Light; Life and Happiness
Light is a vibration of a field
of energy, it is not static, but vibrant and all pervasive, making us aware of
the manifest world as well as its shadows. There is no light that is not spirit
and we are all condensed light. In its subtle form it is a manifestation and
coming into being of all that was previously hidden in apparent darkness; by
darkness we mean, the non-moving reality that includes all that has been or
will eventually come to be. It is love which is at the heart of the Cosmos and
which holds the truth of all living creatures, whether past, present or yet to
be born.
Love is an all embracing
sentience, an eternal mother principle that gives birth to all in due time and
to quote Eugene Halliday...Life is a function of love, an activity in which the
potentialities of being are actualised, sustained, developed and transcended to
infinity, life itself is Divine Love at work.
Laughter is an expressive form
of energy release; it is either the laughter of acquired power or the laughter
of hysteria. The laughter of hysteria arises from an apprehension of the absurd
and the sense of relief that arises from being on the outside looking in; such
as a charade, or staged humour, that contains the echoes of many of our own
life situations. The laughter of acquired power comes from a perception of the
real, and the joy that arises from the recognition of the eternal that underlies
the illusory and changing patterns on the ocean of life.
The infinite is doubtless, and
Joy arises from within oneself, with the affirmation and realisation of the
eternal and unwavering truth, or real within the life of the universe. The Yoga
pose of complete relaxation or Corpse Posture can lead to this realisation,
because no matter how deeply we relax or let go of body awareness we do not
disappear. The surface waves of tension or irritation like the ripples on a
lake may subside but there will remain in oneself, an all comprehending
stillness and a looking forward to new possibilities of being.
Truth lies within and it is not
clamorous, and is part of the silent hidden strength of the Yogi, the healer
and the enlightened. It is a level of awareness that arises in the heart and is
not intellectually proud. Life itself is a manifestation of the truth that lies
at the heart of life, unless distorted by private purpose and ambition. Not
all, however is as it seems. As life can be short and those who suffer most,
given the opportunity to resolve the hurt and transform the karma of past lives.
When passing on the light of
the candle flame, from one candle to another, the light of the previous candle
is not diminished. The same is with universal love, as it is infinite and never
diminished. The practise of meditative healing is not unlike passing on the light
of a candle flame from one candle to another, the healer passes on what is felt from within the light of the
heart; without any sense of loss or obligation.
Happiness is the feeling of
inner harmony that arises when our inner worlds and outer worlds are in
correspondence and to quote a few lines from the Bhagavad Gita Ch6v18.19 When
the mind of the yogi is in harmony and finds rest in the spirit within, all
restless desires gone, and then he is a Yukta, one in God. Then his soul is a
lamp whose light is steady, for it burns in a shelter where no winds come.
