Lord of all the gods

He is the Lord of all the gods. We know him to be the radiant one. He has no body or senses. Yet, there is nothing that is superior to him. It is known that he is creator of all illusion. It is known that he is wisdom itself. He has no lord, nor can anything control him. He is the origin. But he himself has no origin. Like a web emanating from a spider, the universe and its forms and action, emanate out of the Brahman. May the Brahman help us to seek union with him.

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The World of the Brahman

There are veins in the heart and it is along these veins that the rays of the sun course. It is these veins that unite the solar circle with the heart. When a person is asleep, he enters the heart through these veins. And it is there that he unites with the Brahman. There are one hundreds and one major veins in the heart. One of these ascends upwards and enters the head. When a learned person dies, he ascends upwards along this vein and attains immortality. He utters the sacred syllable oum and unites with the sun. The sun is the gate to the world of the Brahman. But this gate is closed to those who are ignorant.

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Greatness is the Brahman

“Greatness is immortality. Greatness is the Brahman. He is above and below, to the front and behind, to the north and the south. I am the Brahman. I am he. I am above and below, to the front and behind, to the north and the south. I am the Brahman and the atman. I am everywhere. A learned one who realizes this union, attains bliss and can travel anywhere in the various worlds. But those who are ignorant, are restrained. Learned ones realize that it is form the atman that one derives the breath of life, hope, memory, the sky, energy, water, arrival, disappearance, foodgrains, power, knowledge, resolution, the mind, speech, names, the mantras and all action. The atman is everything. He who realizes this, knows no misery, disease or death. He obtains all that is to be desired.”

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Nature of the Brahman

He who knows the nature of the Brahman, merges into the Brahman. It has been said that the Brahman is truth, wisdom, and all that is eternal. The heart is like a vast sky and intelligence is like a cave in the heart. He who visualizes the Brahman in one’s heart, sees the Brahman in all objects of the universe. He obtains all that may be desired. The sky was created from the Brahman. From the sky was created the wind, the wind created fire, fire created water, water created the earth, the earth created herbs, herbs created foodgrains, and food grains created man. Man can be compared to a bird. The right hand is the right wing and the left hand is the left wing. The part of the body that is below the navel is like a tail.

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Entire Universe Worships

Divine life force enters his body from water and from the moon. Divine life force ensures that a person is never hurt and never destroyed. Such a learned person realise the identity of his individual soul with the souls of all other beings and becomes like the brahman himself. The entire universe worships such a learned person as if he were the brahman himself. Although such a learned person identifies himself with all other living beings, their sorrows touch him not. Only the good deeds that other living beings perform merge into him. The gods are untouched by all manner of sin.

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The Brahman

“When a person is about to die, he can no longer see and the god of sight deserts the body. The dying person ceases to see, inhale, talk, hear, think, touch or know. The outlet from the heart lights up and the minute being ascends upwards in a blaze of light. When the Brahman leaves the body, the life force also leaves. And subsequently, the atman enters a new body, depending on the action that was performed in the earlier life. A leech uses a blade of grass to move to another blade of grass. Like that, the atman uses one physical body to move to another physical body. A jeweler uses a little bit of gold to fashion out better and better ornaments. Like that, the atman uses this physical body to attain better and better worlds and better and better lives.”

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Lord of All the Gods

He is the lord of all the gods. We know him to be the radiant one. He has no body or senses. Yet, there is nothing that is superior to him. It is known that he is the creator of all illusion. It is known that he is wisdom itself. He has no Lord, nor can anything control him. He is the origin. But he himself has no origin. Like a web emanating from a spider, the universe and its forms and action, emante out of the Brahman. May the brahman help us to seek union with him.

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