Holy Instant

2004-5-18 05:44:00

A student writes:

"As I read the passage, for the briefest of moments -- as in a nanosecond -- I had a brief flash of what it would be like for me, as a man, to be able to discern good from evil and know it -- not as a man -- or I presently know good and evil, but as (a) God would/might, but more towards the feeling of an a surety or a level of confidence. It wasn't a feeling of power, but more towards one of sweet and/or delightful joy. Sorry, it didn't last all that long, and even when I went back and read the passage again, I didn't feel (or experience) the same thing; and that's okay as what was left was a belief and/or understanding through experience that it was possible. Reflection on the experience revealed that my present level of discernment of what is good and/or evil -- or the difference between the two -- is still, well, lacking...."

JJ:

This is a great description of the holy instant where the seeker, after a period of contemplation, finds a trigger that projects him into the "Eternal Now." This is accomplished through the door of the soul and brings access to knowledge of all true laws and principles.

Because the experience happens in timelessness it does seem less than a "nanosecond," as the reader comments states, and when the pilgrim comes back to time and space it seems so fleeting that he wonders if it wasn't just his imagination getting the best of him. In fact many dismiss it as imagination and loose it completely and do not re-experience it for some time to come.

The disciple must realize he has had an incident through soul contact and take the time to contemplate immediately after the experience and retrieve for the physical brain as much knowledge as possible. He should write all his thoughts down else he will loose them for they are often fleeting.

The first time or two it may not be much more than outside of an awareness that he had access to something wonderful, but just can't remember what that wonderful thing was.

The eternal principle is this: "Energy follows thought."

If the seeker places much thought and attention on experiences like these then energy will flow into it and each time it happens he will retrieve greater and greater quantums of knowledge until at long last he can access the "rain cloud of knowable things" at will and comprehension of all laws and principles will be available to him, should he seek to know them and bring them down to the physical plane.

"One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine."
-- Sir William Osler (1849 - 1919)