PERCEPTION OF DIVINE FORMS AND SOUNDS

The realisation of God is of two kinds—one consists in the unification of the Jivatman and the Paramat-man and the other in seeing Him in His personal manifestation. The former is called Jnana, and the latter Bhakti.

Really God can be seen, my boys. As we are sitting and talking together, in the very same way God can be seen and conversed with. Truly and sincerely 1 say so.

The manifestation of Personal God is often a Spiritual Form, which is seen only by a purified human soul. In other words, these forms of God are realised by the organs of spiritual vision belonging to the spiritual body (Bhagavati-tanu) which is derived from the Lord. So the perfect man alone can see these Divine Forms.

On being questioned whether those who see God see Him with the ordinary fleshly eyes, the Master replied : " No, He cannot be seen with the physical eye. In the course of Sadhana a Love-body is created in you, with eyes and ears of Love, and with them you see and hear Him.'

The Anahata sound is always going on of itself. This is the sound of Pranava (Om). It comes from the Supreme Brahman and is audible to the Yogis. The ordinary worldly men cannot hear it. The Yogis can understand that the sound rises on one side, from the ' region of the navel', and on the other, from Supreme Brahman.