Li

feandTeachi
ngoft
heMast
ersoft
heFarEast
ByBai
rdT.Spal
ding

Vol
umeI

(
Publ
i
shed1924)
 

FORWARD:

Inpresenti
ngTHELIFEANDTEACHINGOFTHEMASTERSOFTHEFAREAST, Iwishto
stat
et hatIwasoneofar
esear
chpart
yofel
evenper
sonst
hatv
isi
tedt
heFarEastin
1894.

Duri
ngourst ay—threeandahal fyears—wecontactedt heGr eatMast
ersoft he
Himalayas,
whoai dedusi nthetranslat
ionoftherecords, whichwasofgreat
assi
stanceinourr esearchwork.Theyper mit
tedust oent erint
othei
rli
vesintimatel
y
andwewer et husabletoseetheact ualworki
ngoft hegr eatLawasdemonst rat
edby
them.Wecal lt
hem Mast er
s,whichismer el
yournamef orthem.Onelivi
ngt heli
fe
descr
ibedher ei
nisent i
tl
edtoreverenceandconsiderationasaMast er.

Recordsandmanuscri
pts—ouractualexperi
encewi
ththeMasters—werepreser
ved.
Personal
ly
,att
hatti
me,Ithoughtthewor l
dwasnotreadyf
orthismessage.Iwasan
i
ndependentmemberoft heresear
chpartyandIam nowpubl
ishingmynot esunderthe
ti
teLi
l feAndTeachi
ngOfTheMast er
sOfTheFarEast ,
wit
hthet houghtt
hatthereader
mayacceptorrej
ect,
ashewi shes.

Thisbook,whi
chwil
lbefoll
owedbyot her
softheSunseri
es,
giv
esthefi
rsty
ear s
experi
enceoft
heexpedi
tioninr
elat
iontotheMaster
s.Iti
ncl
udest
heirt
eaching,whi
ch
wastakenbyusstenogr
aphical
l
yatt heti
me,wit
hthei
rpermi
ssi
onandapprovedby
them.

TheMast ersacceptthatBuddharepr
esent
st heWayt oEnl
ight
enment,buttheycl
ear
ly
setfortht
hatChristi
sEnlight
enment,orast
at eofconsci
ousnessf
orwhi chweareal
l
seeking—theChri
stli
ghtofev er
yindi
vi
dual
;theref
ore,t
heli
ghtofever
ychi l
dthati
sborn
i
ntot heworld.

(
Signed)Bai
rdT.Spal
ding
CHAPTERI

Therei
ssomuchbei ngpri
ntedatthepresentt
imeregardingspir
it
ual matt
ers,andther
e
i
ssuchagr eatawakeni
ngandseekingforthetr
uthregardingt
hegr eatt
eachersofthe
worl
d,thatIam pr
omptedtoplacebef
orey oumyexperiencewiththeMast er
soft he
FarEast.

I
nt hi
sbookIam notatt
empti
ngt oexpounduponanewcultorrel
igi
on;Iam onl
ygi
ving
aresumeofourexperi
encewiththeMasters,
inwhi
chIam undert
akingtoshowthe
gr
eatfundament
altrut
hsoftheirt
eachi
ng.

TheseMast ersar
escatter
edov erawidet
err
it
oryand,
sinceourmetaphysical
research
coveredalargeport
ionofIndi
a,Tibet
,Chi
na,
andPersi
a,noattempttoauthenti
cate
theseexperi
encesismade.

Therewer eelevenpract
ical,scienti
fi
cal
lyt rai
nedmeni nourparty.Thegreaterpartof
ourliveshadbeenspenti nresear chwor k.Wehadbeenaccust omedt oacceptnothing
unless,itwasfull
yveri
fi
edandwenev ert ookany thi
ngforgrant
ed.Wewentt hor
oughly
skepticalandcameawayt horoughlyconv incedandconv ert
ed,somuchsot hatthreeof
ournumberwentbackdet ermi nedt ostayunt i
ltheyareabl
et operf
ormthewor ksand
l
ivethel i
fe,j
ustastheseMast ersareli
vingt oday.

Thosewhosogr eatl
yassist
edusinourwor krequestedthatthei
rnamesbewi thheldi
n
theeventofourpubli
shi
ngtheexpedi
ti
onsmemoi rs.Ishall
relat
enot hingbutthefact
s
astheyhappened,usi
ng,asnearl
yaspossible,t
hewor dsandexpr essionsofthepeople
Imetandwi t
hwhom Iwast hrownindai
lycontactduringtheexpediti
on.

Itwasoneoft hecondi tionsoft heagr eementbef or

etaki ngupt hewor kthatweshould
atfir
stacceptasf actev erythi
ngwewi tnessed, andnoexpl anati
onsshoul dbe
demandedunt il
wehadgonei nt
othewor kthoroughly,takent heirl
essons,li
vedand
observedtheirdailylives.Wewer etoaccompanyt heseMast ers,l
ivethei
rli
ves,and
determineforour selves.Wewer eatlibertytobewi t
hthem asmuchaswel i
ked,ask
anyquest i
onswewi shed, useourowndeduct ionsinget tingresult
s,andfinal
lyaccept
whatwesawasf actorf ake.Ther ewasnoef fortatanyt imet oinfl
uenceourjudgment
i
nanyway .Theywi shedust obecomet horoughlyconv incedbef orewegav ecredence
toany t
hingwesaworhear d.Therefore,Iwillplacethesehappeni ngsbeforethe
readersandaskt hem t oacceptorr ejectast heyseef it
.

Wehadbeeni nIndiaaboutt woyears,doi

ngr egularrout
ineresear
chwor k,whenImet
theMast erknownint hesewr i
ti
ngsasEmi l
.Whi l
ewal ki
ngalongast reetinthecit
y
wherewewer estayi
ng, myat t
enti
onwasat tract
edt oacr owd.Isawt hecent erof
i
nterestwasoneoft hestreetmagici
ans,orfakirs,t
hataresocommoni nthatcountr
y.
AsIst oodthereInoticedbesidemeanel derlymanwhowasnotoft hesamecast eas
thoseabouthim.Hel ookedatmeandaskedi fIhadbeenl onginIndia.Irepli
ed,
“Abouttwoy ears.
”Heasked, “
AreyouEnglish?”Ianswer ed.“Amer i
can.”

Iwassurpri
sedandv er
ymuchi nt
erestedtofindonewhospokeEngl ish.Iaskedhim
whathethoughtoftheper
formancet hengoingon.Heanswer ed,“Oh, i
tisacommon
occur
renceinI
ndia.Thesefel
lowsar ecal
ledf aki
rs,
magi
cians,andhy pnoti
sts.They
areall
thenamei mpli
es;butunderneathi
talli
sadeeperspir
it
ualmeaningthatfew
di
scern,andgoodwi l
lcomeofi tsomeday .I
tisbutt
heshadowoft hethi
ngf r
om which
i
tsprang.Ithascausedagr eatdealofcomment ,
andthosecomment i
nguponi tseem
nevertohavereachedthetr
uemeani ng,fort
herecer
tai
nlyi
sat r
uthunderneat
hitall
.”

HerewepartedandIsawhim onl
yoccasi
onal
lyduringt
henextfourmonths.Our
expedi
ti
onwasconf r
ontedbyapr
oblem whi
chgav eusagreatdealoft
rouble.I
nthe
midstofourworri
esIagai
nmetEmil.I
mmedi at
elyheaskedwhatwasbot heri
ngme
andbegantalki
ngaboutourpr
obl
em.

Iwonderedatthis,forIfel
tthatnoneofourpartyhadment ioneditoutsi
deofourli
tt
le
cir
cle.Hisfami
liari
tywiththesituat
ionwassucht hatIfel
tthewhol ematterwasknown
tohim.Heexpl ainedthathehadacer tai
ninsi
ghtintotheaffairandthathewould
endeavortohel
p.

Wit
hinadayortwot
hematt
erwasclear
edup,leav
inguswit
houtaprobl
em.We
wonder
edatthi
sbut
,wi
thot
hert
hingstooccupyourti
me,soonfor
got.

Asotherpr
oblemscameupitbecameahabitwit
hmetotalkt
hem overwit
hEmi l
.It
seemedthatassoonasIdi
scussedourt
roubl
eswit
hhi
mt heywouldceasetoexi
st.

Myassociat
eshadmetandt al
kedwit
hEmi l
butIhadsai
dli
ttl
etothem abouthi
m.By
thi
sti
meIhadr eadanumberofbooksonHindulore,
sel
ect
edbyEmi l
,andIwasf ul
l
y
convi
ncedthathewasoneoftheadepts.Mycuri
osit
ywaskeenl
yarousedandIwas
becomingmoredeepl
yint
erest
edeachday.

OneSundayaf ternoonEmi l andIwer ewal kinginaf ieldwhenhecal l

edmyat tenti
onto
apigeonci rcl
ingov er
headandcasual lyremar kedthatt hebirdwaslooki
ngf orhim.He
stoodper f
ectlystil
landi naf ewmoment st hebi rdalighteduponhisoutstretchedarm.
Hesai dthebi r
dhasamessagef rom hi sbr otherintheNor t
h.Thisprovedt obeaf ell
ow
-workerwhohadnotr eachedt heattainmentwher ebyhecoul dcommuni catedirect
ly,
so
hetookt hismeans.Wel aterfoundt hatt heMast ersar eabletocommuni catewi t
h
eachot herinstantl
ybyt houghtt r
ansf erenceor ,astheycal l
it,af
orcemuchmor esubtl
e
thaneitherelectri
cit
yorwi reless.

Ithenbegant oaskquest ionsandEmi lshowedmet hathewasabl et ocallthebi r

dst o
him anddi recttheirflightwhi l
etheywer eintheai r;thatt hef lowersandtreeswoul dnod
tohim; t
hatthewi ldani mal swoul dcomet ohimf earlessly .Hepar tedtwoj ackal st hat
weref ighti
ngov ert hebodyofasmal l
erani malt hatt heyhadki ll
edandwer ef eeding
upon.Whenheappr oachedt hem theyst oppedf ightingandputt hei
rheadsi nhi s
outstretchedhandsi nper fecttrust,t
henr esumedt heirmeal inquiet.Heev engav eme
oneoft heyoungwi ldcr eat urestoholdi nmyhands.Het hensai dtome, “Thisi snot
themor tal
self,thesel fy ousee, t
hatisabl etodot heset hings.Itisat r
uer,deepersel f
.
Iti
swhaty ouknowasGod, Godwi t
hinme, Godt heOmni pot entOnewor kingt hr ough
me, thatdoest heset hings.Ofmy self
, t
hemor tal self,
Icandonot hing.Itisonl ywhenI
getridoft heout erent irelyandl ettheact ual,t
heIAM, speakandwor kandl ett hegr eat
LoveofGodcomef or t
ht hatIcandot heset hi
ngst haty ouhav eseen.Wheny oulett he
LoveofGodpourt hroughy outoal lt
hings, not
hingf earsy ouandnohar m canbef all
you.”
Ever
ydaydur i
ngt histimeIhadl essonswi thEmil.Hewoul dsuddenl yappearinmy
room, evenifIhadt akenspeci al
caretol ockthedoorbef orer eti
ri
ng.Atfir
sthis
appearanceatwi lldisturbedmebutIsoonsawt hathet ooki tforgrant
edthatI
understood.Ibecameaccust omedt ohisway sandl ef
tmydooropensot hathecoul
d
comeandgoashepl eased.Thisconfidenceseemedt opl easehim.Icoul dnot
understandallhisteachi ngsandIcouldnotacceptt hem f ull
y,norwasIabl e,wit
hal
lI
sawwhi leintheEast ,tof ul
l
yacceptatt hetime.Itrequiredy earsofmeditati
ontobri
ng
met her eal
i
zationoft hedeepspi ri
tual
meani ngoft hesepeopl esli
ves.

Theirworkisaccompl ishedwi t
houtost entat
ionandi nper fectchildlikesimpl ici
ty.They
knowt hepowerofl ovet opr otectthem andt heyculti
v atei tunti
lall naturei sinlov e
withthem andbef ri
endst hem.Thousandsoft hecommonpeopl ear eki l
ledannual lyby
serpentsandwi ldanimals, yettheseMast ershav esobr oughtf ortht hepowerofl ovein
themselvesthatserpentsandwi l
danimal sdonoti njuret hem.Theyl i
veatt i
mesi nt he
wildestj
ungles,andsomet imesl aytheirbodiesdownbef oreav i
l
laget opr otectitfrom
theravagesofwi ldanimal s,andnohar m befal
lsthev il
lageort hemsel ves.When
occasionrequirestheywal konwat er,gothroughf i
re,travel inthei nv i
sibl
e, anddo
manyot herthingsthatwehav ebeenaccust omedt ol ookuponasmi r
aclesper formed
onlybyonesupposedi nsomewayt opossesssuper natur alpower s.

Thereisast ri
kingr esembl ancebetweent helif
eandt eachi ngofJesusofNazar ethand
thoseoft heseMast ersasexempl i
fiedint heirdai
lyli
fe.I thasbeent houghti
mpossi ble
formant oder i
vehi sdai lysupplydirectlyfrom theUniv ersal,t
oov er
comedeathandt o
performt hevariousso- calledmi r
aclest hatJesusper formedwhi l
eonear t
h.The
Mast er
spr ovethatal lthesear etheirdai l
ylif
e.Theysuppl yev er
ythi
ngneededf orthei
r
dail
ywant sdi
rectlyfrom t heUniversal,includi
ngfood, clothingandmoney .Theyhav e
sofarov ercomedeat ht hatmanyoft hem nowl i
vingareov erfi
vehundredyearsofage,
aswasconcl usivel
ypr ov edbyt hei
rr ecords.

Therearecomparati
velyfewoftheseMast ersinIndia,
othercultsseemingtobebut
off
shootsofthei
rteaching.Theyrealizet heirnumberi sl
imit
edandt hatonl
yaf ew
schol
arscancomet othem.I ntheinv i
sible,howev er,t
heycanr eachalmostunl
imited
numbersanditseemst obet hegreaterwor koftheirli
vestoreachoutintothei
nvisibl
e
andhelpallwhoarerecepti
vetotheirt eaching.

TheteachingofEmi ll
aidthefoundati
onfort
hewor kwhichweweret
otakeupy ear
s
l
aterinourthirdexpedi
tiont
ot hesecount
ri
es,duri
ngwhichti
meweli
vedwit
ht he
Masterscontinuousl
yforthreeandone-hal
fyears,
trav
eledwi
tht
hem,andobserved
thei
rdail
yliv
esandwor kthr
oughouttheFarEast.

CHAPTERI
I

Fortheoutsetofourthi
rdexpediti
on,i
nwhi chwet ookupt hemet aphysicalr
esearch
work,ourli
tt
lepart
yassembl edatPotal
,asmal l
v i
ll
agei ntheremot epartofIndia.Ihad
wri
ttenEmilthatwewer ecomingbutdidnotwr i
tet heobjectofthetri
pnordi dIev en
ment i
onthenumberi nourparty
.Mucht ooursur prisewef oundcompl etepreparati
ons
hadbeenmadef orourenti
repartyandthatEmilandhi sassociatesknewourcompl ete
plans.Emilhadrender
edusar emarkabl
eser v
icewhil
einSouther
nIndi
abuttheservi
ce
renderedf
rom thi
stimeonsurpassedalldescri
pti
on.Tohim andthewonder
fulsoul
s
wemetIwi shtogiveallcr
edi
tforthesuccessoftheenti
reundert
aki
ng.

Wear r
ivedatPotal,
from wheretheexpedi
ti
onwast ostart
,lat
eintheaf t
ernoonof
December22, 1894,andfoundwewer etostar
tChrist
masmor ni
nguponwhatwast o
bethemostmemor ableexpedit
ionofourwhol
elives.Inevershal
lforgetthefew
wordsEmi l
saidtoust hatmorning.Thesewordsweredeliver
edinfluentEngli
sh,
alt
houghthespeakerdi dnotboastanEngli
sheducati
on,andhehadnev erbeenoutof
theFarEast.

Hebeganbysay ing,“TisChr i
stmasMor ni ng; toy ouIsupposei ti sthedayJesusof
Nazar eth,theChr ist,wasbor n; t
oy outhet houghtmustcomet hatHewassentt or emit
si
ns; toy ouHemustt ypi
fyt heGr eatMedi atorbet weeny ouandy ourGod.Youseem t o
appeal toJesusasamedi atorbet weeny ouandy ourGod, whoseemst obeast ernand,
atti
mes, anangr yGodsi t
tingof fsomewher ei nt hepl acecal l
edheav en,locatedwher eI
donotknow, excepti tbei nmansconsci ousness.Youseem t obeabl etor eachGod
onlythroughHi slessaust ereandmor elov ingSon, thegr eatandnobl eOnewhom we
al
lcall Blessedandwhoseadv entintothewor l
dt hisdaycommemor ates.Toust hi
s
daymeansmor e; toust hisdaynotonl ymeanst headv entint
ot hiswor ldofJesus, the
Christ,butalsot hisbir t
ht ypif
iest hebirt
hofChr i
sti nev eryhumanconsci ousness.Thi s
ChristmasDaymeanst hebi rthoft heGr eatMast erandTeacher ,theGr eatLiberatorof
manki ndf rom mat er
ialbondageandl imitat ions.Toust hisgreatsoul cameonear tht
o
showmor efull
yt hewayt ot her eal God,thegr eatOmni potent,Omni present ,
Omni scientOne; toshowt hatGodi sallGoodness, all Wisdom, allTruth,All i
nAll.This
GreatMast er,whocamet othi swor l
dthisday ,wassentt oshowmor eful l
ythatGodnot
onlydwel lswithoutusbutwi thinus, t
hatHenev eris, norcanbe, separatedf rom usor
anyofHi screations; thatHei sal way saj ustandl ovingGod; thatHei sall t
hings;knows
al
lthings; knowsal landi sal lTruth.HadIt heunder standi ngofal lmen, itisbeyondmy
powert oexpr esst oyou, eveni nanhumbl eway ,whatt hi
sHol yBi r
thmeanst ous.

“Wear efullyconv i
ncedandwehopey oualsowi l
lseet hatt
hisGreatMast erand
Teachercamet oust hatwemi ghthav eaf ul
l
erunder st
andi
ngofl i
fehereonear th;t
hat
al
l mortalli
mi t
ationsar ebutman- madeandi nnoot herwayshoul dtheybei nt
erpret
ed.
Weknowt hatthisgreatestofallt
eacher scamet oshowmor eful
lythattheChristin
Him andt hroughwhom Hedi dHismi ghtywor ksisthesameChr i
stthatliv
esiny ou,i
n
me, andinal lmankind; thatwecan, byapplyi
ngHi st eachi
ngs,doallthewor ksthatHe
didandgr eaterwor ks.Webel i
evethatJesuscamet oshowmor efull
ythatGodi sthe
onegr eatandonl yCauseofal lt
hings,thatGodi sAll.

“Youmayhav ehearditsai
dthatwebel i
eveJesusr eceiv
edhi searl
ytraini
ngamongus.
Perhapssomeofusdobel i
eve.Letthatbeasi tis.Doesi tmat t
erwhet herHi
strai
ning
camef rom amongusorasadi rectrev
elati
onf r
om God, t
heonesour cewher eallt
hings
real
lyexist?Forwhenani deafrom God-mindhasbeencont act
edbyonemanandsent
outthrought hespokenwor d,cannotone,orall,againcontactthatthoughtinthe
Univer
sal?Becauseonehascont actedtheideaandsenti tout,i
tdoesnotf ol
lowthatit
i
shi sparticul
arpossession.Ifhedidappropriateandhol dit,wherewoul dberoom for
recei
ving?Tor ecei
vemor ewemustgi veoutwhatwehav ereceiv
ed.I fwewithhol
d
whatwer eceive,st
agnati
onwi l
lfol
lowandwewi l
lbelikethewheel thatgenerat
es
powerfrom thewaterandsuddenly,ofitsownv ol
it
ion,begi
nstowithholdthewater
whichiti
susi ng.I
twil
lsoonfindit
selfstif
ledwithi
nertwater.Iti
sonlywhent hewater
i
sallowedt oflowfr
eel
ythroughthatitisofv al
uetothewheel t
ocreatepower .Justso
wit
hman.Whenhecont actsGodsideashemustgi vethem outinordertorecei
vethe
benefi
tfrom them.Hemustal lowalltodot hesame, t
hattheymaygr owanddev elop
asheisgr owing.

“Iam oftheopi niont hatwhatJesust aughtcamet oHim asadi rectrevelationfrom God,

asitnodoubthascomet oourgreatteachers.Arenotallt
hingsofGod, andwhat ever
onehumanbei ngcando, cannotalldo?Webel ieveyouwil
lbeconv i
ncedt hatGodis
everwi l
l
ingandr eadyt orevealHimselft
oall menasHehasr evealedHi msel ftoJesus
andot hers.Theonl yrequisi
tenecessaryisforeachonetobewi ll
ingtoletGodcome
fort
h.Webel ieve,withallsinceri
ty,
thatal
larecreatedequal
; t
hatal lmenar eoneman;
thatthemi ghtywor ksdonebyJesuscanandwi l
lbedonebyal l
.Youwi l
l seethereis
nothi
ngmy steriousaboutt hesewor ks.Themy steryi
sonlyinmansmor tal conceptof
them.

“
Wef ull
yreal
izeyouhav ecometouswithmindsmoreorl
essskepti
cal
.Wet r
ustyou
wi
ll
livewithusandknowusaswer eall
yare.Ourwor
kandtheresul
tsaccompl
ished,
weleaveyout oacceptorrej
ect
,asyouwil
l
.”

CHAPTERI
II

Emi l
sentusawaywi thaf ewr emar ks,i
nwhi chhesai d, “
Youar eaboutt ostartony our
expedit
ionwiththeset women, JastandNepr ow,toaccompanyy ou.Asy outravelit
willt
akeaboutfiveday st ojourneyt oyournextimpor t
antst oppingplace,aboutni net
y
milesdist
ant.Iwi l
ltarryhereforat imebecausei twill notbenecessar yformet o
consumet hatti
met ocov erthedi st
ance,butIwi l
lbet heretogreetyou.Iwi shtoask
thatyouleaveoneofy ourpar t
yher e,i
nordertomakeobser vati
onsandcor roborate
whatmayhappen.I nt hisway ,timewillbesav edandhewi llbeabletoj oi
nt he
expedit
ionnotlaterthant enday shence.Wesi mplyaskhi mt owatchandr eportwhat
hesees.”

WestartedwithJastandNepr owinchargeoftheexpedi
ti
onandIwisht
osaythatmore
busi
ness-l
ikearr
angementscouldnotwel lbei
magined.Ever
ydetai
lwascomplet
eand
swungintoli
newi t
htherhyt
hm andpr ecisi
onofmusic.Thi
sharmonywasmaintai
ned
thr
oughouttheentir
eexpedi
tion,whi
chl ast
edthr
eeandhalfyear
s.

Iwishher etoaddmyi mpressi onsofJastandNepr ow.Jastwasaf i

neupstanding
Hindu—ki nd,ef
f i
cient,
withnobl ufforbluster
.Ev eryorderhegavewasalmosti na
monot oneandexecut edwi t
hpr ecisi
onandsnapt hatcausedustowonder.Fr om the
veryoutsetwecoul dseeaf inenessofchar acterthatcausedmuchcomment .Nepr ow,
awonder f ul
charact er
,washer e, t
hereandev erywhere,al
wayscool,
coll
ect
edanda
mar velofeffi
ciency.Ther ewasal waysthesamecal m,accompani
edbyqui etpreci
sion
ofmov ement ,withwonder ful powert othinkandexecut e.Thiswassomar kedthat
everymemberoft heexpeditioncomment eduponi t.OurChiefr
emarked,“
Those
fel
lowsar ewonder ful
.Iti
sar elieftofi
ndpeopl ewhocant hi
nkandexecut
e. ”
Wear ri
vedattheappointedv i
ll
ageaboutfouroclockofthefif
thdayandt her
ewasEmi l
togreetus,ashehadagr eed.Cany ouimagineouramazement ?Wewer equit
ecertai
n
wehadcomebyt heonlytrav el
edrout
eandbyt heswif
testmodeofl ocomotioninthat
country
,exceptasthecour iersgo.Theytravelinrel
aysandgoni ghtandday.Her ewas
amanwel l
advancediny ear s,aswethought,andonewef eltwouldinnowisebeabl eto
negoti
ateajourneyofninetymi l
esinl
esstimet hanitr
equir
edust odot hesame—y et,
herehewas.

Ofcour seweal lt
ri
edt oaskquest ionsatonceandwer eeagert ohear .Thesewer ehi s
wor ds, “Isaidwheny oudepar tedt hatIwoul dbeher et ogr eetyou—Iam her e.Iwi sht o
callyourat tentionmor ef ullytot hef actthatmani nhi srightdomai nislimi tl
ess, knows
nolimi toft i
meorspace.Man, whenheknowshi msel f
,isnotobl igedt ot oilwear il
y
alongf orf iveday stoaccompl i
shni net ymi l
es.Mani nhi sr i
ghtest atecanaccompl ish
anydi stance, i
tmat tersnott hemagni t
ude, instantly
.AmomentagoIwasi nt hev i
llage
from whi chy oudepar tedf i
veday sago.Whaty ousawasmybodyst il
lreposest her e.
Yourassoci ate,whom y oul eftinthatv i
ll
age, willt
elly out hat,unti
l afewmoment s
beforef ourocl ock,Iconv ersedwi thhi m, statingthatIwoul dgot ogr eety ouasy ou
woul dar r
iveher eaboutt hishour .Whaty ousawasmybodyi sstillt
her eandy our
associ atest il
l behol
dsi t,althoughi tisatpr esenti nact i
ve.Thi swasdonesi mpl yt o
showy out hatwear eabl etol eav eourbodi esandgr eety ouatanyappoi ntedpl ace, at
anyspeci fiedt ime.Thet wowhoaccompani edyoucoul dhav eaccompl i
shedt he
j
our neyasIhav e.Int hiswayy ouwi l
l mor ereadilyreal i
zet hatwear eonl yor dinar y
humansoft hesamesour ceasy ou; thatther eisnomy sterybutt hatwehav edev eloped
thepower sgi venallbyt heFat her,theGr eatOmni pot entOne, mor efullythany ouhav e.
Mybodywi llremainwher ei tisunt ilnight,thenIwi llbr i
ngi thereandy ourassoci atewi ll
proceedonhi swayher easy oudi d, arri
vingi nduet ime.Af t
eraday srestwewi ll
j
our neyt oasmal lvi
llage, onedayof f,wher ewewi llt
ar ryoneni ght ,t
henr eturnher eand
meety ourassoci atet oseewhathi srepor twi l
lbe.Wewi l
lassembl ethisev eningi nt he
l
odge.I nt hemeant i
me, farewel l
.”

Intheev ening,afterwehadassembl ed,Emi l,withoutopeni ngt hedoor ,suddenl y

appear edinourmi dstandsai d,“Youhav eseenmeappeari nt hisr oom, asy ouwoul d
say ,bymagi c.Letmesayt hereisnomagi cabouti t .Her eisasi mpl eexper imentwhi ch
youcanbehol d.Youcanseet hi
s,consequent l
yy ouwi l
l bel
iev e.Ki ndlygat herar oundso
thaty oucansee.Wehav easmal lgl
assofwat erwhi choneofy ournumberhasj ust
broughtf rom thespr ing.Youseet hatami nutepar ticleofi cei sf or mingi nthev er y
cent eroft hewat er.Youseei tgathert oitself
,par ti
cl ebypar ticle, mor eice, unt i
l nowt he
whol eoft hewat erint hegl assisfrozen.Whathashappened?Ihel dthecent ralat oms
oft hewat erintheUni versaluntilt
heybecamef ormedor ,i
not herwor ds, Ilower edt hei r
vibrat i
onsunt ilt
heybecamei ceandal lt
heot herpar ticlesf ormedar oundt hem unt i
l the
whol ehasbecomei ce.Youcanappl ythist othel i
ttlegl ass, thet ub, thepond, thel ake,
thesea, thewhol emassoft hewat eroft heear th.Whatwoul dhappen?Al l woul dbe
frozen, woul ditnot ?Towhatpur pose?None.Youaskbywhataut hority.Isaybyusi nga
perf ectlaw.Buti nt hiscase, towhatend?Not hing, asnogoodhasbeenaccompl ished
orcoul dbeaccompl i
shed.HadIgoneondet ermi nedt ocar ryt hisoutf ully,whatwoul d
hav ehappened?Ther eaction.Towhom?Tome.Iknowt helawandwhatIexpr ess
retur nstomeast rulyasIexpr essit.Ther efore,Iexpr essonl yt hegoodandt hegood
retur nstomeonl yasgood.Youcanr eadilyseet hat ,hadIper sist edi nt hef reezi ng, the
coldwoul dhav er eacteduponmel ongbef oreIhadaccompl ishedt heendandIwoul d,
i
nreapi
ngthehar
vestofmydesi
re,
havebeenf
rozen.Wher
eas,
ifIexpr
esst
hegood,
I
r
eaptheharv
estofmygoodeter
nal
ly.

“Myappear ancei nthi

sroom tonightmaybeexpl ainedi nthi
sway .Inthelitt
ler
oom
wherey oul eftmeIhel dmybodyi ntheUniversal
byr aisingit
sv i
brati
onsandi treturned
totheUni versal or,
aswesay ,ret
ur ni
ngitt
ot heUniversal whereallsubstanceexists.
Then, t
hroughmyIAM, myChr i
stConsciousness,Iheldmybodyi nmymi nduntili
ts
vibr
ationswer eloweredandittookf ormri
ghtherei nthisroom andy oucoul dseei t
.
Wher eini
st her eanymy ster
y?Am Inotusi ngthepower ,ort
helaw, giv
enmebyt he
Fatherthrought heBelovedSon?I snotthi
sSony ouandIandal l
manki nd?Wher einlies
themy stery?Ther eisnone.

“Consi derthef ai
thr epresentedbyt hemust ardseed.I tcomest ousf rom t heUni versal
thr
ought heChr i
stwi t
hin,whichhasal readybeenbor nwi thinusal l
.Asami nutespecki t
enterst hrought heChr ist,
orsuper consci ousmi nd,thepl aceofr ecept i
vitywi thin
ourselv es.Theni tmustbecar r
iedt ot hemountorhi ghestwi t
hi nour selv es,thev erytop
ofthehead.I tishel dthere.Wemustt henal lowt heHol ySpi ri
tt odescend.Nowcomes
theadmoni t
ion,`Thoushal tlovet heLor d,thyGod, withal lthyhear t,withal lthysoul ,
withal lthystrengthandwi thall t
hymi nd.Thi nk!Doest hemeani ngcome?Hear t
,Soul ,
Str
engt h,Mind.Ist hereany t
hingt odoatt hispoi ntbutt ot urni tallov ert oGod, t
heHol y
Spiri
t,theWhol e-I-
Spiri
tinact i
on?Thi sHol ySpi r
itcomesi nmanyway s, perhapsast iny
enti
tiest appingandseeki ngadmi ttance.Wemustacceptandal lowt hi sHol ySpi ri
tto
comei nanduni tewi t
ht hemi nutepoi ntofl ightorseedofknowi ngandr ev olvear ound
i
tandadher etoi tj
ustasy ousawt hepar ti
clesofi ceadher et ot hecent ral parti
cle,and
i
twi l
l growi nform par ti
clebypar t
icle,circlebyci rcle,justast hei ce,mul ti
plyand
expresst hatseedofknowi ngunt i
l youar eabl etosayt othemount ai
nofdi f
ficul
ties,
`Bethour emov edandcasti ntot hesea, andi twill
bedone.Cal lthisfour thdi mensi onor
whaty ouwi sh,wecal litGodi nex pr ession, throught heChr istinus.

“I
tisinthiswaytheChr i
stwasbor n.Mar y,t
heGr eatMot her,per
ceivedtheideal
;the
i
deal washeldinmind,thenconceivedint hesoil ofhersoul,hel
dforat i
met her
e, t
hen
broughtfort
horbornast heperfectChristChil
d, theFirstBorn,t
heOnlyBegot t
en, t
he
SonofGod.Hewasnour i
shedandpr otected;givent heverybestofthemot her;
watchedov erandcheri
shedunt i
lHegr ewf rom childhoodintomanhood.I ti
sthust he
Christcomest oal
lofus;fi
rstasani dealplantedi nthesoilofoursoul—thecentralpar
t
wher eGodis—heldinmindast heper f
ectideal,thenbr oughtfor
thorbor nasthe
perfectChil
d,t
heChristConsciousness.

“Youwhohav eseenwhathasbeenaccompl ishedheredoubty ourowney es.Idonot

blamey ou.Igetthethoughtofhy pnoti
sm f r
om t hemi ndsofsome.Mybr others,i
s
thereoneher ewhof eel
st hathedoesnothav et hepowert oexer ciseeveryGod- given
facultythathehasseenbr oughtfort
ht onight?Doy out hinkf oramomentt hatIam i n
anywaycont rol
lingyourthoughtorv i
sion?Doy out hi
nkt hatIcoul d, i
fIwoul d,casta
hypnot i
cspellov eranyorallofyou—fordi dyounotal l see?I sitnotr ecordediny our
owngr eatBookt hatJesusent er
edar oom wi ththedoor scl osed?Hej ustcamei nasI
havedone.Doy outhinkforamomentt hatJesus, t
heGr eatMast erandTeacher ,
neededi nanywayt ohy pnoti
ze?HeusedHi sownGod- givenpowerasIhav edone
tonight.Letmesayt hatIhavedonenot hingbutwhateachoneofy oucando.Notonl y
you, buteverychildthatisorhasbeenbor nintot hi
swor ld,oruniv erse,hast hesame
powertodoj ustwhaty ouhaveseenaccompl i
shedthisnight.Iwishtogetthisclearl
y
beforeyourminds.Letmeal sosayt hatyouareindi
viduals,t
haty ouarenot
personal
it
ies,t
hatyouar efr
eewi l
l
s, notautomatons.Jesusdi dnotneedt ohypnotize
andwedonotneedt ohy pnoti
ze.Doubtusal lyouwishunt i
lyouar eful
lysati
sfi
edast o
ourhonesty.Puttheideaofhypnotism awayf ort
hetime, oratleastl
etitli
epassive
unti
lyouhav egonedeeperintothewor k.Allweaskist hatyoukeepanopenmi nd. ”

CHAPTERI
V

Ast henextstageofourj ourneywast obei nt henat ureofasi detri

p, wel eftt
hemain
partofouroutf i
tandt henextmor ningpr oceededonourwayt oasmal lvi
ll
ageabout
twentymi l
esdistant,withonl yJastaccompany i
ngus.Thet railwasnotoft hebestand
attimeswasv erydiff
iculttofoll
owasi twoul dt hrought hedensef or est speculi
art
o
thatcountry.Wear r
ivedatourdest i
nat i
onj ustbef oresunsetthatev ening,tir
edand
hungry,aswehadpushedonal ldaywi thonl yashor tnoondayhal tf orl unch.The
countryingeneral wasr oughandunev enandt hetrailseemedpr actical lyunused.It
wasnecessar ytocutourwayt hroughoccasi onal thicketsoftrai
li
ngv ines.Ateach
delayJastseemedi mpat ient.Wewonder edatt hisf orhehadpr eviousl yseemedso
poised.Thiswast hef i
rstandonl ytimedur i
ngt het hreeandahal fy ear shewaswi t
hus
thathewasnott hesamecool ,
collectedJastt hatstar t
edwithus.Lat erwedi dnot
wonderathi sunr esti
nt hel i
ghtofwhatt ranspired.

Weent eredthel i
tt
lev i
llageofaboutt wohundr edi nhabitantsone- halfhourbef or
e
sunsetand, wheni twasknownt hatJastwaswi thus, Ibeli
eveev er yvil
lager,oldand
young, andeverypetanddomest icani mal camet ogr eetus.Whi l
ewewer etheobj ect
ofmor eorlesscur iosity,i
twasi mmedi atel
ynot edt hatJastwast hecent erofi nter
est,
greetedbyal l
wi t
ht heut mostr ev erence.Af teraf ewmoment shesai dawor dt othe
vil
lagersandallbutaf ewr eturnedt ot heirusual duties.Jasttur nedt ousandaskedi f
wewi shedt ogowi thhim whi l
et hecampwasbei ngpr eparedf ortheni ght.Fiveofour
partysaidtheywer et i
redaf t
ert heday sjourneyandwi shedt orest .Ther emai nderofus
foll
owedJastandt hehandf ulofv i
l
lager stowar dt hef arsi
deoft hecl eari
ngt hat
surroundedthev il
lage.Af t
ercr ossingt hecl earingwehadgonebutashor tdistanceint
o
thejunglewhenwecameupont hef orm ofamanl yingupont hegr oundast houghdead
—thatwasouri mpr essionatf i
rstgl ance.Asecondgl ance,howev er,showedt hatthe
reposesuggest edcal m sleepr athert handeat h.

