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great is that darkness! It is so, because the light which is
in you, although covered or obscured, is greater. 14. In the beginning there was the Word and the Word was
with God and God was the Word. 15. All has been created by the Word and without the Word
nothing could be created. 16. In that Word there was life, and that life was the light of
people's lives.
The Teachings of Jesus Christ and Santmat
From this review of the main teachings of Jesus it becomes clear that Jesus gave guidelines for moral as well as practical living. At the same time, he taught the inner mystical path for attaining unity with the Divine, similar to the path taught by various mystics, saints and prophets.
The Saints tell us that in our inner self reside the brilliance of the Divine manifested in the form the Divine Light and the Divine Sound. According to Santmat tradition, through spiritual practice, the seeker will experience both light and sound, which represent the Divine glory and the Divine Word. Through that Word the aspirant reaches God. The spiritual practice of focusing is known as Dristi yoga. It involves bringing the vision of the
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