The Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan

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The only two bodies which are close to the soul followed the soul. Naturally they would follow, for they are closely related to the soul, Vignanamayakosh, the body of wisdom, and Anandamayakosh, the body of joy. The soul bound towards the Eternal Goal -- as it is called, the top of the mountains -- then proceeded towards the mountains. And before they reached the top of the mountains, there was the cave, which is called Heaven -- in metaphysics, capacity; in Sanskrit, Akasha -- which has the power of holding the soul from going to the top and using the soul for some purpose. And the soul which was bound for the Eternal Goal remained, intoxicated by the ecstasy that it received from the plane of joy and the plane of wisdom. And as everything that happens has its purpose, so this joy resulted in a great purpose, in the birth of the Messenger, which in Sanskrit is called Bodhisattva. The Messenger was born of the souls' experience, the knowledge and the happiness, to bring good tidings to the world.


 
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