The Divine in Form

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the Sri Cakra while

speaking

of the seeker of Sri Vidyd,the Divine Mother. The Chakra, as we all know, is a diagramatic representationof the Abode of the Divine Mother in the Tantras. Why this particular form, some ask loftily,when God is everywhere ? Indeed, God is everywhere, only we do not have the caiptayto recognise Him, and feel Him everywhere. That is why God manifests, reveals Himself more in some Forms than in others. These are the several Forms in which men have found and swhoir-pped the Divine across the ages e.g., Images, Idols, Yantras and Mandalas etc. The Divine is more easilyaccessible to the human consciousness in these specialForms either because He has been invoked and established in them by Holy Men who have realised the Divine or the Divine Himself has chosen to abide tangibly in some particular Forms which correspond to certain fundamental truths in the Being and the Becoming of the Divine. The Sri Cakra is one of the most -remarkable forms of this kind. The Togini Hrdaya (Tantra) says that the diagram of circles and trianglesctountisntgithe Ghakra represents accurately the cfiogn-uration of the creative Forces of the Divine Shakti in manifestingthe Universe. That is why, apart from other factors,the Chakra acts by itself as a powerful evocation of the Presence of the Divine Shakti. It is an unmistakable experience of all, not only of those who worship but also those who according to the instructions contained in a book. He received no initiation from anybody. He put his heart and soul into it and to the wonder of all not excluding himself the tirtha,i.e.prasdd,distributed according to the usual custom, wielded a potency which could not be missed. People started crowding at the end of his Puja every day. All this happened in the course of a few months. It went on for about two years when the gentleman felt unequal to the situation. He felt the danger of the ego coming upon him, and not willingto risk his sadhana, he ceased the distribution of tirtha forthwith. Of course,
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Puja and Updsand and we learn he is now well advanced in his line. Thus it is really a matter of sincerity,capacity and strength of purpose which should decide the question of the use of occult powers by the seeker. A developed spiritualconsciousness is ipendnisasble for the right and safe use of these powers and we may say, the awakening and utilisation of the occult powers is necessary for the emesntatblishand organisationof the manifesting Spiritual Consciousness. Indeed one can do without the use of these powers if it is a matter of individual realisation alone. But where it is a questionof fmaensit-ing the Divine Consciousness in the collective Universe, the knowledge of its inner workings and effective direction of the occult powers is
he has continued his

indispensable.