The Holy Koran of
The Moorish Science Temple of America
DIVINELY PREPARED BY THE NOBLE PROPHET
DREW ALI
By the guiding
of his father God, Allah; the great God of the universe. To
redeem man from his sinful and fallen stage of humanity back to
the highest plane of life with his father God, Allah.
Table of Contents
NOBLE DREW ALI
THE PROPHET AND FOUNDER OF THE
MOORISH SCIENCE TEMPLE OF AMERICA, TO REDEEM THE PEOPLE FROM
THEIR SINFUL WAYS.
The Creation and Fall of Man
Education of Mary and Elizabeth
in Zoan, Egypt
Elihu's Lessons--The Unity of
Life
Death and Burial of
Elizabeth--Matheno's lessons--The ministry of Death
After the Feast--The Homeward
Journey--The Missing Jesus--The Search For Him--His Parents Find
Him in the Temple--He Goes With Them to Nazareth--Symbolic
Meaning of Carpenter's Tools
Life and Works of Jesus in India
Among the Moslems
The Friendship of Jesus and
Lamass--Jesus Explains the Meaning of Truth
Jesus Reveals to the People of
Their Sinful Ways
Jesus Attends a Feast in Behar
and Here He Taught Human Equality
Jesus Spake on the Unity Of Allah
and Man to the Hindus
Jesus and Barata--Together They
Read the Sacred Books
Jesus Teaches the Common People
at a Spring--Tells How to Obtain Eternal Happiness
Life and Works Of Jesus in Egypt
Among the Gentiles
The Ministry of John the
Harbinger
John, the Harbinger, Returns to
Hebron, Lives as a Hermit in the Wilds, Visits Jerusalem and
Speaks to the People
Divine Ministry of Jesus--Jesus
Goes to the Wilderness for Self Examination, Where He Remains
for Forty Days. Is Subjected to Three Temptations--He Overcomes.
Returns to the Camps of John and Begins Teaching
Pilate's Final Effort to Release
Jesus Fails--He Washes His Hands in Feigned Innocence--Delivers
Jesus to the Jews for Execution--The Jewish Soldiers Drive Him
to Calvary
Jesus Appears, Fully
Materialized, Before Apollo and the Silent Brotherhood in
Greece--Appears to Claudia and Juliet on the Tiber Near
Rome--Appears to the Egyptian Temple at Heliopolis
The Resurection of Jesus--Pilate
Places the Seal Upon the Stone Door of the Tomb--At Midnight a
Company of Silent Brothers March About the Tomb--The Soldiers
Are Alarmed--Jesus Preaches to the Spirits in Prison--Early
Sunday Morning He Rises From the Tomb--The Soldiers Are Bribed
By the Priests to Say That the Disciples Had Stolen the Body
Jesus Appears, Fully Materialised,
to the Eastern Sages In the Palace of Prince Ravanna in
India--To the Magian Priests In Persia--The Three Wise Men Speak
In Praise of the Personality of the Nazarene
Epilogue for Chapters
II-XIX
HOLY INSTRUCTIONS AND WARNINGS
FOR ALL YOUNG MEN
MARRIAGE INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAN AND
WIFE FROM THE NOBLE PROPHET
DUTY OF A HUSBAND
HOLY INSTRUCTIONS FOR THY
CHILDREN
THE OBEDIENCE OF CHILDREN TOWARDS
THEIR FATHER
A HOLY COVENANT OF THE ASIATIC
NATION
HOLY INSTRUCTIONS OF UNITY
THE HOLY UNITY OF THE RICH AND
POOR
HOLY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
MASTER AND SERVANT
MAGISTRATE AND SUBJECT
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
THE SOCIAL DUTIES
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
JUSTICE
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
CHARITY
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
GRATITUDE
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
SINCERITY
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
RELIGION
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
KNOW THYSELF
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
THE BREATH OF HEAVEN
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
THE SOUL OF MAN
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
PINNACLE OF WISDOM
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
THE INSTABILITY OF MAN
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
INCONSTANCY
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
WEAKNESS
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
THE INSUFFICIENCY OF KNOWLEDGE
HOLEY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE
PROPHET
MISERY
THE DIVINE ORIGIN OF THE ASIATIC
NATIONS
THE BEGINNING OF CHRISTIANITY
EGYPT, THE CAPITAL EMPIRE OF THE
DOMINION OF AFRICA
THE END OF TIME AND THE
FULFILLING OF THE PROPHESIES
The genealogy of Jesus with
eighteen years of the events, life works and teachings in India,
Europe and Africa. These events occured before He was thirty
years of age. These secret lessons are for all of those who love
Jesus and desire to know about his life works and teachings.
Dear readers, do not falsely use
these lessons. They are for good, peace and happiness for all
those that love Jesus.
Dear mothers, teach these lessons
to your little ones, that they may learn to love instead of
hate.
Dear fathers, by these lessons
you can set your house in order and your children will learn to
love instead of hate.
The lessons of this pamphlet are
not for sale, but for the sake of humanity, as I am a prophet
and the servant is worthy of his hire, you can recieve this
pamphlet at expense. The reason these lessons have not been
known is because the Moslems of India, Egypt and Palestine had
these secrets and kept them back from the outside world, and
when the time appointed by Allah they loosened the keys and
freed the secrets, and for the first time in ages have these
secrets been delivered in the hands of the Moslems of America.
All authority and rights of publishing of this pamphlet of 1927.
By the Prophet
NOBLE DREW ALI
The industrious acts of the
Moslems of the northwest and southwest Africa. These are the
Moabites, Hamathites, Canaanites, who were driven out of the
land of Canaan, by Joshua, and recieved permission from the
Pharoahs of Egypt to settle in that portion of Egypt. In later
years they formed themselves kingdoms. These kingdoms are called
this day Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli, etc.
The Creation And Fall Of Man
"Time never was when man was
not." If life of man at any time began, a time would come when
it would end. "The thoughts of Allah cannot be circumscribed. No
finite mind can comprehend things infinite. All finite things
are subject unto change. All finite things will cease to be
because there was a time when they were not." The bodies and the
souls of men are finite things, and they will change, yea, from
the finite point of view the time will come when they will be no
more. "But man himself is not the body, nor the soul; he is a
spirit and a part of Allah." Creative Fate gave to man, to
spirit-man, a soul that he might function on the plane of soul;
gave him a body of the flesh, that he might function on the
plane of things made manifest. Why did creative Fate give to
spirit-man a soul that he might function on the plane of soul?
Why did creative Fate give to soul a body of the flesh that he
might function on the plane of things that are made manifest?
["Hear, now, ye worlds,
dominions, powers and thrones!]
Hear, mow, ye cherubim, ye
seraphim, ye angels and ye men!
"Hear, now, oh protoplast, and
earth, and plant and beast!
"Hear, now, ye creeping things of
earth, ye fish that swim, ye birds that fly!
"Hear, now, ye winds that blow,
ye thunders and ye lightnings of the sky!
"Hear, now, ye spirits of the
fire, of water, earth, and air!
"Hear, now, oh everything that
is, or was, or evermore will be, for Wisdom speaks from out of
the highest plane of spirit life:
"Man is a thought of Allah; all
thoughts of Allah are infinite; they are not measured up by
time, for things that are concerned with time, begin and end.
"The thoughts of Allah are the
everlasting of the past unto the never ending days to come. And
so is man, the spirit-man.
"But man like every other thought
of Allah, was but a seed, a seed that held within itself the
potencies of Allah, just as the seed of any plant of earth holds
deep within itself the attributes of every part of that especial
plant.
"So spirit-man, as seed of Allah
held deep within himself the attributes of every part of God.
"Now, seed are perfect, yea, as
perfect as the source from which they come; but they are not
unfolded into life made manifest. The child is as perfect as the
mother is. So man, the seed, must be deep planted in a soil that
he might grow, unfold, as does the bud unfold to show the
flower. The human seed that came forth from the heart of Allah
was full ordained to be the Lord of plane of soul, and of the
plane of things made manifest. So Allah, the husbandman of every
thing that is, threw forth this human seed into the soil of
soul; it grew apace, and man became a living soul; and he became
the Lord of all the kingdom of the soul. Hark, now, let every
creature hear, the plane of soul is but the ether of the spirit
plane vibrating not so fast, and in the slower rhythm of this
plane the essences of life are manifest; the perfumes and the
odors, the true sensations and the all of love are manifest.