West oodstari
ngast hought ransfixedf orwesawt hatt hefi
gurelyingont hegr ound
wasJast .Suddenl y,asJastwal kedt owar dit,t
hef i
gurebecameani mat edandr oset oa
standingposi t
ion.Ast hefigureandJastst oodf acetof aceforani nstant,
therewasno
mi staki
ngthei denti
ty—itwasJast .Al lsawt hatitwashe.The, i
nstantly,t
heJastwehad
knownhaddi sappear edandt her ewasbutonef igurest andi
ngbef oreus.Ofcour se, al
l
thiswasaccompl ishedinmuchl esst i
met hanittakest otel
landt hewonderwast hat
notoneofusquest ioned.Thef ivewhohadbeenl eftbehindatcampcamer unning
withoutasignal from anyofus.Weaf terwardsaskedt hem whyt heycame.The
answer swer e,“Wedontknow.Thef irstweknew, wewer eallonourf eetandr unningto
you.Wesi mpl ydonotknowwhywedi dit.Noneofusr ecall
anysi gnal.Wef ound
our sel
vesrunningi nyourdi r
ectionbef oreanyofusr eali
zedwhatwewer edoing.”
Oneofournumberr emar ked,“Myey esar eopenedsowi det hatIseefarbey ondthe
valeofdeathandt hewonder sthatst andrevealedar ebey ondconcept ion.”Anothersaid,
“Iseethewholewor ldovercomi ngdeat h.Howv ividl
yt hewor dscomeback, `Thel
ast
enemy ,Death,
shallbeov ercome.Isnott histhef ulf
il
lmentoft hesewor ds?What
pigmiesareourmer eintell
ectsincompar i
sonwi ththisgi gant i
cbutsimple
understandi
ngandy etwehav edaredt olookuponour selv esasgi ant
sofi ntell
ect
.Why ,
wear emer ebabes!Ijustbegint oseet hemeani ngof ,`Yemustbebor nagai n.Howt rue
thewor ds!
”

Il
eavethereadertoimagineoursurpr
iseorbewil
derment.Her ewasamanwi thwhom
wehadbeeni ndail
ycontact,andbywhom wehadbeenser veddaily,
thatwasabl eto
l
ayhisbodydownf ortheprotecti
onofother
sandgoonandser vesov eryeff
icientl
y.
Coul
ditdoot her
wisethanrecall
,“Het
hatisgreat
estamongy ou,shal
lbeser vantor
shal
lserv
e.”Ithi
nktherewasnotoneamongusbutf rom thatmomentl ostal
lfearof
deat
h.

Thesepeopleareaccustomedt olayi
ngabodydownbefor
eav i
ll
ageint
hejungl
eofa
count
ryinf
estedwithmar audi
ngmenandani mal
sandthatvi
ll
ageisassaf
efrom t
he
rav
agesofmenandani malsast houghi
twerei
naciv
il
izedcount
ry.

Itwasv er
yev i
dentthatJastsbodyhadbeenl yi
ngwher ewef ounditforaconsiderable
time.Thehai rhadgr ownlongandbushyandi nitwer ethenestsofalit
tlebir
dpeculiar
tot hecountry.Thesebirdshadbuiltthei
rnests,rearedthei
ryoung,andthey ounghad
flownaway ,
thusgiv i
ngunmistakableevidenceoft heti
met hebodyhadbeeni nt hat
posi t
ionandinactive.Thesebir
dsar everytimi
dandwi l
labandontheirnestsatthe
slightestdi
sturbance.Thisshowsthegr eatloveandt r
ustoftheli
tt
lebirds.

Theexci t
ementwassogr eatthatnooneinourcamp, exceptJast,
sleptt
hatni
ght.He
sleptli
keachil
d.Atinterv
alsoneoranotherofourpartywouldsitupandlookover
towardwhereJastwassl eepi
ng,thenl
iedownagain,saying,“
Pinchmet oseei
fIam
reall
yawake.”Occasional
lyamor efor
cefulexpr
essi
onwasused.

CHAPTERV

Wewer eupatsunr i
set henextmor ningandt hatdayr eturnedtothev i
ll
agewherewe
hadleftourout
fi
t.Wear ri
vedatthev i
ll
agej ustbeforedarkandpi tchedourcampunder
agreatbanyantree.Thenextmor ningEmi lgreet
edusandweal lbeganasking
questi
ons.Hesaid,“Idonotwonderaty ourquestionsandIwi llgl
adlyanswerallt
hatI
canatt hi
sti
me,leavingot her
sunt i
lyouhav egonef urtherint
oourwor k.Int
alki
ngto
youasIam, youfull
yr eali
zethatIam usi ngyourlanguaget oconv eytoyoutheone
greatunderl
yi
ngpr i
ncipleofourbelief.

“Whenallknowt heTruthanditisri
ght
lyinter
pret
ed,tr
ulyi
sitnotoneandal
lfr
om the
samesour ce?Arewenotal lonewiththeuniver
salmindsubstance,
God?Arewenotall
onegreatfamily
?Isnotev er
ychild,
everyoneborn,nomattert
hecasteorcr
eed,a
memberoft hisgreatfamil
y?
“Youaski fwebel ievedeat hi sav oidabl e.Letmeansweri nt hewor dsoft heSi ddha:
`Thehumanbodyi sbui l
tupf rom t hei ndi vi
dual cell
, l
i
ket hebodi esofpl antsand
animals,whom wel ov etocal lyoungerandl essev olvedbr other s.Thei ndi vidual celli
sa
minutemi croscopi cuni toft hebody .Byapr ocessofgr owt handdi vi
sion, r
epeat ed
manyt imes, thismi nutenucl eusofacel l
-unitresultsatl asti nacompl etehumanbei ng,
buil
tupofal mostcount lessmi ll
ionsofcel l
s.Thesebodycel l
sspeci ali
zef orcer t
ain
dif
ferentfunct i
onsbutt heyr etai n,int hemai n,thechar act eri
sticsoft heindi vidual cell
whencet heyar ose.Thi sindiv i
dual cellmaybel ookeduponast het orchbear erof
animatel i
fe.Itpassesonf rom gener ationt ogener ationt hel atentf i
resofGod—t he
vit
ali
tyofal ll
ivingbei ngs, withanunbr okenancest ryreachi ngbackt othet imewhenl i
fe
fi
rstappear edont hisplanet .Thi si ndividual cel
l hast hepr oper tyofunl imi t
edy outh.But
whataboutt hegr oupcel lscal ledt hebody ?Thegr oupcel lsar osef rom t hei ndi vi
dual
cellr
epeat edmanyt i
mes, retainingi tsi ndivi
dual charact eristi
cs, oneofwhi chi st he
l
atentfireofl i
fe,orEt ernal Yout h.Thegr oupcel ls,orbody ,funct ionasguar dianoft he
i
ndividualcellonlydur i
ngt heshor tspanofl ifeasy ouknowi tnow.

“Themostanci entofourt eacher sbyi nspirational meansper cei v

edt het ruthoft he
fundament aluni tyofl if
er eact i
onsi npl antandani mal .Wecanwel limagi net hese
teacher sbeneat ht hespr eadi ngbany anaddr essi ngt heirpupilsasf ol
lows: `Lookatt hi
s
giantt ree.Thev ital processgoi ngoni nourbr other, t
histree, andinour selvesi s
fundament all
yt hesame.Behol dt hel eavesandt hebudsatt het i
psoft heol dest
bany an—howy oungt heyar e—y oungast heseedf rom whi cht hegi antspr angi ntol
ife.
Thel if
ereacti
onsofpl antandmanbei ngal ike, mancancer tai nl
ypr ofitbyt he
exper i
enceoft hepl ant.Ast heleav esandbudsatt het ipsoft hebr anchesoft heoldest
bany anareasy oungast heseedwhencei tspr ang, evensot hegr oupcel l
sinman
formi nghi sbody , neednotgr aduallyloset hei rv it
alityanddi e, butmaygr owy oungand
ev ergreenast heov um ori ndividual celli
tself .Indeed, thereisnor easonwhyy ourbody
shoul dnotgrowasy oungandv it
al ast hev ital seedf r
om whi chi tspr ang.Theev er
-
spr eadingbany an, alwaysasy mbol ofeverlast i
ngl i
fe, doesnotdi eexceptt hrough
acci dent.Nonat ural l
awofdecay ,nool dagepr ocessseemst oexistwi thinthebany an
treet oaf f
ectinjur i
ousl ythev i
talener gyofi tscel l
s.Thesamei strueoft hehumanf orm
div i
ne.

“Ther ei snonat urall

awofdeat hordecayf orman, exceptthroughacci dent .No
i
nev i
tableol dagepr ocessexi stswithi
nhi sbodyorgr oupcel l
s—not hingt hatcan
gradual lypar alyzethei ndiv i
dual.Deathis,then, anavoidabl
eacci dent.Diseasei s,above
all
, di
s- ease,absenceofeaseorSant i
—sweet ,joyouspeaceoft hespi ri
tref l
ected
throught hemi ndint hebody .Seniledecay,whi chisthecommonexper i
enceofman, i
s
butanexpr essi onthatcov ershisignoranceofcause, cert
aindiseasecondi ti
onsof
mi ndandbody .Evenacci dentsar epreventablebyappr opri
atement al at
titude.Say sthe
Siddha: `Thet oneoft hebodymaybesopr eservedthatitmaynat ur
allyresistwithease
i
nf ectiousandot herdi sease, l
ikeplagueandi nf l
uenza.TheSiddhamayswal lowger ms
andnev erdev elopdiseaseatal l
.

“
Remembert hatyouthisGodsseedofl ovepl
antedinthehumanform divine.Indeed,
y
outhisthedivi
nit
ywithinman;youthistheli
fespir
it
ual—t
heli
febeauti
ful.Itisonlyli
fe
t
hatl
ivesandloves—theonelif
eeternal.Ageisunspir
it
ual
,mort
al,
ugly,unr eal
.Fear
t
houghts,pai
nthoughts,andgr
iefthoughtscr
eatetheugli
nesscal
ledoldage.Joy ous
thought
s,l
ovet
hought
s,andi
dealthought
scr
eat
ethebeaut
ycal
l
edy
out
h.Agei
sbuta
shellwi
thi
nwhi
chli
esthegem ofr
eali
ty—t
hej
ewelofy
outh.

“Pr acticeacqui r
ingtheconsci ousnessofchi ldhood.Vi suali
zet heDi vi
neChi ldwi thin.
Bef oref alli
ngasl eepsuggestt oy ourconsci ousness, `Inowr ealizet hatt herei swi t
hin
measpi ri
tualjoy -
bodyev eryoung, everbeaut iful.Ihav ebeaut i
ful ,spiri
tualmi nd, ey es,
nose, mout h,skin—thebodyoft heDi vi
neI nfant ,
whi chnow, tonight ,isper fect.Repeat
thisaf fir
mat i
onandmedi tat
euponi tquietl
ywhi l
ef all
ingasl eep.Uponr isingint he
mor ningsuggestt oyour selfaloud, `
Wel l
,dear( addr essingy oursel fbyname) ,t herei sa
div i
neal chemi stwithi
n.Byt hespi ri
tualpoweroft heseaf fi
rmat ionsdur i
ngt heni ghta
transmut at i
ont akespl aceandt heunf oldi
ngf rom wi t
hin, t
heSpi r i
t,hassat uratedt his
spi ri
tualbodyandspi ritualtempl e.Thei nneral chemi sthascauseddeadandwor n-out
cel l
st of allandt hegol dofnewski ntoappearwi thper petualheal thandl ov el
iness.
Tr ulydi v
ineLov eindemonst r
at i
oni seternaly outh.Thedi vi
neal chemi sti swi thinmy
templ e,const antlycoiningnewandbeaut ifulbabycel l
s.Thespi ritofy out hiswi thinmy
templ e—t hishumanf or m divi
ne, andal li
swel l.Om Sant i!Santi!Sant i!(Peace!Peace!
Peace! )

“Learntosmi leinthesweetwayofachi ld.Asmi l

efrom t
hesoulisspir
it
ualrel
axati
on.
Ar ealsmileisat hi
ngoft ruebeauty,thear t
ist
icworkofthe`I
nnerRulerI
mmor tal.I
tis
wel l
toaf f
irm—It hi
nkaki ndthoughtforal lt
hewor l
d.Mayallt
hewor l
dbehappyand
blest.Affi
rm beforetakingupt heworkf ortheday—Wi t
hinmethereisaperfectform—
theform Div i
ne.Iam nowal lthatIdesir
et obe!Ivisual
i
zedail
ymybeaut if
ulbeinguntilI
breatheitintoexpression!Iam aDi v
ineChi l
d,allmyneedsarebeingnowandf orever
supplied!“

“Learntothr
il
lyoursel
f.Affi
r I
m,nfi
nit
eLovefi
ll
smymi ndandthr
il
lsmybodywit
hit
s
perfectl
if
e.Makeev er
y t
hingbr
ightandbeaut
if
ulabouty
ou.Cult
ivat
easpi
ri
tofhumor
.
Enjoythesunshine.

“Youunder st andthatIam quot i

ngf rom thet eachingofSi ddha.Theyar et heol dest
teacher sknownandt heirteachingant edatesal l hi
storybyt housandsofy ear s.They
wentaboutt eachingthepeopl eandshowi ngt hem t hebet t
erwayofl ifeev enbef ore
manknewt hesi mpleartsofci vili
zat ion.Itisf r
om t heirteachingt hatt hesy stem of
rul
er sspr ang.Butt heser ul
erssoonwander edawayf rom ther ealizationthati twasGod
expr essingt hroughthem.Thi nkingi twast hemsel ves,theper sonal ,whower edoi ngthe
wor k,theyl ostsightofthespi ritual andbr oughtf orththeper sonal ormat er ial,
forgettingthatal lcomesf r
om t heonesour ce—God.Theser ulersper sonal concept s
gav eriset ot hegreatsepar ati
onsi nbel i
efandt hewi dediversityoft hought .Thi sisour
conceptoft heTowerofBabel .TheSi ddhahav epreser vedthroughoutt heagest hetrue
i
nspi rational methodsofGodexpr essi ngthr oughmanki ndandt hr oughal l Hi screations,
reali
zingt hatGodi sAllandt hati tisGodmani festi
ngt hroughal l.Theyhav enev er
dev i
atedf rom t hi
steaching.Thust heyhav epr eserv edthegr eatf undament al Truth.”

CHAPTERVI
Aswehadconsi derablewor ktodobef orecr ossi
ngt heHimalay as,wedecidedupon
thi
sv il
lageasthemostoppor tuneplacef orourheadquarters.Themanwehadl eftin
thevill
agetoobser veEmi l
joinedusher eandr eportedthathehadconv ersedwithEmi l
untilnearl
yfouroclockoft hedayhewast okeephi sappointmentwi thus.ThenEmi l
saidhewasaboutt okeephi sappointment .Hisbodyi mmedi atelybecamei nacti
veand
reposedupont hecouchast houghasl eep.Itwasint hi
spositionunt i
laboutseven
oclocki nt
heev ening, whenitgraduall
ybecamemor ei
ndisti
nctanddi sappeared.Itwas
atthistimeintheev eningthatEmilcamet ousi nthelodgeatt helit
tl
ev i
ll
age.

Theseasonwasnotf arenoughadv ancedforust oattemptthemount ainpasses.You

willnotethatIsay,forus.Byt hi
sImeant hemember sofourl i
ttl
eparty
,forbythisti
me
wehadbegunt olookuponour sel
vesasmer eimpediments.Wer eal
i
zedt hatourthr
ee
greatfri
ends—y ouwi l
lnotethatIcal
lthem allgreat
,fori
ndeedt heywere—couldhav e
negotiatedthedistancethatwecov eredi
nf arlessti
met hanittookusbutt heywere
uncompl aini
ng.

Wehadmadeanumberofshor ttri
psf r
om ourheadquar t erswi thei t
herJastorNepr ow
accompany ingusandi nev er
yinstance,theyhadshownt hei rster
li
ngqual it
iesand
wor t
h.Ononeoft heset ripsEmi l
,Jast,andNepr owaccompani edust oav i
l
lagewher e
atempl ecalledTheSi l
enceTempl e,TheTempl eNotMadeByHands, i
slocated.Thi
s
vil
lagecontainsthet empl eandt hehousesoft heattendant sandi slocatedont he
formersiteofav i
ll
aget hathadbeennear l
ydestroyedbyt her avagesofwi l
danimals
andpest i
l
ence.Wewer et oldthattheMast ersv i
sit
edt hi
sspotandf oundaf ew
i
nhabi t
antsleftofaboutt hreethousandpopul ati
on.Theymi nister
edt othem andt he
ravagesoft hewi l
danimal sandpest il
enceceased.Thef ewv i
ll
agersv owedt hat
,ift
hey
wer espared,theywoul d,f r
om thattimeon, devotetheirli
v est oGod, ser
vingHi minany
wayHechose.TheMast ersleftandwhent heyretur
nedl at ertheyf oundthet emple
erectedandat tendantsinchar ge.

Thetempleisverybeauti
ful
,sit
uatedonanelevati
onover
looki
ngawideexpanseof
countr
y.I
tisaboutsixthousandyearsold,
ismadeofwhitemarbl
e,andhasnever
neededrepai
rs,asapiecechippedoffrepl
acesit
self
,aswasprov
enbymember sofour
part
y.

Emilsaid,“ThisiscalledtheTempl eofSi l
ence, thePlaceofPower .Sil
enceispower ,
for
whenwer eacht heplaceofsi l
encei nmi nd, wehav ereachedt hepl aceofpower —t he
pl
acewher eallisone, t
heonepower —God.` Bestil
landknowt hatIam God.Di ff
used
poweri snoise.Concent rat
edpoweri ssilence.When, t
hr oughconcent r
ati
on(drawi ngto
acenter),wehav ebroughtallofourf orcesi ntoonepoi ntoff orce,wehav econt acted
Godinsi l
ence, wear eonewi thHim andhenceonewi thal lpower .Thisistheher i
tageof
man.`Iandt heFat herareone.Ther eisbutonewayt obeonewi t
ht hepowerofGod
andthatisconsci ouslytocont actGod.Thi scannotbedonei nt hewi t
hout,f
orGod
manifestsfrom wi t
hin.`TheLor disinHi shol ytemple;letalltheear thkeepsilentbefore
Him.Onl yaswet urnfrom thewi t
houtt ot hesilenceoft hewi thincanwehopet omake
consciousunionwi thGod.Wewi l
l r
ealizet hatHispoweri sforust ouseandwewi l
luse
i
tatall t
imes.Thenwewi ll
knowt hatwear eonewi thHi spower .

“
Thenwi l
lhumanit
ybeunderstood.Manwil
ll
earntoletgoofsel
f-
del
usi
onsand
v
anit
ies.Hewil
lreal
izehi
signoranceandl
i
ttl
eness.Thenwil
lhebepr
eparedt
olear
n.
Hewil
lreal
i
zethattheproudcannotbet
aught.Hewi
l
lknowthatonl
ythehumblecan
per
cei
vetheTruth.Hi
sfeetwil
lfeel
thef
ir
mr ock,
hewil
lnol
ongerst
umble,hewil
lbe
poi
sedi
ndecision.

“Tor eal
i
zethatGodi stheonlypower ,
substance,andint
elli
gencemaybeconf usingat
fi
rst.Butwhenmandoesr eali
zet hetr
uenatureofGodandbr ingsHi
mf or
thintoacti
ve
expression,
hewillusethispoweratal lt
imes.Hewi l
lknowt hatheconsci
ously
contactsHispoweratal l
times—whenheeat s,whenher uns,whenhebreathes,or
whenhedoest hegreatwor kbeforehi
m.Manhasnotl earnedt odothegr
eaterworks
ofGodbecausehehasnotr eal
izedthegreatnessofGodspowerandhasnotknown
thatGodspoweri sformansuse.

“Goddoesnothearust hr oughourl oudandv ai

nr epeti
ti
onsnorourmuchspeaki ng.We
mustseekGodt hrought heChr i
stwi t
hin, t
heinvisi
bleconnect ionwhi chwehav ewi t
hin
ourselves.Whent heFat herwi thiniswor shi
ppedi nSpiri
tandTr uth,Hehear sthecal l
s
ofthatsoul whichsincer el yopenst oHi m.Theonewhomakest heconnect i
onwi ththe
Fatherinsecretwi l
lfeel thepowerf l
owi ngt hr
oughhi m ast hef ulf
il
lmentofev erydesire.
Forhet hatseest heFat heri nt hesecr etplaceofhi sownsoul andt hereabides,himthe
Fatherwi l
lrewardopenl y.Howof t
enJesusdi scl
osedhi sindiv i
dual contactwiththe
Father.SeehowHeconst antlyheldHi msel finconsciouscommuni cat i
onwi t
hGod
withi
n.SeehowHet alkedwi thHi m ast houghHewer eper sonal l
ypr esent
.Seehow
power fult
hissecreti nnerr elati
onmadeHi m.Her ecognizedt hatGoddoesnotspeaki n
thefir
e, t
heearthquake, ort hegr eatwi nd,butinthest i
l
l,smal lvoice—t hestil
l
,smal l
voicedeepi nourownsoul s.

“Whenmanl earnsthi
s, hewil
lbecomepoised.Hewi lll
earntothi
nkthingsthrough.Ol
d
i
deaswi lldr
opaway ,
newi deaswil
lbeadjusted.Hewillsoonfindtheeaseand
eff
ici
encyofsy stem.Hewi l
ll
earnatl
asttotakeallthequesti
onsthatperplexhiminto
thi
ssilenthour.Therehemaynotsol vethem buthewi l
lbecomef amil
iarwiththem.
Thenhewi l
lnotneedt ogohurryi
ngandbat t
li
ngthrought hedayandfeelthathis
purposehasbeendef eated.

“Ifmanwoul dcomet oknowt hegr eat

erst ranger—hi mself—lethim enterhi sowncl oset
andshutt hedoor .Therehewi llfi
ndhismostdanger ousenemyandt herewi llhelear n
tomast erhim.Hewi l
lfindhistrueself.Ther ewil
l hef i
ndhi struestfri
end, hiswi sest
teacher,hi
ssaf estadviser—himself.Ther ewi l
lhef i
ndt healtaruponwhi chGodi sthe
undy i
ngf i
re,thesour ceofallgoodness, all
strength, al
lpower —hi mself.Hewi llknow
thatGodi sint hedeepestpar toft hesilence.Hewi llfi
ndthatwi thinhimsel fabidest he
HolyofHol i
es.Hewi l
lfeelandknowt hathi severydesi reisinGodsmi ndandi s,
theref
ore,Godsdesi re.Hewi l
l f
eel andknowt hecl osenessoft her el
ationshipofGod
andman, theFat herandt heSon.Hewi l
lreali
zethatonl yinconsci ousnesshast here
beenanysepar ati
onoft hesewhi chhav eseemedt wo—j ustashi sspiri
tandhi sbody
haveseemedt obet wo—butwhi chi nreali
tyareone.

“Godfil
lsbot
hheav enandeart
h.I twasthisgreatr evel
ationthatcametoJacobi nthe
sil
ence.Hehadsleptonthestoneofmat er
ial
ity.Inagr eatburstofdi
vi
neil
lumi nat
ion
hesawt heouteri
sbuttheout-pressi
ngorexpr essi onoft hei
mageheldwithin.So
i
mpr essedwashebyt hi
sthathecal l
edout ,`
Sur el
yt heLor d(
orlaw)i
sinthisplace(the
eart
horbody)andIknewi tnot.Thisisnoneot herbutt hehouseofGodandt hisisthe
gat
etoheaven.Manwil
lreal
i
ze,
asJacobdi
d,t
hatt
her
eal
gat
etoheav
eni
sthr
oughhi
s
ownconsci
ousness.

“Itist hisl adderofconsci ousness, r

ev ealedi nav i
siont oJacob, whi cheachofusmust
climbbef orewecanent erthatsi lentsecr etpl aceoft heMostHi ghandf indt hatwear e
i
nt hev erycent erofev er ycr eatedt hing,onewi thall t
hingsv i
sibleandi nvisible,i
nand
oft heOmni presence.I nJacobsv isionhewasshownt hel adderr eachi ngf rom ear thto
heav en.Hesawt heangel sofGoddescendi ngandascendi nguponi t—Godsi deas
descendi ngf rom Spiri
tt of or m andascendi ngagai n.Itwast hesamer evel ati
ont hat
camet oJesuswhent he` heav enswer eopenedunt ohi m andhesawt hewonder ful l
aw
ofexpr essi onwher ebyi deasconcei vedint hedi vineMi ndcomef or thi ntoexpr ession
andmani festasf orm.Soper fect l
ywast hisl awofexpr essi onr ev eal edt ot heMast er
thatatoncehesawal l form maybet ransf or med, orchangedi nf or m, throughachange
ofconsci ousnessi nr egar dt oi t.Hi sf i
rstt empt at i
onwast ochanget hef or m ofst ones
tot hatofbr eadt osatisfyper sonal hunger ,butwi t
ht her evelati
onoft hislawof
expr essi oncamet het rueunder standi ngt hatst onesaswel lasal l otherv isibleforms
hav ecomef or t
hfrom t heUni ver sal Mi ndSubst ance, God, andar ei nt hemsel vest rue
expr essi onsofdi vi
neMi nd; andal lthingsdesi red, (
notf or med)ar est i
llint hisUniv ersal
Mi ndSubst ancer eadyt obecr eat edorbr oughtf ort
ht of il
leverydesi re.Thus, theneed
forbr eadbutshowedt hatthesubst ancewi thwhi cht ocr eatebr eadoranyot herneeded
thingi sathandwi t
houtl i
mi tationandbr eadcanbecr eat edfrom t hissubst ancejustas
wel lasst onescanbecr eatedt her efrom.Ev erygooddesi remanhasi sGodsdesi re;
ther efor e,thereisanunl imi tedsuppl yint heUni versal GodSubst anceal laboutust ofil
l
ev erydesi re.Allweneeddoi stol ear nt ousewhatGodhasal readycr eat edf orusand
thisHewi ll
stohav eusdot hatwemaybef reef rom ev er yl i
mitat i
onandt husbe
`abundant lyfree.

“WhenJesussaid,`
Iam thedoor ,Hemeantt hattheIAM i neachsoul i
st hedoor
thr
oughwhichtheli
fe,power ,andsubstanceoft hegr eatIAM,whichi sGod, comes
for
thint
oexpressi
ont hr
ought heindi
v i
dual.ThisIAM hasbutonemodeofexpr essi
on
andthatist
hroughidea,thought,word,andact .Thi
sIAM GodBei ng,whichispower ,
subst
ance,i
ntel
li
gence,isgivenform byconsci ousness; andf
orthisreasontheMast er
sai
d,`Accor
dingtoyourfaithbeituntoy ou,and` Al
lthingsarepossibl
et othem that
bel
ieve.

“Nowweseet hatGodi swi t

hinthesoul aspower ,subst
ance,andintell
i
gence—ori
n
spi
rit
ual t
erms, wisdom, loveandt rut
h—andi sbroughtoutintoform orexpr
essi
on
thr
oughconsci ousness.Theconsci ousnesswhi chisintheinf
init
emi ndofGodandin
mani sdetermi nedbyt heconceptorbel iefthatishel di
nmind.Itisthebeli
efi
n
separati
onf rom Spiri
tthathascausedourf ormst oageanddi e.Whenweseet hat
Spir
itisallandt hatfor
mi sconstantl
ybei ngexpr essedfr
om Spiri
t,t
henshallwe
understandthatt hatwhichisbor noforbr oughtoutofSpiri
tisSpiri
t.

“Thenextgreattruthtoberevealedthr
oughthisconsci ousnessi sthateachindiv
idual
,
beingaconceptoft hedivi
neMi nd,i
sheldinthatMi ndasaper fectidea.Notoneofus
hast oconceivehimself
.Wehav ebeenper f
ectlyconceiv edandar ealwaysheldinthe
perfectmindofGodasper fectbeings.Byhavingthi
sr eal i
zationbroughtt oour
consciousness,wecancont actthedivi
neMindandsor econcei vewhatGodhasal r
eady
conceivedforus.ThisiswhatJesuscal l
edbeing`bornagai n.Itisthegreatgif
tthe
silencehast oof ferus; forbycont act i
ngt heGod- mi ndwecant hinkwi thGod- mi ndand
knowour selvesaswear ei nr eali
tyrathert hanaswehav ethoughtour selvest obe.We
cont actGod- mi ndt hrought r
uet houghtandsobr ingf orthat rueexpr ession; wher eas, i
n
thepast ,perhapst hroughunt ruethought , wehav ebr oughtf orthanunt r
ueexpr ession.
But ,whet hert hef orm beper f ectorimper fect ,t
heBei ngoft hef ormi sper fectGod-
power ,subst ance, andi ntelli
gence.I tisnott heBei ngoft hef ormt hatwewi sht o
changebutt hef or mt hatBei nghasassumed.Thi si st obedonet hr ought her enewi ng
oft hemi nd,ort hr ought hechangef rom t hei mper fectt ot heper f
ectconcept ,from t he
thoughtofmant ot het houghtofGod.Howi mpor tantt hent of i
ndGod, tocont actHi m,
tobeOnewi thHi m andt obr i
ngHi mf orthi ntoex pr essi on.Howequal lyimpor tantist he
silenceort hest illi
ngoft heper sonal mi nd, thattheGod- mindi nal l itssplendormay
i
llumi net heconsci ousness.Wheni tdoes, thenweshal lunder standhow` thesunof
ri
ght eousness( right -use- ness)shal l ri
sewi thheal ingi nhi swi ngs.Themi ndofGod
fl
oodsconsci ousnessassunshi nef loodsadar kenedr oom.Thei nf usi onoft he
Uni versal Mindi nt ot heper sonal mindi sliket heent ranceoft hev ast nessoft heout side
airintot hei mpur ityoft hatwhi chhasl ongbeenhel di nsomecl osecompar tment .It
standsal one, supr eme, andwer ealizet hatwear et obui ldbutonet empl e.TheTempl e
oft heLi vingGodi st hebl endi ngoft hegr eat erwitht hel essert hroughwhi cht hel esser
becomesonewi tht hegr eat er.Thei mpur itywascausedbyt hesepar at i
onoft hel esser
from t hegr eat er.Thepur i
tyi scausedbyt hei runion, sot hatnol ongeri st her eagr eater
andal esserbutj ustt heonegood, whol e, pur eair
.Ev ensomustweknowt hatGodi s
Oneandal lt
hi ngsv isibleandi nvi
siblear eOnewi thHi m.I tissepar ationf rom Hi mt hat
hascausedsi n,si ckness, pov ert
y,anddeat h.Itisuni onwi thHi mt hatcausesonet o
becomeawhol eBei ngort obecomeconsci ousofbei ngwhol e.

“Thesepar ationfrom uni tyist hedescentoft heangel sont heladderofconsci ousness.

Ther etur nt ouni t
yist heascentoft heangel supont hel adder .Thedescenti sgood, f
or
unitythenbecomesexpr essedi ndi versit
y,butindi v ersityther eneedbenoconceptof
separat i
on.Thatwhi chi sdiv ersityhasbeenmi sconcei vedf rom theper sonal,or
external viewpoi nt,tobesepar ation.Thegr eatwor kf oreachsoul istol if
ttheper sonal
viewpoi ntt osuchhei ghtsi nconsci ousnesst hati tbecomesonewi tht hewhol e.When
allcan` meetwi thoneaccor di nonepl ace,thatpl acei nconsci ousnesswher eitis
under stoodt hatal l
thingsv isibleandi nvi
sibl
ehav et heiror i
gini ntheoneGod, t henwe
standupont heMountofTr ansf iguration.Atf i
rstweseeJesusandwi thHi m Moses
andEl ias; orLawandPr ophecy ,
andt heChr i
st,(thepowerwi thinmant oknowGod) ;
andwet hinkt obuil
dt hreet empl es, butthedeepermeani ngcomes.Wear egivent o
reali
zet hei mmor t
ali
tyofmanandt oknowt hatdi vinityisnev erlost,thatDi v
inemani s
deathless, eternal.ThenMoses—t heLaw, andEl ias—t hePr ophecy ,disappear ;andt he
Chr i
stst andsal onesupr emeandwer eal
izethatwehav et obui l
dbutonet empl e—t he
Templ eoft heLiv i
ngGodwi thinourv eryselves.Thent heHol ySpiri
tfillsthe
consci ousnessandt hesensedel usionsofsi n,sickness, pov erty,anddeat hbecomeno
mor e.Thi si st hegreatpur poseoft hesi l
ence.

“Thi
stemplefrom whichyoumaychi
papieceandt hescarwil
lbeinst
antl
yheal
edbut
typi
fi
esthetempleofourbody,
ofwhichJesusspoke,t
het emplenotmadebyhands,
eter
nali
ntheheav ens,whi
chwearet
obringfor
thhereonear t
h.”
CHAPTERVI
I

Wer eturnedfrom ourt ri

pandf oundanumberofst r
anger sgatheredatt hev i
l
lage.
Theywer egat heringfrom thecount r
yaboutandanumberoft heMast erswer e
congregatingforapi l
gri
maget oav i
l
lageaboutt
wohundr edandt went y-
f i
vemi l
es
dist
ant.Wewonder edatt hisforwehadbeeni nthatdirecti
onandf oundt hatt het r
ail
tr
aversedwhatwecal ledasandydeser t
.Itwasinreali
tyahighpl ateaucov eredwi th
sandhill
sthatt hewi ndhadshi f
tedbackandf ort
handwher ebutlittlevegetationgr ew.
Beyondt hisdeser tt
het r
ailledoverasmal lr
angeofmount ai
nswhi chisaspuroft he
Himalayas.Thatev eningwewer einvit
edtoaccompanyt heexpedi tionandwer etold
wewoul dnotneedt otakethemor ecumbersomepar tofourout f
it,aswewoul dr etur
n
beforecrossingt hemai nHi malayas.Theexpedit
ionwast ost
artt hefollowingMonday .

Ofcour seJastandNepr owhadev erythingi nreadi nessandear lyMondaymor ni

ngwe
swungi ntoli
newi thaboutt hreehundr edot her s.Thegr eaterpor t
ionofthesehad
i
nf i
rmi t
iesforwhi cht heywer eseeki ngheal ing.Al l wentwel l
untilthefol
lowing
Satur day,whenther ear oset hemostsev erethunder storm wehadev erexperienced.
Ther ewasaper fectdownpourf orthreeday sandni ght s,af orer
unnerofsummer ,as
theycal ledi
t.Wewer ecampedi nav eryconv enientpl aceanddi dnotsuf ferfrom the
storm.Ourgr eatestanxi etywasaboutpr ovi
sionsf orwewer ecertainthatthis
prolongeddel aywoul dcauseser i
ousi nconv eni encest oallconcer ned,astherewasbut
enoughbr oughtal ongf orthet r
ip,notcount i
ngdel ay s.Thi sdelayseemeddoubl y
serioust ousf or
, aswesawi t,t
her ewasnopl acet or eplenishoursuppl i
esunl esswe
returnedt oourstar ti
ngpoi nt,possiblyonehundr edandt went ymilesdistant,agreater
portionofwhi chlayov erthesandydeser talreadyr ef erredt o.

Thursdaymor ni ngt hesunr oseclearandbeaut i

fulbut,insteadofpushi ngonaswehad
expected,wewer et ol dt hatwewoul dwai twherewewer eunt i
lthet railshaddr i
edand
theriv
ershadr ecededsowecoul dpr oceedmor ecomf or t
ably.Wewer eal lf earfull
est
ourprovisionsshoul dbeexhaust edandoneofourpar tyv oicedt hisfear .Emi l,whohad
chargeoft hewhol eout fit,camet ousandsai d, “
Youneednotf ear .DoesnotGodt ake
careofall Hiscr eat ures, bothgr eatandsmal l
,andar ewenotHi scr eat ur es?Youwi ll
seethather eIhav eaf ewker nel
sofcor norcor nseed.Iwi l
l pl
antt hem.Byt hisactI
havedef i
nitelysai dt hatIwantcor n.Ihavef or
medcor ni nmymi nd.Ihav ef ulfil
l
edt he
l
awandi ndueseasoni twi llcomef orth.I
sitnecessar yf orust oawai tt hel ong, ar
duous
processthatNat urei nhersl owgr owthandunf ol dmentwi lltakei nordert ogr owcor n?
Ifso,wewoul dbeobl i
gedt owai tal ong,hardtimet oobt aini t
.Whynotuseahi gheror
mor eperfectlaw, giv enusbyt heFather,toproducei t
?Al lt
hati srequi redi st obecome
quietandv isual i
zeori deal i
zecor nandwehav ecor ncured, readyf oruse.I fy oudoubti t,
youcangat heri t,grindi ti ntomeal ,thenmakei tint
obr ead.”Ther ebef or euswascor n
grownandcur edsot hatwedi dgatherit,
andgr indit,
andaf terwar dsmadei tintobread.

ThenEmi lwentontosay,“
Thisy ouhav eseenandbel i
evebutwhynotuseamor e
perfectl
awandbr i
ngfor
thamor eperfectthi
ngorexact l
ywhatyouwant —bread.You
willseebyusi
ngthismoreperfect,orasy ouwouldsay ,moresubt
lelaw,Iam ableto
bri
ngf or
thexact
lywhatIneed—br ead.”Andaswest oodt her
espell
boundal argeloafof
breadwasi nhi
shands,nordidthesuppl ystopunti
ltherewerefor
tyloavesupont he
tabl
ebef or
eus,pl
acedthereappar ent
lybyEmi l
himself.Heremarked,“Youseethereis
suff
ici
entf
orall
;i
fnotsuff
ici
ent
,morecanbesuppli
edunt
ilt
her
eisenoughandt
o
spare.
”Weallat
ethebreadandpronouncedi
tgood.

