Excerpts from
The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ

by Levi Dowling, 1911.

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The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ

by Levi Dowling, 1911.

CHAPTER 137

NOW, in the evening Jesus, Peter, James and John, with Lazarus, went out beyond the village gates to pray. And Lazarus said,
Teach me to pray.
2) And Jesus said,
The prayer I taught the twelve to pray while we were up in Galilee is one acceptable to God; and when you pray just say,

3) Our Father-God who art in heaven; holy is thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is done in heaven;
4) Give us this day our needed bread;
5) Help us forget the debts that other people owe to us, that all our debts may be discharged;
6) And shield us from the tempter’s snares that are too great for us to bear;
7) And when they come, give us the strength to overcome.

8) And Jesus said,
The answer to your prayer may not appear in fullness in a little time.
9) Be not discouraged; pray again and then again, for God will hear.

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ by Levi Dowling, 1911.

Исус се материализа пред мъдреци от Индия и Персия след възкресението

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ

by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 176

Jesus appears, fully materialized, to the eastern sages in the palace of Prince Ravanna in India; to the magian priests in Persia. The three wise men speakin praise of the personality of the Nazarene.

RAVANNA, prince of India, gave a feast. His palace in Orissa was the place where men ofthought from all the farther East were wont to meet.
2) Ravanna was the prince with whom child Jesus went to India many years ago.
3) The feast was made in honor of the wise men of the East.
4) Among the guests were Meng-tse, Vidyapati and Lamaas.
5) The wise men sat about the table talking of the needs of India and the world.
6) The door unto the banquet hall was in the east; a vacant chair was at the table to the east.
7) And as the wise men talked a stranger entered, unannouced, and raising up his hands in benediction said,
All hail!
8) A halo rested on his head, and light, unlike the light of sun, filled all the room.
9 The wise men rose and bowed their heads and said,
All hail!
10) And Jesus sat down in the vacant chair; and then the wise men knew it was the Hebrew prophet who had come.
11) And Jesus said,
Behold, for I am risen from the dead. Look at my hands, my feet, my side.
12) The Roman soldiers pierced my hands and feet with nails; and then one pierced my heart.
13) They put me in a tomb, and then I wrestled with the conqueror of men. I conquered death, I stamped upon him and arose;
14) Brought immortality to light and painted on the walls of time a rainbow for the sons of men; and what I did all men shall do.
15) This gospel of the resurrection of the dead is not confined to Jew and Greek; it is the heritage of every man of every time and clime; and I am here a demonstration of the power of man.
16) Then he arose and pressed the hand of every man and of the royal host, and said,
17) Behold, I am not myth made of the fleeting winds, for I am flesh and bone and brawn; but I can cross the borderland at will.
18) And then they talked together there a long, long time. Then Jesus said,
19) I go my way, but you shall go to all the world and preach the gospel of the omnipotenceof men, the power of truth, the resurrection of the dead;
20) He who believes this gospel of the son of man shall never die; the dead shall live again.
21) Then Jesus disappeared, but he had sown the seed. The words of life were spoken in Orissa, and all of India heard.
22) The magian priests were in the silence in Persepolis, and Kaspar, and the magian masters who were first to greet the child of promise in the shepherd’s home in Bethlehem,were with the priests.
23) And Jesus came and sat with them; a crown of light was on his head.
24) And when the silence ended Kaspar said,
A master from the royal council of the Silent Brotherhood is here; let us give praise.
25) And all the priests and masters stood and said,
All hail! What message from the royal council do you bring?
26) And Jesus said,
My brothers of the Silent Brotherhood, peace, peace on earth; goodwill to men!
27) The problem of the ages has been solved; a son of man has risen from the dead; has shown that human flesh can be transmuted into flesh divine.
28) Before the eyes of men this flesh in which I come to you was changed with speed of light from human flesh. And so I am the message that I bring to you.
29) To you I come, the first of all the race to be transmuted to the image of the AM.
30) What I have done, all men will do; and what I am, all men will be.
31) But Jesus said no more. In one short breath he told the story of his mission to the sons of men, and then he disappeared.
32) The magi said,
Some time ago we read this promise, now fulfilled, upon the dial plate of heaven.
33) And then we saw this man who has just demonstrated unto us the power of man to rise from carnal flesh and blood to flesh of God, a babe in Bethlehem.
34) And after many years he came and sat with us in these same groves;
35) He told the story of his human life, of trials, sore temptations, buffetings and woes.
36) He pressed along the thorny way of life til he had risen and o’erthrown the strongest foes of God and man; and he is now the only master of the human race whose flesh has been transmuted into flesh divine.
37) He is the God-man of today; but every one of earth shall overcome and be like him, a son of God.

If I could make a multitude of children glad upon this
day I would be greatly pleased

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ

by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 16

The home of Joseph. Mary teaches her son. Jesus’ seventh birthday.
Jesus tells about his dream; his grandmother’s interpretation. His birthday gift.

THE home of Joseph was on Marmion Way in Nazareth; here Mary taught her son the lessons of Elihu and Salome.
2) And Jesus greatly loved the Vedic hymns and the Avesta; but more than all he loved to read the Psalms of David and the pungent words of Solomon.
3) The Jewish books of prophecy were his delight; and when he reached his seventh year he needed not the books to read, for he had fixed in memory every word.
4) Joachim and his wife, grandparents of child Jesus, made a feast in honor of the child, and all their near of kin were guests.
5) And Jesus stood before the guests and said,
I had a dream, and in my dream I stood before a sea, upon a sandy beach.
6) The waves upon the sea were high; a storm was raging on the deep.
7) Someone above gave me a wand. I took the wand and touched the sand, and every grain of sand became a living thing; the beach was all a mass of beauty and of song.
8) I touched the waters at my feet, and they were changed to trees, and flowers, and singing birds, and every thing was praising God.
9) And someone spoke, I did not see the one who spoke, I heard the voice, which said, There is no death.
10) Grandmother Anna loved the child; she laid her hand on Jesus’ head and said,
I saw you stand beside the sea; I saw you touch the sand and waves; I saw them turn to living things and then I knew the meaning of the dream.
11) The sea of life rolls high; the storms are great. The multitude of men are idle, listless, waiting, like dead sand upon the beach.
12) Your wand is truth. With this you touch the multitudes, and every man becomes a messenger of holy light and life.
13) You touch the waves upon the sea of life; their turmoils cease; the very winds become a song of praise.
14) There is no death, because the wand of truth can change the driest bones to living things, and bring the loveliest flowers from stagnant ponds, and turn the most discordant notes to harmony and praise.
15) Joachim said,
My son, today you pass the seventh milestone of your way of life, for you are seven years of age, and we will give to you, as a remembrance of this day, whatever you desire; choose that which will afford you most delight.
16) And Jesus said,
I do not want a gift, for I am satisfied. If I could make a multitude of children glad upon this day I would be greatly pleased.
17) Now, there are many hungry boys and girls in Nazareth who would be pleased to eat with us this feast and share with us the pleasures of this day.
18) The richest gift that you can give to me is your permission to go out and find these needy ones and bring them here that they may feast with us.
19) Joachim said,
‘Tis well; go out and find the needy boys and girls and bring them here; we will prepare enough for all.
20) And Jesus did not wait; he ran; he entered every dingy hut and cabin of the town; he did not waste his words; he told his mission everywhere.
21) And in a little time one hundred and three-score of happy, ragged boys and girls were following him up Marmion Way.
22) The guests made way; the banquet hall was filled with Jesus’ guests, and Jesus and his mother helped to serve.
23) And there was food enough for all, and all were glad; and so the birthday gift of Jesus was a crown of righteousness.

If one is full of love he does not need commands of any kind

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ

by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 17

Jesus talks with the rabbi of the synagogue of Nazareth.
He criticizes the narrowness of Jewish thought.

NOW, Rabbi Barachia of the synagogue of Nazareth, was aid to Mary in the teaching of her son.
2) One morning after service in the synagogue the rabbi said to Jesus as he sat in silent thought,
Which is the greatest of the Ten Commands?
3) And Jesus said,
I do not see a greatest of the Ten Commands. I see a golden cord that runs through all the Ten Commands that binds them fast and makes them one.
4) This cord is love, and it belongs to every word of all the Ten Commands.
5) If one is full of love he can do nothing else than worship God; for God is love.
6) If one is full of love, he cannot kill; he cannot falsely testify; he cannot covet; can do naught but honor God and man.
7) If one is full of love he does not need commands of any kind.
8) And Rabbi Barachia said,
Your words are seasoned with the salt of wisdom that is from above. Who is the teacher who has opened up this truth to you?
9) And Jesus said,
I do not know that any teacher opened up this truth for me. It seems to me that truth was never shut; that it was always opened up, for truth is one and it is everywhere.
10) And if we open up the windows of our minds the truth will enter in and make herself at home; for truth can find her way through any crevice, any window, any open door.
11) The rabbi said,
What hand is strong enough to open up the windows and the doors of mind so truth can enter in?
12) And Jesus said,
It seems to me that love, the golden cord that binds the Ten Commands in one, is strong enough to open any human door so that the truth can enter in and cause the heart to understand.
13) Now, in the evening Jesus and his mother sat alone, and Jesus said,
14) The rabbi seems to think that God is partial in his treatment of the sons of men; that Jews are favored and are blest above all other men.
15) I do not see how God can have his favorites and be just.
16) Are not Samaritans and Greeks and Romans just as much the children of the Holy One as are the Jews?
17) I think the Jews have built a wall about themselves, and they see nothing on the other side of it.
18) They do not know that flowers are blooming over there; that sowing times and reaping times belong to anybody (and the Jews).
19) It surely would be well if we could break these barriers down so that the Jews might see that God has other children that are just as greatly blest.
20) I want to go from Jewry land and meet my kin in other countries of my Fatherland.

And Jesus said,
Will you be kind enough to tell when God proclaimed that sins are blotted out by sacrifice of any kind?

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ

by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 18

Jesus at a feast in Jerusalem. Is grieved by the cruelties of the sacrificers.
Appeals to Hillel, who sympathizes with him. He remains in the temple a year.

