Guest guest Posted May 5, 2003 Report Share Posted May 5, 2003 " These are the times described in the Holy Bible as the Last Judgment and in the Koran as Qiyamah, the Resurrection Time. Astrologically it is also called the Age of Aquarius, the time of rebirth and of great spiritual development on the Earth. " Sri Svatmarama Devi (Svatmarama (878th): Rejoicing in Her own Self. The Ultimate Reality divides itself into two and plays as man [siva] and woman [shakti]) " The Great Hindu Saint Jnaneshwari spoke of this state: " After a seeker is fully established in this center, he reaches out with the arms of awareness of the united individual soul and the supreme Creator. " Just as water from the ocean evaporates into clouds and then pours down into the ocean as rain, in the same way the individual soul, having lived in the body, now reenters a partnership with the supreme Maker. A great meditation teacher recounts his experience in this way: " There are a thousand knots in the sahasrara [located at the top of the head], which shine with the brilliance of a thousand suns, but instead of being scorching like the sun, their light is cooling_. When I saw that brilliance within myself, I fell down, because I could not bear its intensity. In the center of that effulgence lies a fascinatingly beautiful light_. Sometimes it comes out of the eyes and stands in front of you. It moves with the speed of lightning, and it is subtle such that when it passes through the eye, the eye doesn't feel its movement_. Everyone should see this [light] at least once. " This shimmering light is the form of God that lives within us. In this light is contained the whole of the universe. This is what Christ referred to when He stated that " the kingdom of heaven is within you. " If you have never experienced the kingdom of heaven within, how can you think you will know heaven just because you have dropped your " old clothing " —your old and diseased body? You have to see it at least once in your life. As I said many times before, our Maker is so generous, before we are worthy of this profound experience, He will give us the preview of all the good things to come. At this magnificent stage, the soul does not experience a separation from God. Because there is no separation, there is no difference between the states of rapture and normality. In the previous stages, one has had to go into a state of trance or have an out-of-body experience to be with God. Now one is with God all the time, even while performing daily, mundane duties. According to the East, this state is called sahaj samadhi, the walking ecstasy, because we are at one with God's intense joy, whether eating, sleeping, working, or talking. " 1 1. Become One With The Creator, www.strategic.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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