"And these soul attributes become
a body beautiful. A multitude of lessons man must learn upon the
plane of soul; and here he tarries many ages until his lessons
are all learned. Upon the boundary of the plane of soul, the
ether began to vibrate slower still and then the essences took
on a final garb; the perfumes and the odors and the true
sensations and the all of love were clothed in flesh; and man
was clothed in flesh. Perfected man must pass through all the
ways of life, and so a carnal nature was full manifest, a nature
that sprang forth from fleshly things. Without a foe a soldier
never knows his strength, and thought must be developed by the
exercise of strength. And so this carnal nature soon became a
foe that man must fight, that he might be the strength of Allah
made manifest. Let every living thing stand still and hear! Man
is the Lord of all the plane of manifest, of protoplast, of
mineral, of plant, of beast, but he gave up his birthrights,
just to gratify his lower self. But man will regain his lost
estate, his heritage; but he must do it in a conflict that
cannot be told in words. Yea, he must suffer trials and
temptations manifold; but let him know that cherubim and
seraphim that rule the stations of the sun and spirit of the
mighty Allah who rule the solar stars are his protectors and his
guide, and they will lead to victory. Man will be fully saved,
redeemed, perfected by the things he suffers on the plane of
flesh, and on the plane of soul. When man has conquered carnal
things his garb of flesh will then have served its purpose well
and it will fall; will be no more.
"Then he will stand untrammeled
on the plane of soul where he must full complete his victories.
Unnumbered foes will stand before man upon the plane of soul;
these he must overcome, yea, overcome them every one. Thus hope
will ever be his beacon light; there is no failure for the human
soul, for Allah is leading on and victory is sure.
"Man cannot die; the spirit-man
is one with Allah, and while Allah lives man cannot die. When
man has conquered every foe upon the plane of soul the seed will
have full opened out, will have unfolded in the Holy Breath. The
garb of soul will then have served its purpose well, and man
will need it never more, and it will pass and be no more and man
will then attain unto the blessedness of perfectness and be at
one with Allah."
Education of Mary and Elizabeth
in Zoan, Egypt
1. The son of Herod, Archelaus,
reigned in Jerusalem. He was a selfish, cruel king; he put to
death all those who did not honor him.
2. He called in council all the
wisest men and asked about the infant claimant to his throne.
3. The council said that John and
Jesus both were dead; then he was satisfied.
4. Now Joseph, Mary and their son
were down in Egypt in Zoan, and John was with his mother in the
Judean Hills.
5. Elihu and Salome sent
messengers in haste to find Elizabeth and John. They found them,
they brought them to Zoan.
6. Now Mary and Elizabeth were
marveling much because of their deliverance.
7. Elihu said, "It is not
strange; there are no happenings; law governs all events.
8. From olden times it was
ordained that you should be with us and in this sacred school be
taught."
9. Elihu and Salome took Mary and
Elizabeth out to the sacred grove nearby where they were wont to
teach.
10. Elihu said to Mary and
Elizabeth: "You may esteem yourself thrice blessed, for you are
chosen mothers of long promised sons.
11. Who are ordained to lay a
solid rock a sure foundation stone on which the temple of the
perfect man shall rest--a temple that shall never be destroyed.
12. We measure time by cycle
ages, and the gate to every age we deem a mile stone in the
journey of the race.
13. An age has passed; the gate
unto another age flies open at the touch of time. This is the
preparation age of soul, the kingdom of Immanuel, of Allah in
man.
14. And these, your sons, will be
the first to tell the news, and teach the gospel of good will to
men, and peace on earth.
15. A mighty work is theirs, for
carnal men want not the light; they love the dark, and when the
light shines in the dark they comprehend it not.
16. We call these sons Revealers
of the Light, but they must have the light before they can
reveal the light.
17. And you must teach your sons,
and set their souls on fire with love and holy zeal, and make
them conscious of their missions to the sons of men.
18. Teach them that Allah and man
are one, but that through carnal thoughts and words and deeds,
man tore himself away from Allah, debased himself.
19. Teach that the Holy Breath
would make them one again, restoring harmony and peace.
20. That naught can make them one
but Love; that Allah so loved the world that He has clothed His
son in flesh that man may comprehend.
21. The only Savior of the world
is love; and Jesus, son of Mary, comes to manifest that love to
men.
22. Now, love cannot manifest
until its way has been prepared, and naught can rend the rock
and bring down lofty hills and fill the valleys up, and thus
prepare the way, but purity.
23. But purity in life men do not
comprehend; and so, it, too, come in flesh.
24. And you, Elizabeth, are
blessed because yours is purity made flesh, and he shall pave
the way for love.
25. This age will comprehend but
little of the works of Purity and Love; but not a word is lost,
for in the Book of Allah's Remembrance a registry is made of
every thought and word and deed.
26. And when the world is ready
to receive, lo, Allah will send a messenger to open the book and
copy from its sacred pages all the messages of Purity and Love.
27. Then every man of earth will
read the words of life in language of his native land, and men
will see the light, walk in the light and be the light.
28. And man again will be at one
with Allah."
Elihu's Lessons - The Unity Of
Life
1. Again Elihu met his pupils in
the sacred grove and said:
2. "No man lives unto himself,
for every living thing is bound by cords to every other living
thing.
3. Blessed are the pure in heart;
for they will love and not demand love in return.
4. They will not do to other men
what they would not have other men do unto them.
5. There are two selves; the
higher and the lower self.
6. The higher self is human
spirit clothed with soul, made in the form of Allah.
7. The lower self, the carnal
self, the body of desires, is a reflection of higher self,
distorted by the murky ethers of the flesh.
8. The lower self is an illusion
and will pass away; the higher self is Allah in man, and will
not pass away.
9. The higher self is the
embodiment of truth, the lower self is truth reversed and so is
falsehood manifest.
10. The higher self is justice,
mercy, love and right; the lower self is what the higher self is
not.
11. The lower self breeds hatred,
slander, lewdness, murders, theft, and everything that harms,
the higher self is mother of the virtues and the harmonies of
life.
12. The lower self is rich in
promises, but poor in blessedness and peace; it offers pleasure,
joy and satisfying gain; but gives unrest, misery and death.
13. It gives men apples that are
lovely to the eye and pleasant to the smell; their cores are
full of bitterness and gall.
14. If you would ask me what to
study, I would say, yourselves; and when you well have studied
them; and then would ask me what to study next, I would reply,
yourselves.
15. He who knows well his lower
self, knows the illusions of the world, knows of the things that
pass away; and he who knows his higher self, know Allah; knows
well the things that cannot pass away.
16. Thrice blessed is the man who
has made purity and love his very own; he has been ransomed from
the perils of the lower self and is himself his higher self.
17. Men seek salvation from an
evil that they deem a living monster of the nether world; and
they have gods that are but demons in disguise; all powerful,
yet full of jealousy and hate and lust;
18. Whose favors must be bought
with costly sacrifice of fruits, and of the lives of birds, and
animals, and human kind.
19. And yet these gods possess no
ears to hear, no eyes to see, no heart to sympathize, no power
to save.
20. This evil is a myth; these
gods are made of air, clothed with shadows of a thought.
21. The only devil from which men
must be redeemed is self, the lower self. If man would find his
devil he must look within; his name is self.
22. If man would find his savior
he must look within; and when the demon self has been dethroned
the savior, Love, will be exulted to the throne of power.
23. The David of the light is
Purity, who slays the strong Goliath of the dark, and seats the
savior, Love, upon the throne."
Death and Burial of
Elizabeth--Matheno's Lessons --The Ministry of Death
1. When John was twelve years old
his mother died, and neighbors laid her body in a tomb among her
kindred in the Hebron burying ground, and near to Zacharias'
tomb.
2. And John was deeply grieved;
he wept. Matheno said: "It is not well to weep because of death.
3. Death is no enemy of man; it
is a friend who, when the work of life is done, just cuts the
cord that binds the human boat to earth, that it may sail on
smoother seas.
4. No language can describe a
mother's worth, and yours was tried and true. But she was not
called hence until her tasks were done.
5. The calls of death are always
for the best, for we are solving problems there as well as here;
and one is sure to find himself where he can solve his problems
best.
6. It is but selfishness that
makes one wish to call again to earth departed souls.
7. Then let your mother rest in
peace. Just let her noble life be strength and inspiration unto
you.
8. A crisis in your life has
come, and you must have a clear conception of the work that you
are called to do.
9. The sages of the ages call you
harbinger. The Prophets look to you and say: "He is Elijah come
again."
10. Your mission here is that of
harbinger; for you will go before the Messiah's face to pave His
way, and make the people ready to receive their King.
11. This readiness is purity of
heart; none but the pure in heart can recognize the king.
12. To teach men to be pure in
heart, you must yourself be pure in heart and word and deed.
13. In infancy the vow for you
was made and you became a Nazarite. The razor shall not touch
your face nor head, and you shall taste not wine nor fiery
drinks.
