DISCOURSES ON
RADHASOAMI
FAITH
BY
MAHARAJ SAHAB
Pandit Brahm Sankar Misra,
M.A.
21. THE REGION OF
PURE SPIRIT
39.
We have seen that the individual mind is subordinate to the spirit-entity, and
that it receives the necessary energy and intelligence from the spirit for its
action, and that it is also associated with the individual spirit. The same
remarks apply to the region of the Universal Mind. The observations made above,
although they throw considerable light on the internal relation between spirit
and mind, are not alone sufficient to determine the position occupied by the
regions of pure spirit in creation. We accordingly proceed to investigate the
subject from other points of view.
40.
We have shown in Article 13 that the elimination of the physical frame
(inclusive of its various subtle forms) of an individual spirit-entity results
in the enhancement of its various functions and also in the acquisition of new
powers. We have further shown in Article 9 that the mind is an instrument
through which the spirit performs its various subjective functions, and that
the former becomes inoperative on the withdrawal of the spirit-current from it.
The inference from this proposition is that the individual mind is a medium of
the spirit, entirely similar to the corporeal medium. The elimination of the
mental medium from the spirit-entity would accordingly lead to the same results
as take place in the case of elimination of the physical frame. Functions of a
purely spiritual order, of which the mental functions are the reflex images,
would then manifest themselves, and the scope of these functions would be
immensely greater than that of the mind. The three main inherent attributes of the
spirit-force, which are prime energy, intelligence and bliss, would be the
predominant characteristics of all spirit-functions, and pain would be unknown.
If we apply the conclusion arrived at to Brahmanda,
the a posteriori inference would be
that the elimination of the medium of the Universal Mind from the Universal
Spirit-Centre would bring out the region of pure spirit, and thus enable us to
locate in creation the goal of our research. The case is, however, to some
extent, otherwise, as the inference referred to does not indicate why Brahma was created and associated with
the Universal Spirit-Centre and why Brahma
should at all be dissociated from that Centre. This subject is explained at
great length in the Part devoted to creation. For the present, it will serve
our purpose to state briefly that the pure spiritual region, which is beyond Brahmanda, also contains six
sub-divisions. It was in consequence of the existence of these divisions that
the impact of the pure spirit-force upon the region of Brahmanda produced six similar sub-divisions in it.
None of the religions have talked about the region of pure spirit. Their journey finishes at the second grand division of creation or Brahmand. The region of pure spirit or the Nirmal Chetan Desh has been described by the Saints. It's description and the way to reach it and to thus achieve salvation has been elaborately described in Radhasoami Faith
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