--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" <yifux...@...> wrote:
> narrative by Kirpal Singh: > The Masters teach that the one constant principle that links all > these planes from pure spirit to gross matter is the principle of the > flaming sound or the sounding flame. The Word or Shabd as it descends > downward assumes a varying density of spirituo-material forces. > Mystics speak of the purple light and the light of the noonday or > setting sun, and refer to the sounds of flutes, harps, violins, > conches, thunder, bells, running water, etc., but though manifesting > differently at different levels the Shabd yet remains constant in > Itself. > As a river springing from the snowy peak of a towering mountain > flows toward the sea, it undergoes many changes of setting, shape, > motion and appearance, and yet its waters remain the same. > If one could discover this audible life-stream within oneself, if > one could discover its lower reaches, one could use it as a pathway > leading inevitably to its source. The currents might at certain > points enter gorges and rapids, but nevertheless they are the surest > way on the upward journey. Be a range how-soever unscalable, the > waters will have cut a pass and carved a passage, and he who will > avail himself of their guidance would never fail to find a way. And > since this Naam or Word-current springs from the Anaam or the > Wordless, he who holds firmly to It will inevitably reach the > starting point, transcending plane after plane of varying relativity > until he arrives at the very source of name and form; thence to merge > into That which has no name or form. That, is beautifully put, and my friend, the truth. Even MMY's mantras merge into the Naam (or OM, the Word) buoying the meditator aloft to Brahman. "...OM is the beginning and end of all creation." MMY the Vedas
