature or the world at large and Divinity which is the source of all.

Rev. Dr KCV also, has written in his notes that human transformation happens through lessons in fraternity, liberty and freedom and that these are built one step at a time through the process of mutual cooperation.

It is possible to think of our fellow beings, nature and Divinity in terms of providing us with fraternity, liberty and freedom respectively.

Being truthful to Oneness with Divinity entails recognizing ourselves as totally dependent expressions of Divine, from where we originate. Only when this is fully felt, we can be thankful for the miseries that come our way.

Even though, this seems unrealistic at the onset, one feels this to be natural as the feelings of dependency on Divine percolate to the surface. Slowly one begins to realize that the sense faculties actually belong to the Divine and oneself as a simple observer in the process.

It is this feeling that the senses actually belong to Divine and should operate under Divine dictate that provides a sense of freedom never felt before. This freedom is quite different from the concept of independence and freedom that many modern nations talk about. In this context, I also remember Rev. Sir Statement that true freedom happens, when we have the freedom not to choose.

When we truthfully feel Oneness with our brethren which is another aspect of Oneness, their miseries become our miseries and their joys become our joys.

The mellowing of the heart and the feeling of abundant lightness that happens through the constant influx of Pranahuti enables these feelings of brotherhood to take deep root in our hearts.

Rev. Sir says that the thoughts undergo transformation from personal to transpersonal to universal. This one can feel happening as the concept of Oneness with our brethren expands in our hearts.

After the effect of point A meditation strengths within us and the flow stabilizes in the upper, we slowly begin to lose attention of our personal comforts or discomforts and begin to look at other people and ourselves as totally interdependent. This develops in us respect, true friendship and compassion towards our fellow beings.

Yet another important aspect of Oneness that we need to recognize is our Oneness with the world at large. We can think of ourselves as being part of one large thermodynamic system.

In such a system, which seeks constant balance, heat would flow from higher point to a lower point very similar to cool air rushing to take its place when hot air rises up.

When we understand that we are part of such a system that seeks total balance, we should be able to appreciate and understand the wrongs done by others as a movement towards balance.

The thought that ill will or a feeling of revenge towards anybody is really a feeling of ill will towards oneself can be applied in the context of us being part of the larger system.

Ahimsa in thought, word and deed is therefore a natural consequence of this understanding that we develop through commandment seven. It is mentioned in our literature that one needs to be established in the state of deep peace, where sorrow and joy, pleasure and pain are treated as natural processes with equanimity. Being established at such a stage would be an indication of the Oneness with nature.

We with all our frailties, understand Master as an epitome of unalloyed love and Divinity as Just and balanced and seeking the same for us.

Pujya Babuji’s message that “We are all brethren connected intellectually, morally and spiritually, the main goal of human life” again highlights in a very clear way this message of Oneness.

This is only a very limited understanding of the profound concept of Oneness and I seek pardon and pray for development of the true Oneness with our Master Divine and recognize its utmost need.