Namaste, my brother in Christ, and welcome (or welcome back) to my latest adhyayana posting. This time, we’re studying the 25th Sukta of the Rigveda’s first Mandala, which Google describes as a 21-verse hymn dedicated to Varuna, the guardian of cosmic order (Rta), composed by the sage Śunaḥśepa. Is this an accurate summary? Probably not, given that Varuna is the Vedic personification of the celestial waters of oneness. That he guards the western direction on the Wheel of Existence makes him the guardian of the “gate” between the first quadrant of Dharma (seeking and finding the True Path) and the second quadrant of Artha (seeking and finding our true and only purpose on earth, which is healing the perceived separation).
Another lengthy teaching for Brahmins (the Vedic designation for the Teachers of God who hear the AUM and understand its universal healing function), the 25th Sukta is another advanced spiritual teaching about the AUM.
By my reckoning, the first Rik should read as follows:
Bestowing the pure consciousness of true knowing, the thundering lets loose the light of the moon advancing the celestial waters of oneness.
yac (bestowing) cid (the pure consciousness) dhi (of true knowing) te (the thundering) viśo (lets loose or sets free) yathā (the light of the moon) pra (advancing) deva (the celestial) varuṇa (waters of oneness)
Notes:
The thundering is the buzzing tri-tonal vibration of AUM we hear with the inner ears of the higher mind. The light of the Moon is the “Lesser Light” illuminating the darkness. That Lesser Light is the inner Christ Light we projected outward in the form of the moon. In Hinduism, that inner moon is personified as Soma or Chandra — the Great I Am or Amen. In Christianity, the Great Amen takes the form of Jesus Christ. In Hinduism, it’s Shiva. In Judaism and Islam, it’s the Burning Bush that spoke to Moses in the desert.
In Truth, the Great I Am is AUM, the waters of oneness or Living Waters flowing down from the Trinity Rays of Divine Aspect. Christians call these three powers the Holy Trinity; Hindus call them the Trimurti. In the mystical Jewish Kabbalah, they’re the three hands of God (right, left, and exalted). In traditional Judaism and Islam, these very real and important triune powers have been rejected through rigid scriptural misinterpretations of the idea that God is one static being, devoid of nuanced aspects and attributes. When God is, in fact, more sublimely nuanced and fluid than the concrete-thinking human intelligence can possibly comprehend.
In Judaism, the above verse (Deuteronomy 6:4) is called shema. Supposedly, this faith-supporting verse reads: Hear O Israel: the Lord our God. The Lord is one. What it actually says (in transliterated Hebrew) is, according to Strong’s Concordance, Sema Yishrael YHVH Elohinu YHVH Ehad.
These Hebrew words translate thusly:
Hear and listen, Israel (Jacob, the truth-seeking Soul, not the country) to YHVH (the Great Rays). God’s presence in YHVH is Ehad.
Sadly, the meaning of these words has been so distorted by ego-ideation down the ages, their true definitions have been lost. But vestiges of their true meaning remain, for those open-minded enough to question the traditional translations.
Firstly, Ehad doesn’t mean “one.” Echad is the Hebrew word for “one” or “first.” Secondly, Ehad might be an erroneous transliteration of Echad, but it might just as easily be a poor transliteration of Eha, “the glorious name” in the Rigveda. Thirdly, Ehad could be a marriage of e (a or aleph, actually, meaning “the first” or “the father”) and had, which means “sharp, or, more specifically, “a mouth as sharp as a sword.”
So, God’s presence in YHVH, the collective name for the TWO Great Rays, is “the Father’s mouth, as sharp as a sword”. And we do indeed find the phrase “a mouth like a sharp sword” five other times in the Bible –in Isaiah 49:2; Rev. 1.16, 2:12 and 19:5; and in Hebrews 4:12. So, I might be on to something.
And yet, the ego’s penchant for sectarianism has made a maelstrom out of this one ideational point, which is founded on a centuries-old mistranslation.
Rightly understood, GOD IS one, but not in the way most trinity-rejecting Jews and Muslims perceive. God is the sum total of all that exists in Divine Reality. What isn’t God is illusion, because God is the All in All, the Supreme Creative Mind that thought everything into being and will house, protect, and develop those perfect and holy thoughts into infinity.
To dishonor anyone is, therefore, to dishonor God, as Jesus repeatedly states in the Bible and the Course. As he also tells us, we love and honor God by loving and honoring God’s presence in each other. Because this is how Jesus both sees and loves us.
So, namaste, my beloved brother. I offer you the love of God in abundance.
Rv 1.25:2 reads:
Firmly resolve to flow the waters day after day to generate the vessels speaking for the chariot-horses striking the pool of eternity.
vratam (firmly resolve) min-īmasi (to flow the waters) dyavi-dyavi (day after day) mā (to generate) no (the vessels) vad-hāya (speaking for the chariot-horses) hatnave (striking) jihīḻ-ānasya (the pool of eternity)
Notes:
We firmly resolve to flow the waters day after day, by committing ourselves to our holy purpose: Listening to God’s voice in the silence of meditation, day after day. This requires persistence, faith, trust, complete submission, and reigning in the Ego Mind’s endless chatter and obsessive need to be “doing something.” As Course-Jesus repeatedly explains, listening to God’s Voice in this disciplined manner is how we fulfill the function God gave us on earth. Meditating on the AUM daily is, therefore, the only way to “do God’s Will” in the world.
Rv 1.25:3 reads:
The life-energy of the divided greater lights generates the Golden Mouth glorifying YHVH, the separated mercy and grace thundering in the mind.
rī-radhaḥ (The life-energy of the divided greater light) mā (generates) hṛṇānasya (the Golden Mouth) man-yave (glorifying YHVH) vi (the divided) mṛḻīkāya (mercy and grace) te (thundering) mano (in the mind)
Notes:
Okay, wow. I lost all the work I did yesterday on this. But that’s okay, because the mouth as sharp as a sword from the Jewish Shema might well be the Golden Mouth referenced herein — or maybe not.
In Hinduism, the Golden Mouth or Golden Tongue belongs to Maa Kali, the first and foremost of the ten Mahavidyas (wisdom goddesses) in Tantric Hinduism. According to the sources consulted, Kali represents transformation and ultimate reality. As a fierce shakti (divine energy-force), Kali is rightly believed to destroy ego, illusion, and evil (fear and guilt) to liberate the Soul.
From our previous studies, we know that the Mahavidyas are the “ten shining maidens” — the Hindu counterparts to the ten Sefirot of the mystical Kabbalah. Those Sefirot form the Tree of Life and the Path of the Flaming Sword. We further know that Sef-irot means “fruits of the lamb” in Hebrew, and that we reap these sacred “fruits of our eternal innocence” as we walk around the Circle(s), sowing in the world what we would reap for everyone’s greater good.
That Kali is the first of the Mahavidyas tells us she guards the first seal or Sefirot of Keter, the crown.
