Edgar Cayce and the Yoga Sutras. Istvan Fazekas
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Название: Edgar Cayce and the Yoga Sutras

Автор: Istvan Fazekas

Издательство: Ingram

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СКАЧАТЬ but one of the soul’s yearning for communion through the heart and spirit—a hunger for a deeper sense of the Divine’s presence in our lives. So it is that within these pages, Istvan gently moves the reader from the conceptual and intellectual into the sacred mysticism of practical spiritual living, for only in the application of the wisdom of the sages is spirituality made practical in the day-to-day living of these changing times.

      One of the first principles taught in the ancient mystery schools was Know thyself. Plato gave discourses on this principle. The twentieth-century mystic Edgar Cayce presented it as the second lesson in the Search For God Study Group readings. And Fazekas presents it as a fundamental step in self-transformation.

      Through eons of time, spiritual teachers and masters have returned to earth to remind us of the all-important truth that we are the children of a Creator of Infinite Love. We uplift and actually transform the world when we move from the promptings of the heart to be channels for manifesting the unconditional love of God to others. Not through some great act, but just through being kind, compassionate, forgiving, and patient, lending encouragement to the discouraged . . . being positive in our thinking and our actions. And, most importantly, in recognizing the profound truth that we are not separate from one another or the Source we came from—hence we cannot do ill to another without it doing ill to ourselves and to our Maker.

      Istvan has been a spiritual mentor to me. He has taught me a great deal about how to befriend, or embrace, those things that are uncomfortable or painful. Most of us can identify with a period in life when we ran away from our fear and pain. In my experience, those things I ran from were always waiting for me at the front door, no matter how fast or hard I ran. In this book, Istvan presents these challenges as soul-growth opportunities and gives illuminating examples of how we can fearlessly move forward, face our uncertainties and fears head-on, and embrace all of life’s experiences—knowing always that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. In fact, through the passage of experience and being in the now, we can become “as lights to the waiting world,” according to Cayce, by passing through our challenges and helping others. Istvan writes of this with clarity and with great compassion—like all of us, he has passed through many experiences, both light and dark. And, in truth, Istvan writes as he lives—from the heart. He is both delightfully human and artfully spiritual. He remains a source of great inspiration to me as a friend.

      The book you hold in your hands is a testament of Istvan’s simple desire to share what he has learned, to try to light the way for others by sharing the spiritual truths that have helped him in his trek through this world. Through that heartfelt desire and willingness to try to be of help, he follows in the footsteps of the masters.

       Robert J. Grant

       November 2008

       Virginia Beach, Virginia

      Life itself is the result of the Creator’s

      love for humanity.

      –Istvan Fazekas

      Robert J. Grant is the author of the following books:

       Edgar Cayce on Angels, Archangels, and the Unseen Forces

       The Magdalene Diaries

       The Place We Call Home: Exploring the Soul’s Existence After Death

       Universe of Worlds: Exploring the Frontiers of the Afterlife

       Introduction

      Years ago I realized the connection between the information presented in books I and II of A Search for God and the basic principles of Raja Yoga, the ancient science of God realization. Although not identical, there are many significant similarities, far too many for me to ignore. It is clear that the Cayce readings’ source was pulling from a metaphysical reserve of established ideas common to many religions. Most of these were developed and systematized in a geographic triangle that stretched from India in the east to Egypt in the west to the regions of Kazakhstan in the north, past the Caspian Sea. In this area the roots of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism were all developed. The readings’ source tapped into akashic ideas that touch upon many of these religions’ ideological foundations.

      It is also significant to know, as given through the readings’ source, that the historical Jesus (Yeshua in Hebrew) was sent to India by his teacher Judy, the Essene priestess. The readings state that Judy was influenced by Asian philosophy, and this had to influence the young Yeshua, even before his travels to India, Persia, and Egypt. This knowledge is not part of standard Christian theological ideology, nor is reincarnation or other fascinating fragments of the historical Palestinian drama that we get from the readings. This is what may place this information in the “lunatic fringe” category in some people’s estimation. But it is my firm belief that original Christianity, the kind that would have been imparted and endorsed by the historical Yeshua, before there was even such a sect as “Christianity,” is much closer to Raja Yoga than to many popular ideologies that rely on mere rhetoric or blind obedience. Yeshua’s teacher studied Asian beliefs, and he himself would do so as a young man. He certainly proved himself to be a yogi of the highest caliber—a mahayogi.

      It is tragic that the mystical roots of Christianity have been systematically diluted, even erased, by sociopolitical factions over the last two thousand years. The contemporary American Christian creed and practice would not be recognizable or even remotely related to the practices of the early Palestinian Jews and Essenes. In some modern congregations, there is even a fallacious belief that yoga, in any form, is somehow a threat to Christian values. Anyone who takes the time to investigate the beautiful and sublime teachings of spiritual yoga will obviously see through the absurdity of this.

      What is needed in this day and age is to restore an understanding of common spiritual unity and allow one another to worship as each sees appropriate, as long as individual methods do not violate the tenets found in the yamas and niyamas, the transreligious moral foundations for the world.

      Christians, if they are truly such, should be the most faithful adherents to the teachings of the Christ—to forgive “seven times seventy”; to “love thy neighbor as thyself”; to find the “kingdom of God within”; to put away the sword because “those who live by the sword, die by the sword”; to serve all because “he who is chief among you shall be the servant of all.” If nothing else, each should stay faithful to Jesus’ chief commandment to “Love one another as I have loved you.” These tenets also align with many of the masters of India, Tibet, China, and Japan. From a spiritual perspective, they are all in perfect accord, even with their unique cultural distinctions.

      If Jesus traveled through India, as the Cayce source states repeatedly and as numerous teachers in India have affirmed, then he certainly would have known of spiritual yoga. Jesus even uses the word yoke, the English translation of the Sanskrit yoga, in the following passage from Matthew’s Gospel:

      Take my yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest . . . for your souls. For My yoke is wholesome (useful, good)—not harsh . . . or sharp, but comfortable, gracious, and pleasant; and My burden is light and easy to be borne.

      Matthew 11:29-30 (The Amplified Bible)

      In many ways, the readings’ source СКАЧАТЬ