Supreme (GOD)

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Supreme (GOD)

 

I am a peaceful soul, a tiny spark of light, a non-physical being. In this

consciousness I am able to see others as souls too. When we go beyond the

limitations of physical identity in this way, we forget the appearance,

occupation, bodily relationship of others and see them as our brothers. All

souls are brothers, points of energy, in different physical costumes, and

playing different roles in this world drama on this world stage. However, many

questions still arise. If we are all brothers, and the world is like one large

family, is there a father or mother for all these souls ? Similarly, if we see

ourselves as actors, playing different roles in different costumes, is there a

director of this huge drama ? Is it possible that thee is a Supreme Being, a

source of power, energy and knowledge who would fulfill the role of Father or?

 

A Supreme Being?. If So, Who ?

It has been mentioned that the meaning of "Yoga" is union, and the meaning of

"Raja" is king, master or sovereign, but, in particular, it means supreme, so

Raja Yoga is union with the Supreme, the Father, Director, the one who has been

remembered as God.

 

However, when I start to search for the identity of the Supreme Being, it

becomes extremely confusing. From every direction comes a different answer;

different images are thrust upon me along with a multitude of conflicting

scriptures. I even reach the stage when I wonder whether thee is a God, or

whether it is all the creation of human minds. Surely, if there is a Supreme

Being in existence it should be possible for me to have one complete

introduction to Him, one complete set of facts.

 

Human experiment has been one thing, but the knowledge from the Supreme Being

about His own form and identity is something very different. Let us consider

various ideas that have been put forward, according to the teachings of Raja

Yoga and perhaps you will experiment with those, and in so doing reach an

experience of the Supreme. After all, the purpose of knowledge is to experience.

Surely it is possible to experience a relationship through direct communication

with my Supreme Father ?

 

The Form of the Supreme

Having recognised the soul to be a point of light, a pinpoint of energy, I can

now see others as my brothers. Each soul is unique, an identity within self,

each with a different record of experience, a unique intellect, and a mind which

functions on a particular wavelength. However, every soul is the same size and

form, a tiny point of light. It is certainly possible then, that the Father of

all souls would have the same form. The Supreme Being is also a soul, a spark of

light, the infinitessimal pinpoint which contains within itself a mind,

intellect and sanskars, a personality.

 

It has often been felt that God is some form of energy, but that the Supreme

Being is one with a personality, with whom I can have a relationship, may seem

strange. What are sanskars, what is personality ? It is the recording of action.

God has been remembered as the one who performed actions which were truly

beneficial, so the Supreme Being has benefit in the sanskars. He has been

remembered as the Ocean of Knowledge, and it is within the intellect that

knowledge is retained. The intellect of the Supreme, being supreme is beyond

limitations - with complete wisdom and awareness. The Supreme also has a mind,

and God has been recognised as One who gives unlimited love, peace and mercy.

 

Infinite or infinitessimal - The idea of God being an infinitessimally small

point of light seems very different from the generally held view that God is

infinite, unlimited. The word "infinite" has usually been thought of as meaning

immeasurably vast, huge in dimensions. However, this word has quite another

aspect, which also means 'beyond geometrical dimensions', and this is 'that

which is infinitessimal, that which is so minute that is cannot be measured'. It

is definitely possible that the form of the Supreme is this rather than the

huge, unlimited infinity.

 

We have heard that the qualities of God are unlimited, and have therefore

assumed that the size of the Supreme Being is unlimited, but in fact size and

depth of quality are not necessarily related. We do not judge the qualities of a

human by the size of the body. The power of the soul has no connection with

physical dimension. I can recognise the soul as a dot, and the Supreme Soul to

be the same, and yet form this dot radiates qualities as unlimited as the Ocean;

unlimited love, peace, purity, bliss, power - the list is also limitless.

