The Roar of the Timeless Beyond

'The roar of the timeless beyond' saying,  is attributed to the historical Buddha.   One who had the experience of being one with the Roar of the timeless Beyond, can not only describe in great detail the experience, but  See its true Significance. 
The Roar of the timeless Beyond is an actual experience/event - I wrote about it in: On Rapture Musings in 2009.
www.spiritspeaks-theofilia.blogspot.ca/2009/06/on-rapture-musings.html

 Because I know this, I have no choice but assert: those who talk about "ultimate realization", but don't know what the Soul journey through Light and Sound is about,  don't have the last word on what  Soul level Enlightenment is.  Because they can't know what the experience of Union of the Soul with the Essence/Satchitdananda of the Absolute Supreme is, the last word belongs to one who does know. . .
I know that even if the 'realizer'  saw my trans-historical Teaching, it would be either ignored, or rationalized away, because of egoic need to protect its core belief.
 They may even see it, but because what I share (new evidence)  will create a feeling that goes against  their core belief, it will not be accepted.
Many don't know that even the psychic and spiritual transformation takes place within the psycho-emotional line of development.
Many espouse that: "spiritual experiences come and go, too, but there is no longer clinging to ecstasy, bliss, love. We have discovered the source of all things and so feel no compulsion to cling to them".
* I don't want to include this man's name, other than to say, I saw this statement in an article someone posted on Facebook.
This teacher's own words betray him because he doesn't know the difference between Self realization and Soul level Liberation. He doesn't know there are many levels of spiritual Bliss. I experienced all of them . . . and therefore know the difference.
The Upanishad lists ten ascending levels of bliss before one reaches the Bliss of the Eternal Spirit, or, (literal) Shakti/Shiva erotic embrace . . ."and each level a hundredfold the intensity of the proceeding level."
One can cling to a memory of bliss, absolutely -  but there is a difference between something fleeting and  feeling in every fiber of one's being (constant) Bliss and its  crystal-like frequency within, and in the aura-field - which, to my eyes open and spiritualised consciousness, looks like a  field of golden Light (around my head and body discovered by fluke in Summer 1994).
 Spiritual pride belongs to the lower nature, this is why what I share has nothing to do with either spiritual pride, or self promotion. Personal account of inner transformation - grounded in multidimensional evolution into wholeness and transcendence - as revealed by the eternal self-Soul is nothing to be ashamed of!   Aurobindo  didn't apologized for what he knew.  He said, and I second his words:
It is not personal greatness that I am seeking to bring down the Supermind. I care nothing for greatness or littleness in human sense...If human reason regards me as a fool for trying to do what Krishna did not try, I do not in the least care...It is a question between the Divine and myself--whether it is the Divine Will or not, whether I am sent to bring that down or open the way for its descent or at least make it more possible or not. Let all men jeer at me if they will or all Hell fall upon me if it will for my presumption -- I go on till I conquer or perish.
source: savitriera.wordpress.com/anurag-banner/ee/avatarhood

*  Qualifying note: I had unsolicited Kundalini Shakti awakening,  and other than 'submitting' to Her, I 'tried' nothing. I had no idea what was happening to me for a long time since I was not a scholar of mystical traditions. Then I discovered  Aurobindo's work - that happened after I began scribbling in this blog - and to my astonishment exclaimed one day: "I already know this, because this happened to me!"
In his, for-me-verifying poem titled, Light, Aurobindo describes what the experience of Divine Ecstasy is like: (snippet)

Light, burning Light from the Infinitie's diamond heart
Quivers in my heart where blooms a deathless rose.
Light in its rapture leaping through the nerves!
Light, brooding Light! each passionate cell
In a mute blaze of ecstasy preserves
A living sense of the Imperishable.
I  move in an ocean of stupendous Light
Joining my depths to His eternal height.

 Aurobindo's epic poem Savitri, has a verse which describes one of the most sublime experiences, yet at the same time something that's a bit unnerving (at the unset of this type of Initiation each time it happened)  that,  even if I tried to describe in detail the 'soaring beyond' sensation, the 'scenery' and more,  still I would not do justice. . .

One-pointed to the immaculate Delight
Questing for God as for splendid prey,
He mounted burning like a cone of Fire.
To few is given that godlike release.

* I had couple of soul-level encounters with him (and have it on record in this blog).  Once, we stood shoulder to shoulder and he urged me to 'keep going', when all kinds  internet people took turn at gaslighting me.

