Great Spiritual Leaders
“There are two selfs; the higher and the lower self.
The higher self is human spirit clothed with soul, made in the form of God.
The lower self is an illusion, and will pass away; the higher self is God in man, and will not pass away.
If you would ask me what to study I would say, yourselves; and when you will have studied them, and then would ask me what to study next, I would reply, yourselves.
He who knows well his lower self, knows the illusions of the world, knows of the things that pass away; and he who knows his higher self, knows God; knows well the things that cannot pass away.
Men seek salvation from an evil that they deem a living monster of the nether world. This evil is myth.
The only devil from which men must be redeemed is self, the lower self. If man would find his devil he must look within; his name is self.
If man would find his saviour he must look within; and when the demon self has been dethroned the saviour, Love, will be exulted to the throne of power.
The David of the light is Purity, who slays the strong Goliath of the dark, and seats the saviour, Love, upon the throne.”
Extract from the The Aquarian Gospel
Your Mother is in you, and you in Her. She bore you; She gives you life. It was She who gave to you your body and to Her shall you one day give it back again. Happy are you when you come to know Her and Her kingdom; if you receive your Mother’s angels and if you do Her laws. I tell you truly, he who does these things shall never see disease. For the power of our Mother is above all. And it destroys Satan and his kingdom, and has rule over all your bodies and all living things.
Lord Jesus (from The Gospel of the Essenes)
Shri Krishna has a disc weapon, known as Sudarshana Chakra, in His right hand (usually depicted spinning around the right index finger). While the conch (Shank), held in the left hand, represents the lunar energy, the Chakra is associated with the Sun and the mind. The word Sudarshan means “good sight” or “auspicious to look at”.
According to Hindu mythology, Lord Vishnu wanted to obtain the weapon as a gift from Lord Shiva, in order to defeat the rakshasas (demons) that were troubling the world. Shri Shiva was deep meditation and Lord Vishnu did not want to disturb Him. He decided to please the ascetic Lord with an offering of 1000 lotuses, but when Lord Vishnu could only gather 999 lotuses He plucked out one of His own Lotus Eyes as a substitute. This great act of self-sacrifice greatly pleased Lord Shiva, and He gave Sudarshana Chakra to Shri Vishnu. With the invulnerable power of Sudarshana, the forces of evil were then defeated.
Shatrughna, the youngest brother of Lord Rama, and twin brother of Lakshmana, is said to have been an Incarnation of Sudarshana Chakra.
Source: Sahaja Yoga Australian Newsletter, 28 July 2006