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…; but also to the symbolism of the Rosy Cross. 4. Gives the cycle of creation. Peace manifesting as Power, Power dissolving in Peace. 5. God. It adds to 66, the sum of the first II numbers. 6. He is God, and there is no other God than He. 7. 0! let us strictly meditate on the adorable light of that divine Savitri (the interior Sun, etc.) May she enlighten our minds ! 8, Say: He is God alone! God the Eternal! He begets not and is not begotten! Nor is there like unto Him any one! g. Unity uttermost showed! I adore the might of Thy breath, Supreme …
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… to do great things. Of course, it may be said that there is a fallacy in the argument; it may be true that all these great people “ saw God,” but it does not follow that every one who “ sees God ” will do great things. This is true enough. In fact, the majority of people who claim to have “seen God,” and who no doubt did “see God” just as much as those whom we have quoted, did nothing else. But perhaps their silence is not a Sign of their weakness, but of their strength. Perhaps these “great ” men are the failures of humanity; 1 The massacres …
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…ch it was not lawful to speak.” Mohammed speaks crudely of his having been “visited by the Angel Gabriel,” who communicated things from “God.” Moses says that he “beheld God.” ᾽
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…describing it proceed to add a great number of details which are not human at all. This particular appearance is usually assumed to be “ God.” But, whatever it may be, the result on the mind of the student: is tremendous; all his thoughts are pushed to their greatest develop- ment. He sincerely believes that they have the divine sanction; perhaps he even supposes that they emanate from this “God.” He goes back into the world armed with this intense conviction.
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…ife, and it must require an extremely careful bal- ance to prevent the one absorbing the other. As it will be seen later, the “vision of God,” or “ Union with God,” or “ Samadhi,” or whateverwe may agree to call it, has many kinds and many degrees, although there is an impassable abyss between the least of them and the greatest of all the phenomena of normal consciousness. To sum ”!?, we assert a secret source of energy which ex- plains the phenomenon of Genius.1 We do not believe in any supernatural explanations, but insist that this source ma…
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…me straight and unstirred Burn up thy being in one word! Next, still that ecstasy, prolong Thy meditation steep and strong, Slaying even God, should He distract Thy attention from the chosen act! Last, all these things in one o’erpowered, Time that the midnight blossom flowered! The oneness is. Yet even in this, My son, thou shalt not do amiss If thou restrain the expression, shoot Thy glance to rapture’s darkling root, Discarding name, form, sight, and stress Even of this high consciousness; Pierce to the heart! I leave thee here: Thou art the …
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…atomy, physiology, and psychology. . Can you give me a brief abstract of this method? . The main idea is that the Infinite, the Absolute, God, the Over- soul, or whatever you may prefer to call it, is always present; but veiled or masked by the thoughts of the mind, just as one cannot hear a heart-beat in a noisy city. . Yes? . Then to obtain knowledgeof That, it is only necessaryto still all thoughts.
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…mption “ This is That.” In the Bhagavadgitaa vision of this class is naturally attributed to the apparition of Vishnu, who was the local god of the period. Anna Kingsford, who had dabbled in Hebrew mysticism, and was a feminist, got an almost identical vision; but called the “divine” figure which she saw alternately “ Adonai ” and “ Maria.” Now this woman, though handicapped by a brain that was a mass of putrid pulp, and a complete lack of social status, education, and moral character, did more in the religious world than any other person had do…
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…derstanding of the phenomenon which occurred. Theorists have not been at a loss to explain; but they differ. The Mohammedan insists that God is, and did really send Gabriel with messages for Mohammed: but all others contradict him. And from the nature of the case proof is impossible. The lack of proof has been so severely felt by Christianity (and in a much less degree by Islam) that fresh miracles have been manufactured almost daily to support the tottering structure. Modern thought, rejecting these miracles, has adopted theories involving epi…
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…heard in some unexplained manner during a meditation. One man, for example, used the words: “And strive to see in everything the will of God; ” to another, while engaged ’ apparently referring to the action of the inhibitory centres which he was using. By in killing thoughts, came the words “and push it down,’ keeping on with this he got his “ result.” The ideal mantra should be rhythmical, one might even say musical; but there should be sufficient emphasis on some syllable to assist the faculty of attention. The best mantras are of medium lengt…
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…e case of absolute neces— 1 Here are four: 1. Sit in a chair; head up, back straight, knees together, hands on knees, eyes closed. (“The God.”) 2. Kneel; buttocks resting on the heels, toes turned back, back and head straight, hands on thighs. (“ The Dragon.’ ’) _ 3. Stand; hold left ankle with right hand (and alternately practise right ankle in left hand, etc.), free forefinger on lips. (“ The Ibis”) 4. Sit; left heel pressing up anus, right foot poised on its toes, the heel covering the phallus; arms stretched out over the knees: head and back…
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…s are stopped the surface becomes calm ; and then, and only then, can it reflect unbroken the disk of the sun. This sun is the “soul” or “God.” We should, however, avoid these terms for the present, on account of their implications. Let us rather speak of this sun as “some unknown thing whose presence has been masked by all things known, and by the knower.” It is probable, too, that our memory of Dhyana is not of the pheno- menon itself, but of the image left thereby on the mind. But this is duration of Dhyana. One can only say that, since it ce…
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80 with.” Ari/22' means “Lord,” and a reasonable translation of the whole word would be “Union with God,” the exact term used by Christian mystics to describe their attainment. Now there is great confusion, because the Buddhists use the word Samadhi to mean something entirely different, the mere faculty of attention. Thus, with them, to think of a cat is to “ make Samadhi ” on that cat. They use the word Jhana to describe mystic states. This is excessively misleading, for as we saw in the last section, Dhyana is a preliminary to Samadhi, and of…
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…lence, however, is Atmadarshana, which for some, and those not the least instructed, is the first real Samadhi; for even the visions of “ God ” and of the “ Self” are tainted by form. In Atmadarshana the All is manifested as the One: it is the Universe freed from its conditions. Not only are all forms and ideas destroyed,but also those conceptions which are implicit in our ideas of those ideas.2 Each part of 1 Similarly Patanjali tells us that by making Samyama on the strength of an elephant or a tiger, the student acquires that strength. Conque…