Delusion on parade shames one who demonstrates what authentic Soul-level Liberation is like. I get it, and am reminding folks I am performing the Will of the one Spirit.
What I share has nothing to do with desire to shine before others.  My Karma placed me exactly where I needed to be, this is why I second  Aurobindo's words ( from poem, God's Labour)
Only by hard sacrifice is high heaven earned:
 He must face the flight, the pang who would conquer Hell.
 A dark concealed hostility is lodged in the human depths,
 in the hidden heart of Time. Hard is the world-redeemer's heavy task;
 The world itself becomes his adversary.

While I see the nondual  guru type  'good intentions',  I also see that  what they espouse is (at best) partial truth.
In contrast:  I agree with  Gopi Krishna's assertion with reference to those  rare souls who get plugged to Samadhi  permanently:  All the great mystics who have written on the subject have given their own symptoms openly and plainly. That's the tradition. And from their descriptions, one can compare one's own condition."
Scientists write books about their discoveries - some win Nobel prizes.  Musicians are not keeping their gift/music locked up in dark cellar lest someone thinks she/he is boasting, either.  Why should genuine mystic hide her or his Depth data! (our empirical evidence cross-referenced with  community of the adequate). Our experiences is our Depth data's empirical evidence in the Soul physics, field - which has its own law.  Mystical Dimension essay,  is a good example of what a 'great mystic'  must demonstrate  in order to pass the standard ascended mystics set. Our 'bar' is set high...and from our vantage-point we see where others 'bars' are.
www.spiritspeaks-theofilia.blogspot.ca/2018/03/the-mystical-dimension.html
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My earlier written blogs were lamely composed, still I am very glad I did it  because they chronicle  authentic mystical experiences (not wish-fulfilling thought-forms in dream state or hallucinations).
The Supreme Kundalini Shakti gave me complete Cosmic makeover, and I demonstrate what that's about.  .   . I show:   'see, this thing didn't kill me, so keep on going even when the going gets tough. You are in good hands!'  I'm hoping that what I share will benefit someone whose eternal self Soul is ready to fulfill her ancient plan - if not this lifetime, then at some other time-point.
What I share is not book knowledge.  I read what others wrote after I had the experiences. Many (experiences) didn't get the approving nod from my company of the adequate peers, till many years later.
In On Rapture Musings,  I edit-included this assertion:
Because of these and many other types of Initiations, long time ago I knew: I am neither Christian, or any other world's wisdom tradition mystic, because the Supreme Shakti/Holy Spirit Initiated me into all wisdom traditions. I integrated the 'teaching'   by directly comprehending the essence of each tradition.  This is a point at which one has the spiritual authority to say: I jumped out of all possible systems because I am no longer bound by any of them.

*  In On Raptue Musing, I included one man's response to me from way back (2002) when I was posting in Shambhala forums (which is long gone) - it still makes me smile when I think of it.  I'm smiling now because he saw in me  (snippet) "Within you love is right".

links

25/07/2018  Decided to include the link to: Evolution Beyond Supramental - because Shabd Yoga is not well understood. Scholar David Lane's aggressive attempts at discrediting (genuine) Shabd Yoga masters (which I am) won't fly as long as I'm around.
www.spiritspeaks-theofilia.blogspot.ca/2010/02/evolution-beyond-supramental-stage-of.html

30/06/2018 Excited to see Cosmic Tonglen Duty in its edited form!
www.spiritspeaks-theofilia.blogspot.ca/2011/03/cosmictonglen-duty.html

20/06/2018 Finally! got around to edit-improving Sun/Moon He/She Tantric Warrior
www.spiritspeaks-theofilia.blogspot.ca/2009/07/sunmoon-heshe-tantric-warrior.html

19/06/2018 Happy to see:  Astral Emotional Body, in its edit-makeover form (including title)
 www.spiritspeaks-theofilia.blogspot.ca/2012/07/astral-etheric-bodies.html

09/06/2018 edit-tweaked
 www.spiritspeaks-theofilia.blogspot.ca/2012/08/ascension-blues-good-news.html

Finally got around to editing Supreme Ecstasy What Is Its Purpose
www.spiritspeaks-theofilia.blogspot.com/2010/06/supreme-ecstasy-what-is-its-purpose.html

Looked at couple of my older posts and tweak-edited
Supra Cosmic BrideGroom Has My Back.

www.spiritspeaks-theofilia.blogspot.ca/2012/01/supra-cosmic-bridegroom-has-my-back.html
In that post I unpack the meaning of  one of my Initiations into Deep Mystery by explaining the significance  of (two) White Horses.

