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76 THE PATH OF LOVE
of the reflections of inner sights, reverberations of the echoes of
inner sounds, redolences of the inner fragrances and distant
shades of the inner ecstasies, all of which are but trivialities connected
with the higher illusions of the Path. There are also many
techniques and natural causes for the manifestation of such phenomena,
which are beyond the faculties of an ordinary man.
Volumes could be written, especially regarding the potentialities
and repercussions of emotions both high and low.
For example, if, due to love for his Master, a man happens
to see what appears to him as the halo of the Master, it is not
actually the halo, but a part of his own aura as temporarily
reflected by the effulgence of that halo – whether that of an
illuminated One or a Perfect Master.
All illusory phenomena, gross, subtle and mental, are not
only dream-stuff, but everything termed in the table as “falseillusion”
is made up of dream-into-dream stuff, which has no
value at all, unless it helps man to awaken to Reality.
God is the only Reality, and all else is illusion. The whole
of the gross universe is but part of the huge Cosmic Illusion,
containing higher illusions of the Spiritual Planes of man’s
consciousness.
Real Birth and Real Death
There is one real birth and one real death. You are born once and
you really die only once.
What is the real birth
It is the birth of a “drop” in the Ocean of Reality. What is
meant by the birth of a “drop” in the Ocean of Reality It is the
advent of individuality, born of indivisibility through a glimmer