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SOMA-JUICE, OR SAP
A symbol of the Divine Life, or love of
righteousness and truth, upspringing in the soul. The "sap" of the
Tree of Life is the same as the "blood of Christ," or the wine of
the sacrament.
"The gods drank of Soma and became immortal; men will become so when
they in turn shall drink of him with Yama in the abode of the
blessed." - BARTH, Religions of India, p. 11.
"That in you which protests against the evil you do is already one
with God. I love to call it Christ, for it is Christ. Christ is the
sap of the tree of humanity, the force whereby we utter the divine
idea that we are." - R. J. CAMPBELL, Serm., Coming to the True Self.
"King Suddhodana drank the soma-juice as enjoined by the Veda, in
the heartfelt self-produced happiness of perfect calm." - Buddha-Karita,
Bk. II. 37.
The Soul imbibes the spirit of Life as the "Word of God," or
utterance of the Supreme direct. This "happiness, etc." signifies
the perfect serenity which proceeds from the buddhic nature, the
Self being alone within Itself.
"By Soma the Adityas are strong; by Soma the earth is great, and
Soma is placed in the midst of the stars. When they crush the plant,
he who drinks regards it as Soma. Of him whom the priests regard as
Soma (the moon) no one drinks." - MUIR, O. S. T., V. 271.
Through the Divine Life the aspects of the Self are energised, and
the lower nature is utilised; and the Christ is centred in the midst
of the mental qualities (stars). When the higher emotions are
aroused, the soul that acquires them regards them as Divine. Of the
Divine Life inverted as desire on the astro-mental plane, the
qualities are not nourished.
"Into the heaven hath he placed the Sun, and Soma upon the rock.
Soma on the rock because Soma is in the mountains." - Sata. Brâh.
III. 3, 4, 7.
The higher planes are the abode of the Self, and the involved Divine
Life is beneath. The Divine Life is involved "from the foundation of
the world," because it has to evolve upward in the aspirations
(mountains). The "rock" is Christ.
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