Cosmic Consciousness

Cosmic Consciousness

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Title: Cosmic Consciousness
Author: Ali Nomad
Release Date: November 10, 2004 [eBook #14002]
Language: English
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COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS
The Man-God Whom We Await
by
ALI NOMAD
1915

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
THE NEW BIRTH; WHAT IT IS; INSTANCES DESCRIBED
The religions and philosophies of the Orient and the Occident
compared; their chief difference; The mistaken idea of death. Cosmic

Consciousness not common in the Orient. Why? What the earnest
disciple strives for. The Real and the unreal. Buddha's agonized
yearnings; why he was moved by them with such irresistible power; the
ultimate victory. The identity of The Absolute; The Oriental teachings;
"The Spiritual Maxims of Brother Lawrence;" The seemingly
miraculous power of the Oriental initiate; does he really "talk" to birds
and animals? How they learn to know and read "the heart of the world."
The inner temples throughout Japan. The strange experience of a Zen (a
Holy Order of Japan), student-priest in attaining mukti. The key to
Realization. An address by Manikyavasayar, one of the great Tamil
saints of Southern India. The Hindu conception of Cosmic
Consciousness. The Japanese idea of the state. The Buddhist
"Life-saving" monasteries; how the priests extend their consciousness
to immeasurable distances at will. The last incarnation of God in India.
His marvelous insight. The urge of the spiritual yearning for the "Voice
of the Mother." His twelve years of struggle. His final illumination. The
unutterable bliss pictured in his own words. What the Persian mystics
allusion to "union with the Beloved" signifies; its exoteric and its
esoteric meaning. The "Way of the Gods." The chief difference
between the message of Jesus and that of other holy men. The famous
"Song of Solomon" and the different interpretations; a new version. A
French writer's evident glimpses of the new birth. Man's relation to the
universe.

CHAPTER II.
MAN'S RELATION TO GOD AND TO HIS FELLOW-MEN
The great riddle and a new solution. The persistence of the ideal of
Perfected Man; Has it any basis in history? The superlative faculty of
spiritual sight as depicted by artists, painters and sculptors. Symbols of
consciousness. The way in which the higher consciousness expresses
itself. Certain peculiar traits which distinguish those destined to the
influx. The abode of the gods; The conditioned promise of godhood in
Man. What is Nirvana? The Vedantan idea. The Christian idea. Did
Jesus teach the kingdom of God on earth? Is there a basis for belief in

physical immortality? A new explanation. The perilous paths. Those
who "will see God." Evolution of consciousness from prehistoric man
to the highest developed beings.

CHAPTER III
AREAS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
The Divine spark. Consciousness the essence of everything. Axioms of
universal Occultism. The great central light. The teachings of Oriental
seers regarding the ultimate goal. Different stages of mankind. Births in
consciousness. Physical consciousness: its limitations. Mental
consciousness: the jungles of the mind. Soul consciousness; whither it
leads. The irresistible urge. Why we obey it. Sayings of ancient
manuscripts. Perfecting Light. The disciple's test. Awakening of the
divine man. Is he now on earth? What is meant by the awakening of the
inner Self. Is the atman asleep? The doctrine of illusion; its relation to
Cosmic Consciousness.

CHAPTER IV
SELF-NESS AND SELFLESSNESS
The Dark Ages. The esoteric meaning of religious practices. The
penetrating power of spiritual insight. The mystery of conversion. The
paradox of Self-attainment and the necessity for selflessness. The
Oriental teachings regarding the Self. The wisdom of the Illumined
Master. The test of fitness for Nirvana. What caused Buddha the
greatest anxiety? Experiences of Oriental sages and their testimony.
What correlation exists between Buddha's desire and the attainment of
Cosmic Consciousness among Occidental disciples.

CHAPTER V

INSTANCES OF ILLUMINATION AND ITS AFTER EFFECTS
The wonderful brilliancy of Illumination. Dr. Bucke's description of the
Cosmic Light; his opinion regarding the possibility of becoming more
general. Peculiar methods of producing spiritual ecstacy, as described
by Lord Tennyson and others. The Power and Presence of God, as a
reality. The dissolution of race barriers. The effacement of the sense of
sin among the Illuminati. What is meant by the phrase "naked and
unashamed." Will such a state ever exist on the earth? Efforts of those
who have experienced Cosmic Consciousness to express the experience;
the strange similarity found in all attempts. Is there any