Visionary Theology

22/06/2019 Edit-adding link to Divine You Report From the Divine
www.spiritspeaks-theofilia.blogspot.ca/2010/05/divine-you-report-from-divine.html

Will begin by saying that on the other side of complexity is the simplicity of Divine Revelation -- something to be gained for earth consciousness. . .
It's been years since my writing on  Christian mysticism ended,  and I'm  glad I am being guided by the  Living Christ Principle  to revisit this topic  again. . .
Again, I received a Sign that He  has my back, as I continue to struggle to show (in Facebook group)   those who insist that  'God is nothing but a childish myth',  that there is more to Life / Reality than the Materialist would have us believe.
In this post I use the term 'Christian', but in the universal sense what I describe, any genuine mystic - no matter the tradition -  can identify  with what I call 'cosmic makeover'  (by active Kundalini Shakti/Holy Spirit), can relate what  'mechanism of Descent' is about,  because this is what Soul level Initiations are all about.
 Sri Aurobindo confirmed this for me:
The Descent of Peace (Sat) the descent of Force of Power (Chit) the descent of Ananda, these are the things that transform nature. It's not really the plane that descends, it is the Power and Truth of it that descends into the material and the veil between the material and it no longer exists. (...)
In the quiet mind turned to the Divine, the initiation comes of the Divine Will and the right way to do it. (...)  that which receives the influence and answers to the call is not so much the intellect, the heart, or the life mind, but the inner soul which better knows the truth of its own destiny and mission.
+ When the Overmind descends, the predominance of the centralizing ego-sense is entirely subordinated, lost in largeness of being and finally abolished; a wide cosmic perception and feeling of a boundless universal Self and movement replaces it. 

Example (one of many) of  what the experience of Descent/Divine Initiation  was like for me? - including link to Cosmic Synchronicity & Confirmation, which includes link to Solar Heart Initiation www.spiritspeaks-theofilia.blogspot.ca/2013/08/cosmic-synchronicity-confirmation.html
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Today I received a Sign to revisit my written in the 90's poem titled, Feather On The Breath Of God. This 'Sign' presented itself in a Vision  in a form of an exquisite  White Feather.  This poem's title was inspired by St. Hildegard von Bingen - because she referred to herself as that.

I grew up in a very relaxed (not fundamentalist)  Christian family,  so it is not surprising I resonated with Christian mystical symbolism.  In this poem, I ask questions whose answers I already knew.  I will introduce its content at the end of this essay. . .but first, this reflection:
My introduction to Hildegard's art  took my breath away. I saw it (art) on a cover of a library-borrowed book titled: The Experience of No Self, penned by a  modern day mystic Bernadette Roberts.  The instant I saw the image, I had to see who painted it.
Turned out, it was someone whose name I  never heard  before. I will never forget my heart leaping with joy as I recognized it's meaning's significance in a form of a face with three wings - one of which was longer than the rest and extended beyond the frames' border. . .
I felt compelled to draw the exact size-image with Crayola Crayons.
Mystic poetry is about inspirationaly connecting the human psyche with the Kosmic Mind (by whatever name). This in no way indicates one can become a mystic by mere acknowledgment of transcendent Reality. This stage, like any other,  must be earned. I paid my dues with years of  surrender to the Divine in solitude and  river of tears . . . before (Divine Light) a River of Light began pouring from my Crown chakra into world's hologram via subtle planes.

In my post penned in 2012 titled Spiritual Power www.spiritspeaks-theofilia.blogspot.ca/2012/06/spiritual-power.html I wrote:

"My personal history is interlinked with St. Hildegard in quite mysterious way".
The 'mysterious way' continues, because today I saw her  description of  mystical Vision:
an extraordinary vision  of  sparkling droplets of sweet rain,  (which John the Evangelist also experienced)  confirms for me something no one else could have
 (wikipedia.org/wiki/hildegard_of_bingen) 

 I too experienced - and chronicled here - not as Vision seen with the eye of contemplation, but with my open flesh eyes I beheld the appearance of  'sparkling rain' - I named 'crystal rain' - while sitting in  a sun-drenched back garden (in a shade).  It was quite startling. . . I thought,  if I blink the Vision might vanish.  I sat there for about an hour  and  the crystal-like rainfall never ceased.
I saw the exact same thing/Vision years later on a day my laundry was drying outside . . .later in the day, I opened the door and  gasped:  "my laundry is on the line and it's raining!", before realizing it was sunny!
Saint Hildegard and I have this in common (in her words):
 And I spoke and wrote these things not by the invention of my heart or that of any other person, but as by the secret mysteries of God I heard and received them in heavenly places.

