Enlightenment is awareness of the presence of God.
What is God? The Great I AM Paramãtman (Exodus 3:14, Psalm 46:10, John 8:58).
This Self is behind everything, inside everything.
Awareness of the presence of God is “Paramãtman Dhyana”:
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LORD I AM THAT.
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But the light of perfect enlightenment shines clearest
when those words, and all words, are dropped.
(Be sure to listen out for the sound
of one hand clapping!)
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If that doesn’t work, take the lowest room,
so that when your host comes, he will say to you,
‘Friend, go up higher.’
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The first room is for the faithful servants (in storge),
where God is addressed as LORD.
The second room is for the secret friends (in filia),
where God is addressed as FRIEND.
The third room is for the spiritual brides (in eros),
where God is addressed as BRIDEGROOM.
The fourth room is for the hidden sons and daughters (in agape),
where God is addressed as FATHER.
The fifth room is for your very Self,
where God is addressed as I AM.
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For God is Love
and Thou art That.
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(But, as Dame Julian discovered, nutshells can be very capacious:)
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Lord (Jah) I Am (Ba) That (Gaia)
Lord (Parashiva) I Am (Shiva) Zen (Shakti)
Father = Nous = Parashiva = Jah
Son = Logos = Shiva = Ba
Holy Spirit = Pneuma = Shakti = Gaia
bread of life 