Does God Hide the Truth?

Where is the “Blessing” in Persecution?

Reading and Affirmation for August

From the book The Beatitudes: Their Inner Meaning by Swami Kriyananda

Truth is one and eternal. Realize oneness with it in your deathless Self, within.

The following commentary is based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda.

In last week’s reading we saw that the great masters themselves counsel discretion in the dissemination of truth. The counter-argument is sometimes made, “But the Lord doesn’t hide! He reveals His beauty in the sunsets, His tender sympathy in the rain, His wrath in the thunder, His restless energy in the brooks, His power in the sunlight.”

There are exoteric truths, and there are also esoteric truths. There is that which is revealed impersonally and left up to us to interpret – such as the thunder and our perception of it as divine wrath; the rain and our perception of it as God’s sympathy. But behind even God’s most open expressions there lies impenetrable mystery.

“The wind blows where it wills,” said Jesus in Chapter 3 of the Gospel of St. John. “You hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from, or where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

And Sri Krishna says in the ninth Chapter of the Bhagavad Gita:

By Me the whole vast Universe of things

Is spread abroad; – by Me, the Unmanifest!

In Me are all existences contained;

Not I in them!

God’s hidden reality cannot be understood by the reasoning faculty. India’s Shankya philosophy states frankly, “Ishwar ashiddha: God is not provable.”

A willingness to seek the underlying reality behind appearances is essential for those who would know God.

Thus, through holy Scripture, God has spoken to mankind.

Whispers From Eternity

117. Prayer-Demand for Illumination

O Spirit, beloved Father, Oversoul of the Universe, Spirit of Spirits, Friend of Friends: teach me the mystery of my existence! Teach me to worship Thee in breathlessness and in deathlessness. In the fire of devotion burn away my ignorance. In the stillness of my soul — ‌come, Spirit, come! Possess me and teach me to feel Thy immortal presence in and around me. Come, Spirit, come! Come, Spirit, come!

Paramhansa Yogananda

Inspiration from the Rays of One Light

The wind blows where it wills. You hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from, or where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

John 3:8

We will take these meaningful words into our meditation together for deep reflection and contemplation. But firstly, we will listen to the beautiful Psalm of David, sung by Mary Kretzmann.

Psalm of David

Reflect, Meditate and Listen to Instrumental Music

Reflection from the Rays of the One Light

Peace Sangha

This week, I was moved by the words of John 3:8 from the Rays of the One Light

The wind blows where it wills. You hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from, or where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

Here is a poem I created called “Let Your Light Become my Life”.

The hidden source of Divine energy rises within me.

You can’t trace where it begins

Because it comes from realms beyond the mind

From the sacred movement of the superconscious

Birthed into Thy Healing light of the Divine

Spirit move through me as you will

Let your breath become my path

Let your light become my life

Aum Peace Amen