Light

Knowledge is what moves towards unity, and when it reaches the supramental level, it grasps the oneness, essence, and self-law of existence, and views and handles the many things from that light and fullness, somewhat like the Divine does from the highest point from which He embraces the world.

There the sun does not shine, nor the moon and stars; lightning does not shine there—much less this earthly fire. Everything shines following that alone which shines; by its radiance, all of this is illumined.

In the luminous golden sheath beyond lies Brahman—spotless, indivisible; it is the pure light of lights. That is what the knowers of the Self know.

'Bodiless is the wind; cloud, lightning, and thunder are bodiless too. Just as these rise up from yonder space, reach the highest light, and appear each in its own form,'

Now, this serene one, rising out of this body and reaching the highest light, appears in its own true form. 'That is the Self,' he said; 'that is the immortal, the fearless; that is Brahman.' And the name of that Brahman is the True (Satyam).

In Samadhi, the Yogin beholds the Supreme and Immutable Brahma, which shines like a blazing light in the midst of thick darkness.

It is the self-luminous Atman that, through the power of its own maya, imagines all the objects that the subject experiences, both within and outside, by itself and within itself.

My yoke is easy and my burden is light

The whole world, from Mahat downwards, does not shine in me. Everything is Brahman only. Where then is Varnasrama?

Our mind becomes enlightened in such a way that we start seeing the image of God in every person. This makes us realize that no one is our enemy or stranger.

Therefore, having crossed that dam, one who was blind is blind no more, one who was wounded is wounded no more, one who was afflicted is afflicted no more. Having crossed that dam, even night turns into day, for that world of Brahman is illumined once and for all.

He who, knowing this, meditates on this four-sixteenth quarter of Brahman as the Luminous becomes luminous in this world; and he wins luminous worlds — he who, knowing this, meditates on this four-sixteenth quarter of Brahman as the Luminous.

He who, knowing this, meditates on this four-sixteenth quarter of Brahman as the Shining becomes shining in this world; and he wins shining worlds — he who, knowing this, meditates on this four-sixteenth quarter of Brahman as the Shining.

He who dwells in light, yet is within light, whom light does not know, whose body is light, and who controls light from within—He is your Self, the Inner Controller, the Immortal. This is with reference to the gods. Now with reference to the beings.

'so this serene one rises up from this body, reaches the highest light, and appears in his own true form. He is the Supreme Person. There he moves about laughing, playing, and rejoicing — with women, with chariots, or with kinsfolk — not remembering this appendage of a body. As a draught animal is yoked to a cart, so is this life-breath yoked to the body.'

When one is sound asleep, composed and serene, and knows no dream, then he has slipped into these channels. No evil touches him then, for he is then filled with light.

Just as a long highway runs between two villages, this one and that one, so these rays of the sun go to both worlds, this one and that one. They spread out from yonder sun and slip into these channels, and spreading out from these channels they slip into yonder sun.

"He who meditates on space as Brahman attains spacious, luminous, unconfined, wide-extending worlds. He moves at will as far as space reaches — he who meditates on space as Brahman." "Venerable sir, is there anything greater than space?" "There is indeed something greater than space." "Then tell me of it, venerable sir."

"He who meditates on fire as Brahman, himself becoming radiant, attains radiant, shining worlds free from darkness. He moves at will as far as fire reaches — he who meditates on fire as Brahman." "Venerable sir, is there anything greater than fire?" "There is indeed something greater than fire." "Then tell me of it, venerable sir."

"Dear boy, let me declare to you a quarter of Brahman." "Declare it to me, revered sir." It said to him, "Fire is one sixteenth, the sun is one sixteenth, the moon is one sixteenth, lightning is one sixteenth. This, dear boy, is the quarter of Brahman consisting of four sixteenths, named the Luminous (Jyotishman)."