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Saturday, October 30, 2021

Guru Nanak: "Turn my feet in the direction where God is not" -- Light and Sound on the Path

 


Guru Nanak: "Turn my feet in the direction where God is not"






"Ignorant persons think that God lives beyond the skies or beneath the depth of the oceans. Great souls realize Him in their hearts, and Perfect Sants see Him everywhere, both within and without. Sants and holy men say that He pervades the entire universe, and that the universe is in Him. The world is the abode of the True One. He Himself dwells in it." (Philosophy of the Masters, Gurmat Siddhant)


"If your leaders say to you, 'Look, the (Father's) kingdom is in the sky,' then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, 'It is in the sea,' then the fish will precede you. Rather, the kingdom is within you and it is outside you.


"When you know yourselves, then you will be known, and you will understand that you are children of the living Father. But if you do not know yourselves, then you live in poverty, and you are the poverty." (Yeshua, Gospel of Thomas, Saying 3)


In the course of his missionary activity Nanak often visited foreign countries. According to local folklore, he is said to have visited Mecca in the guise of a Muslim devotee. But his not paying heed to Mohammedan etiquette nearly cost him his life. On his first night at Mecca he slept with his feet towards the Kaaba. He was rudely awakened by an Arab clergyman who said, "Who is this sleeping Kaafir (infidel) who lies with his feet towards God?" To this Guru Nanak replied, "Turn my feet in the direction where God is not". 


                 

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Thursday, October 28, 2021

Rising Above the Darkness Into the Light -- Sant Mat Satsang Podcast -- Spiritual Awakening Radio

 


Rising Above the Darkness Into the Light -- Sant Mat Satsang Podcast -- Spiritual Awakening Radio






"The gathering point of consciousness is known as the third eye center located between the two eyebrows. Therein lies the path for our return. This is the gateway through which we leave the gates of the sense organs and enter in the Divine Realms and finally become established in the soul. We travel back from the Realm of Darkness to the Realm of Light, from the Light to the Divine Sound, and from the Realm of Sound to the Soundless State. This is called turning back to the Source." (Swami Santseviji Maharaj)  


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"Unlike other worship methods popular in religions and sects with different names, these two methods: Seeing the Inner Light and Hearing the Inner Transcendental Sound are not man-made. God himself is the founder and operator of these methods. Since the beginning, God has kept these two methods inside human beings with full qualifications. The way of redemption of jivas (i.e. bounded souls) is available within all human beings." (Baba Devi Sahib of Moradabad)


“Sant Mat is a Path of love and a Path of affection. This is the Path created by God Almighty Himself. It is not a path created by any Mahatma. It has always been the Path and it has existed from the time that the human form first took shape. It is the Path through which, plane-by-plane, the soul has descended from God Almighty by way of the Sound Current and has now come into this current human form. And when it goes back also, it will go plane-by-plane, through the Sound Current. The Path has been there, latent, uniquely within the human form, at all times. It is on this Path that the Saints have gone back to God Almighty with the Grace of Their Masters. And it is on this same Path that we will go with the Grace of our Masters...


"A Living Master is One Who has manifested this Shabd within His Being to the extent that He can, at will, consciously travel the entire Path, from the physical plane to the True Abode of God Almighty, Sach Khand (The True Realm), a place of indescribable Love, Light and Blissful Intoxication in God’s Presence. Reconnecting souls with the full awareness of God Almighty is a Living Master’s sole purpose and destiny, and He gives this service freely to dedicated aspirants. He has no other worldly desires or motives." (Baba Ram Singh Ji)


"The beginning of the mystical Path of Love takes place within the human consciousness, when the aspirant has focused his attention at the third-eye center, between and behind the two eye-brows. The third eye possesses its own illumination, being vivified by the light of the soul, and thus is not dependent upon external forms of light as our physical eyes are. Through the grace of a mystic adept the aspirant has been given a simple technique to transcend body-consciousness and to rise into the inner realms. First, he closes his outer eyes and sees with the inner third eye. He also closes his outer ears and hears with the inner spiritual ear. When these things are achieved, the current of consciousness throughout the body will withdraw and become concentrated at the third-eye center. The body itself will become senseless, but the aspirant's awareness of his soul, his true self, will thereby be heightened. This is the initial stage of what the mystic adepts call turiya pad, the fourth state of existence, which is the state of transcendental or super consciousness." (George Arnsby Jones)


