That Jesus was among those historic characters who had attained cosmic
consciousness, there can be no possible doubt, even though his exact words
will be disputed.
Enough has come down to us through the ages to prove the fact that Jesus
knew and taught the illusory character of external life (_maya_) and that
he was himself absolutely certain of the "kingdom within," which he
admonished his hearers to seek, rather than to live so much in the
external. This he did because he well knew that constant dwelling in the
external consciousness led not to liberation.
_The light within_, was the substance of his cry, and that light, when
perceived, leads to illumination of everything, both the within and the
without.
The transfiguration of Jesus was undoubtedly the effect of his being in a
supra-conscious state, a state of exaltation, in which many mystics enter
at more or less frequent intervals, according to their mode of life, and
their objective environment.
"And he was transfigured before them; and his garments became exceedingly
white," we are told in the gospels, and there are many persons in the world
to-day possessing the power of the inner or clairvoyant vision (not
identical with cosmic consciousness), who have witnessed similar phenomena.
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