9- Jesus and Babaji

High in the Himalaya, eyes filled with divine love, Jesus appeared to the great master, Babaji.

“The lights on the high altar of my church,” he said, “have been growing dim. Though still lit on lower altars of good works, the noble taper of inner communion with the Lord burns low and is ill-attended. Let us together, united in Christ love, set lights ablaze on that high altar once again!”

Thus, a new ray of light was sent to earth through the great masters of this path.

Greater can no love be than this: from a life of infinite joy and freedom in God willingly to embrace limitation, pain, and death for the salvation of mankind.

Such, ever, has been the sacrifice of the great masters for the world.

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This painting was also inspired by this paragraph from the autobiography of a yogi.

"The Mahavatar is in constant communion with Christ; together they send out vibrations of redemption, and have planned the spiritual technique of salvation for this age. The work of these two fully-illumined masters-one with the body, and one without it-is to inspire the nations to forsake suicidal wars, race hatreds, religious sectarianism, and the boomerang-evils of materialism. Babaji is well aware of the trend of modern times, especially of the influence and complexities of Western civilization, and realizes the necessity of spreading the self-liberations of yoga equally in the West and in the East."

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10- Thy Light, I bow to

Here, then, is the fourth and last stage of the soul’s long journey through time and space: The Redemption.

Lord, we offer up the little light that is in us into Thy blazing light of Infinity.

Grant us the grace to know Thee, and make us ever-increasingly pure channels of Thy love to all.

Thy light within us shining

Has shown where freedom lies:

From earthly walls confining

To soar in Spirit’s skies!

How oft, like sheep, we’ve strayed apart!

Now, guided by Thy ray,

In inner freedom of the heart

Our night has turned to day!

We celebrate the grace of God that has come anew to earth through our line of gurus: Jesus Christ, Babaji, Lahiri Mahasaya, Sri Yukteswar, and Paramhansa Yogananda.

Joyfully lifting up our hearts in song, we pray that we, who earnestly seek communion with Your light, receive it in our lives abundantly.

Father, Mother, Friend, our God,

We Thy wonders all acclaim.

May our thoughts be only of Thee;

Train our hearts to sing Thy name.

All desires born of delusion

Here we lay, Lord, at Thy feet.

Thy one light brought by our great Masters,

Make us ever one with Thee.