Divine Consciousness - Mandhata Global

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Vijiiii"abhairava
mind. In such a condition, the vikalpas or thought-constructs
of the mind come to a dead stop, and supersensuous Reality
makes its presence felt. Verse 60 of the text describes this state.
6. I"tensity 0/ Experience:
Even in the intensity of sensuous experience, one can have
the experience of the Divine, provided one is careful to track
the joy felt on sucb occasions to its source. The text gives
several examples of tbe intensity of experience.
Tbe first one is of tbe joy felt in sexual intercourse mentioned
in the verses 69-70. It should be borne in mind that this example
is given only to illustrate the intensity of experience in union.
From physical uuion, one's attention has to be directed to
spirit"al union. This does not advocate sexual indulgence. The
notes on these verses should be carefully read. The mystic
experience of Tao in Chinese esotericism is described in a
similar strain. The following lines will amply bear it out. "Thou
knowest not what is love, nor what it is to love. I will tell thee;
love is nothing other than the Rhythm of Tao.
I have said it to thee, it is from Tao that thou comest; it is to
Tao that thou shalt return. Woman reveals herself to thy eyes
and thou thinkest that she is the end towards which the Rhythm
leads thee, but even when this woman is thine and thou hast
thrilled with her touch, thou feelest still the Rhythm within thee
unappeased and thou learnst that to appease it thou must go
beyond. Call it love if thou wilt; what matters a name? I call
it Tao.
The beauty of woman is only a vague reflection of the formless
beauty of Tao. The emotion she awakens in thee, the desire
to blot thyself out in her beauty ... believe me, it is nothing else
than the rhythm of Tao, only thou knowest it not ..... Seek not
thy happiness in a woman. She is the revelation of Tao offering
itself to thee, she is the purest form in Nature by which Tao
manifests; she is the Force which awakens in thee the Rhythm
of Tao - but by herself she is only a poor creature like thyself.
And thou art for her the same revelation as she is for thee. It
is the expression of Tao who has no limit nor form, and what
thy'soul desires in the rapture which the vision of it causes thee,