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FURTHER ELUCIDATIONS
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In the sixth heaven Isaiah saw no thrones; but was able to 'praise' on terms of equality with those who were there.
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And there were no angels on the left, nor throne in the midst, but all had one appearance and their (power of) praise was equal. And (power) was given to me also, and I also praised along with them and that angel also and our praise was like theirs And then they all named the primal Father and His beloved, and Christ and the Holy Spirit, all with one voice."-Ibid. 50.
Isaiah is also informed :
"...and he who permitted thee is thy Lord God, the Lord Christ who will be called Jesus, but this name thou canst not hear till thou hast ascended out of thy body." Ibid. 52.
The reference here is clearly not to a Christ, or a Jesus, who are plainly named, but to the aspirant himself who cannot attain to Christhood so long as he remains ensouled in the body of flesh, that is to say till he separates himself completely from the harmful association with matter, inasmuch as salvation only signi fies attainment of the purity of spiritual nature, by the elimination of every particle of the foreign substance-matter-from it.
This is made clear in the imagery of the highest heaven the seventh.
And he raised me up unto the seventh heaven, and I saw there a wonderful light and angels innumerable.Ibid. 52.
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All the Saved Ones dwell in the seventh heaven :
"And there I saw Enoch and all who were with him stript of the garments of flesh, and I saw them in their garments of the upper world, and they were like angels, standing there in great glory."—Ibid. 52.
We are also told about these Holy Ones :
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'There is nothing hidden from the thrones and from those who dwell in the heavens and from the angels' (Ibid. 48).
The heavenly Guide does not claim any superiority for himself above his companion. The latter's style of address as "my 8
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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