(Story begins here) “So why do so few people truly love God, even after reading things like the Ramayana?” asked Pete. Valmiki sighed. “Because God must compete for our affections, this brings us to the next scene that I want to show you.” The courtyard faded and was replaced by an opulent stone-walled dining room, … Continue reading 7.3 Seizing Sita
Author: John Lightwater
7.2 Rama’s Realisation
Diotima gestured that they both sit beside the fire in the newly vacated arm chairs. “So, if love is the force that allows one-ness, how can a soul love something that doesn’t love it back? I mean God, a perfect being, the source of all concepts, with the best will in the world, He’s not … Continue reading 7.2 Rama’s Realisation
7.1 Diotima’s Directness
“Hi Lisa, I_” Pete paused when he saw that the beautiful, luminous angel had company. “Hi Pete, good to see you,” said Lisa warmly.“Oh… Pete! Did it never occur to you to knock before entering a room?” The speaker was an austere Greek woman in her mid-forties, with her hair severely tied back. She was … Continue reading 7.1 Diotima’s Directness
6.5 Interpreting Inter-life
(Story begins here)“Souls are androgynous? But I thought divine female and male were fundamental concepts running through creation at all levels?” Pherecydes considered this impressive question. “Well, to be more precise, during their phase of samsara where they incarnate as physical sexual organisms, souls experience being male and female an approximately equal number of times, so they have male and female … Continue reading 6.5 Interpreting Inter-life
6.4 Clothing Chthonie
(Story begins here) Wild eyed and clad in dirty white robes and sporting a matted beard and a flowing, salt encrusted hairstyle, Pherecydes would not be presumed to be one of the all-time intellectual greats. “Sadly, these people died several millennia before Peter’s time,” signed Baba, now holding a second board with ancient Greek characters on it.” Unseeing, … Continue reading 6.4 Clothing Chthonie
6.3 Sustaining Satgurus
(Story begins here) “Congratulations Peter, you are now an angel,” said Baba, “involution and evolution have parted company, you no longer need a physical form. Rather like a lunar rocket jettisoning its fuel tanks once away from Earth’s gravitational pull, your consciousness has blossomed to the point that it can liberate itself from the burden of collected impressions. … Continue reading 6.3 Sustaining Satgurus
6.2 Involuntary Involution
(Story starts here) “Welcome Peter.” Baba’s hand moved across the board at just the right speed to be comprehendible yet not waste time. “Thank you Meher Baba,” said Pete humbly. “Do you know why I brought you here?” “To learn more about reincarnation?”“That is good, Peter. But you also must learn about involution.” “Sorry, I may have misread that. … Continue reading 6.2 Involuntary Involution
