The difficulties in TRYING to describe the Light The inner Light is beyond both praise and blame, like unto space it knows no boundaries; yet it is right here with us ever retaining its serenity and fullness. You cannot take hold of it nor cay you get rid of it; while you can do neither, it goes on its own way. You remain silent and it speaks; you speak and it is silent. The Gate of Heaven is wide open with no obstructions whatever before it. (Yung-chia 665-713, Chinese Zen Master) This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to Him return again. Radiant is His Light, yet invisible in the secret place of the heart…He is self-luminous and more subtle than the smallest; but in Him rest all the worlds and their beings…In the supreme golden chamber is Brahman indivisible and pure. He is the radiant Light of all lights, and this knows he who knows Brahman. There the sun shines not, nor the moon, nor the stars; lightnings shine not there and much less earthly fire. From His Light all these give light; and His Radiance illumines all creation. (Mundaka Upanishad)
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