Guest guest Posted June 11, 2005 Report Share Posted June 11, 2005 The issue being of paramount importance, it merits deeper pondering over what the body and wise have said in this regard. The inferior devotee says, " God exists, but he is very far off up there in heaven " . The mediocre devotee says, " God exists in all being as life and consciousness " . The superior devotee says " It is God himself who has become everything what ever I see is only a form of God. It is He alone who has become Maya, the universe and all living beings. Nothing exists but God " (Shri Rama Krishna) The superior devotees who sees God in everything, be it living or non-living, are called Turiashrama (the fourth order) Yogi or Paramahamsa yogi, which they reach through the merits acquired by the strenuous exertion of many previous births (Paramahamsopanishad Mantra 1). The Gnosis (merifah) Sufi is also of the fourth order as per Sufi cult and is of the Paramahamsa stations. Yogis or Sufis of fourth order seen not the self as individualized in himself or in others, but in its true essence. Yogi, or Sufi, or Great Master, or Sadguru are difficult to be found because there is always one at a time in any country (as per Mantra 1 mentioned above) and their self (Atman) is self contained, and invisible, unchanging, all full, eternal and pure, they enjoy pure bliss (The happiness), the happiness enjoyed by the king of the Gods, or by the sovereign ruler of all men, is nothing compared to with what belongs to such yogi who is devoid of attachment and is steadfast in the knowledge of the self. One chapter on Paramahamsa Yogi is included in this book. (as defined in Paramahamsopanishad). (Gita ch 3, Text 7 and 8) Lord Krishna told Arjuna, " Whenever righteousness is on the decline, the unrighteousness is in the ascendant, then I body Myself forth for the protection of the virtuous, for the enterpation of evil doers, and for establishing Dharma (right-consciousness) on a firm footings, I am born from age to age. (To be contd....) (This book can be read from www.saileelas.org/books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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