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Ishvara is usually personified as one aspect of this Trinity. Various Hindu sects identify Ishvara with the highest figure in their pantheon—whether it be Brahma, Vishnu or Shiva. As described by the Hindu sage Ramanuja, “Ishvara ... has an infinite number of supreme and auspicious qualities.... He has a most perfect body, which is eternal and immutable. He is radiant, full of beauty, youth, and strength. He is omnipresent; he is ... the inner ruler of all.”<ref>Klaus K. Klostermaier, ''A Survey of Hinduism'' (Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 1989), p. 377.</ref> You can think of Ishvara as being one with the great [[Atman]], the Presence of God that is part of and in your [[threefold flame]].  

During a dictation in 1977, Ishvara appeared on inner levels in a magnificent crystal filigree spiral of light as the representative of the hidden man of the heart, the [[Holy Christ Self]]. In that [[dictation]], Ishvara said:

<blockquote>I am the one, Ishvara.... I am in the light of the Holy of holies, in the within of the flame and in the [[secret chamber of the heart|secret chamber]] of the within. Come and find me in the center of the one that is thy life. Come and seek me to know my name and thus know the inner key to the release of that energy that will only give to thee life and life everlasting.<ref>Ishvara, “The Quivering of a Cosmos,” September 4, 1977.</ref></blockquote>

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I am Ishvara. I speak on behalf of the Hindu Trinity. I may be to you in one moment Father, then Son, then [[Holy Spirit]] as defined by Shiva. This threefold flame that you acknowledge in your heart I portray to you as divine incarnation of the Trinity so that when you would look at the three plumes you would see Brahma in the blue, Vishnu in the yellow, Shiva in the pink.

Thus you begin to converse not merely with plumes that are flames dancing but with the Trinity of God within your heart. This is the meaning of the [[Atman]]. This is the meaning of the face of the Mother in the white sphere that supports the Trinity.

And so, wherever you call me, wherever I am, whenever you need me, I am Ishvara. And I provide for you an understanding of the Godhead that is the personality of God rather than the simple Spirit of God that is often conceived in the West as a vapor—vaporous and something that cannot be touched or worshiped, perhaps imbibed and perhaps even loved.

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