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Spiritual Awakening Radio (and Sant Mat Satsang Podcasts) with James Bean, heard on various community, public radio stations and the web, explores the world of spirituality, comparative religion, world scriptures and other books, East and West, God, meditation, out of body or near death experiences (inner space), the vegan diet and other ahimsa ethics - education for a more peaceful planet.


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Monday, October 25, 2021

PODCAST: Seven Stages of Ascension to Heaven, and... Mystic Poems That Best Define This Path of the Masters


PODCAST: Seven Stages of Ascension to Heaven, and... Mystic Poems That Best Define This Path of the Masters






Seven Stages of Ascension to Heaven, and... Mystic Poems That Best Define This Path of the Masters from: Rumi, Jesus, Sant Kabir, Sant Dadu Dayal, Sant Charandas, Sant Dariya Sahib, and Sant Tulsi Sahib of Hathras, India. Spiritual Awakening Radio and the Sant Mat Satsang Podcast explores the world of spirituality, comparative religion, world scriptures and other books, East and West, God, meditation, out of body or near death experiences, the vegan diet and other ahimsa ethics -- education for a more peaceful planet. -- Spiritual Awakening Radio Podcast 


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Thursday, October 21, 2021

Living A Spiritual Way of Life - Sant Mat Satsang Podcast

 


Living A Spiritual Way of Life - Podcast





Today: finding a restful oasis of inspiration in the teachings of the masters (satsang); developing a meditation practice that allows the soul to rise above body-consciousness and know itself; how a loving bhakti approach to spirituality leads to the most rapid progress; also, the virtues of a low-karma peaceful lifestyle; the job description of a true spiritual master; and finally, on how the spiritual path, rather than being the invention of some religion or sect, is naturally occurring and available within all human beings if they did but know it.


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Mystic Poetry of Sant Sahajo Bai: "The world is like an army of stars in the dawn sky. Sahajo says: they will not stay... Know that the world is false, only the soul remains. Sahajo says: know the true Self, which time cannot destroy."


"This 'Single' or 'Third Eye' provides an ingress into the spiritual worlds -- the Kingdom of the Heavens -- now a lost realm to most of us... Of this inlet or ingress little is known by the people at large." (Sant Kirpal Singh)


"This is the Path created by God Almighty Himself. It is not a path created by any Mahatma. It has always been the Path and it has existed from the time that the human form first took shape. It is the Path through which, plane-by-plane, the soul has descended from God Almighty by way of the Sound Current and has now come into this current human form. And when it goes back also, it will go plane-by-plane, through the Sound Current. The Path has been there, latent, uniquely within the human form, at all times." (Baba Ram Singh)


References, Subjects, and Sources Include:


spirituality, spiritual, spiritual podcasts, religion podcasts, santmat, sant mat, radhasoami, sant mat radhasoami, radhaswami, संतमत, राधास्वामी,  संतमतराधास्वमी, surat shabd yoga, inner light and sound meditation, ASMR, Path of the Masters, know thyself, Sahajo Bai, Kirpal Singh, Sawan Singh, Kabir, 1008 Kabir Vani, Saakhis of Kabir,  Baba Ram Singh, The Way Out is IN, Swami Ram Bihari Lal, Shahi Swami, Swami Santsevi Ji Maharaj, Shri Paramhans Dayal Ji Maharaj, Shri Paramhans Advait Mat, Shri Anandpur, Meher Baba, Adi Granth, Guru Granth, Gurbani, Hazrat Sultan Bahu, Rumi, Huzur Maharaj, Rai Saligram, Sant Tulsi Sahib, inner peace, karma, sanctuary, oasis, inspiration, spiritual love, bhakti, third eye, single eye, Jesus, Yeshua, Christ, inner Light, the soul, God, Supreme Being, positive influences, ethics, wisdom;


Spiritual Awakening Radio (and Sant Mat Satsang Podcasts) with James Bean, heard on various community, public radio stations and the web, explores the world of spirituality, comparative religion, world scriptures and other books, East and West, God, meditation, out of body or near death experiences (inner space), the vegan diet and other ahimsa ethics -- education for a more peaceful planet.