Emi lcontinued, “WhenJesusatGal il

eeaskedPhi l
ip,`Whenceshal l webuybr ead?He
didthist otryhi m, f
orwi thi nHi msel fHeknewf ul
lwel lt
herewasnonecessi tyt obuyt he
breadneededt of eedt heassembl edmul t
itudenort osecur ei tthrought hemat eri
al
mar kettheni nexi stence.Hesawt heoppor tunitytoprov etoHi sdi sciplest hepowerof
breadl eavenedori ncreasedbyt heSpi ri
t.Howof t
enmani nt hemor tal conceptt hinks
asdi dPhi l
ip!Hewascal culat i
ng,ashumanconsci ousnessi scal culatingt oday ,f
rom
thev i
siblesuppl yonhand—t hi
nkinghehadonl ysomuchbr eadorsomuchsuppl yorso
muchmoneywi thwhi cht obuy .Jesusr ecogni zedt hattheonei nChr istConsci ousness
knowsnol i
mi tation.Het hen, i
nChr istConsci ousness, lookedt oGodast hesour ceand
creatorofal l andgav et hanksf ort hepowerandsubst ancer ightathandt of il
levery
want .Het henbr okeanddi stri
buted, t
hroughHi sdisciples,tot hosei nout erneedunt il
theneedwassuppl iedandt herer emai nedt welvebasket sov er.Jesusnev erdepended
ont heov er-suppl yofanot hert ofillHisneednort heneedofanot her ;butHet aughtt hat
oursuppl yisr i
ghtathandi nUni ver salSubst ancewher eall suppl yexi stsandal lwe
needdoi st ocr eat eitorbr ingitfor th.JustsowhenEl ishamul t
ipli
edt hewi dowsoi l
.He
didnotappl yt osomeonehav i
nganov er-abundanceofoi l
,forhadhedonet histhe
suppl ywoul dhav ebeenl imi t
ed.Hecont actedt heUni versal andt heonl ylimittot he
suppl ywast hatal lthev essel swer ef il
l
ed.Thesuppl ycouldhav eflowedonunt ilt
his
dayhadt herebeenv essel st orecei veit.

“Thisi snothy pnot i

sm.Noneofy ouf eel t
haty ouar einanywayunderahy pnoticspell.
Letmesayt hattheonl yhy pnot i
sm i sthesel f
hy pnot i
sm ofbel i
evingt hateachandev ery
onecannotdot heper fectwor ksofGod, andcr eatethedesi redcondi tionort hing.For
i
snott heneedi tsel fthedesi retocr eate?I nsteadofunf oldi
ngandcr eat i
ngasGodwi ll
s
ust ocr eat e, y
ouf oldupi nyourl ittl
eshel l
sandsay ,`Icant,andy ouhy pnotize
your selvesi ntoact uallybeliev i
ngt haty ouar esepar ateent i
ti
esapar tfrom God.You
simpl yf allshor tofy ourper fectcr eationorexpr ession.Youdonotl etGodexpr ess
perfect l
yt hroughy ouasi tisHi sdesi retodo.Di dnotJesust heGr eatMast ersay ,`
The
wor kst hatIdo, y eshal l doal so,andgr eaterwor ksthant heseshal lyedo?Wasi tnot
Jesust ruemi ssionher eonear thtoshowt hatwe, assonsofGod, ormani nhi st r
ue
estat e,cancr eateasper fectlyandashar moni ousl yasGoddoes?WhenJesus
commandedt hebl i
ndmant obat hehi sey esi nthepool ofSiloam, wasnott hi
si nt
ended
toopent heey esofal l
?Al lwer et oseet hatJesuswassentbyt heFat hertoshowus
thatt heFat herint endedust ocr eat eexact l
yasHecr eates;allaret odot heper fect
wor kasJesusdi dbyr ecogni zingt heChr istinhi mselfandi nall.

“Icangoonestepfurther
.ThisloafIjustreceiv edandheldi nmyhandi sconsumedas
thoughburnedbyfi
re.Whathappened?Imi susedt heperfectl
awt hatbroughtfort
hmy
concepti
onandconsumedt hatwhi chIbr oughtf or
th,becauseofmymi suseornot
usingri
ghtl
yorri
ghteousl
y,theper f
ectlawwhi chisasexactasmusi cormat hematics
oranyotherso-
call
ednaturall
aw.I fIpersistedi nt
hemi suseoftheper fectl
aw,itwould
consumenotonlythatwhichIcr eatebutwoul dconsumeme, thecreator.

“I
sthebreadreal
lydestr
oyed?Wewi l
ladmitt
heformischangedf
or,i
nplaceofthel
oaf
,
wehav easmallamountofdustorashes.Hasitnoti
nreal
it
ybeenret
urnedtot
he
Univ
ersalSubst
ancefrom whi
chitsprang?I
sitnotnowinunmani
festf
orm,wait
ingt
o
bebroughtagai
nintomanif
estati
on?Isthisnott
hewaywi t
hallfor
msthatgofr
om our
si
ghteitherbyf
ir
eordecayorinanyot herway?Dotheynotret
urntot
heUniver
sal
Substance—God—from whi
chtheysprang?Isthi
snotthemeaningof`
Whatdescends
fr
om heav enmustascendi
ntoheaven?

“Ashor ttimeagoy ousawi ceformed, withoutanyappar entcause, asy ouperhapst hink

ofit.Letmesayt hatthatisthesameascr eati
ngt hebr ead.Icanuset hel awt
oobt ai
n
i
ceaswel lasbr ead,j
ustasl ongasIuseei therasabenef itt
omanki nd, orasl
ongasI
am wor kingi nli
v i
ngaccor dwiththel aw,orexpr essingasGodwi shesal lt
oexpress.It
i
sgoodf oral ltomakebr ead,orice,oranyandal lthingsdesir
ed; andal lmustpr esson
tothest ageatwhi cht heycandot heset hings.Cany ounotseet hatbyusi ngt
he
highestlaw, theabsol utelawofGod, youmaybr ingf ort
hthatwhi chy ouneedor
conceivei nmi ndasy ourhighestideaandt huspleaseGodmor efullybymani festing
mor efully,knowi ngasJesusdi dt hatwear eperfectSonsofGod?

“Doesnott hissuggestfr eedom f rom commer cialbondageaswel lasal lotherbondage?

AsIseei t,thecommer cial bondagewi l
l,i
naf ewy ear s,becomet hegr eatestbondage
ofall.I
fitgoesonatt her at
ei tisnowpr ogressing,itwi l
l domi nat
eman, soul andbody ,
andi tcannotdoot her
wi set hanconsumei tselfandt hoset hatareinterestedi nit.There
i
snoquest ionbutthatthef irstincepti
onofcommer ci al
ism wasonahi ghspi rit
ual
plane,butmat eri
ali
sm wasal l
owedt ocreepinunt ilthev er ypowerusedt ocr eatei st
he
powert hatwillconsume; j
ustast heverypowerusedt ocr eatewillalwaysconsumei f
notusedr ightl
y.Isnotthepr essingofcommer cial
ism andl imitat
ionsuponuscr owdi ng
usont oseethatwemustcomeupov er,orovercome, t
hesecondi t
ions?I snott his
donebysi mpl yreal
izi
ngt hatwear et
odot heper fectwor ksofGod, toraiseour
consciousnesst otheChr i
stConsci ousness?Isnott hiswhatJesust aughtusher eon
earth?DoesnotHi swhol elifeexempl if
ythis?

“Mydearbr others,doy ounotseet hati nthebeginningtherewast heWordandt he

Wor dwaswi thGod?Att histime,ev eryt
hingtobef ormedl at
erwasinunmani festfor
m
i
nt heUniversalMi ndSubst ance—orasexpr essedbysome, i
nchaos.Thiswor dinthe
origi
nalwasact ualit
y.Thiswor d,chaos, i
smi sint
erpret
edt omeanat ur
bulentorwar r
ing
state,
inst
eadoft hedeep, spir
it
ual stateofactuali
ty,al
way sawait
ingadefini
te,creat
ive,
spokenwor dt hr
oughwhi chitcanspr i
ngforthint
omani festfor
m.

“WhenGodPr inci
pledesi
redtobringfort
hthewor l
doutofUniversal Mi
ndSubst ance,
Godwasqui etandcontemplat
ive.Inotherwords,Godsawani deal wor
ld;Heheldin
mindthatsubstanceofwhichthewor l
dwast obef ormedasuffi
cientti
met olowerits
vi
brat
ion;t
henHespoket heWordandt hewor l
dwasf ormed—or,aswemi ghtsay,God
vi
sual
izedament alpatt
ernormoldi nt
owhi chcouldfl
owthesubst anceneededt o
maket heworl
dandi tcameforthaper f
ectform,buil
tuponthepatternwhichwashel d
i
nconsciousness.

“Allthesethingsmi ghthav ebeent houghtofbyGod, Infi

nit
ePower .Hemi ghthave
wisheddur ingani ndefi
niteti
met hattheywereformedandmadev isible.Hadnott he
definit
espokenwor dbeenputf orthintotheformlessether,not
hingwoul dhav ebeen
createdorbr oughtforthintov i
sibleform.Inordertoestabli
shinv i
sibler esul
tsthe
thoughtanddesi r
esofev enanI nfi
nit
eOmni potentCreatorandbringor der l
yformsout
ofact ual
it
y, i
ttookthedef i
nite,posit
ive`Letther
ebe.Somustwet aket hedefini
test
ep.
“Godishol di
ngt heideal
perfectwor l
dinmi ndineverydetailanditisboundtocome
fort
hasaheav enorper f
ecthomewher eallHischil
dren,allHiscreatur
es,andallHi
s
creati
onsmaydwel linpeaceandhar mony.Thisist
heper fectwor l
dthatGodsawi nthe
beginningandtheoneHei sthinkingint
oexi st
enceri
ghtnow, andthetimeofits
mani f
estati
onliesinouraccept anceofit
.Whenwecancomet otheoneplaceand
knowt hatwear eallone,oneman, andknowt hatwear eallmember sofGodsbodyas
muchasonememberofourbodyi sapartofthewhol ebody ,thenwear ei
n,andof,
Godski ngdom, heavenhereonear t
h,now.

“Tomaket hismani f
est,r
eali
zethatt hereisnothingmat eri
ali
nheav en.Al
lisspi r
it
ual.
Reali
zethatheaveni saperfectstateofconsci ousness,aperfectwor ldhereonear th
now, andallweneedt odoist oaccepti t
.Itishereal l
aboutus, wai
tingforust oopen
theinnereye.Throughthateyeourbodi esshal lbemadel i
ght
, t
helightwhichi sneither
ofthesunnormoonbutoft heFat her;
andt heFat herisr
ighthereint heveryinnermost
partofourbeing.Wemustsuf fi
cientl
yrealizethatthereisnothingmat eri
al,thatal
l i
s
spir
itual
.Thenwemustt hi
nkoft hatwonder f
ulGod- gi
venspiri
tualwor l
dwhi chisright
herenowi fwecanr eali
zeit
.

“Doy ounotseet hatGodcr eatedal li

nt hisway ?DidnotGodf i
rstbecomequi etand
contempl ativeandseet hel i
ght ?ThenHesai d, `
Lett herebel i
ght,andi twasso.I nthe
samewayHesai d,`Lett herebeaf i
rmament ,andi twasso; andlikewi sewi t
hot her
creati
ons, Hehel deachf orm ori deal steadfasti nconsci ousness, t
henspoket hewor d,
andt heideal wasbr oughtf orth.Justsowi thman.Godsai d, `
Letusmakemani nOur
i
mage, afterOurl ikenessandgi vehi m domi nionov eral l.God, allgood, createdall
thi
ngsgood; mant hegr eatestandl ast,wi t
hf ulldomi nionov erall.Thenmansawonl y
good, andal lwasgoodunt i
lmansepar atedhi mselff r
om Godandsawdual ity,
ortwo.
Thenhe, byhist hought ,createdt wo, onegoodandt heot hertheopposi te;forifther
e
weret wo, theywoul dbeopposi te—goodandev il
.Thusev ilcamet hroughmansper fect
powert oexpr essorbr i
ngf ort
ht hatwhi chhegazedupon.I fmanhadnotseenev il
,evil
wouldhav ebeengi vennopowerofexpr ession.Onl ythegoodwoul dhav ebeen
expressedandwewoul dbeasper fectasGodseesust oday .Woul dnotheav enalway s
havebeenonear thasGodseesi tandaswemustal lseei ttomakei tmani fest?Jesus
hadaper fectrightt osayt hatHecamef rom heav en; fordi dnotal lcomef r
om heav en,
thegr eatUni v
er sal MindSubst ance?

“Sincemanwascr eat
edint heimageandl i
kenessofGod, di
dnotGodgi vemant he
powert ocr eateexactl
yasHecr eates?AnddoesnotGodexpectmant ouset hatpower
asf reel
yasHeusesi t—andi nexact l
ythesameway ?Byfirstpercei
vingtheneed; t
hen
concei v
ingt hegood,thei
deal ,
wi t
hwhi chtofil
lthemoldthatwehol dinconsciousness
andwhi chistobef i
ll
edfrom theUni versal
MindSubstance;thensendingfort
ht heword
thatitisfil
l
ed; t
hatiti
sso, anditisgood.

“Jesus,whenHewascr ucif
ied,gaveHisflesh,theouter
,whatweseeoft hebody,to
provethatthereisreal
lyadeeperorspi r
it
ual body;
anditisthi
sspirit
ual bodythatHe
manifestedwhenHecamef ort
hf r
om thet omb.Thisisthebodyofwhi chHespoke
whenHesai d,
`Destroythi
stempl eandint hr
eeday sIwil
lrai
seitup.Hedi dthi
sto
showuswehav ethesamespi r
itualbodyandt hatwecandoal lthewor ksHedi d.Ther
e
i
snoquest i
onthatifJesushadwi shedtodoso, Hecouldhavesav edHi mself.Ther
eis
nodoubtbutt hatHesawt herewasagr eatchanget aki
ngplaceinHisbody .Healso
sawthatthoseaboutHi
m wer enotabletoseet hattheyalsocouldbr
ingforththe
spi
ri
tualbody,asHewasat t
empt i
ngtohavet hem see.Theystil
ll
ookedt othepersonal
andHesawt hati
fHebroughtfort
hthespiri
tualbodywi t
houtsomedeci dedchange,the
peopl
ewoul dnotbeabl
et odiscer
nbetweent hemat eri
alandthespir
itual
;soHe
adoptedthewayofthecruci
fixi
ontobringaboutt hechange.

“Tr
ul yisnott hist
heChristinman, whicht heGreatMast er,Jesus,whom wealllov
eand
reverence, cametoshow?Di dHenotunf oldHisli
fehereonear t
htoshowust he
perfectwayt oGod?Canwedoot herthanl ovethi
sperfectidealwaywhenweoncesee
i
t,whet heri tbepl
ant
ingseed, maki ngbread,ordoingthemi l
li
onandonet hi
ngs
necessar yt ohumanexistence?Ar enottheseact smerel essonscarryi
ngusont oour
unfoldment ?Somedaywear etorealizethatwear etr
ulySonsofGod, notservant
s;that
asSonswecananddohav eallthattheFat herhasandt hatwecanusei tj
ustasfreely
asourFat herdoes.

“Iadmi tthistakesami ghtyf ait

hatf ir
st;onet hatusual l
ymustbet akenstepbyst ep
andmustbepr acti
cedf ai
thful l
ylikemusi cormat hemat i
cs,unti
lwecomet othepl ace
ofknowi ng.Thenwear egr andl y,beauti
full
yf r
ee.Coul dtherebeabet t
er,t
ruerexample
oft hi
slifethant hatofJesus?Cany ounotr ecogni zethepowert hatisinHisname,
Jesus, theChr istmademani fest,orGodmani festingthroughthefleshman?Jesus
camet ot heplacewher eHer el
iedwhol l
yuponHi sdeepknowl edgeorunder standingof
Godandt hisishowHedi dHi smi ghtywor ks.Hedi dnotrelyuponHi sownwi l
l poweror
uponst rong, concentratedt hought s.Neithermustwer el
yuponourownwi l
lpowernor
strong,concent r
atedthought s, butupont hewi llofGod.` Ti
snotmywi ll
,butThine,O
God, bedone.Wi l
ltodot hewi l
lofGod.Doy ounott hinkthatJesuswi l
ledinallthi
ngsto
dot hewi llofGodort odowhatGodwi ll
edHi mt odo?

“Youwi l
lnotethatv eryoftenJesusi srefer
redt oasgoi ngintoahighmount ain.
Whet herHephy sicall
yascendedahi ghmount ai
nornot ,Idonotknow.Thi sIdoknow,
thatwemustal l ascendt othehei ght
s,thev er
yhighesti nconsciousnesstor eceiv
eour
i
lluminati
on.Thishei ghtmeanst heverytopoft heheadandt her
e, i
fthefacultyisnot
developed,wemustdev elopitbyspiri
tualthoughts.Thenf rom t
hehear t,t
hel ovecenter
,
wemustl etl
ovef lowf ort
ht obalanceallandwhent hisisdonetheChr isti
sr eveal
ed.
Thesonofmanper cei
v esthathei st
heSonofGod, theonlybegottenSon, inwhom t he
Fatheriswellpleased.Thenwi thconstantlove,wemustr eali
zethisforall
.

“Justst opandt hi
nkdeepl yforamomentandr eali
zet hecount lessnumberoft he
grai
nsofsandoft heseashor e;t
hecount l
essnumberofdr opsofwat ert hatgot omake
upthewat ersoftheear t
h;thecount lessnumberofl ifef ormsi nthewat ersoft heear th.
Thenr ealizet hecount lessnumberofr ockpar ti
clest hatar econt ainedint hewhol e
earth;thecount l
essnumberoft rees,pl ants,flower s,andshr ubsupont heear th;the
count l
essnumberoff ormsofani mal lif
eupont heear th.Real i
zet hatallaret he
outpicturingoft hei dealheldinthegr eatuni versal mindofGod; t
hattheyal l cont ai
nt he
onel i
fe, t
hel i
feofGod.Thent hi
nkoft hecount lessnumberofsoul sbor nupont his
earth.Thenr eali
zet hateachsoul isaper fectout picturedi dealimageofGodasGod
seesHi msel f
; t
hateachsoul isgivent hesamepower ,expr ession,anddomi nionov erall
thatGodHi mselfhas.Doy ounott hi
nkt hatGodwi l
lsorwi shesmant ounf oldt hese
God- l
ikeorGod- gi
v enqual i
ti
esandt odot hewor ksthatGoddoest hrought he
i
nher i
tancegi venmanbyt heFat her,
t heonegr eat,Univ ersalMindi nall,throughal l
, and
aboveall
?Thenr eali
zethateachpersoni sanex pr
essi
onorpressingout(f
rom the
unseen,theSpir
it
)intovi
siblefor
m,af ormt hroughwhi
chGodl ovestoexpress.When
wecanr eali
zeandacceptt hi
s,wecant rulysayasJesusdid,`
BeholdaChristisher
e.It
i
sinthiswayt hatHeattai
nedHi smast eryovertheworl
dlyorf
leshself
.Her ecogni
zed,
cl
aimed,andaccept edHisdivi
nit
y,t
henl ivedtheli
fej
ustaswemustdo. ”

CHAPTERVI
II

Aft
eradelayofeightdays,webrokecamponMondaymor ningandpr oceededonour
way.Theaft
ernoonofthet hi
rddayout,wecamet ot
hebankofal ar
gerriver
.The
st
ream wasabouttwot housandfeetwi
de,runni
ngbank-f
ull
,andthecur r
entwasat
l
easttenmil
esperhour .Wewer etol
dthatt
hisstr
eam,inordinar
yt i
mes,couldbe
cr
ossedatthi
splacewi thoutanyi
nconveni
ence.

Wedeci dedt ocampunt i

lmor ningandobser vet heri
seandf allofthewat er.Wewer e
i
nformedt hatwewoul dbeabl et ocrossbybr idgefartherupst r
eam, buttoreacht his
bri
dgewoul dnecessi tat
eadet ourofatl eastfourday shar dtrav el
.Wef eltt
hatifthe
waterwasr eceding,itwouldbebet tertowai taf ewday srathert hanunder t
aket hel ong
detour.Ithadbeendemonst ratedt oust hatweneednott akeanyt houghtast oour
provi
sionsf or
,fr
om thedayal r
eadyr eferredto, whenourpr ovisionswer eexhaustedt he
wholecompany ,consisti
ngofov erthreehundr edper sons,hadbeensuppl i
edwi than
abundanceofpr ov i
sionsfrom t heinv i
sible,aswecal l
edit.Thissuppl ywasmai ntained
forsixty-f
ourday s,until
wer etur nedtot hev il
lagef r
om whi chwest arted.Thusfar ,
none
ofushadanyi deaoft hetruesi gnifi
canceormeani ngoft het hingswewer e
experiencing.Neitherwer eweabl etoseet hatt hesethingswer eperformedbydef init
e
l
aw, al awt hatallcanuse.

Whenwewer eassembledforbreakfastnextmorning,wefoundf i
vestranger
sincamp.
Theywer eintr
oducedandi twasment i
onedthatt
heywer efrom apartythatwas
campedont heothersi
deoft hestream andwerereturni
ngfrom thevil
lageofour
desti
nati
on.Wet houghtverylit
tleofthisatt
hetime,aswenat ural
lysupposedtheyhad
foundaboatandhadcr ossedini t
.Oneofourpar t
ysaid,“
Ifthesepeoplehaveaboat ,
whycanwenotusei tt
ocrosst hestream?”Ithi
nkallofussawt hisasawayoutofour
dif
fi
cult
y; butwewer et
oldthattherewasnoboatast hecrossingwasnott houghtt
obe
ofsuffi
cientimport
ancetomai ntainone.

Afterfi
nishi
ngbreakf
astt hatmor ningwewer eallassembledont hebanksoft he
str
eam.Wenot i
cedthatEmi l
,Jast,andNepr owwi thfourothersofourpar t
ywere
tal
kingwi t
hthefi
vestranger s.Jastcamet ousandsai dtheywoul dl
i
ket ocrosswith
theotherstothecampont heot hersideofthest ream astheyhaddeci dedtowaitunti
l
thenextmor ni
ngtoseei fthewat ershowedsi gnsofreceding.Ofcourse,ourcuri
osi
ty
wasar ousedandwet houghti tratherfool
-hardytoat t
emptt oswim ast r
eam asswift
ast heonebeforeusjusttomakeaf ri
endl
ycal luponanei ghbor.Wefeltthatswi
mmi ng
wast heonlywaythecr ossingcoul dbeaccompl i
shed.

WhenJastr
ejoi
nedthegroup,
thet
welve,
ful
lydressed,wal
kedtothebankofthe
st
ream,
andwi t
htheutmostcomposur
esteppedont hewater
,notint
oit
.Inev
ershal
l
forgetmyf eelingsasIsaweachoft hoset welv
emenst epf rom solidgroundupont he
runningwat er.Iheldmybr eath,expect ing,ofcour se,toseet hem pl ungebeneat hand
disappear .Ifoundaf t
erwar dst hatthatwast het houghtofal l ourpar t
y.Att hetime, I
thinkeachofushel dhisbr eathunt i
l theywer eall pastmi dst ream, soast onishedwer e
wet oseet hoset wel v
emenwal ki
ngcal mlyacrosst hesur f
aceoft hest ream wi t
hout
theleasti nconv enienceandnotsi nkingbel owt hesol esoft heirsandals.Whent hey
steppedf rom t hewat ert ot hefart
herbankIf el
tt hattonsofwei ghthadbeenl i
ft
edof f
myshoul dersandIbel ievet hiswast hef eeli
ngofev eryoneofourpar t
y,judgingfrom
thesi ghsofr eliefasthel astmanst eppedashor e.Itcer tainlywasanexper i
encet hat
wor dsf ai
l t
odescr i
be.Thesev enbel ongingt oourpar tyr etur nedf orlunch.Whi lethe
excitementwasnotsoi ntenseatt hesecondcr ossing, ev eryoneofusbr eathedmor e
freelywhent hesev enwer esaf eashor eagain.Notoneofourpar tyhadl eftthebankof
thest ream thatf orenoon.Ther ewasv eryl
itt
lediscussi onr egar di
ngwhatwehad
wi t
nessed, soengr ossedwer ewewi thourownt hought s.

Itwasdecidedt hataf t
ernoont hatwewoul dbeobl igedtomaket hedetourt othebr idge
i
nor dertocrosst hest r
eam.Wewer eupear lynextmor ni
ngreadytoproceedont he
l
ongdet our.Bef orewest arted,fi
ft
y-t
wooft hecompanywal kedcalmlydownt ot he
str
eam andacr oss, thesameast hetwel vehaddonet hedaybefore.Wewer etoldt hat
wewoul dbeabl et ocrosswi ththem, butnoneofushadt hefai
thtomaket heat tempt .
JastandNepr owi nsisteduponaccompany ingus.Weat t
emptedtodissuadet hem,
sayingthatwecoul dfoll
owal ongwitht heot hers,t
hussav i
ngthem theinconv enience.
Theywer eunyieldingandst ayedwi t
hus, say ingthatitwasabsolut
elynoi nconv enience
tothem.

Thesubjectofconv ersati
onandt houghtdur i
ngthefourdaysitt
ookust oj
ointhose
thathadcrossedwast heremarkablet hi
ngswehadseenaccompl i
shedduri
ngt heshort
ti
mewehadbeenwi t
ht hosewonder fulpeople.Theseconddaythecompanywas
toi
li
ngupt hesteepsideofamount ainwiththehotsunpouringdownuponuswhenour
Chief,
whohadsai dbutl i
tt
leduri
ngt helasttwodays,suddenlyr
emarked,“
Boys, whyi
s
i
tthatmani sobligedt ocrawlandgr oveloverthi
seart
h?”Weanswer edinchor
ust hat
hehadv oi
cedourt hought sexactl
y.

Hewentont osay ,“
Howi sit
,ifafewareablet odothethingswehaveseen
accompl i
shed,thatallmencannotaccompl i
sht hesamethings?Howi sitthatmani s
contenttocrawl,andnotonlycontenttocrawl buti
sobli
gedt odoso?Ifmanwasgi ven
domi ni
onov erallt
hings,hewascertai
nlygiv
enpowert oflyabovethebirds.Ifthisishis
domi ni
onwhyhashenotasser t
edthisdominionlongago?Thef aul
tmustcer tainlybe
i
nmansownmi nd.Thismustallhavecomeaboutbymansownmor talconceptof
hi
msel f.Hehasonl ybeenable,i
nhisownmi nd,toseehimselfcr
awli
ng; t
hushehas
onlybeenabl etocrawl.”

ThenJasttookupt hethoughtandsaid,“Youareper fectl

yr i
ght,
itisall i
nmans
consci
ousness.Hei sl
imit
edorunl i
mited,boundorf ree,justashet hinks.Doyouthink
thatt
hemeny ousawwal kacrossthestream yesterdaytosav ethemsel vesthe
i
nconvenienceofthistr
iparei
nanywayspeci alcreati
onsanymor ethany ouare?No.
Theyarenotcreatedinanywaydi ff
erentfr
om y ou.Theydonothav eoneat om more
powerthany ouwerecreatedwith.Theyhave,byt herightuseoft heirthoughtf
orces,
devel
opedthei
rGod-
giv
enpower.Thethi
ngsyouhav
eseenar
eaccompl
i
shedi
naccor
d
wit
hdefini
tel
awandeveryhumanbeingcanuset
helawi
fhewil
l
.”

Thet al
kendedher
eandwewentonandj
oinedt
hef
if
ty-
twowhohadcr
ossed,
then
proceededtothev
il
lage.

CHAPTERI
X

Locatedint hisvi
l
lagewasTheHeal ingTempl e.Itisclaimedt hatonlywordsofLi fe,
Lov e,
andPeacehav ebeengi venexpr essioninthistempl esinceitserecti
on,andt he
vibrat
ionsar esopotentthatnearlyal lwhopasst hrought hetempl eareinstantl
yhealed.
Itisalsoclaimedthewor dsofLi f
e, Love,andPeacehav ebeenusedandsentoutso
l
ongf rom thistempleandt hev i
brationsemanat ingf r
om them ar esostrongt hat
,
shouldwor dsofinharmonyandi mper fecti
onbeusedatanyt ime, t
heywoul dhav eno
power .Wewer et
oldthatthisisani ll
ustrat
ionofwhatt akesplaceinman.I fhewoul d
practi
cesendi ngfort
hwor dsofLi fe,Love,Har mony ,Peace,andPer fect
ionhewoul din
ashor tti
menotbeabl etoutterani nharmoni ouswor d.Weat tempt edtouse
i
nhar moniouswor dsandf oundi neachi nstancet hatwecoul dnotev enutterthem.

Thistempl ewast hedestinati

onoft hoseoft hecompanywhower eseekinghealing.It
i
st hecustom f ortheMast er
swhoar eint hevicini
tytocongr egateatthisv i
ll
ageat
certai
nintervalsforaseasonofdev otionandi nst ructi
ont othosewhowi shtoav ail
themselvesoft heoppor t
unity.Thet empl eisdedi catedent i
relyt
ohealingandi sopen
tothepeopl eatall t
imes.Asitisnotal way spossiblefort hepeopletoreacht he
Mast er
s,theMast er
sencouraget hepeopl etogot othet empleforhealing.Thisist he
reasontheydonotheal thoset hatcongr egatef orthepilgrimages.Theyaccompanyt he
pil
grimstoshowt hepeopl ethattheyar enodi f f
erentthant hemsel v
es,thatallhavet he
sameGod- gi
v enpowerwi thi
n.Isuspectt hatwhent heycr ossedtheriv
ert hatmor ning
theydidittoshowt hatt
heycoul driseabov eanyemer gencyandt hatweshoul dal so
ri
seabov eanyemer gency.

Inplacesnotaccessi bletot hist empleallwhocomet otheMast ersforhel paregr eatly

benefited.Ofcour se,therear et hecur i
ousandt hosewhodonotbel ievet hatdonot
seem t or eceiveanyhel p.Wewi tnessedanumberofassembl agesoff rom twohundr ed
totwot housandpeopl eandal lt
hosedesi r
ingheal ingwer eheal ed.Agr eatmanyt ol dus
theywer ehealedbydecl ar i
ngsi lentl
ythattheydesi redt obemadewhol e.Wehadt he
opportuni tytoobser veal argenumberoft hoseheal edatdi f
ferentt i
mesandwef ound
thataboutni netypercentoft heseheal i
ngswer eper manent ,
whi lealltheheal i
ngsi n
thetempl eseemedt obeper manent .Itwasexpl ainedt hatthet empl eisaconcr ete
thi
ngl ocat edinonepl ace, representingtheGodcent er,t
heChr i
stinthei ndivi
dual—j ust
asallchur chesshoul dty pifythisGod, orChristcent er,i
nt heindividual
—andt hatitis
alwaysaccessi bletot hosedesi ringtogother e.Theycoul dgot othet empl easof tenas
theychoseandst ayasl ongast heywi shed.Thei deal isthusf ormedi nt hemi ndsof
thosewhocomet oitandt hei dealbecomesf i
xedi nmi nd.

Emilsai
d,“
Righther
ecomesthesuggest
ionthathasledtothei
dol
atr
yofthepast
.Men
soughtt
ograveinwoodorst
one,gol
d,si
lverorbrassthei
mageofthatwhicht
hey
i
deal i
zedbutanyi dolcanonl yimper f
ect lypictur
etheideal.Thei mage, t
heidol, i
sno
soonerf ormedt hanmenbecomeconsci ousthattheidealsurpassest heidolandt hey
areshownt hatt heymustgazeuponl oveandi deali
zeforthemsel vest hatwhicht hey
wisht obr i
ngf orthfrom thewi thi
n,insteadofgr avi
nganyi dolinout erform oft hei deal
theywoul dexpr ess.Al at
erform ofidolat ryistoideali
zetheper sonal i
tyoftheonewho
expressesouri deal.Weshoul dideali
zet heidealwhichheexpr essesandnott he
personalitywhi chexpr essesit.Thisist rueev enofsogr eataper sonasJesus.Thus,
Jesuschoset ogoawaywhenHesawt hepeopl ewer eideal
izingHi sper sonali
tyi nstead
ofthei dealwhi chHer epresented.Theysoughtt omakeHi mt hei rKi ng,onlyrealizing
thatHecoul dsuppl ythem wi theveryout erneed,notrecognizingt hatt heywi t
hin
themsel veshadt hepowert osupplyt heirev eryneedandt hatthi stheymustdo, asHe,
Himsel f,haddone.Hesai d,`I
tisexpedi entthatIgoawayf orifIdonotgo, the
Comf or t
erwi l
lnotcome, meaningthatasl ongast heylookedt oHi sper sonali
tyt hey
woul dnotr ecogni zetheirownpower s.Fort heymustl ookwi thin, withintheirvery
selves.

“Anothermayteachortel
lyou,buty
ouofyour
sel
vesmustdothewor
k,f
ori
fyoul
ookt
o
another,y
oubuil
dtheidoli
nsteadofbr
ingi
ngf
ort
hthei
deal.
”

Wewi tnessedwonder f
ul healings.Somesuf ferer sonlywal kedt hrought het empleand
wereheal ed.Ot hersspentconsi derabl
et i
met her e.Atnot imedi dweseeany one
offi
ci ateast hev ibrati
onsoft hespokenwor dwer esopot entthatal l whocamewi thi
n
theinf luencewer ebenef ited.Wesawoneman, whowassuf feringf rom ossi fi
cation,
carriedi nt othet empl eandcompl etel
yhealed.I nsideofanhourhewal ked, compl etel
y
restor ed.Heaf terwardswor kedf orourpar tyforf ourmont hs.Anot hermanwhohad
l
ostt hef inger sofhi shandhadt hem compl etelyr est
ored.Al i
ttlechi ldwi t
hwi thered
l
imbsanddi stortedbodywasi nstantl
yhealedandwal kedoutoft het empl e.Casesof
l
epr osy , bli
ndness, deaf ness, andmanyot herdi seaseswer ecur edi nstant l
y.I nfact,al
l
whowenti nt othet empl ewer eheal ed.Wehadt heoppor t
unityt oobser veati nter
v al
s,
twot ot hreey ear safterwar d,anumberoft hoset hatwer eheal edatt histimeandt he
healingwasper manent .Wewer etoldthatiftheheal ingwasnotper manentandt he
i
nf i
rmi tyr eturned, i
twasonaccountoft hel ackoft hetruespi r
itualr ealizat
ionoft he
i
ndiv idual .

CHAPTERX

Whenwereturnedtoheadquart
erswef oundal
li
nreadinessforcr
ossi
ngthemount ai
ns.
Aft
eradaysrestandachangeofpor ter
sandanimal
s,west art
edonthesecondstage
ofourj
our
ney,thi
stimeactual
lytocrosstheHi
malayas.Thehappeningsofthenext
twent
ydayswereofbutpassingint
erest.

Emiltalkedtousont hereal
i
zationoft heChr i
stConsciousness.Hesai d,“
Itisthrough
thepowerofourownmi ndort houghtact i
onthatwear eabletobr i
ngf or
thorr eali
ze
theChr i
stConsciousness.Throught hepowerorpr ocessoft houghtwecant ransmute
andev olveourbodies,orourout erconditi
onsandsur roundings,throughrecogni t
ionof
thi
sChr istConsciousnesswithinourselves,sothatwewi llneverexperiencedeat hnor
anychangecal leddeath.Thisisdonewhol l
ythroughmanspowert ov i
sualize,i
deali
ze,
concei
ve,andbri
ngf ort
hthatwhichhegazesupon.Thi si sdonebyfi
rstknowingor
percei
vi
ngorhav i
ngf ai
tht
hattheChr i
stiswithi
nour selves;seei
ngt
het r
uemeani ngof
Jesusteachi
ng;holdi
ngourbodyonewi t
hGod, madei ntheimageandl i
kenessofGod
andmer gi
ngthatbodyintotheperfectGodbodyj ustasGodseesus.Wehav eideal
ized,
concei
ved,andbroughtfort
hintomani f
estat
iontheper fectGodbody.Wear e`born
againtr
ulyofandintheSpiri
tKingdom ofGod.

“Itisi nt hiswayt hatwecanr etur nallthingst ot heUni versalMi ndSubst ance, from
whi cht heyspr ang, andbr ingt hem backorr eturnt hem per fectint oout erf or m or
mani fest ation.Then, byhol dingt hem int hei rpur e,spiri
tual,perf ectst ate,t hev ibrati
ons
arel ower edandt het hingswewi sht ocr eatecomef ort
hi nper fectf orm.I nt hi
swaywe
cant akeev eryf alsebel i
ef, ever yoldcondi ti
on, ev erysin,allofourpastl ife—i tdoesnot
mat terwhati thasbeen, howgoodorseemi ngbad, itdoesnotmat terwhatmount ainof
falsebel iefordoubtandunbel ieforf earweorany oneel sehav eer ectedaboutusori n
ourpat hs—andwecansayt ot hem al l
,`Inowr eturny out othegr eatoceanofUni versal
Mi ndSubst ance, from whi chal lthingscomef or thandwher eal lisper fect i
on, andf r
om
whi chy ouspr ang, ther etobeagai nresol vedi ntot heelement sf rom whi chy ouwer e
creat ed.Inowr et ur ny ouorbr ingy oubackf rom t hatpur esubst anceasper fectand
pur easGodseesy ouandhol dy oualway sint hatabsol uteper fection.Wecansayt o
our sel ves, `Inowr ealize,int heol dor deroft hings, thatIbr oughty ouf orthi mper f
ectly
andy oumani festi mper fectly.Real izi
ngt heTr ut h,Inowbr i
ngy ouf orthper fectasGod
seesy ou.Youar er ebor nper f
ectand“ itisso. ”Wemustr eali
zet hatt hei nneral chemi st,
Godwi thi n,hast akenhol doft hi sandhast ransmut ed,ref i
ned,andper fect edt hatwhi ch
seemedi mper fect ,thatwhi chwebr oughtf orthandar enowr eturning.Weshoul d
realizet hati tisr efined, per fected, andt ransmut edjustasourownbodi esar erefined,
per fect ed, andr et ur nedt ousasGodsbody ,joy ouslyper fect,beaut if
ullyf ree.Fi nall
y,we
shoul dr ealizet hatt hisist heper fectChr istConsci ousnessi nall andf oral l.Thi sis`Hi d
wi t
hChr istinGod. ”

Themorni
ngofJuly4thfoundusatthesummitoft
hepass.Emi
lhadt
oldusthe
eveni
ngbef
orethathefeltwehadearnedahol
i
dayandt
hathesawnomor ef
itt
ingt
ime
thant
heFourt
htocelebrate.

