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Today's Program is on Mary Magdalene and the Gnostic Gospels

Posted on May 2nd, 2008 by SantMat_Mystic_(James) : SpiritualAwakeningRadio.com SantMat_Mystic_(James)
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Today's Program is on Mary Magdalene and the Gnostic Gospels





The Lost Mary Magdalene Tradition of the Gnostic Gospels

is the topic of today's edition of my program Spiritual Awakening Radio

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Mary Magdalene -- My Recent Gnostic Show Now Archived Online

Posted on May 5th, 2008 by SantMat_Mystic_(James) : SpiritualAwakeningRadio.com SantMat_Mystic_(James)
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Mary Magdalene -- My Recent Gnostic Show Now Archived Online
 
To hear the show, at my archive page scroll down to: 5/02/08: The Lost Mary Magdalene Tradition of the Gnostic Gospels.

Clicking on any of the links on that page will activate your windows media player or default player for .asx files.
 
Always nice to explore the Nag Hammadi Library, Pistis Sophia, Gospel of Judas, all those Gnostic gospels.
 
I have a friend that calls them the "no-stick gospels", lol, since they became lost and forgotten for many centuries.
 
"Know what is in front of your face and what has been hidden from you will be revealed to you. For there is nothing hidden that will not be made clear and nothing buried that will not be raised." (from the Greek edition of the Gospel of Thomas found in Egypt at Oxyrincus.
 
 
 
 
 

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The Upanishads: The Freedom and Joy Finding Your Self

Posted on May 5th, 2008 by SantMat_Mystic_(James) : SpiritualAwakeningRadio.com SantMat_Mystic_(James)
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The Upanishads: The Freedom and Joy Finding Your Self

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"One who meditates upon the Self and realizes the Self sees the Self everywhere, and rejoices in the Self. Such a one lives in freedom and is at home wherever he goes. But those who pursue the finite are blind to the Self and live in bondage.

"One who meditates upon and realizes the Self discovers that everything in the cosmos --- energy and space, fire and water, name and form, birth and death, mind and will, word and deed, mantram and meditation --- all come from the Self.

"The Self is one, though it appears to be many. Those who meditate upon the Self and realize the Self go beyond decay and death, beyond separateness and sorrow. They see the Self in everyone and obtain all things.

"Control the senses and purify the mind. In a pure mind there is constant awareness of the Self. Where there is constant awareness of the Self, freedom ends bondage and joy ends sorrow."

Thus the sage Sanatkumara taught the pure Narada to go beyond bondage, beyond sorrow, beyond darkness, to the light of the Self.

-- Sage Sanathumara, Chandogya Upanishad,
   "The Upanishads",
    Eknath Easwaran
    Nilgiri Press
 
 

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Sant Mat Practices --- A Spiritual Discourse and Mystic-Verses

Posted on May 5th, 2008 by SantMat_Mystic_(James) : SpiritualAwakeningRadio.com SantMat_Mystic_(James)
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Sant Mat Practices --- A Spiritual Discourse and Mystic-Verses from Maharishi Mehi Paramahansa Ji




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From the Philosophy of Liberation

87. The practice of Nadanusandhana (the Yoga of Sound) is not mere child's play. Its full practice cannot be exercised by one who lacks Yama and Niyama (virtues and moral rectitude). See the following section 88 for more detail on Yama and Niyama.
There are sounds due to gross vibrations in the material body. To meditate on these gross sounds and believe it to be as the full practice of the Yoga of Sound shows a lack of knowledge of Yoga. According to the literature of the Sants (Saints), Yama and Niyama are essential for mastery in the practice of the Nadanusandhana (Yoga of Sound [Nada-nu-sand-hana, the spiritual practice of inner Sound meditation, also called Surat Shabd Yoga]).

88. Yama consists of five disciplines: satya (truthfulness), ahimsa (non-violence), asteya (non-stealing), brahmacarya (continence), and aparigraha (control of greed or non-possessiveness).

Niyama also consists of five practices, which are the following: sauca (internal and external purity), santosha (contentment), tapas (penance), svadhyaya (study of spiritual matters) and lsvara pranidhana (meditation on God).