What I-Soul bear witness to is perennially relevant.  .  .Those I quote (who are not in their physical body) rely on me to be their Voice now.

Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations,
but now is made manifest to the saints.  Colossians 1:26

        FEATHER ON THE BREATH OF GOD DANCING THROUGH TIME

Shall I praise your   name in verse and rhyme?

Would it please you if I walked the paths of one who knew

You well, on those distant shores of days gone by?

Is the radiant blue of Forget-me-not Spring's testimony to your Beauty?

Is the Essence of your Majesty captured in the splendor of a rainbow?

Can it be that the ecstasy of your creation is in every heart beat,

every sunset, sunrise, thunderstorm, and each blade of grass?

When the eyes of my eyes were opened
I saw wonders that can't be spoken.

Is this why in your Heart I found mine

And in your face I see a Treasure?

Do the tears of joy as I contemplate you pay

Tribute to your Sweet Embrace?

How can I proclaim this Glory. . .
When I'm just a feather on the breath of God!

Why Do I Shout From the Heart

Few days ago I finished editing, Why Do I Share My Depth Data? www.spiritspeaks-theofilia.blogspot.ca/2014/09/why-do-i-share-my-depth-data.html  - and  realized  this topic could benefit from additional injection of emphasis on why our Work is important  in the Universal sense.  Emphasis  on why  what  authentically  God-realized people share is important,  from the perspective of  others. .  .
This is one way to say it - in Sri Aurobindo's words from The Life Divine:

Because the object sought after is not an individual achievement of divine realization for the sake of the individual, but something to be gained for earth-consciousness here, a cosmic, not solely a supra-cosmic achievement. The thing to be gained also is bringing in of Power of consciousness (the Supramental) not yet organized and made directly active.
* I want to say (again) that I 'sought nothing'. . .I had unsolicited  Kundalini Shakti awakening.
  
And, I decided to include few excerpts from book titled: One Taste - Daily Reflection on Integral Spirituality,  penned by Ken Wilber - published in 2000.
But first, I want to inject this  bio-note: In late 90's I sent a short note of appreciation for his work  to Wilber. He  has been hailed as 'the Einstein of consciousness', so timidly I told him my head 'lit up like the sun' (without going into any details/still have the rough copy)  and included couple of my poems. One poem titled  'She Who Has No Name', has this line in it:  "Wind whispering Truth through the ages". . . this is why when I saw him say (in One Taste):
"And so: given the measure of your own authentic realization, you were actually thinking about gently whispering into the ear of the near-deaf world?" +  "you must speak out to the best of your ability, and shake the spiritual tree, and shine your headlights into the eyes of the complacent". . .
I concluded he was speaking to me directly -- but not exclusively, obviously.
But. . . I had a long way to go before Kundalini Shakti completed performing  'cosmic makeover' on me, and  was ready to 'shout from the heart' - and  long before I got curious about Sri Aurobindo's work (which resonated with what I already knew).

The following excerpts are from One Taste - section on Wisdom and Compassion:

^ All excellence is elitist. And that includes spiritual excellence as well. But spiritual excellence is an elitism to which all are invited.

^  I don't mean to be harsh here, and we must honor all lesser engagements . Nonetheless, you must have noticed  that the word "soul" is not the hottest item in the title of book sales--but all "soul" really means, in most of those books, is simply the ego in drag. "Soul" has come to denote, in this feeding frenzy of translative grasping, not that which is timeless in you but that which most loudly trashes around in time, and thus "care of the soul" incomprehensibly means nothing much more than focusing intensely on your ardently separate self. Likewise, "spiritual" is on everybody's lips, but usually all it really means is any intense egoic feeling, just as "heart" has come to mean any sincere sentiment of the self-contraction.