Atbr
eakf
astEmilbeganbysayi
ng,“
Thisist
heFourthofJul
y,t
hedayy
oucel
ebr
atet
he
bi
rt
hofyouri
ndependence.Howfi
tt
ingl
yexpressi
veist
hisday
!

“Ifeelt
hatal
lofyoumusthav
emor eorl
essconfi
denceinus;
ther
efore,
Iam goi
ngt
o
speakfreel
y.Inafewday
sweshallbeabl
etoprovetoyouconcl
usiv
elythatt
he
statementsIam maki
ngaret
rue.

“Welovet ocallyourcount r
y` Amer i
ca,andallofitsinhabi t
ants,`Amer i
cans.Youwill
neverknowt hejoyt hesefewmoment sbr i
ngtome, ont hisdayofsuchi mport
,tobe
abletotalkwithyouandseeey etoey ewi t
hasmal l
gr oupofAmer i
canswhower e,
with
oneexcept i
on,borni nthatgreatland.Letmesayt hatithasbeent hepr iv
il
egeofsome
ofustohav ebehel dy ourcountrylongbef or
eCol umbusst artedont hememor able
expedit
ion.Therehadbeenot herattemptsatdiscoverybutt heyhadcomet onaught.
Why ?Simplybecauseoft heabsenceoft hatoneGod- giv enqualit
y—f ai
th.Theonewho
hadthecour ageandf ai
thtoseeandcar ryoutthev i
sionhadnoty etawakened.The
momentt hatsoul awoket ot hereali
zationthattheear thwasr oundandt heremustbe
l
andont heothersi
deequal
tothatalr
eadyknown,
wecoul
dseet
hatanot
hergr
eat
hi
stor
icalepochhadbeguntounfol
d.

“Whobutt hegreatOmnipotentOne,whoseesal lt
hings,coul
dhav eawakenedt hatli
tt
le
grainoffaithinthesoulofColumbus?Whatwer ehisf i
rstwordsashest oodbef oret
he
Queent hatday ,
notrecogni
zingthehigherpower?`DearQueen, Iam f
ir
ml yconvinced
thattheear t
hisroundandIwi shtosailfort
handprov eit
.Idonotknowwhet heryou
recognizeitbutthosewordswer eGod-inspi
redandCol umbuswasr ecognizedasone
whohadt hedeterminati
ontocarryoutwhatheunder took.

“Thenthel ongsequenceofev entsstar

tedtounf ol
dwhichwasshownusy earsbefore,
notinitsentiret
y,butenoughsot hatwehav ebeenabletofoll
ow.Ofcour sewe
dreamedoft healmostunbeli
evablewonder stobeaccomplishedandr ecordedinthe
seeminglyshor tspanofyearshaspassed, butthoseofusthathav ebeenpr i
vi
legedto
l
ivethroughi tnowf ul
l
yreali
zethatfargreaterwondersar
einst oreforyourgreatnati
on.
Wef eelthatthetimehascomef oryournationtoawakentoitstruespiri
tuali
mpor tand
wewi shtodoal lwecantohelpy outothisreal
izat
ion.
”

Itappearsthattheiri
nter
estinuswasprompt edbytheirgreatdesir
etohaveAmerica
accepttheChr i
stConsciousnessandreal
izeherpossibil
i
ties.Theyknowthather
i
ncept i
onwast rulyspi
rit
ualandthr
oughthatfactsheisdest i
nedtobealeaderinthe
spir
itualdevel
opmentoft heworld.

Emi l cont inued, “Thi nkoft hismadepossi bl ebyt hel i

ttleseedoff aithpl antedi nt he
consci ousnessofonemant heyallowedt odev elop.Whathashappened?Cany ou
realizei t?Col umbus, inhisday ,wast houghtt obeani mpr act
ical dreamer .Ar ewenot
allcomi ngt ot hepl acewher ewebel i
ev eandknowt hatt hedreamsofy esterdayar ebut
ther eal i
tiesoft oday ?Forwhohasaccompl i
shedany thingwhowasnotaso- called
dreamer ?I nr eality,wer ehi sv i
sionsdr eams?Wer et heynoti deal si ntheGr eat
Uni versal Mind, God, concei vedi nthesoul oftheonewhobr oughtt hem f ort
hasagr eat
Trut h?Di dhenotsetf orthuponanunchar tedsea, v isioningclear l
yi nhi sown
consci ousnessal andbey ond?Whet herhewast hepr omi seandpr omi nencet obe
attainedbyt hel and, orev ent henameofAmer icatobegi ventoi t
, Idonotknow.I nall
probabi li
tyt hatwasl eftfort hoset hatfoll
owedt owor kout .Thepoi ntis—wasi tnot
fi
rstadr eam orv i
sion?Weal readyseesomeoft hewonder sunf oldedbutwecanonl y
visual i
zet hewonder sy ettof oll
owast her esultoft hatonev i
sion.I nt hiswaywemay
recountt hemanyv i
si onst hathav ehel pedt omaket hewor ldabet t
erpl aceinwhi chto
l
ive.I snott hist hewayGodmani f
estsorexpr essest hr oughal l
?Theonet hathas
alreadybr oughtf orthi stheonet hathast hegr eatfait hinGod, ei
therconsci ousl yor
unconsci ously .Thi nkoft hatsoul settingoutuponwhatwast henanunchar tedsea, the
har dshi ps, t
het r
ialsanddi scouragement s,withbutonet houghtupper mosti nmi nd—t he
goal .

“Theneventsledonandalwaysup—t othedaywhent hatl

itt
lehandfulembarkedonthe
May f
lowerseekingfr
eedom t
owor shipGodintheirownway .Thinkofit
—intheirown
way!Takeni ntheli
ghtoft
heSpi r
itandsubsequenthappeningsdoestherealtr
uth
come?Di dtheynotbuil
dgreaterthantheyt
hought ?Canyounotseet hehandoft he
GreatOmnipotentOneaboveitall
?Thencamet hedarkdayswheni tseemedast hough
thefi
rstCol
onieswouldbesnuf f
edout ,
butwhatGodhassetHi shandtomustt ri
umph.
Stil
ll
at ercamethegr eatdayofthesi
gningoftheDecl
arat
ionofIndependenceand
choosingei t
herGodoroppr essor.Whoprevail
ed,
whomustal waysprev ai
l
?Whether
your eali
zeitornot,t
hest r
ugglesoft
hatli
tt
lebodyofmeni nt
hosememor abl
edays
andt heactofaf f
ixi
ngt hei
rnamestothatdocumentisoneofthegreatestepi
cssi
nce
thatoft headventofJesusi nt
otheworl
d.

“Thencamet hest
rokesoftheIndependenceBell
.Believei
tornot,
thefi
rstst
rokesof
thatbellwereknowntousast rul
yasi fwehadbeenst andi
ngbeneathi
t.Thatbell
magnifiedandsentoutt hevi
brat
ionsthatemanatedfrom t
hatl
it
tl
ecenterunti
lsome
daytheywi l
lpenet
ratethedeepestanddarkestcorner
softhewholeeart
handt hus
enli
ghtenthedarkestconsci
ousness.

“Lookatt hetri
alsandv icissit
udesthatledupt othatevent
.Wasnott heGr eatChi l
d
bornt hatday?Seet hegr eatsoulst hatdaredtocomef ort
ht osponsort hechild.Had
theylostheartseewhatmi ghthavehappened!Theydi dnotf al
terorlosehear t.What
didhappen?Thi sgreatestnat i
onofal lt
heear t
hwasbor n.Hert r
ial
sandt r
ibulati
ons
sincebespeakwhat ?Ar et heynotcloselyall
iedwit
htheunf ol
dmentoft hatgr eatsoul,
JesusofNazar eth?Cannott hosethatsignedtheDeclarat
ionofIndependencet hatday
bel i
keneduntot heWi seMenf rom theEastwhosawt heStarsymbolizingthebi rt
hof
theBabei ntheManger ,theChr i
stConsciousnessinman?Di dtheynotper ceivethe
Starjustastrul
yast hoseofol d?

“Call
ingtomindt hewordsoft hatdecl arati
on,canyoudoubtt hateverywordwasGod-
i
nspired?Stopamomentandt hink.I sthereaparal
lelinallhi
story?Isther
eorwas
thereeveradocumentl ikeitf
rom whi chitcoul
dhav ebeencopi ed?I st
hereanydoubt
thatitcamedirectfrom theUniver salMindSubstance?I sthereanydoubtthati
tisa
partofthegreatcreati
veplanbei ngbr oughtintomanifestat
ion?I sther
eanydoubtthat
i
tisasuccessiv estageinthewor kingoutofthatgreatplan?

“I
sther
eanyquesti
onthatthewat depl
chwor ur
ibusunum (
oneoutofmanyoruni
tyout
ofdi
versi
tyormul
ti
pli
cit
y)wasadopt
eddur
ingt
he

successivest agesofevoluti
onoft heSpi r
itofTruth?I tcert
ainl
ydidnotemanat e
mechani callyfr
om mansmor talmind.Thent heembl ematicphrase—InGodWeTr ust—
doesnott hatshowt hemostsangui nefaithortrustinGod, thecreatorofal
l?Thent he
choiceoft heeagle,thebirdwhichrepresentsthehi ghestaspirat
ion,astheemblem.I t
showst hatt hesemenwer edeeplyspir
itualortheybui l
dedbet t
erthantheyknew.Can
youdoubtf oramomentt hatall
wer eguidedbyt hewhol eoftheGodspi r
iti
ncreati
ve
acti
on?Doesi tnotbespeakthatAmer icaisdest i
nedt obet heguidetothewholewor l
d?

“Considert
hehistor
yofy ournati
on.Thereisnotaparall
eli
nthehist
oryofthenati
ons
ofthewholeearth.Cany ounotseeeachsucceedingstepleadi
ngupt oit
sful
fi
ll
ment?
Cany oubeli
evethatther
eisanyot hert
hanaMast erMindworki
ngouti t
sunfol
dment?
Cany oudoubtthati
tistheGr eatOmnipot
entGodguidingit
sdesti
ny?

“Justast hemust ardseed,al

thoughi
tisamongthesmal lestofseeds,hasthefaithto
knowt hatwi t
hinitsel
fithast
hepowert oexpr
essthemust ardplant
,thegreatestofall
herbs,forwheni tisgrownitbecomesat r
eeandthebirdsmaycomeandl odgei nthe
branchest her
eof;justasaseedknowst hatwi
thi
nitsel
fithasthepowert oexpr essthe
greatest,somuchweknowt hatwehav ethepowerwi thinour sel
vest oexpr esst he
greatest.Ingivi
ngt hispar ableitwast hequalit
yinst eadoft hequant i
tyoff ait
ht hat
Jesusr eferr
edto.I fyehav ethef ai
thasagr ainofmust ardseed( andt hatfaith
becomesknowi ng) ,y
eshal lsayuntot hismount ain,“Remov ehencet oy onderpl ace,”
andi tshallr
emov e,andnot hingshall beimpossi bleunt oy ou.Justsot hef rai
lestpoppy
seedandt hemight i
estbany antree,thebul b,t
hepl ant ,thet reeseed, al
l knowt hatt hey
canexpr essthegr eatest.Eachhasanexactpi ctureorr epr esent
ationofwhati tmust
express.Somustwehav eanexactpi cturewi t
hinour selvesofwhatwedesi reto
express.Thent her emustbeani nnerper f
ecti
ngwr oughtbyhour l
ypr epar ati
onandt his
perfecti
onwi l
lcomef orth.Nof l
owerev erburstintof ullbloom wi thoutt hisper f
ect i
ng
i
nnerur ge.Amomentbef or ethebudwasconf inedwi thint hesepal senseofsel f,but
whent hisinnerperfectioniscompl ete, t
hef l
owerbur stsf orthbeautiful.

“Astheseedt hatfall
sintothegroundmustf i
rstgivef
orthf rom sel
finordertogr ow,
develop,andmul t
iply
,somuchwef irstgi
v efort
hf r
om selft ounfol
d.Ast heseedmust
fi
rstburstitsshellinordertogrow,somustwebur stourshel li
nordertogr ow,somust
webur stourshel lofli
mi t
ati
ontobegi nourgr owth.Whent hisi
nnerperf
ect i
onis
compl et
ewemustcomef ort
hbeautiful
,thesameast heflowers.Aswi thani ndivi
dual
sowi thanat ion.Cany ounotseet hatwiththeChr i
stConsci ousnessful
lydev elopedin
suchanat ion, whateverisundert
akenbyi torbyitspeoplemustwor koutf orgoodt oall
;
fortheveryr ootorhear tofal
lgovernmenti stheconsciousnessoft hosegov erned.

“Greatmi stakeshav ebeenmadebyy ournat ioni nt heongoingbecausey ouhav enot

reali
zedy ourspi ri
tual i
mpor tandt hev astmaj or i
tyar estil
ldeepi nthemat eri
al.Ifull
y
reali
zet hatgreatsoul shav egui dedt hedest i
nyofy ournati
on.Ial soreali
zehowl i
ttl
e
thosegr eatsoul shav ebeenappr eciatedunt i
l theyhav epassedon.Thewayhasbeen
j
aggedandbushy ,ahar dway , becausemani nhi slimitedconcept ,t
husfar,letonlythe
mor talconceptbui ldt heway .Seewhatwonder shehasaccompl ished!Butseewhat
wonder scouldhav ebeenaccompl i
shedhadt hef ull
er,deeperspirit
ualmeani ngbeen
under stoodandappl ied.Inot herwor ds, hadt heChr i
stbeenpl acedatthehel m ofyour
ShipofSt at
e,andcoul dallhav eknownt hetrut hasJesusdi d—t hattheChr i
stisinevery
manandt hatallareone—whatwonder swoul dst andr evealedtoday .Ibeholdthesame
gloryy ettobe,assoonast hedeepspi ritualmeani ngofepl uri
busunum i sunder stood.
Doy ounotr eal
izet hatiti
soneoft hef irstgreatl awsofGod, theoneexpr essing
throught hemany ,oneofal landf orall?

“Considereverynati
ont hathasbeenf ounded.Thosef oundedont r uespiri
tual
perceptionhaveendur edthelongestandwoul dhav eendur
edf orever,hadnot
mat eri
ali
sm beenallowedt ocreepinandgr aduall
yunderminethewhol estruct
ureunti
l
theyfellbytheirownabnor malweightorwer econsumedbyt hemi suseoft helawthat
gavet hem bir
th.Byt hefall
ofeach,whathashappened?ThePr i
nciple,orGodpart,
waspr eserveduntil
ineachsucceedi ngfail
urewecant raceagr adual ri
seorupward
ongoingi neachsuccessivestage,unti
lfi
nallyall
mustendi nGod, OneofMany .My
brothers,i
tdoesnotneedapr ophettobringy outoareali
zati
onoft his.

“Seewhatanati
onSpai
nwasatthet
imeColumbussetfor
thonhi
svoy
ageofdi
scov
ery
,
andforashor
tti
meafter
war
ds,andseenowwhatishappeni
ng.I
nashor
tti
meshewil
l
beatwarwi thherownchi ld.Theny ouwi l
lseewhatahel pless,impotentnationshei s,
hardl
yablet ototterintoagoodf ightoroutofapoorone.Towhatcany ouattri
buteher
i
mpot ency?I situtterdev i
tali
zati
on?I sitnotalway sthuswi t
hanat i
onorani ndividual
?
Whent hebodyf or m orst r
ucturehasbeensat i
ated,whetherbygr eedorpassion, t
he
resul
tsarethesame.Ther emaybeat i
meofseemi ngpr osperit
yandsuccess, butthis
i
sshor t
-li
ved;thent hedecr epit
,emaci at
ed,andwast edform bear sevi
dence,asdoes
thehalt
ing,uncertainst epoftheol d.Wher eas,hadt heyconser vedanddev elopedt hei
r
spir
it
ualpowert heywoul dbeasr esil
i
entandbuoy antatfivehundr ed,f
ivethousand, or
tenthousandy ears, oreternal
ly,astheywer einthehey dayoft heirascendancy.

“Howwel ookforwar dtot heagewhi chisdawni ng,theAgeofCr y stal,t

hepur e,white
l
ightofdawngr aduallybreaking,andi nashor tspaceoft i
meal lwi l
l seethef ullblaze
andgl oryofthisappr oachi ngday .Thent herewi l
lbenodar kness, nol i
mi t
ation.Does
notthissuggestt hattheremustbeet er
nalpr ogress?Ifnot,al
lmustr eturnt othatf r
om
whichi tsprang, t
heUni versal Substance.Al lmustpr ogr
essorgoback; therei sno
half
waypoi nt,
nost oppi
ngpl ace.Wheny ournat i
ondoesr ecognizei tstrueest ate,or
mission, andjoinhandswi thSpi r
itandexpr essesasGodwi shesi ttoexpr ess, orlets
theSpi ri
tunfoldfrom wi t
hi n;wecanseef ory ourgreatnati
onamar velfartranscendi ng
thepowerofanyhumant onguet odescri
be.

Thereisnoquest i
onbutthatittookt hegr eatstr
ongbeakandtal
onsoft heeagl eto
holdyournat
iont oget
herdur i
ngitsdev elopment;butwhenthetr
uespirit
uallightcomes,
i
twi l
lbeseenthathedov eismi ghtierthant heeagl
e,andthedovewill
protectwhatt he
eaglenowguar ds.Lookatt hewor dsont hecoinyousendint
oev er
yavenueoft he
worldtade—I
r nGodWeTr ustandepl uri
busunum, onecomposedofmany ,thev er
y
sl
oganofSpiritwhent hedov erepl
acest heeagl eontheli
femedium ofsuchanat i
on.”

ThetalkendedhereandEmi lwentontosayt hathewoul dl

eaveusforashortti
meas
hewishedt ogotomeetsomeoft heotherswhower eassemblingi
nav i
ll
agetwo
hundredmi l
esaway.Hesaidhewoul dr ej
oinusatasmal lvi
ll
agesi
xtymilesaway,
at
whichwewoul darri
veinaboutfourdays.Het hendisappear
edand,wit
hfourother
s,
j
oinedusf ourday
slateri
nasmal lvi
ll
ageont hefronti
er.

CHAPTERXI

Thedaywear riv
edatt hi
svil
l
agewasv eryr
ai nyandwewer ealldrenchedtot heskin.
Wewer eassignedtov er
ycomf ort
ablequarters,wit
halargecomf ort
ablyfurnished
room thatwecoul duseasadi ningandsitt
ingr oom.Thisroom wasexceedi nglywarm
andcheer yandoneofourpar t
yaskedwher et heheatcamef r
om.Weal l
lookedar ound
butcouldnotf i
ndast oveoranyplacewher et heheatcamefrom, alt
hought herewasa
warm glowt hatwasv erynot
iceable.Wewonder edatthi
sbutdidnotsaymuchaswe
werebecomi ngaccust omedtosur pri
sesandwer equi
tecert
ainthatallwouldbemade
plai
nlateron.

Wehadjustseatedoursel
vesatthedi
nnertablewhenEmi landt
hefourcamein.We
di
dnotknowwher etheycamef r
om.Theyal lappearedatoneendoftheroom
si
mul
taneouslyandattheendoft her
oom wher etherewer
enoopenings.They
appearedther
ewi t
houtanynoiseordispl
ayandwalkedquiet
lytothetabl
ewhereEmi
l
i
ntroducedtheothers.Thentheysatdownasthoughperfect
lyathome.Beforewe
real
izeditt
hetablewasfil
ledwit
hgoodt hi
ngstoeatbutnomeat .Thesepeopl
edonot
eatmeatnorany t
hingthathashadconsciousl
i
fe.

Af t
ert hemeal wasf i
nishedandwewer esitt
ingar oundt hetabl
e, oneofourpar t
yasked
howt her oom waswar med.Emi lsaid,“Thewar mt ht haty oufeelint hi
sr oom comes
from af orcethatwear eallabletocont actanduse.Thi sforceorpoweri shigherthan
anyofy ourmechani calforceorpowerbutcanbecont actedbymanandusedasl i
ght,
heat ,andpowerev entot hedrivi
ngofal lmechani cal appl i
ances.Itiswhatwecal la
univer salforce.Ifyouwer et ocontactanduset hisf orce, youwoul dcal l
itper pet
ual
mot ion.Wecal litUniversalPower ,GodPower ,suppl i
edbyt heFat hertowor kforallHi
s
children.Itwi l
lturnandmov eev erymechani cal dev i
ce, f
ur ni
shtranspor tationwithout
theconsumpt ionoff uelinanyway , andwi l
lalsofur nishl i
ghtandheat .I
ti severywhere
presentwi thoutmoneyorpr i
ceandcanbecont act edandusedbyal l.
”

Oneofourpar
tyaskedift
hefoodhadbeenpreparedbythi
sforce.Weweretol
dthat
t
hefoodcamepreparedaswehadeat eni
t,di
rectf
rom t
heUniversal
,j
ustt
hesameas
t
hebreadandtheotherpr
ovi
sionshadbeensuppli
edheret
ofor
e.

Wewer et heni nvit

edbyEmi ltoaccompanyt hegr oupt ot heirhome, aboutt wohundr ed
mi l
esdi stant,wher ewewoul dmeetEmi lsmot her.Hewentont osay , “
Mymot herisone
whohassoper fectedherbodyt hatshewasabl et otakei twithherandgoonand
receivet hehighestt eachings.Ther eforeshei slivi
ngi nthei nvisibl
eatal lti
mes.Shei s
doingt hisfrom choi ceasshewi shest or eceivet hehi ghest ;
andbyr eceivingthe
highestt eachingshei sabletogr eatlyassistus.I nordert omaket hiscl eartoy ou,I
mi ghtsayt hatshehasgoneonunt ilshehasr eachedt heCel estialReal m, asyouwoul d
callit
,thepl acewher eJesusi s.Thispl aceissomet i
mescal ledt heSev enthHeav en.To
youIsupposet hissuggest sthemy steryofmy steri
es.Letmesayt hatt hereisno
my steryabouti t
.Itisaplacei nconsci ousnesswher eev er ymy steryi srevealed.Those
whohav er eachedt hatstateofconsci ousnessar eoutsidet hemor tal v
isionbutthey
canr eturnandconv er
seandt eacht hosewhoar er eceptive.Theycancomei ntheirown
bodies, fortheyhav esoper f
ectedt heirbodi est hattheycangowher etheywi llwith
them.Theyar eablet oreturntoear thwi thoutr eincarnati
on.Thosewhohav epassed
throughdeat har eobligedtober eincar natedi nor dertor eturnt oear thwi t
habody .This
bodywasgi vent ousasaspi rit
ual,per f
ectbodyandwemustsoseeandkeept hebody
i
nor dert or et
aini t
.Thosewhohav el eftthebodyandhav egoneoni nspi ri
tnowr eali
ze
thattheymustagai ntakeupabodyandgoonandper f
ecti t
.”

Itwasar r
anged, beforeleavi
ngt hetablethatevening, thatthepart
yshoulddivideinto
fivegroups,eachgr oupinchargeofoneoft hef ivethathadappear edintheroom and
takendinnerwithus.Thi swoul denableust ocov eral argerfi
eldandwouldgr eatl
y
facil
it
ateourwor k;andatt hesamet i
mei twouldenabl eust over
if
ysucht hi
ngsas
travel
ingintheinvisibl
eandt houghttransference.Thispl anwouldgiveusatl easttwo
ofourmeni neachpar tyandoneoft hefiveasl eader.Wewoul dbequitewidely
separated,yetwewer etokeepi ntouchthrought hosewhower esogreatl
ybef ri
ending
usandgi vingusev eryopportunitytoprovetheirwor k.
CHAPTERXI
I

Thenextdayal ldetail
swer ear rangedandt hr eeofourpar ty,i
ncludingmy self,weret o
accompanyEmi landJast .Themor ningfoll
owi ngf oundeachpar tywi thitsguideand
attendantsal lreadyt odepar ti ndiff
erentdirect i
ons,wi t
ht heunder standingt hatwe
shouldcar efull
yobser veandr ecordal lt
hatoccur r
ed,andshoul dmeetsi xtyday slater
atEmi lshomei nt hev i
llagejustspokenof ,twohundr edmi l
esdist ant.Wewer etokeep
i
ncommuni cat i
onwi t
heachot herthroughourf ri
ends.Thi swasaccompl i
shedeach
eveningbyt hesef ri
endsconv ersi
ngwi theachot herort r
av el
ingbackandf orthfrom
partytopar ty.Ifwewi shedt ocommuni catewi thourChi eforwi thanyot hermemberof
ourpar ty
,allweneeddowast ogi veourmessaget oourf r
iendsandi nani ncredibly
shorttime, wewoul dhav etheanswer .Ingivingt hesemessages, eachwoul dwr i
tethem
outinf ul
landnot ethet i
met othemi nuteoneachmessage; thenwhent heanswer
camewewoul ddot hesame.Whenwecamet ogetheragai n,wecompar ednot esand
foundt hatallnot edcor responded.Asi defrom t hisourfriendswoul dt r
avelfrom one
campt oanot herandconv ersewi thus.Wekeptaccur at
er ecordsoft heseappear ances
anddi sappear ances; alsowenot edthet i
me, thepl ace,andt heconv ersati
onsandal l
checkedf ull
ywhenwecompar ednotesl at
er.

Attimesaft
erthi
swewer ewidelyseparat
ed;onepartywouldbeinPer
sia,
oneinChina,
oneinTibet
,oneinMongoli
a,andonei nIndi
a,al
waysaccompaniedbyourfri
ends.At
ti
mest heyt
ravel
edinthei
nvi
sible,aswecall
edit,di
stancesasgr
eatasonethousand
milesandkeptusinf
ormedast othehappeningsandpr ogr
essi
neachcamp.

Thedest i
nati
onoft hepartytowhichIwasassi gnedprovedtobeasmal l
v i
ll
agetothe
southwest,l
ocatedonanel ev
atedplat
eauwel lupinthefoothi
ll
softheHi malayasand
abouteightymilesfrom ourstar
ti
ngpoint.Wedi dnottakeanyprovisi
onsf orthetr
ip
butwewer eampl ypr ovi
dedforatallt
imesandhadv er
ycomf ort
ablequar t
ers.We
arr
ivedatourdest i
nationearl
yintheafter
noonoft hefi
fthday,weregreetedbya
del
egati
onofv i
l
lagers,andshownt ocomf or
tablequart
ers.

Wenot edthatthev il
lager st r
eatedEmi landJastwi ththeut mostr ev erence.Wewer e
tol
dt hatEmi lhadnev erv isi
tedthev i
ll
agebutt hatJasthadbeent her ebef ore.The
occasionofhi sfir
stv isitwasi nresponset oacal lforhelpt orescuet hreev i
llagersfrom
thefiercesnow- ment hati nhabitsomeoft hewi l
destpar tsoft heHi mal ayas.Thi s
presentv i
sitwasi nresponset oasi mil
arcallandal sot omi nistertot hesi ckwhocoul d
notleav ethev i
l
lage.Theseso- call
edsnow- menar eout castsandr enegadeswhohav e
l
ivedi nthesnowandi cer egi
onsoft hemount ainsuntiltheyhav edev elopedat ri
bethat
i
sabl et oli
veinthemount ainfastnesseswi t
houtcont actwi thanyf orm ofci vil
izat
ion.
Thoughnotnumer ous, theyar ev eryfi
erceandwar li
keand, attimes, capt ureandt ortur
e
thosewhoar eunf ort
unat eenought ofal
lintotheirhands.I tprov edt hatfouroft he
vil
lagershadbeencapt ur edbyt hesewi l
dsnow- men.Thev i
llagers, beingatt heirwits
endt oknowwhatt odo, hadsentoutamessengert ogeti nt ouchwi thJastandhehad
comet otherescue, br i
ngi ngEmi landusal ong.

Ofcourse,
wewer eallexci
ted,
thi
nki
ngwewer etogetsightofthesewi
ldpeopl
e,whom
wehadhear dofbutsupposeddidnotexi
st.Weatfi
rstbeli
evedthatar
escuepart
y
wouldbeorgani
zedandwewoul dbeall
owedtojoi
n,butthesehopeswereshat
tered
whenEmi
lannouncedt
hatheandJastwoul
dgoal
oneandt
hatt
heywoul
dgo
i
mmediat
ely
.

Inaf ewmoment st heydi sappear edanddi dnotr etur

nunt i
lthesecondev ening, wi ththe
fourcapt ives,whot ol dwei rdt
alesoft heiradv enturesandoft hest rangepeopl et hat
hadcapt uredthem.I tseemst hatt hesest rangesnow- peoplegoent irelynaked, that
theirbodi eshav ebecomecov er edwi thhai rli
ket hatofawi l
dani mal ,andt hatt heycan
withstandt hei ntensecol doft hemount ainalti
tudes.Theyar esai dtomov eov ert he
groundv eryswi ftl
y;inf act ,iti
scl ai
medt hattheyar eabletopur sueandcapt uret hewi l
d
animal sthatl i
vei nt her egi onthatt heyi nhabit.Thesewi l
dpeopl ecal ltheMast ers.“The
Menf rom theSun, ”andwhent heMast ersgoamongt hem forthepr i
soner st heydonot
resist.Wewer eal sot oldt hattheMast er shadmadeanumberofat tempt stor each
thesewi l
dpeopl ebutt heseat tempt shadcomet onaughtbecauseoft hefeari nwhi ch
thepeopl ehel dt hem.I tissai dt hatiftheMast ersdogoamongt hem, thesnow- men
willnoteatorsl eep, butst ayint heopenni ghtandday ,sogr eatisthei rfear.These
peopl ehav elostal lcont actwi thcivil
ization,ev enforget
tingthatt heyhadev er
cont actedot herracesort hattheyar et hedescendant sfrom them, sof arhav et hey
separ atedt hemsel vesf rom other s.

Wewer eabl et ogetEmi landJastt osaybutl it

tleaboutt hisst r
angewi ldt ri
be, nor
couldwei nfluencet hem tot akeust othem.Whenwequest ioned,theonl ycomment
was, “
Theyar eGodschi ldren, t
hesameaswear e,onlytheyhav eli
v edsol ongi nhat red
andfearoft hei rfell
owmenandt heyhav esodev elopedthehat redandf earf acultythat
theyhav eisol atedt hemsel vesf rom theirfell
owment osuchanext entt hatt heyhav e
compl etel
yf or gottent heyar edescendant softhehumanf ami ly,andt hinkt hemsel v
es
thewildcr eatur est heyappeart obe.Theyhav egoneoni nt hiswayunt iltheyhav eev en
l
ostthei nstinctoft hewi ldcr eatures,f
ort hewildcr eatureknowsbyi nstinctwhena
humanbei ngl ov esi tandi twi l
lrespondt othatlov e.Allwecansayi st hatmanbr ings
fort
hthatwhi chhegazesuponandsepar ateshi msel ffr
om Godandman, andi nthis
wayhecangol owert hant heani mal.I
twoul dser venopur poset ot akey ouamong
them.I twoul d, i
nstead, har mt hosepeopl e.Wear ei nhopessomedayt of i
ndsomeone
amongt hem whowi llberecept i
v etoourt eachingandi nthiswayr eacht hem al l
.”

Wewer etol
dt hatifwewishedtomaketheattemptt
oseethesestr
angepeopleonour
owninit
iat
ive,wewer eatl
iber
tytodoso;t
hattheMaster
scouldnodoubtpr
otectus
fr
om anyhar m and,i
fweshouldbetakenpri
soner
s,t
heycoul
dinallpr
obabi
li
tysecur
e
ourr
elease.

Wef oundt hatev eningwewer eschedul edt oleavethenextdayf orav eryancient

templ eaboutt hirty-
fivemi lesfrom thev il
lagewher ewewer ethenst opping.Myt wo
compani onsdeci dedt heywoul dforegoseei ngthetempl eandt r
ytogetacl oserviewof
thewi ldmen.Theyat tempt edtoinfluencet wooft hev il
lagerst ogowi ththem, butin
thi
st heymetf latrefusal ,
fornoneoft hev il
lagerswoul dleavet hev i
ll
agesol ongast hey
thoughtt hewi ldmenwer ear ound.Myf riendsdecidedt oat tempti taloneso, aft
er
receivinginstructionsf rom Emi landJastast othetrail
andgener aldirecti
on,they
strappedont heirside- armsandmader eadyt ostar
t.Bef oret heyleft,
Emi landJasthad
exact edapr omi sef rom them thattheywoul dshoott okill
onl yasal astresort.They
mayshoott ofrightenasmuchast heypl easedbutt heymustgi vetheirwordt hatift
hey
kil
ledi twouldbet hel astextremity.
Iwassurpri
sedt hatwehadev ena45Coltwi
thusaswehadnotcarr
iedfi
rear
msabout
us.Ihaddiscardedmi nelongagoanddi
dnotknowwheretheywer
e.Itsohappened
thatoneofthecooliesthathel
pedtol
ookaft
erourwant
shadputtwopist
olsi
nthe
l
uggageandt heyhadnotbeenr emoved.

CHAPTERXI
II

Emi l
,JastandIst artedoutl aterint hedayt ogot othet empl eandar ri
v edt her ethenext
dayat5: 30int heev eni ng.Wef oundt woel derl
ymeni nchar geandIwasmade
comf ortablefort heni ght .Thet empl eisl ocatedonahi ghmount ainpeak, isbui ltof
roughst one, andi ssai dt obeov ert welvet housandy earsol d.I ti
sinaper fectst ateof
preservat i
onandr epai r.I ti
soneoft hef i
rsttempl eser ectedbyt heSiddhat eacher s
andwaser ectedbyt hem asapl acewher et heycoul dgoandhav eper fectsi lence.The
sit
ecoul dnothav ebeenbet terchosen.I tisont hehi ghestpeaki nthatpar toft he
mount ains; t
heel ev ationabov eseal ev elis10,900f eetandi tisov er5000f eetabov e
thevalleyf l
oor .Thel astsev enmi l
esi tseemedt omet het r
ai lwasst r
ai ghtup.Att i
mes
i
tledov erpolest hatwer esuppor tedbyr opesf astenedt oboul dersabov e,thent hrown
overthecl iff
ssi de; andt hesesuppor tedt hepolest hatser vedasat rail.Aswewal ked
overthesepol es,Ir ealizedt hatwewer eatl eastsixhundr edf eetinmi d-ai r
.Atot her
ti
meswewer eobl igedt oclimbpol eladder ssuppor tedbyr opesf rom abov e.Thel ast
ascentwasper pendi cul arforaboutt hreehundr edf eetandwasaccompl ishedwhol l
yby
poleladder s.Whenwear ri
vedIf eltasi fIwer eont opoft hewor l
d.

Wewer eupbef oret hesunt henextmor ningandwhenIst eppedoutont her oofoft hat
templeIf orgotallaboutt heascentoft heni ghtbef ore.Thet empl ewassosi tuatedat
theedgeofabl ufft hat,wheny oul ookedout ,youcoul dseenot hingf ort hr eet housand
feetbelow, anditseemedasi ft hewhol et empl ewer esuspendedi nmi d- air.Ihad
considerablediffi
cul t
yinper suadingmy selftobel iev eotherwi se.I nthedi st ancewe
wouldseet hreemount ainsuponwhi ch, Iwast old, templ essimi lartot hiswer el ocated,
buttheywer esodi stantIcouldnotmakeoutt het empl eswi thmyf ieldgl asses.Emi l
saidthatoneoft heot herpar t
iesshoul dhav er eachedt het empl eont hef arthest
mount ainataboutt hesamet imet hatwear ri
vedher elasteveni ngandt hatoutChi ef
wasi nthepar ty.Hesai dthatifIwi shedt ocommuni catewi thhi m, Imi ghtdoso, as
theywer eatt hetimest andingont her oofoft het empl eagooddeal l
ikewewer edoi ng.
Itookmynot ebookandwr otet hatIwasst andingont her oofofat empl e10, 900f eet
aboveseal evelandi tseemedt omeasi fthetempl ewer esuspendedi nmi d-ai r
; t
hat
theti
mewasexact l
y4: 55a.m.bymywat ch; andt hedaywasSat urday ,August2.Emi l
readthismessageandst oodsi lentamoment ;thent heanswercame:“ Ti me5: 01a. m.
bymywat ch;pl
ace, suspendedi nmi d-air,8400f eetabov eseal ev el;date, Sat urday ,
August2.Vi ewwonder f
ul,butsi t
uationmostr emar kable.”

ThenEmilsaid,
“Ify
ouwish,Iwil
ltaket hi
snoteandbringtheanswerwhenIretur
n.I
wouldl
iketogoandconversewitht hoseatthetempleifyoudonotmind.”Igavehim
thenot
ewi l
l
ingl
yandhedisappeared.I nonehourandf or
ty-f
ivemi
nutesheretur
ned
withanotefr
om theChi
efstati
ngt hatEmilhadarri
vedthereat5:
16a.m.andthatthey
werehavi
ngawonder f
ulti
mespecul at
ingwhatwouldcomenext .
Westay
edatt
hist
emplet
hreedays.Duri
ngthatti
meEmilvi
sit
edt
heot
herpar
ti
es,
car
ri
ednot
esf
rom me,
andretur
nedwithanswersfr
om t
hem.

Themor ni
ngoft hefourt
hday ,
wepr eparedt oretur
nt ot
hev il
lagewher ewehadl eftmy
associ
ates.If
oundt hatEmilandJastwi shedt ogotoanot hersmal l
v i
ll
age,
locatedin
theval
leyaboutthir
tymilesfr
om wher eourt r
aill
efttheval
leyt r
ail
.Isuggestedthatthey
goandIaccompanyt hem.Wecampedt hatnightatasheepher derslodgeandwer eup
andstart
edearlynextmor ni
nginordertor eachourdestinati
onbef oredarkthenextday,
aswewer ewalking.Wewer enotablet ousehor sesonthet ri
pt othetempleandso
hadleftt
hem atthev i
ll
age.