THE great feast of the Jews was on, and Joseph, Mary and their son, and many of their kin, went to Jerusalem. The child was ten years old.
2) And Jesus watched the butchers kill the lambs and birds and burn them on the altar in the name of God.
3) His tender heart was shocked at this display of cruelty; he asked the serving priests,
What is the purpose of this slaughter of the beasts and birds? Why do you burn their flesh before the Lord?
4) The priest replied,
This is our sacrifice for sin. God has commanded us to do these things, and said that in these sacrifices all our sins are blotted out.
5) And Jesus said,
Will you be kind enough to tell when God proclaimed that sins are blotted out by sacrifice of any kind?
6) Did not David say that God requires not a sacrifice for sin? that it is a sin itself to bring before his face burnt offerings, as offerings for sin? Did not Isaiah say the same?
7) The priest replied,
My child you are beside yourself. Do you know more about the laws of God than all the priests of Israel? This is no place for boys to show their wit.
8) But Jesus heeded not his taunts; he went to Hillel, chief of the Sanhedrin, and he said to him,
9) Rabboni, I would like to talk with you; I am disturbed about this service of the pascal feast. I thought the temple was the house of God where love and kindness dwell.
10) Do you not hear the bleating of those lambs, the pleading of those doves that men are killing over there? Do you not smell that awful stench that comes from burning flesh?
11) Can man be kind and just, and still be filled with cruelty?
12) A God that takes delight in sacrifice, in blood and burning flesh, is not my Father-God.
13) I want to find a God of love, and you, my master, you are wise, and surely you can tell me where to find the God of love.
14) But Hillel could not give an answer to the child. His heart was stirred with sympathy. He called the child to him; he laid his hand upon his head and wept.
15) He said,
There is a God of love, and you shall come with me; and hand in hand we will go forth and find the God of love.
16) And Jesus said,
Why need we go? I thought that God is everywhere. Can we not purify our hearts and drive out cruelty, and every wicked thought, and make within, a temple where the God of love can dwell?
17) The master of the great Sanhedrin felt as though he was himself the child, and that before him stood Rabboni, master of the higher law.
18) He said within himself,
This child is surely a prophet sent from God.
19) Then Hillel sought the parents of the child, and asked that Jesus might abide with them, and learn the precepts of the law, and all the lessons of the temple priests.
20) His parents gave consent, and Jesus did abide within the holy temple in Jerusalem, and Hillel taught him every day.
21) And every day the master learned from Jesus many lessons of the higher life.
22) The child remained with Hillel in the temple for a year, and then returned unto his home in Nazareth; and there he wrought with Joseph as a carpenter.

Jesus explains the meaning of truth, understanding, wisdom, salvation and other

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ

by Levi Dowling, 1911.

CHAPTER 21

Ravanna sees Jesus in the temple and is captivated. Hillel tells him about the boy.
Ravanna finds Jesus in Nazareth and gives a feast in his honor. Ravanna becomes patron of Jesus, and takes him to India to study the Brahmic religion.

A ROYAL prince of India, Ravanna of Orissa in the south, was at the Jewish feast.
2) Ravanna was a man of wealth; and he was just, and with a band of Brahmic  priests, sought wisdom in the West.
3) When Jesus stood among the Jewish priests and read and spoke, Ravanna  heard and was amazed.
4) And when he asked who Jesus was, from whence he came and what he was,  chief Hillel said,
5) We call this child the Day Star from on high, for he has come to bring to men a light, the light of life; to lighten up the way of men and to redeem his people,  Israel.
6) And Hillel told Ravanna all about the child; about the prophecies concerning  him; about the wonders of the night when he was born; about the visit of the  magian priests;
7) About the way in which he was protected from the wrath of evil men; about his flight to Egypt-land, and how he then was serving with his father as a carpenter  in Nazareth.
8) Ravanna was entranced, and asked to know the way to Nazareth, that he  might go and honor such a one as son of God.
9) And with his gorgeous train he journeyed on the way and came to Nazareth of Galilee.
10) He found the object of his search engaged in building dwellings for the sons of men.
11) And when he first saw Jesus he was climbing up a twelve-step ladder, and he carried in his hands a compass, square and axe.
12) Ravanna said,
All hail, most favored son of heaven!
13) And at the inn Ravanna made a feast for all the people of the town; and Jesus and his parents were the honored guests.
14) For certain days Ravanna was a guest in Joseph’s home on Marmion Way; he sought to learn the secret of the wisdom of the son; but it was all to great for  him.
15) And then he asked that he might be the patron of the child; might take him to the East where he could learn the wisdom of the Brahms.
16) And Jesus longed to go that he might learn; and after many days his parents gave consent.
17) Then, with proud heart, Ravanna with his train, began the journey towards the rising sun; and after many days they crossed the Sind, and reached the  province of Orissa, and the palace of the prince.
18) The Brahmic priests were glad to welcome home the prince; with favor they received the Jewish boy.
19) And Jesus was accepted as a pupil in the temple Jagannath; and here  learned the Vedas and the Manic laws.
20) The Brahmic masters wondered at the clear conceptions of the child, and often were amazed when he explained to them the meaning of the laws.

CHAPTER 22

The friendship of Jesus and Lamaas. Jesus explains to Lamaas the meaning of
truth, man, power, understanding, wisdom, salvation and faith.

AMONG the priests of Jagannath was one who loved the Jewish boy. Lamaas Bramas was the name by which the priest was known.
2) One day as Jesus and Lamaas walked alone in plaza Jagannath, Lamaas said,
My Jewish master, what is truth?
3) And Jesus said,
Truth is the only thing that changes not.
4) In all the world there are two things; the one is truth; the other falsehood is; and truth is that which is, and falsehood that which seems to be.
5) Now truth is aught, and has no cause, and yet it is the cause of everything.
6) Falsehood is naught, and yet it is the manifest of aught.
7) Whatever has been made will be unmade; that which begins must end.
8) All things that can be seen by human eyes are manifests of aught, are naught, and so must pass away.
9) The things we see are but reflexes just appearing, while the ethers vibrate so and so, and when conditions change they disappear.
10) The Holy Breath is truth; is that which was, and is, and evermore shall be; it cannot change nor pass away.
11) Lamaas said,
You answer well; now, what is man?
12) And Jesus said,
Man is the truth and falsehood strangely mixed.
13) Man is the Breath made flesh; so truth and falsehood are conjoined in him; and they strive, and naught goes down and man as truth abides.
14) Again Lamaas asked,
What do you say of power?
15) And Jesus said,
It is a manifest; is the result of force; it is but naught; it is illusion, nothing more. Force changes not, but power changes as the ethers change.
16) Force is the will of God and is omnipotent, and power is that will in manifest, directed by the Breath.
17) There is power in the winds, a power in the waves, a power in the lightning’s stroke, a power in the human arm, a power in the eye.
18) The ethers cause these powers to be, and thought of Elohim, of angel, man, or other thinking thing, directs the force; when it has done its work the power is no more.
19) Again Lamaas asked,
Of understanding what have you to say?
20) And Jesus said,
It is the rock on which man builds himself; it is the gnosis of the aught and of the naught, of falsehood and of truth.
21) It is the knowledge of the lower self; the sensing of the powers of man himself.
22) Again Lamaas asked,
Of wisdom what have you to say?
23) And Jesus said,
It is the consciousness that man is aught; that God and man are one;
24) That naught is naught; that power is but illusion; that heaven and earth and hell are not above, around, below, but in; which in the light of aught becomes the naught, and God is all.
25) Lamaas asked,
Pray, what is faith?
26) And Jesus said,
Faith is the surety of the omnipotence of God and man; the certainty that man will reach the deific life.
27) Salvation is a ladder reaching from the heart of man to heart of God.
28) It has three steps; Belief is first, and this is what man thinks, perhaps, is truth.
29) And faith is next, and this is what man knows is truth.
30) Fruition is the last, and this is man himself, the truth.
31) Belief is lost in faith; and in fruition is lost; and man is saved when he has reached deific life; when he and God are one.

Исус се среща отново с тримата мъдреци от Персия, които при раждането му го посещават и носят подаръци

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ

by Levi Dowling, 1911

SECTION VIII
CHETH
Life and Works of Jesus in Persia

CHAPTER 38

Jesus crosses Persia. Teaches and heals in many places. Three magian priests meet him as he nears Persepolis. Kaspar and two other Persian masters meet him in Persepolis. The seven masters sit in silence seven days.

FOUR-AND-TWENTY years of age was Jesus when he entered Persia on his homeward way.
2) In many a hamlet, town and neighborhood he paused a while and taught and healed.
3) The priests and ruling classes did not welcome him, because he censured them for cruelty to those of low estate.
4) The common people followed him in throngs.
5) At times the chiefs made bold to try to hinder him, forbidding him to teach or heal the sick. But he regarded not their angry threats; he taught, and healed the sick.
6) In time he reached Persepolis, the city where the kings of Persia were entombed; the city of the learned magi, Hor, and Lun, and Mer, the three wise men.
7) Who, four-and-twenty years before, had seen the star of promise rise above Jerusalem, and who had journeyed to the West to find the new-born king;
8) And were the first to honor Jesus as the master of the age, and gave him gifts of gold, gum-thus and myrrh.
9) These magi knew, by ways that masters always know, when Jesus neared Persepolis; and then they girt themselves, and went to meet him on the way.
10) And when they met, a light much brighter than the light of day surrounded them, and men who saw the four stand in the way declared they were transfigured; seeming more like gods than men.
11) Now, Hor and Lun were aged men, and Jesus placed them on his beast to ride into Persepolis; whilst he and Mer led on the way.
12) And when they reached the magi’s home they all rejoiced. And Jesus told the thrilling story of his life, and Hor and Lun and Mer spoke not; they only looked to heaven, and in their hearts praised God.
13) Three wise men from the North were in Persepolis; and they were Kaspar, Zara and Melzone; and Kaspar was the wisest master of the Magian land. These three were at the home of Hor and Lun and Mer when Jesus came.
14) For seven days these seven men spoke not; they sat in silence in the council hall in close communion with the Silent Brotherhood.
15) They sought for light, for revelation and for power. The laws and precepts of the coming age required all the wisdom of the masters of the world.

…that all emotions are the sprays that rise from human loves, and
hopes, and fears; that perfect bliss cannot be ours till we have conquered these.

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ

by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 54

 Jesus becomes a private pupil of the hierophant and is taught the mysteries of Egypt.
In passing the seventh test, he works in the Chamber of the Dead.

