Jesus Meets His First Disciples - Part 3

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Jesus Meets His First Disciples - Part 3

 

One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon

Peter's brother. He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, " We

have found the Messiah, " which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

 

And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, " Thou art Simon

the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, " which is by interpretation, a

stone.

 

The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and

saith unto him, " Follow me. "

 

- John 1:40-43

 

 

True gurus draw disciples

by the spiritual magnetism

of their God-realization

 

(p.185) Andrew, after he and his companion had been with Jesus for a day, was so

saturated with the spiritual magnetism emanating from Jesus that he understood

who Jesus was, recognizing him as the Christ. The Christ Consciousness cannot be

intellectually inferred, but has to come through intuitional awareness.

God-ordained gurus do not have to convert their inner circle of disciples by

soapbox preaching; they communicate primarily by the silent emanation of the

vibrations of their God-realization. My Master drew me that way when I first saw

him, without introduction, in a busy market lane in Banaras. (p.186) (I have

written about my experiences with great masters and with my Guru in my memoirs,

published under the title of 'Autobiography of a Yogi'.) [1] The first contact

between guru and disciple is usually sufficient to awaken memories of the

everlasting bonding of that relationship. They feel a connection of oneness at

first sight in their exchange of magnetism.

 

The sum total of a person is expressed in his magnetism. His very being, in

fact, has its origin in magnetism--in the creative ideational powers of man's

causal body, the God-ideas that form man's astral and physical bodies and

sustain the soul's incarnation. Through the medulla oblongata, Cosmic Conscious

and Cosmic Energy enter into the subtle astral cerebrospinal centers of life and

consciousness, and thence into the physical body, as positive and negative

currents, forming a series of attracting magnets. Each individual is a bundle of

these magnets, with attracting power according to their magnetic strength. Jesus

was a Christ magnet empowering him to attract multitudes, as compared with the

ordinary man who can attract very little.

 

All the parts of the body that come in pairs--eyes, ears, tongue and the little

uvula tongue, hands, feet, and so on--have their positive and negative sides.

They receive and radiate positive and negative lifetronic currents, each forming

a magnet. The optical magnet can charm, enthrall, and strongly draw people; they

will feel the magnetism of the soul of that person through his eyes. Some highly

developed persons are able to spiritualize or heal others, even a whole

audience, just by the magnetism of the eyes.

 

The spiritual practice of " laying on of hands " to send healing rays into the

body of a patient electrocutes the germs and other agents of disease. There is

tremendous power in the life force flowing through the hands, provided it is

made strong by a pure, indomitable will. A will that refuses to be discouraged

by anything, and that flows continually and energetically toward accomplishment

of its object, becomes divinely empowered. The strong will of man guided by

wisdom is Divine Will.

 

As each person carries with him a telltale silent evidence of his own

vibrations, individuals residing in the same house, sharing the same rooms, soon

come to know each other, even if they verbally communicate very little, because

of an exchange of the magnetic vibrations of their consciousness, nature,

vitality, and feelings. Each feels the silent emanation of the other's thoughts

and life force, and the range and strength of his vital magnetism.

 

(p.187) Unbiased, spiritually sensitive souls can know people simply by looking

into their eyes, or by merely coming in close proximity with them and feeling

their radiating vibrations. Worried, calm, timid, brave, cruel, wise, or godly

vibrations can be felt instantly even by people with little spiritual

perception.

 

Persons with ordinary perception are usually sensitive to others only when

within near range of their magnetism. Great minds, however, can feel another

person from a distance, although receptivity is stronger if they have been

closely associated for a while. Thus it was Andrew's soul, after remaining for

some hours with Jesus, felt unquestionably his Christ magnetism and could

proclaim to his brother Simon: " We have found the Messiah. "

 

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

You) Volume 1, Discourse 8, pg. 185-187

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] Published by Self-Realization Fellowship.