--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" <yifux...@...> wrote: > > --- by Kirpal Singh, "Spirituality, what it is": > > God-in-expression, there was vibration, which gave rise to > Light and Sound principles, called by all Saints as Light > and Udgit. God Absolute cannot be seen or heard, for > nobody so far has seen God. God-in-expression, by way of > Light and Sound Principles can, however, be seen and > heard. This can only be experienced by the spirit, through > inner vision and inner audition, which function when you > rise above the body consciousness. The Saints also call the > Absolute and the God-in-expression by the name of > Mahadayal and Dayal respectively. This Sound-current is > responsible for the various creations, the spiritual planes > and all the realms in varying degrees and orders. This > Sound-current descends, making pure spiritual, spirituomaterial, > materio-spiritual and material planes, the last > three of which dissolve in the dissolution and Grand > Dissolution. Each of these planes has its individual > presiding deities: Jot Niranjan, for example, is the Lord of > And, the subtle or mental plane, and is the Creator of the > material and physical universe, which is next below in the > hierarchy. Onkar is the Lord of the Causal or Seed region > and the Creator of the lower region of And, or subtle > universe. Other Deities preside over other planes, in the > ascending order of the system of creation. All of Them, of > course, derive Their authority from Sat-purush or Sat > Naam, or Dayal, or Ekankar, the highest Region. > The spirit, as it withdraws from the body, proceeds by > degrees from one plane to another, until it reaches Sat > Naam or Haq. From what has been said, it should be clear > that so far the spirit is an entity quite apart from Sat Naam. > The Over-Lord of all is called Khasum (Lord of all), > Swami, Hari Rai, Maha-Dayal, or Nirala, unique in > Himself and indescribable. The spirit gets merged in Him > just as a drop of water loses itself in the ocean, or a ray of > light in the sun. > 94 > WHAT IT
Nicely put.....MMY's devatas?