On the Problem of Redemption

Recording Location
Lone Pine, Calif.
Recording Date
30 November 1969
Recording Information

Franklin Merrell-Wolff develops a conception of “redemption” that transcends the traditional view that one is redeemed by attaining either a heavenly world or nirvanic consciousness. He points out that since the heavenly and hellish worlds experienced after death are still within the phenomenal order and that since the Realization of Nirvana may be a locked-in state, they are both less than full redemption. He then defines full redemption as the Realization of a state of consciousness bridging the point of discontinuity between the sangsaric and the nirvanic states of consciousness, one that allows the nirvanic value to flow into the sangsaric field. Wolff asserts that our moral and spiritual problems can only be solved by those willing and able to make of themselves a streambed whereby the transforming force of nirvanic values can flow to the human whole and bring redemption to Sangsara itself. Wolff then closes this discourse by presenting some thoughts on the meaning of Akasha and the nature of apparent real space and time.

Transcript
Recording Duration
45 min
Sort Order
62.00