 

>From this spark of light, light emanates in an oval image, just as from a candle

light emerges from a point source and assumes an oval image. It is interesting

to see that throughout the world God has been remembered as a form of light,

usually with oval image. Images in gold, silver, diamond and even ice have been

made - forms that are visible to the eyes and can therefore be worshipped. But

even one religion, Islam, which has no form of idol worship, has, in Mecca, an

oval, black, crystal stone which is precisely the same image. (This is called

the Sang-e-Aswad, the Holy Stone). A group of Buddhists in Japan focus their

thoughts on an oval-shaped image known as the peace-giver when they sit in

meditation. Zoroaster, the prophet of the Parsees, advocated the worship of fire

as the remembrance of the Supreme, "the Great Light". Christ has spoken of God

as light, Moses has visions of the burning bush and the form of light appearing,

and Guru Nanak, founder of the Sikh religion, has

spoken of the One Incorporeal, the One without human form. Certainly this is

the one form in which God has been remembered which appears throughout the

world.

 

The Qualities of God

It is said that if you were to turn the earth into paper, the ocean to ink and

the trees into quills, still it would not be possible to write down all the

qualities of the Supreme and all the praise which could be attributed to Him.

But in order to understand definite characteristics, we can concentrate on the

specific qualities, love, purity, peace, bliss and power. As we turn our

thoughts to the Supreme in mediation, the soul is flooded with the experience of

these qualities and actually absorbs these qualities within itself, thus

eventually achieving complete transformation.

 

We have thought of God as the Father of all souls, but if, within this spark of

light, there are all qualifications, it is quite possible for the Supreme to be

experienced as the Mother, as well as the Father. Although the word "He" is

used, conveying the idea of the dominant role of the Father, there is the

definite love and mercy of the Mother within that soul. And similarly, because

the Supreme has all qualifications, I can experience Him in His numerous roles,

in all relationships.

 

If there is to be union with the Supreme, it is only possible when there is the

awareness of God as a pinpoint. It is not possible for the mind to concentrate

on a huge expanse. When a complete image is seen, then the mind, the eyes and

the brain will instantly build up a composite picture and a whole scene will

come together. But there can only be total concentration on one tiny part of one

object. And so the soul, seeking union with the Supreme, sees Him as a pinpoint,

total concentration can then be achieved and union is experienced. A

relationship is then built up.

 

The Name of the Supreme

In any close relationship, it is usual to know the name of the other person.

There are as many names as there are tongues for the Supreme, and each one is

accurate in that each one conveys a special meaning or quality. But the one name

that carries a multitude of meanings, a whole world of significance, is the

sanskrit name "Shiva". The word Shiva has three specific meanings : Shiva means

the Benefactor, the point and it also means the seed.

 

>From the word Shiva we can see the qualities of God, that is, the Benefactor,

the beloved Father, we come to know His form, the point, and also God as the

seed of the Tree. The knowledge of the whole "human tree" is contained within

the Seed, and the Seed is the Creator of the Tree. In this name is contained the

theoretical knowledge of the Supreme Soul, but in my own meditation another name

is used, and that is "Baba". Baba means father or daddy and immediately conveys

the idea of my close relationship with my beloved Father. And so this is God the

Supreme, the Incorporeal, Shiva Baba.

 

Differences Between the Soul and the Supreme Soul

We have been looking at the similarities between the soul and the Supreme Soul,

in form, size and in the function of the mind, intellect and sanskars. There

are, however, some interesting differences.

 

All souls take a human body, a costume, in which to play their roles on the

world stage, within the cycle of birth and death. But the Supreme Soul is the

One free from this cycle of birth and death, the One who is constantly

incorporeal.

 

Souls, taking on a human body, are governed by the laws of action and reaction

(karma), and there is either liberation or bondage, depending on actions.

 

The Supreme is the One who is totally fulfilled, eternally complete, and forever

constant, constant in name (whereas human names are merely labels for the body),

constant in qualities. No human soul has this constancy, and this is why we turn

to God when seeking the stability we ourselves lack.

