Jesus' Temptation in the Wilderness - Part 3

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Jesus' Temptation in the Wilderness - Part 3

 

Metaphysical meaning

of " mouth of God "

 

(p.161) Man is not sustained only by " bread, " the limited relative energies

derived from the solids, liquids, and gases of the physical sources that nourish

life, but primarily by " every word " (unit of unlimited Cosmic Energy vibrating

from the Holy Ghost--the great 'Aum' or Amen) descending into the human body

through the " mouth of God " (medulla oblongata). To consciously experience this

truth, as did Jesus, is to realize the eternal link between the human and

divine, matter and consciousness--the irrevocable oneness of the Self with the

Creator.

 

The medulla oblongata at the base of the brain is the seat of life, formed from

the seed cell, the original nucleus, entered by the soul at the time of

conception. Like radio waves, which are unseen but can be drawn out of the ether

by a receiving apparatus, vibrating life energy from the omnipresent cosmic

source is continuously received through the subtle astral center in the medulla.

It is stored in the dynamo of astral power in the brain, whence it flows out

through the medulla -- it " proceedeth out of the mouth of God " -- and is

distributed throughout all the cells of the body. If that beam of energy were

taken away, the body would drop dead immediately.

 

Man thinks he lives on " bread " -- food, oxygen, and sunshine--but these are

nothing but condensed Cosmic Energy. Radiant energy from the sun feeds plants;

the plants are eaten by animals and humans; and in turn the plants eat them when

they die. Directly or indirectly, solar energy is the primary physical source of

life. When a person ingests food, life energy in the body begins to work on

digesting and metabolizing it, ultimately drawing the stored solar energy out of

that food to supply the body. So the scientists say that the cells of the body

operate by energy radiated from the sun, released through the chemical reaction

of oxidation. The very construction of protoplasm is made possible by this solar

radiation, which gives off electric forces that enliven the cells. When man

responds to the senses through perceptions and actions, he expends some of that

energy; and when the body's supply is too depleted he feels weak. (p.161) Then

he decides to eat something or breathe deeply or go out into the sunlight to be

replenished with energy-radiations. [1]

 

The ordinary man, identified with his animal body, thinks that his entire

existence depends upon food, water, oxygen, and sunshine. But the time comes in

the life of every individual when, regardless of what food he eats, or how many

breathing exercises he does or sunbaths he takes, he is forced to admit: " No

matter what I do, my health is failing. " Likewise, oxygen inflated into the

lungs of a dead man, and food stuffed into his stomach, and his body exposed to

sunshine, will not bring back life. The material agencies that support the body

are only indirect sources of vitality and are dependent upon Cosmic Energy, the

direct source of life.

 

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

You) Volume 1, Discourse 8, pg. 161-162

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] " What we eat is radiation; our food is so much quanta of energy, " Dr. George

W. Crile of Cleveland told a gathering of medical men on May 17, 1933, in

Memphis. " This all-important radiation, which releases electrical currents for

the body's electrical circuit, the nervous system, is given to food by the sun's

rays, " he pointed out.

 

Someday scientists will discover how man can live directly on solar energy.

" Chlorophyll is the only substance known in nature that somehow possesses the

power to act as a 'sunlight trap,' " William L. Laurence writes in 'The New York

Times'. " It 'catches' the energy of sunlight and stores it in the plant....We

obtain the energy we need for living from the solar energy stored in the

plant-food we eat or in the flesh of the animals that eat the plants. The energy

we obtain from coal or oil is solar energy trapped by the chlorophyll in plant

life millions of years ago. We live by the sun through the agency of

chlorophyll. " -- 'Autobiography of a Yogi'