The Notebooks of Paul Brunton 14 - Inspiration and the Overself by Paul Brunton

Author:Paul Brunton [Brunton, Paul]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Philosophy, General, Religion, Juvenile Nonfiction, Meditations, Spirituality, Spiritual life, Self-Help
ISBN: 9780943914411
Publisher: Larson Publications
Published: 2018-01-15T05:00:00+00:00

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(Light) The blind Milton could write, "Hail, holy Light."

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A young, innocent, well-educated girl of good family found herself pregnant after being seduced by a sophisticated man. She was too ignorant to know what to do, and too ashamed to confess to her parents. In despair, she decided to kill herself. When the fatal day arrived, she called out several times in prayer and agony to whatever God there be, to give some evidence of Its existence so that she should not feel utterly alone and to help her. About one hour later, to her astonishment, the room became filled with an unearthly light for a few minutes. With it came the feeling of being in the presence of the Higher Power, of not being alone any more, and an assurance of help. She slept heavily the rest of the day and all that night, and next morning awoke with a clear guidance of what to do. She went to her parents and in great calmness told them of the trouble which had befallen her. They treated her well and took appropriate measures to deal with it. Thirty years after this event, she related the story to me, after I had described the experience of a titled English lady, who told me how she was saved from committing suicide because of the death of all her babies one after another by the manifestation of Light, along with a Voice that spoke the saving words.

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Bessie M. Lasky, Candle in the Sun (autobiography): "As I lay tucked in bed at night, thinking of the evening, a white light came into focus before my closed eyes. It grew brighter as I watched, until it seemed as tho' all the light in the world was there. I was dazzled and perplexed, wondering what this ray could mean. Where was it coming from? It completely enveloped my whole being and increased as the moments passed. It had come instantaneously. I seemed suspended in a wholeness of life, detached from earth. A part of me was radiating a new joy. I held this radiance for at least 15 minutes. Then it changed and disappeared. I fell into sleep, comforted and blissful for the first time. I decided never to speak about this experience, for they would never understand." (Comment by P.B.: Within the next few weeks she made a number of new friends all spiritually minded, or spiritually more advanced than herself: such persons she had never known before).

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(a) G. saw a descent of light over P.B. It expanded and everything was finally in it. (b) F. saw a small light, felt she was a priestess offering to it. There was great power present. P.B. was there. (c) A Czech once saw himself, in meditation, surrounded by "fluid gold" and with it experienced great peace. (d) Another Czech saw a ball of light coming towards him, again in meditation, and during the whole day afterward felt as it walking on air, so free, light and happily care-free.

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Mack F.

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