Philosophy Of Liberation Interfaith

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

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Therefore, it can be said that the ksetrajna (the Self, the Unqualified, the knower of the body field) will experience the direct knowledge of one's own essential nature along with the essential nature of God. As long as the consciousness is within even one of the four Realms of Non-Conscious nature, it cannot experience nor attain direct knowledge of the Supreme Sovereign.
It is certain that Self (Spirit) will have direct knowledge and realization of one's own Essential Nature as well as direct knowledge and realization of the Supreme Sovereign.
The Sound of the higher level naturally reaches far downward. Further, the flow of the subtle substance (Sound) is further than the flow of the gross substance (Sound), and naturally the subtle permeates the gross substance. This is natural in the order of creation: the subtle existing above and the gross existing below. Therefore, in the order of creation, the upper realms are subtler than the lower realms.
Subsequently, the Sounds of the centers of the upper Realms are subtler than the Sounds of the lower realms. Therefore, the Sound originated from the center of the above realm and is sequentially grasped from the realm immediately under it. For example, the Sound of the Subtle Realm can be grasped from the center or core of the Gross Realm; the Sound of the Causal Realm can be grasped from the center or core of the Subtle Realm. The sequence progresses until the Divine Sound which originated from the center of the Realm of Pure Consciousness or the Supreme Sovereign will be grasped from the center of the Supra-Causal Realm. The consciousness drawn by the Sound will meet with the Supreme Sovereign and after becoming one, will lose its existence.
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