Russell in Sebastopol 2/24/08

Kirpal Singh: "Don't Bend Your Elbows" '72 tour Sept. Fairfax, VA \n - we are conscious entities; we have to love all consciousness - we have to love God but instead we are attached to outer things - man is highest in all creation and highest aim on earth is to know God - law of cause and effect; where we are attached, we will go - all Masters say to love God - love knows no burden; love knows service and sacrifice - we are the same essence as God; we are all brothers and sisters in God - love is the panacea for all ills - so long as you are in human body, give, give, and give - if you make others happy, you will be happy; if you make others miserable, you will be miserable - story of Lord Vishnu and the feast with the condition, don't bend your elbows; they fed each other - story of devotee who wanted to see God - God is light and resides in every heart - only he is alive in whom light of God is effulgent - tap inside and contact the attention within - take heed that the light within you is not darkness - when love is outside, cannot see light within - all have to leave the human body - have to square up all debts with those we have reactions from the past - when that is finished, we have to go - as we sew so shall we reap - parable of 4 species - man, dog, donkey, owl - love God and all things are added unto you - in human body only can we know God - the more we give, the more we have - the more we congeal everything to our ownselves, the more miserable we are - story of Lord Buddha, the hunter, and the bird - story of Birbal and Akbar - from action comes reaction; love begets love, hatred begets hatred - all Masters remembered because They radiated love - story of sweepers strike in Lahore Tape: cont. of Kirpal Singh's talk "Birthright to Become God" given at Friends Meeting House, Jan. 1964, Washington, DC \n - soul, being light, always trying to return to source of light call God - outside pleaures - beautiful scenery or sweet symphonies - drag us outside - all glory and beauty is within when you know how to withdraw - as a man, we are all one - example of household with servants in revolt - Masters show us how withdraw and contact within - God is light, life and love - Master is conscious co-worker with the divine plan