A Tool to Expand Our
Inner Identity With
the Cosmos
Carlos Cardoso
Aveline
The Vedic hymn Gayatri is among the best-known mantras and prayers of all
time.
The apparent personalization which takes place in its
popular versions is a poetic device. It
is the equivalent to calling the Sun, the Moon and the Stars brothers, and saying
that the rivers and trees are part of our personal immediate family.
These various statements are true in a fundamental sense,
since the intelligence of the universe is multiple and dwells everywhere. On
the other hand, it is important to preserve common sense and an impersonal
attitude. Any idea of a monotheistic “God” would be a dangerous fiction.
The intelligences that guide the universe are plural,
and countless. It is better not to address the One Law as if it were a human being. [1]
This is one of the versions of the Gayatri in English,
to which we add the words “Universal Law” instead of “Thou”:
“O Universal Law, which
gives sustenance to the cosmos and to ourselves, from which all proceeds and
unto which all must at last return, unveil that face of the true spiritual Sun
which is now hidden by a vase of golden light, that we may see the Truth and do
our whole duty on our journey to Thy sacred seat.” [2]
The journey to the sacred seat of the universal law is
the journey to our true self. It is the voyage from the lower self to the realm
of our spiritual soul, or from personal consciousness to cosmic awareness.
The contents of the Gayatri relates to the teachings
presented in the masterpiece of esoteric philosophy, “The Secret Doctrine”, by
Helena P. Blavatsky. The founder of the modern esoteric movement comments the
verses and concepts present in the Gayatri
on pages 244-254 of the volume “Letters of H.P. Blavatsky to A.P. Sinnett”
(TUP).
These two versions of the mantra deserve a meditative
hearing:
1. The Longer Version of the
Gayatri
2. The Short Version, with Deva Premal
NOTES:
[1] See in our associated websites the letter 10 of The
Mahatma Letters. It is published under the title of “Masters Teach That There
Is No God”. In the chronological edition of the Mahatma Letters it corresponds
to Letter 88.
[2] From the article
“The Return of the Sun”,
by John Garrigues, “The Aquarian Theosophist”, December 2013 edition.
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On the role of the esoteric movement in the ethical awakening of mankind during the 21st
century, see the book “The Fire
and Light of Theosophical Literature”, by Carlos Cardoso Aveline.
Published in
2013 by The Aquarian Theosophist,
the volume has 255 pages and can be obtained through Amazon Books.
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