Sadhu

The Master never wrote anything down, nor did he ask his followers to record his teachings.  His words are spirit and life.  Spirit can only infuse spirit.  Life can only infuse life.  The Master's teaching cannot be contained in the pages of a book.  Other great teachers left behind books to replace the living voice, to guide and help their bereft followers.  But the Master did not do this, because he has not left us.  He is always with us, and his living voice guides and counsels us.  His followers recorded his teachings after his ascension as a help to those who cannot yet perceive his living presence.  In the end, however, when people ask me, "What made you a follower of the Master?"  I can only answer: the Master.

The scriptures reveal much to us about the life and teachings of the Master and about the nature of God's love.  God the Spirit is the true author of the Bible, but this does not mean that every word, taken on its own, is holy or inspired.  It is not the words in themselves, but rather the meaning that is inspired.  The language used by those who wrote the books of the Bible was the language of everyday, not the language of spirit.  Only when we make direct contact with the author, that is, with God the Spirit, can the meaning become clear.  Just as many do not understand the Master, so too, they can not understand his words.

God has create us with spiritual faculties and powers, but these must be used or else they will decay and be lost.  Faith must be fixed on the living God.

Sadhu Sundar Singh- (1889-1929)

 - convert to Christianity - holy man - inspirational spiritual teacher.