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excerpts from A Recipe for Bliss

Kriya Yoga for the New Millennium

by Carl Schmidt

 

A genuine philosopher [aspirant] must learn how to *stop*. If he

never stops, he is carried on by the noise and the activity of this life and

does not attain the perspective needed to unveil the deepest understanding.

He feels the activity and hears the noise, but he has no reference point for

the Whole Truth. That reference point is complete Stillness… Silence…

Transparency. When we are silent and still, we begin to perceive our Self.

Meditation is the art of becoming utterly Transparent.

 

The Divine Life is the only Life that yields permanent satisfaction. Every

other life is destined to pass away. This physical life will pass away.

Every specific physical condition will undergo ceaseless change and eventual

dissolution. That to which we might cling today, will vanish tomorrow.

There is no permanent physical support anywhere. There can never be such a

support. There are only temporary havens. The Divine Life, however, has a

permanent Quality.

 

We are Unborn and Formless. Our true nature is Everlasting Consciousness, not

form. We may appear to be a solitary, physical being, mysteriously extracted

from Spirit, separate and vulnerable… but we are not what we "appear" to be.

We are visiting a world of form to make a discovery. We have come here to

uncover a mystery that has plagued our consciousness for a time that

curiously predates our present memory. We are here for a reason… to find out

exactly who we are.

 

The basic assumptions and choices we make play a definite role in the

discovery of our Self. If we persist in believing that the material and

separate aspects of our experience are the "real thing," our prison will seem

essentially material and, in a deep way, we shall feel alone and

fundamentally helpless. We will hardly notice that this appearance is

assumed. However, if we make no limiting assumptions at all and look

intently and continuously into the life that is given, a delightful Wonder

begins to unfold. Gradually, or quite suddenly, our seemingly mundane

environment becomes extraordinary. The physical appearance begins to

evanesce. In its place emerges the Primordial, Resonant Heart.