Passage 3

In English

God and the cosmos

There have been different conceptions regarding the phenomenal world, some considering it as (illusory) and some considering it as real. The Vedhik seers viewed the world as a projection of the Divine. From very early times many sages devoted their lives to the discovery of the Divine. Only a few persisted in the quest throughout their lives. Their ecstatic experience of the Divine is expressed in the , which declares' "." This means: "We have seen God. He is shining with the effulgence of a billion Suns. He is beyond the bounds of . His effulgence defies description." "" (He is effulgent like the Sun and is beyond the darkness of ignorance).