THE senior course of study now was opened up and Jesus entered and became a pupil of the hierophant.
2) He learned the secrets of the mystic lore of Egypt land; the mysteries of life and death and of the worlds beyond the circle of the sun.
3) When he had finished all the studies of the senior course, he went into the Chamber of the Dead, that he might learn the ancient methods of preserving from decay the bodies of the dead; and here he wrought.
4) And carriers brought the body of a widow’s only son to be embalmed; the weeping mother followed close; her grief was great.
5) And Jesus said,
Good woman, dry your tears; you follow but an empty house; your son is in it not.
6) You weep because your son is dead. Death is a cruel word; your son can never die.
7) He had a task assigned to do in garb of flesh; he came; he did his work, and then he laid the flesh aside; he did not need it more.
8) Beyond your human sight he has another work to do, and he will do it well, and then pass on to other tasks, and, by and by, he will attain the crown of perfect life.
9) And what your son has done, and what he yet must do, we all must do.
10) Now, if you harbor grief, and give your sorrows vent, they will grow greater every day. They will absorb your very life until at last you will be naught but grief, wet down with bitter tears.
11) Instead of helping him, you grieve your son by your deep grief. He seeks your solace now as he has ever done; is glad when you are glad; is saddened when you grieve.
12) Go bury deep your woes, and smile at grief, and lose yourself in helping others dry their tears.
13) With duty done comes happiness and joy; and gladness cheers the hearts of those who have passed on.
14) The weeping woman turned, and went her way to find a happiness in helpfulness; to bury deep her sorrows in a ministry of joy.
15) Then other carriers came and brought the body of a mother to the Chamber of the Dead; and just one mourner followed; she a girl of tender years.
16) And as the cortege neared the door, the child observed a wounded bird in sore distress, a cruel hunter’s dart had pierced its breast.
17) And she left following the dead, and went to help the living bird.
18) With tenderness and love she folded to her breast the wounded bird, then hurried to her place.
19) And Jesus said to her,
Why did you leave your dead to save a wounded bird?
20) The maiden said,
This lifeless body needs no help from me; but I can help while yet life is; my mother taught me this.
21) My mother taught that grief and selfish love, and hopes and fears are but reflexes from the lower self;
22) That what we sense are but small waves upon the rolling billows of a life.
23) These all will pass away; they are unreal.
24) Tears flow from hearts of flesh; the spirit never weeps; and I am longing for the day when I will walk in light, where tears are wiped away.
25) My mother taught that all emotions are the sprays that rise from human loves, and hopes, and fears; that perfect bliss cannot be ours till we have conquered these.
26) And in the presence of that child did Jesus bow his head in reverence. He said,
27) For days and months and years I’ve sought to learn this highest truth that man can learn on earth, and here a child, fresh brought to earth, has told it all in one short breath.
28) No wonder David said, O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
29) Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength.
30) And then he laid his hand upon the maiden’s head, and said,
I’m sure the blessings of my Father-God will rest upon you, child, forevermore.

Look to the Christ within, who shall be formed in every one of you, as he is formed in me

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ

by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 68

Jesus speaks to the people in Bethany. Tells them how to become pure in heart.
Goes to Jerusalem and in the temple reads from a prophetic book. Goes to Nazareth.

THE news soon spread abroad that Jesus, king of Israel, had come to Bethany, and all the people of the town came forth to greet the king.
2) And Jesus, standing in the midst of them, exclaimed,
Behold, indeed, the king has come, but Jesus is not king.
3) The kingdom truly is at hand; but men can see it not with carnal eyes; they cannot see the king upon the throne.
4) This is the kingdom of the soul; its throne is not an earthly throne; its king is not a man.
5) When human kings found kingdoms here, they conquer other kings by force of arms; one kingdom rises on the ruins of another one.
6) But when our Father-God sets up the kingdom of the soul, he pours his blessings forth, like rain, upon the thrones of earthly kings who rule in righteousness.
7) It is not rule that God would overthrow; his sword is raised against injustice, wantonness and crime.
8) Now, while the kings of Rome do justice, and love mercy and walk humbly with their God, the benediction of the Triune God will rest upon them all.
9) They need not fear a messenger whom God sends forth to earth.
10) I am not sent to sit upon a throne to rule as Caesar rules; and you may tell the ruler of the Jews that I am not a claimant for his throne.
11) Men call me Christ, and God has recognized the name; but Christ is not a man. The Christ is universal love, and Love is king.
12) This Jesus is but man who has been fitted by temptations overcome, by trials multiform, to be the temple through which Christ can manifest to men.
13) Then hear, you men of Israel, hear! Look not upon the flesh; it is not king. Look to the Christ within, who shall be formed in every one of you, as he is formed in me.
14) When you have purified your hearts by faith, the king will enter in, and you will see his face.
15) And then the people asked,
What must we do that we may make our bodies fit abiding places for the king?
16) And Jesus said,
Whatever tends to purity in thought, and word, and deed will cleanse the temple of the flesh.
17) There are no rules that can apply to all, for men are specialists in sin; each has his own besetting sin,
18) And each must study for himself how he can best transmute his tendency to evil things to that of righteousness and love.
19) Until men reach the higher plane, and get away from selfishness, this rule will give the best results:
20) Do unto other men what you would have them do to you.
21) And many of the people said,
We know that Jesus is the Christ, the king who was to come, and blessed be his name.
22) Now, Jesus and his six disciples turned their faces toward Jerusalem, and many people followed them.
23) But Matthew, son of Alpheus, ran on before, and when he reached  Jerusalem, he said,
Behold the Christines come!
The multitudes came forth to see the king.
24) But Jesus did not speak to any one until he reached the temple court, and then he opened up a book and read:
25) Behold, I send my messenger, and he will pave the way, and Christ, for whom you wait, will come unto his temple unannounced. Behold, for he will come, says God, the Lord of hosts.
26) And then he closed the book; he said no more; he left the temple halls, and with his six disciples, went his way to Nazareth,
27) And they abode with Mary, Jesus’ mother, and her sister, Miriam.

Lamaas comes from India to see Jesus. He listens to the teachings of John at Salem. John tells him of the divine mission of Jesus

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by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 80

Lamaas comes from India to see Jesus. He listens to the teachings of John at Salem.
John tells him of the divine mission of Jesus. Lamaas finds Jesus at the Jordan.
The masters recognize each other.

LAMAAS, priest of Brahm, who was a friend of Jesus when he was in the temple of Jagannath, had heard of Jesus and his mighty works in many lands; and he had left his home and come to Palestine in search of him.
2) And as he journeyed towards Jerusalem he heard of John, the harbinger, who was esteemed a prophet of the living God.
3) Lamaas found the harbinger at Salem Springs; for many days he was a silent  listener to the pungent truths he taught.
4) And he was present when the Pharisee told John of Jesus and his mighty  works.
5) He heard the answer of the harbinger; heard him bless the name of Jesus; whom he called the Christ.
6) And then he spoke to John; he said,
Pray tell me more about this Jesus whom you call the Christ.
7) And John replied,
this Jesus is the love of God made manifest.
8) Lo, men are living on the lower planes – the planes of greed and selfishness; for self they fight; they conquer with the sword.
9) In every land the strong enslave and kill the weak. All kingdoms rise by force of arms; for force is king.
10) This Jesus comes to overthrow this iron rule of force, and seat Love on the throne of power.
11) And Jesus fears no man. He preaches boldly in the courts of kings, and everywhere, that victories won by force of arms are crimes;
12) That every worthy end may be attained by gentleness and love just as the Prince of Peace, Melchisedec, the priest of God, won gallant victories in war  without the shedding of a drop of blood.
13) You ask where are the temples of the Christ? He ministers at shrines not made with hands; his temples are the hearts of holy men who are prepared to see the king.
14) The groves of nature are his synagogues; his forum is the world.
15) He has no priests dressed up in puppet style to be admired by men; for every son of man is priest of Love.
16) When man has purified his heart by faith, he needs no middle man to intercede.
17) He is on friendly terms with God; is not afraid of him, and he is able, and is bold enough, to lay his body on the altar of the Lord.
18) Thus every man is priest, and is himself a living sacrifice.
19) You need not seek the Christ, for when your heart is purified the Christ will come, and will abide with you for evermore.
20) And then Lamaas journeyed on; he came to Jesus as he taught beside the ford.
21) And Jesus said,
Behold the Star of India!
22) Lamaas said,
Behold the Sun of Righteousness!
And he confessed his faith in Christ, and followed him.

Jesus: The greatest power in heaven and earth is thought

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by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 84

The Christines resume their journey. They tarry a while in the city of Samaria.
Jesus speaks in the synagogue. Heals a woman by mental power.
He disappears, but later joins his disciples as they journey towards Nazareth.

…….

13) Then Jesus left the synagogue, and at the hour of evening prayer he went up to the sacred grove, and all the people turned their faces toward their holy mount and prayed.
14) And Jesus prayed.
15) And as he sat in silent mood a voice of soul spoke to his soul imploring help.
16) And Jesus saw a woman on a couch in sore distress; for she was sick nigh unto death.
17) She could not speak, but she had heard that Jesus was a man of God, and in her heart she called on him for help.
18) And Jesus helped; he did not speak; but like a flash of light, a mighty virtue from his soul filled full the body of the dying one, and she arose, and joined her kindred while they prayed.
19) Her kindred were astonished and they said to her,
How were you healed?
And she replied,
20) I do not know; I simply asked the man of God in thought for healing power, and in a moment I was well.
21) The people said,
The gods have surely come to earth; for man has not the power to heal by thought.
22) But Jesus said,
The greatest power in heaven and earth is thought.
23) God made the universe by thought; he paints the lily and the rose with thought.
24) Why think it strange that I should send a healing thought and change the ethers of disease and death to those of health and life?
25) Lo, you shall see far greater things than this, for by the power of holy thought, my body will be changed from carnal flesh to spirit form; and so will yours.
26) When Jesus had thus said he disappeared, and no one saw him go.
27) His own disciples did not comprehend the change; they knew not where their master went, and they went on their way.
28) But as they walked and talked about the strange event, lo, Jesus came and walked with them to Nazareth of Galilee.

The Sermon on the Mount

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by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 94

The Sermon on the Mount. Jesus reveals to the twelve the secret of prayer .
The model prayer. The law of forgiveness. The holy fast. The evil of deceit. Almsgiving.

NEXT morning e’re the sun had risen Jesus and the twelve went to a mountain near the sea to pray; and Jesus taught the twelve disciples how to pray. He said,
2) Prayer is the deep communion of the soul with God;
3) So when you pray do not deceive yourselves as do the hypocrites who love to stand upon the streets and in the synagogues and pour out many words to please the ears of men.
4) And they adorn themselves with pious airs that they may have the praise of men. They seek the praise of men and their reward is sure.
5) But when you pray, go to the closet of your soul; close all the doors, and in the holy silence, pray.
6) You need not speak a multitude of words, nor yet repeat the words again and then again, as heathen do. Just say,
7) Our Father-God who art in heaven; holy is thy name. Thy kingdom come; thy
will be done on earth as it is done in heaven.
8) Give us this day our needed bread;
9) Help us forget the debts that other people owe to us, that all our debts may
be discharged.
10) And shield us from the tempter’s snares that are too great for us to bear;
11) And when they come, give us the strength to overcome.
12) If you would be discharged from all the debts you owe to God and man, the debts you have incurred by wilfully transgressing law,
13) You must pass by the debts of every man; for as you deal with other men your God will deal with you.
14) And when you fast you may not advertise the deed.
15) When fast the hypocrites they paint their faces, look demure, assume a pious pose, that they may seem to men to fast.
16) A fast is deed of soul, and like a prayer, it is a function of the silence of the soul.
17) God never passes by unnoticed any prayer, or fast. He walks within the silence, and his benedictions rest on every effort of the soul.
18) Deception is hypocrisy, and you shall not assume to be what you are not.
19) You may not clothe yourselves in special garb to advertise your piety, nor yet assume the tone of voice that men conceive to be a holy voice.
20) And when you give to aid the needy ones, blow not a trumpet in the street, nor synagogue to advertise your gift.
21) He who does alms for praise of men has his reward from men; but God regardeth not.
22) In giving alms do not let the right hand know the secret of the left. 