In our discussion of the Seventh Sukta, we learned that this “crown” is the crest-jewel in Vishnu’s breastplate. Sometimes called “the crown jewel of yoga,” this “crown” or “jewel” is, therefore, the “fruit of the lamb” we harvest by opening the first seal — the Sefirot of Keter at the top of the Tree of Life. Curious about this, I went back to find the passage from the Biblical Book of Revelation about the first seal, which, when rightmindedly translated, reads as follows:
And I perceived a lamb open the first seal of a signet ring, and also listened as a thunder-voice came out from among the four Living Creatures to say, “Come and look, and envision brightly, a horse, and to be the Self seated upon the same, and to have the bow and the crowning glory, and to give them to go forth and be strong and to overcome.”
As formerly explained, the lamb represents our eternal innocence, guiltlessness, or sinlessness as God’s creations. So, we open the first seal when we forgive our own projected delusions enough to pass through the western gate — the gate guarded by Lord Varuna. The first seal of the signet ring is the first line on the Tripunda–the mark of God the Bible also calls the signet ring and the Mark of the Beast. That invisible mark makes it possible to hear the three vibrations of AUM in sequence. So, by “striking” the three lines in progression, Aaron (the exalted hand of A-kara) activates the waters in the three vessels in progression.
Upon opening the first seal of Keter, we hear the M-kara vibration — the metaphoric “bow” of Vishnu giving us the strength to overcome the Ego Mind’s parasitic influence. As we discussed in our study of the 11th Sukta, Vishnu’s “bow” is called Kodanda or Sharanga. The former simply means “bow,” while the latter supposedly means “spotted or speckled deer.” In the Ramayana, Vishnu gives this sacred bow to Rama, the journeying Soul, after which Rama becomes “Rama with a bow” — the journeying Soul restored to the former state of hearing the M-kara, the Voice for God, the Call to Awaken, and the Holy Spirit vibration.
Here’s how I now perceive the three powers:
–The M-kara is the left hand of God, the Call to Awaken, and the Holy Spirit, Hey, or Vishnu tone. In the Ramayana, the M-kara is Vishnu’s bow.
–The U-kara is the right hand of God, the Living Water, and the Christ, Lamed, or Shiva tone. In the Ramayana, the U-kara is Shiva’s bow.
–The A-kara is the exalted hand of God, the Amrita, the Blood of Christ, and/or the new wine, and the God, Aleph, or Father tone. In the Ramayana, the A-kara is weaponized as the thunderbolt(s) fired from Indra’s Vajra.
Before we move on, I want to share something from the Course; something that helps us better understand the three powers of AUM. Because the Course was initially aimed at American Christians questioning their religious programming at a time of rapid change (the 1960s), Jesus never used the words AUM or Om. But he did allude to these ideas. Please read mindfully what he says below:
The Holy Spirit is the highest communication medium. Miracles do not involve this type of communication, because they are temporary communication devices. When you return to your original form of communication with God by direct revelation, the need for miracles is over. (ACIM, T-1.I.46:1-3)
Now, allow me to interpret his words for the purposes of our discussion.
The M-kara (God’s Left Hand) is the highest communication medium coming to us from the Holy Spirit.
The U-kara (God’s Right Hand) is the miracle shakti-energy coming to us from Christ in the Moon or Water Circle.
The A-Kara (the Exalted Hand) is the original form of communication coming to us from God in Heaven, through the Red Ray (as direct revelation).
And this also explains the real meaning of Mark 16:19, which says:
So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
The Right Hand of God is the U-kara miracle-vibration heard in the Celestial Sphere, where Jesus Christ still lives and reigns as a formless spirit, offering us daily the miracles and inspirational thoughts we need to restore our minds to wholeness (universal brotherhood) in Christ.
The Sukta’s second line reads:
The chariot horses of Nara gather together the divided voices of the waters of oneness (or Varuna)
rathīr (the chariot) aśvaṃ (horses of) na (Nara) saṃ-ditam (gather together the divided) gīrbhir (voices of) varuṇa (the waters of oneness)
Notes:
Nowhere in the Hindu lore could I find reference to Nara having a chariot or horses. But we do find chariot-horses in more than one Biblical prophecy. So, let’s presume the four chariot-horses seen by Zechariah belong to Nara. And that is the reason they came out of “the north” from in-between two mountains of brass. These same horses were observed by John of Patmos going forth from the four Living Beings. This suggests to me that the four Living Beings watching over the quadrants ride in Nara’s chariot, whose metaphoric wheels are the gyroscopic eye-covered Ophanim they stand upon.
The divided voices of the waters of oneness are AUM, but also the Great Rays, YH and VH, which together sound the M-kara (the base of the Golden Triangle, as well as the two streams of Vishnu). As the horses come out when the seals are broken by the lamb, we gather together or reunite the three tones of AUM. The seals are broken by the lamb as we increasingly forgive each other “for what never happened” (because it’s all been a dream without any real consequences).
Makes sense, right?
Rv 1.25:4 reads:
The Borderland sends forth the Supreme Hiranya M-kara, the measure of YHVH falling down for the highest good.
sīma-hi (the Borderland sends forth) parā (the Supreme) hi (Hiranya?) me (the m-kara) viman-yavaḥ (the measure of YHVH) patanti (falling down) vasyaïṣṭaye (for the highest good)
Notes:
If the Golden Mouth speaks the M-kara, and the Golden Tongue is Kali, then the Golden tongue also is the Supreme Hiranya or Golden Light. I took a stab that Hi, in this instance, is an abbreviation for Hiranya, the Golden Light, because a) hi can be an abbreviated form of the word and b) “the supreme Golden Light” is indeed a concept found in Hindu philosophy.
According to Google:
The supreme golden light in the Vedas, often referred to as jyotir uttamam or hiranmaya patra (golden lid), represents the divine consciousness, ultimate Truth (Satyam), and the highest spiritual Knowledge (Ritam). It is symbolized as a radiant, self-luminous sun—Surya or Savitri—that exists beyond the mundane world of darkness and ignorance.
If the M-kara is the highest form of communication (as Course-Jesus states above) then it’s also the Supreme Golden Light described by the rishis.
Knowing all this suggests the first Sefirot of Keter (Kali’s domain at the top of the Tree) represents the Golden Mouth — the mouth sounding the Supreme Golden Light of the Holy Spirit.
And, just so you know, Kali doesn’t mean “time,” as is generally espoused. Her name is a marriage of ka (Vedic shorthand for the Great Purusha) and li (dissolving). So, she’s the dream-dissolving shakti of the Great Purusha, Nara. And the dream-dissolving wind of Nara is indeed the M-kara. So Kali personifies the M-kara or Golden shakti-vibration of AUM. And her vehicle in the dream is the lion-headed cherubim, who is, in fact, the Golden Mouth, as well as the Golden Lion found in both Hinduism and Buddhism.
Rv 1.25:5 reads:
The wind of Nara dwells within the cloud for the purpose of submitting to the superior will of Nara.
vayo (the wind of) na (Nara) vasatīr (dwells) upa (within)
kadā (the cloud) vasyaïṣṭayer (for submitting to the superior will) naram (of Nara)
Notes:
From all we’ve learned thus far, we can safely presume that the wind of Nara is the M-Kara aspect of AUM. The cloud mentioned herein is almost certainly the Pillar of Cloud described in Exodus as guiding the Israelites “by day” to the Resting Place, the oasis or wellspring in the desert-wilderness. So, that Pillar of Cloud is, in fact, the Golden Light of the M-kara. And this is indeed how God communicates with His Souls, and imparts His grace, as the quote below insightfully explains.
