12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle...
16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength...
20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
2 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
Swami Sri Yukteswar teaches regarding the disciples journey to Mastery: "SUTRA 8 He progresses in godliness, hears the Holy Aum sound [in which I believe is hidden the Name of God AM] and becomes a Siddha, divine personage- ...A disciple... becomes able to conceive the different objects of creation in his heart; [or within his Heart chakra] and... he gradually advances through the states of meditation; and... ultimately... he perceives the particular sound,... the holy Word, [or Sound which flows from the Presence of God] at that time... The Ego or son of man becomes merged or baptized in the stream thereof, and the disciple becomes... an adept, a divine personage. SUTRA 9 Then he perceives the manifestation of Spirit, and passes through the seven Patala Lokas (or centers in the spine), beholding the seven rishis [or Gods of the seven Planes.] -In the state of baptism (...absorption of the Ego [or lower self] in the holy Sound) man... withdraws his self from the external world of gross matters... and enters into the internal one of fine matter... There he perceives the manifestations of Spirit, the true Light, like seven stars... which are compared to seven golden candlesticks. These stars being the manifestation of true Light, the Spirit, are called angels or rishis which appear one after another in the right hand of the son of man; that is, in his right way to Divinity. The seven golden candlesticks are the seven shining places [or chakras] in the body... where the Spirit becomes manifested. Through these seven centers or churches, the Ego or son of man passes toward the Divinity. See Revelation 1:12,13,16,20 & 2:1 The son of man, gradually passing through the seven places mentioned, acquires the knowledge thereof; and when he completes the journey through the whole of these regions [or Planes] he understands the true nature of the universe.. He enters into... the source of all matters, fine and gross. There he perceives the luminous... form around his Heart Atom, the throne of Spirit the Creator... seven different colors as in rainbows... Hence the aforesaid... form with its... seven parts thereof, has been described as a sealed casket of knowledge, a book with seven seals. See Revelation 4:3 & 5:1... ('The Holy Science' by Sri Yukteswar p90-92)
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