6- The Quest

Thus, gradually, the bird entered the third stage of the journey, which is called The Quest.

We, now, like that little bird, have come to realize that buffeting winds are life’s way of giving us strength and courage, that even fear, like shadows on a statue, gives light and substance to hope.

From the depths of unknowing, Lord, we cry out to Thee:

Is there no lasting purpose to our lives?

Behold, all that we thought was light was but darkness!

Who are we, in reality?

For what end were we made?

Ever and again, through Your awakened sons, the answer comes:

The forming of stars and moons and planets,

Of galaxies revolving on the tides of space,

Of drifting continents, upheaving mountains,

Snowy wastes and dark, silent ocean deeps

Had but this for its design: The birth of life, and, with life’s birth, the dawn of self-awareness:

passage through dim corridors of waking consciousness to emerge at last into infinite light-into perfect joy!

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7- Descent of Christ Consciousness

Gaze upon this light as a symbol of God’s love.

A prayer of love went up from Earth and You responded.

A ray of Your light flashed out from the heart of Infinity,

Burst downward through night skies of consciousness,

And was born on earth for the redemption of mankind in human form.

Many times has that light descended,

Drawn to earth by the call of aspiring love.

Your chosen people have always been

Those of every race and nation

Who, with deep love, chose Thee.

O Lord,

With all my heart,

With all my mind,

With all my soul,

And with all my strength, I choose Thy love,

I choose only Thee.

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8- Jesus and Babaji

High in the Himalaya, eyes filled with divine love, Jesus appeared to the great master, Babaji.

“The lights on the high altar of my church,” he said, “have been growing dim. Though still lit on lower altars of good works, the noble taper of inner communion with the Lord burns low and is ill-attended. Let us together, united in Christ love, set lights ablaze on that high altar once again!”

Thus, a new ray of light was sent to earth through the great masters of this path.

Greater can no love be than this: from a life of infinite joy and freedom in God willingly to embrace limitation, pain, and death for the salvation of mankind.

Such, ever, has been the sacrifice of the great masters for the world.

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This painting was also inspired by this paragraph from the autobiography of a yogi.

"The Mahavatar is in constant communion with Christ; together they send out vibrations of redemption, and have planned the spiritual technique of salvation for this age. The work of these two fully-illumined masters-one with the body, and one without it-is to inspire the nations to forsake suicidal wars, race hatreds, religious sectarianism, and the boomerang-evils of materialism. Babaji is well aware of the trend of modern times, especially of the influence and complexities of Western civilization, and realizes the necessity of spreading the self-liberations of yoga equally in the West and in the East."

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