89. In following Yama and Niyama, one exercises aversion from the five sins, serves the spiritual master, attends satsang, and practices meditation as referred to in section 60.

90. A comfortable asana (a pose of sitting or posture) of keeping the head, neck and trunk straight and steady is a must for meditation. Without the ability to sit in such a steady posture for prolonged periods, meditation cannot be practiced.

91. Meditation should be practiced being alert, without being drowsy, shutting the eyes comfortably and without turning the eyeballs or pressing them in any way.

92. The practice of meditation should be an essential part of the practitioner's daily routine. The preferred time of meditation is Brahmamuhurta ([Hour of God: Brahma-mu-hurta, or Amrit Veela: Hour of Elixir]: very early in the morning: 3:00 A.M.). Likewise one should meditate at mid-morning and then again in the evening time. While falling asleep, one should also engage his mind in meditation. Further, it is good to practice Manas japa [Simran] or Manas dhyana [Dhyan] while working.

93. Before learning the Nadanusandhana (meditation on inner Sound) in practicing Manas japa (mantra repetition), Manas dhyana (focusing on the form of the master or deity) and Drshti Yoga ([inner Light meditation in the Third Eye Center or Eye-Focus] focusing on a Point that is practicing one-pointedness), one should meditate with eyes and mouth shut. Upon learning Nadanusandhana (Yoga of Sound [Inner Sound meditation]) from the Master, one should also close the ears.

94.............In the initial stages of dhyana (absolute concentration), pratyahara is practiced. [Note: Pratyahara means to bring back. Bringing back or refocusing one's attention during meditation, bringing the mind distracted by worldly thoughts back to the Focal Point during meditation.] Through the means of pratyahara, the mind is brought back repeatedly to the Focal Point. By this constant practice of pratyahara, one is eventually able to concentrate for a short period on the Focal Point. This state of concentration is called dharana (steadiness of concentration or absorption). When absorption is maintained for longer and longer periods of time, then it is dhyana (absolute concentration). Then in this state of dhyana, one is able to grasp the Streams of spiritual Sounds (described in section 60) and finally achieves samadhi (Unity [Union, Absorption, Oneness in deep meditation]). Drshti Yoga (seeing the inner Light---the Yoga of Vision) will greatly facilitate pratyahara and dharana......

--- Maharishi Mehi


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Mystic-Verses: Below is From the Padavali of Maharishi Mehi

Because of the wonderful light of the rays of the Moon;
How will the amazing Moon together with the sounds look like?
Those experiencing it are truly are the wise ones,
The brave get fully immersed into such endeavors,
Fully plunged into such a practice one becomes extremely cool and calm,
And forgets all about one's material body;
Paramhans says such introvert-aspirants remain completely unaware of morning, day and night.
And are effortless as if dead from outside,
The Sun outside compared to one inside is dark enough,
That splendorous Sun is beyond the boundary of the Moon,
Louder sounds highly repetitive inside are not discernible enough,
Paramhans says, sounds like the beating of drums and roaring of clouds are heard in the cosmos,
Above Trikuti, are colourless, shapeless compartments, where there are only resounding sounds;
The true spiritual aspirant remains in Dhyana Yoga [Yoga of Light],
And with Yoga of Sound reaches the Highest Realm;
In such a shapeless universe, he hears the extremely sweet sound of a Flute,
The Yoga of Sound causes such wonderful experiences;
On getting such a perceptive Guru, one knows how to do meditation upon inner Sound,
That Matchless Sound which never changes is the Quintessential One,
And that Quintessential Sound is finally changed into the Soundless one.
Saints describe it with words such as "Soundless", "Nameless" or "Wordless",
The Quintessential one along with surat [soul] at the final stage disappears,
The very stage of Soundlessness, Wordlessness or Namelessness is entirely different,
According to Mehi that stage is devoid of dualism,
Surat, merging with the Absolute, never returns to the physical world.






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Following the Path of Inner Light & Sound, By J.L. Chaudhari

Posted on May 6th, 2008 by SantMat_Mystic_(James) : SpiritualAwakeningRadio.com SantMat_Mystic_(James)
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Following the Path of Inner Light & Sound, By J.L. Chaudhari

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"The real message of man's life is "Be Man". The question is how to follow this principle and what should we do to adopt this principle and formula for finding a way to God, which is nothing but salvation.