14. Men need a pattern for their
lives; they love to follow, not to lead.
15. The man who stands upon the
corners of the paths and points the way, but does not go, is
just a pointer; and a block of wood can do the same.
16. The teacher treads the way;
on every span of ground he leaves his footprints, clearly cut,
which all can see and be assured that he, their master went that
way.
17. Men comprehend the inner life
by what they see and do. They come to Allah through ceremonies
and forms.
18. And so when you would make
men know that sins are washed away by purity in life, a rite
symbolic may be introduced.
19. In water wash the bodies of
the people who would turn away from sin and strive for purity in
life.
20. This rite of cleansing is a
preparation rite and they who thus are cleansed comprise the
temple of purity.
21. And you shall say, You men of
Israel, hear; reform and wash; become the sons of purity, and
you shall be forgiven.
22. This rite of cleansing and
this temple are but symbolic of the cleansing of the soul, which
does not come from outward show, but is the temple within.
23. Now, you may never point the
way and tell the multitudes to do what you have never done; but
you must go before and show the way.
24. You are to teach that men
must wash; so you must lead the way, your body must be washed,
symbolic of the cleansing of the soul."
25. John said, "Why need I wait?
May I not go at once and wash?"
26. Matheno said: "Tis well", and
then they went down to the Jordan ford, and east of Jericho,
just where the host of Israel crossed when first they entered
Canaan, they tarried for a time.
27. Matheno taught the harbinger,
and he explained to him the inner meaning of the cleansing rite
and how to wash himself and how to wash the multitude.
28. And in the river Jordan, John
was washed; then they returned unto the wilderness.
29. Now in Engedi's hills
Matheno's work was done and he and John went down to Egypt. They
rested not until they reached the temple of Sakara in the valley
of the Nile.
30. For many years, Matheno was a
master in this temple of the Brotherhood, and when he told about
the life of John and of his mission to the sons of men, the
hierophant with joy received the harbinger and he was called the
Brother Nazarite.
31. For eighteen years John lived
and wrought within these temple gates; and here he conquered
self, became a master mind and learned the duties of the
harbinger.
After the feast--The Homeward
Journey--The Missing Jesus--The Search For Him. His Parents Find
Him In the Temple--He Goes With Them To Nazareth--Symbolic
Meaning of Carpenter's Tools.
1. The great Feast of the Pasch
was ended and the Nazarenes were journeying toward their homes.
2. And they were in Samaria, and
Mary said: "Where is my son?" No one had seen the boy.
3. And Joseph sought among their
kindred who were on their way to Galilee; but they had seen him
not.
4. Then Joseph, Mary, and a son
of Zebedee returned and sought through all Jerusalem, but they
could find him not.
5. And Mary asked the guards had
they seen Jesus, a little boy about twelve years old.
6. The guards replied: "Yes, he
is in the temple now disputing with the doctors of the law."
7. And they went in, and found
him as the guards had said.
8. And Mary said: "Why, Jesus,
why do you treat your parents thus? Lo, we have sought two days
for you. We feared that some great harm had overtaken you."
9. And Jesus said, "Do you not
know that I must be about my Father's work?"
10. But He went round and pressed
the hand of every doctor of the law and said: "I trust that we
meet again."
11. And then he went forth with
his parents on their way to Nazareth; and when they reached
their home He wrought with Joseph as a carpenter.
12. One day as He was bringing
forth the tools for work he said:
13. "These tools remind me of the
ones we handle in the workshop of the mind where things were
made of thought and where we build up character.
14. We use the square to measure
all our lines, to straighten out the crooked places of the way,
and make the corners of our conduct square.
15. We use the compass to draw
circles around our passions and desires to keep them in the
bounds of righteousness.
16. We use the axe to cut away
the knotty, useless and ungainly parts and make the character
symmetrical.
17. We use the hammer to drive
home the truth, and pound it in until it is a part of every
part.
18. We use the plane to smooth
the rough, uneven surfaces of joint, and block, and board that
go to build the temple for the truth.
19. The chisel, line, the plummet
and the saw all have their uses in the workshop of the mind.
20. And then this ladder with its
trinity of steps, faith, hope and love; on it we climb up to the
dome of purity in life.
21. And on the twelve step
ladder, we ascend until we reach the pinnacle of that which life
is spent to build the Temple of Perfected Man."
Life and Works of Jesus in India
Among the Moslems
1. A royal prince of India,
Ravanna in the South, was at the Jewish Feast.
2. Ravanna was a man of wealth,
and he was just, and with a band of Brahmic priests sought
wisdom in the west.
3. When Jesus stood among the
Jewish priests and read and spoke, Ravanna heard and was amazed.
4. And when he asked who Jesus
was, from whence He came and what He was, Chief Hillel said:
5. "We call this child the Day
Star from on high, for He has come to bring to men a light, the
light of life; to lighten up the way of men and to redeem His
people of Israel."
6. And Hillel told Ravanna all
about the child; about the prophecies concerning Him; about the
wonders of the night when He was born; about the visit of the
Magian priests.
7. About the way in which He was
protected from the wrath of evil men; about His flight to
Egyptland, and how He then was serving with His father as a
carpenter in Nazareth.
8. Ravanna was entranced, and
asked to know the way to Nazareth, that he might go and honor
such a one as son of Allah.
9. And with his gorgeous train he
journeyed and came to Nazareth of Galilee.
10. He found the object of his
search engaged in building dwellings for the sons of men.
11. And when he first saw Jesus
He was climbing up a twelve step ladder, and He carried in His
hands a compass, square and axe.
12. Ravanna said: "All hail, most
favored son of Heaven!"
13. And at the inn Ravanna made a
feast for all the people of the town; and Jesus and His parents
were honored guests.
14. For certain days Ravanna was
a guest in Joseph's home on Marmion Way; he sought to learn the
secret of the wisdom of the son; but it was all to great for
him.
15. And then he asked that he
might be the patron of the child, might take Him to the east,
where He could learn the wisdom of the Brahms.
16. And Jesus longed to go, that
He might learn; and after many days His parents gave consent.
17. Then, with proud heart,
Ravanna with his train, began the journey towards the rising
sun; and after many days they crossed the sand, and reached the
province of Orissa, and the palace of the prince.
18. The Brahmic priests were glad
to welcome home the prince; with favor they received the Jewish
boy.
19. And Jesus was accepted as a
pupil in the Temple Jagannath; and here He learned the Vedas and
the Manic law.
20. The Brahmic Masters wondered
at the clear conceptions of the Child, and often were amazed
when He explained to them the meaning of the law.
The Friendship of Jesus and
Lamaas--Jesus Explains to Lamaas the Meaning of Truth
1. Among the priests of Jagannath
was one who loved the Jewish boy. Lamaas Bramas was the name by
which the priest was known.
2. One day as Jesus and Lamaas
walked alone in Plaza Jagannath, Lamaas said: "My Jewish master,
what is truth?"
3. And Jesus said: "Truth is the
only thing that changes not.
4. In all the world there are two
things; The one is truth; the other is falsehood, and falsehood
that which seems to be.
5. Now truth is aught and has no
cause, and yet it is the cause of everything.
6. Falsehood is naught, and yet
it is the manifest of right.
7. Whatever has been made will be
unmade; that which begins must end.
8. All things that can be seen by
human eyes are manifests of aught, are naught, and so must pass
away.
9. The things we see are but
reflexes just appearing, while the ethers vibrate so and so, and
when conditions change they disappear.
10. The Holy Breath is truth; is
that which was, and is, and evermore shall be; it cannot change
nor pass away."
11. Lamaas said: "You answer
well, now what is man?"
12. And Jesus said, "Man is the
truth and falsehood strangely mixed.
13. Man is the Breath made flesh;
so truth and falsehood are conjoined in him; and they strive,
and naught goes down and man as truth abides."
14. Again Lamaas asked: "What do
you say of power?"
15. And Jesus said: "It is a
manifest; is the result of force; it is but naught; it is
illusion, nothing more. Force changes not, but power changes as
the ethers change.
16. "Force is the will of Allah
and is omnipotent, and power is that will in manifest, directed
by the Breath."
17. "There is power in the winds,
a power in the waves, a power in the lightning's stroke, a power
in the human arm, a power in the eye."
18. "The ethers cause these
powers to be, and thought of Elohim, of angel, man, or other
thinking things, directs the force; when it has done its work
the power is no more."
19. Again Lamaas asked: "Of
understanding, what have you to say?"
20. And Jesus said: "It is the
rock on which man builds himself; it is the Gnosis of the aught
and of the naught, of falsehood and of truth."
21. "It is the knowledge of the
lower self; the sensing of the powers of man himself."