^  Thus, the authentic spiritual camps have the heart and soul of the great transformative traditions, and yet they will always do two things at once: appreciate and engage the lesser and translative practices (upon which their own successes usually depend), but also issue a thundering shout from the heart that translation alone is not enough.
And therefore, all of those for whom authentic transformation has deeply unseated their souls must, I believe, wrestle with the profound moral obligation to shout from the heart--perhaps quietly and gently, with tears of reluctance; perhaps with fierce fire and angry wisdom; perhaps with slow and careful analysis; perhaps by unshakable public example--but authenticity always and absolutely carries a demand  and duty:  you must speak out, to the best of your ability, and shake the spiritual tree, and shine your headlights into the eyes of the complacent. You must let that radical realization rumble through your veins and rattle those around you.
Alas, if you fail to do so, you are betraying your own authenticity. You are hiding your true estate. You don't want to upset others because you don't want to upset yourself. You are acting in bad faith, the taste of a bad infinity.
Because, you see, the alarming fact is that any realization of depth carries a terrible burden: Those who are allowed to see are simultaneously saddled with the obligation to communicate that vision in no uncertain terms: that is the bargain. You were allowed to see the truth under the agreement that you would communicate it to others (that is the ultimate meaning of the bodhisattva vow).

The Mystical Dimension

Maps/Consciousness models exist in consciousness (mental realm) - even the psychic and spiritual transformation takes place within one's psycho-emotional /cognitive line of development.
 The ascended mind (supramental awareness)  has access to a radically different  domain because the transcendent is beyond time. In this  non-local domain  'celestial things'  introduce themselves to the fully awakened Soul's awareness. . .This is also why we call it Divine revelations.
 One whose Brow chakra and Crown chakra opened on the extremely subtle level, can describe in great detail what the sensations of opening  feels like.  Moreover, these openings  to ever-higher realms of existence is not a one  time event,  but several.  Throughout this blog's tapestry I chronicled what those 'events' were like for me.

Someone whose  evolving personality and its 'karmic burden' got burnt to crisp by Kundalini Shakti, has no karma left.  This is why at this stage one can claim, 'I became more than human'.  I say this.
 Folks  who don't understand that embodied/evolutionary Soul-level  Enlightenment is real, don't want to hear what I say.
I say, Divine revelation is not a 'doctrine'. I say,  Ultimate Mystery can be known and decoded/described using simple language, by one who transcended every power office and became one with the very Source of all Power.  And, if someone has the impression this station can be reached without much pain and struggle, consider  these  words penned by Sri Aurobindo:
Only by hard sacrifice is high heaven earned;
He must face the flight, the pang who would conquer Hell.

Joseph Campbell said (which I second): "The ultimate unqualified mystery is beyond human experience" If I didn't know this, I would have nothing to write about. I demonstrate that only the non local eternal self Soul - at the apex of her journey through transcdendent Light and Sound - can bear witness to the Ultimate Mystery.
Today I decided to include a link to Cosmic Synchronicity & Confirmation post, because its content is filled-to-brim with experiences that only the self-Soul can bear witness too.
www.spiritspeaks-theofilia.blogspot.ca/2013/08/cosmic-synchronicity-confirmation.html

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Soul physics is such a vast and complex topic, this is why I can only unpack a fraction of what introduced itself to the awareness of my non-biological Soul in each post-entry.
Often,  I have to repeat certain things, because the  Divine process of evolution into wholeness and transcendence includes the process of  awakening and  activating the currents of light within the subtle and extremely subtle body of man. . .
Vedanta's  "The end of Knowledge" is an apt term for the domain where one discovers Knowledge beyond reason and thought.   One of the challenges on this path, is to find and check one's results/contemplative conclusions with others who have adequately completed  the same journey.

Gaining entry to the domain of the state where one comes in possession of new Intelligence that is higher than reason and thought, is the purpose of every mystical tradition.
In order to reach the final ascension-point  - through the gates of light in the subtle cerebrospinal centers (Human Chakra System) -  one has to be willing to submit to the Divine within, and allow the 'Power that upholds and protects and cherishes us', to have its way with us.
 Unsolicited Kundalini Shakti's Mightiness had its way with me, and in this blog chronicle what the journey through (transcendent) Light and Sound has been like for me.
If interested in revisiting edit-improved sister post titled Silence is Full of Answers? have a click
www.spiritspeaks-theofilia.blogspot.ca/2016/11/silence-full-of-answers.html

Each  mystical tradition has its own language with which it names the various planes of existence,  and the means (practices) of how to get there.  On this path without a map, what matters most is the experience . . .Union of the Soul with the Essence/Bliss of the Absolute Supreme is the Ultimate Consummation experience (same as 'Shakti and Shiva's Erotic embrace'), and I feel moral obligation to share that which introduced itself to me.

