Week 4: The Infinite Christ

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Blessed Are the Inwardly Free

Reading and Affirmation for January

(To view the reading see weeks 1 and 2)

From the book The Beatitudes: Their Inner Meaning by Swami Kriyananda

Rays of One Light: Weekly Commentaries on the Bible and The Bhagavad Gita

The Gospel of St. John contains some of the most profound spiritual teachings in the Bible. In the first Chapter many subtle truths are suggested concerning higher stages of Self-realization. Here, John the Baptist is described as one reaching up toward that high state. “He was not that light,” the Gospel tells us, “but was sent to bear witness of that light.” Jesus Christ, by contrast, is described as the light itself. “That was the true light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.”

Excerpt From Week 4: The Infinite Christ

Whispers From Eternity

139. I Want to Hear Thy Song in the Silence of My Soul

Thy gentle voice saying, “Come home!” I often heard. But through many lives it was drowned in the tumult of my wild cravings. I have forsaken the jostling crowds of desire. In the solitude of my mind my devotion bursts to hear Thy voice. Take away every dream‐memory of earthly sounds that yet lurks in my mind. I want to hear Thy still voice, ever singing in the silence of my soul.

Paramhansa Yogananda

Inspiration from the Rays of One Light

“He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.”

We will take these meaningful words into our meditation together for deep reflection and contemplation. But firstly, we will listen to the beautiful Psalm of David, sung by Mary Kretzmann.