 

Where Does He Stay ?

Just as it is important to know the name of someone with whom one is forming a

relationship, it is also important to know where they are, where they live. To

form a relationship with God, I must know precisely where He is so that I can

turn my mind to Him.

 

The Three Worlds

This physical world on which we are now living is known as the CORPOREAL WORLD.

Beyond this world of matter, of physical elements, there is the SUBTLE REGION of

light, sometimes referred to as the astral plane.

 

Beyond the Subtle Region is the INCORPOREAL WORLD, a place of constant ,

unchangeable light, of complete stability, silence and peace. The land of

Nirvana, which means the land beyond sound or the land of release or of

liberation. This is my Home, the world form which all souls come, and the land

where all souls ultimately go. It is also the Home of the Supreme Father, Shiva

Baba.

 

The Raj Yogi can turn his mind away from the corporael world to that incorporeal

world, where the Father resides, and where he can experience complete peace.

 

Is He Everywhere ?

It possibly seems strange to think of God as a minute point of light, of energy,

with a fixed form, and indeed a fixed abode. It is a very widely and strongly

held concept in both the East and West that the Supreme pervades the entire

universe, in other words, is omnipresent. Let us examine some points in

connection with this.

 

If the Supreme Soul did pervade the entire universe, surely, then, the qualities

of the Supreme Soul would also pervade everything? In this case there would be

no difference between the living and the non-living, and certainly each and

every being would reflect the qualities of the Supreme. Such things as sin,

impurity and peacelessness would not exist and only the qualities of God would

be displayed - love, purity, knowledge, peace and bliss.

 

If am told that it is ignorance that has coloured the soul and which prevents

the qualities of good emerging, then, if I am pervaded by the Supreme, it is

questionable whether ignorance could have come in the first place. Am I not

implying that ignorance has come to the Supreme?

 

If I am often suggested that the Supreme is an unlimited ocean and that we souls

are drops form that ocean which will eventually merge back within it. But drops

from the ocean and the ocean are made up of the same elements, and, again, only

the qualities of the ocean would be found in the drops.

 

Let us consider the Supreme to be in one location, and from that location

qualities emanate, so that wherever I am, I only have to tune my thoughts to

that source and I am able to pick up those vibrations and experience a

relationship. A radio transmitter has one specific location, form which

transmissions spread throughout the world, and wherever thee is a receiver tuned

to the specific wavelength, or frequency, it will be able to pick up the

transmission. Here we find a reason why it has not been possible for us to

experience the Supreme in our daily lives up to now.

 

If my mind has been tuned to the physical activity, the gross world and material

objects around me, I have not been able to pick up the transmissions, even

though God has been sending them. I have been on a different wavelength. If my

thoughts come away from the physical, and I have move into a stage of

soul-consciousness, it becomes very easy for me to pick up the vibrations, and

through my thoughts, make contact and experience Shiva Baba, my Father.

 

Suggested Thoughts for Meditation

 

I become aware of myself as a soul … a point source of light in the centre of

the forehead … my thoughts move beyond the body … beyond the bodily world … up

to a region of immense light … there is total peace, perfect stillness … this is

my Home …I find myself in the presence of Shiva Baba, Baba, a spark of light,

radiating the Ocean of Light … I absorb light within myself … Baba, the Ocean of

Peace … I feel the waves of peace … soothing … cooling … calming the soul … my

natural state is that of peace …This is how I was before, this is how I will be

forever …The Almighty Authority fills me with His power, the weak soul is

transformed … I become the embodiment of strength and power … the embodiment of

peace … of light … of might … of purity … of bliss …

 

Questions

What is the form of the Supreme and what is meant by the name Shiva?

Explain the difference between the soul and the Supreme Soul.

Give some reasons why God cannot be omnipresent.

What is meant by the Three Worlds?

 

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