Chapter Four:
Joint Meditation
One of the traditions of the community was to conduct joint meditations.
That day at dawn, everyone gathered in a clearing.
All of this was new for Alexey. And that’s why it was especially interesting for him to participate in both it and in everything else, which Rada had told him a bit about before.
Blagoslav went out to the people in a new white shirt. With an earthly bow, he bowed to all sides of the world.
He stood for a while without a word, while a kind of transparent silence seemed to gather around him.
It was especially wonderful for Alexey to see how Blagoslav himself changed, when he conducted this meditation for all. From a person endowed with great personal power and a lot of knowledge, he turned for a time — into only an individual broadcasting from God. Everything personal disappeared in him, it dissolved — and a passage was opened for the Divine Words and the Flows of the non-material Light-Fire. He — by himself — opened the expanses of the Divine worlds: it was as if the gates had been opened into other layers of the universe!
Alexey was already used to those Manifestations of the Great Divine Souls, having male or female Forms, Who were the Incorporeal Participants of what was happening. Old Slavic Divine Teachers gradually became as easily perceivable for him, as Jesus.
At first, Rada, when teaching Alexey, tried to use the familiar names for him for the Divine Manifestations, — but later, both she and Blagoslav told him a lot about the ancient Knowledge, preserved for thousands of years, and about many Divine Souls.
The understanding that the same Divine Messengers could be called differently by people of different countries and that throughout the history of the Earth there were many of such Messengers for different nations — was no longer stunning for Alexey.
… Blagoslav was beautiful, standing in front of the people and broadcasting from God!
His speech was flowing fluently! From the great Depths, where the Mergence occurred, the words were raised which filled the listeners with deep peace and a sense of oneness with everything. These words… — were merely just sounding with the help of the material body of Blagoslav.
The former sometimes stern old man disappeared without a trace: his face, his eyes, his whole body were now shining with a special Light, visible only to the sight of the souls, but felt by everyone, even by those who had not yet reached the fullness of clairvoyance.
He spoke from God, not from himself, and all the souls that were present, listened to him — in a special silence and with great reverence.
He was the open passage for the Flow of Divine Power, Love, and Wisdom.
Blagoslav smoothly led everyone into a common meditation, in which the consciousnesses of the community members were connected with the Divine Light in the Depths, which was accessible to each of them.
It was as if a powerful and smooth river of Light flowed. And which everyone entered according to the level at which each one was capable. And this Stream of Light allowed those, who were already ready for more, to flow into the Ocean of Divine Unity and dissolve in It.
By performing the meditation together, the perception of each soul during the meditation was able to increase with particular strength and brightness.
Living God was evident to all, He filled their bodies, and permeated all the space around with Himself.
The passage into the Divine world, which was revealed by Blagoslav, was brightly shining in the space of the universe — and through this passage it was easy to plunge into the Divine Subtlety and Shining Light.
Even those, who were not yet very great souls, experienced the greatest Bliss from contact with the Divine Consciousness — the Majestic, All-Powerful, and Almighty — which, at the same time, is kind and gentle, called Rod Initial or Svarog in the Slavic language…
The love and unity of the Divine Souls and the souls, striving for Divinity, — were so beautiful! Through such joint meditation, everyone present could advance in one’s own development, gaining the experience of being in Divinely refined states.
… When the meditation was over, the state of the great transparent silence of the space was preserved for a long time…
… The community members gradually left the clearing.
Alexey still tried not to lose the amazing feeling of the soul, which had thrown off the “earthly fetters”. It seemed to him now that this state was so near and dear…
He sat at the edge of the clearing, leaning his back against a tree trunk.
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Suddenly, he recalled that he had experienced something similar to this unity of souls among ascetics in joint meditation before… But when?
The images surfaced as if by themselves, and Alexey became as real a participant in them as he sometimes was in dreams. But it was not a dream…
… He saw himself in one of the communities of the first Christians. It was him, but, at the same time, not quite him…
Alexey moved into another time and space; the present material world around him disappeared from his perception entirely.
The one, who Alexey now was, participated in the meeting of that Christian community.
He felt like a mature, slender man with a surprisingly clear gaze.
The congregation was being addressed by the head of the community, who was preaching the Teachings of Jesus.
The Divine Lights embraced the speaker and all of his listeners. The Light was flowing through his body. This Light filled the spiritual hearts of the listeners and helped facilitate the union of souls in the one Heart of Christ…
How immensely each such soul rejoiced from contact with this Great Divine Light! How much they all were filled with the happiness from the sheer sensation of the Presence of God in their bodies and everywhere around!
Alexey felt himself as a slightly different person, but, nevertheless, it was he himself…
He was there as one of those Christians who loved Jesus and who aspired to live according to His Teachings!
Everyone else was also illuminated by this inspired aspiration.
… The pictures of that time period came to life: the people, their dwellings…
They wore modest, clean clothes, and their way of life could be described as meager and poor. But it was not so at all! Their life was complete: full of food for souls and of the desire to live with Christ in every spiritual heart! It was a spiritual fulfillment which made their life so happy!
There were men, women, and children in the community, and they were all like one family to each other, although they were not physically related.
… After the speech of the head of the community, the people, in turn, repented to all the community members of their wrong thoughts or actions, which they themselves considered unworthy. Everything that they noticed as evil in themselves, was revealed so that it could be eliminated. Sometimes they asked for forgiveness for such actions and thoughts which most people would not even consider sinful. They all tried to reach such crystal purity and honesty before God and before each other!
And everyone, who listened to the confessor, was looking inside of oneself for even little traces of the same vice that could have caused such a sin, and he or she aspired to cleanse oneself of such a possibility.
How sincerely they all loved each other! How much he loved them all! How strongly they aspired to the acquisition of life in the Kingdom of Heaven!
… And then he saw soldiers with spears and swords…
He heard the cry: “Romans!”
There was no panic. The people did not defend themselves. They were ready to die — following their beloved Christ…
But when the warriors became rude, driving everyone like a herd of cattle and tying them up, some children began to cry, and several women succumbed to fear and began to scream.
The head of the community began to speak, trying to reason with the attackers and calm his own people. And he was immediately killed.
That man, who was felt by Alexey as himself, rushed to cover with his body the lash of a whip to a woman, who was pressing a baby to her breast. He tried to say something to stop the attackers, but his body was pierced by the tip of a spear of one of the riders.
… He saw his bloody body from above… Then he lovingly thought about Jesus — and saw Jesus stretching out His Hands for an Embrace…
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Alexey returned to the reality of the present day: “What was that? Was that reality? Was it really me? But how is this possible?”
Blagoslav came up to him:
“Well, now do you know how you lived in a different body before?”
“Is it possible to see the past like that?”
“Yes… You are now aware of this!
“The ability of the human soul to comprehend and cognize — is very large. You can see your past, the past of another person, and the past of whole countries, and peoples…
“But you do not need to get too involved in developing these abilities right now. It’s enough that you have cognized the real possibility of this. When it will be needed, God will show you everything that is necessary. Now you know this already from your own experience — and this is enough for now!
“Always — in eternity and infinity — people should seek the One Divine Origin, the Primordial Consciousness! You should devote your efforts towards this. It is the ability to be in Unity with It, having dissolved the self-separation in It!”
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