The
Eastern Tradition
“The Great Hindu Saint Jnaneshwari spoke of this
state:“ After a seeker is fully established in
this center, he reaches out with the arms of awareness
of the united individual soul and the supreme
Creator.” Just as water from the ocean evaporates into
clouds and then pours down into the ocean as rain, in
the same way the individual soul, having lived in the
body, now reenters a partnership with the supreme
Maker.
A great meditation teacher recounts his experience in
this way: “There are a thousand knots in the
sahasrara [located at the top of the head], which
shine with the brilliance of a thousand suns, but
instead of being scorching like the sun, their light
is cooling. When I saw that brilliance within myself,
I fell down, because I could not bear its intensity.
In the center of that effulgence lies a fascinatingly
beautiful light. Sometimes it comes out of the eyes
and stands in front of you. It moves with the speed of
lightning, and it is subtle such that when it passes
through the eye, the eye doesn’t feel its movement.
Everyone should see this [light] at least once.”
This shimmering light is the form of God that lives
within us. In this light is contained the whole of the
universe. This is what Christ referred to when He
stated that “the kingdom of heaven is within you.” If
you have never experienced the kingdom of heaven
within, how can you think you will know heaven just
because you have dropped your “old clothing”—your old
and diseased body? You have to see it at least once in
your life. As I said many times before, our Maker is
so generous, before we are worthy of this profound
experience, He will give us the preview of all the
good things to come.
At this magnificent stage, the soul does not
experience a separation from God. Because there is no
separation, there is no difference between the states
of rapture and normality. In the previous stages, one
has had to go into a state of trance or have an
out-of-body experience to be with God. Now one is with
God all the time, even while performing daily, mundane
duties. According to the East, this state is called
sahaj samadhi, the walking ecstasy, because we are
at one with God’s intense joy, whether eating,
sleeping, working, or talking.”
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