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COLUMN OF LIGHT (Characteristics and experiences)

By the most important Yoga ways, specially the ones related to Kundalini Yoga, is said that Mukti (or Liberation) only succeeds when the individual soul is fushed with Shiva (the Cosmic Conscience) on the Sahasrara (top of the head). But, since it has been demonstrated by certain Siddhas in the past (as Babaji, Thirumoolar, Boganathar...) and in the modern times (Ramalinga, Sri Aurobindo and the Mother), Mukti is not the Final of the spiritual evolution.

These great saints saw a Column of Light rising above the Sahasrara up to the Divinity. In one who realizes the Golden Deathless Body an indissoluble bond is established with the Divinity through this Column of Light. Till this moment, one must make an effort ascending to the Divinity, later having to descend again to the physical level, nevertheless on having been settled the Column of Light one does not need to continue doing this effort, but from this time the Divinity descends on oneself. The Column of Light start to be formed in the states previous to the full Realization of Golden Body.

The one in whom the Column of Light is settled enjoy the continual experience on the Divinity, who, on having descended, resides in one's own Heart (as shining Sun) and fills with Himself the whole Being gradually, even the physical body (which, cell by cell, is completely transmuted up to becoming divine). At first the above mentioned experience has not the same intensity all the time. Moved by His great Compassion, God takes the maximum care of the possible aftereffect in the physical body and that's why He is alternating the intensity to manifest Himself as Divine Light. Some times His resplendence is very soft whereas in other occasions It becomes the most intense, seeming that one is going to be melted in It. This experience on God fills the Self with Divine Love and Compassion, which overflow from the Heart as a river flowing endlessly towards the other beings.

Little by little, God is increasing by degrees the intensity of Light and one is becoming accustomed to it, until the time comes when God manifests Himself wholly. Then the Column of Light shines from beginning to end with all Its splendour. It isn’t visible, except in very rare occasions. Relating to Ramalinga, in several times his disciples had opportunity to see It rising from his head up to the sky.

This Column of Light is truly the embodied Divine Jothi, which burns constantly so that the Divine Light radiates coming to all the beings. This is the Full God's Manifestation in the Earth.

At present some western Ramalinga’s devout have had (by his Grace) the marvellous experience of Column of Light, thus being demonstrated that It is accessible to all (you can read about the true experience of one among these devouts visiting this link http://www.ramalinga.com/ingles/ten.html ).

Experience of the Mother

"There was no longer the body, no longer any sensation; there was only a Column of Light rising from the place where is ordinarily the base of the body up to the place where is ordinarily the head, to form there a disk of Light like that of the moon; then from there the Column went on rising up to very far above the head to break into an immense Sun, dazzling and multi-coloured, from which fell a rain of Golden Light covering the whole earth.

Then slowly the Column of Light descended forming an oval of living Light, awakening and setting in motion, each in a particular way, according to a special mode of vibration, the centres which were above the head, at the place of the head, the throat, the heart, in the middle of the belly, at the base of the spine and still lower. At the height of the knees, the ascending and the descending currents joined together and the circulation thus became in a way uninterrupted enveloping the whole being in an immense oval of living Light.

Then slowly the consciousness descended from stage to stage, halting at every world, till the consciousness of the body came back. The resumption of the consciousness of the body was, if my memory is exact, the ninth stage. At this moment the body was still quite stiff and immobile".

(Prayers and Meditation of the Mother)

Experience of Ramalinga

"There is a Pillar (-Column of Light-) rising up from the seat of Brahma (muladhara), above the Sahasrara, and reaching up to Suddha Siva Sthana, the seat of Suddha Siva (the pure Space of the Divine which is the world of True Knowledge). It will be of the vibration of Vayu (air of life-force called Vayu Nadi) up to the Heart centre and beyond that, of the principle of Agni the fire. It is broad at the bottom and becomes finer and finer as it goes up. It is invisible to senses as it becomes infinitesimally atomic; it is imperceptible to the jeeva as it becomes infinite, and can be seen only rarely in spiritual vision. It is the Pillar of Unity without division. This is called the whole and perfect Pillar of the Divine Form, Sivakara Poorna Stambha".

(In other poems He referred to this Column of Light, but I think that this reference is quite clear)

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It is a great privilege for me bring to light an information for so much time guarded as patrimony of only a few. Ramalinga was the one who has revealed more aspects about the Golden Deathless Body, but those that should have make it public neither did it in past nor are doing it currently, that's why we are resolved that nothing continues remaining hidden.