Theos-Talk Archives (August 2001 Message tt00099)

> From: AnandaYoga@aol.com
> --- In theos-talk@y..., "Peter Merriott" <nous@b...> wrote:
> > Ananda,
> > 
> > Could you let us know what these verses state? In my copy of The 
> Voice of
> > the Silence the verses are not numbered.
> 14 states: If thy soul smiles while bathing in the Sunlight of thy 
> Life; if thy soul sings within her chrysalis of flesh and matter;if 
> thy soul weeps inside her castle of illusion; if thy soul struggles 
> to break the silver thread that binds her to the MASTER; know, O 
> Disciple, thy soul is of the earth.
I tend to think that that part of us which is influenced by the
happinesses and sorrows of this world, is indeed of the earth. It is not
our best self that smiles when meeting a friend and believes him/her gone
when they are not physically present. It is not our best self that cries
over lost love etc. It is our earthly, *lower* self that does all that. 
> 15 states: When to the World's turmoil thy budding soul lends ear; 
> when to the roaring voice of the great illusion thy soul responds; 
> when frightened at the sight of the hot tears of pain, when deafened 
> by the cries of distress, thy soul withdraws like the shy turtle 
> within the carapace of SELFHOOD, learn O Disciple, of her 
> Silent "God" thy Soul is an unworthy shrine.
The key here seems to me that illusion is the problem. We should not be
frightened by tears, and withdraw, we should somehow reach out (whether
physically, mentally or otherwise) - keep our consciousness open to it,
and not withdraw (literally) into selfhood. 
> 16 states: When waxing stronger, thy Soul glides forth from her 
> secure retreat: and breaking loose from the protecting shrine, 
> extends her silver thread and rushes onward; when beholding her image 
> on the waves of Space she whispers, "This is I," -- declare, O 
> Disciple, that they sould is caught in the webs of delusion.
Well, this is obviously meant to say that any image we have of ourselves
is bound to be an illusion as at least part of the truth of our being. The
infinite and divine in us cannot be contained in an image or pictured. 

Add to that that the Voice also says somewhere something like "let not a
tear fall on your heart be brushed off untill the pain that caused it is
removed". 

I don't know whether this helps. 

Katinka

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