The Ascension of the Soul

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....After all this description, Sant Kabir is ready to explain the esoteric

side of Spirituality, known as Para Vidya (the Teachings of Inner

Knowledge). This knowledge of the soul begins at the point where the

Physical Region meets with the Astral.

 

Sant Kabir points out that the Path of Spirituality that He teaches,

BEGINS at the Sixth Centre, the Ajna Chakra (the Third, or Single Eye). This

Path of Sant Mat [the Way of the Saints] leads through Khand, Brahmand, on

to Sach Khand, and finally to Sat Naam, the idyllic Home of Almighty God.

He emphasizes, "Those of the higher Order of this Sadhana, begin with the

Ajna Chakra, behind the eyes."

 

Sant Kabir says that the soul begins its ascent from the Pind (Physical)

Region through the Ajna Chakra (the Seat of the Soul), and goes into the

Andh (Astral) Region, and then further into the Beyond.

 

He then begins the description of the Inner Journey by revealing how the

attention of the devotee becomes focused at the Third Eye, with the Grace of

a True Master. "Passing through the optic nerve, the attention is focussed

at a point called the Third Eye. From here the soul enters the Sukhmana

(the Middle Path), lying between the Ida (Left Path) and the Pingla (Right

Path)."

 

He emphasizes that the Left and the Right Paths lead into the domain of

Kaal, but the Middle Path takes one into the Beyond. "Only the true Sadhu

can pass through the Nine Doors and reach to the Tenth (which is also known

as Dhaswan Dwar)," At this stage, the soul merges totally into the

Luminous, Effulgent Form of the Master, Who remains with the soul, to be its

ever-faithful Guide in the Inner Spiritual Realms.

 

As the soul ascends within, it reaches the First Spiritual Stage known as

Sahansdal-Kanwal, the Region of the thousand candle lights. One feels the

bliss of so much radiance and Light, that it appears that this lotus is

literally a fountain bursting with Light. Sant Kabir says that here, one

hears the Sound of the Big Bell, or the Conch.

 

Further up, there is a very narrow tunnel, called the Bunknal, through which

the soul must pass. Its direction leads straight out, then upward, and then

straight out again.

 

Sant Kabir has explained in such a way that the whole Region thereafter

appears to be an upside-down well, and the person who is a true Sadhu can

drink here in abundance from the Fountain of Divine Nectar. "What a pity

that whoever doesn't have a Master, dies in thirst of this Sweet Nectar,"

says Kabir.

 

Sant Kabir carefully explains that as the soul rises upwards from

Sahansdal-Kanwal, there are numerous tricks played by the Negative Power to

attract the soul and keep it engrossed in that Region, the purpose being to

deter the soul's progress upwards. For example, He says that there are

exquisitely beautiful scenes, people, and music to captivate the soul's

attention. However, these distractions all run away when the person recites

the Five Charged Names of God given to him by the Master at the time of

Spiritual Initiation.

 

-- "LORD KABIR," by Sharan Malhotra, CBS Publishers, New Delhi

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The quote above came from a new book on the great north Indian mystic Kabir,

from a chapter titled "The Holy Naam." The chapter continues to describe

the various Planes or Heavens all the way up to Anami Purush, the Most High

God, the Ocean of All Love and Oneness at the Heart of all things, Ultimate

Reality.

 

No doubt I'll share more from this great new book on the meditation

practices of the Shabda Yoga/Sant Mat tradition.

 

This book isn't available yet in the States, but soon will be. I'll post

information on how to get it when it becomes available in North America.

 

In the Light and Sound of Love,

 

James Bean

spiritualawakeningatonelist

Sant Mat Fellowship: santmatfellowship

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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