The sixth Rik reads:
God’s waters of oneness are the mighty hands of mercy and grace Yah sounds to illuminate the gathering that binds the Assembly of God’s one hundred inside the forest (or borderland). Nara advances to strike the covering supporting the vow to worship together.
ā (God’s) varuṇaṃ (waters of oneness are) karāmahe (the mighty hands) mṛḻīkā-yoru-cakṣa-sam (of mercy and grace Yah sounds to illuminate the gathering) tad (that) it (binds) samānam (the Assembly) āśāte (of God’s one hundred) venantā = vananta (inside the Forest or Borderland). na (Nara) pra (advances) yuc-chataḥ (to strike the covering) dhṛtavratāya (supporting the vow) dāśuṣe (to worship together)
Notes:
The Assembly of God’s One Hundred is the Assembly, solving the mystery of the one-hundred mentioned nine times in the Old Testament. One-hundred might be a reference to the one-hundred-fold promise, or it might be that the Assembly has only 100 “elite” members at any given time.
Rv 1.25:7 reads:
To know Yah, bow down to the lotus feet of the middle firmament of the fall from grace.
vedā (to know) yo (YAH) vīnām (bow down to) padam (the lotus feet of) antarikṣeṇa (the middle firmament) patatām (of the fall from grace).
Notes:
As we’ve established, YAH is the Red Ray or Father Ray of YH and VH, the Great Rays. The Red Ray sounds or sings the A-kara through “the mouth as sharp as a sword,” which is, in truth, the Flaming Sword. That sword, we learn in Genesis 3:24 is a divine “weapon” (tool or instrument) placed by God, along with a cherubim, to guard the way to the Tree of Life in the Garden of Eden after Adam and Eve were banished. The Ego Mind interprets the sword fearfully, as a symbol of divine judgment, and a warning of the severe consequences of sin. To the Ego Mind, the sword blocks our access to Eden. To the Spirit, the sword protects Eden from Satan’s lies and lights our way back to the gate.
The cherubim posted at the gate is the Archangel Michael, who embodies the Flaming Sword rather than carries it as a weapon. In Hebrew, Mika’el means “He who is like God.” And the A-kara is indeed the closest we come to the Father in the awakening process. Through the lightening bolt of Direct Revelation, God opens the gate to welcome us home.
Archangel means “chief angel” or “chief messenger.” And because there can only be one top dog, Michael is it. So, in truth, Michael is the one and ONLY archangel. The other three, six, or eleven (depending on source) are his progeny and subordinates. Because everything in the dream-realm is subordinate to the A-Kara, God’s direct communications entering the dream through the awake Christ Mind in Heaven.
To know Yah, the Father’s presence or reflection in the dream, we must first bow down to the lotus feet in the Celestial Realm, the middle firmament of the Fall from Grace. This is the firmament the Old Testament calls Shemayin. So, the lotus feet to which we bow down (submit to or surrender our will to) walk in the Celestial Sphere — the realm of the U-kara, Miracle, or Grace vibration.
This suggests to me that the Lotus Feet represent the U-kara vibration, which we hear and submit to after we reach the Circle of Water and/or the Moon Circle, the dwelling place of Christ, the Waheguru or Master Teacher. In Hinduism, the Lotus Feet belong to Krishna, who plays the U-kara on his flute, calling our Souls to remember the Moon Circle.
The Circle of Water is what Course-Jesus calls the Circle of Atonement. So, it’s here that we “teach peace to learn it.”
Rightly understood, the Lotus Feet are the Hindu equivalent of the feet of Jesus Christ so frequently referenced in the New Testament, as well as the “footstool” referenced in the Old Testament. The feet and the footstool are, therefore, symbols of the U-kara. If the A-kara sits on the throne on the seventh plain, the U-kara serves as it’s footstool or resting place on the sixth plain.
Knowing all this tells us that everywhere we find the feet of Jesus in the New Testament, teaches us something about the U-kara vibration. This is, in fact, a worthy topic for another post.
Rightly understood, God’s footstool isn’t earth; it’s the Land of the Living, the Resting Place in the Celestial Sphere — the place in our minds where our Souls find rest through the U-kara vibration of grace that makes True Forgiveness possible (by up-righting our perception of reality).
We find God’s “footstool” in Psalm 99, which reads (in the KJV Bible):
The Lord reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
The Lord is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.
Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.
The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.
Can’t vouch for the accuracy of that translation, but the references to “trembling” tell us that God’s Great and Terrible Name vibrates. And it does indeed come down to us from the four cherubim. As we learn from the prophet Ezekiel (or was it Zechariah?), the thundering sound(s) akin to the roaring of great waters comes forth when the cherubim beating their wings together. And we now know that the sound to which the Psalmist refers is the U-kara aspect of AUM, which are 1) Krishna’s Lotus Feet, 2) the feet of Jesus, 3) God’s Right Hand, and 4) God’s footstool.
Let’s move on to Rv 1.25:8, which reads:
To know the vessels gathering the waters of Yah is to know the Moon Om supporting the vow having twelve parts advancing the birth of the Banyan Tree.
veda (to know) nāvaḥ (the vessel) samudri-yaḥ (gathering the waters of YAH) veda (is to know) māso (the Moon Om or Moon Circle) dhṛtavrato (supporting the vow) dvādaśa (having twelve parts) pra-jā-vataḥ (advancing the birth of the Banyan Tree)
Notes:
To know the Yah (the A-kara) is to know the Moon Om (the U-kara). And it is the U-kara that supports the vow having twelve parts. And that vow advances the birth of the Banyan Tree, the Tree of Life or Knowledge God planted in the Garden of Eden (which the Flaming Sword protects).
What is “the vow in twelve parts”? Nothing found in Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, or Judaism. We do find something similar in Jainism as the Shravak Vratas (the 12 vows of the Layperson). A structured ethical code designed for householders who cannot adhere to the strict, absolute vows of monks and nuns (Mahavratas), these vows are intended to reduce karmic influx and guide the practitioner toward spiritual progress while living a “normal” life. The twelve vows are divided into three categories: Anuvratas (Lesser Vows), Gunavratas (Merit Vows), and Shikshavratas (Disciplinary Vows).
In some spiritual teachings, we also find twelve universal laws, only some of which hold true at the higher levels of understanding. The Law of Gender, for example, states that “everything has masculine (yang) and feminine (yin) principles.”
This law is erroneous on two points. The first is that “gender” is an ego-contrived concept. The divine beings we truly are have no gender, nor does anything created by God. The second error is the mistaken widely held belief that Yang and Yin represent masculine and feminine principles or energies. From the ancient Chinese I Ching we learn that Yang represent “the firm” (the unchanging extensions of God’s reflection), while Yin signifies “the yielding” — i.e., ephemeral, ever-changing, and valueless projections of the Ego Mind, the dark veils blocking the Yang. These two principles only appear to swirl together as “opposite realities” until we understand that only Yang is real. Yin is an illusion we must dissolve through the practice of what Course-Jesus terms “true denial.”
