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THE WAY THROUGH THE SUPER CAUSAL REGIONS When the initiate leaves the region of Brahmand he passes
through a huge inner space in order to arrive at the super causal region of
Daswan Dwar where the ultimate purification of the longing soul has to take
place. In Daswan Dwar, all veils and covers have been removed from the soul
which then shines in its original glory. In this vast region the soul takes a
bath in the cosmic lake of immortality which is known in the Eastern
terminology as Mansarovar or Amritsar. Once released from its last impurities,
the soul is longing for the blissful unification with the supreme Lord of Love. Guru Nanak wrote about this wonderful area: Next, the Realm of Ecstasy, where the Word is enrapturing. Everything created here is marvelously strange, and beyond description, Whoever tries to describe the same, must repent his folly. Herein the mind, reason and understanding are etherealised, the self comes to its own, and develops the penetration of the gods and the
sages. Jap Ji, Stanza 36 Guru Nanak stated that the spiritual lake of Amritsar is the
only true place of the holy pilgrimage and which is found in every Hindu,
Christian, Moslem, Sikh, in a believer as well as in an unbeliever of the
eternal Truth. It is a cosmic centre of spirituality where the longing soul is
released from all its sins. Some of the world’s religions commenced at the super causal
region, but these are the exceptions to the rule, for most of the social
religious communities proceeded from the causal region with Kal or Brahm (there
are different names) as their
supreme deity. In fact, mystics and their disciples who ascend to this
refined level at which the spirit is mixed with substance in various degrees,
are rare. All the cosmic energy of Daswan Dwar has the structure of an
eight-leaf lotus that is penetrated by divine melodies which remind you of
string instruments on earth. However, even here any comparison and conformity
is absolutely incorrect, for the sounds of music at our physical level can by
no means be equated with the grandeur of eternal music, the Anhand Shabd, which
can be heard endlessly in this high realm. The spiritual Lake of Amritsar is
also known as Tribeni, i.e. the confluence of three rivers of spiritual energy.
These three cosmic streams of love, light and power come down from the Lord in
order to preserve and support the universe of universes. The word proceedeth
out of the mouth of God. This is the true shrine of holiness where the higher seeking
soul becomes immaculate and immortal after having had its bath of purification.
Now it has gone beyond its causal, astral and physical covers and there are no
features of the lower three regions of mind and matter attached to it any
longer. Now, the immaculate soul brightly and radiantly appears in
the light of twelve suns. It does not need to be reborn in the lower levels
unless ordered otherwise by the supreme Lord. It has tasted the nectar (Amrit) of the incomparable music and has gained a
complete insight into the real nature of the creation. In the realm of Daswan Dwar the liberated soul completely
realises that it is love in its essence just like the supreme Lord of Love
himself. Those who succeed to this place are called Sadh; they have gone beyond the region
of Trikuti (Onkar) which is equal to Lahut as called by the Sufis and to Hu in the Islamic theology. He has seen
the soul in its original glory after he, supported by the Adept of Mysticism,
had released it from all covers, and he is now Trigunati. To put it shortly, he
is an Adept in self-knowledge or the art and science of soul. By the process of
self-analysis he (a Sadh) has
recognised the self or the spirit in its real form, namely his essential unity
with god; and now he is seeking for divine knowledge. Now, the soul really knows where the supreme Lord reside and
its most sublime desire is to consubstantiate with Him. Concerning this state of consciousness the Adepts of
Mysticism explained that nobody is a true theist before having realised this
nature of god in himself. Until this great accomplishment is achieved, the
aspirant relies on the statements of the saints the sagas. In most of the
writings of the world such an evidence has been recorded, but the reading of
holy books, as desirable it might be in many respects, never can grant the
individual a conscious experience and the perception of the supreme Lord in
him. Referring to the external spiritual practices and comparing
them with the internal search, Guru Nanak says: Pilgrimages, austerities, mercy, charity and alms-giving, cease to be of any consequence, when one gets an ingress into the Til - the Inner
Eye; Communion with and practice of the Holy Word, with heart full of devotion, procures admittance into the Inner Spiritual
Realms, washing away the dirt of sins at the Sacred Fount
within. Jap Ji, Stanza 21 If the soul has taken a bath in the sacred fount within, the
Lake of Amritsar, it joins other pure
souls, which are known as Hansas (swans) in the esoteric literature, and enjoys the
magnificent and enchanting beauty of this region. Afterwards the soul rises to
the higher levels of Daswan Dwar and at a certain stage it recognises the
immense island, the kingdom (Achit Dip) at its right-hand side with its bright form of a
twelve-leaf lotus and sees at its left-hand side the delightful region (Sahaj
Dip) which presents itself as a
splendidly designed ten-leaf lotus. Then the soul reaches the first passage to
a dreadful Tibar-Khand or Maha Sunn,
the region of darkness. At the entrance to Maha Sunn the highest esoteric
knowledge about creation will be imparted to the soul. Only at this high
spiritual level this knowledge is given, and it is never possible to proclaim
it by means of spoken or written words at the lower levels of creation. If the soul has absorbed this knowledge in itself, it will
begin, accompanied by the Adept of Mysticism, its way through the big Maha
Sunn, which is another emptiness of unbelievable darkness. In this depressive region, Maha Kal, the highest form of the
binding (negative) power,
has put a billion deterrent obstacles in the way of the seeking soul. Only that
soul which has once crossed this black emptiness with the assistance of an
Adept of Mysticism can pass Maha Sunn freely from then onwards. Countless
souls, each one shining with the brightness of twelve suns, live in this
region, but they are not capable of liberating themselves from this bond, for,
though the soul possesses such a brightness, it is overpowered by this infernal
darkness and it cannot penetrate this black emptiness without the kind mercy
and protection of an Adept of Mysticism of the highest order. Before the soul starts its journey through Maha Sunn, it
learns about the existence of four spiritual regions which were not mentioned
in the external teachings of the Adepts of Mysticism. These regions are the
levels of the highest spiritual prisoners who are known as Bandivan in Eastern
terminology. In their respective regions, these prisoners are not subject to
any constraints, but they cannot go beyond them. Sometimes, some of them will
see an ascending soul accompanied by an Adept of Mysticism, and they implore
the soul to intercede for them so that they can also rise to the higher
spiritual regions. If he considers it right, only the Adept of Mysticism can
agree to such a request, for he is an indispensable guide for the soul, if it
wants to travel safely through the extensive dark emptiness of Maha Sunn.
Beyond the region of Maha Sunn there are five immense spiritual regions which
gain more and more significance when the soul rises. The lowest region is
Bhanwar Gupha (or the rotating hollow) – the last region before the soul arrives at the realm of
the supreme Lord, the real home of the spirit. While the soul is approaching
this unspeakable region of Bhanwar Gupha it can hear the melody of four Sound
Currents, each of them coming from an invisible spring. One of these cosmic melodies drowns all the others and the
soul feels that these melodies are indescribable and unspeakably beautiful. The
soul also sees five egg-shaped universes, all of which are macrocosms of other
cosmic creations. Each of these cosmic systems has a dominant colour as e.g.
yellow or green and it is penetrated and governed by a great spirit like
Brahm. In comparison to these regions the whole universe below the
region of causality seems to be as insignificant as a dust particle. You penetrate the immense vastness and also the world beyond it, for all this is your
revelation. Nanak prays: Grant me the community with the saints – the ship in order to cross the sea of life and death. Guru Granth Sahib |