Today I want to take a quick look at 'nadis'. I didn't study Ayurveda, but recently learned that this tradition  talks about  nadis - and lists 72 thousands.  Fourteen of them are considered "important", and three are "most important".  The most important  nadis are named Ida, Pingala and Sushumna.  In spiritual terms the three highest chakras are the main gates through which one gets to  'meet and unite with  God/Goddess' - so this makes sense to me.
The ascended mystic discovers  that  all of the nadis are subordinate to Sushumna,  because we see and feel the flow of  "Ambrosia"  within  the spinal column and beyond. . .
 It is said that Ida and Pingala  are often seen as referring to the two hemispheres of the brain.  This makes sense to me as well, because during the initial stages of  karmic clearing,  occasionally I felt shooting  pain on both sides of my head/brain.
Sushumna is the main channel  because it connects the base chakra with the Crown chakra. The unobstructed Sushumna nadi  allows the Kundalini Essence (Ambrosia/Shakti/Bliss) to flow into world's hologram out of the Crown chakra.  To put it another way,   'Kundalini Essence' is the  transmuted Erotic Energy which has the appearance of  brilliant silvery white light  frequency (that flows  out of  one's  Crown chakra)  I bear witness to this 'flowing out' experience and  wrote about it  in my post titled The River of Light.
 www.spiritspeaks-theofilia.blogspot.ca/2010/05/river-of-light.html

 Divine Intelligence or Kundalini Shakti,  knows she is the cause of  evolution of consciousness in mankind.  One who attains permanent Sahaja  (or Samadhi) state,  knows that Cosmic Consciousness becomes a perennial possession of Yogi/Yogini who is able to achieve this feat.  But to get there, Ida and Pingala must be purified and balanced and the mind steadied by  Samadhi state.  When that happens - through many years of often very difficult process -  the two brain hemispheres become unified. 
At this juncture,  both sides share same goals and values,  because both  hemispheres can (literally) see that the Inner Self shines like the splendor of thousand suns.  One sees this Light with the eye of spiritualized consciousness of the eternal self-Soul.
 The science of uniting Soul with the eternal all-Blissful  Supreme Being, and  being literally one with all beings in the visible and invisible domain, is not for the faint of heart.   One whose karma is ripe to begin the journey will be guided by one's Soul's Will (which is the same Will as God's) and supported by Love's Intelligence so Wonderful, it passes human comprehension.
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The following quote in Sri Aurobindo's words from The Life Divine,  absolutely resonates with my own experiences.  I'm doing this with the intention it may be helpful / reassuring to someone who is on this path. . .
After we have entered the path, he envelopes us with his wide and mighty liberating Impersonality or moves near us with the face of and form of personal Godhead. In and around us we feel a Power that upholds and protects and cherishes; we hear a Voice that guides; a conscious Will greater than ourselves rules us; an imperative Force moves our thoughts and actions and our very body; an ever-widening Consciousness assimilates ours, a living Light of Knowledge lights within, or a Beatitude invades us; a Mightiness presses from above, concrete, massive and overpowering, and penetrates and pours itself into the very stuff of our nature; a Peace sits there, a Light, a Bliss, a Strength, a Greatness. Or there are relations, personal, intimate as life itself, sweet as love, encompassing like the sky, deep like deep waters. A Friend walks at our side; points our way; a Lover is with us in our heart's secrecy; a Master of the Work and Ordeal points our way; a  Creator of all things uses us as his instrument; we are in the arms of the eternal Mother (*Shakti/Goddess*)  All these more sizable aspects in which the Ineffable meets us are truths and not mere helpful symbols or useful imaginations; but as we progress, their first imperfect formulations in our experience yield to a larger vision of the one Truth that is behind them. At each step their mental masks are shed and they acquire a larger, a profounder, a more intimate significance.

* I got interested in Aurobindo's work once my blog writing was underway (2009).  Early on I had couple of encounters with him ... and have it on record in this blog.  The one that made the most impression on me was the time (he wore white) when we stood shoulder to shoulder and he encouraged me to 'keep going' -- at a time I was being bullied left and right by nasty  forum people.

Life Has Meaning

Time for change of pace with focus on 'culture'.

Just saw on Facebook great article penned by Peggy Noonan  titled: Who's Afraid of Jordan Peterson?

