“Introduction” to the Longing for Liberation | Steve Beckow

By Steve Beckow, January 7, 2023

(Golden Age of Gaia)

Today we release the booklet, The Longing for Liberation. It’s on the sub-tidal thirst we have that can only be satisfied by God. A built-in feature of life, all things long for the One.

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Introduction



In a recent article, Joe Martino, whom I very much admire, asked:

“What I see happening here is a shift that seems to show up as a seed planted somewhere in our being. Perhaps it is the seeds planted by prior experiments or perhaps it’s an evolutionary pressure within our consciousness to continually evolve, maybe both!

“Either way, something is driving our curiosity to continue to ask questions in this realm, and for the scientists stepping outside of the incentive structure of our current scientific landscape, they are venturing into fascinating territory.” (1)

Indeed there is something driving us, “an evolutionary pressure within our consciousness to continually evolve.” Very well put.

Shankara called it “the longing for liberation” as we shall see, and this whole book is about it.

Longing is different from bliss, which carries us upwards.

It’s different from love, considered narrowly (considered widely, all divine states, I think, are variations on love), which carries us outwards.

Longing adds to a base of love a degree of yearning for something deemed to be absent. It seems to invite us inwards.

We believe God to be absent and so we hunger for the One.

The stronger our hunger is, the more it has us forget whatever it is we’re about in life at that moment. Nothing can withstand this yearning when it grows very strong.

Finally at the end, as Sri Ramakrishna reminds us, we’re rewarded by an experience of God, tailored to our desires and culture:

“He who from the depth of his soul seeks to know God will certainly realize Him. He must. He alone who is restless for God and seeks nothing but Him will certainly realize Him.” (2)

“After the dawn out comes the sun. Longing is followed by the vision of God.” (3)

But wait! Lightworkers have to temper this knowledge with the proviso that this lifetime is not about a simple seeking of God. We’re all angels so no one will lose out on anything, post-assignment.

But until our work is done, we’re asked to forego the higher levels of enlightenment, which are ours again after our task is finished. Otherwise we won’t be interested in continuing our lightwork.

That having been said, it doesn’t stop us from feeling the longing. We couldn’t stop it if we tried. I’ve called the longing a “design feature of life.” Sanat Kumara called it our “internal compass,” “an innate part of you.” (4)

“Every being, regardless of how far you think they have strayed or wandered still has that innate desire, that yearning, for liberation, for reunification.” (5)

So now let’s listen to what Earth’s terrestrial sages as well as galactics and celestials describe to us as this innate feature of our lives – this constant yearning for God, which nothing can satisfy except the taste of God’s love and reunion with the One.

Footnotes Follow

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Footnotes

(1) Joe Martino, “A New Worldview Is Emerging That Can Change Our Perspective On Reality,” n.d., Collective Evolution, at https://www.collective-evolution.com/2022/09/20/a-new-worldview-is-emerging-that-can-change-our-perspective-on-reality/

(2) Swami Nikhilananda, trans., The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. New York: Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center, 1978; c1942, 777.

(3) Ibid., 83.

(4) “Sanat on the Longing for Liberation,” Jan. 3, 2022, at https://goldenageofgaia.com/2022/10/28/339460/

(5) Loc. cit.