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    The Light That Awakens: A Guidebook to Higher Consciousness
    The Light That Awakens: A Guidebook to Higher Consciousness
    The Light That Awakens: A Guidebook to Higher Consciousness
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    The Light That Awakens: A Guidebook to Higher Consciousness

    By Swami Amar Jyoti

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    This Guidebook to Higher Consciousness is a manual for awakening our inner wisdom through practical, accessible, common sense spiritual principles that can change our lives. Consciously or unconsciously, we are all seeking fulfillment in life, whether it is through a relationship, career, knowledge, talents, empowerment, helping others or spiritual enlightenment. The Light That Awakens reveals that the source of our seeking is not outside of us but within—a boundless reservoir of wisdom, peace, power, light and bliss. That reservoir has been called consciousness.

    Each one of us has only one person to change and that person is at hand twenty-four hours a day, at our command. What beauty in God’s mathematics! It comes to billions. If everyone evolves to a higher consciousness—or even most of us—the world will change. ~ Swami Amar Jyoti
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateJan 1, 2007
    ISBN9781483549026
    The Light That Awakens: A Guidebook to Higher Consciousness

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      The Light That Awakens - Swami Amar Jyoti

      Jyoti

      PREFACE

      I wish one day that we might understand the true applicability of spiritual laws: that they are not otherworldly or apart from us but the most successful and fulfilling way of living. Spiritual laws are unconquerable, timeless principles. When the ground is well prepared and the foundation is solid, the way is easier and takes less time. This is the eternal path to God Realization. It needs your patience in the beginning but it gives you sustenance and its results are abiding. You will eventually find that what truly works in the world is in harmony with spiritual laws and what does not work is against spiritual laws.

      What is the spiritual life? In devotional language we might say: live for God and God will provide everything. In a more philosophical or scientific way we could say: make all the component parts of your life a means to the goal of Consciousness. The more conscious you are, the more spiritual you are. Therefore they say it is not how many temples you build that constitutes your religiosity but how much you are with God inside. It is not how much you worship or do rituals but how much you are with Him that makes you godly.

      The spiritual life is our goal because it puts an end to the problems of life. Wherever we are, in whichever vocation or pattern of life, we can make it sublime by linking everything with Spirit in order to raise our consciousness. The purpose of human life is to unfold consciousness. That should be our goal, whether it involves our family, ashram, temple, a relationship or material things. Consciousness is Light, not only shining light but light as compared to heaviness. Once you awaken your consciousness you will come to Enlightenment.

      SWAMI AMAR JYOTI

      The Art of Living

      THE SPIRITUAL LIFE

      The spiritual life is to be judged not by material results but by your growth in consciousness. Quite simply: if you are raising your consciousness you are living the spiritual life.

      IF YOU ARE TO ENTER upon the spiritual life, you must understand the connection between the Absolute and the relative, between the Spirit and daily life. When you discover this link, all of life becomes spiritual.

      Although they have their own play, outer signs mean little. You can easily shave your head and put on an ochre robe, but the spiritual life has its own intrinsic demands. It requires an understanding of the connection between life's component parts—its social, economic and human relationships. If life is to be wholesome, all components must be homogeneous, bound by one factor: Spirit.

      To enter upon the spiritual life, your patterns of thinking must change. You may have been born a certain way but your will has the power to regenerate and change everything. In this transformation process, take the help of outer methods but be sure to come back to yourself. Make yourself responsible; make yourself the harbinger of the true things that lie within you. This does not imply disregarding the methods but simply regarding them for what they are—a means. Do not get stuck with these methods and end your journey in the cobwebs of your mind.

      Does a spiritual life necessarily imply a renunciate's life? No, any walk of life could be made spiritual. No one has a monopoly. However this does not mean that whatever you are doing is necessarily spiritual. In the light of spiritual understanding, your choices may or may not have been the right ones.

      If you forget to link with the spiritual foundation then sooner or later life will turn out to be unfulfilling. When you connect all aspects of your life to the Absolute, secondary points such as vocations and life patterns simply fall into place. The spiritual satisfaction behind this is that as you use your temperament in a God-centered life, one day you will transcend your problems, your instincts, the raw material of your nature.

      When you sincerely embark upon the spiritual path, all valuations change. You feel freer and lighter. You feel love inside, not only in you but for others. You will feel that selfishness is a disease and that telling lies is worse than death. As your consciousness emerges from its slumber you will see that even a little hurt to others becomes a very dark alley. In this way consciousness becomes so sensitive that it catches everything. Truth and purity come automatically. Conscience comes into focus once you align yourself with Spirit.

      You may build many temples but that does not make you spiritual. Rather, the key lies in how much you are with God inside. If you wish to link up with God, you have to be godly. You have to see His ways and do His will, not your own. Here, self-image—being Mr. Nice Guy—has no place. A genuine soul is one who is ready to raise his or her consciousness.

      The spiritual life is not as difficult as it may sound. Actually it is very simple: use all the components of your life as a means to the goal of Consciousness. Spirituality is more than the next evolution; it is the goal of life. Why? Because it puts an end to the problems of human life in totality. When you obtain peace within you can apply it to any situation. When you get distracted by various things you are scattered. To arrest that distraction your mind has to be on one focal point. The inner link connecting all departments with Spirit solves everything. The spiritual Master or Guru is the guide for this journey, keeping the goal always in sight.

      The seeker's life is to be judged not by material results, but by your growth in consciousness. Quite simply: if you are raising your consciousness you are living the spiritual life. When you understand this link of the Spirit with all aspects of life, you will know your true purpose here on earth.

      TRUTH

      When you come to the unalloyed Truth you will love in spite of any differences around you.

      THERE

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