Key of Knowledge

SR No.: 006702
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1919
Total Pages: 1204
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH. 783 eye. This 'third eye,' when developed, enables them to look into the cavity of the heart, which is the abode of the Lord. Remembering that vision is not in the eye but in the soul, the version of the Yogis, when put into simple language, means that when by controlling the mind one prevents its outward flow, and throws it back on itself, it sees the Atman face to face in the cavity of the heart. The point at which the outward flow of the tide, or current, of perception can be checked is the pineal-gland, described as the undeveloped third eye by the Yogis. By the time the Yogi has acquired the power of fixing his attention on the pineal gland, his eye-balls become accustomed to turn the angle and remain steady in the attitude of internal introspection, without feeling strained.
Exactly in the proportion in which the Yogi's power of concentration gains in intensity, does his feeling of the warmth of intimacy in his physical body decrease, so that when the intensity of concentration is able to force the tide of perception back into the cavity of the heart, the small remnant of interest in the external world which might be still lingering in the mind is completely destroyed for ever, and the soul is seen face to face in its full glory. This is the delight of God-vision of the earnest devotee, and the joy of seeing the Lord of the mystic. The Shiva Samhita thus describes an earlier stage of this process:
“When the yogi thinks of the great Soul, after rolling back his eyes and concentrates his mind to the forehead, then he can perceive the lustre from the great Soul. That great yogi, who even for a moment has seen the beauty of the Omniscient and all-pervading Soul, frees himself from sin and attains salvation."