All for the Love of Wisdom and Radio, Jai Sat Naam, Jai Guru, Radhasoami, Satya Raam, Bandagi Saheb, In Divine Love, Light and Sound, Peace Be To You,

James

Spiritual Awakening Radio

Sant Mat Satsang Podcasts

Sant Mat Fellowship


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Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Never the Case of There Being Only Just One Master at a Time in Sant Mat

 


Never the Case of There Being Only Just One Master at a Time in Sant Mat






"It is not necessary that there should be only one Master in the whole world or even in a single country. There have been different Masters in different countries at the same time, and even in the same country. Thus Guru Nanak and Kabir were contemporaries, and so also Dadu and Guru Arjan. But their teaching is the same at all times and in every country." (Huzur Baba Sawan Singh, “Spiritual Gems”, from letter 121)


For more on the History of Sant Mat and Various Lineages of Masters, See the Earlier Article: The Opposite of "Not One Of Us" is "We Are All One": https://medium.com/sant-mat-meditation-and-spirituality/the-opposite-of-not-one-of-us-is-we-are-all-one-3e803b92d51d






Love's Colors -- Mystic Verses of Sant Dadu Dayal of Rajasthan


"God belongs to the caste of love,

love is dear to Him.

Love is His body and love alone

is His color.

The lover is converted into the Beloved;

that indeed is called true love.

Of that beloved, God Himself becomes

the lover, O Dadu.

God has become the anguished lover,

and the anguished lover has become God.

Such a deed has the torturous

pang of separation performed, O Dadu.

When the true Lord stands over your head

for protection, no hot wind can affect you.

You live under the shade of His lotus feet;

a great grace has been bestowed upon you, O Dadu.

One sits fearlessly by repeating God’s Name;

Kal can never consume him.

When you ride the elephant, O Dadu,

then dogs bark in vain.

When love and devotion arise,

one is firmly established in blissful meditation."



"Peace of mind is a sign of God's presence." (Sant Tukaram)



Hazur Baba Sawan Singh on Meditation Practice


"The more time you devote to meditation the more distinctly you will hear the Sound Current which makes for peace of mind or, as you put it, helps us in chaining the monkey. I am glad to read that your meditation is improving. For ages the mind has been developing an intense longing for the things of this world which ostensibly satisfy it for some time but cease to do so after a while. The best way to divert the mind from the mundane baubles is to give it a taste of the inner bliss which far transcends any earthly joy. This inner bliss can be attained by going in and listening to the inner Sound constantly or at least for as long as is possible every day. This is how the monkey can be effectively chained.


"I am glad that you consider meditation the most important business in life. You should increase your time for meditation. It should not be for less than two and a half hours at a stretch, whether the mind takes interest in meditation or not. Sometimes the mind avoids it on petty excuses. When it behaves like this it should be punished by increasing the time that day by another half hour. With the increase in time, the concentration will be complete, the attention will go in, and the Sound Current will be your constant companion, giving you joy and peace." (Huzur Baba Sawan Singh, “Spiritual Gems”, letter 31)








Monday, October 18, 2021

Sant Mat is a Path of Love


Sant Mat is a Path of Love






“Sant Mat is a Path of love and a Path of affection. This is the Path created by God Almighty Himself. It is not a path created by any Mahatma. It has always been the Path and it has existed from the time that the human form first took shape. It is the Path through which, plane-by-plane, the soul has descended from God Almighty by way of the Sound Current and has now come into this current human form. And when it goes back also, it will go plane-by-plane, through the Sound Current. The Path has been there, latent, uniquely within the human form, at all times. It is on this Path that the Saints have gone back to God Almighty with the Grace of Their Masters. And it is on this same Path that we will go with the Grace of our Masters...


