GOD AND GOD-MEN IN VEDANTA (6)

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GOD AND GOD-MEN IN VEDANTA (6)

 

Swami Ashokananda

 

But you see, that is only the beginning, because the soul, not being

satisfied with the first glimpse of God, travels further towards Him and

becomes, you might say, unified with Him - not identified, but unified.

The soul still feels itself as distinct from God but very close to Him;

there is nothing now between itself and God. We believe that last of

all comes complete absorption of the soul in God. In that absorption the

soul is not lost but becomes completely identified with God; the divine

consciousness becomes his consciousness, and the two consciousnesses

are not separate or even distinct. This is the way the soul travels towards

God and has the highest vision of God.