Confucius: "Now, where does such a man derive his power and knowledge?

From: "jagbir singh" <www.adishakti.org@gmail.com>
Date: Sat Oct 30, 2004 8:43 pm
Subject: Confucius: "Now, where does such a man derive his power and knowledge?"

--- In shriadishakti@yahoogroups.com, Bagus Santoso <bagus@i...>
> wrote:
>
> Dear Jagbir,
>
> Thank you very much for answering my questions and
> doubts. (I wish I could find better word for my thanks to
> you).
>
> Just for your additional information, actually I have some
> matters to note about Confucianism. Confucius indeed
> told a lot of things about God Almighty. He usually
> referred It as "Heaven".And after I got realization and
> reviewing some of His books,..somehow I realized that He
> also pointed some about enlightenment and three
> channels (ida, pingala, shushumna) implicitly.(I am still
> looking for kundalini, and I won't be surprised if I would
> find it) And I have to be honest with you that one of the
> most important reasons that made me keep trying to seek
> the truth in SY was that Shri Mataji acknowledged
> Confucius as one of 10 Primordial Masters :-)
>
>

Dear Bagus,

"The scriptures of many religions speak of a coming leader who will consummate the fulfillment of the divine will on earth. He will manifest in his person the righteousness and compassion of God, and he will bring about the final defeat of evil, and establish the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. The Hebrew title Messiah - 'Christ' in Greek means "anointed one," that person who will be specially chosen by God for this mission and empowered to accomplish it. But while the term Messiah is specific to only a few religions, prophecies that a leader will come and accomplish such a mission are
nearly universal. Religions call him by various names: Jews long for the promised Messiah; for Christians the Messiah is Jesus of Nazareth, who has already come and ascended to heaven but will reappear (perhaps in a new guise) at his Second Coming. Muslims also expect the second advent of Jesus, who will come as a Muslim Imam, and among Shiite Muslims there are various expectations of a future
Imam Mahdi. Buddhist sutras prophesy the coming of the Maitreya Buddha; Vaishnavite Hindu scriptures prophesy the future descent of an avatar named Kalki; Zoroastrian scriptures prophesy the coming of the Saoshyant; and some Confucian texts speak of a future True Man
who will finally bring peace to the world by perfectly instituting the Way of Confucius." 1

i just came across this Doctrine of the Mean from Confucius that seem to confirm what you say about this Primordial Master's relation to Sahaja Yoga - kundalini awakening, self-realization, knowledge of Sahasrara, self-mastery, supreme enlightenment and hint of immortality.

What i found fascinating is that Confucius is in complete agreement with all other prophets and messengers of God, including Shri Mataji: "Now, where does such a man derive his power and knowledge, except from himself?"

jai Shri Mataji,


jagbir


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It is only the man with the most perfect divine moral nature who is able to combine in himself quickness of apprehension, intelligence and understanding -- qualities necessary for the exercise of command, magnanimity, generosity, benignity, and gentleness -- qualities
necessary for the exercise of patience, originality, energy,
strength of character, and determination -- qualities necessary for the exercise of endurance, piety, noble seriousness, order, and regularity -- qualities necessary for the exercise of dignity, grace, method, subtlety, and penetration -- qualities necessary for the exercise of critical judgment.

Thus all-embracing and vast is the nature of such a man. Profound it is and inexhaustible, like a living spring of water, ever running out with life and vitality. All-embracing and vast, it is like Heaven. Profound and inexhaustible, it is like the abyss.

As soon as such a man shall make his appearance in the world, all people will reverence him. Whatever he says, all people will believe it. Whatever he does, all people will be pleased with it. Thus his fame and name will spread and fill all the civilized world, extending even to savage countries, wherever ships and carriages reach, wherever the labor and enterprise of man penetrate, wherever the heavens overshadow and the earth sustain, wherever the sun and
moon shine, wherever frost and dew fall. All who have life and breath will honor and love him. Therefore we may say, "He is the equal of God."

It is only he in this world, who has realized his absolute self,
that can order and adjust the great relations of human society, fix the fundamental principles of morality, and understand the laws of growth and reproduction of the universe.

Now, where does such a man derive his power and knowledge, except from himself? How simple and self-contained his true manhood! How  unfathomable the depth of his mind! How infinitely grand and vast the moral height of his nature! Who can understand such a nature except he who is gifted with the most perfect intelligence and
endowed with the highest divine qualities of character, and who has reached in his moral development the level of the gods?

Confucius, Doctrine of the Mean 31-32


1. Professor Andrew Wilson, Unification Theological Seminary