"A Living Master is One Who has manifested this Shabd within His Being to the extent that He can, at will, consciously travel the entire Path, from the physical plane to the True Abode of God Almighty, Sach Khand (The True Realm), a place of indescribable Love, Light and Blissful Intoxication in God’s Presence. Reconnecting souls with the full awareness of God Almighty is a Living Master’s sole purpose and destiny, and He gives this service freely to dedicated aspirants. He has no other worldly desires or motives." (Baba Ram Singh Ji)


Photo: Baba Ram Singh Ji at the Pahad Ashram of Baba Somanath




Sunday, October 17, 2021

Light and Sound on the Path: Sant Mat -- What It IS: Mysticism, Spiritual Love (Bhakti), Gnosticism, Ethics, and Quantum Consciousness

 

Light and Sound on the Path: Sant Mat -- What It IS: Mysticism, Spiritual Love (Bhakti), Gnosticism, Ethics, and Quantum Consciousness







Sant Mat, What It IS: Death Before Dying -- Die To Live Through Meditation


"In all higher regions, Heaven's Music is the spiritual food." ("The Way Out is IN", by Swami Ram Bihari Lal)


"God is perceivable only through the soul. But our individual soul has become surrounded or covered by several sheaths or subtle bodies [astral, causal, etc...]. So long as it remains in the captivity of these various subtle bodies and the physical body, it will be under the knowledge of these bodies and organs only, will be under illusory knowledge only, and will not be able to realize God. In order to know Him, the Jivatma or the individual soul shall have to liberate itself from these bondages. The one who is able to liberate himself from the body and subtle bodies, is able to lift himself beyond the universe, also."  (from a Satsang Discourse of Param Poojya Shahi Swami ji Maharaj)


"The path leading to God is within your heart. Enter into the ajna-chakra and you will find your Beloved. God is found not in a man-made Ka’ba, but in natural Ka’ba (holy place), within your own heart or self. Turn your attention within. You should listen attentively to the reverberating divine Sound. The celestial Sound is coming to take you back to the Source." (Swami Sant Sevi Ji Maharaj)


"Until the last moments of his life Lord Mahavira inspired many to seek world peace through the attainment of inner peace, and he encouraged people to realize their divine nature. For thirty years he traveled throughout India to spread his message. At the age of 72, on the day of Divali in the town of Pawa Puri, Mahavira ended his worldly journey. In the state of deep meditation he attained nirvana." (Swami Sant Sevi Ji)


"Abhyas [the meditation techniques used by the Path of the Masters] help in withdrawing all the senses and directing them towards concentration.... To fix attention ('Surat' [the attention-faculty of the soul]) on 'Shabd' [the inner Sound Current] and to reach the stage of deep meditation is the main aim of these practices." (Shri Paramhans Dayal Ji Maharaj, The Master's Blessings)


"Listen within day and night; you will hear blissful inner Sounds. Within everyone, reverberates Shabd [Sound Currents], about which no one knows. The Brahmand [cosmos, inner planes] is represented in the body in every respect. Says Tulsi, open your inner eyes, and the Sant will show it to you.


"Glittering Light shines in the region of the Sky, which only a brave one can behold. If one seeks the Truth, one will not go down the transmigratory cycle. If one meets the Merciful Sat Guru, one will come to know of all the secrets from Him. If one renders service to a Sant, he will tell one of the whereabouts of the Abode. Says Tulsi, it is only by being dead whilst alive* that one can find the Perfect Guru." (Sant Tulsi Sahib)


* NOTE: "Being dead whilst alive" or "death before dying": a popular saying used by Sants and Sufi poets espousing the view that rising above body-consciousness or soul travel during meditation practice is a preparation or rehearsal for the afterlife. Hazrat Sultan Bahu: "Let us die before dying, O Bahu, only then is the Lord attained."





Bhakti -- Spiritual Love


"Without love,

all worship is a burden,

all dancing is a chore,

all music is mere noise.