22. Again Lamaas asked: "Of
wisdom what have you to say?"
23. And Jesus said: "It is the
consciousness that man is aught; that Allah and man are one;
24. That naught is naught; that
power is but illusion; that heaven and earth and hell are not
above, around, below, but in; which in the light of aught
becomes the naught, and Allah is all."
25. Lamaas asked: "Pray, what is
faith?"
26. And Jesus said: "Faith is the
surety of the omnipotence of Allah and man; the certainty that
man will reach the deific life.
27. Salvation is a ladder
reaching from the heart of man to heart of Allah.
28. It has three steps; Belief is
first, and this is what man thinks, perhaps, is truth.
29. And faith is next, and this
is what man knows is truth.
30. Fruition is the last, and
this is man himself, the truth.
31. Belief is lost in faith; and
in fruition is lost; and man is saved when he has reached deific
life; when he and Allah are one."
Jesus Reveals to the People of
Their Sinful Ways
1. In all the cities of Orissa
Jesus taught. At Katak, by the river side, He taught, and
thousands of the people followed him.
2 One day a car of Jagannath was
hauled along by scores of frenzied men, and Jesus said:
3. "Behold, a form without a
spirit passes by; a body with no soul; a temple with no altar
fires.
4. This car of Krishna is an
empty thing, for Krishna is not there.
5. This car is but an idol of a
people drunk on wine of carnal things.
6. Allah lives not in the noise
of tongues; there is no way to Him from any idol shrine.
7. Allah's meeting place with man
is in the heart, and in a still small voice he speaks; and he
who hears is still."
8. And all the people said:
"Teach us to know the Holy One who speaks within the heart,
Allah of the still small voice."
9. And Jesus said, "The Holy
Breath cannot be seen with mortal eyes; nor can men see the
spirits of the Holy One.
10. But in their image man was
made, and he who looks into the face of man, looks at the image
of the Allah who speaks within.
11. And when man honors man, he
honors Allah, and what man does for man he does for Allah.
12. And you must bear in mind
that when man harms in thought or word or deed another man, he
does a wrong to Allah.
13. If you would serve the Allah
who speaks within the heart, just serve your near of kin, and
those that are no kin, the stranger at your gates, the foe who
seeks to do you harm.
14. Assist the poor, and help the
weak; do harm to none, and covet not what is not yours.
15. Then, with your tongue the
Holy One will speak; and he will smile behind your tears, will
light your countenance with joy, and fill your hearts with
peace."
16. And then the people asked:
"To whom shall we bring gifts? Where shall we offer sacrifice?"
17. And Jesus said: "Our
Father--Allah asks not for needless waste of plant, of grain, of
dove, of lamb.
18. That which you burn on any
shrine you throw away. No blessings can attend the one who takes
the food from hungry mouths to be destroyed by fire.
19. When you would offer
sacrifice unto Allah, just take your gift of grain, or meat, and
lay it on the table of the poor.
20. From it an incense will arise
to heaven, which will return to you with blessedness.
21. Tear down your idols; they
can hear you not; turn all your sacrificial altars into fuel for
the flames.
22. Make human hearts your
altars, and burn your sacrifices with the fire of love."
23. And all the people were
entranced, and would have worshiped Jesus as a God; but Jesus
said:
24. "I am your brother man just
come to show the way to Allah; you shall not worship man; praise
Allah the Holy One."
Jesus attends a feast in Behar
and Here He Taught Human Equality.
1. The fame of Jesus as a teacher
spread through all the land, and people came from near and far
to hear His words of truth.
2. At Behar, on the sacred river
of the Brahms, he taught for many days.
3. And Ach, a wealthy man of
Behar, made a feast in honor of his guest, and he invited every
one to come.
4. And many came; among them
thieves, extortioners, and courtesans. And Jesus sat with them
and taught; but they who followed him were much aggrieved,
because He sat with thieves and courtesans.
5. And they upbraided Him; they
said: "Rabboni, master of the wise, this day will be an evil day
for you.
6. The news will spread that you
consort with courtesans and men will shun you as they shun an
asp."
7. And Jesus answered them and
said: "A master never screens himself for sake of reputation or
of fame.
8. These are but worthless
baubles of the day; they arise and sink, like empty bottles on a
stream; they are illusions and will pass away;
9. They are the indices to what
the thoughtless think; they are the noise that people make; and
shallow men judge merit by the noise.
10. Allah and all master men
judge men by what they are and not by what they seem to be; not
by their reputation and their fame.
11. These courtesans and thieves
are children of my Father Allah; their soul are just as precious
in His sight as yours, or of the Brahmic priests.
12. And they are working out the
same life sums that you have solved, you men who look at them
with scorn.
13. And some of them have solved
much harder sums than you have solved, you men who look at them
with scorn.
14. Yes, they are sinners, and
confess their guilt while you are guilty, but are shrewd enough
to have a polished coat to cover up your guilt.
15. Suppose you men who scorn the
courtesans, these drunkards and these thieves, who know that you
are pure in heart and life, that you are better far than they,
stand forth that men may know just who you are.
16. The sin lies in the wish, in
the desire, not in the act.
17. You covet other people's
wealth; you look at charming forms, and deep within your hearts
you lust for them.
18. Deceit you practice every
day, and wish for gold, for honor and for fame, just for your
selfish selves.
19. The man who covets is a
thief, and she who lusts is courtesan. You who are none of these
speak out."
20. Nobody spoke; the accusers
held their peace.
21. And Jesus said: "The proof
this day is all against those who have accused.
22. The pure in heart do not
accuse. The vile in heart who want to cover up their guilt with
holy smoke of piety are ever loathing drunkard, thief and
courtesans.
23. This loathing and this scorn
is mockery, for if the tinseled coat of reputation could be torn
away, the loud professor would be found to revel in his lust,
deceit and many forms of secret sin.
24. The man who spends his time
in pulling other people's weeds can have no time to pull his
own, and all the choicest flowers of life will soon be choked
and die, and nothing will remain but darnel, thistles and burs."
25. And Jesus spoke a parable; He
said: "Behold, a farmer had great fields of ripened grain, and
when he looked he saw that blades of many stalks of wheat were
bent and broken down.
26. And when he sent his reapers
forth he said 'We will not save the stalks of wheat that have
the broken blades.
27. Go forth and cut and burn the
stalks with broken blades.'
28. And after many days he went
to measure up his grain, but not a kernel could he find.
29. And then he called the
harvesters and said to them: 'Where is my grain?'
30. They answered him and said:
'We did according to your word; we gathered up and burned the
stalks with broken blades, and not a stalk was left to carry to
the barn.'
31. And Jesus said: "If Allah
saves only those who have no broken blades, who have been
perfected in His sight, who will be saved?"
32. And the accusers hung their
heads in shame; and Jesus went His way.
Jesus Spake on the Unity of
Allah and Man to the Hindus
1. Benares is the sacred city of
the Brahms, and in Benares Jesus taught; Udraka was His host.
2. Udraka made a feast in honour
of his guests, and many high born Hindu priests and scribes were
there.
3. And Jesus said to them, with
much delight "I speak to you concerning life--the brotherhood of
life.
4. The universal Allah is one,
yet He is more than one; all things are one.
5. By the sweet breath of Allah
all life is bound in one; so if you touch a fiber of a living
thing you send a thrill from the center to the outer bounds of
life.
6. And when you crush beneath
your foot the meanest worm, you shake the throne of Allah, and
cause the sword of life to tremble in its sheath.
7. The bird sings out its song
for men, and men vibrate in unison to help it sing.
8. The ant constructs her home,
the bee its sheltering comb, the spider weaves her web and
flowers breath to them a spirit in their sweet perfume that
gives them strength to toil.
9. Now, men and birds and beasts
and creeping things are deities, made flesh; and how dare men
kill anything?
10. It is cruelty that makes the
world awry, when men have learned that when they harm a living
thing, they harm themselves, they surely will not kill, nor
cause a thing that Allah has made to suffer pain."
11. A lawyer said: "I pray to
Jesus, tell who is this Allah you speak about; where are His
priests, His temples and His shrines?"
12. And Jesus said: "The Allah I
speak about is everywhere; He cannot be compassed with walls,
nor hedged about with bounds of any kind.
13. All people worship Allah, the
One; but all the people see Him not alike.
14. This universal Allah is
wisdom, will and love.
15. All men see not the Triune
Allah. One sees Him as Allah of might; another as Allah of
thought; another as Allah of love.
16. A man's ideal is his God, and
so, as man unfolds, his God unfolds. Man's God today, tomorrow
is not God.
17. The nations of the earth see
Allah from different points of view, and so He does not seem the
same to every one.
