What is the Last Judgment?

Here is a quote from The Garland of Guru’s Sayings, a poetic garland of Ramana Maharshi’s teachings written by Muruganar:

O worldly folk who long for and run after
an endless series of unenduring things,
‘tis wisdom true to seek and know That one thing
on knowing which all other things will cease to be.

That quote sums up the message of our current special theme.

My Father gives all power unto me.

Today’s lesson says:

The Son of God is limitless. … What he wills with his Creator and Redeemer must be done. His holy will can never be denied. … I am he in whom the power of my Father’s Will abides.

Please contemplate this excerpt from today’s lesson along with the previous quote from The Garland of Guru’s Sayings.

Also, read Chapter Five from The Most Direct Means to Eternal Bliss again today. As you read it, please write down the sentences that strike your heart the most.

And then, at least two times later in the day today, review:

1. The quote from The Garland of Guru’s Sayings
2. The previous excerpt from today’s lesson
3. Anything you may have written while contemplating them together, and
4. The sentences that you have written down from Chapter 5 of The Most Direct Means to Eternal Bliss.

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What is the Last Judgment?

The last paragraph of our special theme is an invitation to make the same decision that Buddha and Jesus made, and to make that decision as completely as they made it. The last paragraph says:

This is God’s Final Judgment: “You are still My holy Son, forever innocent, forever loving and forever loved, as limitless as your Creator, and completely changeless and forever pure. Therefore awaken and return to Me. I am your Father and you are My Son.”

Today, please contemplate what you are. Let your mind reflect on it throughout the day. Here are the words used to describe you from the last paragraph of our special theme:

“forever innocent”

“as limitless as your Creator”

“completely changeless”

“pure”

If it feels helpful to you—if it feels like it would deepen the experience of realizing what you are—ask a question and then write (or speak into a recorder) to let the answer come. Example questions are:

What am I?

How is it true that I am forever innocent?

How can I see myself as God does?

What can I do differently that will help me realize my changeless nature?

What is the best question for me to ask?

Etcetera.

I came for the salvation of the world.

Anyone who knows the story of Buddha’s life or Jesus’ life accepts that this statement—I came for the salvation of the world—was true for them. This was undoubtedly their purpose, and it is what they are remembered for.

How did they complete their mission?

They completed their mission through ego death. As Jesus put it, “I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33)

Consider this teaching from NTI 2 Corinthians:

As you accept that the world is not real, and therefore can have no effect on you, the mind will begin to awaken by seeing for itself that a dream cannot affect the reality of existence as it is.

This service that you perform of not believing in the world and of not acting as if the world is real, is a service you provide for yourself and for the entirety of the one mind that you are. No part of the mind is left out of the benefits of the service you perform.

Through your service and your true dedication to this service, the mind is awakened to truth through what it learns. Through your faith, you are a teacher. And through your teaching, you are awakened by all that you learn.

Our special theme ends with an invitation—a calling, actually—and that invitation is echoed in today’s workbook lesson. Buddha and Jesus are two well-known examples of accepting this invitation. It’s helpful to have human examples to look to.

Being right where you are right now and seeing as you see, how can you say ‘yes’ to this call?

Buddha’s first step was to start at the beginning with the search.

Jesus’ first step was purification for 40 days and nights in the desert.

Ramana Maharshi went directly to merging through unending meditation.

What is your current step?
And with this in mind, what is your focus today?

If it feels helpful to you—if it feels like it would deepen your realization of the answer to the previous question—ask the question and then write (or speak into a recorder) to let the answer come.

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What is the Last Judgment?

Our special theme says, “Salvation asks you give it welcome. And the world awaits your glad acceptance, which will set it free.”

In Chapter 5 of the Most Direct Means to Eternal Bliss, while sharing Choice A (eternal life) and Choice B (being identified with a body), Michael Langford writes:

The Awakening of the extremely intense desire for liberation, which can also be called “really making Choice A” is:

It is like a sign stating “NO MORE” that is a million miles high. NO MORE to all of the human evils of the past. NO MORE to all of the horrors the ego has created.

It is like a silent shout saying NO MORE so loud, that if it were given a voice it would shatter the eardrums of every human on earth.

It is a demand for Truth.

It is the absolute demand for absolute Truth. …

It is the absolute demand for absolute goodness.

When Buddha began his search for enlightenment (Nirvana), he wanted to find the end to all suffering for everyone including disease, old age, and death. It was as if he felt “NO MORE so loud, that if it were given voice it would shatter the eardrums of every human on earth.”

With that in mind, please  contemplate this Biblical story from Matthew, Chapter 20:

Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him.

“What is it you want?” he asked.

She said, “Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.”

“You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said to them. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?”

“We can,” they answered.

Jesus said to them, “You will indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father.”

When the ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers. Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave—just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

What clarity comes to you? What has this clarity got to do with you?

In me salvation’s means and end are one.

Most people feel that those who have awakened fully, those like Buddha and Jesus, have made a great contribution to the salvation of the world. However, most people do not see their own steps toward Nirvana as having the same impact as the steps that Buddha or Jesus took.

Please contemplate today’s workbook lesson as you consider this question:

Is your contribution to the world’s salvation any less than that of Buddha or Jesus?
Is there anything different about your decision to awaken and theirs?

Also, continue to look carefully at the judgments that arise today. Inquire into them, look to your heart to discover your true desire, and then let the judgments go in light of your true desire.

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