The Law of Divine Oneness, on the other hand, is true. Everything really is connected, and our thoughts do affect everyone at some level.
I won’t go further, because the so-called 12 Laws of the Universe aren’t “vows.” A little voice in my head tells me these vows are related somehow to the Ten Commandments, which should have been twelve vows or promises we made to God, rather than “commandments.” Because, well, you can’t reasonably give someone free will, and then demand that they bow down to your will.
Only the insane Ego Mind suggests otherwise.
Or, to quote Course-Jesus.
The Voice of the Holy Spirit [the M-kara] does not command, because It is incapable of arrogance. It does not demand, because It does not seek control. It does not overcome, because It does not attack. It merely reminds. It is compelling only because of what It reminds you OF. It brings to your mind the other way, remaining quiet even in the midst of the turmoil you may make. The Voice for God is always quiet, because It speaks of peace. Peace is stronger than war because it heals. War is division, not increase. No one gains from strife. What profiteth it a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul? If you listen to the wrong voice you HAVE lost sight of your soul. You cannot lose it, but you can not know it. It is therefore “lost” to you until you choose right. (ACIM, T-5.II.7:1-14)
So, the vow in twelve parts represents the twelve rightminded choices we make to remember the Truth of our Being on the Circle-Journey. The Sefirot on the Tree of Life represent those choices; yet, like the “commandments,” they’re only ten in number. We do, however, find in the Bible 12 disciples, 12 tribes of Israel, 12 sacred gems, and 12 gates or foundations of New Jerusalem, some or all of which might symbolize the vow or covenant in 12 parts.
Let’s also table further discussion of the twelve vows until another time.
The Sukta’s ninth line reads:
To know the light within, born to arise, is to know the family name on the path of the wheel to the heart of the exalted brother.
vedā (to know) ya (the light) upajāyate (within, born to arise) veda (is to know) vātasya (the family name) vartanim (on the path of the wheel) uror (the heart) ṛṣvasya (of the exalted) bṛhataḥ (brother).
Notes:
The light within is the twin-spark of the Great Rays, which live and gestate together in the Golden Womb (in our higher minds) as Yama and Yami. The family name is AUM. The path of the Wheel is the path we walk as Souls around the Dharmacakra. The Path of the Flaming Sword. the fiery mouth sounding the A-kara vibration. The heart of the exalted brother is the Inner Altar, the Holy of Holies where God and Christ live and reign together as the royal “They,” YH and YV.
So, the Path of the Flaming Sword (the Tree of Life) leads back to the Inner Altar, which is indeed the heart of God and Christ.
The Exalted Brother is the Exalted Hand of God, the A-kara aspect of AUM.
In the Old Testament, the A-kara is Aaron, the elder brother of Moses, the M-kara. As I’ve said before, Aaron means “exalted” in Hebrew. And it is Aaron who wears the bejeweled breastplate and holds the rod (lightning rod?) that thrice strikes the waters to bring down “the plagues” on Egypt (the desert-wilderness of earthly existence).
Now, filter all this through what Course-Jesus metaphorically explains below:
I place the peace of God in your heart and in your hands, to hold and share. The heart is pure to hold it, and the hands are strong to give it. We cannot lose. My judgment is as strong as the wisdom of God, in Whose Heart and Hands we have our being. His quiet children are His blessed Sons. The Thoughts of God are with you. (ACIM, T-5.IV.8:3-15)
Let’s move forward to Rv 1.25:10, which reads:
To know the shining original one hundred sending down the Word of God at all times, hold firm the vow of Varuna protecting the reality of one’s own self.
vedā (to know) ye (the shining) adhyāsate (original one hundred) ni (sending down) ṣa-sāda (the Word of God at all times) dhṛta-vrato (hold firm the vow) varuṇaḥ (of Varuna) pa-styāsva (protecting the reality of one’s own self)
Notes:
The shining original one-hundred refers to the already much-discussed Assembly of elevated Souls. This may, in fact, be the Great White Brotherhood much-discussed in Theosophical circles, as well as in the offshoot I-Am and Ascended Master Teachings. And it is indeed this gathering of sages that sends down the Word (AUM) at all times.
According to Wikipedia, the “vow of Varuna” refers to his role in Hinduism as the supreme enforcer of Ṛta (the established cosmic order), through which he binds those who violate truth or ethical duty with his noose (pasa). According to Google, Varuna is the guardian of morality — the all-seeing deity who demands righteousness, punishes immorality (including greed and deception), and grants pardon to those who sincerely repent.
As the personified “waters of oneness,” Varuna neither demands righteousness nor punishes wrongdoing. Rather, he gently restores our sanity through his subtle vibrations, as Course-Jesus explained earlier. His vow is, therefore, the covenant of salvation, while his pasa or noose is the “hook” of the Holy Spirit — the shared higher-mind matrix or network through which we communicate with each other and God.
Given that the vow of Varuna is mentioned in the verse immediately following the one mentioning the 12-part vow, we can safely assume the 12-part vow and the vow of Varuna are one and the same.
The Sukta’s eleventh Rik reads:
Gathering together for the Kingdom’s sake in the holy will to walk in the AUM bestows all things miraculous.
sāmrājyāya (gathering together for the kingdom’s sake) sukratuḥ (in the holy will) ato (to walk in the Om) viśvāny (bestows all things) adbhutā (wondrous or miraculous).
Notes:
This should require no further explanation.
Rv 1.25:12 reads:
The sap of the True Self, the Red Ray intuitively knows to create these light circles, the hands of the True Self, the Word of God vessels of the Cosmic Greater Light, the Holy Ray of the original Yah on the straight path, the open hand advancing Nara, the sustaining life-force.
cikitvām̐ (The sap of the True Self) abhi (the Red Ray) paśyati (intuitively knows) kṛtāni (to create these) yā (light) ca (circles), kar(a)tvā (the hand of the true self) sa (the word of god) no (vessel) viśvāhā (of the cosmic greater light), Sukratur (the holy ray of) ādit-yaḥ (the original Yah) (on the straight path) karat (the open hand) pra (advancing) ṇa (Nara) āyūṃṣi (the sustaining life-force)
Notes:
Here, the rishis provide a list of descriptors of the Red Ray, all of which dovetail with my earlier characterizations. He’s the Holy Ray of Yah, the open hand of Nara, etc., etc.
We talked about “the sap” many posts back. Herein we learn that sap is, in fact, the Red Ray’s presence in us, which makes sense, given that the Red Ray either represents or produces the Amrita elixir of immortality. If I’m reading this correctly, the Red Ray IS Amrita, which we produce together or “press out” in the Moon Circle “gathering of waters.”
