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THE KEY: OF KNOWLEDGE... Thus, when by the supreme effort of his will the Yogi throws his concentrated gaze to penetrate beyond the veil of illusion,' so as to be able to contemplate his Soul, in its naked effulgence, his evil karmas are destroyed, resulting in the acquisition of omniscience and other kinds of divine attributes. This means liberation full and complete in all respects, except that nirvana is not reached so long as the physical body is not dissolved, setting the soul free to ascend to the Abode of Gods. Some people, however, imagine that the ascent to nirvâna takes place immediately on Godvision. Such would also seem to be the view of the author of the Biblical text which makes God say :
“Thou canst not see my face : for there shall no man see me, and live" (Exodus, XXXIII. 20).
The passage :"The Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend" (Ex, XXXIII. 11)does not contradict this view, inasmuch as it refers to an earlier stage of the process, when concentration on the nervous centre in the forehead, as described in the quotation from the Shiva Samhita, enables the aspirant to behold only the reflected image of his ego, described as the 'lustre from the great soul.' It is this 'lustre from the great soul' which is described in certain scriptures as the arch-angel, as will be shown later on.
We are now ready to enquire into the significance of the statement of Jesus about the coming of the son of man. About the time when the prophecy' was uttered, it was the idea of the chosen twelve that the kingdom of God should immediately appear' (Luke, XIX. 11).
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