Before there was any creation at all, only the Lord existed. He has created this whole universe through the Word, and there is no difference between the Lord and the Word, the Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost, the Shabd, the Nam or Name, or the Divine Sound Current. The Creator and the Creative Power are one and the same. The 'Word' cannot be written, IT cannot be spoken, IT cannot be touched. It is not the physical eyes which see IT, nor the physical ears which hear IT. IT is within every one of us.
Most religions take the spoken words for the real Word of God, but they are not the Word of God. We cannot trace the history of the Word, because IT has created the whole creation; but we can trace the history of the words we read in the Bible, in the Koran, in the Adi Granth, or in any other book. They can be written, they can be spoken, they can be heard, they can be seen; but that Word cannot be heard with these ears, cannot be seen by these eyes, cannot be spoken by the tongue.
The Word to which Christ refers has both Sound and Light. Elsewhere in the Bible he alludes to the Light of the Word: 'If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.' This means that we will be able to experience and enjoy the Light of that Word when we withdraw our consciousness to the eye center. He also indicates that we can enjoy the bliss of the Sound of that Word, when he says, 'The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound hereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh and wither it goeth.' (John 3:8) Here Christ is actually describing the Voice of God within and the effulgence of that Light which emanates from he Word of God. This will be described in detail further on."
(Charan Singh. "Light On St. John". RSSB 1967/1994. pp. 9-10)
I hope you find Charan Singh's elucidation on the meaning of the Word of God insightful and uplifting. Please take the time to re-read it, and think about what he is saying, before your meditation today.
In the LightSong of Eternal Love,
Have a Beautiful Sunday!
Michael Turner
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