Course XL - Teaching 12: “NITYANANDA”
Verse 49
“The eternal place, called Abode of God, which is free of illusion, is in Her. Ascetics alone can reach It that is known by the name of Permanent Happiness. It is filled with bliss of any kind, and constitutes pure knowledge indeed. Some persons call it God; others, the Eternal; wise men describe it as Abode of the Divine Incarnation, and righteous men speak of It as the ineffable place where one’s soul is known, or Liberation place.”
Commentary
This Verse says that this eternal place, Shiva’s Abode, is free of Maya; so, it denotes that between the soul of man and that of God there is no veil or difference any longer, no matter how simple may be, and that the ecstasy of man is without seed. This state is called Nityânanda, Perfect Happiness or Permanent Happiness.
All those yogis that achieve by ecstasy their final liberation, as they return to their normal state on Earth, define this state in conformity with their professed belief or faith. It is God to some yogis; the Eternal, to others; and Brahman, Hamsha, Vishnû or Âtmâ, to others; but all of them agree on telling that it is the place of Liberation, of the Highest Bliss.
The ecstasy without seed belongs to the sacred syllable OM.
The Place of liberation is called Moksha.
Verse 50
“The one who has purified his nature by practicing inner and outer purification, or whatever similar, learns from his Master’s lips the process that paves the way of discovering the Great Liberation. The one who has immersed his entire being in God, raises the Goddess’ Power, perforates the center of the phallus, the one whose mouth is closed and later, invisible, and locates Her in the Secret Passage by means of air and fire.”
Commentary
The way becomes indispensable to reach the goal, whether Yama’s or Niyama’s way, or anyone else, because one cannot reach the Great Liberation with no discipline.
Even the last moment, previous to achieve the highest ecstasy, is ruled by a law; it is indispensable to know this law, this little key that gives the Great Liberation. Even we might say that the secret of the law that admits the disciple’s ecstasy and the ecstasy itself are achieved hardly simultaneously. So, this Verse says that, when the disciple comes near the Place of the Great Liberation, his Guru teaches him the process paving the way to the great discovery.
Will and consciousness are always closely united; will has taken the disciple to the top, but will is useless if the is not immerse in Brahman, Eternal Consciousness.
Now the verse explains technically the process through which ecstasy is achieved.
As the chela is immersed in Brahman, he receives from his Guru those words that pave the way, and then he raises the Devî through Hûm-Kâra. Devî is feminine energy, Kundalini in big motion. This big motion is explained by the word Hûm-Kâra; its meaning is “to move with violence”.
Then the cosmic ether perforates the center of Âjnâ lingam, the one whose mouth is closed.
The individual being regenerates himself through MulaDharâ lingam; he unites with all beings through Anâhata lingam, but unites with God through Âjnâ lingam.
Then ecstasy takes place: as the entire essence of being, his Kundalini, goes out of Âjnà lingam, falls into Brahmadvara, Secret Passage, which runs along the spine and ends up at Sahasrâra. This union is made in Sahasrâra through air and fire. This just a symbol of cosmic conception: air is matrix, and fire is cosmic phallus.
Brahmadvara is also called Chitrinî-Nadî.
