Viewing Jesus (Yeshua) as a Spiritual Master: A Sant Mat Perspective on Christian Mysticism

NOTES About Today's PODCAST
“Descend into your heart, and in it you will find the ladder which leads to the Kingdom of God.“ (Saint Isaac the Syrian)
“Come, that I may teach you about secrets no person has ever seen. For there exists a Great and Boundless Realm, whose extent no generation of angels has seen, in which there is a Great Invisible Spirit, which no eye of an angel has ever seen, no thought of the heart has ever comprehended, and it was never called by any name.” (Yeshua, Gospel of Judas)
"What wonders has your love affected! When someone is still alive he has left this world: though his bodily condition remains with the world's bodily condition, yet his spirit has been raised up towards You, so that for a period of time he is where he knows not, being totally raptured and drawn towards You." (from an Aramaic-Syriac prayer of John of Apamea)
“Look at God within yourself, how ‘God is Light.’ For his Nature is a glorious, many-splendored Light. He manifests the Light of his Nature to those who love Him in all the worlds…” (John of Dalyatha, mystic from the Saint Thomas branch of Christianity)
Initiation
"What your own eyes cannot see, your human ears do not hear, your physical hands cannot feel, and what is inconceivable to the human mind -- that I will give you!" (Yeshua, Gospel of Thomas)
"When I arrived, I opened a path and taught people about the Way of Passage for those who are chosen and solitary, who have known the Father and have pursued Truth." (Yeshua, Dialogue of the Savior)
"Those who illuminate, as possessing more luminous intelligence, duly receiving and again shedding forth the light, and joyously filled with holy brightness, should impart their own overflowing light to those worthy of it; finally, those who make perfect, being skilled in the mystical participations, should lead to that consummation those who are perfected by the most holy initiation of the knowledge of holy things which they have contemplated." (The Celestial Hierarchy, by Dionysius the Areopagite)
"In the true terminology of the Saints or Masters, a blind man is defined, not as one who has no eyes in his head, but as one whose inner eye is closed. Those who do not see the Light of God are all, excuse me, blind. When they come to a Master and he gives them a sitting, the inner eye is opened and they see the Light of God. When they return, they are men with the inner eye opened. Similarly, before going to a Master, a man is deaf. When the Master gives him a sitting, he begins to hear the Music of the Spheres and he becomes aware." (Kirpal Singh, GOD POWER, CHRIST POWER, MASTER POWER)
"The teachings of Jesus and his followers correspond closely with the practices of Sant Mat (The Path of the Masters). From the point of view of the teachings of Santmat, through the inner meditation practices Jesus entered the Kingdom of God..." "It is believed by many that Peter, James, and John received esoteric teachings from Jesus. Some think this private instruction from the Master was about the practice of inner meditation." (Harmony of All Religions)
Meditation
“Give ear; withdraw your souls from all that appears but is not truly real; close these eyes if yours, close your ears, withdraw from actions that are outwardly seen; and you shall know the reality of Christ and the whole secret of your salvation.” (Acts of Peter)
"Be..."
"Be still..."
"Be still and know..."
"Be still and know that I am..."
"Be still and know that I am God."
-- Psalm 46: 10 -- Meditation in the Hebrew Scriptures
God is the Ocean of Love.
Peace Be to You,
James
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