Enlightenment - "let There be Light." Genesis 1:3

In our world of duality, we are given both the light andmaterialize and dematerialize their bodies and other
the dark. To know one is to understand the other. Theobjects and move with the velocity of light, and utilize
two are interchangeable. To have one, we must havethe creative light rays to bring into visibility any physical
the other. In the world of Spirit, in the unmanifested, all ismanifestation have fulfilled the Lawful Condition: their
One. We are all part of the Great One Spirit - nomass is infinite."
separation, no contrasts of light and dark. We are allEnlightenment can be an experience of total union with
part of the Great I Am - the Great One Spirit.God Goddess. The light can come in and dispel any
Cosmic consciousness is defined as a knowing of this"darkness" or negativity. In Spirit do we still have the
great oneness, a feeling and knowledge of this greatduality? Can duality actually be the one continuous ebb
secret of expanding consciousness. It is an experienceand flow of the one great creative force that unites us
that there is no separation - just one continuous flowall?
of the life force, the divine Presence, our Creator. All"Is God's Will What's Happening?" (my poem) Could
names for the workings of the Great Spirit in ourevery experience of good and evil be a chance to get
world.things into harmony? Maybe in the depths of us we
From Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansaare all already enlightened. We are already an
Yogananda:important part of the divine whole, a spark of the
According to Albert Einstein in his mathematicalinfinite, a star waiting to be born anew.
problem solving, the velocity of light, 186,000 miles perEvery experience is a chance to bring forth the light
second, is the only constant of a universe in flux. Thealready inherent within each one of us. A chance to
famous equation, E=MC2 is described as "The energy"make things visible," to show the truth, and to answer
in any particle of matter is equal to its mass or weightany question with love.
multiplied by the square of the velocity of light. LightOur "crown chakra," opens to the light of the sun. (Son
velocity is a mathematical standard not because ofor Daughter) The light of our Oneness with all that is
the absolute value of 186,000 miles per second, butand ever shall be. The light of the true Son or
because no material body, who mass increases withDaughter of God becomes the holy Love made
its velocity, can ever attain the velocity of light." Statedmanifest. That Love makes all things flourish and grow
another way, "Only a material body whose mass isand brings the light of union with our own Divine Self.
infinite could equal the velocity of light."©2009Merry C.
Yogananda relates to this theory. "Masters who can