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--- On Tue, 9/16/08, Era M <mi_nok@...> wrote:

> From: Era M <mi_nok@...>
> Subject: [Meditation Society of America] NonDuality and Sant Mat
> To: nondual_writings@yahoogroups.com, nondualitysalon@yahoogroups.com,
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> Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 9:24 PM
> "The
> knower of the mystery of [the inner sound current - shabda]
> knows the
> mystery of the whole universe. Whoever has followed the
> strains of this
> sound has forgotten all earthly distinctions and
> differences, and has
> reached that goal of truth in which all the Blessed Ones of
> God unite."
>
> - Hazrat Inayat Khan
> ______________________________
>
> With every breath the Sound of Love
> surrounds us, and we are bound for
> the depths of space, without distraction.
> Out beyond duality, we have a Home, and it is Majesty.
> That pure substance is different
> from this dusty world.
> We once came down;
> soon we'll return.
> -- Rumi
> _______________________________
>
> Some comparative mysticism regarding inner planes or levels
> of creation.
> All
> planes of creation are comprised of many levels within
> levels or
> spheres within spheres, and even the physical plane may
> indeed be part
> of a vast multiverse of universes or parallel universes.
> Some Masters
> describe "18,000" universes! To be sure, our
> awareness of the creation
> continues to expand, and we keep perceiving more and more
> and yet more
> of All That Is.
>
>  http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o3/era4/om/sheets.gif
>
> There
> are five basic levels in Sant Mat: astral, mental, causal,
> etheric, and
> spiritual.
>
> Sant Mat Masters generally divide the Fifth Plane (Sach
> Khand) into four zones: Sat Lok (Sat, Haq -- Truth), Alakh
> Lok
> (Invisible), Agam Lok (Inaccessible).
>
> http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o3/era4/om/planes.jpg
>
> Within th 5th plane (God plane) there are these:
> The Eighth,
> Akal (Timeless),
> Infinite,
> Nonduality,
> Ultimate Reality,
> The Lord of the Soul,
> The Nameless One,
> The Most High,
> Anurag Sagar
>
> (The
> Ocean of Love and All-Consciousness). Spiritual dimensions
> have been
> assigned many names in different schools of mysticism and
> spirituality,
> and have been categorized, divided and subdivided
> ("lower astral",
> "higher astral", etc...) in various ways, but
> basically, what is being
> described is "body, mind and spirit": material
> planes, mental planes
> and above all, the timeless spiritual realm that is beyond
> illusion and
> duality, above *"Mind" and "Time". The
> goal of Sant Mat *Meditation is
> to rise above body-consciousness and consciousness of the
> other subtle
> bodies of mind and matter, to merge with the Divine River
> or Current of
> Sound and Light that flows into the Ocean of All
> Consciousness (Sach
> Khand).
>
>
>
>