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CHAPTER 95

The Sermon on the Mount, continued. Jesus pronounces the eight beatitudes and the eight woes. Speaks words of encouragement. Emphasizes the exalted character of the apostolic work.

AND Jesus and the twelve went to the mountain top, and Jesus said,
2) Twelve pillars of the church, apostles of the Christ; light-bearers of the sun of life and ministers of God to men:
3) In just a little while you must go forth alone, and preach the gospel of the king, first to the Jews and then to all the world.
4) And you shall go, not with a scourge of cords to drive; you cannot drive men to the king;
5) But you shall go in love and helpfulness and lead the way to right and light.
6) Go forth and say, The kingdom is at hand.
7) Worthy are the strong in spirit; theirs the kingdom is.
8) Worthy are the meek; they shall possess the land.
9) Worthy they who hunger and who thirst for right; they shall be satisfied.
10) Worthy are the merciful; and mercy shall be shown to them.
11) Worthy they who gain the mastery of self; they have the key of power.
12) Worthy are the pure in heart; and they shall see the king.
13) Worthy they who are maligned and wronged because they do the right; their persecutors they shall bless.
14) Worthy is the trustful child of faith; he shall sit in the throne of power.
15) Be not discouraged when the world shall persecute and call you crust; but rather be exceeding glad.
16) The prophets and the seers, and all the good of earth, have been maligned.
17) If you are worthy of the crown of life you will be slandered, vilified and crust on earth.
18) Rejoice when evil men shall drive you from their ways and cause your name to be a hiss and by-word in the street.
19) I say, rejoice; but deal in mercy with the doers of the wrong; they are but children at their play; they know not what they do.
20) Rejoice not over fallen foes. As you help men rise from the depth of sin, so God will help you on to greater heights.
21) Woe to the rich is gold and lands; they have temptations multiform.
22) Woe unto men who walk at will in pleasure’s paths; their ways are full of snares and dangerous pits.
23) Woe to the proud; they stand upon a precipice; destruction waits for them.
24) Woe to the man of greed; for what he has is not his own; and lo, another comes; his wealth is gone.
25) Woe to the hypocrite; his form is fair to look upon; his heart is filled with carcasses and dead men’s bones.
26) Woe to the cruel and relentless man; he is himself the victim of his deeds.
27) The evil he would do to other men rebounds; the scourger is the scourged.
28) Woe to the libertine who preys upon the virtues of the weak. The hour comes when he will be the weak, the victim of a libertine of greater power.
29) Woe unto you when all the world shall speak in praise of you. The world speaks not in praise of men who live within the Holy Breath; It speaks in praise of prophets false, and of illusions base.
30) You men who walk in Holy Breath are salt, the salt of earth; but if you lose your virtue you are salt in name alone, worth nothing more than dust.
31) And you are light; are called to light the world.
32) A city on a hill cannot be hid; its lights are seen afar; and while you stand upon the hills of life men see your light and imitate your works and honor God.
33) Men do not light a lamp and hide it in a cask; they put it on a stand that it may light the house.
34) You are the lamps of God; must not stand in the shade of earth illusions, but in the open, high upon the stand.
35) I am not come to nullify the law, nor to destroy; but to fulfil.
36) The Law, the Prophets and the Psalms were written in the wisdom of the Holy breath and cannot fail.
37) The heavens and earth that are will change and pass away; the word of God is sure; it cannot pass until it shall accomplish that where-unto it hath been sent.
38) Whoever disregards the law of God and teaches men to do the same, becomes a debtor unto God and cannot see his face until he has returned and paid his debt by sacrifice of life.
39) But he who hearkens unto God and keeps his law and does his will on earth, shall rule with Christ.
40) The scribes and Pharisees regard the letter of the law; they cannot comprehend the spirit of the law;
41) And if your righteousness does not exceed the righteousness of scribe and Pharisee you cannot come into the kingdom of the soul.
42) It is not what man does that gives him right to enter through the gates; his pass word is his character and his desire is his character.
43) The letter of the law deals with the acts of man; the spirit of the law takes note of his desires.

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by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 96

The Sermon on the Mount, continued. Jesus considers the Ten Commandments.
The philosophy of Christ. The spirit of the Commandments. Jesus unfolds
the spiritual aspects of the first four Commandments.

GOD gave the Ten Commandments unto men; upon the mountain Moses saw the words of God; he wrote them down on solid rock; they cannot be destroyed.
2) These Ten Commandments show the justice side of God; but now the love of God made manifest brings mercy on the wings of Holy Breath.
3) Upon the unity of God the law was built. In all the world there is one force; Jehovah is Almighty God.
4) Jehovah wrote upon the heavens and Moses read,
5) I am Almighty God and you shall have no God but me.
6) There is one force, but many phases of that force; these phases men call powers.
7) All powers are of God; and they are manifests of God; they are the Spirits of our God.
8) If men could seem to find another force and worship at its shrine, they would but court illusion, vain,
9) A shadow of the One, Jehovah, God, and they who worship shadows are but shadows on the wall; for men are what they court.
10) And God would have all men to be the substance, and in mercy he commanded, You shall seek no God but me.
11) And finite men can never comprehend infinite things. Man cannot make an image of the Infinite in force.
12) And when men make a God of stone or wood or clay they make an image of a shade; and they who worship at the shrine of shades are shades.
13) So God in mercy said, You shall not carve out images of wood, or clay, or stone.
14) Such idols are ideals, abased ideals, and men can gain no higher plane than their ideals.
15) The God is Spirit, and in spirit men must worship if they would attain a consciousness of God.
16) But man can never make a picture or an image of the Holy Breath.
17) The name of God man may not speak with carnal lips; with Holy Breath alone can man pronounce the name.
18) In vanity men think they know the name of God; they speak it lightly and irreverently, and thus they are accursed.
19) If men did know the sacred name and spoke it with unholy lips, they would not live to speak it once again.
20) But God in mercy has not yet unveiled his name to those who cannot speak with Holy Breath.
21) But they who speak the substitute in idle way are guilty in the sight of God, who said,
22) You shall not take the name of God in vain.
23) The number of the Holy Breath is seven, and God holds in his hands the sevens of time.
24) In forming worlds he rested on the seventh day, and every seventh day is set apart as Sabbath day for men. God said,
25) The seventh is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; remember it and keep it wholly set apart for works of holiness; that is, for works not for the selfish self, but for the universal self.
26) Men may do work for self upon the six days of the week; but on the Sabbath of the Lord they must do naught for self.
27) This day is consecrated unto God; but man serves God by serving man.

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CHAPTER 97

The Sermon on the Mount, continued. Jesus unfolds to the twelve
the spiritual aspects of the fifth and sixth Commandments.

GOD is not force alone; for wisdom is his counterpart.
2) When cherubim instructed man in wisdom’s ways they said that wisdom is the Mother of the (human) race, as force is Father of the race.
3) The man who honors the almighty and omniscient God is blessed, and in the tables of the law we read,
4) Pay homage to your Father and your Mother of the race, that your days may be prolonged upon the land that they have given you.
5) The letter of the law commands; you shall not kill; and he who kills must stand before the judgment seat.
6) A person may desire to kill, yet if he does not kill he is not judged by law.
7) The spirit of the law avers that he who shall desire to kill, or seeks revenge, is angry with a man without sufficient cause, must answer to the judge;
8) And he who calls his brother soulless vagabond shall answer to the council of the just;
9) And he who calls his brother a degenerate, a dog, fans into life the burning fires of hell within himself.
10) Now, in the higher law we read that if your brother is aggrieved by something you have done, before you offer unto God your gifts, go forth and find your brother and be reconciled to him.
11) It is not well to let the sun go down upon your wrath.
12) If he will not be reconciled when you have laid aside all selfish pleas, have waived all selfish rights, you will be guiltless in the sight of God; then go and offer unto God your gifts.
13) If you owe aught to any man and cannot pay; or if a man shall claim a greater sum than is his due, it is not well that you dispute his claims.
14) Resistance is the sire of anger; there is no mercy and no reason in a wrathful man.
15) I tell you it is better far to suffer loss than go to law, or call upon the courts of men to judge of right and wrong.
16) The law of carnal man would say, Eye for eye and tooth for tooth; resist encroachment on your rights.
17) But this is not the law of God. The Holy Breath would say, Resist not him who would deprive you of your goods.
18) He who would take your coat by force is still a brother man and you should gain his heart, which by resistance cannot be done;
19) Give him your coat and offer him still more and more; in time the man will rise above the brute; you will have saved him from himself.
20) Refuse not him who calls for help and give to him who asks to borrow aught.
21) And if a man shall strike you in a fitful, or an angry way, it is not well to smite him in return.
22) Men call him coward who will not fight and thus defend his rights; but he is much the greater man who is assailed, is smitten and does not smite;
23) Who is maligned and answers not, than he who smites the smiter and reviles the one who slanders him.
24) It has been said in olden times that man shall love his friend and hate his foe; but, lo, I say,
25) Be merciful unto your foes; bless those who slander you; do good to those who do you harm and pray for those who trample on your rights.
26) Remember, you are children of the God who makes his sun to rise alike upon the evil and the good, who sends his rain upon the unjust and the just.
27) If you do unto other men as they do unto you, you are but slaves, but followers in the way to death.
28) But you, as children of the light, must lead the way.
29) Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
30) When you do good to those who have done good to you, you do no more than other men; the publicans do that.
31) If you salute your friends and not your foes, you are like other men; the publicans have set the pace.
32) Be perfect as your Father-God in heaven is.

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by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 98

The Sermon on the Mount, continued. Jesus reveals to the twelve the
spiritual aspects of the seventh, eight and tenth Commandments.

