Yoga and the Bible

by Joseph Leeming

3-It is fatal error to assume that there is, and can be, only one

Christ, or divine son. By such an assumption a man shuts the door

of opportunity in his own face.

5-As one progresses on the path, he too will in time be able to say,

not 'I believe', but 'I know'. The first step is a seeking for

something in which onr can believe without doubt; something that

does not have to be accepted on blind faith alone; something that

will not only uplift and spiritualize the heart, mind, and the soul,

but also satisfy to the fullest the most rigorous demands of reason

and intelligence.

7-Ye shall seek me,, and find me,, (only) when ye shall search for me

with ALL YOUR HEART. (Jeremiah 29:13)

10-Jesus answered themm and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that

sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine,

whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. (John 7:16-7)

11-Yoga is a practical method of separating the soul from its combination

with the mind and the body, and then uniting it with its Source

or the Supreme Creator.

14-Yoga teaches that a man, when aided by a perfect Master, can consciously

unite with the divine while living in a physical body. The teaching of

the Masters is sometimes called a religion, but has no organization,

no ritual, no ceremony. It differs significantly from those religions

whose followers are accustomed to place their reliance on belief and

faith alone. Yoga is a scientific system, yet at the same time it is the

very essence of real religion. Entering the kingdom of heaven for religions

is a hope that might be relaized after death, rather than a definite and

vital personal experience here and now, made possible by the spiritual

power of the living Master.

19-Swani Ji of Agra, when speaking of Sat Desh (the real or abiding country)

said: 'What beauty and glory! How can I describe them? There is nothing

here to convey the idea. Love plays the supreme part. IT IS ALL LOVE.

24-'All life and energy in the universe come from the Divine Word. It is

a power that is mightier than any known on earth, for it is the power

behind all other powers. All other powers are finite, but it is infinite.

It shows itself in the form of many apparently different forms of energy,

but trace them back to their original source and they are all found to be

fundamentally one. It dwells hidden, but supremely active, at the back of

all other energy. Einstein showed that matter and energy are actually

different forms of the same thing. So tremendous is this power that

according to the scientists, enough of it is locked up in a teaspoon

of water to raise a load of five tons from sea level to the top of Mount

Everest.

26-From Shabad (the Word [aka the HS]) the whole creation

is created, dissolved, and re-created again.

31-The Sound Current or Word of God is the Holy Spirit.

Thus, to become filled with the Holy Spirit is to hear

and participate in the Audible Life Stream, to become

absorbed in it and become one with it/God. The Audible

Life Stream is always within every one of us, but we

can not cannot hear its melodies because we are spiritually

deaf and blind. Jesus said: 'Ye have eyes and not see and

ye have ears and ye hear not.'

36-God does not demand worship because He needs it or

desires it, but because it is the means whereby the

soul of man can return to the source from which it

came. True worship is the recognition or awareness

that there is an immense power that is greater than

all other powers and that this power is benevolent

and helpful toward all creatures. When one can hear

the voice of God within himself, and feel its

spiritualizing power, he stands in the presence of

his Creator and is truly worshipping.

44-All men have oneness with the Supreme Father - our

souls are drops in the boundless ocean of His Being.

But ordinary men are not conscious of their divine

inner nature. They have lost their awareness of this

unity. The Master, on the other hand, is always conscious

ot it and knows his relationship with the Father.

Ordinary man is a spark of the divine essence; but he

has not yet developed into that glowing light like the Master.

There is no difference between Saints and God. God is

the sea and Saints are its waves. The waves rise out

of the sea, live on it, and are finally merged into it.

47-Love passes all understanding and beyond all bounds.

'God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth

in God, and God in him.'

57-Like electricity, The Holy Spirit must use a channel

through which to flow and reveal itself to those who

want its light. To obtain knowledge of God we must go

to one who knows God. Masters have a dual nature as

God-men. With one tongue the Master talks to beings

in the higher spheres and with the other speaks to

mortals like us.

63-The word 'religion' comes from the Latin verb religare,

meaning to 'bind back' or reunite the soul with its

Creator. The Indian word 'yoga' means union - union

with God. For man, if he but knew himself, is now and

always has been a spiritual being, bright and radiant

from God.

75-'That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that

which is born of the Spirit is spirit.' (John 3:6)

Due to the soul's association with the mind, it has

forgotten its divine origin. If man but knew his

real self, the soul, he would find that in its own

sphere of action, and when freed of the mind, it

has tremendous power.

80-The soul is the real living entity, a reality of the

first order, made of the essence of the Supreme One.

The mind is inert, unless activated by the soul, and

is a reality of the second order, for it is made of

the essence of Kal, the negative power. Self-improvement

means purifying the mind. Life on earth is largely a

struggle between the mind and the soul. THE ENEMIES

ARE THE MIND and its good friends, the senses and the

five evil passions. When the mind is smitten by

countless desires and is over-shadowed all the time

by avarice, there is no place therein left for God.

84-The mind can never be controlled by negation or efforts

to suppress its strong desires. Negation has only a

temporary effect. But when lifted above the earth by

a higher power, it weakens and finally succumbs. To

permanently control the mind, it must be given something

it enjoys better than the worldly pleasures, the divine

music. We can escape from the material world by

meditating on God and the higher worlds, therby

becoming attached to the divine Sound Current. Confined

within the body and duped and dominated by the mind,

man is limited. But in his soul he is limitless. Hidden

within him is a priceless jewel, though he knows it not.

101-The average human being tends to attribute to God the

evils that man does of his own free will. But God does

not really need to punish us, we are ever busy

creating our own punishment.

156-There are many forms in all the infinite creation. They

are all His forms; but none of them express His totality.

He may take millions of forms but He himself is formless.

Love plays the supreme part. It is all love.

157-The journey of salvation, the safe return to the higher

regions, can never be made without a Master. Happy

indeed is the soul who takes shelter with a Saint and

undertakes the journey in company with him.