Philosophy Of Liberation Interfaith

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

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Thus, there are five spheres of creation including the Gross Realm. Kaivalya is of Pure Consciousness and the other four realms are Non-Conscious, but coexisting with the conscious. In the creation of the Realm, first the center of each Realm must have been established. When the vibration (current) for the creation of that Realm emanated from its center, only then the creation of the Realm came into existence. In the origin of the flow or vibration, an accompanying Sound must have been generated. Therefore, it is necessary to acknowledge that the specific realms have their essential central Sounds.
Sound by its nature has the quality to draw one to its point of origin. In reviewing the above, it is evident that creation continues to evolve through the Sound. Logically, no other means is better than the Sound for transcending the concealments (realms) of creation.
The Central Sounds of the various Realms cannot be spoken or articulated; they are non-spoken (inarticulate). The practice of Nadanusandhana (Yoga of Sound) works with these very inarticulate Sounds. And due to the drawing power of Sound, the practice of the Yoga of Sound results in reaching the highest realm.
The five Realms of creation (Gross Realm, Subtle Realm, etc...) described above are the five concealments which connect and permeate the body (the microcosm) and the world (the macrocosm).
The Upper Nature or Surat (consciousness) or Pure Conscious nature is extremely close to the essential nature of the Supreme Sovereign and therefore is perfectly suited for direct knowledge of the Supreme Sovereign. The essential nature of the Self is of a higher order than this conscious reality (Upper Nature) and is the superior of the two.
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