18. Man names the part of Allah
he sees, and this to him is all of Allah; and every nation sees
a part of Allah, and every nation has a name for Allah.
19. You Brahmans call Him
Parabrahm; in Egypt he is Thoth; and Zeus is His name in Greece,
Jehovah is His Hebrew name; but everywhere He is the causeless
cause, the rootless root from which all things have grown.
20. When men are afraid of Allah
and take Him for a foe, they dress up other men in fancy garbs
and call them priests.
21. And charge them to restrain
the wrath of Allah by prayers and when they fail to win His
favour by their prayers, to buy Him off with sacrifice of
animals or birds.
22. When man sees Allah as one
with him, as Father Allah, he needs no middle man, no priest to
intercede.
23. He goes straight up to Him
and says, 'My Father God, Allah!' and then he lays his hand in
Allah's own hand, and all is well.
24. And this is Allah. You are,
each one, a priest, just for yourself; and sacrifice of blood
Allah does not want.
25. Just give your life in
sacrificial service to all of life, and Allah is pleased."
26. When Jesus had thus said He
stood aside; the people were amazed, but strove among
themselves.
27. Some said: "He is inspired by
Holy Brahm" and others said: "He is insane"; and others said:
"He is obsessed; he speaks as devils speak."
28. But Jesus tarried not. Among
the guests was one, a tiller of the soil, a generous soul, a
seeker after truth, who loved the words that Jesus spoke, and
Jesus went with him and in his home abode.
Jesus and Barata--Together They
Read the Sacred Books.
1. Among the Buddhist priests was
one who saw a lofty wisdom in the words that Jesus spoke. It was
Barata Arabo.
2. Together Jesus and Barata read
the Jewish Psalms and prophets; read the Vedas, the Avesta and
the wisdom of Gautama.
3. And as they read and talked
about the possibilities of man, Barata said:
4. "Man is the marvel of the
universe. He is part of everything, for he has been a living
thing on every plane of life.
5. Time was when man was not; and
then he was bit of formless substance in the molds of time; and
then a protoplast.
6. By universal law, all things
tend upward to a state of perfectness. The protoplast evolved,
becoming worm, then reptile, bird and beast, and then at last it
reached the form of man.
7. Now, man himself is mind, and
mind is here to gain perfection by experience; and mind is often
manifest in fleshy form, and in the form best suited to its
growth. So mind may manifest as worm, or bird, or beast, or man.
8. The time will come when
everything of life will be evolved unto the state of perfect
man.
9. And after man is man in
perfectness, he will evolve to higher forms of life."
10. And Jesus said: "Barata
Arabo, who taught you this, that mind which is the man, may
manifest in flesh of beast, or bird, or creeping thing?"
11. Barata said: "From times
which man remembers not our priests have told us so, and so we
know."
12. And Jesus said: "Enlightened
Arabo, are you a master mind and do not know that man knows
naught by being told?
13. Man may believe what others
say, but thus he never knows. If man would know, he must,
himself be what he knows.
14. Do you remember, Arabo, when
you were ape, or bird, or worm?
15. Now, if you have no better
proving of your plea than that the priests have told you so, you
do not know; you simply guess.
16. Regard not, then, what any
man has said; let us forget the flesh, and go with mind into the
land of fleshless things; mind never does forget.
17. And backward through the ages
master minds can trace themselves; and thus they know.
18. Time never was when man was
not.
19. That which begins will have
an end. If man was not, the time will come when he will not
exist.
20. From Allah's own Record Book
we read: The Triune Allah breathed forth, and stood seven
spirits before His face. The Hebrews call these seven Spirits,
Elohim.
21. And these are they who, in
their boundless power, created everything that is, or was.
22. These Spirits of the Triune
Allah moved on the face of boundless space and seven others were
and every other had its form of life.
23. These forms of life were but
the thought of Allah, clothed in the substance of their ether
planes.
24. Men call these ether planes
the planes of protoplast, of earth, of plant, of beast, of man,
of angel and of cherubim.
25. These planes with all their
teeming thoughts of Allah, are never seen by eyes of man in
flesh; they are composed of substance far too fine for fleshy
eyes to see, and still they constitute the soul of things.
26. And with the eyes of soul all
creatures see these ether planes, and all forms of life.
27. Because all forms of life on
every plane are thoughts of Allah, all creatures think, and
every creature is possessed of will, and, in its measure, has
the power to choose.
28. And in their native planes
all creatures are supplied with nourishment from the ethers of
their planes.
29. And so it was with every
living thing until the will became a sluggish will, and then the
ethers of the protoplast, the earth, the plant, the beast, the
man, began to vibrate very slow.
30. The ethers all became more
dense, and all the creatures of these planes were clothed with
coarser garbs garbs of flesh, which men can see; and thus this
coarser manifest, which men call physical, appeared.
31. And this is what is called
the fall of man; but man fell not alone for protoplast, and
earth, and plant and beast were all included in the fall.
32. The angels and the cherubim
fell not; their wills were ever strong, and so they held the
ethers of their planes in harmony with Allah.
33. Now, when the ether reached
the rate of atmosphere, and all the creatures of these planes
must get their food from atmosphere, the conflict came; and that
which the finite man called, survival of the best, became the
law.
34. The stronger ate the bodies
of the weaker manifests; and here is where the carnal law of
evolution had its rise.
35. And now man, in his utter
shamelessness, strikes down and eats the beasts, the beast
consumes the plant, the plant thrives on the earth, the earth
absorbs the protoplast.
36. In yonder kingdom of the soul
this carnal evolution is not known, and the great work of master
minds is to restore the heritage of man, to bring him back to
his estate that he has lost, when he again will live upon the
ethers of his native plane.
37. The thoughts of Allah change
not; the manifests of life on every plane unfold into perfection
of their kind; and as the thought of Allah can never die, there
is no death to any being of the seven ethers of the seven
Spirits of the Triune Allah.
38. And so an earth is never
plant; a beast, or bird, or creeping thing is never man, and man
is not, and cannot be, a beast, or bird, or creeping thing.
39. The time will come when all
these seven manifests will be absorbed, and man and beast and
plant and earth and protoplast will be redeemed."
40. Barata was amazed; the wisdom
of the Jewish sage was a revelation unto him.
41. Now, Vidyapati, wisest of the
Indian sages, chief of temple Kapavistu, heard Barata speak to
Jesus of the origin of man, and heard the answer of the Hebrew
prophet, and he said:
42. "You priests of Kapavistu,
hear me speak; we stand to-day upon a crest of time. Six times
ago a master soul was born who gave a glorious light to man, and
now a master sage stands here in the temple Kapavistu.
43. The Hebrew prophet is the
rising star of wisdom, deified. He brings to us a knowledge of
the secrets things of Allah; and all the world will hear his
words, will heed his words, and glorify his name.
44. You priests of temple
Kapavistu, stay; be still and listen when he speaks; he is the
living Oracle of Allah."
45. And all the priests gave
thanks, and praised the Buddha of enlightenment.
Jesus Teaches the Common People
at a Spring--Tells Them How to Obtain Eternal Happiness.
1. In silent meditation Jesus sat
beside a flowing spring. It was a holy day, and many people of
the servant caste were near the place.
2. And Jesus saw the hard drawn
lines of toil on every brow, in every hand. There was no look of
joy in any face. Not one of all the group could think of
anything but toil.
3. And Jesus spoke to one and
said: "Why are you all so sad? Have you no happiness in life?"
4. The man replied: "We scarcely
know the meaning of that word. We toil to live, and hope for
nothing else but toil, and bless the day when we can cease our
toil and lay down and rest in Buddha's city of the dead."
5. And Jesus' heart was stirred
with pity and with love for these poor toilers, and he said:
6. "Toil should not make a person
sad; men should be happiest when they toil. When hope and love
are back of toil then all of life is filled with joy and peace
and this is heaven. Do you not know that such a heaven is for
you?"
7. The man replied: "Of heaven we
have heard; but then it is so far away, and we must live so many
lives before we can reach that place!"
8. And Jesus said: "My brother,
man, your thoughts are wrong; your heaven is not far away, and
it is not a place of metes and bounds, is not a country to be
reached; it is a state of mind!
9. Allah never made a heaven for
man; He never made a hell; we are creators and we make our own.
10. Now cease to seek for heaven
in the sky; just open up the windows of the hearts, and, like a
flood of light, a heaven will come and bring a boundless joy;
then toil will be no cruel task."
11. The people were amazed, and
gathered close to hear this strange young master speak,
12. Imploring him to tell them
more about the Father-God, Allah, about the heaven that men can
make on earth; about the boundless joy.
