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In the Mithraic cult of the Middle East, the sun was united with the Earth, fertilizing it. We call Mithraism a religion of sun worship, but the hidden God behind it was the real object of worship. Yet the final end of all the solar activity--fertilization--was not forgotten. Spirt and Matter became one, daily life of the human being became his spiritual life. Then only did the results of this fertilization--the living crops--appear. Zen sahaja, natural samadhi--this is what they mean.

-- Notebooks Category 17: The Religious Urge > Chapter 5 : Comments On Specific Religions > # 1