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Part VIII: The Mystery of Omnipresence.1441
“Once having reached Me, those Wise Ones need come not again to
earthly birth—that plane of pain and finitude. Nay, indeed, there be no
need of this for them, for they have passed beyond these lower planes and
reached the plane of Bliss.
“The worlds and universes—yea, even the world of Brahm, a single day of
which is like unto a thousand Yugas, (four billion years of the earth,) and his
night as much—these worlds must come and go, but, even when they pass,
and pass again, the souls of the Wise Ones who reach Me, return not.
“The days of Brahm, are succeeded by the nights of Brahm. In Brahmic
days all things emerge from invisibility and become visible. And on the
coming of the Brahmic Night, all visible things again melt into invisibility. The
universe, having once existed, melteth away; but lo! is again re-created. But
there existeth that which is higher than visibility or invisibility, and such is
called the Unmanifest and Imperishable.
“On this Highest Path, then, O Prince, is found the way to that which is
Unmanifest and Indestructible, and which when once reached is forever
gained, without danger of loss. It is My Supreme Abode.
“The Spirit may be reached by those of the Spirit alone—those who have
no other longing—those who have no other gods to worship. In this Spirit
is enfolded all Nature and universes. From It proceedeth all things, flowing
out in accordance to My Will.
“I would tell thee, O Prince, of that time of death, in which men, passing
out, shall never return; and of that time of death, in which they, passing out,
shalt again return to earth. He who departeth in the Light returneth not to
this plane of pain. But he who departeth in the Darkness, returneth he to
mortal re-birth, again and again,. until he findeth the Light. The true Yogi
understandeth this saying, O Prince!
“Therefore, perfecteth thyself in Yoga, O Arjuna, Prince of Pandu! The
fruit of this knowledge, Arjuna, surpasseth all the rewards of virtue, as
pointed out to the students of the Sacred Writings; of all worshippings; all
sacrifices; all austerities; all alms-giving, even great though these be. The Yogi,