Saturday, October 15, 2016

Transcending body identification

Most people identify themselves with their bodies and activities. The thought of transcending identification with the body in favour of spirit is a concept not easily embraced nor understood. There looms however the danger that when attaching oneself totally to the flesh, it will make it very difficult to ascend to higher states of consciousness.
Yet everyone eventually has to ascend, to free the soul into the divine realm, of the Infinite Spirit after death.

From the perspective of yoga, this requires both, the esoteric meditation method of transcendence and the application of the Christ like principles of moral and spiritual behaviour.


All emissaries of God speak with a united voice that the way to ascension is to love all, forgetting oneself in selfless service and the uplifting of others; to disengage oneself from attachment to the senses, to possessions, and the emotions that keep one body and ego bound (anger, fear, lust, and greed); and to love God supremely.

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