THE law forbids adultery; but in the eyes of law adultery is an overt act, the satisfaction of the sensuous self outside the marriage bonds.
2) Now, marriage in the sight of law is but a promise made by man and woman, by the sanction of a priest, to live for aye in harmony and love.
3) No priest nor officer has power from God to bind two souls in wedded love.
4) What is the marriage tie? Is it comprised in what a priest or officer may say?
5) Is it the scroll on which the officer or priest has written the permission for the two to live in marriage bonds?
6) Is it the promise of the two that they will love each other until death?
7) Is love a passion that is subject to the will of man?
8) Can man pick up his love, as he would pick up precious gems, and lay it down, or give it out to any one?
9) Can love be bought and sold like sheep?
10) Love is the power of God that binds two souls and makes them one; there is no power on earth that can dissolve the bond.
11) The bodies may be forced apart by man or death for just a little time; but they will meet again.
12) Now, in this bond of God we find the marriage tie; all other unions are but bonds of straw, and they who live in them commit adultery.
13) The same as they who satisfy their lust without the sanction of an officer or priest.
14) But more than this; the man or woman who indulges lustful thoughts commits adultery.
15) Whom God has joined together man cannot part; whom man has joined together live in sin.
16) Upon a table of the law, the great lawgiver wrote, Thou shalt not steal.
17) Before the eyes of law a man to steal must take a thing that can be seen with eyes of flesh, without the knowledge or consent of him to whom the thing belongs.
18) But, lo, I say that he who in his heart desires to possess that which is not his own, and would deprive the owner of the thing without his knowledge or consent, is in the sight of God, a thief.
19) The things that men see not with eyes of flesh are of more worth than are the things that man can see.
20) A man’s good name is worth a thousand mines of gold, and he who says a word or does a deed that injures or defames that name has taken what is not his own, and is a thief.
21) Upon a table of the law we also read: Thou shalt not covet anything.
22) To covet is an all-consuming wish to have what is not right for one to have.
23) And such a wish, within the spirit of the law, is theft.

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CHAPTER 99

The Sermon on the Mount, continued. Jesus unfolds to the twelve
the spiritual aspects of the ninth Commandment.

THE law has said: Thou shalt not lie; but in the eyes of law a man to lie must tell in words what is not true.
2) Now, in the light of spirit law, deceit in any form is nothing but a lie.
3) A man may lie by look or act; yea, even by his silence may deceive, and thus be guilty in the eyes of Holy Breath.
4) It has been said in olden times: Thou shalt not swear by thine own life.
5) But, lo, I say, Swear not at all; not by the head, the heart, the eye, nor hand; not by the sun, the moon, nor stars;
6) Not by the name of God, nor by the name of any spirit, good or bad.
7) You shall not swear by anything; for in an oath there is no gain.
8) A man whose word must be propped up by oath of any kind is not trustworthy in the sight of God or man.
9) By oath you cannot make a leaf to fall, nor turn the color of a hair.
10) The man of worth just speaks and men know that he speaks the truth.
11) The man who pours out many words to make men think he speaks the truth, is simply making smoke to hide a lie.
12) And there are many men with seeming double hearts; men who would serve two masters at a time – two masters quite adverse.
13) Men feign to worship God upon the Sabbath day and then pay court to Beelzebub on every other day.
14) No man can serve two masters at a time no more than he can ride two asses at a time that go in different ways.
15) The man who feigns to worship God and Beelzebub is foe of God, a pious devil and a curse of men.
16) And men cannot lay treasures up in heaven and earth at once.
17) Then, lo, I say, Lift up your eyes and see the safety vaults of heaven, and there deposit every gem.
18) Where moth and rust cannot corrupt; where thieves cannot break in and steal.
19) There are no safety vaults on earth; no place secure from moth, and rust and thieves.
20) The treasures of the earth are but illusive things that pass away.
21) Be not deceived; your treasures are the anchor of the soul, and where your treasures are your heart will be.
22) Fix not your heart upon the things of earth; be anxious not about the things to eat, or drink or wear.
23) God cares for those who trust in him and serve the race.
24) Behold the birds! They praise God in their songs; the earth is made more glorious by their ministry of joy; God keeps them in the hollow of his hand,
25) And not a sparrow falls to earth without his care; and every one that falls shall rise again.
26) Behold the flowers of earth! they trust in God and grow; they make the earth resplendent with their beauty and perfume.
27) Look at the lilies of the field, the messengers of holy love. No son of man, not even Solomon in all his excellence, was ever clothed like one of these.
28) And yet they simply trust in God; they feed from out his hand; they lay their heads to rest upon his breast.
29) If God so clothes and feeds the flowers and birds that do his will, will he not feed and clothe his children when they trust in him?
30) Seek first the kingdom of the soul, the righteousness of God, the good of men, and murmer not; God will protect, and feed, and clothe.

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by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 100

The Sermon on the Mount, continued. Jesus formulates and presents
to the twelve a practical code of spiritual ethics.

THERE is a rule that carnal man has made, and which he rigidly observes:
2) Do unto other men as they do unto you. As others judge, they judge; as others give, they give.
3) Now, while you walk with men as men, judge not, and you shall not be judged.
4) For as you judge you shall be judged, and as you give it shall be given to you. If you condemn, you are condemned.
5) When you show mercy, men are merciful to you, and if you love in such a way that carnal man can comprehend your love, you will be well beloved.
6) And so the wise man of this world does unto other men as he would have them do to him.
7) The carnal man does good to other men for selfish gain, for he expects to have his blessings multiplied and then returned; he does not stop to note the end.
8) Man is himself the field; his deeds are seeds, and what he does to others grows apace; the harvest time is sure.
9) Behold the yield! If he has sown the wind, he reaps the wind; if he has sown the noxious seeds of scandal, theft and hate; of sensuality and crime,
10) The harvest is assured and he must reap what he has sown; yea, more; the seeds produce an hundred fold.
11) The fruit of righteousness and peace and love and joy can never spring from noxious seeds; the fruit is like the seed.
12) And when you sow, sow seeds of right, because it is the right, and not in the way of trade, expecting rich rewards.
13) The carnal man abhors the spirit law, because it takes away his liberty to live in sin; beneath its light he cannot satisfy his passions and desires.
14) He is at enmity with him who walks in Holy Breath. The carnal man has killed the holy men of old, the prophets and the seers.
15) And he will buffet you; will charge you falsely, scourge you and imprison you, and think he does the will of God to slay you in the streets.
16) But you may not prejudge nor censure him who does you wrong.
17) Each one has problems to be solved, and he must solve them for himself.
18) The man who scourges you may have a load of sin to bear; but how about your own?
19) A little sin in one who walks in Holy Breath is greater in the sight of God than monster sins in him who never knew the way.
20) How can you see the splinter in your brother’s eye while you have chunks within your own?
21) First take the chunks from out your eye and then you may behold the splinter in your brother’s eye and help him take it out,
22) And while your eyes are full of foreign things you cannot see the way, for you are blind,
23) And when the blind lead forth the blind, both lose the way and fall into the slough.
24) If you would lead the way to God you must be clear in sight, as well as pure in heart.

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CHAPTER 101

The Sermon on the Mount, concluded. The concluding part of the code of ethics.
The Christines return to Capernaum.

THE fruitage of the tree of life is all too fine to feed the carnal mind.
2) If you would throw a diamond to a hungry dog, lo, he would turn away, or else attack you in a rage.
3) The incense that is sweet to God is quite offensive unto Beelzebub; the bread of heaven is but chaff to men who cannot comprehend the spirit life.
4) The master must be wise and feed the soul with what it can digest.
5) If you have not the food for every man, just ask and you shall have; seek earnestly and you shall find.
6) Just speak the Word and knock; the door will fly ajar.
7) No one has ever asked in faith and did not have; none ever sought in vain; no one who ever knocked aright has failed to find an open door.
8) When men shall ask you for the bread of heaven, turn not away, nor give to them the fruit of carnal trees.
9) If one, a son, would ask you for a loaf, would you give him a stone? If he would ask you for a fish, would you give him a serpent of the dust?
10) What you would have your God give unto you, give unto men. The Measure of your worth lies in your service unto men.
11) There is a way that leads unto the perfect life; few find it at a time.
12) It is a narrow way; it lies among the rocks and pitfalls of the carnal life; but in the way there are no pitfalls and no rocks.
13) There is a way that leads to wretchedness and want. It is a spacious way and many walk therein. It lies among the pleasure groves of carnal life.
14) Beware, for many claim to walk the way of life who walk the way of death.
15) But they are false in word and deed; false prophets they. They clothe themselves in skins of sheep, while they are vicious wolves.
16) They cannot long conceal themselves; men know them by their fruits;
17) You cannot gather grapes from thorns, nor from the thistles, figs.
18) The fruit is daughter of the tree and, like the parent, so the child; and every tree that bears not wholesome fruit is plucked up by the roots and cast away,
19) Because a man prays long and loud is not a sign that he is saint. The praying men are not all in the kingdom of the soul.
20) The man who lives the holy life, who does the will of God, abides within the kingdom of the soul.
21) The good man from the treasures of his heart sends blessedness and peace to all the world.
22) The evil man sends thoughts that blight and wither hope and joy and fill the world with wretchedness and woe.
23) Men think and act and speak out of the abundance of the heart.
24) And when the judgment hour shall come a host of men will enter pleadings for themselves and think to buy the favor of the judge with words.
25) And they will say, Lo, we have wrought a multitude of works in the Omnific name,
26) Have we not prophesied? Have we not cured all manner of disease? Have we not cast the evil spirits out of those obsessed?
27) And then the judge will say, I know you not. You rendered service unto God in words when in your heart you worshipped Beelzebub.
28) The evil one may use the powers of life, and do a multitude of mighty works. Depart from me, you workers of iniquity.
29) The man who hears the words of life and does them not is like the man who builds his house upon the sand, which when the floods come on, is washed away and all is lost.
30) But he who hears the words of life and in an honest, sincere heart receives and treasures them and lives the holy life,
31) Is like the man who builds the house upon the rock; the floods may come, the winds may blow, the storms may beat upon his house; it is not moved.
32) Go forth and build your life upon the solid rock of truth, and all the powers of the evil one will shake it not.
33) And Jesus finished all his sayings on the mount and then he, with the twelve, returned unto Capernaum.

Jesus teaches the twelve
and the foreign masters every morning

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by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 103

The Christines in Jesus’ home. Jesus teaches the twelve
and the foreign masters every morning. Jesus receives messengers from John, the harbinger, and sends him words of encouragement. He eulogizes the character of John.