Aboutt enocl ockt hatmor ni

ngt her ecameonaheav yelectri
cst orm andi tlookedasi f
therewoul dbeadownpour ,butnor ainfell
.Thecount rythroughwhi chwewer epassi ng
wasqui teheav i
l
y ,thick,dr ygrass.Thecount r
yseemedexcept ionallydr y.Thel i
ght ni
ng
i
gni t
edt hegr assi nanumberofpl acesandbef oreweknewi t
, wewer ev ir
tually
surroundedbyaf or estfire.Inaf ewmoment sthi
sfirewasr agingl ikemadandcl osi
ng
i
nuponusf rom t hreesi deswi t
ht heswi ft
nessofanexpr esst rain.Thesmokewas
settl
ingdowni nt hickcl oudsandIbecamebewi l
deredandpani c-st
r i
cken.Emi landJast
seemedcool andcol lectedandt hisr eassuredmesomewhat .Theysai d,“Ther ear etwo
way sofescape.Onei st ot r
ytogett ot henextcreek, wheret her eiswat erf lowing
throughadeepcany on.Ifwecanr eacht hiscanyonwhi chisaboutf i
vemi lesaway ,we
cani nallprobabi l
itymakeour selvessaf euntil
thefirehasbur nedi tselfout .Theot her
wayi stogoont hrought hef ir
ewi thusi fyoucant r
ustust ot akey out hrough. ”

Instantlyallfearl eftme, asIr eali

zedthatthesemenhadpr ov edtrueinall
emer gencies.
Throwi ngmy self
, asitwer e,whol l
yupontheirprotecti
on, Isteppedbet weent hem and
wepr oceededonourway ,whi chseemedt obei nthedi recti
ont hefi
rewasr agi
ngt he
most .Theni mmedi atelyitseemedasi fagreatarchwayopenedbef oreusandwewent
ondi rectl
yt hr ought hatfir
e, withoutt
heleastinconv enience, eit
herfrom smokeorheat ,
orfrom t hebur ni
ngbr andsst rewnalongthet r
ailunderourf eet.Therewereatl eastsix
mi l
esoft hisf i
re-
sweptar eat hatwepassedt hrough.I tseemedt omeasi fwewer eas
calmlywal kingal ongt hattrailasthoughtherewer enof i
reragi ngaround.Thiswenton
untilwecr ossedasmal lstream andt henwer eoutoft hef i
re.

Whi lewewer egoingt hroughthef i

re,Emi lsaidtome, “
Cany ounotseehoweasyi tisto
useGodshi gherlawt or eplacealoweronewheny oureall
yneedt hehi gher?Wehav e
nowr aisedt hev ibrati
onsofourbodi est oahi gherv i
brati
ont hant hatoft hef i
reandt he
fi
redoesnothar m us.I fsensesmor t
al couldseeusnow, theywoul dt hinkwehad
disappear ed, wheni nrealit
yourident i
tyisasi thasal waysbeen.I nrealityweact ual
ly
seenodi fference.Itistheconceptoft hemor talsensesthatl osescont actwithus.
Coul dt heyseeusaswear e,nodoubtt heywoul dt hi
nkwehadascended.I nreali
tyt
hat
i
swhathappens.Wedoascendt oapl aneofconsci ousnesswher ethemor t
aldoes
l
osecont actwi thus.Al lcandot hesameaswear edoing.Wear eusingal awgivenus
byt heFat hert ouse.Wear eablet ouset hislawt oconv eyourbodi est hroughany
space.Thi si sthelawwear eusingwheny ouseeusappearanddi sappearor ,asyou
callit,anni hi
latespace.Wesi mplyover comedi f
fi
culti
esbyr aisingourconsci ousness
abov et hem andi nt hi
swaywear eablet oov ercomeort ocomeupov erall l
i
mi t
ati
ons
thatmani nmor t
al consciousnesshaspl aceduponhi mself .
”
Tomei thadseemedasi fwewer egoi
ngov erthegroundwithourfeetjusttouchingit
.
Whenwewer esaf
eacr osst hest
ream,outofthefir
e,myf i
rsti
mpressionwast hatIhad
awakenedfrom adeepsl eepandhaddr eamedt hi
s,butIgr
aduall
yawoket othe
real
izat
ionofi
tall
andt her ealmeani
ngofitbegant odawnuponmyconsci ousness.
Wef oundashadyplaceont hebankofthestr
eam, ateourl
unchandr estedf oranhour,
thenwentont ot
hev i
l
lage.

CHAPTERXI
V

Thisv il
l
agepr ovedv er
yinteresti
ngast herear ecer t
ainwel l
-preservedr ecor dsthat,
transl ated,appeart obeconcl usiveev i
dencet hatJohnt heBapt i
stresi dedi nthev i
l
lage
foraboutf i
vey ears.Wewer eaf t
erwardstoseer ecordsandhav ethem t r anslat
ed
whi chseemedt opr oveconcl usi
v el
ythather esidedint hiscount r
yf oraboutt wel ve
year s.Wewer elateronshownr ecordsthatwoul dseem t opr ovethatJohnt heBapt i
st
sojour nedwi ththesepeopl ethroughTi bet
,Chi na,Persia,andIndiaf oraboutt wenty
year s.I nfactwef eltthatwewer eaboutt ofollowal mostt hesamer out ehef ol
lowedby
ther ecor dsl eftandpr eserved.Thesewer eofsuchi nterestthatwer etur nedt othe
differentv il
lagesandmadeanext ensivesearchandf ound, bycompar i
ngt hedat athus
obtai ned, wecoul dcompi lequiteanaccur atemapofhi stravelswhi lewi tht hesepeople.
Att imest hesehappeni ngswer ebr oughtsov ividl
ybef oreust hatwecoul di magi ne
oursel vest raveli
ngov erthesamegr oundandt akingthesamer outet hatJohndi dso
l
ongago.

West oppedi nav i

ll
aget hreeday s.Dur i
ngt heseday sawi dev i
staoft hepastunf olded
beforeme.Icoul dseet heset eachingsgoi ngbacki nt hedi m pastt ot hev erybegi nning
whenceal lcamef orthf rom theoneSour ceorSubst ance, God.Icoul dseet hedi fferent
offshoot softheset eachi ngsbei ngputf orthbyi ndividuals, eachi ndivi
dual addinghi s
concept ,eacht hinkingi twashi s,r
eveal edt ohi m byGodoradi r
ectr ev elati
onf rom God
tohim al one;eachf eel
ingt hathehadt heonl ytruemessageandt hathewast heonl y
onet ogi vehismessaget othewor l
d.Int hi
swayt hemor t
al concept swer emi xedwi th
thatoft het r
uer evelationi nt
endedanddi versityandi nharmonyr esulted.ThenIcoul d
seet hesepeopl e, theMast ers, st
andingf i
rml yont her ockoft ruespi ri
tual i
ty,perceiving
thatmani strulyimmor tal,sinless,deathl ess, unchangi ng,et ernal,t
hei mageand
l
ikenessofGod.I tseemedt omet hatf ur t
herr esearchmustpr ovet hatt hosegr eat
peopl ehav epreser vedandhandedt hist ruthdownt hel ongagesi ni t
sunadul terated
state.Theydonotcl ai
mt ohav ealltherei st ogi venordot heyaskany onet oaccept
any t
hing, unl
esst heycanpr ovet hewor dst hemsel vesanddot hewor kt heMast ersdo.
Theydonotcl ai
m anyaut horitysavet heact ual workst heydo.

Aftert
hreedaysIfoundthatEmilandJastwer
ereadytoret
urntothevi
ll
agewherewe
hadleftmyassociat
es.Theirmissiont
othevi
ll
agehadbeenpurelyaheali
ngoneand
therewasnodoubtbutt hatt
heycouldhavemadethetr
iptothetempl
eandt hi
svil
lage
i
nf arl
essti
met hanithadtakenus.Iwasnotabletomakethetri
pastheycould;
so
theymademywayt heirway.

Wearri
vedatt
hev
il
lageandfoundmyassoci
ateswai
ti
ngforus.Theirsear
chfort
he
snow-
menhadcomet onaught
.Theyhadsear
chedforf
ivedays,
thenhadgivenupin
disgustandwer er eturni
ngtothev il
l
agewhent hei
rattenti
onwascal l
edt owhat
seemedt obet hef orm ofamanout li
nedagainsttheskyonar i
dgeaboutonemi l
e
distant.Bef oretheycoul dbri
ngt hei
rfiel
dglassest obearuponhi m,hehadsof ar
disappear edthattheywer eabletoobtainonlyaglimpse.Thi sgli
mpsegav ethem the
i
mpr essi
onofanape- l
ikeform coveredwithhair.Theyhur r
iedtotheplacebutdidnot
fi
ndanyf urtherevidence.Al t
hought heyspentther emainderofthatdaysearchi
ngthe
surroundingcount r y
, t
heycouldfindnof urt
herev i
denceandgav eupt hesear
ch.

Afterheari
ngmyreportmyassoci
ateswant
edt
oret
urntothet
empl
ebutEmi
lsai
dwe
wouldv i
sitasi
mil
aronewit
hinthenextf
ewday
sandtheydeci
dedt
ofor
egot
hesecond
tr
ip.

Quiteanumberoft hepeoplefrom t hesurroundi

ngcount ryhadcongr egat
edatt he
vil
l
ageforheali
ng,ascouriershadgoneoutwi t
hthet i
dingsoft herescueofthefour
whohadbeencapt uredbyt hesnow- men.West oppedov erthenextdayandat tended
theassemblyandsawsomer emar kablecures.Oney oungwomanaboutt wentyy ear
s
ofagewhohadhadherf eetfrozent heprev i
ouswi nt
erhadt hem restor
ed.Wecoul d
actual
l
yseet hefl
eshgrowunt i
ltheywer enormal andshewal kedwi thper
fectease.
Twoblindpeoplehadtheirsightrest or
ed.Oneoft hem wewer etol
dwasbor nblind.
Therewereanumberofmi norcasesheal ed.

Allseemedpr of
oundl yimpr essedbyt hewor k.Af t
ertheassembl yweaskedEmi l
whet herther eweremanyconv erts.Hesai dagr eatmanywer ereallyhelpedandi nt hat
wayt heirinterestwasar oused.Theywoul dforat i
mebecomewor kersbutt hegr eater
partoft hem soonf ell
backi ntot heiroldway sofl i
vi
ng,astheyfoundi twouldbet oo
muchexer tiontot akeupt hewor ki nearnest.Thepeoplenearlyallli
v eaneasy ,carefree
l
ife,andt hereseemst obeaboutoneper centofthosethatprofesst obeli
ev et hatar e
reall
yinear nest.Ther estdependent i
relyuponot herstohelpthem whent heygeti nto
trouble.Righther eiswher eagr eatdeal oftheirtr
oubleli
es.TheMast erssayt heycan
assistev eryonet hatreallydesi r
eshel pbutt heycannotactuall
ydot hewor kf orany one.
Theycant ellothersoft heabundancei nstoreforthem but,t
obeact uall
yonewi t
hand
oftheabundance, eachi ndi
v i
dual mustacceptandpr oveitforhimsel fbyact ually
knowi nganddoi ngt hewor ks.

CHAPTERXV

Wel ef tthev i
l
lagethenextmorni
ngandt wooft hevi
ll
agerswhoseemedt ohavet aken
upt hewor kaccompaniedus.Theev eni
ngoft hethi
rddaywecamet oav il
l
ageabout
twelv emi lesfr
om theonewhereIhadbeenandhadl ookedovertherecordsregarding
Johnt heBapt i
st.Iwasveryanxi
oust ohavemyassoci at
eslookovertheserecords, so
wedeci dedt ostayover
,andJastaccompani edustothevil
l
age.Af t
ergoingov erthe
records, myassoci at
esweredeeplyimpressedandwel ai
doutapl antomapandf ol
low
outt het ravel
sasoutli
nedintherecor
ds.

ThateveningtheMast
er,
whowaswi ththefour
thpar
ty,
spenttheni
ghtwi
thus.Heal
so
broughtmessagesfr
om thef
ir
standthir
dparti
es.Hehadbeenbornandrai
sedi
nthe
vi
llage;
hisfor
efat
her
shadwrit
tentherecor
dsandtheyhavebeenint
hefamil
yfr
om
thattimeon.I twasclaimedthathewasthefif
thgener
ati
onremov edf r
om thewr i
ter
andt hatnotoneoft hefamil
yhadexperi
enceddeath.Theyhadalltakentheirbodi
es
withthem andcoul dretur
natanytime.Weaskedifitwouldbetoomucht r
oublefor
thewr i
teroftherecordstocomeandt al
kwithus.Hesaidthati
twoul dnotandwe
arrangedfortheintervi
ewthateveni
ng.

Wehadbeenseat edbutaf ewmoment swhenamanwhom wej udgedtobeabout

thi
rty-f
iveappearedsuddenlyintheroom.Hewasi ntr
oducedtousandal l shookhands
withhim.Wewer eallspell
boundathisappearancef
orwehadi maginedt hathewoul d
bev eryold.Hewasabov ethemedium hei
ght,wit
hruggedfeat
ures,buttheki ndli
est
faceIhadev erlookedupon.Ther ewasstr
engthofcharact
erbackofev erymov e.Hi
s
whol ebeingemanat edalightt
hatwasbey ondourpowerofcompr ehension.

Bef orewewer eseat edEmi l

,Jast,andthet wostr angersclaspedhandsi nthecenterof
ther oom andst oodi nper fectsil
encef oraf ewmoment s.Thenal l wereseat edandthe
onewhohadappear edi nther oom sosuddenl ybeganbysay ing,“Youhav easkedf or
thi
si nterv
iewinor dert ogetabet t
erunderstandingoft hedocument sthathav ebeen
readandi nterpretedf ory ou.Iwi llsaythattheser ecordswer emadeandkeptbyme;
andt hoser ef
err i
ngt ot hatgr eatsoul,Johnt heBapt i
st,whi chseem t osur pri
sey ouso
great l
y,ar
eact ual occur rencesoft heti
mehewaswi t
husher e.Theser ecordsshow
thathewasamanofwi deknowl edgeandwonder f
ulintel
lect.Heper cei v
edt hatour
teachingwast ruebutheappar entlynevercamet otheact ual real
izati
onf or
, hadhe
donesohewoul dnev erhav eseendeat h.Ihav esati nthisr oom andhear dJohnandmy
fatherconv er
seandi twasher ethather eceivedmuchofhi st eaching.Itwasher ethat
fatherpassedonandt ookhi sbodywi thhim andJohnbehel dhispassing.

“Therearenoneofmyf amil
yonf at
hersormot herssidethathav enottakenthei
rbodies
withthem inpassi ng.Thi
spassingmeanst heperfecti
ngoft hebodyspi ri
tual
l
yuntilone
becomessoconsci ousofthedeepspiri
tualmeaningofLi f
eorGodt hatoneseeslif
eas
Godseesi t
;thenonei spri
vil
egedtoreceivethehighestt
eachi ngandf r
om thi
srealm
onei sabletohel pall
.(Weneverdescendf r
om thisreal
mf ort hosewhohav ereached
thi
spl acenev erwishtodescend).Theyknowt hatli
feisallprogress,agoingfor
ward;
thereisnot urningbackandnonewi shtodoso.

“All
ar ereachi ngoutt ohel pt hoset hatarest ri
vingformor elightandt hemessagest hat
wear econt inual l
ysendi ngouti nt
ot heUni versalarebei nginterpretedbyGodschi ldren
whoar er ecept i
v e,inev erypar toft heear thtoday.Thi sisthepr imeobj ectofr eachi ng
thi
sreal m orst ateofconsci ousness, forwear eablet ohelpal li
nsomeway .Wecan
anddot alkwi thandi nst ructt hosewhoar ereceptiveandwhor aisetheirconsci ousness,
eit
hert hrought hei rownef fortsort heassi stanceofanot her.Anot hercannotdot he
workf ory ounorcananot hercar r
yy oualongi ndefinitel
y.Youmustdeci detodot he
workf ory ourself, t
hendoi t.Theny ouaref r
eeandsel f-
reli
ant.Whenal lcomei ntothe
consciousness, asJesusdi d, thatthebodyi saspi r
itualbodyandi ndestructible,and
holdthemsel vesi nthisconsci ousness, thenweshal l beablet ocommuni cat ewi thall
andgi veoutt het eachingwehav ereceivedt oagr eaternumber .Wear eprivi
legedt o
knowt hatal lcanaccompl i
shal lt
hatwehav eaccompl i
shedand, thereby,solveev er y
problem ofl if
e; andt hatwhi chhasbeenl ookeduponasdi ff
icultandmy steriouswi llbe
foundsi mpl e.
“Idonotseem anydif
fer
enttoyouf
rom anyot
hermant
haty
oumeetev
eryday
,nei
ther
doIseeanydiffer
enceinyou.
”

Wesai dwet houghtwecoul dseesomet hingf arf i

nerinhi m.Heanswer ed, “t
hatisonly
themor t
alascompar edwi tht heimmor talofman.I fyouwoul donlylookf ort heGod
quali
tyandnotmakeanycompar i
son, youwoul dseeev er yhumanbei ngasy ouseeme;
orbyl ookingf ortheChr istinev eryfacey ouwoul dbri
ngf ort
hthatChr ist,orGodqual i
ty,
i
nal l
.Wemakenocompar i
sons; weseeonl yt heChr i
storGodqual it
yi nall atallti
mes
andint hatwaywear eoutofy ourv i
sion.Weseeper f
ectionorhav eper f
ectv isi
on, whi
le
youseei mper fecti
onorhav ei mperfectv ision.Unt i
lyouar eincontactwi t
hsomeone
whoi sabl etoi nstructyou, untilyoucanr aisey ourconsci ousnesswher ey oucansee
andconv ersewi thusasy ouar enowdoi ng, ourt eachingseemsonl yi nspirationalin
nature.Itisnoti nspirati
onwhenwear econv ersingoratt empt i
ngtoconv er sewi t
hone.
Thisisonl yint henat ureofi nstruct
ionleadi ngt othepoi ntwher ethet ruei nspirat
ion
canber eceived.Itisinspirationonlywheni tcomesdi r
ectf rom Godandy oul etGod
expresst hroughy ou;theny ouar ewi t
hus.

“Thei dealimageoft heflowerinmi nutestdetailiswi thintheseedandmustexpand,

multiply,unfold, andbewr oughtintotheperfectf lowerbyhour l
ypreparati
on.Whent hi
s
i
nneri magei scompl eteinmi nutestdetai
l,
thef lowercomesf ort
hbeaut i
ful
.Justso
Godhol dsthei deal i
mageofev erychi
ldinmi nd, t
heper fectimagethroughwhichHe
wishest oexpr ess.Wecangetmor eoutofthisi deal wayofexpr essionthanthefl
ower
doesi fwewi l
l butletGodexpr essthroughusi nthei deal wayHehasconcei vedforus.
I
tisonl ywhenwet aket hingsintoourownhandst hatthepr obl
emsanddi f
fi
cul
ti
es
begin.Thi sisnotf orone, orafew, t
hisisforal l
.Ithasbeenshownust hatwearenot
dif
ferentf r
om y ou.Itisadi ff
erenceinunderst anding, thatisall
.

“All
t hedif
ferentisms, cults,andcr eeds, allthedi fferentangl esofal lbel iefs, areal l
goodf ortheywi l
levent uall
yleadt heirfollower st ot her ealizationt hatunder neat hal l
thereisadeepf actorofact uali
tythathasbeenmi ssed, adeepsomet hingt hathasnot
beencont actedortheyhav efai
ledt ocont actt hatwhi chr ight l
ybel ongst ot hem, which
theycanandshoul dright f
ullypossess.Weseei tist hisv eryt hingt hatwi ll
ev entually
dri
vemant opossessal l.Thev eryfactt hatmanknowst her ei ssomet hingt opossess,
whichcanbepossessedandwhi chhehasnot ,will goadhi m onunt i
l hehasi t.Itisin
thi
swayev erystepinadv ancei smadei nal l t
hings.Thei deai sf ir
stpr essedoutf r
om
Godsi ntomansconsci ousnessandheseest herei ssomet hingaheadi fhewi ll
butgo
on.Her emanusual lybl under sandf ail
st or ecogni zet hesour cef rom whi cht hei dea
came; butthinksthatitcamewhol lyfrom wi thi
nhi msel f.Heget sawayf rom Godand,
i
nsteadofl etti
ngGodexpr essthroughhi mt heper fect i
onGodseesf orhi m, hegoeson
andexpr essesinhisownwayandbr i
ngsf orthimper fectlyt het hingwhi chshoul dbe
perfectl
ywr oughtormani fest.

“I
fheshouldbutreali
zethateveryi
deaisadi r
ect
, per
fectexpressi
onf r
om Godand, as
soonast hi
sideacomest ohim,hewoul di
mmedi atel
ymakei thisidealtobeexpressed
fr
om God, t
hentakehismor t
alhandsoffandletGodexpr essthroughhimt heperf
ect
way,thi
sidealwoul
dcomef ort
hperfect
.Herewemustr eali
zethatGodi sabovethe
mortalandthemortalcannothelpi
nanyway .Inthiswaymanwoul dlearninashort
ti
met oexpressper
fecti
on.Theonegr eatt
hingmanmustl earnistogetforevert
hrough
andoutofthepsychi
cormindf
orcesandexpressdir
ect
lyf
rom God,
foral
lpsy
chi
c
for
cesarecreat
edwholl
ybymanandt heyar
elikel
ytomisl
ead.
”

CHAPTERXVI

Herethet al
kendedwi t
htheunder st
andi ngthatal
lshoul
dmeetatbr eakfast .Wewer e
upearlynextmor ningandr eadyf orbreakfastat6:30.Aswelef
tourlodgi ng, wemet
ourfri
endsgoi ngi nthesamedi recti
on, walki
ngalongandconversi
ngt hesameas
ordi
narymor tals.Theygr eetedusandwev oi
cedoursurpr
iseatmeet i
ngt hem i nthi
s
way.Ther epl
ywas, “
Wear eonl yment hesameasy ou.Whydoyouper sistinl ooki
ng
uponusasdi ff
erent ?Wear einnowaydi ff
erentfr
om you,wehaveonlydev elopedour
God-gi
v enpower st oagr eaterextentthany ou.”

Wet henasked,“Whycanwenotdothewor kst

hatwehav eseenyoudo?”They
answered,“
Whydonotal l
wecontactfoll
owonanddot heworks?Wecannotanddo
notwishtoforceourwayuponanyone;al
laref
reet
oliv
eandgot hewayast heywish
togo.Wet r
yonlytoshowtheeasyandsimpleway,t
hewaywehav et
ri
edandf ound
ver
ysatisf
actory.
”

Wewentt obreakfastandt heconversationdr i

ftedintotheor dinaryev er yday
occur r
ences.Ibecamel ostinwonder .Her ewer efourmensi tti
ngopposi teusatt able.
Therewasonet hathadl ivedupont hisearthaboutonet housandy ears.Hehadso
perfectedhi sbodyt hathewasabl etot akeitwi thhim wher everhedesi red; hi
sbody
sti
l
l retainedthebuoy ancyandy outhofamanoft hirt
y-f
ivey earsandt hisper fecti
on
hadbeencompl etedaboutt wothousandy ears.Nextt ohi m satamant hatwast he
fi
ft
hi nl i
neorr egulardescendantoft hef ami l
yf i
rstment ioned.Thesecondhadl i
ved
upont hi seart
hf ormor et hansev enhundr edy ear sandhi sbodydi dnotappeart obea
dayov erf ort
y.Theywer eabl etoconv ersewi thust hesameasanyot hermenwoul d
conv er
se.Ther ewasEmi lwhohadl i
vedf orov erfivehundr edy earsandappear edt obe
aboutf or t
y;andJastwhowasaboutf ortyandappear edt obeaboutt hatage.Al lwere
conv er
si ngtogetherlikebr otherswithnotahi ntofsuper iori
ty,allkindly,simpl e,andyet
well-
groundedandl ogicalinev erywordut tered,wi t
hnot raceoft hemy sticalor
my steriousaboutt hem—j ustplainhumanbei ngsi ndailyintercoursewi theachot her.
Sti
llIcoul dscarcelyrealizet hati
twasnotal ladream.

Afterbr
eakfast,whenwear osefr
om thetabl
e, oneofmyassoci at
esstart
edtopayf or
themeal.Emi lsai
d,“Youareourguestsher
e,”andhel douttothel
adyinattendance
whatwet houghtwasanempt yhand;butwhenwel ookedasecondt i
me,therewasjust
theamountofmoneynecessar ytopaythebil
l.Wef oundthatourfr
iendsdidnotcarry
moneywi ththem, nei
therdi
dtheydependonot hersforthei
rsupply
.Whenmoneywas
needed,i
twasr i
ghtathand,cr
eatedfr
om theUni v
ersal.

Wewalkedoutoft hehouseandt hemant hatwaswitht

heNo.5partyshookhands
wi
thus,say
ingthathemustr eturntohisparty
,anddi
sappear
ed.Wemadeanot eof
t
heti
meofhi sdisappearanceandaf ter
wardsfoundt
hatheappear
edwithhi
sparty
wi
thi
ntenmi nut
esaf t
erhehadl eftus.
Wespentt hedaywi thEmi l
, Jast ,andourf r
iendoft her ecords,aswecal l
edhi m, in
wander ingov erthev i
ll
ageandt hecount r
yside, ourf ri
endr ecount i
ngindet ailmany
i
nst anceswhi chhappenedi nthet i
meofJohnssoj ournoft welvey earsinthev il
lage.In
fact,sov ivi
dlywer etheseinst ancesbr oughtt oourmi ndsthati tseemedasi fwewer e
backi nt hedim past,walkingandt alki
ngwi tht hisgr eatsoul ,who, t
ousbef orethis,had
seemedbutamy thi
calcharact erconj uredfrom t hemi ndsoft hosewhowi shedt o
my sti
fy.Fr om thatdayon, Johnt heBapt isthadbeenar eallivi
ngchar acter,soreal t
o
mei tseemsasi fIcannowact ual l
yseehi m wal kingthest reetsoft hevil
lageand
count r
y sideandr ecei
v i
ngthei nst ructi
onoft hosegr eatsoul sabouthi m,thesameas
wewal kedt hestreetsofthev i
llageandcount rysidet hatday ,yetnotablet ogr aspthe
fundament altr
uthofi tall
.

Aftertr
ampi ngallday
,list
eningt othemostint
er est
inghistoricaloccurrences,and
hearingrecordsreadandt ranslat
edont hever
yspotwher et heincidentstookplace
thousandsofy earsbefore,wer etur
nedtothevill
agejustbef oredar kthoroughlyt
ir
ed.
Thet hr
eef r
iendswhower ewi thusandhadwal kedev er
yst epoft hewayaswehad
walkedwer enotshowi ngthel eastsi
gnoffati
gueorwear i
ness.Wher easwewer e
begrimed,dust-l
aden,andper spiri
ng,t
heywerecool andatease, theirgarmentswere
aswhi teandf r
eshandspot l
essaswhenwest artedoutint hemor ning.

Wehadnot eddur i
ngallourjourneyswit
hthesepeopl ethatnoneoft hei
rcl
othi
ng
becamesoiled.Wehadr emarkedaboutthisagreatmanyt i
mesbuthadr ecei
vedno
repl
yunti
lthiseveni
ngwhen, i
nanswertoar emarkmade, ourfriendoftherecordssai
d,
“Thi
smayseem r emar kabl
et oyoubutitseemsf armor eremar kabl
et ousthatone
speckofGodscr eatedsubstanceadherestoanot herofGodscr eat
ionswhereitisnot
wantedandwher eitdoesnotbel ong.Wit
ht heri
ghtconceptt hiscouldnothappen,for
nopartofGodssubst ancecanbemi spl
acedorpl acedwher eitisnotwanted.”

Then,
inaninstantwer eal
i
zedthatourcl
othingandbodieswereascleanasthei
rswere.
Thetr
ansformation,
fortousitwasatransformati
on,hadtakenpl
aceinst
ant
lytoall
thr
eeali
kewhilewest oodther
e.All
fati
gueleftusandwewer easref
reshedasthough
wehadar i
senfrom bedandhadourmor ningbath.

Herewast heanswert oall ourquesti

ons.Ibel
ievewer et
ir
edt hatnightwit
hthedeepest
feel
ingofpeacewehadexper iencedatanyti
met husfarthroughoutoursojournwi t
h
thesepeopl e;andourf eel
ingofawewasf astgiv
ingplacetothedeepestl oveforthese
simple,kindlyheart
st hatwer edoingsomuchf orthebenefitofmanki nd,
ortheir
brothers,astheycallthem.Webegant ol
ookupont hem asbr other
s.Theytookno
creditupont hemselves,say i
ngitwasGodexpr essi
ngt hr
ought hem, “Ofmysel
fIcando
nothing.TheFat herthatdwel l
ethwithi
nme, Hedoeththewor ks.”

CHAPTERXVI
I

Wewer eupthenextmorningwi t
hev
eryfacul
tyal
ertwit
hinter
estandwonderf
orwhat
thatdaywoul
dreveal.Wehadbegunt olookuponeachdayasar evel
ati
onof
unfol
dmentini
tselfandf
eltthatwewerebutbegi
nningtoreal
izet
hedeepmeaningof
thethi
ngswewer eexper
iencing.
Whi l
eatbr eakfastthatmor ningwewer et ol
dthatwewoul dgot oav i
ll
agehi gherupin
themount ainsandf r
om thatpl acewewoul dv i
sitthetempl ethatwasl ocatedononeof
themount ainsthatIhadseenwhi lest
andingont heroofoft hetempl eal r
eady
described.Wewer etol
dwewoul donl
ybeabl etouseourhor seforf if
teenmi lesofthe
j
our ney;andt hattwooft hev il
lagerswouldgowi thust hatfarandwoul dt akethe
horsest oanot hervil
l
agef artheronandcar eforthem unt i
lwear r
ived.Wet urnedour
horsesov ert othetwov il
lagersatt heappointedpl aceandst artedt oclimbt othev i
l
lage
upt henar r
owmount aintrail
,whi chatti
mespr ovedt obest epshewnf rom t herock.We
campedt hatnightatal odgel ocatedont hecrestofapoi ntaboutmi dwaybet weent he
placewher ewehadl eftthehor sesandthev i
ll
ageofourdest i
nation.

Thekeeperoft hel odgewasf at,old,andj oll

y;inf act, hewassopl umpandr oundt hat
heseemedt oroll r
athert hanwal kandwecoul dscar cel ytellhehadey es.Assoonas
herecogni zedEmi lhebeganaski ngf orheal ing,say i
ng, aswewer etoldafterwar d, t
hat
i
fhedi dnotgethel phewoul dsur elydi e.Wewer et oldt hatheandhi sforefathershad
keptt hi
slodgeandser v edthepubl icf orhundr edsofy earsandt hathehadbeeni n
chargeaboutsev entyy ears.Aboutt het imehet ookov erthel odgehewasheal edof
whatwascal ledani nher i
teddiseaseandsupposedt obei ncur able.Hehadbecomea
veryact i
vewor kerf oraboutt woy ears, thengr adual l
yhadl osti nterestandbegunt o
dependuponot herst ohel phim outofhi sdiffi
cul ti
es.Thi shadgoneonf orabout
twentyy earsandhehadseemedt opr osper ,seemi ngt oenj oythebestofheal th, when
suddenl yhedr oppedbacki nt
ohi sol dway sfrom whi chhewoul dnotmaket he
necessar yefforttoar ousehi msel ffrom hi slet hargy .Wef oundt hathiscasewasonl ya
fai
rexampl eoft housandsofot hers.Thesepeopl elivesi mpl yandeasi l
yandany thi
ng
thatrequiresanef fortbecomesabur dent othem v eryqui ckl y.Theysoonl osei nterest
andt heirprayerforhel pbecomesamechani calsoundi nst eadofsomet hingut tered
withdeepmeani ngordesi re.

Wewer eupandonourwayear l
yt henextmor ningandf ourocl ocki ntheaf t
ernoon
foundusatt hev i
ll
age, withthet empl eofourdest inationper chedonar ockypi nnacl e
almostov erhead.I nf actsost eepwer ethewal lsthatt heonl ymeansofappr oachwas
byabasketat tachedt oar opeandl etdownonapul leysuppor t
edbyawoodenbeam
madef astintherocks.Oneendoft heropewasat t
achedt oawi ndlassandt heot her
waspassedov erthepul leyandf astenedt othebasket ,thebasketbei ngl etdownand
pulledupi nthismanner .Thewi ndlasswasl ocat edi nal i
tt
leroom hewnf rom t hesolid
rockoft heledget hatj uttedoutsot hatitoverhungt her ockywal l
sbel ow.Thewooden
derricktowhi chthepul leywasat t
achedswungoutsot hatther opeandbasketj ust
clearedthel edge,maki ngitpossi bletohaul thel oadupf r
om bel owunt i
l i
tcl eared; t
hen
basketandl oadwer eswungi nandl andedsaf elyont opoft heledgei nt hel i
ttlerock
room hewedoutf ort hepur pose.Thi srockledgej utt
edoutov ert herockwal lsbel ow
sof arthatthebasketwoul dswi ngouti nmidai rfrom f i
ftytosixtyf eetasi ttraveledup
anddown.Atagi vensi gnal thebasketwasl ower ed;west eppedi nandwer ehaul edup,
onebyone, tothel edgef ourhundr edf eetabov e.

Whenwewer elandedupont hisl edgewebeganl ookingaboutforsomet r

aill
eadingon
uptot hetemple,t
hewal l
sofwhi chwecoul dseest andingoutflushwit
hthewallof
rockthatsti
ll
tower edf
ivehundr edf eetabove.Wewer etoldthatwewouldmaket he
ascentinasimilarmannertot hatalr eadydescr
ibed.Aswel ooked,aderr
ickarm
corr
espondingt otheoneont hel edgewher ewewer estandingswungout,aropewas
l
etdownandat t
achedt othesamebasket ,andwewer ehauledup, onebyone, and
l
andedont heroofofthet emplefivehundredfeetabove.Iagainfeltasi
fwewer eon
topofthewor l
d.Thet emplewasl ocatedonar ockypi
nnaclethatstoodoutnine
hundredfeetaboveallofthesurroundingmountains.Thevil
lagewehadl eftnine
hundredfeetbelowwasl ocat
edatt hesummi tofamount ai
npassusedi ncrossingthe
Himalayas.Wef oundthatthi
st empl ewasaboutonethousandf eetloweri
nel evat
ion
thantheoneIhadv isi
tedwithEmi landJastbutitcommandedamuchwi deroutlook.
From wherewest ooditseemedasi fwecouldlookint
oinfi
nitespace.

Wewer emadecomf ortablefort henightandourt hreefri

endstol
dust heywer egoi
ng
tovi
sitsomeofourassoci at
esandwoul dtakeanymessagewewi shedtosend.We
wrot
emessages, car
efull
ydat ingthem, givi
ngourl ocati
onandincl
udingt hetimeofday.
Whenwehandedourf r
iendst hesemessagest heyshookhandswi thus,sayingt
hey
woul
dseeusi nthemor ning,anddi sappearedonebyone.Wemadecar ef ul
noteofthe
ti
meandofwhatwehadwr i
tt
enandf oundaf t
erwar dthatthemessageswer eatthei
r
dest
inati
onwi
thi
nt wentymi nut esofthet i
met heyleftourhands.

Aftereatingahear tysupperserv
edbyt heattendants, wer eti
redforthenight,butnotto
sleep,forourexper i
enceswerebeginningtomakeadeepi mpr essionuponus.Her ewe
wer enearlyninet housandfeetintheair,wit
hnohumanbei ngnearusexceptt he
attendants,wi t
hnotasoundexceptt hatofourownv oices.Ther edidnotseem t obea
breathofai rstir
ri
ng.Oneofmyassoci atessaid,“
Doy ouwondert hattheychoset he
l
ocat i
onsoft heset emplesasplacesofmedi tati
on?Thest i
ll
nessi ssointenseonecan
fairl
yfeelit
.I tcertainl
yisaplaceinwhi chtomedi t
ate.”Het hensai dhewasgoi ng
outsidetohav eal ookaround.Hewentoutbutr eturnedi naf ewmoment s,sayingther
e
wasaheav yf ogandnot hi
ngcouldbeseen.