All the rain of heaven may fall into the sea.

Without love,

not one drop could become a pearl."

-- Rumi



"Only the Name of God can delight the heart;

In return comes nectar filled with the Essential Reality;

The one whose heart and body are lovingly attached

to the Name is drenched in nectar.

The one who is united with the Name remains ever 

in love with the Divine Void [sunn, third heavenly realm].

God's servant is intoxicated through and through with

God's presence;

On remembering the Lord's Name,

heart and body dissolve in love and one drinks God's

nectar [bliss]."

-- The Gospel of the Guru Granth Sahib,

edited by Duncan Greenlees


"By doing Simran when there is this Love between the soul and God Almighty, each cell of our body, each drop of our blood and flesh, all of them get completely soaked in this Love. And, that is how the Love emanates from each and every cell of the body." 

-- Baba Ram Singh Ji


"Go on regularly with your meditation practice, keeping your mind and senses undisturbed as far as possible; and trust in the mercy of the Supreme Father to grant you strength gradually as you advance. You will progress inward daily; there is no such thing as retrograde movement." (Huzur Maharaj)


"Everything depends upon the purity of heart, or in other words, upon the degree of affection each one has for Supreme Father and the extent to which he has cleared his mind of all other affections, or to be more clear, the extent to which one has waived away other or worldly affections and given preference to the most holy love of the Supreme Father." (from the Letters of Huzur Maharaj)




Baba Ram Singh Ji



Gnostic Mysticism of the Ancients: Pistis Sophia (Faith Wisdom), Also Mary Magdalene


Seeking, Finding, Being Troubled, Then Astonished, Ruling Over the All (Cosmos), Entering Into Rest: "If you are searching, you must not stop until you find. When you find, however, you will become troubled. Your confusion will give way to astonishment. In wonder you will reign over all things, and enter into heavenly Rest."(Yeshua, Gospel of Saint Thomas)


"Seek, all of you, after the Light, so that the power of your soul that is in you may live. Do not cease seeking day or night until you find the mysteries of the Kingdom of Light, which will purify you, make you into pure Light and lead you into the Kingdom of the Light." (Pistis Sophia, the Gnostic Gospel of Faith Wisdom)


"And thereafter came a Light-stream unto me through Thee which saved me; it shone on my left and on my right and surrounded me on all sides of me, so that no part of me was without Light.


"And Thou hast covered me with the Light of thy Stream and purged from me all my evil matters; and I shall be relieved of all my matters because of Thy Light.


"And it is Thy Light-stream which hath raised me up and taken from me the emanations of the Self-willed which constrained me.


"And I have become sure-trusting in Thy Light and purified Light in thy Stream." (Pistis Sophia, the Gnostic Gospel of Faith Wisdom)


Mary Fears Peter But Is Vindicated: "When the First Mystery [Christ] finished saying these things to the disciples, Mary came forward and said, 'My Master, I understand in my mind that I can come forward at any time to interpret what Pistis Sophia ['Faith Wisdom'] has said, but I am afraid of Peter, because he threatens me and hates our gender.'


"When she said this, the First Mystery [Christ] replied to her, 'Any of those filled with the Spirit of Light will come forward to interpret what I say: no one will be able to oppose them.'" (a passage from the Book of Pistis Sophia quoted in, "The Gospels of Mary" by, Marvin Meyer and Esther A. De Boer)







Ethical Foundation of Ahimsa and Wisdom


Thoughts are like seeds that sprout into words and deeds.


