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THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH.
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and the moon and the stars, and the very powers of heaven seem shaken, then will appear the sign of the Lord, like a flash of lightning, which, while shining in one part, illumines the whole heaven; then shall be seen the “Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory” (Luke, XXI. 27). "Thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed' (Luke, XVII. 30). Then one may lift up his head, for his redemption is near (Luke, XXI. 28). Even then only he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved' (Matthew, XXIV. 13). The whole statement is intended to be a great secret, and its significance is made to depend on the warning: "whoso readeth, let him understand.” (Matthew, XXIV. 15).
Now, we saw in connection with God-vision that it is only when the mind is disgusted with fleshly lusts that the Yogi can hope to attain salvation, and it was pointed out, in the chapter on Yoga, that a tremendous annount of action takes place, as a result of spiritual training, in the nervous system of the Yogi, displacing many important nerve currents of the face and head, in particular, those of the spinal column. The nerve action consequent on the intensest concentration of will on itself, so as to be able to have God-vision, in the cavity of the heart, causes still greater changes in the nerves; and it is due to these changes that the roots of bondage and samsára are loosened and destroyed. The change brought about by the alteration of the pole or centre of perception" is so great that many misguided persons have come to grief through it. This change of polarity has the effect of arranging the mind particles
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