Myt woassoci at eswer esoonasl eepbutIcoul dnotsl eep; soIar ose, dressed, andwent
outont her oofoft het empl eandsatdownwi thmyf eethangi ngov ert hewal l
.Ther e
wasj ustenoughmoonl i
ghtf i
lteri
ngt hr ought hef ogt oel i
minat ethei nkybl acknesst hat
woul dhav epr ev ail
edhadnott hemoonbeenshi ning.Ther ewasj ustenoughl i
ghtt o
revealthegr eatbi l
lowyf ogbanksr ollingby ,
enought or emi ndmet hatIwasnot
suspendedi nspace, thatsomewher ewaydown, t
heear thwasasev er ,andt hatthe
placeIwassi t
tinguponwassomehowconnect edwi thi t.Thenal lofasudden, it
seemedasi fIcoul dseeagr eatpat hwayofl i
ght ,itsr ayswi deni ngl ikeaf anwi tht he
widepar text endi ngt owar dme; wher eIwassi t t
ingseemedt obei naboutt hecent erof
theev er-wideni ngr ayandt hecent ral raywast hemostbr i
ll
i
antoft hem al l
.Eachr ay
seemedt opr ojectonwar di ni tscour seunt ili
till
umi nat edonepar toft heear th.Each
i
lluminat edi tsownpar ti
cul arpor tionoft heear thunt i
l thewhol ebl endedi nonegr eat
whiter ay.Looki ngf araheadIcoul dseeal lgradual lyconv er gingunt iltheyendedi none
central pointofi ntensewhi tel i
ght ,sowhi tethati tseemedt ranspar entandcr ystal.
Then, i
nst ant ly,itseemedasi fIst oodouti nspacel ooki ngati tall.Looki ngf ar, f
ar
downt hewhi ter ayIcoul dseewhatseemedt obespect ersoft hef ar-awaypast
mar chingonandoni nev er-i
ncr easi ngnumber sbuti nsol i
dr anksunt iltheyr eacheda
certai
npl ace; thent heysepar atedwi derandwi derunt i
l theyf il
ledt hewhol eoft hel ight
rayandcov eredt heent i
reear th.Theyal l seemedt oemer geatf i
rstf rom onecent ral
whitepoi ntofl ight.Theyseemedt ocomef orthf rom t hi spoi nt, f
irstone, thenj ust
aheadwer et wo, t
henj ustaheadoft hem wer ef our ;andsoonunt il theyr eachedt he
placeofwi dedi vergence, wher et her ewer eaboutonehundr edabr easti nsol idfan- l
ike
arr
ay.Whent heycamet ot hepointofwi deseparation,theysuddenl yscat ter
edwi del
y
andoccupiedallofthel ightpathsandeachmar chedonmor eorlessal oneunt i
lthey
seemedt ooccupyt hewhol eearth.Whent heyhadoccupi edthewhol eear th,i
tseemed
therayshadreachedt heirwidestexpanse.Thent heygr ewgr aduallynar rowerand
narr
oweruntilt
her ay sagai nconvergedi nt
ot heonepoi ntf r
om whi cht heyf ir
ststart
ed;
thecyclewascompl eteandt heyent eredagainonebyone.Bef or
et heyent er
edthey
for
medi nsoli
dar r
ayonehundr edabr east,
graduallyclosingupunt iltheybecameone,
andthatoneenteredt hel ightal
one.Isuddenl yarousedmy selfand, t
hinki ngthatthis
wasr at
heranunsaf epl acet obedreami ng,Iwenti nandr etir
ed.

CHAPTERXVI
II

Wehadaskedoneoft heat tendant stocal l

usatt hefir
stsignofday break;andal most
beforeIknewi t,therecamear apatt hedoor .Weal lboundedoutofbed, soeagerwer e
wet oseet hef i
r stbreakofdayf rom ourl of
typerch.Wewer edressedi nnot i
meand
wentr ushingoutont her oofliket hr
eeeagerschool boys.Infactthenoi seswemade
sost artl
edtheat t
endant sthatt heyrushedupt oseeifwewer er eal
l
yi nourr ightminds.
Isuspectt henoi set het hreeofusmadewasmor enoisethanhadev erdisturbedthe
peacef ulquietoft heol dt empl esincet heday si
twasbui l
tandt hiswel earnedwas
mor ethant ent housandsy earsago.I nfactitwassool dthati
tlookedapar toftherock
uponwhi chitrest ed.

Whenwear r
ivedont heroofther
ewasnoneedt oaskforquiet.Onelookandmyt wo
associ
atesey esandmout hswentwi deopen.Isuspect ,hadany onel
ookedatmi ne,
theywouldhav eseent hesame.Iwai t
edf orthem t
ospeak.Al mosti
nonebr eathcame
theexcl
amat i
on, “Why,wearesurel
ysuspendedi nmid-ai
r.” Theysai
dthesensat i
on
wasexactlyli
ket hatIhadexperi
encedintheot hert
empl e.Theyhadf orgot
tenf ora
momentt hattherewasany thi
ngundert hefeetandthesensat i
onwast hattheywer e
fl
oati
nginmi d-air
.Oner emarked,“
Idonotwondert hatthesemencanf lyafter
experi
enci
ngt his.
”

Wewer ear ousedf rom ourr everiesbyal aughandal lturnedtof indEmi l,

Jast,andour
fri
endoft her ecordsst andingcl osebehi ndus.Oneofmyassoci ateswal kedquicklyup
tothem, t
riedt ogr aspalloft heirhandsatonce, andsai d,“Thisiswonder ful
!Wedonot
wondery ouar eablet ofl
yaf tery ouhav ebeenher eforat i
me. ”Theysmi ledandone
said,“Youar easf reet ofl
yaswe.Youonl yneedt oknowt haty ouhav ethepower
withintodoso, thenuset hepower .”Wet hent ur nedt otheout l
ook.Thef oghad
l
ower edandwasf loatingingr eatbi l
lowywav esj usthighenoughsot hatnotaf ootof
l
andcoul dbeseenany wher eandt hemov ementoft hebanksoff ogallaroundgav et he
sensat i
ont hatwewer ebei ngcar ri
edonnoi selesswi ngsal ongwi tht
hef og.St andi
ng
therelooki ngf arout ,
onel ostsenseofany thi
ngunder f
ootandi twasv erydiff
icultt
o
believethatwewer enotfloatingi nspace.AsIl ookedout ,itseemedasi fmybodyl ost
allsenseofwei ghtandt hatIwasact ual
lyfloatingabov ether oof.Ihadsof arforgot t
en
my selfthatwhenoneoft hepar tyspoke, myf eethi ttheroofwi thsuchf orcethatIf elt
theef f
ectsoft hejarf orsev eralday saft
er.
Atbr eakfastthatmor ningwedecidedt ostayov erforthreeday s,asweexpect edto
visi
tonl yoneot herplaceofint
erestbeforegoingont otheappoi ntedmeet i
ngplace.
Uponr eadingthemessagesEmi lhadbrought ,welearnedt hatourChi ef
spar t
yhad
visi
tedt histempleonl ythr
eedaysbef ore.Afterbreakfastwewentoutandf oundthe
foggr adual l
yclear
ing.Wewat chedi tuntil
itclear
edent ir
elyandt hesuncameup.We
couldseet heli
ttl
ev i
ll
agenestl
ingclosei nunderthecl i
ffandt hev al
l
eyf arbel
ow.

Ourf riendsdeci dedt ovisitthev il

lageandweaskedi fwemi ghtgowi ththem.They
l
aughedandsai dwecoul dbutt heythoughtwehadbet teruset hebasketaswewoul d
presentabet terappear ancei fwedi dthanifweat tempt edt heirmodeoft r
av el
.Sowe
l
ower edonebyonet ot hel edge, thendownt ot heli
tt
lepl ateauj ustabov ethevil
lage.
Nosoonerhadt hel
astonest eppedf r
om thebaskett hanourf riendswer ethere.We
wentdownt othev i
ll
ageandspentt hegreaterpartoft heday .I twasaquai ntol
dpl ace,
typical ofthosemount aindi st
rictswi t
hitshousesbui ltbydi ggingi nt
ot hesideoft he
clif
f,thencl osingupt heopeni ngwi throckwal ls.Therewer einal l
aboutt wentyof
thesehouses.Wewer et oldthatt hehouseswer ebuiltint hi
smannert okeept hem
from bei ngcr ushedbyt heheav ysnowsi nwi nter
.Thev il
lagerssoonbegant ogather
andEmi lt
alkedt ot
hem f oraf ewmoment s.I twasarrangedt hatameet i
ngshoul dbe
heldt hef oll
owi ngafter
noonandcour i
erswer esentoutt onot i
fythoseoft he
neighbor hoodwhowi shedt oattend.

Wewer et oldthatJohnt heBapti

sthadl ivedatt hisvil
lageandr eceivedinstruct
ionin
thetempleandt hatt
het empleremai nedt hesameaswhenJohnr eceivedhis
i
nst r
uct
iont here.Wewer eshownwher et hehousehadbeent orndown.That
after
noon, whenwer eturnedtothet empl e,theweat herhadcl earedsot hatwecoul d
seeawi deexpanseofcount ryandwewer eshownt het r
ailt
hatJohnhadusedi ngoing
toandf r
om t hetempl eandt hedi f
ferentvill
ageswher ehelived.Thet empl ewas
supposedt ohav ebeenbui l
tandt hev i
ll
ageest abli
shedmor ethansi xthousandy ears
beforeJohnv i
sit
edther e.Wewer eshownt het r
ailwewoul dtakewhenwedepar ted
andwer etoldt hetr
ailhadbeeni nusesi ncet hetempl ewasbui lt
.Aboutf i
veoclock
thataft
ernoon, ourfr
iendoft her ecordssai dhewoul dleaveusf orat i
me.Het hen
shookhands, sayi
nghewoul dseeussoonanddi sappear ed.

Thatev eningwesawt hemostr emar kabl esunsetf rom t her oofoft het emplethatI
haveev erwi t
nessedandi thasbeenmygoodf ortunet ohav eseensunset sinnearlyall
l
ands.Asev eningadv anced, ali
ghthazewasgat her i
ngov eral owr angeofmount ains
thatbor deredawi deexpanseoft abl
el andswhi chwecoul dlookdownupon.Whent he
sunr eachedt hisrim, wewer eseemi ngl ysof arabov ei tthati tappear edasifwewer e
l
ooki ngdirectlydownuponaseaofmol tengol d.Thencamet heaf t
er gl
owandev ery
mount ainpeakappear edt
obeaf lame.Thosei nt hedist ancet hatwer ecoveredwith
snowseemedt obebl anketedwi thfi
reand, wher eglaci ersf i
ll
edt her avi
nes,i
tappear ed
ast hought heywer eshooti
ngf orthgreatt onguesoff i
reandt hesef lamesappear edt o
meetandmel twi t
ht hedif
ferenthuesi nt heheav ens.Thel akest hatdot t
edtheplain
belowwer etransfor medsuddenl yintov ol canoesbel chingf orthfireswhi chascended
andbl endedwi ththecolorsintheheav ens.Foronemomenti tseemedasi fwewer e
standingont hebr inkofasi lentinfer
no; thenal lblendedi ntoonehar monyofcol orand
thesof tpeacef ulquietwasbey onddescr i
pt i
on.
Wesatont her oofunt i
l aftert welvethatni ghtaskingEmi l
andJastquest i
ons.These
questi
onsper t ainedpr incipal lytothepeopl eandt hehistoryoft hecount ryingener al.
Emilquotedl i
ber allyfrom t heirrecords.Theser ecordsprov edt hatthi
scount rywas
i
nhabitedthousandsofy ear sbef oreourhist orybegan.Emi l wentont osay , “
Whi l
eIdo
notinanywaywi sht odi spar ageormakel ightofy ourhistor yoroft hosewhowr oteit
,I
wil
lsaythatatt hebegi nningoft hishistoryt hehistori
ansdi dnotgobackf arenough,
buttookforgr ant edt hatEgy ptmeantwhatt henamei mplied, outerdarknessort he
wil
derness.Itr eal lymeantawi l
dernessoft hought.Atthatt imeasnow, alargepor ti
on
ofthewor l
dwasi nwi lder nessoft houghtandt heydi dnotgobackofi ttogett he
deepermeani ng.Theyaccept edwhatt heysaworhear dorwhatappear edont he
surf
ace,recor dedi t,andy ourhi storybegan.I ti
squi t
ediffi
cul ttocorrel
atet het woandI
wouldnotat temptt osayt haty oumustt akeour sasaut hent ic.Iwouldsuggestt hatyou
choosefory our sel ves.”

Themoont henappear edov erthefar-

offmountains.Wesatandwat chedi troundand
full
unt ili
trosenearlyov er
head.I twasabeaut i
fulsightwithanoccasi onal li
ghtcl oud
passingbyatanel evationjustabov eus.Whent hesecl oudswentdr ift
ingbyi tseemed
asift hemoonandcl oudswer estandingsti
l
landwewer edrif
tingpastt hem.Thi swent
onf oranhourwhen, suddenl y,t
herewasanoi seasofsomeobj ectthrownt ot heroof
behindus.West art
edt oourf eetandlookedaround.Ther est oodami ddle-agedl ady,
smilingandaski ngifshehadst artl
edus.Ourf i
rstimpressionwast hatshehadj umped
from thepar apettother oofbutshehadonl ystampedherf oott oattractourat tenti
on.
Thest i
l
lnesshadbeensoi nt
ensewehadgr eatl
ymagni fiedthesound.

Emilsteppedf orwar dqui ckly

,greetedher ,andi ntroducedust ohissi ster.Shesmi l
ed
andaskedwhet hershehadi ntr
udedonourdr eams.Wet hensatdownandi nashor t
ti
met heconv ersationdr ift
edintoremi niscencesofherexper i
ences.Shehast hree
sonsandadaught ert hathadbeenr aisedint hewor k.Sher epli
edt hatt hey oungest
twower eal way swi thher .Weaskedi fwemi ghtseet hem.Sher epli
edt hattheycoul d
comet her ethatev eni ng;andimmedi atelytwof i
gures, amanandawoman, appear ed.
Theygr eetedt heiruncl eandt heirmot her,t
hencamef orwardandwer eint r
oducedt o
thethreeofus.Thesonwasat all
,erect,manl yfel
low, whom wet ookt obeaboutt hi
rty
yearsofage.Thedaught erwasnott all
,rathersl i
ght ,
wi t
hveryfinef eatur es;shewasa
fi
ne,wel l
-poisedgi rl
, whom wej udgedaboutt went yy earsofage.Af terwar ds,wef ound
thatthesonwasonehundr edfift
eenandt hedaught erwasonehundr edt wenty -
eight
yearsold.Theywer ealltobepr esentatt hemeet i
ngt henextdayandsoonwentbel ow.

Aftertheyhadr et
iredwepassedcompl i
ment aryr emarksaboutt hesonanddaught er.
Themot hert urnedt ousandsai d,“
Everychildbor nisgoodandper fect.Ther eareno
badchi l
dr en.I tdoesnotmat terwhethertheyar econceivedi ntheper fector
i
mmacul at eort hroughthesenseormat eri
alway .Theoneconcei v edint heper fectway
willsoonr ecogni zehisSonshi pwi t
htheFat her,thatheistheChr istorSonofGod; then
hewi ll
dev elopandunf oldquicklyandhewi ll
seeonl yperfecti
on.Theoneconcei ved
throught hesensewaymayal soi mmedi atel
yr ecognizehisSonshi p,percei vethatt he
Chr i
stisinhi m, andmayr eal
izehisper f
ectionbyi deali
zi
ngt heChr ist
.Hegazesupon
thatideal,lovesandcher i
shesi tunti
lhemani f
est sorbri
ngsf or
tht hatwhi chhegazes
upon, t
heChr ist.Hei sre-bornandi sperfect.Hehasbr oughtforthper fect i
onf r
om
withinhimsel f,thatperfecti
onwhi chwasal way sthere.Theonehel dtot hei deal and
wasper fect ;theot herpercei
vedt heidealandunf oldedthatideal,andr egai ned
perf
ecti
on.Thusnochi
ldi
sbad;al
lar
egoodandf
rom God.”Her
eoneoft
hepar
ty
suggest
edthati
twasbedt
ime,asi
twaspastt
wel
veoclock.

CHAPTERXI
X

Fiv
eocl ockthenextmor ni
ngf oundusal lassembl edont her oofoft het emple.Af ter
theregul armorninggr eet i
ngs, wegat heredar oundand, asi st heusual custom, a
selectionwasr ead.Thesel ectionthismor ningwasf rom t her ecordsoft hetempl e.
Jasttr ansl
atedthem andwewer esurprisedt ofi
ndthatt het ranslati
oncl osely
correspondedt ot hefirstchapt erofSt .Johni nourBible,andt hesecondr eading
correspondedt ot hefirstchapt erofLuke.Af terthereading, weaskedi fwemi ghtget
ourBi bleandcompar et hev ersions.Theyr eadi l
yconsent edand, withtheassi stanceof
Jast,wemadet hecompar i
sonandwer esurpr i
sedatthesi mi lari
ty.Wehadscar cel y
fi
nishedwhent hebr eakf astcal lsoundedandal lwentin.Af t
erbr eakfastwepr epared
todescendt othev i
ll
ageand, forthetime, t
hecompar i
sonl eftourmi nds.

Whenwear r
ivedwefoundqui teanumbercongregatedfrom thenear -bycount r
yand
weretol
dbyJastt hattheywer enearl
yall
shepherdsthatpasturedt heirf
locksinthe
hi
ghmount ainsinsummer ,andthetimeforleav
ingthelowerr egionswasf ast
appr
oaching.Wewer etol
dt hatsuchameet i
ngaswoul dtakepl acethataft er
noonwas
al
wayscalledjustbef
or et
hepeopl edepart
ed.

Aswewal kedt hroughthevi

ll
agewemetEmi l
snephewandhesuggest edwegof ora
shortwalkbef orelunch.Weaccept edtheinvit
ationreadil
yaswewi shedt oseesome
ofthecount ryaround.Whilewewer eonthiswalk,several pl
aceswer epointedoutin
thevall
eyasbei ngofspeci
alinterest.Thenames, whent ranslat
ed,veryclosel
y
resembledt hoseoft heear
li
erBi bl
enames, buttherealsignifi
canceofal lt
hisdidnot
presenti
tselfunt i
lwehadreturned, hadlunch,andwer eseat edamongt hosethathad
assembled.

Therewer eaboutt wohundr edinthisassembl y,whenther estofourfri

endsfrom the
templeappear ed.ThenEmi lsnephewar oseandappr oachedt womenhol di
ngwhat
l
ookedt ousl i
keal argebook.Whent hiswasopenedi tprovedt obeaboxi ntheform
ofabook.Hesel ect edapackagewhi chconsi stedoffl
atleavesl i
kethoseofa
manuscript;t
hent heboxwaspl acedont hegr ound.Thepackagewashandedt ooneof
themen.Heopenedi tandhandedt hef i
rstleaft oEmil
snephew.Whent hereadi
ngof
eachleafwasf i
nished, itwashandedt otheot hermanwhopl acedi ti
nthebox.The
readi
ngpr oceeded, withJastasi nterpreter.Ithadnotgonev eryfarwhenwesawt hati
t
boreastriki
ngr esembl ancet otheBookofSt .John,carr
iedoutmuchmor eindetail.
Thenfoll
owedonesi milartothatofLuke, thenonesi mil
artot hatofMark,andthefinal
onewasl ikethatofMat thew.

Aftert
her eadi
ngthepeoplecollectedinli
ttl
egr oupsandwe, withJast,soughtEmi l
,for
wewer ecur i
oustoknowthemeani ngofitall.Wewer et ol
dthattheser ecordswere
readeachy earatthemeetingandt hatthi
spl acewast hecenterofthecount rywhere
thesesceneswer eenact
edl ongy ear
sago.Wer emarkedthesimi l
ari
tyoft hese
happeningswi t
hthosechronicl
edi nourBibleandwer etoldthattherewasnoquest ion
butthatsomeoft heearl
i
erscenesaschr onicl
edinourBibleweretakenfrom t
hese
records;butthosehappeningsofal aterdate,suchastheCr uci
fi
xi
on,tookpl
ace
elsewhere,thewholereachingitscl
imaxi ntheBi r
thandLifeofChri
st.Theforemost
thoughtofitallwasthesear chfortheChristinmanandt oshowt hosewhohad
wander edawayf r
om theideal t
hattheChr i
stliv
edinthem asHeal wayshad.Emilwent
ont osayitdoesnotmat terwher ethesceneswer eenacted,iti
stheunderl
yi
ngspir
it
ual
signi
ficancewhichwewi sht operpetuate.

Wespentt hebal anceoft heaf ternoonandt henextdaymaki ngcompar isonsandtaking

notes.Spacewi l
lnotper mi
tthei nclusi
onher eofthesenot esandcompar i
sonsbutthe
spir
it
ualmeani ngwi llbeunder stoodbyr eadingthesechapt er smentionedabov e.We
foundthatthef atherofEmi l
snephewwhor eadther ecordst ouswasbor ninthevi
ll
age
andwasadi r
ectdescendantofJohnandt hatitwast hecust om forsomememberof
thefamil
ytocomet ot hi
splaceatt hist
imeandr eadt heser ecords.Thet empleabov e
uswast heonewher eZachariasandJohnbot hhadwor shi
pped.

Wef oundthatourfr
iendswi shedtobeont hei
rway ,
soitwasarr
angedthatJastwoul
d
staywi thusandtheot herswouldgoon.Wef i
nishedwitht
herecor
dsthenextday,
thenl ef
tthetempleear l
ythemor ni
ngafter
.Althoughthehourwasearl
y,near
lyal
lthe
vil
lagerswereupt obidus“ God-speed.
”

CHAPTERXX

Thenextfiv
edaysourt
rai
ll
edusthrought
hecountr
ythatJohnhadtrav
eled.Thefi
ft
h
daybroughtustot
hevi
ll
agewhereourhor
seswerewaiti
ngforus.HereEmilmetus
andfrom t
histi
meonthetr
avel
i
ngwascomparati
velyeasytothevi
l
lagewhereEmil
l
ived.

Aswenear edt hisv i

ll
agewecoul dseet hatt hecount rywasmor ethi ckl
ypopul atedand
ther oadsandt rail
swer ef arbettert hananywehadt raveled.Ourwayl edal ongt he
fert
ilev all
eyandwewer ef ol
lowingt hisv alleyt owhathappenedt obeal evel plateau.
Wenot icedt hatthev all
eywasgr adual l
yget t
ingnar roweraswewentonandatl astthe
wallscamei nsocl oseoneachsi deoft hest ream t hatt heyf ormedacany on.About
fourocl ockoft hedaywer eachedt hev il
lagewecamesuddenl ytoaper pendi cularbluff
overwhi cht hest ream fell i
nadr opofaboutt hreehundr edf eet.Ther oadl edt oal evel
placeatt hef ootoft hecl i
ff,nearthef all
s.Wef oundt hatt her ewasanopeni ngcuti n
thesandst oneonanangl eoff orty-f
ivedegr eest ot hepl at eauabov eandst epshad
beenhewni nt hef l
ooroft heupr aisesot hatt heascentwasaneasyone.Gr eatst one
door shadbeensoar rangedt hattheycoul dbecl osedi ntot heopeni ngatt hef ootoft he
cli
ff,thuspr esent i
ngaf ormi dablebar riertoani ntrudingf oe.Whenwer eachedt he
plateauabov e,wef oundt hest airwayupt hei ncli
newast heonl ymeansofegr essor
i
ngr esst hatt hecreekaf forded.Atonet imet herehadbeent hreemeansofaccessbut
thewal lst hatsur r
oundedt hev i
l
lagehadnowbeenr ebuilti nsuchawayast obaral l
possi bl
eaccess.Agr eatmanyhousesi nt hev i
ll
agewer ebui ltsot hatonewal lformed
apar toft hewal lt
hatsur roundedt hev i
ll
age.Wenot edt hat ,whent hehousesf ormed
partoft hewal l
, t
hesehouseswer eusual l
yt hr eestor i
eshi ghandt her ewereno
openi ngsf orwi ndowsi nt hewal lunt i
lthet hirdst orywasr eached.Atev eryopeni nga
balconywasbuiltl
argeenoughfort woort hreepeopletostanduponcomf ort
ably
.
These,wejudged,werearrangedsot hatal ookoutcouldbekeptatal
lti
mes.Wewer e
tol
dt hedi
stri
ctwasonceinhabitedbyanat ivetr
ibethati
solat
edthemselvesfr
om the
othersunt
ilasat r
ibet
heyhaddi sappeared, afewhav i
ngbeenassimil
atedbytheother
tri
bes.

ThiswasEmi l
shomeandt heplacewher ewewer et omeett hemember sofourpar
ty
whohaddi vi
dedi nt
osmal lgroupsi nor dertocov ermor eterrit
ory.Uponinqui
rywe
foundwewer ethef i
rsttoarri
veandt hatt heotherswoul dbei nthenextday.Wewer e
assignedtooneoft hehousesbui l
ti ntothewal loft hevil
l
age.Thewi ndowsofthethi
rd
storylookedoutov ertheruggedmount ainouscount r
ytothesout h.Wewer emade
comf ort
ableandwer etol
dt hatsupperwoul dbeser v edont hefir
st,
orgroundfl
oor.We
wentdownandf oundEmi l
,hissister,herhusband, andthesonanddaught ert
hatwe
hadmetatt hetempl eafewday sbef ore,seatedatt hetable.

Wehadnosoonerf i
nishedsuppert
hanweheardacommot ionintheli
tt
lesquarewhich
thehousef
aced.Oneoft hevil
l
agerscameinandannouncedthatourChiefandhis
part
yhadarr
ived.Theyweremadecomf or
tabl
e;thenweallpr
oceededtot heroof
.

Thesunhadgonedownbutt heaf tergl owst illl

inger ed.Thev i
ewwel ookedoutupon
resembl edal argebasi natt heconf luenceofanumberofst reamscomi ngdowni ndeep
gorgesf rom t hehi ghermount ains.Thesest reamsal l enteredt hel argerst ream bef ore
i
tf l
owedov erthest eepwal lofrocksi ntot hev al l
eybel ow, thusf ormi ngt hewat erfal
l.
Thislar gerst r
eam emer gedf rom adeepcany onandr anov erthel ev el plat eaubutaf ew
hundr edf eetbef orei tplungedov ert hepr ecipice.Anumberofsmal lerst reamsf lowed
overtheper pendi cularwal l
soft hecany oncutbyt hel argerst ream, formi ng
perpendi cularfallsandi nsomecases, roaringt or rents.Somef ellinsheerdr opsofone
totwohundr edf eetwhi l
eot hershadcutt heirwayi ntot hecany onwal landf ellina
successi onofcat aract s.Farupi nt hemount ainst hegul cheswer ef i
lledwi thgl aciers
andt hesegl aci
er spr ojectedl i
kegi antf i
nger sfrom t hegr eatsnowcapt hatcov eredt he
topoft heent i
rer ange.Thewal ltopr ot ectthev il
lagehadbeenj oinedt ot hatoft he
l
argergor gewher eitj uttedoutupont hel ev elpl ain, t
henr anoutt ot hecl iffwher et he
waterdr oppedi ntot hev alleybel ow.Wher ethiswal ljoinedt hewal loft hegor get he
mount ainr oseper pendi cularfort wot housandf eet ,thuscr eat i
nganat ur albar r
ierasf ar
astheey ecoul dsee.Wewer etol dt hatt hel evel pl ateauext endedf orsi xtymi leseast
andwestandi nsomepl aceswast hirtymi l
esnor thandsout h; andt heonl yot her
meansofaccesswasatt hewi destpar toft hepl ateauwher eat rai
l l
edov erapass; and
thi
spasswasguar dedbyawal lsi mi lart otheonewher ewewer e.

Whi l
ewewer et alki
ngov ert headv antagesoft helocationf ordefense,Emi l
ssisterand
herdaughterjoinedusandal i
ttl
el aterEmil,hissist
ershusbandandson, cameup.We
noticedanunder currentofexci tementandwer esoont oldbyEmi lssist
ert hatt
hey
expectedav i
sitfrom theirmot hert hatevening.Shesai d,“Wear esohappyt hatwecan
hardlycontai
nour selves,forwedol ovemot herso.Wel oveallthathavegoneont othe
higheratt
ainment sv er
ydear l
y,fort heyaresof i
neandnobl e,andhelpful,butourown
mot heri
ssosweetandador able,sohel pf
ul andloving,wecannothel plov i
nghera
thousandtimesmor e.Besi des, wear eofherf l
eshandbl ood.Weknowy ouwi l
lloveher
aswedo. ”Weaskedwhet hershecameof ten.Therepl ywas, “Oy es,
sheal wayscomes
whenweneedher ,
butshei ssot akenupwi t
hherwor kthatshecomesonl ytwicea
y
earofherownaccordandt
hisisoneofhersemi
-annual
visi
ts.Shei
stost
ayaweek
t
hist
imeandwear eall
sohappywescarcel
yknowwhattodo. ”

Heret hetalkdr if
tedt oexper iencesofourassoci at eswhi lewewer eseparatedandwe
weredeepi nt hi
sdi scussi onwhen, suddenly, stil
lnesscameov erallandal mostbef ore
wer eali
zedi twewer esittingper fectlysil
ent, withoutasuggest ionf r
om any one.The
eveningshadowshadgat heredunt ilthefar-offmount ainssnowcapl ookedlikeagr eat
whitemonst erjustr eadyt ol oosei tsicyfinger sandr eachoutov erthev al
leybel ow.
From thest i
llnesscameagent leswi shlikethatofabi r
dal ighti
ngandi tseemedas
thoughasl i
ghtmi stwer egat heri
ngont heeast ernpar apet .Themi stsuddenl ytook
form andt herest oodawoman, wondr ouslybeaut i
ful i
nf aceandf orm, wit
hani ntense
radi
antlightabouthert hatwecoul dscar celyl ookupon.Thef ami l
yst ar
tedtot heirfeet
andadv ancedr apidlytowar dherwi thoutstretchedar ms, exclai
mi ng“ Mother,”almost
asonev oi
ce.Shest eppedl i
ght l
ydownf rom t hepar apett ot heroofandembr acedeach
asanyf ondmot herwoul d, t
henwasi ntr
oducedt ous.Shesai d,“Oh,y ouarethedear
brothersfrom f ar-
awayAmer icathathav ecomet ov i
situs.Icer tai
nlyam ov erjoyedt o
welcomey out oourl and.Ourhear t
sgooutt oal landwef eel t
hatiftheywoul donl ylet
us,wewoul dj ustputourar msoutandembr aceal l asIhav eembr acedt heseIcal lmine,
j
ustnow.Forwear einr ealit
yonef ami ly,
sonsoft heoneFat her-MotherGod.Whycan
wenotal l
meetasbr others? ”

Wehadr emar kedjustbefor et

hattheev eningsweregrowingchil
ly,
butwhent hisl
ady
appearedthewar mt hemittedfrom herpresencemadet heeveningseem li
kethatof
midsummer .Theai rseemedl adenwi ththeperf
umeoff lowers,ali
ghtl
ikethatoft
he
ful
lmoonseemedt opervadeev er
ything,andtherewasawar mt handglowov eral
lthat
Icannotdescribe.Yettherewasnohi ntofdispl
ay;j
ustthatdeep,si
mple,ki
ndly,
chil
dli
keway .

I
twassuggest edthatwegobel owandt hemot herwit
ht heotherl
adiesledt hewayt o
thest
air
s,wit
hourpar tyfoll
owi ngandt hemenoft hehouseholdbri
ngingupt herear.
Thenwenot i
cedthat,alt
houghweseemedt obewal kingintheusualway ,ourfeet
madenosoundupont her oofort hestairs.Wewer enottryi
ngtogoqui etl
y;infact,one
ofourpart
ysaidhedel i
beratelytri
edtomakeanoi seandcouldnot.Itdidnotseem as
i
fourfeetcamei ncontactwi t
ht herooforst ai
rs.Wewenti ntoabeautiful
l
yf urni
shed
room.Assoonasweent eredandwer eseat edwenot i
cedawar mthandgl owandt he
room wasfi
ll
edwi t
hasof tlightthatnoneofuscoul dexplai
n.

Allmaintainedadeepsi lencef oratime.Themot heraskedi fwewer ecomf ortabl y

l
ocat edandcar edf orandi fwewer eenjoy i
ngourt ri
p.Thet al
kl edt ogener al ev ery
day
subjectsandsheseemedf ami l
iarwiththem al l.Thet al
kthenl edt oourhomel ifeand
themot hergav eust hegi vennamesoff athers,mot hers,sistersandbr other s,andwe
weresur prisedatthedet aileddescripti
onofeachofourl i
v est hatshegav ewi thout
aski
ngusonequest i
on.Shet ol
dust hecount ri
eswehadv i
sited,thewor kwehad
accompl ished,andwher ewehadf ail
ed.Thi swasnott ol
di nav aguewayt hatwewoul d
beobl i
gedt opiecet ogetherbutev erydet ailstoodoutaspl ainlyasi fwewer el ivi
ngthe
scenesov eragain.Afterourf ri
endsbadeusgoodni ght,wecoul dbutwonder ,whenwe
real
izedt hatnotoneoft hem wasl esst hanonehundr edy earsol dandt hemot herwas
oversev enhundr edy earsandsi xhundr edoft hatt imeshehadl ivedonear thwi thher
physicalbody .Yetallwer easbuoy antandl i
ght -heart
edast hought heyhadbeent wenty
,
andnothingwasassumed.Itwasasthoughyout
hfulpeopl
ewerewi
thus.Bef
oret
hey
depart
edt hatev
eningweweretol
dtherewoul
dbequi t
eanassembl
yinthel
odget
he
nexteveningandthatwewereall
inv
itedt
obepresent.

CHAPTERXXI

Befor enoonofthenextdayal lofthepartieshadar rived.Wespentt heaf ter

noonin
compar ingnotesandt hesenotescheckedt ot heletter.Thatevening,afterwehad
fi
nishedwi t
hournot es,wewer einvitedt
ogodi r
ect l
yt othelodgefordi nner
.Whenwe
arri
v edwef oundaboutthreehundr edpeople—men, women, andchildren—assembled
andseat edatlongbanquett ables.Theyhadr eservedpl acesforusatoneoft heend
tablessowecoul dlookdownt hewhol el
engthoft her oom.Thet ableswer eal
lcover
ed
withbeaut i
fulwhi
telinenandsetwi t
hchinaandsi lverplateasforar ealbanquet;
yet
therewasbutonedi ml i
ghtburninginthehall
.

Afterwehadbeenseat edf orperhapst went yminutes, t

herewasadeepst il
lnessandi n
amomentapal elightf l
oodedt her oom.Thel ightgrewst rongerandst rongerunti
lall
theroom wasagl owandev eryt
hingi nther oom sparkledasi fthousandsof
i
ncandescentlampshadbeencunni nglyhiddenandt urnedongr aduall
yunt ilal
lwere
full
ylight
ed.Wewer etol earnafterwardst hattherewer enoel ect r
icli
ght sinthevil
lage.
Aftertheli
ghtcameon, t
hest i
ll
nessl astedf oraboutf i
fteenmi nutes,thenofasudden,
ami stseemedt ogat herandt herewast hesamegent leswishl i
ket hesoundofwi ngs
thatwehadhear dt heev eningbef orewhenEmi l
smot herappear edbef oreus.Themi st
clearedandstandingi nther oom atdi f
ferentpoi nt
swer eEmilsmot herandel even
others;ni
nemenandt hreewomen.

Wor dsfai
ltodescr i
bether adiantbeautyofthatscene.WhenIsayt hat,
althoughthey
hadnowi ngs, theyappearedl i
keat roopofangels,Iam notexaggerati
ng.Theyst ood
foraninstantasi ft
ransfi
xed.Al lbowedt hei
rheadsandwai ted.Inamomentt here
camemusi cfrom unseenv oices.Ihadhear dofheavenlyvoi
cesbutIhadnev er
experi
encedt hem untilt
hatni ght.Wewer efair
lyl
if
tedfrom ourseats.Towar dtheclose
thosethathadappear edwal kedt otheirseatsandweagai nnoticedthat,t
hought hey
madenoef forttowalkquietl
y ,thei
rfeetdidnotmaket hesli
ghtestnoise.

Whenthetwelv
ewer eseatedi nthei
rrespectiveplacesthesamemi stappear
edagai
n
andwhenitcl
earedtherestoodt wel
v emor e.Thistimet her
ewer eelevenmenandone
womanandamongt hesewasourf r
iendoft herecords.Ast heystoodtheref
ora
momentanothersongburstf ort
h.Whent hesongwasnear lyendedthetwelvewal
ked
tot
hei
rrespect
iveplaceswithouttheslightestnoi
se.

Theywer enosoonerseat edthanthehazeagainfil

ledther oom.Wheni thadcleared
therewerethir
teenstandi
ng,thisti
meacr osst
hef arendoft hehall
,si
xmenandsev en
women; thr
eemenandt hreewomenoneachsi deoft hewomani nthecenter
.The
centeroneappearedtobeabeaut i
fulgi
rli
nherteens.Wehadt houghteverywoman
thatappear
edwasv erybeaut
ifulbutt
hisonesurpassedt hem all
.Theystoodwi t
h
bowedheadsf oramomentandt hemusicagainbur stfor
th.Thi
smusi cfloat
edoutf or
amomentt henthechoirofvoicesbegan.Wearoset oourfeet
.Asthetonesr oll
edon,it
seemedasthoughwecoul dseethousandsofmy stical
formsmov ingaboutthesingi
ng
aswit
honev oi
ceandthroughital
l t
herewasnotonesadr efr
ain,notonemi norkey.Al
l
wasajoyous,f
reebur
stofmusi cthatcamefrom thesoul andtouchedt hesoul
,li
fti
ngit
upandupuntilwefel
tasifwewer elosi
ngall
cont actwiththeearth.

Ast hesingingceased, t
hethirteenwal kedtotheirrespect
ivepl
acesandwer eseat
ed.
Ourey eswer efair
lygl uedont hecent r
al fi
gureassheadv ancedtowardourtabl
e,wit
ha
l
adyonei t
herside.Shewasseat edatt heheadofourt able.Asshesatdown, t
he
placeswer equietl
yst ackedatherl ef
thand.Thel i
ghtsgrewdimf oramomentand
aroundeachoneoft het hi
rt
y -
sev enther ewasthatsamel i
ghtthatsopuzzl
edusand
themostbeaut i
fulci
r cleofli
ghtj ustabov etheheadofourhonor edguest
.Wewer ethe
onlyonesi nthatassembl ythatwer egr eat
lymov ed.Thoseassembl edwit
husseemed
totakeitasamat terofcour se.

Afterallwereseat ed,thesilencewasmai ntainedforat ime; t

henev eryvoiceinthe
room burstfor t
hinagl ad,freechantl
edbyt het hi
rt
y-sev enthathadappear ed.When
thi
swasf i
nished, theladyatt heheadofourt ablearoseandhel doutherhands.On
them appear edasmal lloafofbreadabouttwoi nchessquar eandaboutf ourteen
i
nchesl ong.Theneachoneoft heothert
hirty-si
xarose, camef orward,andreceiveda
simil
arloaffr om herhands.Theypassedar oundt oallthet abl
esandgav etoeachone
apor t
ionoft hebr ead.Ourl adypassedaroundandgav eeachoneapor ti
onofherl oaf
.