"Keeping in touch with the worldly kind of people causes obstruction in practising spirituality. And so, either one should remember the Supreme Self with love [bhakti] or one should render his services [seva] with devotion to saints and sages and keep himself in the sacred company of pious people, i.e. worldly relationships do not help a person develop spiritually, and so one should practice true knowledge in one's life."  (1008 Kabir Vani, Saakhis of Kabir)


"God is not to be learned or studied or discussed or argued about. He is to be contemplated, felt, loved and lived." (Meher Baba)







Quantum Consciousness: A Scientific Theological Perspective of Sant Mat (Religion of Saints: Radhasoami Faith)


Keywords: Quantum Consciousness, Neural-Genome Correlate, Quantum Computation


Abstract


Human Cognitive consciousness, in some difficult to define sense is holistic in character. This gives hope that it can finally be explained in 'quantum' terms. Classical mechanics, on the other hand, does not naturally accommodate and adequately explain the dynamics of cognitive consciousness. Cognitive consciousness appears to exhibit "quantum" like qualities. However, this realization can come only when we look at the sub-atomic scale of cognitive consciousness where all regular solid structures disappear or dissolve into waves or waves of probabilities. The way we perceive the reality around cognitive consciousness as of now is basically an illusion or 'perceived reality'. A number of theories propounded in this regard aim to subscribe to the idea of "quantum neurophysics" explaining how the classical world of consciousness can originate from quantum processes inside the human mind/brain. Moreover, by introducing consciousness, one obtains a philosophically elegant resolution of the paradox of quantum measurement which says that probabilistic occurrences in the quantum world can be replaced by definite occurrences when they enter consciousnesses.


In the area of theological (Science of religion) research, following the architect and biomechanics of human brain, one needs to acknowledge the dynamic possibility of exciting, inducing or setting kinetic quantum conscious neurons through the performance of concentration meditation practices, prescribed as 'SURAT-SHABDA' yoga in the Religion of Saints (more precisely in Sant Mat: Radhasoami Faith) for the awakening of a fairly dormant conscious-spiritual dynamics inside a human mind/brain and transforming it into an enlightened quantum brain.

Quantum consciousness can be understood as a Neuro-Spiritual phenomenon which is inseparably associated and in communion with the dynamic Genetic-physical existence of a human being. The present paper postulates a dynamic hypothesis and scientific exploration of quantum consciousness, it's neural-genetic correlate and the prospect of quantum computation apart from proposing a thrilling prospect of genetic engineering in order to evolve a perfectly compatibility human physical system in communion with the 'quantum conscious spiritual system'.  GO TO:  https://spiritualawakeningradio.com/QuantumConsciousness.pdf








Saturday, October 16, 2021

Divine Bhakti (Love) Though Simran


By doing Simran* when there is this Love between the soul and God Almighty, each cell of our body, each drop of our blood and flesh, all of them get completely soaked in this Love. And, that is how the Love emanates from each and every cell of the body. — Baba Ram Singh Ji


* Note: Simran: The repetition of sacred names of God done mentally, with the tongue of thought (in your mind, mental chant, manas jap, the prayer of the name,) 



Sant Ram Singh Ji 



Friday, October 15, 2021

Even One Second Spent in the Devotion of Lord is Counted -- Don’t Think That Meditation Done in the Evening or Any Other Time is a Waste

 

Even One Second Spent in the Devotion of Lord is Counted -- Don’t Think That Meditation Done in the Evening or Any Other Time is a Waste





Baba Farid: "The first watch of the night brings flowers, and the later watches of the night bring fruit. Those who remain awake and aware, receive the gifts from the Lord."


Commentary by Santji: "First, flowers come on plants or fruit trees, whether it is apple, orange, etc., and then comes fruit. Just like that, meditation done in the earlier part of the night is like flowers and meditation done in the later part is like fruit. Don’t think that meditation done in the evening or any other time is a waste. Even one second spent in the devotion of Lord is counted. Baba Jaimal Singh Ji used to say that when a jiva [soul], withdrawing his attention from all outside things, listens to the Shabd, his attendance is marked in Sach Khand. Masters whose inner eyes are opened tell us that, when any jiva sits in meditation, even gods in the heavens look at him and say in surprise, 'Ah! In the Iron Age a jiva is sitting in meditation and is preparing to meet with the Lord!' The later part of the night is important because, getting up early at three A.M., we have just woken up and our surat or attention has just entered the body. We don't remember the thoughts of the previous day and there is no noise in the streets, etc... At that time, it becomes easier to withdraw the surat, the soul, from every single cell of the body, and so we get the fruit. 'Those who remain awake and aware, receive the gifts from the Lord.'" (Santji, The Pain of Separation The Shlokas of Sheik Farid From the Guru Granth Sahib, A Commentary by Ajaib Singh)







