139. The Radhasoami Faith recognizes three Grand Personages, and a sincere and affectionate disciple the fourth, namely, (1) the Supreme Father, (2) the Supreme Mother or Original Spirit or Word current emanating from the Supreme Father, (3) the Supreme Son or Sant Sat Guru, the Representative of the Supreme Father in human form, (4) the disciple or the son or human spirit.
140. The above quaternity may be further explained as follows :--
The first personage or the Supreme Father and Sole Master is a vast and Boundless Ocean or SPirit and Love and Joy from Whom the Original Spirit or Word current emanated. The second personage or the Supreme Mother is the Original Spirit and Sound current, the Prime Mover, Creator, Nourisher and Supporter of the whole creation. It is the connecting link between the Supreme Father and the son or disciple, and leads the way and helps the son in returning to the Father's Highest Mansion. The third, the Supreme Son or Sant Sat Guru is the Representative of the Supreme Father in human form on this earth. This incarnation of the Supreme Father or His Special and Beloved Son Sant Sat Guru appears now and then in this world for the purpose of saving spirits from going down to the lower regions and raising them to the higher spheres, and finally to the Mansion of the Supreme Father. The fourth, the disciple, the son or human being is a ray or drop descended from the Supreme Sun or Boundless Ocean of Spirit, Love and Joy ; but his attention having been diverted by mind and matter towards the material creation down below, he has lost all knowledge of the Supreme Father and his Highest Mansion, and cannot now return to His Holy abode without the help, externally, of Supreme Father or His Special and Beloved Son assuming human form of a Sant Sat Guru, and internally, of the Supreme Mother or the connecting Spirit and Sound current between the Supreme Father and the disciple or son Who illumines the heart of a sincere lover and devotee and sheds grace and mercy upon him.
141. As the disciple or devotee proceeds on his journey homeward, he gradually absorbs the spirit and sound current, or in other words, shortens the distance between himself and the Supreme Father, and thus playing in the lap of the Supreme Mother, he returns with his loving Mother to the Holy and August Presence of the Supreme Father.
142. Without the Help and Grace of the Supreme Father, and His Special and Beloved Son, the Sant Sat Guru in human form, no human being can ever acquire sufficient strength to give up worldly desires and pleasures or to undertake the journey homeward, or in other words, practise devotion according to the mode prescribed by Radhasoami Faith. It must always be remembered that none but the Sant Sat Guru can under His own protection, regenerate fallen humanity and the grant sufficient strength to enable a disciple or devotee to fight his way out of the various spheres presided over by Superior Mind and matter, where all sorts of obstacles and temptations are ready to interrupt the traveller in his journey and draw him towards the creation in higher spheres on the way.
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