Asshehandedeachofusourpor tionshesai d,“

Knowy enott hatChr i
stdwellswithi
n
youandi nall?Knowy enott haty ourbodyi spure,perf
ect ,young,everbeautiful
,di
v i
ne?
Knowy enotthatGodcr eatedy ouanexacti mageandl ikenessofHi mselfandgav ey ou
domi ni
onov erallthi
ngs?You, ofy ourself
,arealwaysChr ist,t
heper fectSonofGod, the
onlybegottenSonofGod, i
nwhom t heFather-Motheriswel lpleased.Youar epure,
perfect,
holy,div
ine,onewi t
hGod, allGood,andeachandev erychildhasar i
ghttocl aim
thisSonship,thi
sDi v
init
y.”Whenal lhadbeengi venapor tion,shereturnedtoherseat
andt heloafwast hesamel engt handsi zeasi twaswhenshebr oket hefi
rstporti
on
from it
.

Afterthisceremonywasov er,t
heedi blesbegantoar r
ive.Theycamei nlar
gecovered
containers.Thesecontai
nersj
ustappear edont hetablebeforethel adyasift
heywere
placedther ebyunseenhands.Shel i
ftedtheli
ds,setthem aside,andbeganser v
ing.As
served,theplateswerepassed,fi
rstonet otheladyont heright
,thenonet othel
adyon
theleft;andtheyintur
npassedt hem onunt i
lal
l wereservedgener ously
.

Themeal hadnotpr ogressedf arwhenourChi efaskedt hel adywhatsheconsi der ed

thegr eatestattri
buteofGod.Wi thoutamoment shesitationsheanswer ed, “Lov e.”Then
shewentont osay ,“TheTr eeofLi fei slocat edint hemi dstoft heparadiseofGod, the
verydept hofourownsoul ,andt her ich, abundantf r
uitthatgr owsandr i
penst ot he
ful
lestper fecti
on,themostper fectandl ife-givi
ng, i
sLov e.Lov ehasbeendef inedby
thosewhoper ceiveitstruechar act erast hegr eatestthingint hewor l
d.Imi ghtaddt hat
i
tist hegr eatestthingint hewor l
d.Imi ghtaddt hatitist hegr eat
esthealingf orcei nthe
wor l
d.Lov enev erfailstomeetev erydemandoft hehumanhear t
.TheDi vinePr inciple
ofLov emaybeusedt oeliminateev erysor row, everyinfirmity,ev
eryharshcondi tion,
andev er
yl ackthathar asseshumani t
y.Wi t
ht her i
ghtunder standinganduseoft he
subtleandi l
li
mitableinfluenceofl ove, thewor l
dmaybeheal edofitswoundsandt he
sweetmantl
eofi
tsheav
enl
ycompassi
onmaycov
eral
li
nhar
mony
,al
li
gnor
ance,
andal
l
mist
akesofmanki
nd.

“Wi thwi ngsout stretched, Lovesear chesoutt hear idspotsoft hehumanhear t,t
he
wast epl acesofl ife,andwi thseemi ngmagi ct ouchr edeemshumani tyandt ransforms
thewor ld.Lov ei sGod, eternal,l
imi t
less,changel ess,goingbey ondall v
isionsi nt
o
i
nf initude.Theendwecanonl yenv i
sion.Lov ef ulf
il
lsthelawofi tsown, consummat es
i
t sper fectwor k,andr ev ealstheChr i
stwi t
hint hesoul ofman.Lov eisev erseeki ngan
i
nl etwher ebyi tmayf lowf orthintot hesoul ofmanandpouri t
selfoutasal lgoodt ohim.
Ifiti snotdi sturbedbymansper versityanddi scordantt hi
nking,Godset er nal,
changel esscur r
entofl ovef l
owsev eronwar d, carryi
ngbef oreit
,intothegr eatuniversal
seaoff orgetfulness, ever yappear anceofi nhar monyorugl i
nesswhi chdi sturbst he
peaceofman.Lov eist heper fectf r
uitoftheSpi ri
t;i
tgoesf ort
h,bindingupt hewounds
ofhumani ty,drawi ngnat i
onsi ntocloserhar mony ,andbr i
ngingpeaceandpr osperi
tyto
thewor ld.Itist hev erypul seoft hewor l
d,thehear t
beatoft heuniverse.Humani tymust
bechar gedwi tht hiscur rentoflov ef r
om thegr eatOmni presentLif
ei fi
twoul ddothe
wor ksofJesus.

“Doesl ifepr essheav ilyuponyou?Doy ouneedcour ageandst rengthtomeett he

problemst hatconf r
onty ou?Arey ousi ckoraf raid?Ifso, l
if
ty ourhear tandpr ayt oHi m
whol eadst heway .Thei mperi
shablel ov eofGodenf ol
dsy ou.Youneednotf ear.DidHe
notsay , `
Bef or etheycallIwil
lanswerandwhi let heyar eyetspeaki ngIwi l
lhear ?
Approacht hi sthroneofgr acebol dl
y,notasy ouhav ethoughtofbeseechi ngand
grovelingat titude,butwi t
hthepr ayerofunder standingf ai
th,knowi ngt hatthehel py ou
standi nneedofi salreadyyours.Nev erdoubt .Domor e—ask.Cl ai
my ourbi rt
hr i
ghtas
thechi l
doft hel i
v i
ngGod, asJesusdi d.Knowt hatint heInvisible,Uni
v ersalSubst ance,
i
nwhi chweal lli
veandmov eandhav eourbei ng, i
sev erygoodandper fectthingt hat
mancandesi re,waitingtobedr awnf or t
hbyf aithintov isi
blef orm ormani f
estation.
Readi ny ourowngr eatBookwhatPaul saysofl ovei n1Cor inthians,Chapt er13, using
thewor d,`
lov e, i
nsteadofcharity,aswasi ntended.

“ConsiderSolomon, wheni nthenightofhi sexperienceheal l

owedhisradi
antlove
natur
et oexpandt ot hatuni
ver sal
planeofconsci ousnesswher eheaskedt obeof
servi
ceandnotf orself.Thi
sbr oughttohim weal t
hunt ol
dandaddedt othiswaslif
e
andhonorbey ondhispowert oask.Her ecognizedthewi sdom ofLoveandLov e
rel
easedi t
sboundl essweal t
huponhi m.` Sil
verwascount edasnaughtint
heday sof
Solomon.Ev ent hedrinki
ngv esselsofthismightykingofl ovewereofpuregold.

“ToloveistoreleaseGodsunl i
mi tedst orehouseofgol dentreasur e.I
fwel ovewe
cannothelpgiving,andtogi v
ei st ogai n,andt helawofl oveisf ulfi
ll
ed.Then,bygivi
ng,
weseti noperationtheunfail
ingl awofmeasur eformeasur e.Wi thnot houghtof
receiv
ing,i
tisimpossibletoav oidr eceivi
ng, fortheabundancey ouhav egivenis
retur
nedtoy ouinf ul
fi
ll
mentoft hel aw, `
Gi v
eandi tshallbegivenunt oy ou;good
measur e,
presseddown, shakent oget her,andr unningov er,
shal lmengi veuntoyour
bosom.Forwi tht hesamemeasur et haty oumet e, wi
thal,i
tshall bemeasur edtoyou
again.

“
Ifweworki
nthespi
ri
tofl
ove,
wemusthav eGodpresenti
nconsci
ousness.Tobeone
wit
hLi
fe,
Love,
andWisdom,i
stoconsci
ousl
ycont
act.Toconsci
ousl
ycontactGodist
o
hav eabundancepr esseduponust hesameasabundanceoff oodhasbeenpr essed
uponust onight.Youseet hereisanabundancef orallandnoneneedwanti nt he
presenceofGodsabundance.Thi st houghtofabundancemustl iftt hemi ndf arbey ond
theboundsofl imitat i
on.Toconcei veabundance, onemustr eli
nqui shal lthought sof
thi
ngsi npar ti
cular.Thisconcepti ssol ar
get hatitwi l
lnotper mitt het houghtofdet ail
.
Tohol ditinmi nd, consci ousnessmustswi ngf arouti ntotheUni v ersalandr evel i
nt he
j
oy ousnessofper fectf reedom.Thi sfreedom must ,howev er,notbet akenf orlicense,
forwear eheldresponsi bleforever ythought ,everyact .Ourconsci ousnesscannot
attaint othisfreedom i nani nst
ant .Thebr eakingoft hel astvestigeofl i
mi tationmaybe
accompl ishedinani nst antbutthepr eparat
ionf orthegl ori
ousev enthasgonebef ore;
thepr epar ati
oni nmi nut estdetailhasbeenaccompl i
shedf rom wi thin,justasev ery
petal ofaf loweri sper fectedinev erydet ail
wi thi
nt hebud.Whent heper fectioni s
compl ete,thebudbur stsi tssepal shellandt heflowercomesf orthbeaut iful.Justso
manmustbr eakt heshel lofselfbef orehecancomef orth.

“Godslawsar echangeless,thesameast heyhaveeverbeen.Whil

etheyar ei
mmut abl
e,
theyarebeneficent,
fortheyaregood.Whenwel i
vei
nconf or
mityt
ot hem,theybecome
theveryfoundationstonesonwhi chwebuildourheal
th,ourhappi
ness,ourpeaceand
poise,
oursuccessandat tai
nment.Ifweabideful
lyi
nGodsl aw,noevilcanbefal
lus.
Wedonotneedt obehealed.Wear eever
ywhi twhol
e.

“Howwel lwer eali

zet hatinthegr eathear tofhumani tythereisadeephomesi ckness
whichnev ercanbesat isf
iedwi thany thingl esst hanacl earconsci ousnessor
under standi ngofGod, ourFather .Wer ecogni zet hi
shungerashear t
scr yafterGod.
Therei snot hingthehumansoul sol ongsf orast oknowGod, `
Whom t oknowar i
ghti s
l
ifeet ernal.Weseepeopl eev ershi f
ti
ngf rom onet hingtoanot her,hopingtheywi llfi
nd
sati
sf act i
onorr estinsomeaccompl ishmentori nt hepossessi onofsomel i
mi ted,
mor tal desire.Weseet hem pur suingandgai ningt heset hi
ngsonl ytofindthemsel ves
sti
llunsat isfied.Somef ancytheywanthousesandl ands;some, greatwealth;andsome,
greatl earning.Wear epr i
vil
egedt oknowt hatmanhasal lthesethingswi t
hinhi msel f
.
Jesus, theGr eatMast er,att
empt edt ohav eal lseet his.Howwedol oveHi m!Hest ands
outsobeaut i
full
ytri
umphantbecauseofHi sat tainment s.Wel oveal l
whohav er eached
thehei ght sorhi ghpl acesi nconsci ousnesst hatJesushas.Wenotonl ylovethem f or
thei
rat tai
nment sbutbecauseofwhatt heyr eall
yar e.

“Jesusnev erallowedHi msel ftodwel li

ntheext ernalaft
erHi sil
lumination.Heal ways
keptHi sthought satthecent ralpartofHisbeing, whichistheChr i
st.I
nJesus, the
ChristorCent r
al Sparkwhi chisGodi nusal l
,l
ivingi nevery
onet oday,wasdr awnf ort
h
toshowi tselfperfect
lyruli
ngt hemat er
ial
bodyorf l
eshman.I tisinthiswayt hatHedi d
allHismi ghtywor ks,
notbecauseHewasi nsomewaydi ff
er entfrom you.Hehadno
greaterpowert hanall havetoday .Hewasnoti nsomewayaSonofGodandweonl y
servantsofGod.Hedi dthesewor ksbecausethi ssameDi vineSpar k,whicht heFather
hasi mplantedinev erychil
dbor n,wasfannedint oabr i
ghterf l
amebyHi sownef for
tsin
holdingHi mselfinconsciouscommuni onwithGodHi mself,thesour ceofall Li
fe,Love,
andPower .

“Jesuswasamant hesameasallmenaretoday.Hesuf
fer
ed,wastempt
edandtri
ed,
j
ustasy ousuf
ferbecauseoftempt
ati
onandt r
ial
s.Weknowthatduri
ngHi
sresi
dence
onearthint
hev i
sibl
ebodyJesusspenthour
sofev er
ydayal
onewithGodandweknow
that,inHi sear l
ymanhood, Hewentt hroughjustwhatwehav egonet hroughandwhat
youar egoi ngt hr ought oday .Weknowt hatever ymanmustov ercomet hemor tal,the
fl
eshl ydesi r
es, thedoubt sandf ears, unti
lhecomest ot heper fectconsci ousnessor
recognitionoft hei ndwel l
ingPr esence, t
his`Fatherinme, towhom Jesusascr ibedt he
creditofal lHismi ghtywor ks.Hehadt olearnaswehadt olearnandasy ouar el earni
ng
today .Hewasobl i
gedt otryov erandov eragainasy ouar edoi ng.Hewasobl igedt o
holdf astasy ouar eobl i
gedt ohol df asttoday,ev enwi thclenchedf i
standsett eethand
say i
ng, `
Iwi ll
succeed, Idoknowt heChr i
stl
iveswi thi
nme.Wer ecognizet hatitwast he
Chr i
stwi thinwhi chmadeJesuswhatHewas, andist oday ,andt hatthesame
attainment sar ef orall.Inal lthiswewoul dinnowaydet r
actfrom Jesusf orwel ov e
Him wi thal ov eunspeakabl e.WeknowHewentt hr
ought heper fectcrucifi
xionofsel f
thatHemi ghtleadHi speopl et oGod; t
hatHemi ghtshowt hem t hewayoutofsi n,
sickness, andt roubl e,thatt heymi ghtmani f
estt heFat herinthem; thatHemi ghtt each
allthatthesameFat herl i
vesi nal landl ovesall.Nonet hatf ol
lowJesusl i
f eand
teachingcl osel ycanhel pbutl ov eHim.Hei sourper f
ectel derbrot her.

“Butifwesel lourbi r
thri
ght ,i
fwedi sr
egar dort reatwi thcont emptt hebenef icentl
aws
ofGod, andbysodoi ngtur nourbacksont heFat her shouseandwanderi ntoaf ar
country,asdi dthepr odi
gal son, ofwhatav aili
st hepeaceandpl enty,theabundanceof
warmt handcheert hatabi deswi thi
nt hehouse?Wheny ouar eti
redoft hehusksofl i
fe,
wheny ouar ewear yandhomesi ck, withfalteri
ngst epsy oumayr etr
acey ourwayhome
totheFat hershouse.Thi smaybedoneov ert her oadofbi t
terexper i
enceorbyaj oyful
l
etti
nggoofal l
mat erialt
hings.I tdoesnotmat terhowt heunder standingand
knowledgei sgai ned,youwi l
leventuallypressont owar dt hemar kofy ourhi ghcall
ing.
Witheachst epy ouwi l
lgrowst r
ongandbol derunt i
ly ouwi l
lnolongerf alternorhesitat
e.
Youwi l
llookwi thinyouf ory ourill
umi nati
on; theni ny ourawakenedconsci ousnessy ou
wil
lreali
zet hathomei sher e.ItistheDi vi
neOmni presencei nwhi chweal ll
ive,move,
andhav eourbei ng.Webr eat heitwi t
hev erybr eath.Wel iv
ei twi
thev eryhear tbeat
.

“Donott hinky oumustcomet ous.Goi ntoy ourownhome, yourchurch, yourhouseof

prayer,alone, anywhereyouchoose.Jesust hegr eatlov eMast ercanhel py ou;al
lthose
thathav epassedandar ereceivi
ngt hehighestt eachingscanhel py ouandar e
endeav oringt ohelpyouwher eyouar enowandatal lti
mes.Howpl ainlyweseeJesus
andal ltheot hersalwaysreadytohel pthosewhocal l
.Youneedbutmaket hecalland
theyanswerbef or
ethecallisevenf i
nished.Theyst andandwal kbesi deyouev ery
moment .Whaty oumustdoi st orai
sey ourconsci ousnesssot hatyoucanseeand
knowt haty ouwalkbesidethem; theny ouwi l
lnotf alt
er .Theyar eholdingouttheir
handsandsay i
ng,`
Comeunt omeandIwi llgivey our est.Thisdoesnotmean` Come
afterdeat h;thismeans`Comenow, j
ustasy ouar e.Rai sey ourconsci ousnesstoour
consciousnessandbehol d,youstandwher ewear et onight,abov eallmortalli
mitati
ons,
abundant l
yf r
ee.

“Peace,
healt
h,love,joyandprosperi
tyar
eher e.Thesear et
hefrui
tsoftheSpir
it
,the
gif
tsofGod.Ifwel ookuntoGod, noharm canbefallus,noevi
lcancomeni ghus.Ifwe
l
ookt oHim wholl
y,wear ehealedofourinfi
rmiti
es,i
nt hetr
anscendentnameofthe
Law,orJesus.

“
Godisint
hemidstofy ou,
chi
ldofi
nfi
nit
e,i
mmort
alSpi
ri
t.Ther
ei snaughtt
omakey ou
t
rembl
eordespai
r,naughttomakeyoufear
.Fr
om t
hebosom oftheFatheryoucame;
thebreathofAl might yGodcreatedy oual ivi
ngsoul .`BeforeAbr aham was, y ouwer e.
Belovednowar eweSonsofGod, joi
nthei rswithChr ist
.Thesamepoweri siny out hat
i
si nJesus.Thi siscalledthemant leoft heSpi rit
.Wi t
ht herightconceptoft hi s,itis
foundt hatthereisnodecay ,nodi sease, noacci dent,nodeat h,nothingthatcant ake
yourli
fei nanyway .Youcandr awt hismant l
esocl oselyar oundy out hatnothi ngcan
penetrateit,not
hingcant ouchy ou.Al lt
hedest ructi
veagenci esorf orcesev ercr eated
bymanmaybedi rectedatyou; y
ety ouwi l
lcomef orthunhar med.Ifbyanychancet he
outerform shouldbedest royed,itwoul di mmedi at
elyreturnasspi r
itualinthesame
form.Thi sisanar morbetterthananyar morpl ateeverdev isedbymanandy oucanuse
i
tatal lti
meswi thoutmoneyandwi t
houtpr ice.Youcanst andf ort
hasy ouar e, t
hechi ld
ofthelivingGod.

“Jesusr ecogni zedt his,andHecoul dhav esav edHi mselftheCal varyexperi

ence.Had
Hewi shedt ouseHi spower ,hisenemi escoul dnothav etouchedHi m.Hesawt her e
wasagr eatspi r
itualchanget aki
ngpl acei nHi sbodyandsawt hat,ift
hiswasbr ought
aboutamongt hoseHeknewandl oved, withoutsomeout war dchange, agreatmany
woul dnotr ecogni zethespi ri
tualimpor tbutwoul dstil
lcl
ingtot hepersonal.Heknew
thatHehadt hepowert oov ercomedeat handHewi shedt oshowt hosethatHel oved
thattheyhadt hesamepower ;soHechoset heCal varyway ,thewayt heycouldsee; and
seeing, theywoul dbel i
eve.Heal sowi shedt oshowt hatHehadsoper f
ectedHisbody
that,shoul dHi senemi estakeHi slife(ast heyl ookeduponl ife)andplaceHi sbodyi n
thetombandr ollagr eatstonet hereon( thelastl i
mitati
ont hatmancoul dputuponi t
),
sti
llHe, thet rueSel f,coul
dr ollawayt hest oneandr aiseHisr ealorspir
it
ualbodyabov e
allmor tal l
imitati
ons.Jesuscoul dhav etakenHi sbodyanddi sappearedbutHechose
toshowt hat,whent hespiri
tual bodyisdev eloped,nomat eri
alaccidentorconditioncan
destroyi t,notev ent hetakingoft hel i
febyanot her.

“Aft
ertheCr ucifixi
onandAscensi onHi sbodywassohi ghlydev elopedspi ri
tuallythat
Jesuswasobl igedt oraisetheconsci ousnessoft hoseaboutHi mt oapl anewher ethey
wereabl etoseeHi m, j
ustaswear eobl i
gedt oraisetheconsci ousnessofnear lyall
thoseaboutust onight.Whent hewomencamet othet ombt hatmor ningandf oundt he
stonerolledawayandt hegrav eclothesl yi
ngby ,event heydi dnotknowHi m unt i
lHe
hadraisedt hei rconsciousnesst othepl anewher et heycoul dbehol dHi m.Thenl at
er,
whent wower eont her oadtoEmmaus, Jesusdr ewnearandconv ersedwi t
ht hem, yet
theyknewHi m notunt ilHebr okebr eadwi ththem.Att hatt i
met heirconsci ousness
wasr ai
sedt ot heplanewher et heycouldbehol dHi m.Justso, whenHeappear edto
other
s, Heev enwal kedandt alkedwi ththem, yettheydi dnotr ecogni zeHi m because
thei
rconsci ousnesswasnotf unct i
oningont hepl anewher et heycoul dseeHi m.The
momentt heirconsci ousnessdi driseorf uncti
onont hepl anewi thHi s,theysawHi m.
Thensomeper ceivedthespi ri
tual i
mpor tofact uali
ty.Theysawt hedeepmeani ng
underly
ingi tall.Theyknew.Yetwi thal lt
hisagr eatmanydi dnotbel i
ev einHi m because
theyhadnoty etattainedapl anei nconsci ousnesswher et heycoul dseeorper ceivethe
underly
ingspi ri
tualmeani ng.

“Thentheveilofmysterydrawnbymansmor t
alpercepti
onwasremov ed.`Andtheveil
ofthetempl ewasrentintwainf
rom t
hetoptothebottom.Theconsciousnesswas
att
ainedthatdeathhadbeenov er
come;andthatnotonlydeat
h,butallman-made
mor t
all
imitati
onscouldandwouldbeovercome,bycomi ngupoverthem orrai
singour
consci
ousnesst
otheplaneonwhicht
heycannolongerbeseenand,
ther
efor
e,donot
exi
st.I
fthi
sconsci
ousnessi
slov
edandcheri
sheditwil
lcomefor
th.

“Thiswast herev
elat
ionthatcametoJacobashelayupont hehar
dstoneofmateri
ali
ty.
Itwasr ev
ealedtohimthatthatwhi
chisgazeduponisbroughtfor
thandhisr
eal
izat
ion
ofthisrel
easedhimfrom hismater
ial
bondage.I
twasthiswhichpromptedhi
mt oput
spottedsti
cksinthecowsdr i
nki
ngwater,
thuscausi
ngthem tobri
ngfort
hspott
ed
offspri
ng.

“Wecansodef initel
yputf orthouri dealintotheformlesst hati tisf ormeddirectfr om
theunf ormed, thatwhichappear sinvi
sibletomor t
alconsci ousness.Thedr i
nkingwat er
ofthecowsbutt y
pifi
est hemi rrorthroughwhi chtheimagehel di nmi ndisrefl
ect edt o
thesoul ,theinnermost ,andt henconcei v edandbroughtf orth.I tisthesamewi tht he
fri
endsassembl edheret onight;onlyaf ewoft heearnestonesper ceiveandtheygoon,
unfold,anddot her ealworkofGod.Ot her smakeagoodbegi nni ngbuti tsoonr equi r
es
toomuchexer ti
ont osurmountt hef ir
stwal lofmater
ialit
y.Theyf i
ndi tmucheasi ert o
dri
ftwi t
ht het i
deandt heydr opout .Wehav eall
liv
edint hev i
sible, mortalpl
aneont hi
s
earth.Infact,wehav enev erlefttheear th.Wear enowi nvisibleonl yt othosethatar ein
mor talconsciousness.Tot hoset hatareonahi gherplaneofconsci ousnesswear e
alway svisibl
e.

“Ever
yseedi deaplacedi nthesoulbecomesaconcept i
onandi sgiv
ent hought-
formin
mind,l
atert obeexperiencedinphy sicalf
orm.Ideasofperf
ecti
onpr oduceperfecti
on.
Thereversei sequall
ytrue.Justast hesunandt heeart
hproducewi thequalwill
i
ngness
themightyt r
eeort hefrai
lestf
lower, whenthei
rrespect
iveseedsareplanted,soSpiri
t
andSoul respondtomanandt hatwhi chhedesir
esorthatforwhichhehasasked,
beli
evi
ng,her eceiv
es.

“Thoset hathav epassedf rom t hev i

siblet hr
oughdeat har emani f
estingont hesame
psy chicplaneaswhent heyl eftthebody ,forthemor tal mindf unctionsont hepsy chic
plane.Thi sist hecauseoft hegr eatpsy chicr eal
m whi chl i
esbet weent hemat er
ial,
or
visible,andt het r
uespiri
tual,andt hroughwhi challaspi ringtot het r
uespi ritual must
forcet heirwaybef or
ethespi r
itualisper ceived.Inordert oper ceivethespi r i
tual,we
mustf orget hroughthepsy chi cdirect
lyt oGod.Deat hr eleasest hesoul onl yt othe
psy chicplaneandi tmanifest sont hesamespi rit
ual planei twasi nwhent hesoul was
releasedf rom t hebody.Theonesopassi nghasnotper ceivedthatt hereisbutone
Spi r
it,oneMi nd,oneBodyandt hatallcamef ort
hf r
om t hisOneandmustr eturnt oit
.
TheSpi ri
tsentf orthfr
om thi sOneandgi venaper fectbodyi sasmuchapar toftheOne
Spi r
itasourar mi sapartofourwhol ebody ;andi snev ersepar atedf r
om i tanymor e
thananymemberofourbodyi sasepar atepar t,butisonewi ththewhol ebodyand
mustbef i
tlyjoinedwithittomakeupt hewhol e.Somustal lspir
itorexpr essi onbef it
ly
j
oi nedt ogethert obecompl eteandper fect.

“`Theyshallal
lbegather
edtoget
herinonepl
ace,meanst hatweshal
lbeconscious
thatwear eoneexpressi
onoftheDivi
nit
yandal
lfrom thesamesource,
God.Thisisthe
atonement ,
theat-
one-ment
,knowingweareall
createdintheimageandli
kenessof
God, exact
lyli
keHim,animagethroughwhi
chHemayandcanexpr esstheidealHehas
conceivedforus.
“Tobewill
ingthatGodshallexpr
essperf
ectl
ythr
oughusthehi
ghestidealHehas
concei
vedisthemeaningof, `
Notmywi l
l
,butThi
ne,OGod,bedone.Nonecanrise
abovemortalthought
swithoutdoingt
hewill
ofGodwhetherhedoesitconsci
ousl
yor
unconsci
ously.
”

Heret het alkdr oppedf oramomentandoneofourpar tyaskedaboutt heRel ati

v i
tyof
Mat ter.Shewentont osay ,“Ther eal worldisSubst ance, theRel at iv
ityofSubst ance.
Letusconsi derforamomentt hef ivekingdoms:t hemi ner al,thev eget abl
e, t
heani mal,
theman, andt heGodki ngdoms.Wewi l
lbegi natt hemi ner al,thel owest .Wef i
ndev ery
particleoft hemi ner alkingdom expr essingt heonel ife,thelifeofGod.The
disi
nt egr at ionordi v i
sionoft hepar ti
clesoft hemi ner al,combi nedwi thelement sofai r
andwat er ,hasf ormedsoi l,ev er ypar ti
clestillretai
ni ngt heor i
ginal li
fe,thelif
eofGod.
Thisgi v espl acet ot hev eget abl ekingdom, thenexthi gherexpr essi onofGodt ocome
forth.Thent heveget abl e,ev er ypar tofwhi chcont ai nsthisonel ife,hast akenupapar t
ofthi sl i
fef rom themi ner al,hasi ncreasedandmul t i
pl i
edi t
, andi sexpr essingitone
stephi ghert owar dt heGodki ngdom.Thi sgi v esplacet ot heani mal ,thenexthi gher
expr essi onofGod.Thent heani mal ,everypar tofwhi chcont ainst heonel i
fe,hast aken
upapar toft hi
slif
ef r
om t hev eget able,hasi ncreasedandmul t
ipliedi t,andis
expr essi ngonest ephi ghert owar dt heGodki ngdom.Thi sgi vespl acet otheman
kingdom, thenexthi gherexpr essi onofGod.Thent hemanki ngdom, everypartof
whichcont ainst heonel i
fe,hast akenupapar toft hisonel ifefrom t heani mal kingdom
and, inexpr essingi tonest ephi gher ,givespl acet ot heGodki ngdom, thehighest
expr essi ont hroughman.Whenmanhasat tai nedt hiski ngdom, her ecogni zest hatall
havecomef orthfrom t heoneSour ce, t
hatal lcont aint heonel i
fe, thel i
feofGod, andhe
hasgai nedt hemast eryov eral l mat eri
al t
hings.Butweneednotpauseher e,foral l
is
progr essi on.Whenhear r
ivesher ehewi l
lfi
ndt herear enewwor ldsst illt
oconquer .
Nowwecomet othepl acewher ewer ecogni zet hatal l
spaceormagni tudecont ainsthe
onel ife, thel ifeofGod, t hatal l i
sf rom theoneSour ceandSubst ance.Thenal l
subst ancebecomesr elat i
v eorr elated,doesi tnot? ”

Herethet al
kended, thedinnerwasf ini
shed, andtheroom wascl earedoftablesand
chair
s.Theref ol
lowedat i
meoff roli
candf un,incl
udingdanceandsongwi ththemusi c
fur
nishedbyt hei nvi
sibl
echoir,andallenjoyedagoodt i
met ogether
.Theev eningfi
nall
y
endedi nmusicandsong; theinvi
siblechoirbecamev i
sibl
e,walkedamongt hose
assembl ed,
andatt i
mesf loat
edjustabov etheirheads.Thef i
nalendingwasone
outburstofmusi c,song,andlaughter,wit
hal lpart
ici
pati
ng.Takenalt oget
her,i
twast he
mostimpr essivescenet hatweev erwitnessed.

Wewer etol
dthati
fwewoul dbecomequi et
,wecouldhearthemusi catallti
mes, buti
t
i
sonlyonanoccasi onl
ikethisthatthechorusaccompaniesthemusi c.Wet ri
edt hi
sa
numberoftimesafter
wardandf oundthatwecouldhearthemusi c.I
twasal way slow
andbeauti
ful
lysweetbutitneverhadt hegladfr
eeri
ngoft hatoneev eningunlessther
e
wereanumberoft heMast er
scongr egated.Weweretoldthatthi
smusi ciswhathas
beencall
edtheangelchoir
.Theycal li
t“thesymphonyofsoulsinaccor d.”

West oppedi
nthisvil
l
aget hreedaysandduringt
hatti
mesawagreatdealofour
fr
iends.Theeveningofthet hi
rddaytheybadeusgoodby
eand,
sayingtheywoul
dmeet
usatourwinderquarter
s,disappear
ed.
CHAPTERXXI
I

Thenextmor ningwel eftthevi

ll
agewi thonlyEmilandJastaccompany i
ngus,our
obj
ecti
vebeingt hevil
lagewehaddeci deduponf orourwinterquarter
s.Thewinter
sin
thi
spartofthecount r
yar equit
esev er
eandwef eltt
hatwewi shedtomakecertai
nof
comfort
ablequar t
ersbef oret
hecoldspel l
setin.Inthisasinagr eatmanyother
matter
sourf earswerenotwel lgroundedforwhenwear ri
vedwef oundcomfort
abl
e
quart
ersal
lreadyf orus.

Ourtr ailfr
om t hevil
l
agel edacr osstheplateau, thenupal ongwi ndi
ngcany ont ot he
divi
dewher et hesecondf orti
fiedvill
agethatguar dedthepl ateauwehadcr ossedwas
l
ocat ed.Thecany onwal lswer ef r
om twohundr edt ofivehundr edfeetper pendicul ar
andjoi nedt hemount ai
nswhi chroset oanel evationoft wot housandf eetabov et he
crestwher et hetrailcrossedt hedi vi
de.Att het opoft hedi videt wogreatr ockr idges
j
utteduponei thersideofal evelspaceaboutf i
v eacresi next ent.Theset wor i
dges
wereaboutsi xhundr edf eetapar t.Awal lfortyfeethighhadbeenbui l
tacr osst heopen
space, t
husconnect ingt het wor i
dgesofr ockandf or
mi nganef fect
ual barrier
.Thi s
wallwassi xtyf eetwi deatt hebot tom andthi r
tyfeetwi deatt hetopandwasso
const ructedt hatthet opf ormedar unwayov erwhi chhuger ockscoul dber oll
ed, then
droppedt othegr oundont heout ersideoft hewal lwheret hegr oundsl opedshar ply
andconnect edwi thast eepdecl i
vity
,downwhi cht hetrailpassedont hewayt ot he
othersi deoft hedivi
de.

Ther ewer echut esarrangedal ongt hewall atintervalsofonehundr edf eetsot hatthe
rockswoul dgai nheadwayenought ocleart hebaseoft hewal lbef oret heyst ruckt he
ground.Whent heydi dstriketheywoul drol ldownt hesl ope, thenov erthedecl ivi
tyand
ondownt hecany onf oraboutf ourmi l
esbef or etheywoul dst op, iftheydi dnotf lyint
o
piecesf r
om t hei rownmoment um.I nall
,thisf ormedanef fectual def ense, ast he
cany onwasnotov erf i
ft
yfeetwi deatanypl acei nthef ourmi l
es, andi twasst eep
enought ogi vegr eatmoment um tot heroll
ingr ocks.Ther ewer eal sot wopl aceson
eachsi deoft hecany onwher erockscoul dbel oosenedandwoul dr olldown.These
placeswer econnect edbyt rai
lscutal ongthemount ainsi def r
om eachendoft hewal l
.
Ther ewer eanumberorr ocks,eachaboutt wel vefeett hrough, pl acedal ongt het opof
thewal lreadyf oranemer gency .Wewer etol dthatithadnotbeenf oundnecessar yto
useanyoft hem, astherewasbutonet ri
bet hathadev erat t
empt edt ogainaccesst o
thev il
lageuni nv i
ted,andt histr
ibehadbeenal lbutanni hilatedbyr ocksr eleasedf r
om
thef ourst at i
onsi nthecany onwal l
s.Thef i
rstr ocksreleasedi nt hei rdownwar dcourse
hadr eleasedot hersunt i
lanav alanchesweptdownt hev all
ey,car ryingal lbefor eit.We
wer etol dt her ocksont opofthewal lhadrest edwher et heywer ef orov ert wot housand
years,ast herehadnotbeenawari nt hatcount r
ydur i
ngt hattime.

Wef oundthatthesixhousescompr i
si ngthevill
agewerebuilti
ntothewal l,three
stori
eshigh,wi
tht heroofslevel
witht hetopoft hewall.Accesstoi twast husgai ned
bystair
way sl
eadingupt hrougheachst or
ytot heroofofeachhouse.Openi ngsfor
windowswer eleftinthewallatthethirdstory.Thesewi ndowsov erlookedt hecany on
below.Thet r
ailcouldbeseenf rom thesewi ndowsandt hetopoft hewal l
, asitwound
aroundthemount ainside,mil
esaway .
Wewer emadecomf ort
abl efort heni ghtinthet hirdstoryofoneoft hesehousesand,
afteranear lydinner,wewentt ot herooft oseet hesunset .Wehadbeent herebutaf ew
moment swhenamanappar ent l
yfift
yy earsofagecameupt hest airstotheroof.After
beingintroducedbyJasthej oinedi nt heconv ersation.Wesoonf oundhel i
vedinthe
vil
lagewehadsel ectedf orourwi nterquartersandwasonhi swayt here.Wesupposed
hewast r
av eli
ngaswewer eandi nv i
tedhimt ojoi nourpar ty
.Het hankedusandsai dhe
wasabl et omaket hedist ancemuchmor equi ckl ythanwecoul d,thathehadst oppedi n
thev i
ll
aget oseear elat
iv e,andwoul dbehomet hatev ening.Theconv ersati
onthen
turnedtot het emplet het hr
eeofushadv isi
tedwi thEmi landJast .Thi smanspoke
quietl
yandsai d,“Isawy ousi ttingont heparapetoft het empl ethatnight.”Thenhe
wentonandgav ethedr eam orv isionjustasi tcamet omeandasi thasbeensetf orth
i
nt hisbook.Thi scameasasur priset omeandmyassoci atesasIhadnotment i
oned
theoccur rencet othem.Thi smanwasaper fectst r
angert ous,yether ecount edthe
dream asv i
vidlyasithadappear edt ome.

Thenhewentont osay,“Youwer eshownj ustwhatwear eshown, thatmancomes

forthinuni t
yjustasl ongashehasconsci ouslyr eal
izedt hi
sandusedt hepowerand
domi nionr i
ght l
y;butthemomenthe, inhi smor t
alself,concei veddual power s,hebegan
toseedual ,hemi susedt hi spower ,andbr oughtf orthdual i
ty,
formani saf reewi l
l agent
andbr ingsf orththatwhi chhegazesupon.Thendi v
er sityandwi desepar ationresul ted
andt hishasf ollowedhi m al lovert heear th.Butachangei scomi ng.Diversityhasabout
reachedi tslimitandmanki ndisr ecogni zi
ngt hatal lcamef orthfrom theoneSour ce.
Recogni zingthis,menar enowcomi ngcl oserandcl osert ogether.Mani sbegi nningt o
reali
zet hatev eryothermani shisbr ot heri nsteadofhi senemy .Whenmandoesf ul ly
reali
zet hi
s, hewi l
lseet hatj ustasal lcamef r
om t heoneSour ce,al
lmustr etur
nt ot hat
Sour ceorbecomeasbr ot hersinr eali
t y.Thenhewi llbei nheav enandwi l
lrecogni ze
thatheav enmeanst heinnerpeaceandhar monycr eat edbymanr i
ghther eonear t h.He
willthenseet hathemakeshi sheav enorhel ljustashechooses.Thi sheav enhasbeen
concei vedrightlybutmi spl acedgeogr aphi cally.Hewi l
l knowt hatGoddwel lswi t
hinhi m
andnotonl ywi thi
nhi m buti nev erythingabouthi m, ever yrock,everytree,ev er
ypl ant ,
everyf l
ower ,andev erycr eatedt hing; thatGodi sinthev eryairhebreathes, thewat erhe
drinks,themoneyhespends; thatGodi st hesubst anceofal lthings.Whenhebr eat hes,
hebr eathesGodasmuchashedoesai r;whenhepar takesoff ood,hepar takesofGod
asmuchashedoesoff ood.

