arriving at the 'doorway' to god
To remove the 'doorway' between you and God, remove the concept of 'the door'.
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EXERCISES IN DIRECT EXPERIENCE
The exercises that are used here at the Resource Centre came to us through the different lineages of the living incarnations of God. Their purpose is to allow us a direct experience of the True Self. It is one thing to believe in ideas that tell us that we are separate from God, and another to know the Truth that we are God Itself. Direct experience is the only way to recognize ourselves as God and to gain direct experience, we have to challenge the fragile beliefs that distract us from that Truth. Most of reach a point where we stand at an illusory door-way between ourselves and God, one that we find too difficult to 'open'. We experience frustration and longing for that final union. As believers in God, we still have a sense of separation from God, and as a result we sense a 'door' that refuses to open. Through the exercises, Swami Vishwananda helps us to see that the 'door' does not exist, that the 'door' is only a set of beliefs that insist that we are human, that we are sinful, and that we must earn God's love. Swami guides us through stages of direct experience in which we wake up to who we truly are. He reminds us that to know God is to be God and to be God, He prompts us into the direct experience of our True Selves. Swami brings us to the moment in which we realize that the 'door' is an illusion, and when we remove the illusion, we are Home. |
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