SPIRIT IS THE CREATIVE GROUND OF ALL NEW POSSIBILITIES
Empowerment through the Holy Spirit is a central theme in Christian theology.
In Acts 1:8 Jesus tells his disciples they will receive spiritual power when the Holy Spirit *and its transformative power* comes upon them - in order to become an effective witness of Christ. 'Through the Holy Spirit we receive guidance, strength, and the ability to serve with love and purpose'. This theme is seen in Acts 1:8, Isiah 40:29, Philipians 4:13, Corinthians 12:9.
In classical theology, the 'Christ Event' is not only a past event but a continuity of Redeeming Action: The ongoing development of evolving personalities and creative activity expressing itself in evolution, history, and spiritual awakening - for the purpose of 'drawing all things toward harmony'. This is the sense in which Christ is "with you always, even to the end".
In other words - in this context - the Christ Principle is the (invisible to the eye of flesh) evolutionary impulse/force moving Creation toward its fulfillment.
Different traditions have different names for this invisible to the mortal eyes 'Holy Power'. Sri Aurobindo as well as his spiritual partner, The Mother, experienced the descent of the transformative 'Holy Power' directly. The Mother asserted:
"Do not try to judge the Divine Grace by your mind, you will not get anywhere, because it is something formidable which is not explained through human words or feeling."
SPIRIT & UNIVERSALITY
"Because truths are embedded in various religious traditions, we ought to seek redemptive bridges to other traditions and inquire if God's word has been heard by their adherents. We ought to look at other traditions with emphatic understanding - and at our own religion with a critical eye. If we do so, we might be enriched and be moved to do our theology less in the "Christian ghetto" and more globally." &
"We do not claim to know how the Spirit works among non-Christians, but only that he is active. This gives us hope and opens us to charitable relationships with those of other faiths."
These brilliant passages are from: Flame Of Love - A Theology of the Holy Spirit, authored by Clark H. Pinnock.
SYNCHRONICITY IS A NATURAL PART OF THE EVOLUTIONARY FABRIC OF THE UNIVERSE
Pinnock's Flame of Love book cover's image of a white dove's flight through flames caught my eye (at thelibrary) - because the very same image/symbol - in all its vibrant glory - introduced itself to my spiritual eye multiple times. The meaning's significance of this type of 'synchronicity' makes sense when understood through the mystical lens: I like Ken Wilber's description:
"Synchronicity is a natural part of the evolutionary fabric of the the Univrse - a direct experience of the self-organizing, self-transcending currents or Eros-at-play, forvever churning in all quadrants simultaneously."
Those who are called to the spiritual path and survive the ups and downs of the transformative 'cosmic makeovers', know, that this path is not for the fainthearted.
Sri Aurobindo's teaching on Hidden Forces & Divine Grace confirmed my Grace-bestowed Depth Data's Revelations. The following excerpts are from: Letters on Yoga - II
"(Divine Grace) Is apower that is superior to any rule, even of the Cosmic Law - only it has a discrimination of its own which sees things and persons and the right times and seasons with another vision than that of the Mind or any other normal Power. A state of Grace is prepared in the individual often behind thick veils by means not calculable by the mind and when the state of Grace comes then the Grace itself acts. There are these three powers:
(1) the Cosmic Law, of Karma or what else (2) the Divine Compassion acting on as many as it can reach through the nets of the Law and giving them their their chance; and (3) the Divine Grace which acts more incalucably but also more irresistibly than the others. The only question is whether there is some something behind all the anomalies of life which can respond to the call and open itself with whatever difficulty till it is ready for the illumination of the Divine Grace - and that something must be not a mental and vital movements but an inner something which can well be seen by the inner eye. If it is there and when it becomes active in front, then the Compassion can act, though the full action of the Grace may still wait attending the decisive decision or change; for this may still come between, something that is not yet ready to receive." p. 168
Source: https://motherandsriaurobindo.in.Sri-Aurobindo/books/letters-on-yoga-II/#the-divine-grace-and-guidance
I am glad to say that my eternal self-Soul received the full impact of Grace-bestowed "decisive decision". Without that, The River of Light Revisted, would not be written in April 2019.
NOTE ON DIVINE GUIDANCE & SYNCHRONICITY
I was dvinely guided (October 16/93) to become vibrational healer in a Yogic sleep state - during which I met my Master Dr. Kiara Galbreat. She gave me test and I passed it with flying colors. . .And few weeks later (November 12/93) met my Master in her flesh body ('synchronicity').
If I didn't answer 'the call', my essay titled: Path Ordained by God, written in 2024/03 would not have been written. In that pieace, I describe one of the most powerfull descends of Divine Power (via the Crown chakra) while standing in a room full of talking and laughing fellow talking students and hands resting on teacher's knees.
Solar Heart Initiation (2009/03) would not be written. Epiphay Day (2010/01) would not have been written. Kosmic Synchronicity Confirmation (2013/08) would not have been scribbled, either.
Will end this essay by affirming that mystical Initiations are validated through the force of one's explanatory reasoning and affirmed by those who are qualified.
My spiritual peer Sri Aurobindo, is qualifed to affirmed what I was destined to Know:
"The truth mind could not know unveils its face,
We hear what the mortal ears have never heard,
We feel what earthly senses has never felt,
We love what common hearts repel and dread;
Our minds hush to a bright Omniscient;
A voice calls from the chambers of the soul;
We meet the ecstasy of the Godhead's touch
In golden privacies of immortal fire."
-Savitri p.48
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