“Iti
snotourwi shtof or m newcul ts,orsect s.Wef eelthatthechur chest hatar e
establ
ishedtodayar esuf fi
cientandt heyar ethel ogicalcenterstor eachoutandhel p
thepeopletot herealizationofGod, throught heChr i
stinall
.Thoseassoci atedwi ththe
churchesmustr ealizet hatt hechur chbutt y
pifiestheonet hi
ng, t
heChr ist
Consciousnessi nallmanki nd.Iftheyr ealizethis,wher ecant hediv ersi
tyli
ebuti nthe
conceptofmansmor t almi ndandnoti nthechur ch?Wher eintheni sonechur chor
societ
ydiff
erentf r
om anot her ?Thedi v
ersitythoughtt oexistt odaymustbewhol lyin
mansmor t
almi nd.Seewhatt hi
sdi versityhasl edt o,thegreatwar s,theintensehat e
engenderedbet weennat ionsandf ami li
esandev eni ndivi
duals,andal lbecauseone
churchorganizati
onoranot herhast houghtt hatitscr eedordoct ri
newasbet terthan
thatofanother.Yetal linreal i
tyaret hesamef ortheyal ll
eadt othesamepl ace.It
wouldnotbepossi blef oreacht ohav eaheav enofi t
sown; f
orifitdid,whenaf ellow
manf ini
shedwi thhispar ticularbrandofchur chor ganizati
onandwasr eadyt or eceive
hisreward,hewoul dbeobl i
gedt ospendt heremai nderofhi sexistencel ookingt hrough
themazeofheavensf orthepar
ti
cularonehei
sdestinedfor
.Thechur
chorganizat
ions
andthoseassoci
atedwi t
hthem ar
ecomi ngcl
osereachdayandtheti
mewi l
lcome
whentheywill
beunitedasone.Whenal lar
easone,therewil
lbenoneedof
organi
zat
ion.

“Yetthef aul tdoesnotl iewhol l

ywi t
hchur chor ganizati
ons.Fewpeopl ehav eawakened
tother ealizationofwhatl i
fer eall
yhol dsf orthem.Wef i
ndt hegr eatermaj or i
t ydr ifting
throughl ife,dissat i
sfied, dazed, crushed, oruncer t
ain.Eachmustl ear nt olayhol dofl if
e
andbegi nt oexpr ess, from hi sownl if
ecent er
, withpurposef ul
,definiteact ion, thegi ft
s
thatGodhasgi venhi m.Eachmustunf oldhi sownl if
e.Itisnotpossi bl eforonet ol ive
foranot her .Noonecanexpr essyourl ifef ory ouandnonecansayhowy oumust
expressy ourownl i
fe.` Ast heFat herhat hl i
feinHi msel f
,sohat hHegi v enunt ot heSon
tohav el i
fei nHi msel f.Asoul cannotr ealizet hisandj ustdr i
ft,f
orthewhol epur poseof
l
iferev ealsi t
selfint hepr i
vilegeandoppor tunityofexpr essingtheGodsel fwi thi n.That
mani sandshal l bet hedi vinei mageandl ikenessofHi msel fisGodspur posef orman.
Toexpr esst hatwhi chGodhasconcei vedf orhi m shouldbemansgr eatpur posei nl if
e.
WhenJesuswasont hemount ai
nt opandHi sdisciplescamet oHi m, seewhatwor ds
ofwi sdom Hespokeunt ot hem.Hi sconsci ousnesswasawakenedt ot hisr ealizat i
on
andHehadbecomeest ablishedi nt hi
shi ghr esolve,thatmancanunf oldint hef ullness
ofpoweronl ywhenhehasat rueideal, ar ealpur poseinlife.Aseedcanbegi nt ogr ow
onlywheni tisfirmlyf ixedi nt heground.TheGodpowerwi thincanbr i
ngf or t
hat rue
desireonl ywheni tisf i
rml yf i
xedint hesoul ofman.Wemustal lknow, asJesusdi d,
thatthef irstspiritual impul set owardexpr essioni sthedef i
nitedesiret oexpr ess.

“Jesussai d,`Bl
essedbet hepoori nspi ri
t,r
ealizi
ngthatanyl i
mi tat i
oni nl i
fethatcan
createadesi reinthei ndivi
dual torisesuper i
ortothelimi t
ationandf reehi msel ff rom it
i
sgood.Her eali
zedt hatneedi st hepr ophecyoff ulf
il
lment .Hel ookeduponev er yneed
assoil pr
epar edforaseed.I ftheseedwer eplanted,thenal l
owedt ogr owandcome
fort
h,itwoul dfil
ltheneed.Needordesi r
e,i
nt heunfoldmentofl i
f e,i
smi sunder stood.
Thatitmustbecr ushedoutoft hehear ti staughtbysomegr eatt eacher s.Jesussai d,
`Woeunt oy ouwhoar esatisfi
ed.Ify ouar esat i
sfi
ed,youar eatast andst i
l
l.Inor derto
contactlif
ef ull
y,wemustseekeachmomentt oexpressl i
fef ul
ly .Desi refort hisi sthe
urgetowar di t
.Wear yofcr awlingi nthedustoft heear t
h, many ear nst of l
y,andt his
l
ongingi nvit
eshi mtof i
ndt hemani f
est ati
onofl awthatwi llenabl ehi mt oriseabov ehis
presentlimitati
ons.Findingi t,
hei sabl et ogowher ehewi ll
,wi t
houtt houghtoft imeor
dist
ance.I thasbeensai dthatmanpr oposesandGoddi sposes.Ther ev ersei st rue,for
Godpr oposesandmandi sposes; i
fmani ssodi sposed, hecandoal lthatGoddoes.
Cannott heSondowhatt heFat herhasdone?

“Thefail
ureofout erthingstosatisfyl
eadst hesoultoseekt hepowerwi thin.Thenthe
i
ndivi
dual maydi scoverthatIAM, hemayknowt hatwithi
nhi ml i
esallpowert osati
sfy
thesoul,toful
fi
llitseveryneedanddesi re.Thisknowledgemaynotcomeunt il
the
i
ndivi
dual i
sdrivenbyt hebuf f
eti
ngsoft hewor ldtoseekt hisinnerplaneofpeaceand
calm.WhenheknowsIAM i sthef ul
fi
ll
mentofhi sdesire,thedesireisf i
l
led.Tolook
outsi
detheGodsel ff
orthefulfi
l
lmentofhi sdesireisfoll
y.Tounf old,theselfmustdo
theunfoldi
ng.

“Thenwhatareali
zati
on,whatanawakeni
ngtoknowt heIAM;toknowt
hatwi
thi
nisthe
power,
substance,andint
ell
i
gencefr
om whichal
lfor
mst akef
orm;andt
oknowthatt
he
momentadef ini
teandt ruei deaofdesirecanbeintell
igentlyformed, t
hepower ,
i
ntell
i
gence, andsubst anceofspi ritmustfl
owt oi
tandbr i
ngi tf
orth.Aret hesenot
tr
easuresinheav ent hatwehav enotbeheld?Here,intheunf ormed, l
ieboundl ess
tr
easureshidwi thinourselves.Howcl earthi
sistotheonet hathasf oundt hepear l
.
Thenthink,`
Seeky efir
sttheKi ngdom ofGodandHi srighteousness( ri
ght-use-ness)
andallthesethingsshal lbeaddedunt oyou.Thereasont heyareaddedi st hattheyar
e
madeoutoft hev eryessenceofSpi r
it
.Theconsciousnessmustf i
rstfindt heSpi r
it
befor
eitcanf ormt hedesi r
edt hing.

“Theawakenedoneper ceivesthecr eat i

vepr i
nci plewi t
hi n;thenheseesandhi s
realizat i
oni shisl i
feoppor t
unity.Hehasav i
sionorbecomesawar eofhi spossi bili
ties
orthepossi bil
i
t i
est hatli
ebef orehim.Wi ththeknowl edget hatt hecr eati
vepowerl ies
wi t
hin, her ecallshishear t
sdesi re;thisbecomesani deal ,ormol d, t
hatdr awsf orth
powerandsubst ancet ofi
llthemol d.ISEEi st hesoul sconcept ion;itisthePr omi sed
Land, thedr eam comet rue,towar dwhi cht hesoul mayl ooki nfaith.Althoughi tmaynot
yetbeconsci ousl ypossessed, i
tmustcomef orthintov i
sibleform ashef ulf
ill
st hel aw.
Awi l
der nessofexper i
encesmayhav et obemetandov ercome.Thi sbutmakest he
soul wor thyofat onement .Under standingt hev i
sionasaLandofPr omi se,anideal t
hat
i
st ober eali
zedort obecomer eal,thesoul nowseesonl ythegood, theobjectofi t
s
desir e.Her ether emustbenodoubt ,nowav ering, nohesi t
ation,forthiswoul dbef atal.
Onemustbet ruet othev i
sionandpr esson.Thi sv isi
oni sty pi
calandasnecessar yas
thepl ansandspeci ficati
onsofabui lding.Onemustbeast ruet othev isi
onast he
builderi st r
uet ot heplansandspeci ficati
onst hear chitecthasf urnished.Al lbutt he
truthmustbeel i
mi nated.

“Allgreatsoulsar etr
uetot hei
rvisi
on.Ev eryt
hingbr
oughtfort
hwasf ir
stav i
sion,aseed
i
deapl antedinthesoul,thenall
owedt oexpandandcomef orth.Thesesoulsnev er
allowt heunbeliefofotherstoinf
luencet hem.Theyarewill
ingtosacri
fi
cefort heir
vision,theyaretruetoit,theybel
ieveinit,anditi
stothem astheybeli
eve.Jesus
remai nedt r
ueandst eadfasttoHisv i
sion.HeadheredtoHispl an,
evenwhent hose
near estanddear esttoHim wereunbel i
ev i
nganduntrue.I
twasunt oHim asHebel i
eved
andi tissount oall.

“Whent heindi vidualstartsfort hePr omisedLand, thel

andofdar knessmustbe
forsaken,for got ten.Hemustl eav ethedar knessandst arttowar dthel i
ght.I
tis
i
mpossi bl
et ogoandst ayatt hesamet ime.Theol dmustbef orsaken,thenewadher ed
to.Hemustf or getthet hingshedoesnotwi shtorememberandr ememberonl yt he
thi
ngshewi shest oretain.Onei sasessent ialastheother.Thev i
siononlymustbe
remember edi fhewi shesi tfulfi
ll
ed.Hemustr ememberbyhol dingi nmindthev isionhe
wishest orepr oduce.Hemustdi srememberorr efusetoremembert hethinghedoes
notwi shtor epr oduce.Ev eryidea,thought, word,oractmustbet r
uet othevisi
oni n
ordertobr ingi tf ort
h.Thi sistrueconcent ration,t
heconcent rati
onofdev oti
on,the
centeringoft hef orcesupont heessent i
al.Thi si
sl ovi
ngthei deal.I
tisonlythroughl ove
thatani deal canbegi venexpr ession.Lovemakest hei
deal becomet hereal
.

“Ifatfi
rsthefail
s,hemustbedet er
mi nedandpresson.Thisist
heexerci
seofthewi l
l
,
thecryofself-confi
dence,theexpressionoff
ait
hdirecti
ngthepowertowardtheideal
.
Thisidealcouldneverbeat tai
nedwi t
houtthi
sconsciousdir
ecti
onofpower,t
his
exerci
seoft hewi l
l
;andy etitwouldbef at
alt
otheidealift
hewill
,too,
werenotideal
.
Thewi l
lmustpossesst hesamequal it
yastheidealt
oserve.I
fthewil
ldoesnot
possesst hedesiretoserve,thepowerthewill
wishestodir
ectcannotberel
easedfrom
thesoul.Thewi l
ltobeser vedturnstheli
fecur
rentagai
nstsel
f.Thewil
ltoservekeeps
theli
fecur r
entflowingthroughselfandkeepstheselfi
nradi
ati
on.Toservegiv
es
purposetov isi
on;itrel
easesloveinli
fe.Howcanlovebeexpressedunlessi
tfl
ows
thr
ought heoneexp

ressi
ngli
fe?Ifi
tfl
owsthroughtheconsciousness,
thewholeorgani
sm r
esponds;i
t
thri
ll
sev
erycellwit
hthelovei
texpresses.Thenthebodybecomesharmonized;t
hesoul
becomesr adi
ant;
themindbecomesenl i
ghtened;t
hethoughtbecomeskeen,br
il
li
a

t,
ali
ve,def
ini
te;
thewordbecomesposi t
ive,
true,
constr
ucti
ve;t
hefleshi
srenewed,
puri
fi
edandquickened;
affai
rsareadj
ustedandallt
hingsassumetheirt
rueposi
ti
on.
TheIAM isexpressedt
hroughtheMEandt heMEi snolongeral
lowedtosuppre

stheIAM.Ift
hebodyisnotobedi
entt
oSpiri
t,howcani texpresstheSpir
it
?The
consci
ousmindmustseekandwanttheSpi
ri
ti nordert
ol earnthepoweroftheSpi
ri
t.
Inthi
swaytheindi
vi
dual
lear
nstoknowthatSpiri
tisthefulfi
l
lmentofthen

eed.Innowaycani tbegivenhigherexpressionthanwheniti
sallowedtofi
ll
theneed
ofothers.I
tisthefl
owingfort
htoot her
st hatopensthest
orehouseofSpir
it
.Iti
sthe`I
wil
ltoservethatopenstheunli
mi t
edstorehouseofGodt oallandbri
ngsit
sreal
izat
ion
tothesoul.

“Thesoul hasr eturnedtot heFathershouseassoonasi thaswi lledt oserve.The

prodigalwhoi sser vi
ngbecomest hef eastedson; thehi r
eli
ngf eedi ngont hehusks
becomest hepr i
nceofar oyalhousehol d,thehousehol dofhi sownpossi bil
it
ies.He
knowst hel oveofGodandunder standsandappr opriateshisFat her sgi
ft.Nonebuta
soncanr ecei vethisgift
.Noser vant,nohi rel
ingcanent erint
ot hej oyoft hesons
i
nheritance.Theser vanti
sal waysseeki ngt oattain;thesonhasal readyinheri
tedall
thattheFat herhas.Whenweknowt hatwebel ongt otheFat hershousehol dandt hat
wear ehei rt oallthattheFatherhas, thenwecanbegi ntoliv
east heFatherwi shesus
toli
ve.`Behol dnowar eweSonsofGod.TheSonconsci ousnesscausest hefulfi
ll
ment;
theser v
antconsci ousnesscausest hel ack.Wewi llf
indev erydesi reofthehear t
ful
fil
l
edbyt heFat herassoonasweactt hepar toft heSoni nt hought ,word,anddeed.
Wewi l
lfi
ndt hattheSonsofGodar ef ree.”

Heret
hespeakerar
ose,badeusgoodni
ghtand,
wit
hther
emar
kthathehopedt
oseeus
whenwearri
vedatwint
erquart
ers,
depar
ted.

CHAPTERXXI
II
Wel ef
tthev il
l
agethenextmorning.Fort hreedayst
hetrail
ledthrougharough
mountainouscount r
ysosparsel
ypopul atedthatwewereobligedtopit
chourtent
s
eachnight.Nopr ovi
sionshadbeent akenalongfort
hist
rip,yetwhenfoodwasneeded
i
twast here.Nosoonerwer ethearrangement smadeforameal t
hananabundanceof
foodwasr ightathandtobepartakenof ;
andatnot i
medi dweseei tal
lconsumed;
ther
ewasal waysalit
tl
elef
t.

Theev eni
ngoft het hir
ddaywer eachedt heheadofawi dev al
ley ,t
hroughwhi chv al
ley
wewer etot r
avel toreachthev il
l
ageofourdest ination.Fr om t histi
meonourr oadl ed
throughaf er
ti
le,wellpopulatedv all
ey .Wehadsel ectedthisv il
lageasourwi nter
quar ter
sf ort
her easont hati
twasl ocatedinthev eryhear toft hecount rywewer e
visiti
ngandwef eltthatitwoul dgiveust heoppor t
uni t
ywedesi redtocomei ndail
y
cont actwiththepeopl eforal ongerper i
odoft i
me.Agr eatmanyoft hepeopl ewehad
meti nthedif
ferentplaceswehadal readyv i
sit
edlivedint hisv i
llageandt heyhadal l
ext endedcordialinvit
ati
onstov i
sitthem.Wef eltthat,byst ayingi nthi
sv i
ll
agef orthe
wi nder,wewoul dhav eampl eoppor tunitytoobserv etheirdai l
yl i
femor eclosely.

Wereachedt
hisv
il
l ember20thandmadeanumberofshor
ageNov ttr
ipsf
rom t
her
e
unt
ilt
hesnowcameonandt r
avel
wasmadediffi
cul
t.Wewer

ehousedi nver
ycomfor
tablequar
ters,
thepeopl
ewereverykind,
andwepr epar
edto
enterint
otheli
feoft
hevil
l
age.Allthehomeswerethrownopent ousandwewer et
old
thatthelat
chst
ri
ngswer
eal waysoutandthatt
heyconsi
deredallmenbrot
hers

Att hist imewewer einv i

tedt oshar ethehomeofoneoft her emar kabl ewoment hat
l
ivedi nt hi
svill
age,whom wehadmetbef ore.Wef eltthatwewer ecomf ort abl
eand
thati twasnotnecessar ytot roubl eher.Shei nsi
st edthati twoul dbenot rouble; sowe
mov edi n,bagandbaggage, andmadeherhomeourhomedur ingt her emai nderofour
stay .Ishal lneverforgett hef i
r sttimewemether .Itwasi nasmal l t
ownneart he
border .Whenshewasi ntroducedwet houghtshewasnotadayov ereight eenandwe
allthoughtherbeaut iful.Whatwasoursur pr i
sewhenwewer et oldshewasov erfour
hundr edy earsoldandoneoft hemostl ovedoft eacher s.Herwhol el i
fewasspenti n
thewor k.Whenwef irstmetherwehadbeent hrowni ndai lycont actwi thherf ornearl
y
twoweeksbuthert ruesel fdi dnotshowf orthunt ilwesawheri nherownhome.Af ter
l
ivingi nherhomeandbei ngi ndai l
ycont actwi t
hher ,
wecoul dreadi lyseewhyt he
peopl el ovedherast heydi d.I twasi mpossi bl
eforany onet odoot herwi set hanl ove
andr especther .Wel ivedatt hisladyshomeandat eathert ablef rom t helastof
Decemberunt i
lthefollowingApr i
l.Wehadampl eoppor t
unitytoobser veherhomel i
fe
andt hehomel if
eofanumberofot hersint hisvi
llageandwef oundt heirli
v esi deal.
Themor ewesawal lt
hesepeopl ethemor ewel ov edandr espectedt hem.Wehad
ampl eoppor tunityt
ocor r
obor at eallthattheyt ol
dusr egar di
ngt heirages, byr ecords
thatcoul dnotbecont radi
ct ed, anymor ethanourr ecordscanbecont radicted.
CHAPTERXXI
V

Timewentonunt ilt
hel astofDecemberandt hey earwasdr awingt oacl ose.Wehad
noticedthatanumberofper sonswer econgr egatingfort heonecer emoni aleventthat
theMast erspar t
ici
pat einpract
icallyalone.Eachdaywewer eintroducedt ostrangers.
AllspokeEnglishandwebegant of eel t
hatwewer eapar toft hev i
ll
agel i
fe.Onedaywe
weret oldt
hatt heev entwoul dtakepl aceonNewYear sEv eandwewer einvi
tedtobe
present.Wewer ealsot oldthat
, whilethiseventwasnotf orout si
der s,i
twasi nnoway
asecr etmeeting, t
hatnoneoft heirmeet i
ngswer eprivate.Theassembl ywasf orthose
whohadcommencedt hewor k,hadt akeni tupinear nest, andhadgonef arenought o
reali
zethattheywant edt oli
vethel i
fe;thosewhohadaccept edthehi gher
consciousnessandr ealizedwhatt hismeanti nt heirl
ives.I twascal l
edbysomet he
“FeastofthePassov er.”Thesegat heringswer eusual l
yhel datsomest atedlocati
onat
thi
st i
meofy earandt hisplacehadbeenchosenf ortheoccasi ont hi
sy ear.

Themor ningoft hedayappoi ntedf ort

heassemblydawnedbr ightandclear,wit
ht he
mer cur
ywel lbelowzer o.Itfoundusal leagerf
orwef el
tthatthiseveningwouldaddt o
themanyi nt
erest i
ngexperiencesoft hetri
p.Wear r
ivedattheappoi ntedplaceateight
oclockthatev eningandf oundaboutt wohundredassembl ed.Ther oom wasl i
ghtedin
thesamewayast heonement i
onedbef oreandwasv erybeautiful
.Wewer etoldthat
thebeaut i
fulyoungl adywhooncebef or
ehadbeenourhost esswoul dhav echargeof
theservices.Af ewmoment safterwewer eseatedsheent eredther oom andweal l
mar vel
edathery outhandbeaut y.Sheworeabeaut i
fulwhitegownbutt herewasno
att
emptatdi splay.

Shest eppedqui etl

yt ot hesmal lplatform andbeganheraddr ess.“ Wear egat her edher e
thisev eningwi t
ht hedesi ret oent erintot hef ullermeani ngofpassi ngf rom al owert oa
higherconsci ousnessandwewel comet hoseofy ouwhoar epr eparedf orthis.Atf irst
youf ollowedus, l
edbyy ouri nterestint het hingsy ouhav eseenusaccompl i
sh, whi ch
youatf ir
stlookeduponwi t
haweandwonder ,thi nkingoft hem asmar velous.Weknow
youhav eatt hist i
mel ear nedt olookupont heset hingsast heev er
ydayoccur rencesof
alifelivedasi tshoul dbel ived, anat uralever ydayl i
fet hatGodwoul dhav eusl iv
eatal l
ti
mes.Byt hist i
mey ouar esat i
sfiedthatwehav enotper formedanymar v
els.You
reali
zet het ruespi rit
ual meani ngofwhaty ouar edoi ng.Theconsci ousnesst hat
functionsf rom t het r
uespi r
itual planeal way sint erpretsal lformsi nt ermsoft hei deal
under l
y i
ngt hem; t
hent hegr eati nnermeani ngi sr ev ealedandt hereisnomy st ery,
consequent lynomar vel,nomi racle.Thispassi ngov erf r
om al owert oahi gher
consci ousnessmeansput tingawayt hemat erial,wher eal l
isdiscordandi nhar mony ,
andt akingupandaccept ingt heChr i
stConsci ousness, i
nwhi chal lisbeaut y,har mony ,
andper fecti
on.Thi sist henat ural wayofl iving, thewayGodseesusl i
vi
ng, andt heway
sobeaut if
ullyexempl ifi
edbyJesusher eonear th.Theot heristheunnat ural,thesel f
way ,thehar dway .Whenwer ealizeit,i
tissoeasy ,sonat ural
tol iv
et heChr istway .
Thenwecomei ntot heChr i
stConsci ousness.

“Wehavet abl
esspread.Thisist
heonlyoccasi
ononwhi chwecongregatef oraf
east.I
t
i
snotaf eastsuchasthosei nmort
alconsci
ousnessmightthi
nk.Iti
saf eastof
real
i
zat
ionandaccompl ishment,sy
mbolizi
ngthepassi
ngf r
om themor t
altotheChri
st
Consci
ousness,andsogr eatl
ymisunder
stoodthr
oughouttheworldtoday.Webeliev
e
thatal
lofGodschi
l
drenwi
l
lsi
tdownt
osuchaf
eastsomedaywi
tht
het
ruer
eal
i
zat
ion
ofitsmeani
ng.

“Weshal lhavewi t
hus, t
oni ght,af ewoft hoset hathav esoper f
ect edtheirbodiesthat
theyareabl etot akethem i ntoal ltheCel esti
al Realmsandt her
er eceivethehighest
teachi
ngs.Theyhav ealll
ivedacer tainti
meher ei nvisibleform,thenpassedonand
takentheirbodi eswiththem, t
oapl acei nconsci ousnesswher et heyarenotv i
sibleto
mor t
aley es;andwemustr ai seourconsci ousnesst otheChr i
stConsci ousnesst o
conversewi ththem.Butt hoset hathav esoper fectedt hebodyt hattheycant akei tto
thi
sCel esti
al Realm canr eturnt ousandgoawayatwi ll.Theyar eabletocomeand
i
nstructallwhoar erecept i
vet ot heirteachingandappearanddi sappearatwi ll
.Itis
thesethatcomeandt eachuswhenwear ereadyt or eceiveinstructi
on,somet i
mes
i
ntuiti
velyandatt i
mebyper sonal cont act.Therewi llbef iv
eoft heset obreakbr ead
withust onight.Amongt hef iveisoneespeci all
ybel ovedbyus, asshei sthemot herof
oneofusandhasdwel tamongus.( Thisprov edtobeEmi lsmot her.
)Wewi l
lnow
gatheraroundt het abl
es.”

Thelightswer edi mmedf oramomentandal lsatperfectl

yqui etwithbowedheads.
Thent helightscameonandt hefiv
est oodint her oom, t
hreemenandt wowomen.
Theywer eal ldressedinwhi t
eandwer er adiantlybeautif
ul,withasof tglowofl ight
abouteachoneoft hem.Theywal kedqui etl
yf orwardandeacht ookaplacel eftvacant
attheheadofeacht abl
e.Emi l
smot hert ookthepl aceattheheadofourt able,withour
Chiefatherr i
ghtandEmi latherleft
.Afterthef i
v ewereseat ed,theediblesbegant o
arr
ive.Itwasasi mplemeal ofvegetables,bread, fr
uitandnut s,butverypal at
able.The
tal
kst hatfoll
owedwer echiefl
yinstr
uctionst othosewhohadassembl edf orthe
occasion.Theywer egiveninthenativetongueandwer etranslatedbyJast .Iwi l
lnot
i
ncludet heset alks,
asthegr eat
erparthasal readybeengi ven.

Emi l
smot her,thel astspeaker ,usedper fectEngl i
shandherv oicewascl earand
conci se.Thesewer eherwor ds: “
Weusef orcesev erydayt hatmani nt hemor tal
conceptl aughsat .Wewhoar epr i
v i
legedt oseeanduset hesear edoi ngal lthatwecan
tohav emenseeandknowwhatt heyar ekeepi ngoutoft hei
rli
vesbyt het hought sthey
arehol dingoft heper f
ectthingst hatar er ightathandr eadyandwai t
ingt obet aken
holdof .Assoonast heseforcesar etakenhol doforappr opri
atedbyman, t
heywi l
lbe
farmor er ealandl ivingthant hoset hingst hatmancl ingstosodesper atelyint hemor t
al
—cl i
ngst obecauset heycanbeseen, f
elt,andhandl edorcont actedt hrought helimited
mor tal senses.Youwi llnotethatal lourcomf ort
si nthisroom andt hosey ouar e
occupy ing,suchasl ightandheatandev ent hethingsy ouhav eeaten, arepr epar edby
oneoft hesef orces.Youmaycal litlightr aysorwhaty ouwill
.Weseei tasagr eat
univer sal powerorf orce,which, whencont actedbyman, wil
lworkf orhi mf armor e
effectual lythanst eam, electri
city,gasoline, orcoal ;yetwecall i
toneoft hel eastoft he
forcesorpower s.

“Thisforcewil
lnotonlyf ur
nishallt
hepowerneededbymanbuti twi
llalsof urni
shheat
forall
hisneeds,atalltimesandi nallpl
aces, wit
houttheconsumpt i
onofonepoundof
fuelofanykind.Thisforceisperfect
lynoiseless;andifmanwi l
lcontactandusei t
,it
will
stopagr eatdealoft henoiseandconf usionthatnowseemsunav oi
dabl e.This
poweri sri
ghtathandal laboutyou,wait
ingf ormant ocontactandusei t.Whenhe
doescont actanduset hisforce,
itwil
lbefarsi mplert
hansteam orelectrici
ty.Asmani s
ablet odothis,hewi llseet hatal
l modesofpowerandl ocomot i
ont hathehasdev i
sed
arebutmakeshi ftsthathehasbr oughtf orthinhi
sownmor t
alconcept .Hehast hought
thathe,himsel f,
hasbr oughtthem f ort
h;andhehasi nthi
swaybr oughtforthonlythat
whichhecoul dcont actwi ththemor t
alsenses.Hehasbr oughtforthimperfectthi
ngs;
wher easifmanwoul dseet hatallisofGodandf rom Godexpr essingthroughhi m,all
thi
ngst hathebr ingsf orthwouldbeper fect.Man,havingfreewill
,haschosent hehard
way ;andinsteadofr eali
zinghisSonshi pwi thGodandusi ngallthatGodhas, hewillgo
onint hehardwayunt ilheisdrivent oreali
zethattheremustbe, andr eall
yis,abetter
way .Hewi l
lev entuallyknowt hatGodswayi stheonlyway .Thenhewi l
lexpressthe
perfecti
onthatGodseeshi m expressingrightnow.

“Doy ounotseehowy oumustbecent eredint

heFatherwithinyou,drawi
ngthewhole
ofyourgoodf r
om Him; andhowev eryforceofyournatur
eist ooperatef
rom t
hediv
ine
sel
f?I nt
hebeginningofallexpr
essionisGod,theFather,
within;
elseGodcouldnotbe
expressedorbroughtfort
h.”

Her eoneofourpar tyaskedwhatpowerorf orceourt hought sandwor dshaduponour

l
ives.Shehel doutherhandandi namomentasmal lobj ectwasl yingini t.Shesai d,
“Letmedr opthispebbl eintot hisbowl ofwat er.Youseet hatt hev ibrati
onscausedby
thepebbl escomi ngi ncont actwi tht hewat erradi atefr om thatcent erinev er-
wi dening
circlesunt i
l t
heyr eacht her im oft hebowl ,
orout eredgeoft hewat er; wher e,tot heey e,
theyseem t oloset heirf orceandst op.Whatr eallyhappensi st hi
s.Assoonast he
vibrationshav er eachedt helimitsoft hewat er,theyst artont hei rreturnjour neybackt o
thepl acewher et hepebbl eent eredt hewat er;andt heydonott arr
yunt iltheyr eacht hat
cent er.Thisexact l
yr epresent sev eryt houghtorwor dwet hinkorspeak.Thet houghtor
war dset sinmot ioncer tainv i
brationst hatgooutandon, i
nev er-wideningci r
cles, until
theycompasst heuni verse.Thent heyr et urnast heywentf orth, t
ot heonet hatsent
them out .Ev erythoughtorwor dwet hi nkorspeak, bei tgoodorbad, returnst ousas
cer t
ainlyaswesendi tforth.Thi sr eturni ngi stheDayofJudgmentspokenofi ny our
Bible.`Ever ydaywi l
l beadayofj udgmentt hereof .Thej udgmentwi llbegoodorev i
l
,
j
ustast hewor dort houghtsentouti sgoodorev il.Ever yideai ssentout ,plantedi nt he
soul (
heldinmi nd) ,becomesaconcept i
onl atert obebr oughtf or t
horexpr essedi n
phy sicalform.t hought sori deasofper fectionbr ingf or thper fection;thought sori deas
ofi mper f
ect i
onbr i
ngf orthimper f ection.

“Thesunandear t
hcombi nedwi ll produce, wi t
hequal wi
ll
ingness, themi ghtybany anor
thesmal l
estf l
oweri ftheseedi spl anted.Itisi nthiswayt hatt heSoul andSpi ri
t
respondt othecal lofman; andt hatf orwhi chheasksbywor dort hought ,hereceives.
Theonl yt hi
ngt hathassepar atedmanf r
om heav eni sami stofmat eri
althoughtt hat
manhascr eatedar oundheav en; andt hishasgi venr isetot hemy steriousnesst hat
surroundsal l t
hingsdi vi
ne.Thi sv eilofmy steryisgr aduallybei ngpul l
edasi deandi tis
foundt hatther eisnomy stery.Thoseest ablishingthei rdifferentchur chor ganizati
ons
havef oundi texpedi enttosur roundt hethingsofGodwi thmy stery
, t
hinkingtogeta
closerhol dupont hepeopl e.Butal larenowf indingt hatthedeept hingsofGodar et he
real,simplet hi
ngsofl i
fe.I
fnot ,ofwhatav ailar ethey ?Allar eper ceivi
ngt hatthechur ch
butty pi
fiestheChr istConsci ousnessi nman, theGodcent erofhumani ty
.Theyar e
perceivingthei deal i
nsteadofwor shipingt hei dolwhi chhasbeenbui ltbymor tal
thought .Lookatt hev astnumberofhet erodoxor gani zati
onsspr i
nginguponev ery
hand.Thoughwidel
ydiv
ersi
fi
ednow,t
heyareboundtoleadtotheone.Hasnott
hisone
thi
ngcomef or
thtobri
ngthechur
chestot
hetruereal
i
zation?

“Wewhohav esoper fectedourbodi esthatwear eabletot aket hem wher ewewi llar
e
privi
l
egedt oseeandbei nwhati scalledtheCel est i
alRealm.Thi sreal mi sknownt oa
greatmanyast heSev enthHeav en.Thi srealmi st houghtt obet hev erymy steryof
my steries.Thisagai niswher emani nmor t
al thoughthaser red.Ther eisnomy stery;
we
haveonl yreachedapl aceinconsci ousnesswher ewear eabl et or eceivet hehighest
teachings, theplacewher eJesusi st oday.Itisapl aceinconsci ousnesswher ewe
knowt hatbyput t
ingof fmor talit
y,wear eabl et otakeoni mmor tality;wher eweknow
thatmani si mmor tal
,sinless, deathless,unchangeabl e,eternal, j
ustasGodi sandas
Godseesman.Apl acewher eweknowt her ealmeani ngoft heTr ansf i
gurati
on; where
wear eablet ocommunewi t
hGodandseeHi mf acet oface.Apl acewher eweknow
thatall cancome, andr eceive, andbeaswear e.Weknowt hat ,bef or elong,the
consci ousnessofal lwillberai sedtot heplanewher ewecant alkwi ththem facet o
faceandseeey etoey e.Ourwi thdrawal fr
om t heirsightisbutt her aisingofour
consci ousnessabov et hatoft hemor talandbyt hiswebecomei nvisibl
eonl ytot hosein
mor talconsci ousness.

“Wehav etolookupont hreeevents.Onet hathappenedlongago, theonethattypi

fi
es
toyouthebirthoftheChr i
stConsciousnessi nman, t
hebirthoftheBabeJesus.Then
theonewecanseecomi ngwheny ourgreatnati
onacceptsandr eali
zestheChr i
st
Consciousness.Thenwel ovetot urntothethir
dandl ast
,thegreatestofal
lsplendors,
thesecondandl astcomingoft heChr i
st,whenallknowandacceptt heChri
stwithi
n,
andliv
eandunf oldinthisconsciousnessandgr owast helil
iesgrow.Thisi
st he
Atonement( At
-one-ment).
”

Asshef i
nished,theinvi
sibl
echoirbegantosing.Theroom wasatf
ir
stfi
ll
edwithmusi
c
whichendedi nasol emndirge.Thentherewassil
enceforamomentandt hechoi
r
againburstfort
hwi thonegladriotofmusic,
witheachmeasureendi
nginaboom li
ke
thestr
okeofagr eatbell
.Thisconti
nuedunti
ltwelv
ehadbeensoundedandwe
suddenlyreali
zedthatitwast welv
eoclockandtheNewYearwasher e.

Thi
sendedourf
ir
sty
earwi
tht
hesewonder
ful
peopl
e.

ADDENDUM

Inpresenti
ngt hesenotesofexper ienceswi tht heMast er
s,Iwishtoemphasi zemy
personalbeli
efinthepower soft heseMast ersandi ntheirdemonst r
ati
onofagr eat
Law—aLawt hatmustcar ryapr ofoundmessaget ot hewhol ehumanr ace.They
provedconclusivel
ythatthereisaLawt hattranscendsdeat handt hatal
lhumanityi
n
i
tsev ol
uti
onissl owl
ymov i
ngf orwardt ounder standandusei t
.TheMast er
ssaythi
s
Lawwi ll
bebr oughtfor
thinAmer ica,wil
l begiv entothewor ld,
andt henallmayknow
thewayt oEternalLi
fe.This,theyaccl aim,ist heunfoldmentoft heNewAge.

Noneofthemanif
estati
onsrefer
redt
ointhesenot
esweret
hemat
eri
ali
zat
ionofthe
or
dinar
yséance—farfr
om i
t.Itwasthehi
gherexpr
essi
onmaki
ngt
hebodyv i
sibl
eand
i
nvi
sibl
eatwill
—aglori
fyi
ngandspi r
it
ual
i
zingofthefl
esh.Ther
eisaGodLawand
humanbeingswil
lsooninher
iti
t,becomeil
lumed,andusethebodywi
thunder
standi
ng
i
nful
l Master
hood.

Therei
snoquest
ionbutt
hesepeoplehavebroughttheLi
ghtthr
ought helongagesand
theypr
ovebyt
hei
rdail
yli
feandworksthatt
hisLightdoesexi
stjustasitdidthousands
ofyear
sago.

B.
T.S.