The 13th Rik reads:
The vessel for crossing over to Truth carries the attribute garments crafted from gold, Varuna’s covering away from the shining raiment surrounding the watchers guiding the sinking process of the Lamp of Peace, the lamp delivering humankind from acting with malice.
tāriṣat (the vessels for crossing over to Truth) bibhrad (carry the attribute) drāpiṃ (garments) hiraṇyayaṃ (crafted from gold) varuṇo (Varuna’s) vasta (covering) nir (away from) ṇijam (the shining raiment) pari (surrounding or encircling) spaśo (the watchers) ni (guiding) ṣedire (the sinking) nayaṃ (path of) dip-santi (the lamp of peace) dipsavo (the lamp delivering) na (humankind) druhvāṇo (from acting with malice)
Notes:
This one’s a bit complex, and I can’t be certain my line breaks are accurate, given that we’re miles away from the Sukta’s traditional construction. I did my best to get it right, but the whole teaching is pretty advanced, so let’s deconstruct the elements.
The vessel for crossing over to Truth is the Ark of the Covenant. And the Ark of the Covenant carries the Attribute garments fashioned from Gold. The attribute garments are probably, therefore, the four Rays of Attribute, the Living Beings or Cherubim born from the Golden Light of the Holy Spirit — the Lamp of Peace sounding the M-kara waters coming from the Golden Mouth. And this is Varuna’s covering “away from” the shining raiments of the watchers. The watchers are the Teachers of Teachers or Ascended Masters seen by John of Patmos, clad in the shining robes of glory and innocence.
Are the watchers part of the Assembly? Probably, but perhaps not the only members.
All of this indicates that Varuna’s covering is the Golden Egg. And so is the M-kara. This makes sense, actually, given that the M-kara does indeed house or “clothe” both the A-kara and the U-kara.
The Atonement process of AUM is, in truth, a process of vibrational refinement through re-tuning in three stages. First, we hear the tuning-fork M-kara tone of the Holy Spirit. When that’s done its work, we next hear the U-kara tone, which gets us closer to the A-kara housed inside the U-kara. Crack the U-kara open and we yield the “meat” or “yolk” of the A-kara within.
So, to get from the M-kara to the A-kara, we have to pass through the mid-tone U-kara, which is another way of saying, “nobody comes to the Father (the A-kara) except through me (the U-kara).”
These three powers are, in fact, housed within each other like a set of Russian nesting dolls. The biggest doll is the Golden M-kara, within which is the medium-sized U-kara, within which is the innermost and smallest A-kara.
In this sense, the M-kara might also be the golden girdle or belt binding together the A-kara and the U-kara. Or maybe the u-kara, being the middle note, is the Golden girdle. I don’t yet know.
What I do know is that Aaron’s golden breastplate is studded with twelve sacred gems supposedly representing the “tribes” of Israel. Or do they, in fact, represent the 12 choices comprising Varuna’s vow? Varuna’s vow, I now believe, is the second covenant — the promise we made to God (as Souls) to one day gather together (in the waters) of our own free will to end the dream, as he willed us to do from the outset.
In the story of Matsya, the fish avatar of Vishnu, the fish warns Manu of the flood and tells him to build an Ark and gather the seven sacred rishis inside. The seven sacred rishis must, therefore, represent the seven rays; the four attribute Rays of Yav, plus the three Aspect Rays of Yah, all of which are seated in the Ark of Peace — the golden vessel for crossing over.
Rv 1.25:14 reads:
The Living Being identity or name, Nara is the celestial being the Red Ray shakes.
janānām (the living being identity or name) na (nara) devam (is the celestial being) abhi-mātayaḥ (the Red Ray shakes).
Notes:
The Living Being identity is the Soul or Divine-Self Identity. So Nara symbolizes the universal Soul, which the Red Ray “shakes” back into rightmindedness or righteousness, through the progressively refining AUM vibrations. And, as explained higher up, Nara’s chariot holds the four Living Beings, the divine attributes reflecting God’s face in the Water.
Yes, it’s a little complicated, but bear with me as we learn these Great Truths together.
The 15th Rik reads:
The waters of Yah, the mind breaking the dawn of God’s Glory in the circles, is unequal to God’s Rock.
uta (the waters of) yo (Yah) mānuṣeṣu (the mind breaking the dawn) ā (of God’s) yaśaś (Glory) cakre (in the circles) asāmy (is unequal to) ā (God’s) asmākam (Rock)
Notes:
This seems to be saying that the waters of Yah (the three bowls of AUM) are unequal to the Rock, which is Holy Creation in wholeness and/or “the Christ.” And that’s true enough, since Yah is a temporary tool for our Atonement, whilst “the Christ” is an eternal creation. But it’s Yah, the Red Ray, that radiates and restores God’s Glory to our mind in stages through the three higher circles of AUM.
Rv 1:25:16 reads:
In the womb of God’s Supreme M-kara thought bestowing Yah, the cowherds water the pastureland Anu longingly seeks in the upper leg of the Spiritual Eye.
udareṣv (in the womb) ā (of God’s) parā (supreme) me (m-kara) yanti (thought) dhītayo (bestowing Yah) gāvo (the cowherd) na (waters) gavyūtīr (the pastureland) anu (Anu) icchantīr (longingly seeks) urucakṣasam (in the upper leg of the spiritual eye)
Notes:
The womb of God’s supreme M-kara thought is, as I said, the Golden Womb. And the Golden Womb, also being the Golden Treasury, is on the sixth plain of consciousness, which corresponds to the Ajna Chakra and the third quadrant of Kama. And that is indeed the green pasture of the Resting Place, where the cowherd’s cows and/or the Good Shepherd’s flock peacefully graze on the sacred grass. In Sanskrit, gavo means “cows” or “herd of cows.” So, it’s a reference to the cows, rather than the cowherd, Lord Krishna.
Rightly understood, we are those cows and those sheep, which seemingly wandered out of the paddock into a dream-state of separation and suffering. In Truth, we never left the pasture, we just fell asleep.
Being the level of the journey where we experience Christ’s Vision, Shiva’s vision, True Perception and/or Miraculous Perception, the Golden Womb is indeed found in “the upper leg of the Spiritual Eye.”
The reference herein to “the Supreme M-kara” corresponds with Course Jesus’ statement that the Holy Spirit is the highest form of communication.
The 17th verse reads:
Gather together in the now-moment voices bringing about the return to where the M-kara, the Great Ray of Cosmic Order, invokes the spirit-fire serving the Beloved.
saṃ (Gather together) nu (the now-moment) voc-āvahai (voices bringing about) punar (the return) yato (to where) me (M-kara) madhu (the Great) ābh-ṛtam (Ray of Cosmic Order) hot-eva (invokes the spirit) kṣadase (fire serving) priyam (the Beloved)
In the Bible, according to Google, the “spirit-fire” represents the Holy Spirit’s presence, purification, passion, and judgment, “often symbolizing God as a consuming fire. Key manifestations include the burning bush, the pillar of fire, the Pentecostal tongues of fire, and the prophetic refining fire that burns away sin.”
Google further explains (via something on YouTube):
“The fire serving the beloved” refers to maintaining a perpetual, passionate spiritual devotion (the “fire”) within the heart (the altar) to serve God (the Beloved). Based on Leviticus 6:13, this holy fire—representing God’s presence, the Holy Spirit, and love—must be intentionally tended daily through prayer, scripture, and service, preventing lukewarmness.
