Moher of the World: from THE CRYSTAL CHALICE, Taj Inayat...

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Dear Friends,

 

This morning while going through some boxes looking for a specific

item, I came across a book that a sufi initiate friend sent me a

number of years ago, a book entitled, "THE CRYSTAL CHALICE, Spiritual

Themes for Women, by Taj Inayat. Here is an excerpt from this book,

from the chapter entitled, "Mother of the World":

 

"The vastness of the Mother of the World makes it possible to

experience her only as an archetype although she is a reality: the

eternal feminine aspect of God, hidden and fragile yet most

powerful. She is one being and she is many beings; she is the depth

of all beings, she is the veil of God. She can only be known by

diving into the ocean of silence.

 

To understand the female aspect of God, we must come into a purely

passive condition. We may then be able to feel the presence of the

Mother of the World. The Mother of the World is the soul of the

prophet. She is always hidden giving birth to the souls of the

children of the new age, particularly those to be born on planet

earth.

 

We must be careful not to step on the toes of new age women by saying

that God is male, because this cannot be understood by the mind or

even the soul. The female is contained within the male in origin,

then the male emerges from the female at the end. The female

embodies and the male becomes embodied.

 

The Mother of the World is always veiled. That is why she is unknown

and has never been stressed until recently. By stressing her, one

tries to bring her out of her seclusion, and she does not wish to be

brought out of her seclusion, because she is rapt in the love of

God. Few realize that one cannot reach God except through her

because she has become so transparent as to be invisible. She

reflects the love of God that only a woman understands (or the

Messenger, who has also become passive towards God). Her

invisibility emphasizes that she is nothing except in her Lord;

vision gives the semblance of being and strengthens the ego of the

viewer.

 

The Mother of the World's heart, symbolized by the Holy Grail, is the

reservoir of love for the universe. She transforms love into

compassion and compassion into love. She transforms the sadness of

human suffering, which is giving birth to God, into the joy of

resurrecting Him on earth. By becoming the essence of the essence of

the essence, one ends up being nothing: absorbed in the one

consciousness of God.

 

Why do people want to give a place to the Mother of the World when

she doesn't want a place, give her a personality when she doesn't

wish to have a personality, figure her when she doesn't wish to be

figured, and make her an object of vision when she doesn't wish to be

seen? The ego wants to see itself projected in an eternal principle

and an image of itself. But the Mother of the World is not an image

because she is too real to be an image. She breaks every image that

is imposed upon her because she wants to identify with her Lord and

Master. She couldn't bear to have any image other than His or to

represent any principle that people like to give her. For her there

is just the onenes, and one cannot find the oneness by promoting her

against her will." p. 60-6l

 

Blessings,

 

Kathy

 

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Friends,

I have some notes to Taj Saheb's writings. Here it goes:-

 

Notes – 1. Very illuminating statement. This is my personal

conviction about gender demarcation and the Divinity of feminine

principle (not females), which I had not been able to describe till

date. I shall ever remain grateful for finding it in Taj Inayat's

writing. (Also see "The Mother" by Sri Aurobindo)

*2.Allocating a gender to God is ignorant endeavor. In fact even

a "soul" has no gender unless it takes a form in animal world. At the

same time it is important to bear in mind that the concept

of "Avatar" (God Incarnate) has nothing to do with the definition of

God. Both, the definition of God and the concept of Avatar are

different. Former is not to define but realized because God is all,

the definer and the definition yet beyond every concept, while the

later (Avatar) is Divine way of running and refining the perceptible

creation.( "Discourses" Meher Baba pt.5 – Need for male and female

incarnations, pp-323-325)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

, celestial_saraswati <no_reply> wrote:

> Dear Friends,

>

> This morning while going through some boxes looking for a specific

> item, I came across a book that a sufi initiate friend sent me a

> number of years ago, a book entitled, "THE CRYSTAL CHALICE,

Spiritual

> Themes for Women, by Taj Inayat. Here is an excerpt from this

book,

> from the chapter entitled, "Mother of the World":

>

> "The vastness of the Mother of the World makes it possible to

> experience her only as an archetype although she is a reality: the

> eternal feminine aspect of God, hidden and fragile yet most

> powerful. She is one being and she is many beings; she is the

depth

> of all beings, she is the veil of God. She can only be known by

> diving into the ocean of silence.

>

> To understand the female aspect of God, we must come into a purely

> passive condition. We may then be able to feel the presence of the

> Mother of the World. The Mother of the World is the soul of the

> prophet. She is always hidden giving birth to the souls of the

> children of the new age, particularly those to be born on planet

> earth.

>

> We must be careful not to step on the toes of new age women by

saying

> that God is male, because this cannot be understood by the mind or

> even the soul. The female is contained within the male in origin,

> then the male emerges from the female at the end. The female

> embodies and the male becomes embodied.

>

> The Mother of the World is always veiled. That is why she is

unknown

> and has never been stressed until recently. By stressing her, one

> tries to bring her out of her seclusion, and she does not wish to

be

> brought out of her seclusion, because she is rapt in the love of

> God. Few realize that one cannot reach God except through her

> because she has become so transparent as to be invisible. She

> reflects the love of God that only a woman understands (or the

> Messenger, who has also become passive towards God). Her

> invisibility emphasizes that she is nothing except in her Lord;

> vision gives the semblance of being and strengthens the ego of the

> viewer.

>

> The Mother of the World's heart, symbolized by the Holy Grail, is

the

> reservoir of love for the universe. She transforms love into

> compassion and compassion into love. She transforms the sadness of

> human suffering, which is giving birth to God, into the joy of

> resurrecting Him on earth. By becoming the essence of the essence

of

> the essence, one ends up being nothing: absorbed in the one

> consciousness of God.

>

> Why do people want to give a place to the Mother of the World when

> she doesn't want a place, give her a personality when she doesn't

> wish to have a personality, figure her when she doesn't wish to be

> figured, and make her an object of vision when she doesn't wish to

be

> seen? The ego wants to see itself projected in an eternal

principle

> and an image of itself. But the Mother of the World is not an

image

> because she is too real to be an image. She breaks every image

that

> is imposed upon her because she wants to identify with her Lord and

> Master. She couldn't bear to have any image other than His or to

> represent any principle that people like to give her. For her

there

> is just the onenes, and one cannot find the oneness by promoting

her

> against her will." p. 60-6l

>

> Blessings,

>

> Kathy

>

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