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Table of Contents Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiLL Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xY Twenty-Eight Sets of Eleven Contemplative Beads of Divine Inquiry, bringing into play the recurrent use of the word ‘LIGHT’. Chapter I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 The First Set: THE DIVINE MAN Chapter II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 The Second Set: HEAVENWARD JOGGERS Chapter III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 The Third Set: WHERE THE WILL OF GOD GOES Chapter IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 The Fourth Set: TWIN ALCHEMICAL MOONS Chapter V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 The Fifth Set: OLYMPIAN CARRIER Chapter VI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 The Sixth Set: GARMENT OF HOPE Chapter VII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 The Seventh Set: ABSOLUTE ZERO-HOOD Chapter VIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 IMMERSION AND IMMOLATION The Eighth Set:
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Chapter IX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 The Ninth Set: THE EAGLE’S PEAK Chapter X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 The Tenth Set: THE SACRAMENT OF LOVE Chapter XI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141 The Eleventh Set: DOUBLE-DRUMMED HEARTBEAT Chapter XII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155 The Twelfth Set: YOUR GOD FRAGRANCE Chapter XIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169 The Thirteenth Set: VIOLET SPACES OF SOUL-SOLITUDE Chapter XIV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 The Fourteenth Set: AN ONION FIELD OF BUDDHA BRIGHT Chapter XV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197 The Fifteenth Set: HONG-SAU BREAST Chapter XVI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211 The Sixteenth Set: HUMBLY AND TALL Chapter XVII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225 The Seventeenth Set: FOREVER-FRESH AWAKENINGS Chapter XVIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239 The Eighteenth Set: YES AND YES AGAIN Chapter XIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253 The Nineteenth Set: FALLING AWAKE
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Chapter XX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267 The Twentieth Set: LIGHT OF FORGIVENESS Chapter XXI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281 The Twenty-first Set: FORM, FUNCTION AND FERVOR Chapter XXII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295 The Twenty-second Set: JUST AS EVERYTHING IS Chapter XXIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309 The Twenty-third Set: SPROCKETS OF ETERNITY The Chapter XXIV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323 The Twenty-fourth Set: ROBE OF HEAVEN Chapter XXV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337 The Twenty-fifth Set: CHRISTED-BÂTONSHIP Chapter XXVI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351 The Twenty-sixth Set: INTERDIMENSIONAL LOVING Chapter XXVII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365 The Twenty-seventh Set: ETERNAL TIME, SYNTHETIC TIME Chapter XXVIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379 The Twenty-eighth Set: GOD’S SURPRISED BOSOM Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393 ‘So Be the Light in Our Life’ Invocation . . . . . . .396
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Foreword
Affirmation of life is affirmation of Light. The human spirit is immortal, but such a simple truth is not close to people; for they care more about the body than about the spirit. Life obliges man to ascend, whereas death is a descent. People, in principle, prefer to understand death as destruction. Existence itself affirms eternal renewal. Each man dies for yesterday and is regenerated for tomorrow. Each day a renewal of all three principles takes place. Each day and hour man draws nearer to or recedes from the Higher World. Let each one by the quality of his thinking further his own ascent and his perception of the Higher World. Tranquillity is the crown of the spirit.
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People cannot imagine Light as energy. Let us not look into that Infinity where thought and Light and all that exists merge into unity, but according to the earthly understanding let us apprehend Light as a salutary energy, without which life is impossible. Light is the most pervasive messenger of salvation. One can distinctly comprehend a difference between utilitarian fire and cosmic Light. Not fire, but radiance surrounds each living being. The benevolent thinker is surrounded by a rainbow, and through his light brings healing. So many times We have foretold the future of these radiations. We have said that with such a criterion the very structure of life will be transformed. One may rightly call Light the principle which leads to regeneration. Thought and Light are so closely linked that thought may be called luminiferous. Absolutely everything which refers to the luminous future is connected with Light. Helena Roerich Excerpt from the book AUM
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Preface “Scriptings of the Soul in Questions of Light” is for the seeker and the disciple alike. ”Scriptings” is both a contemplative mode of self-inquiry and a mantra-like medium of thought for the meditative mind. Would that the Light of the Soul indirectly invoked within these brief indagative queries awaken in the reader the dispassion, discrimination and dhyanic discipline needed for a life of conscious work and enlightened service to the all of humanity. May ”Scriptings” help the beauty of your Spirit to literally shine forth from your face in the clear radiance of the Lord’s evocative Reply. Simhananda February 2, 2009 Montreal, Quebec
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Chapter I
The Divine Man The FIRST SET of Eleven Contemplative Beads of Divine Inquiry, bringing into play the recurrent use of the word
Light Questions 1 to 11
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Q1
Light-Flung Is not the very Soul of man Light-flung from the centre of the All of Life, which is called GOD ?
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Light Fusion Is not the brilliant core of every manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Being a liberal radiance of refined Light fusion?
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Scriptings of the Soul... In Questions of Light
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Q3
Light, Love and Life Is not the essential nature of enlightened Man a subtle commingling of Light, Love and Life?
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Light and More Light Does not the Divine Man humbly declare that he is Nothing but an awakened unity of Light and more Light and more Light?
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Q5
Thought, Emotion and Deed Is not the Divine Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s every thought, emotion and deed consciously imbued with visionary Light and insightful Wisdom?
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Light-Dipped Is not the Divine Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s every intent, purpose and proposal, skillfully Light-dipped?
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Divine Manifestation Does not even a moment in the company of such a Man full of Light, carry with it the critical Impact and Blessings of a Godly Being in Divine Manifestation?
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