SAIVA-SIDDHANTA

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THE SVETASVATARA UPANISHAT. 143
"That which," therefore, "eternally rests within the
Atma," (i 12),
(iii 11),
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dwells in the cave (of the heart) of all beings,"
is the greater than the great, smaller than the small,
hidden in the heart of the creature" (iii 20), hidden in all
beings; like the subtle film," (iv 16), "and subtler than
subtle" (iv 14), the wise should seize in the body (heart) by
means of the pranava, within himself, and by the drill of
meditation and penance, (1-14), they should, { with the mind
towards the heart>
Move the old Brahman, by the grace of
Savitrl (Light or Chit-Sakti) (11-7 and 8), grasping by the
Manas (Sakti), (v 14), and perceive by the heart, by the soul,
by the mind, (iv 17), in the Highest Turiyatita plane, where
Siva Dwells alone, the Eternal and the Adorable Light, this
most Ancient of Days, Siva the Blissful and Benign Being,
the great Purusha of sunlike brilliancy, dwelling in the Highest
Vyoma^ then their fetters (pasa) fall off, they will cross over to
the other shore, after passing through the torrents that cause
fear, (ii 8.) their darkness (Ahankara, Anava) will vanish, and all
material bodies (Maya) will fall off, and they will enter into
the supreme Bliss and Peace,
The various steps, psychological and spiritual, by which
the sanctification of the Soul is accomplished
is stated beauti
fully in i. 10, "From
meditating on Him, from joining Him,
from becoming one with him, there is further cessation of all
Maya (bodies-births) in the end." In a most beautiful address
on the famous text of St. Paul which runs,
We, all, with unveiled face, reflecting as a mirror, the
Glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image, from
Glory to Glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit
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Professor Henry Drummond, who is said to have revolu
tionized Christian thought in the last few decades, calls these
the laws of reflection^ and of assimilation. He instances the iron
t which gets magnetized and becomes a magnet, and a mirror,
gettmg rid of its dust, reflects the glorious light and becomes
merged with it and lost. And he remarks "All men are