Sai Baba Gita - Behind the Gross the Subtle, Behind the Subtle the Causal

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Behind the Gross the Subtle, Behind the Subtle the Causal

Behind the outer, grosser experience lies the subtler, finer experience, from

which the outer has sprung. And within the subtle can be found the template for

the gross. Even in the childhood of a great spiritual teacher, you can see the

mark of one whose mission it is to bring light to mankind. And when you

apprehend this underlying subtle quality of that being, you clearly see how it

has shaped every aspect of that life through all its outer manifestations and

through every major period of life.

There is another state that transcends both the gross and the subtle. That is

the causal. The causal state does not have any movement; it does not undergo

any change. Within it is to be found the self-effulgent light of the atma. It

is because of this all-pervasive light of the atma shining in and through the

causal state that you are able to experience the mental and the physical

worlds. If there were no subtle mental world there could be no gross physical

world for you. But, if there were no causal, there would be neither subtle

mental nor gross physical worlds for you. To realize your divine state, your

journey has to take you from the physical through the mental to the causal.

Your truth is rooted in the causal. You must use the physical to reach the

mental and the mental to reach the causal.

Ultimately, it is the light of the atma, the indweller, which activates and

vitalizes all of these states of experience. The atma is the source and the

substratum of all three worlds. In the ocean you will find waves and swells and

foam on the surface, large-scale currents below the surface and the stillness of

the deep ocean regions, far below. The waves and foam, the currents, and the

deep ocean waters are not different. Water is the common element which

interpenetrates all of them. But, it appears as if the waves, the currents and

the deep ocean are different.

In the phenomenal world also, you have to discover the common element that

underlies all experience and unifies the physical, the mental and the causal

worlds. You can associate these three universes with the three states of

consciousness. You can think of the waking state as the physical, the

dream-state as the mental, and the deep-sleep state as the causal. Beyond these

three states, interpenetrating them and common to all of them, is a fourth

state. That is the superconscious state, the transcendental state. The

unconscious state of deep-sleep is associated with the causal. It has a very

profound quality of peace. But by itself, the deep-sleep state will not provide

you with a permanent experience of real bliss. The bliss is there but you are

not conscious of it. It is only after you come back to the waking-state from

deep sleep that you remember the serene feeling of total rest you were

enjoying. However, in the super conscious state, you will be able to enjoy

eternal peace

and bliss, and be fully conscious of it always.

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Sai Baba Gita, Compiled and edited by Al Drucker - Published by Atma Press -

http://www.atmapress.com - ISBN: 0963844903Online Edition:

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