The most natural Way

VIII

So God is the Nameless or the Wordless One. When that Power came into being and assumed a manifest form, God in action – it became the primal cause, the Causeless Cause, of all creation in the higher and lower spheres. And that first manifested form of the Absolute is the only Way back to God.

What we have to do is to contact that Divine Link which is the supporting power of all creation. We owe our very existence to this powerful link within us, which is uniting the radiant soul with the gross physical body. When that power is withdrawn, the connecting link snaps and the soul departs, leaving the body a lifeless clod of clay. This we call death – the dissolution of the microcosm. When this Power is withdrawn from the world, there follows grand dissolution.

This Divine Link is in every heart. With that we have to establish contact – a Real and Living Contact. But how? You can find it by transcending physical consciousness. 

The Bible says; 

The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.

One who is Word personified will naturally be able to join you with the Word within. That Power ever abides in us. It is the Bread of Life, and verily we live by It, though we have never recognised it. 

Christ tells us,

Whosoever partaketh of this bread will have Everlasting Life.

He never meant His body but the Word Personified and within Him. It is often described by the Sages as the Water of Life.

Christ says,

Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into Everlasting Life.

But how to get this Bread of Life or Water of Life, that bestows Life Everlasting? How to sip this elixir? All the scriptures tell us in one voice that it can be had from a Living Saint Who is an embodiment of this active Life-Principle. It will not cost you anything, not a farthing. It is as much a gift of nature as light, air and water. This experience of Truth you can get through the Grace of a Living Master, competent enough to contact you with the Divine Link within.

What is this experience like? The Bible says:

If thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of Light.

And further it says:

Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a Light unto my Path.

That shows there is some experience of Light within.

And then there is something else as well – the Sound Principle.

Being born again not of corruptible seed but of incorruptible, by the Word of God which liveth and abideth forever.

You will have to rise above body consciousness before you can come in contact with that Word-Power within. It means an experience of Light – the Light of God within you. And this is the beacon Light that saves:

The righteous runneth into it and is safe.

To those who are just put on the Path of the Masters, there comes a marvellous change in their life and conduct. Steadfast in the Power of the Word, they are saved by It and escape from the cycle of births and deaths. The dissolution and grand dissolution have no effect on them.

It is then said:

Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Mark the words out of the mouth of God. This experience – revelation of Light – comes about by the Grace of an Adept in the Science of Spirituality. The Master has to transmit His own Life-Impulse when He puts us on the Way and gives us a contact with the all-powerful, live and vibrant chord within. With this manifestation within, we learn the significance of the words of the Master Christian:

The son knows the Father and those to whom the son reveals.

And again:

The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh and whither it goeth; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit.

What I mean to say is that the Word-Power has two aspects: one is of Sound and the other is of Light. This is the natural way. The Masters do not touch the breathing system. They do not invoke the aid of pranas, for the simple reason that pranas have an independent function in the body and do not in any way interfere with our daily pursuits like walking, talking, eating and drinking. If we can ignore the pranas otherwise, they can safely be bypassed in Spiritual Sadhans as well. The work of God can as well be performed without the intervention of pranas or vital airs. They have eliminated that part of the show altogether to make the system easier and in accord with the present times. Even a child, if he is made to sit, is given an experience. He begins to see Light and hears the tinkling of bells.