What Google describes is the true definition of Agni. I am not, however, convinced these are accurate descriptions of the spirit-fire referenced by the ancient rishis.
The rishis seem to be saying that the M-kara is the Great Ray of Cosmic Order, which invokes the spirit-fire. If I’m reading this right, the M-kara is Jacim, the pillar of Cosmic Order at the entrance of Solomon’s Temple. It would also be, the Pillar of Cloud and the Ray of Vah, the Holy Spirit’s hook. The spirit-fire this Great Ray invokes “serves the Beloved,” the power represented in the New Testament as King David. As you may recall, King David symbolizes the Lamed, Christ, or Good Shepherd power of Elohim, the Solar Logos. He is, therefore, the Old Testament version of Lord Krishna and Jesus Christ.
Knowing this, we can ask the obvious question: Does the Bible say anything about a fire serving King David?
The answer is: Yes, in a manner of speaking. In 1 Chronicles 14:12 and 2 Samuel 5:21, King David gives the order to burn all the idols abandoned by the Philistines. He uses fire, that is to say, to purge all the false idols made to tempt and deceive his subjects by the Ego Mind or Satan (that which is not of “Sat” or Higher Truth).
The spirit-fire that serves the Beloved is, therefore, the inner-fire that burns away the false idols or Anti-Christs the Ego (fearful thinking) devised to imprison us in the dream-realm. And that sounds to me like Kundalini, the “serpent-fire” spiritual force (shakti) that sleeps in the Muladhara Chakra until awakened through meditating on AUM.
In some schools of Hinduism and Buddhism, Kundalini-shakti is honored as a goddess. When depicted (as above), she bears a striking resemblance to Maa Kali, the Sefirot of Keter, the first seal.
The rishis instruct us in this Rik to gather together in the now-moment to return to where the Great Ray of the M-kara invokes Kundalini, the spirit-fire serving the Beloved — the Christ power of Elohim, which is the Second Ray of Divine Aspect sounding the U-kara miracle-working vibration.
The miracle-working vibration is the Living Water of Grace, which we draw up from the wellspring in the Resting Place; the wellspring guarded by Nisrok, the eagle-headed god in the Old Testament. And the Resting Place is indeed where Christ stands at the center of the Circle of Water, calling us to return. And this is indeed what Jesus Christ described in John 4:14, when he famously said:
But 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.
Knowing all these things tells us we “awaken” Kundalini in the Circle of Water, the circle for listening to the U-kara vibration, the circle where we return to the Soul’s natural miracle-working function. As Jesus explains in the Course, working miracles paves the way for Revelation, by freeing us from all forms of fear.
Now, having said all that, let me add this final note: Madhu, which I’ve defined as “great,” generally means “sweet,” “honey,” or “nectar.” So, the rishis might mean the Sweet Ray of Cosmic Order (Rta) or they might mean the Nectar Ray of Cosmic Order. Either way, I believe they mean the Red Ray or Blood Ray–the source of both “the sap” (the nectar or divine lifeblood of Amrita) and the keeper of the Flaming Sword.
Let’s move on to Rv 1.15:18, which reads:
In the New Moon of the now moment, the cosmic new moon of the Supreme Lord, the New Moon chariot of the exalted forgiving antelope drives the one-hundred M-kara singers.
darśaṃ (In the new moon of) nu (the now-moment) viśva-darśataṃ (the cosmic New Moon of the Supreme Lord) darśaṃ (the new moon) ratham (chariot of) adhi (the exalted) kṣami (forgiving) etā (antelope) juṣata (drives the one-hundred) me (m-kara) giraḥ (singers).
Notes:
This sounds pretty “out-there,” so let’s once again break down the elements. In the visible universe, the New Moon reflects only a sliver of sunlight, if any at all. But the rishis aren’t talking about the visible universe; they’re talking about the cosmic universe, where the Spiritual Moon exists inside our minds. That inner moon, the Spiritual Moon, is Soma, the Great I Am, whose chariot (Merkabah) is drawn by one or two antelopes (as shown below).
Soma’s antelopes represent pure cosmic consciousness in two parts, so they likely symbolize the Great Rays of YaH and VaH. The exalted forgiving antelope is probably, therefore, the YaH Ray. And it is that antelope that drives the chariot containing the one-hundred singers of the M-kara.
The one-hundred singers are the Assembly. So, the chariot of the M-kara carries the Assembly, as well as the Rays of Attribute, Living Beings, or Cherubim.
But wait, because the chariot of the M-kara is the Golden Egg or Golden Womb being pulled (back toward Heaven) by the Great Rays of YaH and Vah. And that “egg” or “womb” is what Course-Jesus calls the Circle of Atonement, the Circle of Forgiveness, and the Golden Circle. And, as he explains below, we dwell in that Circle in the Christ Consciousness (the state of hearing the U-kara).
Regarding this sacred “circle,” Jesus further says:
Beyond the body that you interposed between you and your brother, and shining in the golden light that reaches it from the bright, endless circle that extends forever, is your holy relationship, beloved of God Himself. How still it rests, in time and yet beyond, immortal yet on earth. How great the power that lies in it. Time waits upon its will, and earth will be as it would have it be. Here is no separate will, nor the desire that anything be separate. Its will has no exceptions, and what it wills is true. Every illusion brought to its forgiveness is gently overlooked and disappears. For at its center Christ has been reborn, to light His home with vision that overlooks the world. Would you not have this holy home be yours as well? No misery is here, but only joy.
All you need do to dwell in quiet here with Christ is share His vision. Quickly and gladly is His vision given anyone who is but willing to see his brother sinless. And no one can remain beyond this willingness, if you would be released entirely from all effects of sin. Would you have partial forgiveness for yourself? Can you reach Heaven while a single sin still tempts you to remain in misery? Heaven is the home of perfect purity, and God created it for you. Look on your holy brother, sinless as yourself, and let him lead you there.
The Sukta’s 19th line reads:
The ministers of the M-kara waters of oneness, having heard the call of the original circle of divine mercy from the True Self, seek the protection of God’s holy vibration from the true mode of being. Belonging to the Cosmic Mind lighting the circle of earth, the circle of the majestic Word of God lights the darkness to return to that which is heard.
imam (the ministers of) me (the M-kara) varuṇa (waters of oneness) śrudhī (having heard) havam (the call of) adyā (the first or original) ca (circle) mṛḻaya (of divine mercy) tvām (from the True Self) avasyur (seek the protection) ā (of God’s) cake (holy vibration/shaking) tvaṃ (from the True Self) viśvasya (belonging to the Cosmic) medhira (Mind) divaś (lighting) ca (the circle) gmaś (of earth) ca (the circle) rājasi (of the majestic) sa (Word of God) yāmani (lights the darkness) prati (to return to) śrudhi (that which is heard)
Notes:
The Ministers of the M-kara are the Souls in the Assembly, mindfully listening to the Holy Spirit.
