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SUN AS THE DOOR

A symbol of the Higher Self as the means by which the lower consciousness shall rise to union with the higher.

“When he departs from this body he mounts upwards by those very rays (the rays of the sun which enter the arteries of the body), or he is removed while saying Om. And quickly as he sends off his mind (as quick as thought), he goes to the sun. For the sun is the door of the world, an entrance for the knowing, a bar to the ignorant.” — *Khand. Upanishad*, VIII.6.5.

When the perfected soul quits the vehicle of the lower mind, it passes upwards by means of the Divine Life (rays) from above, which purifies the currents of thought and emotion (arteries); or by means of the inspiration of Truth and Righteousness (Om). And immediately as the ego (mind) is liberated, the consciousness rises to the causal‑body, and union is effected between the lower Self and the Higher Self. For the Higher Self (sun) is the means of union (the door) — the “way, the truth, and the life,” which lead to immortality. From the lower life (world) the Self is the means of raising the perfected soul to bliss, and of relegating the unperfected to further experience and discipline below.

 

See Also

BRAHMARANDRAM
DOOR (higher)
HIGHER
MOON (higher)
OM
SHEPHERD (Good)
UNION (God)
WINDOW OF ARK OF NOAH