"SAT DESH, THE HIGHEST REGION [of Heaven] "Beginning from above and going downward, we come first to Sat Desh (sat, 'true', and desh, 'country'). Many other names have been applied to it, such as Nij- Dham, Sat Lok, Muqam Haq and Sach Khand. These names are usually applied to the lowest section of Sat Desh, but occasionally to the entire grand division. This is the region, or plane, of pure spirit. All enjoying the greatest conceivable happiness, its inhabitants are pure spirits in such countless numbers as no man can estimate. It is the supreme heaven of all heavens, but it is quite unknown to many of the world religions because their founders had never reached that exalted region. It is known to saints only, who alone can enter it. It cannot be described. In substance and arrangement it is wholly unlike anything known in this world. Neither can the human mind imagine it. This section is so vast in extent that no sort of understanding of it can be conveyed to human intelligence. No mind can grasp it. "All that the saints can say of Sat Desh is that it is limitless. It is the only region which the great saints insist is practically limitless. We can say, although no mind can grasp the thought, that it embraces all else, and is both the beginning and the end of all else. It is the great center about which all other worlds revolve. Anything which we might say about it would be incomplete and only partially true, so declare the saints. If the entire physical universe with its countless millions of suns and their planets were all gathered together in a single cluster, each sun being a million lightyears distant from any other sun, yet this entire ensemble would appear no more than a few dark specks floating in the clear and luminous sky of Sat Desh. In that happy country, a sun such as ours, but a thousand times larger, would appear as a tiny dark spot, so very great is the light of that world. "This region is the grand capital of all creation, the center of all universes, and the residence of the supreme Creator--Lord of all. "From this center of all light, life and power, the great creative current flows outward and downward to create, govern and sustain all regions. It passes out from this region somewhat like the radio emanations going forth from a great broadcasting station. It is the audible life stream, the most important factor in the system of the Masters. This stream permeates the entire system of universes. A thing of great importance to us is that the music of this ever-flowing current, the stream of life, can be heard by a real Master and also by his students who have advanced even a little on the Path. And let us reiterate that unless a Master teaches his students how this current is to be heard, he is not a Master of the highest order. "This grand headquarters of all creation is the region of immortality. It is unchangeable, perfect, deathless. It is forever untouched by dissolution or grand dissolution. So are its inhabitants. This region will be referred to many times in this book. It is subdivided into four distinct planes, each having its own characteristics and its own lord, or governor. But the difference between these subdivisions is very slight. From above downward they are named: Radha Soami Dham, meaning 'home of the spiritual lord'; it is also called Anami Lok, meaning 'nameless region'. The next plane below the highest is Agam Lok (agam, 'inaccessible', and lok, 'place'). The third plane is Alakh Lok (alakh, 'invisible', and lok, 'place'). The last of these higher planes is Sach Khand (sach, 'truth', and khand, 'home'). The last one is also called Sat Lok, 'the true place'. By the Muslim saints it has been called Mukam Haq, meaning the same as above, 'the home of truth'. "The light of all four of these regions is so very intense that it is impossible for any mortal to get an understanding of it. It cannot be described. The great Soami Ji sums up his statements regarding this region by saying simply that it is all love." Copied from Chapter 4, Section 3 of the GREATEST BOOK IN THE WORLD, "The Path of The Masters", by Dr. Julian P. Johnson, 1939, published by the Sant Mat organization, Radha Soami Satsang Beas, 458 pages, hardcover, ONLY $3.00 PPD, available from Science of the Soul Study Center, 4115 Gillespie St., Fayetteville, NC 28306; or 2415 E. Washington St., Petaluma, CA 94954; whichever address is closer to you. See also http://www.thewayoftruth.org (NEW Master!). See also http://members.aol.com/rem460/deadxmas.txt , or http://www.geocities.com/remspiral7/deadxmas.txt . Robert E. McElwaine Eckankar Initiate B.S., Physics and Astronomy, UW-EC http://members.aol.com/rem547 PLUS http://members.aol.com/rem460 Preserve BOTH on CD-R and PRINT-OUTS P.S.: PASS IT ON !