13. And Jesus spoke a parable; he
said: "A certain man possessed a field; the soil was hard and
poor.
14. By constant toil he scarcely
could provide enough of food to keep his family from want.
15. One day a miner who could see
beneath the soil, in passing on his way, saw this poor man and
his unfruitful field.
16. He called the weary toiler
and he said: 'My brother, know you not that just below the
surface of your barren field rich treasures lie concealed?
17. You plough and sow and reap
in a scanty way, and day by day you tread upon a mine of gold
and precious stones.
18. This wealth lies not upon the
surface of the ground; but if you will dig away the rocky soil,
and delve down deep into the earth, you need no longer till the
soil for naught.'
19. The man believed. 'The miner
surely knows,' 'And I will find the treasures hidden in my
field.'
20. And then he dug away the
rocky soil, and deep down in the earth he found a mine of gold."
21. And Jesus said: "The sons of
men are toiling hard on desert plains, and burning sands and
rocky soils, are doing what there fathers did, not dreaming they
can do aught else.
22. Behold a master comes, and
tells them of a hidden wealth; that underneath the rocky soil of
carnal things are treasures that no man can count.
23. That in the heart the richest
gems abound; that he who wills may open the door and find them
all."
24. And then the people said:
"Make known to us the way that we may find the wealth that lies
within the heart."
25. And Jesus opened up the way;
the toilers saw another side of life, and toil became a joy.
Life and Works of Jesus In Egypt
Among the Gentiles
1. Jesus with Elihu and Salome in
Egypt. Tells the story of his journeys. Elihu and Salome praise
Allah. Jesus goes to the temple in Heliopolis and is received as
a pupil.
2. And Jesus came to Egyptland
and all was well. He tarried not upon the coast; He went at once
to Zoan, home of Elihu and Salome, who five and twenty years
before had taught His mother in their sacred school.
3. And there was joy when met
these three. When last the son of Mary saw these sacred groves
he was a babe;
4. And now a man grown strong by
buffeting of every kind; a teacher who had stirred the
multitudes in many lands.
5. And Jesus told the aged
teachers all about His life; about his journeyings in foreign
lands; about the meetings with the masters and about His kind
receptions by the multitudes.
6. Elihu and Salome heard His
story with delight; they lifted up their eyes to heaven and
said: "Our Father-God Allah, let now Thy servants go in peace,
for we have seen the glory of Allah.
7. And we have talked with Him,
the messenger of love, and of the covenant of peace on earth,
good will to men.
8. Through Him shall all the
nations of the earth be blessed; through Him, Immanuel."
9. And Jesus stayed in Zoan many
days; and then went forth unto the city of the sun, that men
call Heliopolis, and sought admission to the temple of the
sacred brotherhood.
10. The council of the
brotherhood convened, and Jesus stood before the hierophant; He
answered all the questions that were asked with clearness and
with power.
11. The hierophant exclaimed:
"Rabboni of the rabbinate, why come you here? Your wisdom is the
wisdom of the gods; why seek for wisdom in the halls of men?"
12. And Jesus said: "In every way
of earth-life I would walk; in every hall of learning I would
sit; the heights that any man has gained, these I would gain.
13. What any man has suffered I
would meet, that I may know the griefs, the disappointments and
the sore temptations of my brother man; that I may know just how
to succor those in need.
14. I pray you brothers, let me
go into your dismal crypts; and I would pass the hardest of your
tests."
15. The master said: "Take then
the vow of secret brotherhood." And Jesus took the vow of secret
brotherhood.
16. Again the master spoke; he
said: "The greatest heights are gained by those who reach the
greatest depths; and you shall reach the greatest depths."
17. The guide then led the way
and in the fountain Jesus bathed; and when He had been clothed
in proper garb He stood again before the hierophant.
John, the Harbinger, Returns to
Hebron, Lives as a Hermit In the Wilds, Visits Jerusalem and
Speaks to the People.
1. It came to pass when John, the
son of Zacharias and Elizabeth, had finished all his studies in
the Egyptian schools he returned to Hebron, where he abode for
certain days.
2. And then he sought the
wilderness and made his home in David's cave, where many years
before he was instructed by the Egyptian sage.
3. Some people called him Hermit
of Engedi; and others said, "He is the wild man of the hills."
4. He clothed himself with skins
of beasts; his food was carobs, honey, nuts and fruits.
5. When John was thirty years of
age he went into Jerusalem, and in the market place he sat in
silence seven days.
6. The common people and the
priests, the scribes and Pharisees came out in multitudes to see
the silent hermit of the hills; but none were bold enough to ask
him who he was.
7. But when his silent past was
done he stood forth in the midst of all and said:
8."Behold the King has come; the
prophets told of Him; the wise men long have looked for Him.
9. Prepare, O Israel, prepare to
meet your King."
10. And that was all he said, and
then he disappeared, and no one knew where he had gone.
11. And there was great unrest
through all Jerusalem. The rulers heard the story of the hermit
of the hills.
12. And they sent couriers forth
to talk with him that they might know about the coming King; but
they could find him not.
13. And after certain days he
came again into the market place, and all the city came to hear
him speak. He said:
14. "Be not disturbed, you rulers
of the state; the coming King is no antagonist; he seeks no
place on any earthly throne."
[He comes the Prince of Peace,
the king of righteousness and love; his kingdom is with in the
soul.]
15. "The eyes of men shall see it
not and none can enter but the pure in heart."
16. "Prepare, O Israel, prepare
to meet your King."
17. Again, the hermit
disappeared; the people strove to follow him, but he had drawn a
veil about his form and men could see him not.
18. Jewish feast day came;
Jerusalem was filled with Jews and proselytes from every part of
Palestine, and John stood in the temple court and said:
19. "Prepare, O Israel, prepare
to meet your King."
20. "So, you have lived in sin;
the poor cry in your streets, and you regard them not.
21. Your neighbors, who are they?
You have defrauded friends and foes alike.
22. You worship Allah with voice
and lip; your hearts are far away, and set on gold.
23. Your priests have bound upon
the people burdens far to great to bear; they live in ease upon
the hard earned wages of the poor.
24. Your lawyers, doctors,
scribes are useless cumberers of the ground; they are but tumors
on the body of the state.
25. They toil not, neither do
they spin, yet they consume the profits of your marts of trade.
26. Your rulers are adulterers,
extortioners and thieves, regarding not the rights of any man.
27. And robbers ply their calling
in the sacred hills; the holy temple you have sold to thieves;
their dens are in the sacred places set apart for prayer.
28. Hear! hear! You people of
Jerusalem! Reform: turn from your evil ways or Allah will turn
from you, and heathen from afar will come, and what is left of
all your honor and your fame will pass in one short hour."
29. "Prepare, Jerusalem, prepare
to meet your King."
30. He said no more; he left the
court and no one saw him go.
31. The priests, the doctors and
the scribes were all in rage. They sought for John, intent to do
him harm. They found him not.
[The common people stood in his
defense; they said: "The hermit speaks the truth.
And then the priests, the doctors
and the scribes were sore afraid; they said no more; they hid
themselves away.]
Jesus Goes to the Wilderness For
Self-examination, Where He Remains Forty Days--Is Subjected to
Three Temptations. He Overcomes--Returns to the Camps of John
and Begins Teaching.
1. The harbinger had paved the
way; the Logos had been introduced to men as love made manifest,
and he must now begin his divine ministry.
2. And he went forth into the
wilderness to be alone with Allah, that He might look into His
inner heart, and note its strength and worthiness.
3. And with Himself He talked; He
said: "My lower self is strong; by many ties I am bound down to
carnal life.
4. Have I the strength to
overcome and give my life a willing sacrifice for men?
5. When I shall stand before the
face of men, and they demand a proof of my Messiahship, what
will I say?"
6. And then the tempter came and
said: "If you be son of Allah, command these stones to turn to
bread."
7. And Jesus said: "Who is it
that demands a test? It is no sign that one is Son of Allah
because he does a miracle; the devils can do mighty things.
8. Did not the Gentile magicians
do great things before the Pharaoh?
9. My words and deeds in all the
walks of life shall be the proof of my Messiahship."
10. And then the tempter said:
"If you will go into Jerusalem, and from the temple pinnacle
cast down yourself to earth, the people will believe that you
are the Messiah sent from Allah.
11. This you can surely do; for
did not David say: 'He gives His angels charge concerning you,
and with their will they uphold lest you should fall?"
12. And Jesus said: "I may not
tempt the Lord, my God, Allah."
13. And then the tempter said:
"Look forth upon the world; behold its honors and its fame!
Behold its pleasures and its wealth!
14. If you will give your life
for these they shall be yours."