"The only way is to surrender oneself in the Lotus feet of Spiritual Master. After this surrender the disciple and Master become one because a true surrender makes one free from the bondage of senses, dilution, affection, etc, etc. So far we are under the control of worldly desires -- the surrender is not possible. So the first step is to be free from worldly desires. But that does not mean that the needs for worldly living should not be fulfilled. In fact, needs should be fulfilled and not the desires. If we have taken birth as a human being -- some food (energy) is necessary for the body to work, but it is not necessary that we always aspire for multi course meals -- it is necessary to put on some cloths to cover the body but not necessary that silk linen is put on -- it is necessary that there is a small shelter for living but not necessary that a marble fitted house is with us.

"As a human being we have to survive in this world without caring for ourselves much, without looking to the ills of others, rather looking towards ills of ourselves purifying ourselves first and then do something for the purification of others. This is living like a "lotus" in a pond, and that is why the goddess Saraswati the goddess for knowledge, wisdom and intellect, sits on the Lotus. The Lotus flower blossoms in muddy pond, but any one looking at the flower exclaims, "Wow! How beautiful the flower is?" The whole world is a muddy pond and we have to survive in the midst of mud like a lotus flower which does not care for mud but it blossoms for the pleasure and happiness of others. Every morning with the sunrise the lotus blossoms. This is what we should also follow. The divine Power and Light emanated by the Spiritual Master makes us to blossom like the lotus flower provided we have full trust and faith in our spiritual Master.

"Sant Mat does not look at the race, the cast, the sect or any other identification for a person. Rather, it looks into the true sense of service, sacrifice surrender, devotion, determination, trust, belief of person towards the Master, and those who have these characteristics they may be belonging to any cast, race, country, direction or of any identification can join this Yoga, but for that a true spiritual Master is a must. I don't know whether you have adopted some spiritual Master or your are under the shelter of someone as a spiritual Master. If so, please do surrender yourself to him or her for all what you desire to attain and achieve. The spiritual Master is not their body. Rather, it is the Divine Light the Divine Sound and your own wisdom, your own conscious, and your own perception, which is selfless and without any expectation from any one on this earth."

Yours in Him,

-- J.L. Chaudhari

 


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Grasping the rope of the Divine Melody, the soul has climbed up

Posted on May 8th, 2008 by SantMat_Mystic_(James) : SpiritualAwakeningRadio.com SantMat_Mystic_(James)
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Grasping the rope of the Divine Melody, the soul has climbed to liberation


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 Grasping the rope of the Divine Melody, the soul has climbed to liberation

Hearing the Divine Melody, the mind remained absorbed
Obtaining samadhi, it remained devoted at the Gurus feet, and all its mental sufferings have been removed.
Grasping the rope of the Divine Melody, the soul has climbed to liberation.
At the mountain peak of the Void the decorations are resplendent. There the Nectar rains, and Divine Love keeps flowing.
Kabir says: "0 brother sadhu, listen to me! Tasting this Nectar over and over, the mind has become intoxicated."

(Kabir Bhajan Amritam -- Devotional Bhajans of Satguru Kabir, Dr. Jagessar Das)

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Today on SA Radio via HealthyLifeNET the Ambient Music of Deosil

Posted on May 9th, 2008 by SantMat_Mystic_(James) : SpiritualAwakeningRadio.com SantMat_Mystic_(James)
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Today on Spiritual Awakening Radio via HealthyLifeNET the Ambient Music of Deosil!





Listen to Spiritual Awakening Radio at 1 PM Eastern/Noon Central/11 AM MT/10 AM Pacific Time

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Hear the interview with Deosil and some samples of his very meditative electronic spacemusik ambient sound.