The M-kara is the Makara, the “sea-serpent” vahana (vehicle) of both Lord Varuna and the Hindu sacred-river goddess, Ganges, the river we “cross over” (in the Ark) to reach or enter the Forest of All Beings. In that forest (the Borderland), we find the walled city or walled garden, which both protects and imprisons God’s Love in the dream.
Hold that thought, because I want to go back to the Makara, which has morphed over time into a creature resembling a crocodile. In earlier depictions, it had the head of an elephant and the tail of a dragon, which is much more symbolically indicative of its true function. In Hinduism, elephants represent the trumpets of God, while the tail of the dragon is the descending node of Soma, the Spiritual Moon or Lesser Light of God. The makara is, therefore, the trumpet for Ketu, the descending tail of the Red Dragon (God’s Radiant Splendor in the waters underneath — i.e., the Cosmic Ocean or Pool).
Cutting to the chase, the makara represents the trumpet of the lowest descending aspect of God’s Word (AUM), which is the M-kara, the voice of the Holy Spirit “piercing the veil” to call us home.
The Forest of All Beings is the Borderland, as well as the Golden Egg. Within it is the “walled city,” — the fortress or enclosure where our Souls live in the dream-realm. . , It’s also “the walled city” and “the enclosure,” symbolized in the Old They do not, as commonly presumed, live in the body. They merely perceive the world through the body, which acts like a virtual reality gaming suit through which they experience the dream of earthly life.
In the Old Testament, the walled city is Jerusalem; in the Ramayana, it’s Lanka; in the Qur’an, it’s Medina.
In the Ramayana, Hanuman burns down Lanka to free Sita, the beloved wife of Rama, the journeying Soul. Sita means “the love of God,” so Sita symbolizes the A-kara and U-kara energies the Ego Mind blotted out. The fire Hanuman sets with his flaming tail is the spirit-fire, Kundalini, which burns down the enclosure, freeing the A-kara and A-kara vibrations from the egg.
In the Bible, the same story is told in a slightly different way in Genesis. To protect Adam and Eve after their exodus from Eden, Elohim built an enclosure to the east. At the gate back into Eden, he posted a flaming sword. That flaming sword is, I believe, “the mouth as sharp as a sword.” In Hinduism, that gate (the eastern gate) is guarded by Indra, who possesses the Vajra and the Net. In the Abrahamic religions, the gate into Eden is guarded by Michael, the chief archangel.
So, Indra and Michael both represent the Red Ray and/or the Father Ray of Yah, the sword-like fiery mouth speaking the A-kara.
Okay, so … that’s a very circuitous way of explaining that the M-kara, being the base of the Golden Triangle, is the whole trinity vibrating together in our minds. And that’s why the makara is revered in Hinduism as a “threshold guardian.” As I currently understand the atonement mechanism, the M-kara (the Holy Spirit) works silently in our world-projecting minds (in the Circle of Earth) to bring us to our senses before we begin to hear his voice in the Circle of Wind.
Or, as Course-Jesus explains:
God and His creations remain in surety, and therefore know that no miscreation exists. Truth cannot deal with errors that you want. I was a man who remembered spirit and its knowledge. As a man I did not attempt to counteract error with knowledge, but to correct error from the bottom up. I demonstrated both the powerlessness of the body and the power of the mind. By uniting my will with that of my Creator, I naturally remembered spirit and its real purpose. I cannot unite your will with God’s for you, but I can erase all misperceptions from your mind if you will bring it under my guidance. Only your misperceptions stand in your way. Without them your choice is certain. Sane perception induces sane choosing. I cannot choose for you, but I can help you make your own right choice. “Many are called but few are chosen” should be, “All are called but few choose to listen.” Therefore, they do not choose right. The “chosen ones” are merely those who choose right sooner. Right minds can do this now, and they will find rest unto their souls. God knows you only in peace, and this IS your reality. (ACIM, T-3.IV.7:1-16)
The final Rik, Rv 1.25:20 reads
Above the innermost fastener of innocence, the vessels divide the bound central circle of Cosmic Order, the indestructible gem of the Living Being.
ud (above) uttamam (the highest) mu-mugdhi (fastener of innocence) no (the vessels) vi (divide) pāśam (the bound) madhyamaṃ (central) c(a)-ṛta ( circle of cosmic order) avādha-māni (the indestructible gem) jīvase (of the Living Being)
Notes:
This last verse proved to be a real headache to work out, largely because the word crta was hitherto undefined. Google tried to tell me it was krta, while conversely explaining that “c” and “k “are NOT interchangeable letters in Sanskrit (unlike “v” and “w” or “t” and “d”).
Once I worked out that crta was a shorthand designation for the Circle of Cosmic Order (Rta), the Rik made more sense. The Circle of Cosmic Order is the wheel at the center of the universe, as well as the indestructible gem of the Living Being — the One united Soul or Divine Being we truly are, which is the Christ, the Body of Christ, and/or the Church of Christ. In Hinduism, that same Living Being is Nara, the Great Purusha.
In the Hindu literature, the indestructible gem is Vajra, the weaponized “diamond” King Indra uses to destroy Vritra, the heaven-invading demon personifying the Ego Mind. The most powerful weapon in the universe, the Vajra fires “thunderbolts” of Direct Revelation (A-kara energy).
As Jesus explains in the Course, he grants miracles to help us see and accept the truth that restores our perception to its original upright position. When we’ve achieved the highest level of consciousness miracles can restore, Jesus informs the Holy Spirit (the Supreme M-kara) that we’re “revelation-ready.” And zap. The Holy Spirit strikes us with the thunderbolt a-kara energy of direct revelation.
Earlier I used a Russian doll analogy to illustrate the Golden Womb idea, but an egg is more commonly used to illustrate the concept. The picture below of this Cosmic Egg was drawn by Hildegard of Bingen, a Benedictine abyss and visionary prophet, writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, and healer living in Germany during the High Middle Ages. In her visions, this extraordinary Soul saw and conversed with “a living light.” At the age of 77, she described her lifelong experience of this “living light” as follows:
From my early childhood, before my bones, nerves, and veins were fully strengthened, I have always seen this vision in my soul, even to the present time when I am more than seventy years old. In this vision, my soul, as God would have it, rises up high into the vault of heaven and into the changing sky and spreads itself out among different peoples, although they are far away from me in distant lands and places. And because I see them this way in my soul, I observe them in accord with the shifting of clouds and other created things. I do not hear them with my outward ears, nor do I perceive them by the thoughts of my own heart or by any combination of my five senses, but in my soul alone, while my outward eyes are open. So I have never fallen prey to ecstasy in the visions, but I see them wide awake, day and night. And I am constantly fettered by sickness, and often in the grip of pain so intense that it threatens to kill me, but God has sustained me until now. The light which I see thus is not spatial, but it is far, far brighter than a cloud which carries the sun. I can measure neither height, nor length, nor breadth in it; and I call it “the reflection of the living Light.” And as the sun, the moon, and the stars appear in water, so writings, sermons, virtues, and certain human actions take form for me and gleam.