15. But Jesus said: "Away from me
all tempting thoughts. My heart is fixed. I spurn this carnal
self with all its vain ambition and its pride."
16. For forty days did Jesus
wrestle with His carnal self; His higher self Prevailed. He then
was hungry, but his friends had found Him and they ministered to
Him.
17. Then Jesus left the
wilderness and in the consciousness of Holy breath, he came unto
the camps of John and taught.
Pilate's Final Effort to Release
Jesus Fails--He Washes His Hands In Feigned Innocence--Delivers
Jesus to the Jews For Execution--The Jewish Soldiers Drive Him
to Calvary.
1. A superstitious people are the
Jews. They have a faith that they have borrowed from the idol
worshipers of other lands, that at the end of every year,
2. They may heap all their sins
upon the head of some man set apart to bear their sins.
3. The man becomes a scapegoat
for the multitudes; and they believe that when they drive him
forth into the wilds, or into foreign lands, they are released
from sins.
4. So every spring before the
feast they chose a prisoner from the prisons of the land, and by
a form their own, they fain would make him bear their sins away.
5. Among the Jewish prisoners in
Jerusalem were three who were the leaders of a vile, seditious
band, who had engaged in thefts and murders and rapine, and had
been sentenced to be crucified.
6. Barabbas and Jezia was among
the men who were to die; but Barabbas was rich and he had bought
off priests the boon to be scapegoat for the people at the
coming feast, and he was anxiously in waiting for his hour to
come.
7. Now, Pilate thought to turn
this superstition to account to save the Lord Jesus, and so he
went again before the Jews and said:
8. "You men of Israel, according
to my custom I will release to you today a prisoner who shall
bear you sins away.
9. This man you drive into the
wilds or into foreign lands, and you have asked me to release
Barabbas, who has been proven guilty of the murder of a score of
men.
10. Now, hear me men. Let Jesus
be released and let Barabbas pay his debt upon the cross; then
you can send this Jesus to the wilds and hear no more of Him."
11. At what the ruler said the
people were enraged, and they began to plot to tear the Roman
palace down and drive in exile Pilate, and his household and his
guards.
12. When Pilate was assured that
civil war would follow if he heeded not the wishes of the mob,
he took a bowl of water and in the presence of the multitude he
washed his hands and said:
13. "This man whom you accuse is
Son of the Most High Allah, and I proclaim my innocence.
14. If you would shed His blood,
His blood is on your hands and not on mine."
15. And then the Jews exclaimed:
"And let His blood be on our hands and on our children's hands."
16. And Pilate trembled like a
leaf, in fear. Barabbas he released, and as the Lord stood forth
before the mob, the ruler said: "Behold your King! And would you
put to death your King?"
17. The Jews replied, "He is no
King; we have no King but great Tiberius."
18. Now, Pilate would not give
consent that Roman soldiers should imbue their hands in blood of
innocence and so the chief priests and the Pharisees took
counsel what to do with Jesus.
19. Caiaphas has said: "We cannot
crucify this man; he must be stoned to death and nothing more."
20. And then the rabble said:
"Make haste! let Him be stoned." And then they led Him forth
toward the hill beyond the city's gates, where criminals were
put to death.
21. The rabble could not wait
until they reached the place of skulls. As soon as they had
passed the city's gates, they rushed upon Him, smote Him with
their hands, they spit upon Him, stoned Him and He fell upon the
ground.
22. And one, a man of Allah,
stood forth and said: "Isaiah said, He shall be bruised for our
transgressions and by His stripes we shall be healed."
23. As Jesus laid all bruised and
mangled on the ground a High Priest called out, "Stay, stay you
men! Behold the guards of Herod come and they will crucify this
man."
24. And there beside the city's
gate they found Barabbas' cross, and then the frenzied mob cried
out, "Let him be crucified."
25. Caiaphas and the other ruling
Jews came forth and gave consent.
26. And then they lifted Jesus
from the ground, and at the point of swords they drove Him on.
27. A man named Simon, from
Cyrene, a friend of Jesus, was near the scene, and since the
bruised and wounded Jesus could not bear His cross, they laid it
on the shoulders of this man and made him bear it on to Calvary.
Jesus Appears, Fully
Materialized, Before Apollo and the Silent Brotherhood In
Greece--Appears to Claudia and Juliet On the Tiber Near
Rome--Appears to the Priest In the Egyptian Temple at
Heliopolis.
1. Apollo, with the Silent
Brotherhood of Greece, was sitting in a Delphian grove. The
Oracle had spoken loud and long.
2. The priests were in the
sanctuary and as they looked the Oracle became a blaze of light;
it seemed to be on fire, and all consumed.
3. The priests were filled with
fear. They said: "A great disaster is to come; our gods are mad;
they have destroyed our Oracle.
4. But when the flames had spent
themselves, a man stood on the Oracle's pedestal and said:
5. "Allah speaks to man, not by
an oracle of wood and gold, but by the voice of man."
6. "The gods have spoken to the
Greeks, and kindred tongues, through images made by man, but
Allah the One, now speaks to man through Jesus the only Son, who
was, and is and evermore will be.
7. This Oracle shall fail; the
living Oracle of Allah, the One, will not fail."
8. Apollo knew the man who spoke;
he knew it was the Nazarene who once had taught the wise men in
the Acropolis and had rebuked the idol worshipers upon the
Athens' beach.
9. And in a moment Jesus stood
before Apollo and the Silent Brotherhood and said:
10. "Behold, for I have risen
from the dead with gifts for men. I bring to you the title of
your vast estate.
11. All power in heaven and earth
is mine; to you I give all power in heaven and earth.
12. Go forth and teach the
nations of the earth the Gospel of the resurrection of the dead
and of eternal life through Jesus, the love of Allah made
manifest to men."
13. And then he clasped Apollo's
hand and said: "My human flesh was changed to higher form by
love divine and I can manifest in flesh or in the higher planes
of life at will.
14. What I can do all men can do.
Go teach the Gospel of the Omnipotence of man."
15. Then Jesus disappeared; but
Greece and Crete and all the nations heard.
16. Claudas and Juliet, his wife,
lived on the Palatine in Rome and they were servants of
Tiberius; but they had been in Galilee.
17. Had walked with Jesus by the
sea, had heard His words and seen His power; and they believed
that He was Jesus made manifest.
18. Now Claudas and his wife were
on the Tiber in a little boat; a storm swept from the sea, the
boat was wrecked and Claudas and his wife were sinking down to
death.
19. And Jesus came and took them
by the hands and said: "Claudas and Juiet, arise and walk with
me upon the waves."
20. And they arose and walked
with him upon the waves.
21. A thousand people saw three
walk on the waves, and saw them reach the land, and they were
all amazed.
22. And Jesus said: "You men of
Rome, I am the resurrection and the life. They that are dead
shall live, and many that shall live will never die.
23. By mouth of gods and
demi-gods Allah spoke unto your fathers long ago; but now He
speaks to you through perfect man."
24. "He sent His son, Jesus, in
human flesh to save the world, and as I lifted from the watery
grave and saved these servants of Tiberius.
20. So Jesus will lift the sons
and daughters of the human race, yea every one of them, from
darkness and from graves of carnal things, to light and
everlasting life.
26. I am the manifest of love
raised from the dead; Behold my hands, my feet, my side which
carnal men have pierced.
27. Claudas and Juliet whom I
have saved from death, are my ambassadors to Rome.
28. And they will point the way
and preach the gospel of the Holy Breath and the resurrection of
the dead."
29. And that was all he said, but
Rome and all of Italy heard.
30. The priests of Heliopolis
were in their temple met to celebrate the resurrection of their
brother Nazarite; they knew that he had risen from the dead.
31. The Nazarite appeared and
stood upon a sacred pedestal on which no man had ever stood.
32. This was an honor that had
been reserved for him who first would demonstrate the
resurrection of the dead.
33. And Jesus was the first of
all the human race to demonstrate the resurrection of the dead.
34. When Jesus stood upon the
sacred pedestal the masters stood and said, "All hail!" The
great bells of the temple rang and all the temple was ablaze
with light.
35. And Jesus said: "All honor to
the masters of this Temple of the Sun.
36. In flesh of man there is the
essence of the resurrection of the dead. This essence quickened
by the Holy Breath, will raise the substance of the Body to a
higher tone,
37. And make it like the
substance of the bodies of the planes above, which human eyes
cannot behold.
38. There is a holy ministry in
death. The essence of the body cannot be quickened by the Holy
Breath until the fixed is solved; the body must disintegrate,
and this is death.
39. And then upon these pliant
substances Allah breathes, just as he breathed upon the chaos of
the deep when worlds were formed.
40. And life springs forth from
death; the carnal form is changed to form divine.
