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Somehow or the other these universal souls come. They
are the real cosmopolitans.
They proclaim the great oneness and brotherhood of all living beings.
Over the course of human history, many a time their teaching
is stifled, is overcome by
dry philosophy and dogma. Yet, in spite of that, it never dies. it is
like the grass that is covered over with snow in the winter. Each long
winter you think the grass is no longer there. But come spring and the
thaw sets in and the sun slimes again and the snow clears, God knows,
sometimes even from within a layer of snow, this green shoot thrusts itself
out and is seen. How amazing is this vitality. It never dies. So too with
the teachings of the saints. From time to time, during the course of history,
always these mystical moments keep cropping up.
In whichever race, clime or time they appear, these great
minds have ever thought alike.
They have borne irrefutable testimony to the essential underlying unity
of all humanity. Their exceptional character encourages, inspires, and
unerringly guide the masses. By their achievements they indicate the heights
that are attainable by right effort. They show what hidden potencies human
being contain and what high destiny lies ahead.
For in their vision they see in you an immortal spark
of the divine. They say that you are
part of a Universal Essence, an eternal Cosmic Reality that is beginningless
and endless, that is eternal and permanent. You have not come here merely
to live, grow, eat, drink, enjoy some little sense enjoyment, laugh a
little, weep a little, and then one day pass away without leaving any
sign of yourself. This is merely physical existence. The realization of
your true identity, of your immortality, of your essential divinity, that
may be held to be your divine destiny.
This great ideal was proclaimed as the goal of all human
individuals. For these illumined
saints and seers say: "O man, striving and struggling in this earth
plane of phenomenal existence, we proclaim to you a great discovery. We
have attained an experience which has liberated us from all sorrow, pain
and suffering and which has filled us with supreme bliss. We wish that
you also share this wonderful experience. Come and listen. What we have
attained you can also attain. We have come face to face with that radiant
Cosmic Being beholding whom the mortal becomes immortal."
It is that Eternal Reality alone that can give you true
happiness. And that Eternal Reality
is not only a Cosmic Principle, it is the innermost centre of your being.
You are part of that Eternal Reality. Deep within you lies this bliss
as your own Self. Never for a moment is that bliss apart from you. Never
for a moment is that bliss absent. It is the ever present truth of your
being.
You cannot know it through the senses because the senses
are outgoing. You cannot
know it through the intellect. Be silent. Stop thinking, and take your
mind within. Know that you are immortal bliss. Become aware of that Radiant
Being who, in silence, thunderously proclaims "I-am". Know thyself
and be bold, fearless and free.
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