Chapter 1Light · Seeing Light

the outer eye, but there are many lights; all are not and all do not come from the para ˙m jyotih..

* Lights of various colours are one of the first things people see when they meditate.

* There is no imagination in the seeing of these lights — it is when themselves are subtle and not physical lights.

* A concentrated mind is not always necessary for seeing the light — if there is an opening anywhere in the consciousness, that is sufficient.

* It is not necessary to have the mind quiet in order to see the lights — that depends only on the opening of the subtle vision in the centre which is in the forehead between the eyebrows. Many people get that as soon as they start sadhana. It can even be developed by effort and concentration without sadhana by some who have it to a small extent as an inborn faculty. The quietude of the mind is needed for other things, such as the feeling of the presence of the Mother etc.

* chakra, which is there — it is the centre of the inner mind, inner will and occult vision.

* The light outside means a touch or influence of the Force indi-cated by the light (golden is truth-light, blue is some spiritual force from the upper planes), while within means that it has penetrated and is established or is frequently active in the nature itself. Light above means a Force descending upon the mind,

* The golden and blue lights are both of them lights of Krishna. It was intimated to you by your seeing them once that they are there within you waiting to manifest. But it is by a psychic and spiritual, not a physical pressure that it must be done. If the mind can become silent and not interfere and if the nature can become more pure and both open to what is above the mind, these lights descend into the body and with them the divine influence.