41. The will of man makes
possible the action of the Holy Breath. When will of man and
will of Allah are one, the resurrection is a fact.
42. In this we have the chemistry
of mortal life, the ministry of death, the mystery of deific
life.
43. My human life was wholly
given to bring my will to tune with the deific will; when this
was done my earth-tasks all were done.
44. And you, my brother, know
full well the foes I had to meet; you know about my victories in
Gethsemane; my trials in the courts of men; my death upon the
cross.
45. You know that all my life was
one great drama for the sons of men; a pattern for the sons of
men. I lived to show the possibilities of man.
46. What I have done all men can
do, and what I am all men shall be."
47. The masters looked; the form
upon the sacred pedestal had gone, but every temple priest, and
every living creature said: "Praise Allah."
The Resurrection of
Jesus--Pilate Places the Roman Seal Upon the Stone Door Of the
Tomb--At Mid-night a Company Of the Silent Brothers March About
the Tomb--The Soldiers Are Alarmed--Jesus Preaches To the
Spirits In Prison--Early Sunday Morning He Rises From the
Tomb--The Soldiers Are Bribed By the Priests To Say That the
Disciples Had Stolen the Body.
The tomb in which they laid the
body of the Lord was in a garden, rich with flowers, the garden
of Saloam, and Joseph's home was near.
2. Before the watch began
Caiaphas sent a company of priests out to the garden of Saloam
that they might be assured that Jesus' body was within the tomb.
3. They rolled away the stone;
they saw the body there, and then they placed the stone again
before the door.
4. And Pilate sent his scribe who
placed upon the stone the seal of Rome, in such a way that he
who moved the stone would break the seal.
5. To break this Roman seal meant
death to him who broke the seal.
6. The Jewish soldiers all were
sworn to faithfulness; and then the watch began.
7. At midnight all was well, but
suddenly the tomb became a blaze of light, and down the garden
walk a troupe of white clad soldiers marched in single file.
8. They came up to the tomb and
marched and countermarched before the door.
9. The Jewish soldiers were
alert; they thought His friends had come to steal the body of
the Nazarene. The captain of the guard cried out to charge.
10. They charged; but not a white
clad soldier fell. They did not even stop; they marched and
countermarched among the frightened men.
11. They stood upon the Roman
seal; they did not speak ; they unsheathed not their swords; it
was the Silent Brotherhood.
12. The Jewish soldiers fled in
fear; they fell upon the ground.
13. They stood apart until the
white clad soldiers marched away, and then the light about the
tomb grew dim.
14. Then, they returned; the
stone was in its place; the seal was not disturbed, and they
resumed their watch.
15. Now, Jesus did not sleep
within the tomb. The body is the manifest of soul; but soul is
without its manifest.
16. And in the realm of souls,
unmanifest, the Lord went forth and taught.
17. He opened up the prison doors
and set the prisoners free.
18. He broke the chains of
captive souls, and led the captives to the light.
19. He sat in council with the
patriarchs and prophets of the olden times.
20. The masters of all times and
climes He met, and in the great assemblies he stood forth and
told the story of His life on earth, and of his death in
sacrifice for man,
21. And of his promises to clothe
himself again in garb of flesh and walk with his disciples, just
to prove the possibilities of man.
22. To give to them the key of
life, of death and of the resurrection of the dead.
23. In council all the masters
sat and talked about the revelations of the coming age,
24. When she, the Holy Breath,
shall fill the earth and air with holy breath, and open up the
way of man to perfectness and endless life.
25. The garden of Saloam was
silent on the Sabbath day. The Jewish soldiers watched and no
one else approached the tomb; but on the following night the
scene was changed.
26. At midnight every Jewish
soldier heard a voice which said. "Adon Mashich Cumi," which
meant: "Lord Jesus arise.
27. And they supposed again the
friends of Jesus were alert, were coming up to take the body of
their Lord away.
28. The soldiers were alert with
swords unsheathed and drawn, and then they heard the words
again.
29. It seemed as though the voice
was everywhere, and yet they saw no man.
30. The soldiers blanched with
fear, and still to flee meant death for cowardice, and so they
stood and watched.
31. Again, and this was just
before the sun arose, the heavens blazed with light: a distant
thunder seemed to herald forth a coming storm.
32. And then the earth began to
quake and in the rays of light they saw a form descend from
heaven. They said: "Behold, an angel comes."
33. And then they heard again:
"Adon Mashich Cumi."
34. And then the white-robed form
tramped on the Roman seal, and then he tore it into shreds, he
took the mighty stone in his hand as though it were a pebble
from the brook, and cast it to the side.
35. And Jesus opened up His eyes
and said, "All hail the rising sun; the coming of the day of
righteousness!"
36. And then He folded up His
burial gown, His head bands and His coverings and laid them all
aside.
37. He arose, and for a moment
stood beside the white-robed form.
38. The weaker soldiers fell to
the ground, and hid their faces in their hands; the stronger
stood and watched.
39. They saw the body of the
Nazarene transmute. They saw it change from mortal to immortal
form, and then it disappeared.
40. The soldiers heard a voice
from somewhere; yea, from everywhere, it said:
41. "Peace, peace on earth; good
will to men."
42. They looked, the tomb was
empty and the Lord had risen as He said.
43. The soldiers hastened to
Jerusalem, and to the priests, and said:
44. "Behold the Nazarene has
risen as He said; the tomb is empty and the body of the man is
gone; we know not where it is." And then they told about the
wonders of the night.
45. Caiaphas called a council of
the Jews, he said:"The news must not go forth that Jesus has
arisen from the dead.
46. For if it does, all men will
say: "He is the son of Allah, and all our testimonials will be
proven false."
47. And then they called the
hundred soldiers in and said to them:
48. "You know not where the body
of the Nazarene is resting now, so if you will go forth and say
that His disciples came and stole the body while you slept,
49. Each one of you shall have a
silver piece, and we will make it right with Pilate for breaking
of the Roman seal."
50. The soldiers did as they were
paid to do.
Jesus Appears, Fully
Materialised, To the Eastern Sages In the Palace Of Prince
Ravanna In India--To the Magian Priests In Persia.--The Three
Wise Men Speak In Praise Of the Personality Of the Nazarene
1. Ravanna, prince of India, gave
a feast. His palace in Orissa was the place where men of thought
from all the farther East were wont to meet.
2. Ravanna was the prince with
whom the child Jesus went to India with when twelve years old.
3. The feast was made in honor of
the wise men of the East.
4. Among the guests were Mengste,
Vidyapati and Lamaas.
5. The wise men sat about the
table talking of the needs of India and the world.
6. The door unto the banquet hall
was in the East; a vacant chair was at the table to the East.
7. And as the wise men talked a
stranger entered, unannounced, and raising up his hands in
benediction said, "All hail!"
8. A halo rested on his head, and
light, unlike the light of sun, filled all the room.
[9.The wise men rose and bowed
their heads and said, "All hail!"]
10. And Jesus sat down in the
vacant chair; and then the wise men knew it was the Jewish
Prophet who had come.
11. And Jesus said: "Behold, for
I am risen from the dead. Look at my hands, my feet, my side.
12. The Roman soldiers pierced my
hands and feet with nails; and then one pierced my heart.
13. They put me in a tomb, and
then I wrestled with the conqueror of men. I conquered death, I
stamped upon him and arose.
14. Brought immortality to light
and painted on the walls of time a rainbow for the sons of men;
and what I did all men shall do.
15. This gospel of the
resurrection of the dead is not confined to Jew and Greek; it is
the heritage of every man of every time and clime; and I am here
a demonstrator of the power of man."
16. Then He arose and pressed the
hand of every man and of the royal host, and said:
17. "Behold, I am not myth made
of the fleeting winds, for I am flesh and bone and brawn; but I
can cross the borderland at will."
18. And then they talked together
there a long, long time. Then Jesus said:
19. "I go my way, but you shall
go to all the world and teach the gospel of the omnipotence of
men, the power of truth, the resurrection of the dead.
20. He who believes this gospel
of the son of man shall never die; the dead shall live again."
21. Then Jesus disappeared, but
He had sown the seed. The words of life were spoken in Orissa,
and all of India heard.
22. The Magian priests were in
the silence in Persepolis, and Kaspar, and the Magian masters,
who were first to greet the child of promise in the shepherd's
home in Bethlehem, were with the priests.
23. And Jesus came and sat with
them; a crown of light was on His head.
24. And when the silence ended
Kaspar said: "A master from the Royal Council of the Silent
Brotherhood is here; let us give praise."
25. And all the priests and
masters stood and said: "All hail! What message from the Royal
Council do you bring?"
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