The Only Way

The statement that Christ is the Only Way, is not contradictory to the statement that Muhammad is the Last Prophet, that the Noble Eightfold Path is the only Path to Nibbana, that the Fullest Avatar is Krishna. Such statements of exclusivity are not statements of empirical fact. Such statements of exclusivity are statements of intention, attitude, and energy: they are meant to focus one’s intention on God and Truth, to direct one’s attitude towards surrender of self, to intensify one’s energy in sadhana. Such statements are statements of Spiritual Warfare, not statements of merely intellectual and philosophical curiosity. Let all such statements increase the intensity of your own sadhana.

Four Levels of Sadhana

There are, as seen before, four levels of interpreting sacred texts:

The first level is the literal, or physical, level.

The second level is the psycho-energetic level.

The third level is the noetic, or soul, level.

The fourth is the solar level.

Associated with each level of interpretation, is a level of sadhana (or "practice"):

Physical sadhana (ritual, hatha yoga, selfless service, e.g.)

Mental sadhana (discrimination, breath-awareness, radiating compassion, e.g.)

Noetic sadhana (inquiring into the location of "I", contemplation of "I am", e.g.)

Solar sadhana (living under the assumption, or realization, that all this is God, e.g.)

Sacred scripture can be interpreted on many levels. Sacred scripture also can act as a guide to sadhana.

The four levels of interpretation and the four levels of sadhana correspond to the four basic 'elements' of psycho-spirituality: (1) matter and energy; (2) mental factors (feelings, thoughts, intentions); (3) the center of awareness; (4) the Divine (Nirvana; Ain Sof; Parasiva; Allah).