Love and Light,

James
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Yogananda: The Infinite Peace Within You

Posted on May 10th, 2008 by SantMat_Mystic_(James) : SpiritualAwakeningRadio.com SantMat_Mystic_(James)
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"Resign yourself to the infinite peace within you. God is the ever new joy of meditation. Resign yourself to the great love within you. God is Peace." (Yogananda)

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Spiritual Practice and Mystical Experience According to Jnanadeva

Posted on May 13th, 2008 by SantMat_Mystic_(James) : SpiritualAwakeningRadio.com SantMat_Mystic_(James)
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Spiritual Practice and Mystical Experience According to the Abhangas of Jnanadeva





(Pictured above, the cover of, Garland of Divine Flowers --- Selected Devotional Lyrics of Saint Jnanesvar, P.V. Bobde, published by Motilal Barnarsidass of Delhi)
 
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Below is from the Chapter on the 13th Century mystic Sant Jnanadeva found in the book, Mysticism in India  --- The Poet-Saints of Maharashtra, by R.D. Ranade, SUNY Press of New York.  R.D. Ranade paraphrases, quotes, and sums up various teachings found in the Abhangas, Jnanesvari, and the Amritanubhava of Sant Jnanadeva.

A Living Master Reveals God's Name to the Initiate-Student and Instructions For Going Within

The spiritual teacher is verily the King of all the Saints. Him we may call an Ocean of Happiness, or a Mine of Love, or a Mountain of Courage, or the Source of Dispassion. The spiritual teacher is an invariable protector of his disciple. Like a wish-tree, he yields all desires to a devotee....The Name, upon which he asks us to meditate, puts an end to all knowledge, as it puts an end to ignorance (Abg. 16). When Prahlada uttered the name of God, God came to his rescue. God's name is indeed the best and holiest of all things. It is God's name which came to the succour of Dhruva, of Gajendra, of Ajamila, of Valmiki (Abg. 18). Mountains of sin shall perish in an instant at the utterance of the name of God (Abg.20). There is neither time nor season for the utterance of God's name (Abg. 24). The devotees of God feed upon the nectar of His name. The Yogins find it a source of eternal life (Abg. 25). If we meditate intensely on the Name of God within, God shall take pity upon us. Jnanadeva silently counts this rosary of God's name within himself {Abg. 27), and is therefore able to see the universe wholly filled with God (Abg. 28).

Colour Experience

6. Jnanadeva's mystical experience is very rich and varied. We shall begin first by a consideration of the various colours that a mystic is ...... to see. Jnanadeva tells us that "the abode of God is the thousand-petalled cavity in the brain, where is the source of spiritual bliss. One sees the red, the white, the blue and the yellow colours, and sees these with a pure vision. I need not tell you much," says Jnanadeva, "you already know these things. You understand these things, and remain silent" (Abg. 45). Jnanadeva tells us that the mystic sees a perpetual spiritual show. "One sees the black, the blue, and the tawny colours. The eye is lost in the eye. Let now the blue colour remain firm in the mind .. . . . . . In the eye one is able to see pure light, and one can see it even while living in the body" (Abg. 46). The dark-blue colour is very much insisted upon by Jhanadeva. God also manifests Himself in a dark-blue shape (Abg. 47)."  "The dark-complexioned husband is the source of bliss. . . . . . He has filled my inside and outside," says Jnanadeva (Abg. 48). "It is impossible to take measure of Him. One cannot remember Him too often. One can never too much sing His praises when the dark-complexioned God is seen" (Abg. 49). It is this same dark-complexioned Being who lives in the heavens. He is the same as Atman. I have seen Him with these eyes, says Jnanadeva, where He remains imperishable as ever (Abg. 50). He plays a dark game on a dark night; he manifests himself as a dark-blue god (Abg. 51). The dark-blue colour fills the whole universe. The dark-blue being sees the dark-blue Person (Abg. 52). The blue light spreads everywhere. The heavens are merged in that blue light. The blue God lives in our very hearts, says Jnanadeva (Abg. 53).