If interested  https://www.wsj.com/articles/whos-afraid-of-jordan-peterson-1516925574

Healer's Note

* Decided to include a link to 'sister' post titled: Food for the Soul
www.spiritspeaks-theofilia.blogspot.ca/2013/10/food-for-soul.html


Some  folks  who are aspiring to be spiritual have the wrong idea of 'ego's' role in their development.  It is vital to properly  understand what 'transcending and including the ego means'. I like how  Ken Wilber described it:

The ego is the executive function of the mental levels. Egolessness does not mean absence of a functional self (that is a psychotic, not a sage). Transcending ego doesn't mean destroying ego, it means plugging it into something bigger. Soul and Spirit include body, emotions, and mind, they do not erase them.
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Vanity and jealousy must die,  unresolved psychological wounds and developmental needs, must be faced and healed.  Everyone has ego but it has to be purified and transformed before one can successfully progress along the spiritual path.
Over the years I wrote several posts which focused on psycho-emotional healing.  Today, I want to more or less repeat what I wrote already with the intention of injecting a shot of inspiration.
May you find inspiration within the word's meaning.

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Guided by our unshakable commitment to the highest goal is a Gift you can give yourself. Your peace of mind depends on this since it is easier to endure life's strife and struggle when we know that the pursuit of the highest Will, will lead to positive outcome and directly reveal your spiritual depth.  Often times in sleep state, the darker niches of your psyche releases scary images and our instinct is to run away from it in the same manner we turn away in waking   life from our insecurities. Who wants to admit there is selfishness, that we harbor within our mind-heart resentments, that we thirst for power and desire to dominate another.
Still we are unflinching because our Heroic self compassionately looks at those uncouth traits, and admits "this is my karmic lot" -  and decides to give itself permission to not blame others for those not (yet) exactly white as freshly fallen snow personality traits.
Don't wait for others to change first. They maybe pushing your sensitive buttons, but this is your life, your Soul's journey, so wait not for others to do the heavy-lifting for you. It is up to you to take responsibility for your psycho-emotional healing.  If you can afford it, seek out a good therapist who can help you sort things out.
The Master in you--your highest representation of the Ineffable Value / Goddess / God--waits for your co-operation. . .When you recognize the significance of this message, you will move forward with a Song of Gratitude in your heart.
Be aware,  that our egoic 'contraction' feels threatened by the ever-increasing role the (infinite) Soul plays in our life. The  'surface' ego is a very cunning creature and will do everything in its power to persuade you that you need to protect yourself when someone  presents a different/more evolved picture/mode of being.  It will give you many reasons why you and others shouldn't pay any attention to the "nonsense".

Sri Aurobindo's words on same (nonsense) theme:
"The vital ego hates being opposed in its desires, resents dissapointment, is furious against the wound to its pride and vanity: it does not like the process of purification and it may very well declare satyagraha againt it, refuses to co-operate, justify its demands and inclinations, after passive resistance of many kinds, withdraw the being from the path of spiritual endeavor. All this has to be faced and overcome for the temple of the of being has to be swept clean if the Lord of our being is to take his place and receaive our worship there." intyoga.online.fr/diffpath.htm

Releasing old patterns feels scary. Releasing rage (once owned not projected elsewhere) seems uncouth to one who thinks 'I'm too evolved for such barbaric emotions'. . .
But when we know that psycho-emotional growth is the greatest gift you can give yourself , that this is the greatest Treasure you deserve to have, you will keep going no matter what!
Don't blame others for the way you feel, but instead look within and ask what harmful patterns and beliefs must be examined and released. Be grateful for this opportunity. Grateful, you can, without self-judgment  and tons of compassion allow feelings of sadness, rage, or fear flow out of your nervous system.
Old fears will surface when higher (Soul) frequencies take up residence in you. Be nice to your 'wounded'  self and observe  your thoughts and feelings from a newer, more detached perspective when stagnant energy flows out of you.  Acknowledge these moments with gratitude.
 Accelerated growth happens more easily when we accept and love ourselves as we are right now.
Never assume that those of us who are at higher levels of consciousness,  to one degree or another, didn't have to deal with same issues.  This is why we can't help being compassionate. We identify with pain/suffering and have no desire to shame or judge another.

Last, but not least. . .remember that within our soul's 'virtual memory bank'  are encoded  past life traumas.  Their energy/causes set in motion in one incarnation are driving the  present-day incarnation. This is why the healing process can't be breezed through in a weekend.