If we study Hildegard’s drawing of the egg, we see the Blood Ray of YaH as a cluster of three faces embedded in the egg’s feathery golden shell on the right-hand or eastern side, and the water ray of VaH similarly depicted straight across on the left-hand or western side. At the top we find a larg red star with three smaller stars rising upwards. That Star represents, I believe, the Thought of God at the top of the dream-realm, the radiant splendor that is the Red Dragon. Just inside the golden perimeter is a black ring displaying objects resembling pineapple tops, downward-growing roots, or grapes expelling juice or wine. Within that border (the borderland?) is a blue field of stars, some bright and some dim. These are our Souls, so the black ring may represent the enclosure. At the center is a circle containing what looks like water. So, the wellspring, probably. At the top of that circle is another cluster of three faces spewing water. Above the three faces is an image of the overlapping Sun and Moon (the throne and the footstool?).
What does it all mean? I’m sure, given enough time, I could figure it out. The clusters of three faces spewing liquid, I’m quite certain, represent the Trinity of the Name, AUM. And this solves the mystery of the three-grape clusters that remained in the Tree of Life in Isaiah 17. We discussed those clusters in our study of the Rigveda’s 17th Sukta. To review, the passages read:
The rays of glory in Jacob will hang low, rich for the eating, to make the flesh-body grow thin. This harvest is from the Assembly of standing grains streaming the power to gather the waters in the vale of Rephaim (the Borderland).
Of the gleanings remaining from the shaking of the olive tree pair, three olive-berry clusters head the summit of the four-fifths bearing fruit–the branches speaking YHVH-Elohim in Israel.
If you thought the Old Testament was all about ancient sojourns, harvests, battles, and crazy visions, think again and open your eyes and mind to the truth.
What Hildegard of Bingen saw nine-hundred or so years ago is what I’m beginning to see, in somewhat different imagery. And she was a German-Catholic abbess in the middle ages, while I’m an American yogi and student of the Course retranslating the Rig Veda and parts of the Bible in the 21st century.
The point I’m trying to make is this: Truth is one. And God communicates with anyone who has “the eyes to see, the ears to hear, and the mind to understand,” as Jesus Christ used to say.
Let’s return to the Rig Veda, while stepping back to look at the bigger picture. In Hindu philosophy, the Ego Mind is the primary mechanism that binds the individual soul to the Circle of Cosmic Order, which is NOT (as commonly suggested) the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth known as Samsara. The Circle of Cosmic Order is the Golden Circle of All Beings living, loving, and creating together in universal brotherhood, as God originally intended.
The Cosmic Order has no levels and no cycles. Rightmindedly understood, the Cosmic Order is the eternal and harmonious “oneness of being” God established “in the beginning” to uphold the Law of Love. Anyone who says or believes differently doesn’t know the true nature of God, Love, or Perfect Creation. That Circle is constrained by our worldly attachments, unloving thoughts, and physical actions — and the karmic “debts” they generate, individually and collectively.
Rightly understood, karma isn’t a punishment; it’s a gift-in-kind bequeathed to us under the Law of Love (the universal law of giving and receiving). As explained in my post on the subject, the Law of Love mandates that we give only what we wish to receive in return. This is, in fact, the only way we truly receive anything of value. Not by wishing, begging, planning, striving, praying, taking, or stealing as the Ego Mind wrongmindedly defines “getting” or “gaining.”
God’s one-hundred-fold promise ensures that what we give is returned to us multiplied at least one hundred times over. Anything we take is likewise taken from us in magnified proportions. Everything we give and take (at the level of thought) is recorded for future repayment in kind x 100. And that, my friend, is “the Karmic Record.”
To leave the dream, we must be debt-free. We clear our debt through True Forgiveness, and prevent the acquisition of new debt through loving kindness (in all our thoughts) and non-action in the world the Ego deceptively devised for our ruination.
So let’s assume for the moment that the Ego Mind binds the Cosmic Circle with the three psychic knots known as Granthis in Hinduism. And the Holy Spirit unties or unfastens these knots through the three vibrational tones of A, U, and M.
As I envision the concept:
–The M-kara works underneath the Ego Mind’s distracting chatter to untie the Brahma Granthi binding us in complete material perception and/or spiritual denial. Until that knot is un-tied we either dwell off-the-grid (as untouchables) or in the first quadrant in the Tamas mode-of-being (material reality, ignorance, and guilt). After untying the Brahma knot, we move through Varuna’s gate to the second quadrant and the Rajas Guna of “walking the path” or “walking the AUM.”
We have now officially started the Atonement process, which begins and ends with hearing the AUM. Remember that AUM, Amen, and I Am are interchangeable designations. So, AUM is the beginning and the end (of the enlightenment process).
In the second-quadrant of the Circle of Wind, we hear and listen to the M-kara vibration to loosen and eventually untie the Vishnu Granthi of personal will and ambition or individual “I-am-ness.” Once we’ve surrendered our worldly attachments, personal goals, special relationships, and ego judgments to the Holy Spirit’s superior versions, we move through Kubera’s gate into the third quadrant of Sattva or True-Self consciousness. The third quadrant houses the Golden Treasury, where our Souls reclaim their holy inheritance. Our Soul never really left this level, but we need to get this far in conscious awareness before we can finish the journey.
We now hear the U-kara, the miracle-vibration that gradually unties the Rudra Granthi. Rudra literally means Red Ray, so this knot blocks the door to the fourth circle. As I understand it, the Rudra Granthi binds us to the Ego’s more “noble” ideas, which some call “idealism.” Higher ideals like piety, justice, civil rights, human rights, gender equality, national pride, national freedom, healing, and philanthropy, and world peace, among others.
Are these ideals wrong? Not as such. But they are wrong-minded, because the Soul-spirit lives above and beyond these “noble” worldly concepts.
To think and give as God thinks and gives, we must perceive ourselves as parts of a greater spiritual whole working in brotherhood for the highest good of the whole “being.”
In that model, everyone is both spirit and equal. Bodies and egos neither exist nor matter in the least. When perceived this way, the world’s only purpose is to forgive and wake up. Nobody needs anything else. To fight for egoic ideals is, therefore, a waste of time and energy. God doesn’t want us to save the world. He wants us to destroy it. Not through global warming or nuclear holocaust, but by turning inward, where our real home exists in him.
From the rightminded perspective, the only real good we can do for anyone and everyone is to offer the universal alms of love, peace, joy, mercy, forgiveness, and grace in our daily meditative “circle-meetings.” When the U-kara has completed its ego-exfoliating work, the Circle of All Beings is loosed and we see it (in our minds). We then transcend the Gunas and advance through the eastern gate to the fourth quadrant of Moksha, where we hear the A-kara vibration of God’s Direct Communications, burn down the enclosure with the flaming sword and return to Paradise.
That’s a rather simple explanation, but you should get the general idea.
I hope you enjoyed this discussion and learned something, too. I know I did. And for that, I am grateful to my inner-gurus.
Until next time, this old, half-blind yogi wishes you all good things in the spirit of universal peace, God’s grace, and brotherly love. Thanks for visiting the Holy Meeting Place dot com.
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