Form Experience

7. Next to the experience of colour, comes the experience of forms, which are the objects of a mystic's vision on his spiritual journey. Of these the pearl constitutes the first kind of experience. "Beautiful indeed is that pearl which sheds light through all its different eight sides" (Abg. 57). "The pearl ornament is indeed a source of bliss. It cannot be had in the market. It cannot be had in a city. It can be had only by the force of concentration" (Abg. 58). "Priceless indeed is that jewel which thou hast attained. Dost thou not know that it is the source of the Godhead? It cannot perish. It cannot be fathomed. It need not be protected from a robber. That imperishable Jewel has been attained by me, says Jnanadeva, through the instruction of my Spiritual Teacher" (Abg. 56). Then Jnanadeva describes the experience of circles. "What  work indeed has he accomplished who has not investigated the nature of the circle? He has been inflated with ignorance . . . . . .  It is only when the circle has been investigated that God comes to be found. The mellifluous experience is hard to be spoken of. The first circle is of a white colour. In the midst of it is a dazzling circle. The still inner circle is of a red colour, and the final circle is blue. . . . . . Until this circle is investigated all else is ignorance. . . . . . I have spoken about it to you by the grace of Nivritti" (Abg. 59). Jnanadeva tells us further on that inside the palace of these circles is the form of God (Abg. 60). "This circle is indeed a void. What appears, is a void; what sees, is a void; when the void and the non-void are both lost, there is the form of the Self" (Abg. 61). Next comes the vision of the eye. "By the eye is the eye to be seen, and it is indeed the end of the void. It shines forth like a dark-blue circle. In it rests the light form of God" (Abg. 62). It is the Eye of all eyes. It is the Blue of all the blues (Abg. 64). "Now my eye tries to penetrate my eye. The eye sees the eye in the eye. The eye was verily shown to Jnanadeva by Nivritti [his spiritual Master/Satguru], and he saw the eye in all places" (Abg. 63). ...............

Light Experience

8. Next to morphic experiences, come the experiences of light. Jnanadeva tells us that the whole world is filled by incomparable light. "Interest merges in interest; love throbs; I have seen the intensive form of God. He is full of sound and light,. . . . .The dawn breaks, and the light of the Sun spreads ..forth. . . . . . By the spiritual instruction of Nivritti, Jnanadeva has attained to spiritual wisdom" (Abg. 73}. "Jnanadeva sometimes speaks of the moonlight which shines without the moon . . . .. God, the cause of all the universe, appears there as subtle and as small as an atom. Vitthala [God] is indeed personal and impersonal" (Abg. 71). "Even the sun's light is inferior to the light of the Atman. In God, indeed, there is neither day nor light. Beyond all duality Jnanadeva has seen the eye, and nothing can stand in comparison to it" (Abg. 70). God is indeed seen in the Super-conscious state. . . His light is greater than the light of the moon and the sun. This Self-experience is known only to those who have learned it from their spiritual master (Abg. 69). And is it not wonderful, asks Jnanadeva, that the sun should shine by night; and the moon by day? Contrary to all experiences is this. There is neither rising nor setting in Atman. He is his own mirror. Only the man of experience knows, says Jnanadeva, and Saints became pleased by that sign (Abg. 72). "That light is indeed seen in the thousand-petalled lotus where there is neither name nor form" (Abg. 68); "and it is wonderful that that light is neither hot nor cold" (Abg. 67); "and beyond indeed that light is God who remains transcendent" (Abg. 104).

Sound Experience

9. Jnanadeva's experience of sound is not expressed with the same fullness with which his colour experience or form experience or light experience are expressed. Indeed, in the Jnanesvari, he has spoken of the sound which fills the whole universe, telling us that a mystic does not know whence it comes, and whither it goes. In his Abhangas he does make mention of that unstruck sound which is heard in the process of mystic contemplation,........(Abg. 74). .....................

God Can Be Attained In All States of Consciousness

10. The experience of God can be attained in all the states of consciousness---in the waking God can be attained state, in the dream state, in the deep-sleep state, as well as in the Super-conscious state. When all these states become alike, then God is attained. Jnanadeva employs an allegory to tell us how God is to be experienced in all these states. The Waking State is personified and is made to say that she heard the voice of God in the courtyard, and saw Him with her own eyes. The Dream State and the Deep-Sleep State say that they are full of love towards God, and when they will realise God, then the cymbals will be sounded. The Super-conscious State is made to say that everything that belonged to her was taken away by God, and she was made to remain deeply silent (Abg. 84). Elsewhere also Jnanadeva tells us how in all the different states of consciousness---in the waking state, in the dream-state, and in the deep-sleep state---his mind was full of the bliss of God (Abg. 83). In fact, God's bliss, according to Jnanadeva, could be attained in all states of consciousness.



 
 
 
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