SADHANA 345 MAHARAJJI’S LOVE of Christ was unearthly. When he was asked, “Who was Christ?’ Maharajji answered: HE WAS ONE WITH ALL BEINGS AND HE HAD GREAT LOVE FOR ALL IN THE WORLD. HE WAS ONE WITH GOD. YOU MUST ACCEPT THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST AND FOLLOW THEM. CHRIST SAID TO BE LIKE A LITTLE CHILD—NEVER THINK OR SPEAK ANYTHING THAT COULD HARM ANYONE. NO ONE BELIEVES IN CHRIST, BUT I DO. HE WAS CRUCIFIED SO THAT HIS SPIRIT COULD SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. HE SACRIFICED HIS BODY FOR THE DHARMA. HE NEVER DIED, HE NEVER DIED. HE IS ATMAN (THE SOUL), LIVING IN THE HEARTS OF ALL. You never knew what a devotee’s statement would evoke. A boy came one time and asked, “Maharajji, did Jesus really get angry?” As soon as Maharajji heard the word ‘Jesus,” tears came to his eyes. He was sitting up when the question was asked, and he leaned over on his elbow and tapped his heart three times with tears coming down from his eyes. There was total silence for a moment. Maharajji had brought the reality of Christ into everyone’s consciousness, and he said, “Christ never got angry. When he was crucified he felt only love. Christ was never attached to any- thing; he even gave away his own body.” And at that point everyone was crying—we had gone through the complete Passion of Christ.And all of a sudden he sat up and said,“The mind can travel a million miles in the blink of an eye—Buddha said that.” “Why was Christ so maligned?” Maharajji was asked. “It is so with all saints, but they see only love in everyone.You should not speak, hear, or see evil.You should see love everywhere and in everyone. See the good in all.”  346 MIRACLE OF LOVE Maharajji once went to Catholic mass and took prasad there. Maharajji, T, and BD were all in Lucknow on Christmas morning and decided to go to Jesus’ puja. As they approached the church, Maharajji had BD go in first (as he was a Westerner). Maharajji was of course barefoot, wearing his blanket and dhoti. BD knelt down before the font of holy water and someone there sprinkled water on his head.T and Maharajji followed this example.They attended the ceremony, and when time came for Communion, they receive the Sacrament in their hands. Once a devotee asked Maharajji how Christ meditated. Maharajji sat up and closed his eyes for some time.Tears began to stream from his eyes as he sat in silence.Then Maharajji said,“He lost himself in the ocean of love.” MAHARAJJI HONORED purity of spirit, no matter what the tradition or lineage. He kept drawing us back from our concerns about individual differences, back beyond the forms, with his oft-reiterated remark, “Sub Ek (All one)!” ALL RELIGIONS ARE THE SAME. THEY ALL LEAD TO GOD. GOD IS EVERYBODY . . . THE SAME BLOOD FLOWS THROUGH US ALL, THE ARMS, THE LEGS, THE HEART, ALL ARE THE SAME. SEE NO DIFFERENCE, SEE ALL THE SAME. YOU MUST HONOR SHIVA THROUGH LOVE. RAM AND SHIVA ARE THE SAME. RAM WORSHIPPED SHIVA, SHIVA WORSHIPPED RAM,THEY ARE ONLY ONE. IT IS DECEPTION TO TEACH BY INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AND KARMA. SEE ALL THE SAME. YOU CAN’T REALIZE GOD IFYOU SEE DIFFERENCES. LEARN TO FIND THE LOVE WITHIN.  SADHANA 347 A Moslem devotee invited Maharajji to attend a religious festival at his home.The whole family and many of their friends gathered together to sing Sufi songs and to hear readings from the Koran. Many Moslem mullahs (priests) and scholars attended the festival to perform the rituals and read the scriptures.When Maharajji arrived, the devotee escorted him to the place of honor in front of the scholars.They immediately ceased their singing and complained to the host.They said that they couldn’t continue the rituals in the presence of a Hindu. Maharajji verbally abused them for their prejudice and narrow-mindedness. He quoted from the Koran and from some great Sufi poet-saints on the oneness of all religions. Maharajji asked for some prasad.When it was brought he distributed food, sweets, and money to the scholars. Happy again, they started their chanting. Maharajji accompanied them for many hours, singing “La Il Aha El Il Allah Hu.” THE BEST FORM IS TO WORSHIP GOD IN EVERY FORM. YOU MUST ACCEPT EVERYONE AND SEE IN THEMTHE LORD.THERE IS NO OTHER NEED FOR A SAINT. EVERYONE IS A REFLECTION OF MY FACE.
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