Thursday, October 14, 2021

Christian Vegetarian Series: PODCAST: Saint Ephrem the Syrian, and, the Inner Light Teachings of Syriac Saints, and Sants

 


Christian Vegetarian Series: Saint Ephrem the Syrian, and, the Inner Light Teachings of Syriac Saints, and Sants of the East






The vegetarianism of Saint Ephrem the Syrian explored today on Spiritual Awakening Radio, also selections from Ephrem's spiritual teachings, as well as from other Syriac Saints and Mystics, and the Sants of the East on the experience of the Divine Inner Light. "If your eye be single, your whole body shall be full of Light". (from a Saying of Yeshua, Matthew 6:22)


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https://youtu.be/DnXGgUf2MLk


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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/christian-vegetarian-series-saint-ephrem-the-syrian/id1477577384?i=1000538442369


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"Truth and Love are wings that cannot be separated, for Truth cannot fly without Love, nor can Love soar aloft without Truth." (Saint Ephrem the Syrian)


"Syriac spirituality forms a distinct oriental Christian tradition; it exists alongside Greek and Latin spirituality which provide the basis of modern western Christian tradition. Its importance within Christian tradition as a whole lies in the fact that it alone is an authentic representative of the Semitic world out of which the Bible sprung: although Greek and Latin spirituality are of course also deeply rooted in the Bible, nevertheless they find expression in non-Semitic languages and in westernized thought-forms of one kind or another. Earliest Syriac spirituality, especially in writings before about AD 400, is expressed in Semitic thought-forms which have not yet undergone strong influence from Greek culture and thought patterns." (Professor Sebastian Brock)


References, Subjects, and Sources Include:


Vegetarian Christian Saints, Mystics, Ascetics, and Monks, Holly Roberts, Saint Ephrem, Ephraem, Ephrem the Syrian, Aramaic, Syriac, Syriac Fathers on Prayer and the Spiritual Life, Sebastian Brock, Spirituality in the Syriac Tradition, Book of Daniel, Hebrew Bible, Genesis, Four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Diatessaron, Tatian's Gospel Harmony, Gospel of the Mixed, John the Baptist, Gospel of the Hebrews, Gospel of the Ebionites, Gospel of Thomas, vegan, vegetarian, vegetarianism, veganism, Christianity, Christian Mystics, Saints, The Book of Grace, Isaac of Nineveh, Saint Isaac the Syrian, The Philokalia, The Syriac Holy Book of Hierotheus on the Hidden Mysteries of the House of God, Dionysius the Areopagite, Joseph the Visionary, Joseph the Seer, Joseph Hazzaya, Meister Eckhart, Symeon the New Theologian, Saint Augustine, Sant Kirpal Singh, Sant Tulsi Das, Tulsi Sahib, Kabir, Sawan Singh, Hazur Baba Sawan Singh, Rumi, Adi Granth, Jesus, Christ, Yeshua, Satsang, Sant Mat, Santmat, Sant Mat Radhasoami, संतमत, राधास्वमी, राधास्वामी,  संतमतराधास्वमी, Radhaswami, Surat Shabd Yoga, Inner Light and Sound, Meditation, Third Eye, Single Eye, inner Light, contemplation, contemplative, mystics, mysticism, gnostic, Gnosticism, spiritual podcasts, religion podcasts, vegan podcasts, vegetarian podcasts, vegan radio;


Spiritual Awakening Radio (and Sant Mat Satsang Podcasts) with James Bean, heard on various community, public radio stations and the web, explores the world of spirituality, comparative religion, world scriptures and other books, East and West, God, meditation, out of body or near death experiences (inner space), the vegan diet and other ahimsa ethics -- education for a more peaceful planet.


PODCAST @ YouTube: 

https://youtu.be/DnXGgUf2MLk