All competent Masters emphasized the need of initiation before starting to meditate, as the soul needs the protection and guidance of the Masterpower to proceed on the inner way. Initiation is considered to be a holy occasion in man's life, because as long as one has not been reborn in spirit one cannot enter the kingdom of God. Initiation means to have this second birth, which means to accept the will of God and merge again with the will of God.

He who has once been initiated by a competent Master is assured, once for all, his liberation from the bondage of mind and matter; it is but a question of time. The seed of spirituality sown in him is bound to sprout and fructify. The spirituality when awakened and the spiritual experience gained must be developed, and the Masterpower cannot rest contented until the child owned is reared and taken home to the house of the Father.

Sant Kirpal Singh

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