Joseph Leeming - Yoga and the Bible: The Yoga of the Divine Word

An explanation of vital Bible truths as taught by the perfect spiritual masters of the east. An introduction to the Yoga or spiritual science of the true masters, who teach the path of spiritual attainment that is based upon the Word or Logos of the Bible

Those who have been seeking a real master will here learn how to find him; and those who do not know if real masters exist on earth will here find evidence of interest to every sincere enquirer

This book is humbly dedicated with deep love and reverence to Maharaj Charan Singh Ji at whose suggestion and with whose guidance and inspiration it was written

I consider it my great good fortune to have been granted an opportunity to give my humble contribution to the Foreword of this book for which I am greatly beholden to my revered master.

For many years it has been my privilege, together with many others both in India and abroad, to be a disciple of a perfect spiritual master of the Radha Soami faith or spiritual science. During these years, I have watched men and women of all classes sit humbly in an attitude of sublimation and reverence at the feet of the masters listening with rapt attention to their discourses concerning the subject matter of this book. This Radha Soami faith or spiritual science is above all castes, creeds, colour, race, and climes, leading men to immortality and eternal bliss.

In the east, the essence of these teachings is widely known and accepted as the veritable expression of spiritual truth, the true explanation of the purpose of our life on earth, and of our ultimate spiritual destiny. Some of the facts presented here may be new to western readers. But they are well comprehended by great numbers in the east. Rightly considered, they should expand the readers knowledge towards a more comprehensive understanding of the order of the universe and the divine plan for mankinds spiritual salvation.

The contents of this book are based on discourses and writings of masters of this spiritual path who are very well known in India. There is no expression of personal opinion on the part of the writer.

The living master of the. present day, referred to in this bookMaharaj Charan Singh Ji of Beasis venerated and honoured throughout India and in other neighbouring eastern countries, as well as by those who are his followers in Europe, Africa, and America. His genuine mastership is acknowledged and attested to by tens of thousands in all parts of this country who have been accepted by him as disciples. He is revered and loved in India for his noble and benign human qualities, and inexpressibly more for his unquestioned spiritual powers. In him we see a sage to awaken in man the spark of divine light, to give the right conditions for the flame to blaze forth until all the lower propensities and desires are sublimated. He is serene and calm, illuminating the way for bewildered humanity to attain union with the divinity.

The master represents the essential and unchanging truth of the ancient spiritual wisdom of India. In this age of doubt, scepticism, strife, hurry, religious controversy, ritual and ceremony, he comes with his message direct from the realms of the spirit, calling men and women away from the din and strife of tongues into the peaceful path of stillness within their own souls. The light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world ever burns steadily and surely for all who will turn their weary eyes from the strife without to the quiet within. His teachings bear evidence of his communion with God and of his supreme ability to reveal spiritual truths. They possess a compelling power to answer the questions of the seeker, to put an end to doubts, and to bring peace of mind and soul. Thus, he is like a shade-giving tree in a thirsty land, or a sheltering rock in a storm.

The master teaches that the soul of man is divine, and one in essence with the supreme creator. This divinity may be temporarily obscured, but can never be lost. It is the masters function to teach man how to realize his own innate divinity, and to show him the way to God-realization and to what is called in the western world Salvation or Liberation. This the Master does with unerring love and certitude, as can be testified to by many thousands in this country. Our revered master is verily the ocean of life; beneath the turbulent waves, beyond the reach of tempests, he abides in the eternal calm.

Mr Joseph Leeming was initiated into the Radha Soami faith in the year 1954, and since then he has made three visits to the Radha Soami Colony at Beas to study and assimilate the teachings at first hand. During one of these visits we had the privilege of welcoming him, together with our revered master, at Sangli, where we had many discussions on the various aspects of the spiritual science of the mastersthe yoga of the divine word.