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(...) Since you used to carry out initiations for
Thakar, it might be interesting for you to
compare what you used to teach with a
typical Beas Western initiation, given by a
Representative.

The following was originally written up
by Prome, a Beas initiate, and
as been copied from

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An RSSB initiation (1970 -1980)



At the initiation ceremony, everyone is asked
to sit quietly and repeat "Radhasoami, radhasoami"
to themselves mentally while the others
arrive.

The disciple is told he or she will be given
secrets that were never revealed in any books and
which give the initiate the ability to journey spiritually
higher and further than Jesus Christ or Buddha, who
did hot have a Perfect Living Master.


Then the "Representative" of Master tells everyone
that this is a most serious event that will sever
the bonds of the initiate from the world and
place all their karmas in the hands of the Master
to administer.

Everything that happens to you in
your life from now on will be with HIS
permission, and it will be given to you in your best
interest. This means that you will condition yourself
to think that every illness that you experience
will be the Master, himself, allowing some
evil cosmic power to "burn" off your karma, every success
will be "given to you" not because you applied
yourself to a task competently, but because "Master"
was giving you "His Grace".

The initiates are shown how to "listen to the sound".
The best position is a squatting postion. You can
put a cushion or support under your buttocks if
necessary, or even sit in a chair at a table if your body is frail.

Next lift both hands up to the ears and fully plug
the opening of the left ear with your thumb, but place the thumb
on the tragus of the right ear and partly press it in
so as to block the right ear INCOMPLETELY. Cover
the outsides of the eyes with the fingers but do
not press on the eyeballs, as this may harm the
eyes.

The Intiate must take 4 vows which he will follow
for the rest of his life.

1. No sex out of wedlock.
2. No alcohol or recreational drugs.
3. A lacto-vegetarian diet with strict attention
required to additives, and avoid inadvertently eating
forbidden ingredients in foods, such as
rennet in cheese or albumin or egg in biscuits, cakes,
etc.
4. Two and one half hours per day meditation, 365
days per year for the rest of one's life,
with no excuses or relaxation from this requirement.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.
. . . . . . . The initiate agrees to do his best to mold his lifestyle
. . . . . . . . into that of a Gurmukh and cease being a Manmukh
. . . . . . . . as described in Sar Bachan and other books written
. . . . . . . . by PLMs as guides for the Satsangi.


. . . . . . . . If children are desired then sex may be performed with a
. . . . . . . . married partner once a month until conception is achieved;
. . . . . . . . then no sex is allowed until a second child is desired;
. . . . . . . . again once per month is permitted until the second conception.


. . . . . . . . After the desired number of children have been born, the
. . . . . . . . couple must try to remain celibate for the duration of their
. . . . . . . . lives and concentrate on their meditation.

. . . . . . . . Homosexuality is not permitted in any circumstances. Openly
. . . . . . . . gay people may not be initiated.

. . . . . . . . Blind persons may not be initiated.



The PLM or his representative spiritually
"connects" the soul of the disciple
to the sound current
and "charges" 5 holy names that the person will use
in meditation to help him or her focus his or her
attention at the "eye center" and begin his or
her "journey home".

The initiate is then told that there are 5 "regions",
each having a "Ruler" and having a
characteristic "sound" reverberating in
that region, as Follows

Region . . "Charged Name" . Region name . . . . . . Type . . . . . . . . . Sound of region

1. . . . . . JOT NIRANJAN . . Sahansdal Kanwal . . . . Astral. . . . . . . . . bell, conch

2 . . . . . .ONKAR . . . . . . . Trikuti. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ?. . . . . . . . . . . . drum

3 . . . . . .RARANKAR . . . . Daswan Dwar . . . . . . . . ? . . . . . . . . . . . sitar/guitar

4 . . . . . . SOHUNG . . . . . . Bhanwar Gupha. . . . . Causal . . . . . . . . . flute

5. . . . . . SAT NAM. . . . . . . Satlok. . . . . . . . . . . . . ? . . . . . . . . . . . bagpipe

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The disciple is next told that Kal, the negative power stood
on one leg for millions of years in order to get a "boon"
from Anami Radhasoami (the highest creator). Because
of this unbelievably difficiult austerity performed by Kal
Anami gave him "pure souls" who were living in the highest
region in order that Kal could "animate" his otherwise inanimate
and mechanical creation. These souls became locked and trapped in the
creation owing to the laws of Karma.

Originally, one ninth or one tenth of the souls who were
residing with Anami Radhasoami did not want to leave and
go down to Kal's Creation; however the supreme
being was under such an obligation to Kal that they
had to go anyway. But the supreme being made a
promise to them that He, himself, would take birth and in
human form He would grant them initiation and teach
them how to return to their "True Home". Those
special souls would be called "Marked Souls", since
they were "marked" by the Father for return to their
spiritual home. No other souls had this possibility.
They were eternally doomed to traverse the cycle
of 8 million 400 thousand species of life.

The fact that the initiate was now receiving
initiation meant that the Perfect Master (who was the
incarnation of god himself) had "called" him and it was
proof that the initiate was a "Marked Soul". The marked
soul would now be able to return to the highest Spiritual
Regions in no more than four lifetimes. The Master
would "take over" all of his karmas and manage
them so as to speed up the disciple's journey. Now
anything that happeded to the disciple was with the
Master's permission, since Kal no longer had control
over the disciple. The Master was like a Bulldozer
tractor that tied the disciple to Himself and Kal was
like a chihuahua dog trying to pull him away. Who
would win the contest?

The initiate was told to concentrate on his "true
work" which was to escape this negative region
created by Kal. Do your family duties but do not
become caught up in the world or its politics or art or
fashions. Become a gurumukh. Go back to the Father.
Do not worry about the people who are not chosen
souls. It is the Lord's business, not our business. Our
business is just to follow the 4 vows and escape this
region as soon as possible.

Meditation would allow one to "die while living" and
this death was the highest goal of every disciple.

RSSB states that during the past 150, or so, years Anami
Purush Radhasoami (the creator of the universe) has
incarnated as a Perfect Living Master (PLM)
into the bodies of 5 people, all of whom lived in India.


They were:

Soami Ji
Jaimal Singh
Sawan Singh
Jagat Singh
Charan Singh
Gurinder Singh

These PLMs came to this low creation of Kal for
the sole purpose of collecting their "marked
souls" or sheep, in order to take them back
home.

There may be other PLMs, but most people claiming
to be a PLM are not really what they say they are.
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This is a gist of the RSSB teachings and initiation.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/21/2012 05:09PM by Ocean_Of_Lies.