The Baptism of Jesus - Part 12

April 29, 2009

Scientific meditation

lifts the practice of

religion beyond

intellectual theory

(p.121) Churches today have digressed from the path of Self-realization,

personal experience of God and Christ. Congregations are generally satisfied

with sermons, ceremonies, organizations, and festive socials. The complete

revival and restoration of Christ-ianity can be effected only by less emphasis

on theoretical sermons with their oft-repeated platitudes, and on external

emotion-rousing, psycho-physical ceremonies, and by substituting instead quiet

meditation and real inner communion. Rather than being passive members of a

church, satisfied merely with listening to sermons, worshipers should engage

more in the effort to cultivate perfect stillness in both body and mind. The

peace of absolute physical and mental stillness is the real temple wherein God

most often visits His devotees. " Be still, and know that I am God. " [1]

The word " straight " also signifies following the straight path of truth, through

which alone the soul can reach God. (p.122) It is very difficult to choose the

right course amid the varied religious opinions. John declared to the people the

straight path out of their ignorance, and exhorted them to follow it to receive

the teachings of Jesus in attaining Christ Consciousness. People who wander from

church to church seeking intellectual satisfaction seldom find God, for

intellectual nourishment is necessary only to inspire one to " drink " God. When

the intellect forgets to actually taste God, it is a detriment to

Self-realization. Spiritual truth and wisdom are found not in any words of a

priest or preacher, but in the " wilderness " of inner silence. The Sanskrit

scriptures say: " There are many sages with their scriptural and spiritual

interpretations, apparently contradictory, but the real secret of religions is

hidden in a cave. " [2] True religion lies within oneself, in the cave of

stillness, in the cave of calm intuitive wisdom, in the cave of the spiritual

eye. By concentrating on the point between the eyebrows and delving into the

depths of quiet in the luminous spiritual eye, one can find answers to all

religious queries of the heart. " The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost...shall

teach you all things " (John 14:26).

By the right method of meditation on the Holy Ghost as the light of the

spiritual eye and the holy sound of the cosmic vibration of 'Aum', any

persevering devotee, by constant practice, can experience the blessings of the

manifested vibratory presence of God. The Sacred Vibration, the Great Comforter,

being imbued with the universal, reflected God-consciousness, contains the

all-encompassing bliss of God. On the day of Pentecost the disciples of Jesus

were filled with the new wine of this Joy coming from the touch of 'Aum', the

comforting Holy Vibration, and they could talk " in diverse tongues. " 'Aum', the

Word, the cosmic intelligent Vibratory Sound, is the origin of all sounds and

languages. One filled with the Holy Ghost--who can hear, feel, and spread his

consciousness in 'Aum'--can understand and communicate in the diverse tongues of

inspirations of men, animals, and atoms. He truly communes with Nature; not as

an experience of the senses, but as one united with the Voice of God through

which the Creator guides the symbiosis of His beings in an underlying harmony.

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[Note]: After Kriya Yoga and every other Yoga also, we have Sahaja Yoga now. In

Sahaja Yoga there is en-masse awakening of the Kundalini, which has never

happened before. We put our attention 'above our head', 'at Sahasrara', so to

speak, and enter the kingdom of God within. The time is Now, that everyone has

to come to their Self-realization. Only a few could achieve Kriya Yoga and other

Yogas, but the time is too short, and the kingdom of God, Sahasrara, has now

been opened by Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, for people to ascend through Kundalini

awakening, to become their Spirit. That is the job that Shri Mataji came to do:

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All human beings are born of the Creative Vibration of the Holy Ghost; but they

are prodigal sons who have left the home of their parental Divine Consciousness

and have identified themselves with the finitely limited territory of the human

body. (p.123) The soul feels confinement in the physical, astral, and ideational

bodies. At the onset of spiritual awakening, that Self begins to assert its

connate (inborn or inherent) desire for freedom from delusion's constraints. The

conscious mind should then be taught how to detach the soul consciousness from

identification with these three bodies to reclaim its origin in the omnipresent

Spirit.

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

You) Volume 1, Discourse 6, pg. 121-123

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] Psalms 46:10

[2] The 'Mahabharata', Vana Parva (312.117).

April 30, 2009

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Thanks Violet for all the help. i have to again repeat that quoting

authors to back the teachings of Shri Mataji is by far the best way

to spread Her Message. We have made great strides over the last two

years and i continue to receive emails that reflect the success of

this approach. The latest states:

Dear Jagbir,

Many thanks for ur pearls of wisdom.

Love and regards,

C........

i will continue to use contributions towards advancing the core

message of Shri Mataji - Self-realization and Her Blossom Time.

regards,

jagbir

, " Violet " <violetubb wrote:

>

> The Baptism of Jesus - Part 12

>

> Scientific meditation

> lifts the practice of

> religion beyond

> intellectual theory

>

> (p.121) Churches today have digressed from the path of Self-realization,