Hereafter Ye Shall See Heaven Open - Part 2

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" Hereafter Ye Shall See Heaven Open " - Part 2

 

'And Nathanael said unto him, " Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? "

Philip saith unto him, " Come and see. "

 

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, " Behold an Israelite

indeed, in whom is no guile! " '(John 1:46-47).

 

Sincerity: a virtue of

virtues on the spiritual

path

 

(p.198) Nathanael was a plainspoken, sincere man. He knew the backward, socially

and politically insignificant status of Nazareth and expressed doubt that a

savior would come forth from such an inconsequential place. Philip was

practical, and without offering an argument sought instead to bring Nathanael

into the transmuting personal magnetism of Jesus. Philip knew from the blessing

he himself had received that Christ, by his very look and magnetic life force,

could remove whatever stubborn impressions of skepticism had formed in the brain

of Nathanael. The transforming power conveyed to one who comes reverently into

the presence of a holy personage is referred to in the traditions of India as

'darshan', an experience that is a veritable purifying rite.

 

(p.199) Jesus gave Nathanael a soul-penetrating look, the vibration of which

dispersed ages of ignorance; and like a shaft of light on a sensitive film, took

an intuitive photograph of his disciple's life. Pleased with the image, Jesus

said: " Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no guile. " Behold a soul

that is free from satanic insincerity.

 

Guilelessness means sincerity, the simplicity or natural state of one's true

being, free from duplicity, dissembling, hypocrisy, and all other self-serving

guises. It has no association with crudeness or rude hurtfulness in the name of

being honest. Craftiness, the cunning to outwit others for selfish purposes or

spite, is a demented use of intelligence. The quiet humility of guilelessness is

the sapience that distinguishes a truly spiritual personality. What magnetism it

has! Sincerity is a virtue of virtues in the realm of spirituality. All other

qualities a disciple may offer as the sum of his being at the feet of the guru

must borrow a great measure of their worth from sincerity. Words and deeds are a

sham without it. But a heart that is pure in its intention is the way to touch

the heart of God.

 

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

You) Volume 1, Discourse 10, pg. 197-199

Paramahansa Yogananda

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