The Baptism of Jesus - Part 3

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The Baptism of Jesus - Part 3

 

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness,

to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not

that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light,

which lighteth every man that cometh into the world (John 1:6-9)

 

(p.103) " To bear witness of the Light " means that John had tuned himself with

the cosmic creative light of the Holy Ghost that imbues the whole universe. Just

as the electric current from a dynamo pervades the lightbulbs of a city, so the

Cosmic Light manifests itself in the stones, the grass, the animals, the air,

the thermal and electric currents; and enlivens every human being. John

experienced and bore witness to that Light. In his incarnate consciousness he

was not actively manifesting oneness with the whole Cosmic Light, but rather

knew himself as an individualized expression of it. He came to bear witness of

that All-Pervading Light and of its immanent radiant power of Christ

Consciousness that would be evidenced in the Lord Jesus. [1]

 

 

The Second Coming of Christ (The Resurrection of the Christ Within

You) Volume 1, Discourse 6, pg. 103

Paramahansa Yogananda

Printed in the United States of America 1434-J881

ISBN-13:978-0-87612-557-1

ISBN-10:0-87612-557-7

 

Notes:

 

[1] The above reference to John the Baptist by the apostle John served as both a

factual record of the role of the Baptist and also as a metaphorical medium to

express esoterically, in the context of the opening verses of the Gospel

According to St. John, the underlying spiritual nature of the coming-forth and

subsistence of God's creation. (See elaboration, Discourse 1.)