Course XL - Teaching 13: “SHUDAHA SATTVA”

Verse 51

“The Goddess, who is divine substance, enters through the three phalli and, after She reaches all lotuses known as God’s knots, shines with full brilliance within. Later, on its subtle state, shining like a lightening and thin like lotus fiber, She goes toward the shining and flaming God, the Highest Bliss, and suddenly, produces the bliss of Liberation.”

Commentary

Devî causes Kundalini to move with violence. It is not a slow ascent, but very rapid and complete ascent. On this rapid movement, Kundalini permeates all lotuses and passes through the three lingams simultaneously.
Then we can say that the highest ecstasy is a power causing all centers to move simultaneously, and making Kundalini pass through all of them; just so She is able to reach God Shiva, the Highest Bliss, that is, the Great Liberation.
Kundalini reaches head violently, and unites with the cosmic ether, Suddha-Shiva, which is of her same nature and remains there in potential and active state. Bliss of Liberation is achieved through this union that those Verses call that of Kundalini, air and fire.
The Highest Bliss is called Paramarasa or Paramânanda, and bliss of Liberation is called Nityânanda or Rûpa-muktin.

Verse 52

“A wise and excellent ascetic, in ecstatic rapture and devoted to the lotus feet of his Master, must lead the Cosmic Ether along with his soul toward His Lord, the Great God, at the Abode of Liberation, in the Pure Lotus, and he can meditate on Her that grants all wishes, like that of being one at Mother’s Abode. He must absorb all things in Her as long as he leads the Cosmic Ether.”

Commentary

A Yogi that has achieved the Great Liberation, as long as his ecstasy lasts and all his higher powers are free of ties, has to lead the lower powers. He should watch over subconsciously so that also his lower part tends entirely to God and all his lower powers continue the ascent of Cosmic Ether, tending only to God. He has to imagine that his lower bodies are being subject to him, not of himself, and he will wish fervently that his intuitive and rational minds aim only at divine things, and that the highest part of mind meditates only on the Divine Mother that bestows any wish and grants Chaitanyarûpâ-Bhagavati, which means to be before the gate or place of God’s abode.
So, all powers of the soul transform themselves and unite with Her, while Kula-Kundalini is lead upward, to the Liberation Gate, where a being is free of ties and enjoys the highest ecstasy.