In memory of Father
Gregorios
Baba
Virsa Singh
Out of regard for
his dear friend, the late Metropolitan Dr. Paulos
Mar Gregorios, Baba
Virsa Singh sat with His Holiness Mar Thoma
Matthew’s II, Catholics of the East, and His Holiness Swami
Chidanandaji Maharaj
at a memorial function for Father Gregorios
on January 5th. Asked to bless the occasion, Babaji
said, in part, “When Father Gregorios and I
first met, I said, “Jesus is Light. If we try to confine him within
sectarian boundaries, the trees and the oceans will despair, the whole
Creation will despair, because Jesus gives Light to everything. This is
my inner feeling. I respect Jesus day and night. “
Father Gregorios rose and embraced
me. He folded his hands and said, ‘I feel the same way. Jesus is not a
matter of a boundary. He is universal. If the Light is enclosed in a
fort, all people will be unhappy.’
My feeling is that if we truly and correctly believe in religion, it is
not a matter of boundaries. In the Holy Qur’an,
it is specially written that Lord Jesus is a
prophet and Mother Mary is blessed. Jesus is as much mine as he is
yours. Jesus belongs to the whole Creation. He is Master of the
oceans, Master of the earth, for Jesus is
Light. If the Light is extinguished, what will the earth do? What will
the trees do? What will the whole Creation do?
My feeling is that if Jesus is believed in this form, if the prophets
are believed in this form, then our boundaries will drop away, our
countries’ conflicts will end, the conflicts in our homes will end, and
the conflicts in our minds will end. Every prophet has told us to love.
However, we people do not obey their commandments. Their messages have
been coming to us from time immemorial. Jesus and Guru Nanak said the
same thing: Love the entire Creation and love human beings as well. The
Prophet Mohammed said the same thing. But we have left their words
behind and set forth our own ideas before the people. Therefore there is
no peace in this world. Crime is increasing and people are upset. It is
very necessary now to put into practice this one thing which all the
prophets have told us. There is no other way. This is the only way. I
will give this message to you all: We are all sisters and brothers.
There is one God of us all. We all have one Love. We all have one
Master. If we make divisions in this, there will definitely be quarrels
among us.
I appeal to you to do as we are doing at Gobind
Sadan. Whenever the holiday of a prophet or
messiah comes, we celebrate and prepare special meals as if our father’s
own day has come. When we celebrate the birthday of Jesus, among us are
Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Hindus, Jews. We
never feel that there are any differences. I will pray to God that He
should bless and heal us all, and make us very good human beings. At
this time, we all need His blessings and His grace very much. My inner
prayer is that God should forgive us all, be compassionate toward us,
heal us all, and become Master of us all.’’
(News from Gobind
Sadan, February 1997)