THE home of Jesus was a school where in the early morning hours the twelve apostles and the foreign priests were taught the secret things of God.
2) And there were present priests from China, India, and from Babylon; from Persia, Egypt and from Greece,
3) Who came to sit at Jesus’ feet to learn the wisdom that he brought to men, that they might teach their people how to live the holy life.
4) And Jesus taught them how to teach; he told them of the trials of the way, and how to make these trials serve the race.
5) He taught them how to live the holy life that they might conquer death;
6) He taught them what the end of mortal life will be, when man has reached the
consciousness that he and God are one.
7) The after midday hours were given to the multitudes who came to learn the way of life and to be healed; and many did believe and were baptized.
8) Now, in his prison by the Bitter Sea the harbinger had heard of all the mighty works that Jesus did.
9) His prison life was hard, and he was sore distressed, and he began to doubt.
10) And to himself he said, I wonder if this Jesus is the Christ of whom the prophets wrote!
11) Was I mistaken in my work? Was I, indeed, one sent from God to pave the way for him who shall redeem our people, Israel?
12) And then he sent some of his friends, who came to see him in his prison cell, up to Capernaum that they might learn about this man, and bring him word.
13) The men found Jesus in his home, and said,
Behold the harbinger sent us to ask, Are you the Christ? or is he yet to come?
14) But Jesus answered not; he simply bade the men to tarry certain days that they might see and hear.
15) They saw him heal the sick, and cause the lame to walk, the deaf to hear, the blind to see;
16) They saw him cast the evil spirits out of those obsessed; they saw him raise the dead.
17) They heard him preach the gospel to the poor.
18) Then Jesus said to them,
Go on your way; return to John and tell him all that you have seen and heard; then he will know.
They went their way.
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Jesus exhorts the people to receive the light that they may become the light

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by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 107

A Pharisee demands of Jesus signs of his messiahship. Jesus rebukes him,
because he does not recognize the signs that are being continually given.
Jesus exhorts the people to receive the light that they may become the light. 

A PHARISEE elated with himself stood forth among the multitudes and said to Jesus,
2) Sir, we would have you demonstrate. If you are truly Christ who was to come, then you can surely do what black magicians cannot do.
3) Lo, they can talk, and hold the multitudes with words of power; and they can heal the sick and drive the demons out of those obsessed;
4) They can control the storms; and fire and earth and air will hear and answer when they speak.
5) Now, if you will ascend and from that tower fly across the sea, we will believe that you are sent from God.
6) And Jesus said,
No black magician ever lived a holy life; you have a demonstration of the Christ-life every day.
7) But lo, you evil and adulterous scribes and Pharisees, you cannot see a spirit sign, because your spirit eyes are full of carnal self.
8) You seek a sign to please your curiosity. You walk the very lowest planes of carnal life and cry, Phenomena! show us a sign and then we will believe.
9) I was not sent to earth to buy up faith as men buy fish and fruit and rubbish in the streets.
10) Men seem to think it quite a favor done to me when they confess their faith in me and in the holy Christ.
11) What does it matter unto me as man if you believe or disbelieve?
12) Faith is not something you can buy with coin; it is not something you can sell for gold.
13) Once Mart, a beggar, followed me and cried, Give me a silver piece; then I will believe in you.
14) And you are like this beggar man; you offer to exchange your faith for signs.
15) But I will give to all the world one sign as surety that the Christ abides with me.
16) You all have read the parable of Jonah and the fish, wherein it is recorded that the prophet spent three days and nights within the stomach of the mighty fish, and then came forth.
17) The son of man will spend three days and nights within the heart of earth and then come forth again, and men will see and know.
18) Behold, the light may be so bright that men cannot see anything.
19) The Spirit light has shone so brightly over Galilee that you who hear me now are blind.
20) You may have read the words of prophet Azrael; he said, The light shall shine out brightly in the darkness of the night, and men shall comprehend it not.
21) That time has come; the light shines forth; you see it not.
22) The Queen of Sheba sat in darkest night and still she yearned for light.
23) She came to hear the words of wisdom from the lips of Solomon, and she believed;
24) And she became a living torch, and when she reached her home, lo, all Arabia was filled with light.
25) A greater far than Solomon is here; the Christ is here; the Day Star has risen, and you reject the light.
26) And you remember Nineveh, the wicked city of Assyria, which God had marked to be destroyed by shock and flame unless the people turned and walked in ways of right.
27) And Jonah raised his voice and said, In forty days shall Nineveh be razed, and her wealth shall be destroyed.
28) The people heard and they believed; and they reformed and turned to ways of right, and lo, their city was not razed; was not destroyed.
29) You men of Galilee, I tell you that Arabia and Nineveh will testify against you in the judgment day.
30) Behold, for every one to whom I speak has in him all the fires of God; but they are lying dead.
31) The will is bridled by the flesh desires, and it brings not the ethers of the fires to vibrate into light.
32) Look, therefore, to your soul and note, Is not the light within you dark as night?
33) There is no breath but Holy Breath that e’er can fan your fires of life into a living flame and make them light.
34) And Holy Breath can raise the ethers of the fires to light in none but hearts of purity and love.
35) Hear, then, you men of Galilee, Make pure the heart, admit the Holy Breath, and then your bodies will be full of light.
36) And like a city on a hill, your light will shine afar, and thus your light may light the way for other men.

Jesus gives his final charge to the foreign masters and sends them forth as apostles to the world.

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by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 123

Jesus gives his final charge to the foreign masters and sends them forth as apostles to the world. He goes alone to Tyre and abides in Rachel’s home. Heals an obsessed child.  Goes to Sidon and then to the mountains of Lebanon. Visits Mount Hermon, Caesarea-Philippi, Decapolis, Gadara and returns to Capernaum. Receives the twelve, who give an account of their work.

THE Christine master spent a time in prayer and then he called the foreign  masters, and he said to them,
2) Behold, I sent the twelve apostles unto Israel, but you are sent to all the world.
3) Our God is one, is Spirit, and is truth, and every man is dear to him.
4) He is the God of every child of India, and the farther east; of Persia, and the farther north; of Greece and Rome and of the farther west; of Egypt and the farther south, and of the mighty lands across the seas, and of the islands of the seas.
5) If God would send the bread of life to one and not to all who have arisen to the
consciousness of life and can receive the bread of life, then he would be unjust and that would shake the very throne of heaven.
6) So he has called you from the seven centers of the world, and he has breathed the breath of wisdom and of power into your souls, and now he sends you forth as bearers of the light of life, apostles of the human race.
7) Go on your way, and as you go proclaim the gospel of the Christ.
8) And then he breathed upon the masters and he said, Receive the Holy Breath; and then he gave to each the Word of power.
9) And each went on his way, and every land was blest.
10) Then Jesus went alone across the hills of Galilee and after certain days he reached the coast of Tyre, and in the home of Rachel he abode.
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Jesus takes Peter, James and John and
goes to a high mountain and is transfigured before them

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by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 129

Jesus teaches the people. He takes Peter, James and John and
goes to a high mountain and is transfigured before them.

THE news soon spread that Jesus and the twelve were come, and many people came tosee.
2) And Jesus said,
Behold, you come to see, but that means naught. If you would have the benedictions of the Christ, take up your cross and follow me.
3) If you would give your life for selfish self, then you will lose your life.
4) If you will give your life in service of your fellow men, then you will save your life.
5) This life is but a span, a bauble of today. There is a life that passes not.
6) Where is your profit if you gain the world and lose your soul? What would you take in payment for your soul?
7) If you would find the spirit life, the life of man in God, then you must walk a narrow way and enter through a narrow gate.
8) The way is Christ, the gate is Christ, and you must come up by the way of Christ. No man comes unto God but by the Christ.
9) The kingdom of the Christ will come; yea, some of you who hear me now will not pass through the gates of death until you see the kingdom come in power.
10) For seven days the master and the twelve remained in Caesarea-Philippi.
11) Then Jesus, taking Peter, James and John, went forth unto a mountain top to pray.
12) And as he prayed a brilliant light appeared; his form became as radiant as a precious stone;
13) His face shone like the sun; his garments seemed as white as snow; the son of man became the son of God.
14) He was transfigured that the men of earth might see the possibilities of man.
15) When first the glory came the three disciples were asleep; a master touched their eyes and said,
Awake and see the glory of the Lord.
16) And they awoke, and saw the glory of the Lord; and more, they saw the glory of the heavenly world, for they beheld two men from thence stand forth beside the Lord.
17) And Peter asked the master who awakened them,
Who are these men who stand beside the Lord?
18) The master said,
These men are Moses and Elijah, who are come that you may know that heaven and earth are one; that masters there and masters here are one.
19) The veil that separates the worlds is but an ether veil. For those who purify their hearts by faith the veil is rolled aside, and they can see and know that death is an illusive thing.
20) And Peter said,
Praise God! And then he called to Jesus and he said, My master and my Lord, this is the gate of heaven, and it is well that we remain.
21) May we go down and bring three tents; a tent for you, a tent for Moses, and for Elijah one?
But Jesus answered not.
22) And Moses and Elijah talked with Jesus on the mount. They talked about the coming trial of the Lord;
23) About his death, his rest within the tomb; about the wonders of the resurrection morn; the transmutation of his flesh, and his ascension on the clouds of light;
24) And all symbolic of the path that every man must tread; symbolic of the way the sons of men become the sons of God.
25) The three disciples were amazed, and suddenly the ethers were surcharged with song, and forms as light as air moved all about the mountain top.
26) And then from out the glory of the upper world they heard a voice that said,
27) This is the son of man, my chosen one to manifest the Christ to men. Let all
the earth hear him.
28) When the disciples heard the voice they were afraid; they fell upon the ground and prayed.
29) And Jesus came; he touched them and he said,
Arise, fear not; lo, I am here.
30) Then they arose, and as they looked about they saw no one; the men had gone. The master only stood with them.
31) As Jesus and the three came from the mountain top they talked about the meaning of the scene, and Jesus told them all; and then he said,
32) Till I have risen from the dead tell not to any one what you have seen.
33) But the disciples could not comprehend the meaning of the words, Till I have risen from the dead.
34) And Jesus told them once again about his death, and rising from the grave; about the kingdom of the soul that was to come in glory and in power.
35) But Peter said,
The scribes have taught that e’er the king shall come Elijah must appear.
36) And Jesus said,
Elijah has already come; but scribes and Pharisees received him not;
37) And men reviled him, bound him, cast him in a prison cell, and shouted with a fiend’s delight to see him die.
38) What men have done to him, that they will do to me.
39) Then the disciples understood that Jesus spoke of John whom Herod slew.

„Faith is the wings of prayer; but wings alone
fly not“

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by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 130

Jesus and the three disciples return to Caesarea-Philippi. The nine had failed to cure an
epileptic child. Jesus heals the child and rebukes his disciples for their lack of trust in God. The Christines return to Capernaum.

