Jnana Yoga

Praise 18 

Thank You Aum. Thank Bha. Thank You Gye Nyame.

Thank You Aum. Thank Bha. Thank You Gayathri.

1

Our origin is You, no nation, creed, color, or

race binds us in their illusions. We are spirit,

temporarily trapped in the illusion, Maya.

2

In that illusion, many of us seem to believe the

self is material and will return to dust.

3

As we awaken, we see that the self is

never born and never dies. It is You,

Pure Intelligence, within and above

consciousness, awareness, and

ordinary intelligence.

4

You are the eternal witness, changeless

observer of birth, growth, old-age,

disease, and death throughout the

Galaxies.

5

Our entrapment in Maya began prior to,

during, and after the time of conception.

It is the consequence of our own doing, our

own Karma. We are responsible for our

condition. This condition is a product of our

thoughts.

6

Always thinking of You purifies the

consciousness in which thoughts

concentrate, germinate, and agitate,

according to the impurity or purity of

the consciousness.

7

Our origin is You, no nation, creed, color,

or race binds us in their illusions. We are

practicing with patience, determined to

awaken out of Maya and return to

You.

8

We are spirit, temporarily caught up in the

illusion, Maya. In that illusion, we are

having thoughts that the self is material

and will return to dust. 

9

We are eternal spirit, in quality one with You.

The One, Eternal, Supreme Spirit, the Absolute

Awareness, which gives life, light, and power to

all, is You. There is no concoction that is not

within You and that does not contain You.

10

Gradually, as we associate with You, and our

consciousness is purified, freed from thoughts,

and quieted again, we are empowered to

meditate on You as Divine Intelligence.  

11

When we are enlighten with the knowledge

whereby ignorance of Self is destroyed, we

are reestablished in our Real Self. This is

the Eternal, Omnipresent Peace which is

the Supreme Intelligence within and beyond

all genders, designations and classifications.

12

Your reign of Tranquility originates, pervades,

and transcends the Earth and all the Heavens.

The Earth and all the Heavens are within You.

Nonetheless, Your completeness can never be

totally contained by them. 

13

This Eternal, Omnipresent, Completeness is

You. It is the home we never really left, like

the wave that never really left the ocean. You

are the Omnipresence we cannot, and do not

want to leave. Everything, including Maya is

within Your Eternal Omnipresence.

14

The True Self cannot leave Your Omnipresence.

It is pervades, yet is beyond the field of action

and inaction, dishonor and honor, cause and

effect, life and death, immanence and

transcendence. 

15

According to Our Word, the ultimate goal of

life, as spirit, is reunion with You, the Eternal,

Divine Intelligence. This experience is a

reawakening, a return to the Source of all

consciousness and awareness.

16

We think of You as the One Enduring

Spiritual Principle, the All Attractive Love.

Within and beyond all genders, non-genders

and species of life, You are the One

Fundamental Quintessence, the One that is

within and beyond gross and subtle, past

and future. You are the Eternal Now.

17

For Our Word, the material world is, always

has been, and always will be a place of

ignorance where the suffering cycles of

oppressive and exploitative birth, disease,

old - age and death are constantly taking

place.

18

Our Word is presented as an offering to

You. In this way, we associate with You.

By Your association, our consciousness

awareness, and intelligence are purified.

Gradually, we awaken, rising back into

our Eternal Spiritual World.