Philosophy Of Liberation Interfaith

Author(s): Paramhansa Maharaj, Donald Howard, Veena Howard
Publisher: USA Santmat Society of North America

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“The five various Divine colors are seen in the internal sky, viz. black, red, white, blue, yellow, and the enchanting wave of the spiritual Sound is bursting with the melodious thrill of flutes.”
The Realm of the Divine colors is often thought to be of the Lower Realm or Subtle Realm. The assumption could be that one saint is correct and the other incorrect. However, the words of a true saint cannot be wrong and as such we cannot say that a saint is incorrect. Therefore, one should not think that it is incorrect to meditate on the Sounds of the lower realms because the saints do not agree specifically about their descriptions of the Sound. From the literature it appears that specific Sounds can occur in any realm. Just as the whole of a tree is contained in the sprout, and the sprout is contained in the seed, so also all the Gross Realm exists in the Subtle Realm and the Subtle Realm exists in the Causal Realm. In the same manner, the Sounds of the Gross Realm can exist in the Subtle Realm, and the Sounds of the Subtle Realm can exist in the Causal Realm; therefore, the Sound of a lute could be heard in any realm.
Finally, it is necessary to focus on the various Sounds in meditation. It is not possible to have experience of the Essential Divine Sound without first having experience of the Sounds of the lower realms. This is consistent with the teachings of the saints. Section 66 deals with the necessity of experiencing and grasping the Sounds of the lower realms prior to experiencing the Essential Divine Sound.
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