WHEN Jesus, Peter, James and John were come unto the city’s gates a multitude of people thronged the way.
2) The nine apostles who went not with Jesus to the mount, had tried to heal an epileptic child who was obsessed, and they had failed; the people waited for the coming of the Lord.
3) When Jesus came the father of the child knelt down before him and implored his help.
4) He said,
My master, I beseech that you will look in pity on my son, my only child; he is an epileptic child and suffers grievously.
5) Sometimes he falls into the fire and is burned; again he falls into the water and is like to drown; and many times a day he falls, he grinds his teeth, the foam pours from his mouth.
6) I took my child to your disciples, and they failed to give relief.
7) And as he spoke a servant brought the child before the Lord (the child spoke not, for he was dumb), and instantly he fell upon the ground, he foamed, he writhed in agony.
8) And Jesus said,
How long has he been troubled thus?
9) The father said,
From infancy; and we have sought in many lands for help, but found it not; but I believe that you can speak the Word and heal my son.
10) And Jesus said,
Faith is the power of God. All things are possible for him who in his heart believes.
11) The father cried, in tears,
Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
12) And Jesus spoke the Word of power; the epileptic child lay in a swoon; he did not breathe, and all the people said,
The child is dead.
13) But Jesus took him by the hand and said:
Arise;
and he arose and spoke.
14) The people were amazed, and many said,
This surely is a man of God, for no such power was ever given to man.
15) Then Jesus and the twelve went to the house, and after they had taken food and been refreshed, the nine disciples said,
16) Lord, why could we not heal this child? We spoke the Word; but even that was powerless.
17) And Jesus said,
Your great success in all your former work has made you careless, and you forgot to recognize the power of God.
18) Without the spirit of the Word, the Word is like an idle tale; and you forgot to pray.
19) There is no faith without the prayer of faith. Faith is the wings of prayer; but wings alone fly not.
20) By prayer and faith you can bring down the mountain peaks, and cast them in the sea; the little hills will skip about like lambs at your command.
21) This failure may be well for you. The great lessons that are learned in life come through the failures that are made.
22) As the disciples sat in thoughtful meditation Jesus said,
Let these words sink into your hearts:
23) The time has nearly come when you must bear your load alone; that is, without my presence in the flesh.
24) For I will fall into the hands of wicked men, and they will slay me on a mount beyond Bezetha wall.
25) And men will lay my body in a tomb where, by the sacred Word, it will be guarded and preserved three days; then I will rise again.
26) The twelve were sad; they did not understand, and yet they feared to ask him to reveal the meaning of his word.
27) Next day the Christine master and the twelve began their journey of return, and soon were in Capernaum.

Afflictions all are partial payments on a debt, or debts, that have been made.

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CHAPTER 138

The Christines in Jerusalem. They meet a man blind from birth. Jesus teaches
a lesson on the cause of disease and disasters. He heals the blind man.

THE Lord with Peter, James and John were in Jerusalem; it was the Sabbath day.
2) And as they walked along the way they saw a man who could not see; he had been blind from birth.
3) And Peter said,
Lord, if disease and imperfections all are caused by sin, who was the sinner in this case? the parents or the man himself?
4) And Jesus said,
Afflictions all are partial payments on a debt, or debts, that have been made.
5) There is a law of recompense that never fails, and it is summarized in that true rule of life:
6) Whatsoever man shall do to any other man some other man will do to him.
7) In this we find the meaning of the Jewish law, expressed concisely in the words, Tooth for a tooth; life for a life.
8) He who shall injure any one in thought, or word, or deed, is judged a debtor to the law, and some one else shall, likewise, injure him in thought, or word or deed.
9) And he who sheds the blood of any man will come upon the time when his blood shall be shed by man.
10) Affliction is a prison cell in which a man must stay until he pays his debts unless a master sets him free that he may have a better chance to pay his debts.
11) Affliction is a certain sign that one has debts to pay.
12) Behold this man! Once in another life he was a cruel man, and in a cruel way destroyed the eyes of one, a fellow man.
13) The parents of this man once turned their faces on a blind and helpless man, and drove him from their door.
(note: see Genesis 9:6)
14) Then Peter asked,
Do we pay off the debts of other men when by the Word we heal them, drive the unclean spirits out, or rescue them from any form of sore distress?
15) And Jesus said,
We cannot pay the debts of any man, but by the Word we may release a man from his afflictions and distress,
16) And make him free, that he may pay the debts he owes, by giving up his life in willing sacrifice for men, or other living things.
17) Behold, we may make free this man that he may better serve the race and pay his debts.
18) Then Jesus called the man and said, Would you be free? would you receive your sight?
19) The man replied,
All that I have would I most freely give if I could see.
20) And Jesus took saliva and a bit of clay and made a salve, and put it on the blind man’s eyes.
21) He spoke the Word and then he said,
Go to Siloam and wash, and as you wash say, Jahhevahe. This do for seven times and you shall see.
22) The man was led unto Siloam; he washed his eyes and spoke the word, and instantly his eyes were opened and he saw
23) The people who had seen the man for many years sit by the way and beg, were much surprised to see him see.

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And Jesus said, All men are sons of God by birth; God is the Father of the race; but all are not the sons of God by faith

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by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 139

Jesus meets and instructs the man who was blind. Unfolds the mysteries of the kingdom.
The sheepfold. Declares himself the shepherd. Goes to the home of Massalian, where he
abides ceratin days.

WHEN Jesus heard what had been done and how the priests had cast the man whom he had healed, out of the synagogue, he found the man and said to him,
2) Do you believe in God and in the son of God?
3) The man replied,
I do believe in God; but who is he, the son of God, of whom you speak?
4) And Jesus said,
The son of God is he who speaks to you.
5) The man inquired then,
Why do you say, The son of God? Is there but one?
6) And Jesus said, All men are sons of God by birth; God is the Father of the race; but all are not the sons of God by faith.
7) He who attains the victory over self is son of God by faith, and he who speaks to you has overcome, and he is called son of God, because he is the pattern for the sons of men.
8) He who believes and does the will of God is son of God by faith.
9) The man in joy exclaimed,
Lord, I believe in God, and in the son of God.
10) And Jesus said,
I came to open prison doors, to make the blind to see; but, lo, the Pharisees are blind from birth.
11) And when I put the salve of truth upon their eyes, and bid them go and wash, and speak the sacred Word they will not go; they love the dark.

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Take up your cross and follow me through Christ into the path of true discipleship; this is
the path that leads to life

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by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 142

The path of discipleship, its difficulties. The cross and its meaning.
The danger of wealth. The young man who loved wealth more than he loved Christ.
Parable of the rich man and Lazarus.

NOW, Jesus and the twelve went to another town, and as they entered it they said,
Peace be to all; good will to all.
2) A multitude of people followed and the master said to them,
Behold, for you are followers for selfish gain.
3) If you would follow me in love, and be disciples of the Holy Breath, and gain at last the crown of life, you must leave all there is of carnal life behind.
4) Be not deceived; stay, men, and count the cost.
5) If one would build a tower, or a home, he first sits down and counts the cost to be assured that he has gold enough to finish it.
6) For well he knows that if he makes a failure of his enterprise he may lose all his wealth, and be the butt of ridicule.
7) And if a king desires to take the kingdom of another king, he calls his trusted men and they consider well their strength; he will not measure arms with one of matchless power.
8) Count well the cost before you start to follow me; it means the giving up of life, and all you have.
9) If you love father, mother, wife, or child, more than love the Christ, you cannot follow me.
10) If you love wealth or honor more than you love the Christ, you cannot follow me.
11) The paths of carnal life do not run up the mountain side towards the top; they run around the mount of life, and if you go straight to the upper gate of consciousness you cross the paths of carnal life; tread in them not.
12) And this is how men bear the cross; no man can bear another’s cross.
13) Take up your cross and follow me through Christ into the path of true discipleship; this is the path that leads to life.
14) This way of life is called the pearl of greatest price, and he who finds it must put all he has beneath his feet.
15) Behold, a man found in a certain field the croppings of a wondrous mine of gold, and he went forth and sold his home and all he had and bought the field; then he rejoiced in wealth.
16) Now, there were present, scribes and Pharisees of wealth who loved their money, and their bonds and lands, and they laughed loud to scorn what Jesus said.
17) Then Jesus spoke to them and said,
You are the men who justify yourselves in sight of men; God knows your wickedness of heart;
18) And you must know, O men, that whatsoever is revered and is exalted by the carnal mind, is an abomination in the sight of God.
19) And Jesus went his way, and as he went a young man ran and knelt down at his feet and said,
Good master, tell me what to do that I may have eternal life.
20) And Jesus said,
Why do you call me good? No one is truly good but God himself.
21) And God has said, If you would enter into life, keep the Commandments of the law.
22) The young man asked,
To which commands did he refer?
23) And Jesus said,
You shall not kill; you shall not steal; you shall not do adulterous things; you shall not falsely testify;
24) And you shall love your God with all your heart, and you shall love your neighbor as yourself.
25) The man replied,
These things I have observed from youth; what lack I yet?
26) And Jesus said,
One thing you lack; your heart is fixed on things of earth; you are not free.
27) Go forth and sell all that you have, and give your money to the poor, and come follow me, and you shall have eternal life.
28) The man was grieved at what the master said; for he was rich; he hid his face and went in sorrow on his way.
29) And Jesus looked upon the sorrowing man and said,
It is so hard for men with hoarded wealth to enter through the door into the kingdom of the soul.
30) And his disciples were amazed at what he said.
31) He answered them and said,
I tell you, men, that they who trust in riches cannot trust in God and cannot come into the kingdom of the soul:
32) Yea, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye than for a man with hoarded wealth to find the way of life.
And his disciples said,
Who then can find the way? Who can be saved?
33) And Jesus said,
The rich may give his gold away; the high may kiss the dust, and God will save.

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For when the son of man will come again no man need point the way; for as the lightning lights the heavens, so will the son of man light up the heavens and earth

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by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 145

Jesus speaks on the establishment of the Christine kingdom and the future coming
of the Lord in power. Exhorts to faithfulness. Parable of the unjust judge.
Parable of the Pharisee and the publican.

A COMPANY of Pharisees came up to speak with Jesus and they said,
Rabboni, we have heard you say, The kingdom is at hand.
2) We read in Daniel that the God of heaven will form a kingdom, and we ask, Is this the kingdom of the God you speak about? If so, when will it come?
3) And Jesus said,
The prophets all have told about this kingdom of the God, and it is just at hand; but men can never see it come.
4) It never can be seen with carnal eyes; it is within.
5) Lo, I have said, and now I say again, None but the pure in heart can see the king, and all the pure in heart are subjects of the king.
6) Reform, and turn away form sin; prepare you, O prepare! the kingdom is at hand.
7) And then he spoke to his disciples and he said
The seasons of the son of man are past.
8) The time will come when you will wish above all else to see again one of these days; but you can see it not.
9) And many men will say, Lo, here is Christ; lo, there is Christ. Be not deceived; go not into their ways.
10) For when the son of man will come again no man need point the way; for as the lightning lights the heavens, so will the son of man light up the heavens and earth.
11) But, lo, I say, that many generations will have come and gone before the son of man shall come in power; but when he comes no one will say, Lo, here is Christ; lo, there.

