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Festival of Light- Quest

Thus, gradually, the bird entered the third stage of the journey, which is called The Quest.


We, now, like that little bird, have come to realize that buffeting winds are life’s way of giving us strength and courage, that even fear, like shadows on a statue, gives light and substance to hope.


From the depths of unknowing, Lord, we cry out to Thee:

Is there no lasting purpose to our lives?

Behold, all that we thought was light was but darkness!

Who are we, in reality?

For what end were we made?


Ever and again, through Your awakened sons, the answer comes:

The forming of stars and moons and planets,


Of galaxies revolving on the tides of space,

Of drifting continents, upheaving mountains,

Snowy wastes and dark, silent ocean deeps


Had but this for its design: The birth of life, and, with life’s birth, the dawn of self-awareness:

passage through dim corridors of waking consciousness to emerge at last into infinite light-into perfect joy!



 

Festival of Light- Quest

Out of the silence came the song of creation;

Out of the darkness came the light.

Out of the darkness, out of the silence

Thundered the Cosmic Sound, Amen!

Out of the darkness, out of the silence

Thundered the Cosmic Sound, AUM!


AUM, AUM, AUM, AUM

Gone is our bondage with the dawn of new freedom;

Gone is delusion in the light!

“Gone is delusion, gone is your bondage!

”Thunders the Cosmic Sound, Amen!

“Gone is delusion, gone is your bondage!

”Thunders the Cosmic Sound, Aum!


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Paramhansa Yogananda described the AUM vibration as the Divine Mother. He said that one must go through AUM/Mother in order to reach cosmic consciousness: “For, to reach Christ Consciousness, you must first unite your consciousness with Aum, the Cosmic Vibration...Gradually, with ever-deeper meditation, the consciousness expands with that sound. Moving beyond the confines of the body, it embraces the vastness of infinite vibration. You realize your oneness with all existence as Aum, the Cosmic Vibration."




 

Festival of Light- Quest

Gaze upon this light as a symbol of God’s love.

A prayer of love went up from Earth and You responded.


A ray of Your light flashed out from the heart of Infinity,

Burst downward through night skies of consciousness,


And was born on earth for the redemption of mankind in human form.


Many times has that light descended,

Drawn to earth by the call of aspiring love.

Your chosen people have always been

Those of every race and nation

Who, with deep love, chose Thee.


O Lord,

With all my heart,

With all my mind,

With all my soul,

And with all my strength, I choose Thy love,

I choose only Thee.



 

To be continued... 

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