And the light shineth in
darkness and the darkness comprehended it not. John 1:5
There are two manifestations
of the darkness of delusion:
One is maya, cosmic delusion
and the other avidya, which means ignorance or individual illusion.
Maya or cosmic delusion is
the mass hypnosis of God by which he makes every human being believe in the
same illusory reality of creation as perceived by the senses.
We say that perception is
reality, but we fail to ask the question, what reality are we talking about?
In philosophical terms,
Reality is that which never changes. Yet, when we speak of sense perception as
reality, we realize that sense perception depends on the state of mind of the
observer.
Avidya or ignorance implies
that one perceives that which is unreal as real. Man looks at the world and
perceives it as real, but in fact, the world is in a constant flux of change
and therefore, according to philosophical terms, unreal or illusory. It is not
what it appears to be.
The light that shineth in darkness
is the light of God.
In St. John 1:5 we read: “This
then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God
is light and in Him is no darkness at all.”
In the intelligent creative
Cosmic Vibration that went forth from the cosmic consciousness of God were His
first two expressions in manifested creation, sound and light
Genesis 1:1, 3 In the
beginning God said, let there be light. Units of divine light, finer than
electrons and other subatomic particles are the substance of which all matter
is composed.
Because of the limitations of
the senses, man does not even perceive the full spectrum of material
manifestation. Needless to say, the senses do not allow man to perceive higher
realities.
Man possessed of delusion
obliterates his true perceptions and prevents him to be aware of the light of
God vibrating everywhere. This delusion obscures the soul’s intuitive sense of
God’s omnipresence.
In meditation this darkness
of sensory dependence vanishes, intuition becomes pronounced and one can
experience oneself as light in this universal light.
That was the light, which
lighteth every man that cometh into the world. John 1:9
The light of the cosmic
energy flowing out of the cosmic consciousness of God is the life that informs
all human beings and lights their consciousness. This light is the true light
because it is infinite and everlasting. Man borrows from it his temporary
mortal existence from one life to the next.
Yoga teaches how to join the
immortals by contacting that light and realizing the unity of human
consciousness with “the true light, which lighteth every man.”
He came unto his own, and his
own received him not. John 1:11
He was omni-presently
immanent in creation; all things have been made or materialized from the cosmic
light coming forth from God’s cosmic consciousness, His own Self.
God objectified himself as
matter, life and mind. His spirit is thus reflected in “his own,” since matter,
life and mind are direct manifestations of Spirit, just as man’s soul has
manifested itself into body and mind imbued with life.
Although these physical
instrumentalities belong to the soul, the limitations imposed on the body and
mind by delusion prevent man from knowing his ever perfect, blissful soul, his
true Self. He rather thinks of himself as a form, name, and specific
characteristics subject to worries, troubles, and other afflictions of
delusion.
So it is said that the spirit
of God came into his own, meaning became manifest in matter and life and His
conscious process in human beings and his own received him not. That is to say
that, because of cosmic delusion, matter, life and mind do not truly reflect
and express the Divine Immanence.
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