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THE JAINA GAZETTE
wood and the first and second Heavens to woo and win or over awe each other?
Further still is it not possible for these 'unnatural' sexual intercourses to bear fruit to give to the earth a Christ, Shakuntala etc. the child rightfully claiming to have a Father or Mother in Heaven? Thus verily, Mainka Goddess may well mourn on producing Shakuntala : "I have given birth to this daughter like a woman. What earthly pleasure can then I have ?"
The possibility of such celestial human coition more than ever strengthens the possibility of amicable or friendly intercourse between these two highest conditions of existence : Celestial and Human.
All religious literature is full of it. On the five Great Events in the lives of Tirthankaras, the celestial beings descend in their hordes and make earth a veritable Paradise.
The Angels brought messages from God to Mohammad. They had evident communication with Christ. They tempted Jaina Tirthankaras, Buddha and Christ. God appeared as Divine Light to Moses. The Masters of Theosophy dealing with Madame Blavatsky, Col. Olcott and Mrs. Besant are koown in our times.
Shorn of the elemenis of Charlatanry these events or at leas: claims may point out to the near or remote possibility of these celestial-human intercourses. I have myself known spirits of Syeds etc. possessing the living human bodies.
Dreams also may be partially explicable on occasions by this celestial-human intercourse. The Mohammadan doctrine of Basharat may contain this Truth.
Thus in this last explanation which seems to me to be the most satisfactory of all the four possible explanations the only thing required is Faith in Celestial Beings or Devas or Farishtas or Angels. All religions easily concede to this. Therefore if this position is not absolutely untenable for any reason, the real explanation of all these Jaina, Hindu, Mohammadan and Christian Miracle-Places is that they are guarded by their actual particular
Guardian Angel or Devata, who listens to the prayers of all and Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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