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I say, that every one who uses what he has and gains, shall have abundantly; but he who hides away his talent in the earth shall forfeit what he has

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ

by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 149

The Jews gather in Jerusalem to attend the feast. The Christines go to Jericho.
Jesus dines with Zaccheus. He relates the parable of the ten talents.

THE great Passover of the Jews, the feast of Spring, was calling every loyal Jew up to Jerusalem.
2) Ten days before the feast the Lord and his disciples left the Ephraim hills and by the Jordan way, went down to Jericho.
3) And as they entered Jericho a wealthy publican came out to see the Lord; but he was small in stature and the throng was great and he could see him not.
4) A tree, a sycamore, stood by the way and he climbed up the tree and found a seat among its boughs.
5) When Jesus came, he saw the man and said,
O Zaccheus, make haste, come down; I would abide with you today.
6) And Zaccheus came down and joyfully received the Lord; but many of the stricter sect called out and said,
7) For shame! he goes to lodge with Zaccheus, the sinner and the publican.
8) But Jesus did not care for what they said; he went his way with Zaccheus, who was a man of faith, and as they talked together Zaccheus said,
9) Lord, I have ever tried to do the right; I give unto the poor half of my goods, and if by any means I wrong a man, I right the wrong by paying him four fold.
10) And Jesus said to him,
Your life and faith are known to God, and lo, the benedictions of the Lord of hosts abide with you and all your house.
11) Then Jesus spoke a parable to all; he said,
A vassal of an emperor was made a king, and he went to the foreign land to claim his rights and take the kingdom to himself.
12) Before he went he called ten trusted servants and to each he gave a pound and said,
13) Go forth and use these pounds as you have opportunity, that you may gain for me more wealth, And then he went his way.
14) And after many days he came again, and called the ten, demanding a report.
15) The first one came and said, Lord, I have gained nine pounds; you gave me one and here are ten.
16) The king replied, Well done, you faithful man; because you have been faithful in a little thing I judge that you will be a faithful servant in a greater thing;
17) Behold, I make you ruler over nine important cities of my realm.
18) The second came and said, Lord, I have gained for you four pounds; you gave me one, and here are five.
19) The king replied, And you have proven up your faithfulness. Behold, I make you ruler over four important cities of my realm.
20) Another came and said, Lord, I have doubled what you gave to me. You gave one pound to me and here are two.
21) The ruler said, And you have proved your faithfulness; Behold, I make you ruler over one important city of my realm.
22) Another came and said, Lord, here is what you gave to me. I knew you were an austere man, oft reaping where you did not sow and I was sore afraid, and so I took the pound you gave to me and hid it in a secret place; and here it is.
23) The king exclaimed, You slothful man! you knew what I required, that I expected every man to do his best.
24) If you were timid and afraid to trust your judgment in the marts of trade, why did you not go forth and put my money out for gain, that I could have my own with interest?
25) Then turning to the steward of his wealth the ruler said, Take you this pound and give it unto him who has by diligence earned nine.
26) For lo, I say, that every one who uses what he has and gains, shall have abundantly; but he who hides away his talent in the earth shall forfeit what he has.

Give unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s own; but give to God the things of God

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by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 155

Jesus recognizes the justice of paying secular taxes. He teaches a lesson on
family relationships in the life beyond. The greatest of the commandments is comprised in
love. He warns his disciples against the hypocrisy of scribes and Pharisees.

AS Jesus spoke, the Pharisees came up to question him; they thought to criminate him by what he said,
2) A strict Herodian spoke and said,
My Lord, you are a man of truth; you show the way to God, and you do not regard the personality of men;
3) Tell us, what do you think; should we, who are the seed of Abraham, pay tribute unto Caesar? or should we not?
4) And Jesus knew his wickedness of heart and said,
Why do you come to tempt me thus? Show me the tribute money that you speak about.
5) The man brought forth a piece of coin on which an image was engraved.
6) And Jesus said,
Whose image and whose name is on this coin?
7) The man replied,
‘Tis Caesar’s image and his name.
8) And Jesus said,
Give unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s own; but give to God the things of God.
9) And they who heard him said,
He answers well.
10) And then a Sadducee, who thinks there is no resurrection of the dead, came up and said,
Rabboni, Moses wrote that if a married man shall die, and have no child, his widow shall become his brother’s wife.
11) Now, there were seven brothers and the eldest had a wife; he died and had no child; a brother took his widow for his wife, and then he died;
12) And every brother had this woman for his wife; in course of time the woman died;
13) Now which will have this woman for a wife in the resurrection day?
14) And Jesus said,
Here in this plane of life men marry just to gratify their selfish selfs, or to perpetuate the race; but in the world to come, and in the resurrection day, men do not take upon themselves the marriage vows.
15) But, like the angels and the other sons of God, they form not unions for the pleasure of the self, nor to perpetuate the race.
16) Death does not mean the end of life. The grave is not the goal of men, no more than is the earth the goal of seeds.
17) Life is the consequence of death. The seed may seem to die, but from its grave the tree arises into life.
18) So man may seem to die, but he lives on, and from the grave he springs up into life.
19) If you could comprehend the word that Moses spoke about the burning bush that burned and still was not consumed, then you would know that death cannot destroy the life.
20) And Moses said that God is God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel.
21) God is not God of dead men’s bones, but the living man.
22) I tell you, men, man goes down to the grave, but he will rise again and manifest the life;
23) For every life is hid with Christ in God, and man shall live while God shall live.
24) The Pharisees and scribes who heard the Lord, exclaimed,
He speaks the truth;

and they were glad to have the Sadducees discomfited.
25) And then an honest scribe came forth and said to Jesus,
Lord, you speak as one whom God has sent, and may I ask,
26) Which is the greatest and the first of the Commandments of the Law?
27) And Jesus said,
The first is Hear O Israel, the Lord our God is one; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your mind, with all your soul, with all your strength;
28) And you shall love your neighbor as yourself.
29) These are the greatest of the ten, and on them hang the Law, the Prophets and the Psalms.
30) The scribe replied,
My soul gives witness that you speak the truth, for love fulfils the law, and far transcends burnt offerings and sacrifice.
31) And Jesus said to him,
Lo, you have solved a mystery; you are within the kingdom and the kingdom is in you.
32) To his disciples Jesus spoke, and all the people heard; he said,
Beware you of the scribes and Pharisees who pride themselves in wearing long and richly decorated robes,
33) And Love to be saluted in the market place, and seek the highest seats at feasts, and take the hard-earned wages of the poor to satisfy their carnal selves, and pray in public, long and loud.
34) These are the wolves who clothe themselves to look like sheep.
35) And then he said to all,
The scribes and Pharisees are placed by law in Moses’ seat, and by the law they may interpret law;
36) So what they bid you do, that do; but do not imitate their deeds.
37) They say the things that Moses taught; they do the things of Beelzebub.
38) They talk of mercy, yet they bind on human shoulders burdens grievous to bear.
39) They talk of helpfulness, and yet they put not forth the slightest helpful efforts for their brother man.
40) They make a show of doing things, and yet they do not anything but show their gaudy robes, and broad phylacteries, and smile when people call them honored masters of the law.
41) They strut about and show their pride when people call them father, so and so.
42) Hear, now, you men, Call no man father here. The God of heaven and earth, and he alone, is Father of the race of men.
43) Christ is the hierarch, the high, exalted master of the sons of men.
44) If you would be exalted, sit down at the master’s feet and serve. He is the greatest man who serves the best.

Be ready every moment of the day and night, because when you expect him not, the Lord will come

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by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 158

Jesus and the twelve at prayer in Olivet. Jesus reveals to his disciples the deeper meanings of secret doctrines. He tells them what to teach the people.
Relates a number of parables. They return to Bethany.

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32) Again I say to you, and you shall say to them who follow you,
33) Be ready every moment of the day and night, because when you expect him not, the Lord will come.
34) Behold, when he will come with all his messengers of light, the Book of Life, and that of Records, shall be opened up – the books in which the thoughts and words and deeds are written down.
35) And every one can read the records he has written for himself, and he will know his doom before the judge shall speak, and this will be the sifting time.
36) According to their records men will find their own.
37) The judge is Righteousness, the king of all the earth, and he will separate the multitudes as shepherds separate the sheep and goats.
38) The sheep will find their places on the right, the goats upon the left, and every man will know his place.
39) And then the judge will say, to those upon the right, You blessed of the Father-God, come unto your inheritance, which was prepared for you from times of old.
40) You have been servants of the race; and I was hungry and you gave me bread; was thirsty and you gave me drink; was naked and you gave me clothes;
41) Was sick, you ministered to me; and was in prison and you came to me with words of cheer; I was a stranger and in your homes I found a home.
42) Then will the righteous say, When did we see you hungry, thirsty, sick, imprisoned or a stranger at our gates and ministered to you?
43) And then the judge will say, You served the sons of men, and whatsoever you have done for these, that you have done for me.
44) The judge will say to those upon the left, Depart from me; you have not served the sons of men.
45) I was hungry and you gave me naught to eat; was thirsty and you gave me naught to drink; I was a stranger and you drove me from your door; I was imprisoned and was sick, you did not minister to me.
46) Then these will say, When did we thus neglect to care for you? When did we see you hungry, thirsty, sick, a stranger or in prison and did not minister to you?
47) And then the judge will say, Your life was full of self; you served the self and not your fellow man, and when you slighted one of these, you slighted and neglected me.
48) Then will the righteous have the kingdom and the power, and they who are unrighteous shall go forth to pay their debts, to suffer all that men have suffered at their hands.
49) They who have ears to hear and hearts to understand will comprehend these parables.
50) When he had finished all these parables he said,
You know that in two days the great Passover feast will come, and lo, the son of man will be betrayed into the hands of wicked men.
51) And he will give his life upon the cross, and men will know that he, the son of man, is son of God.
52) Then Jesus and the twelve returned to Bethany.

And Jesus said,
I am the way, the truth, the life; I manifest the Christ of God

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by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 161

Jesus teaches the eleven. Tells them that they will all be estranged from him, and that Peter will deny him thrice before the morning. He speaks final words of encouragement.
Promises the Comforter.

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14) And the disciples all exclaimed,
There is no power on earth that can estrange, or cause us to deny our Lord.
15) And Jesus said,
Let not your hearts be sad; you all believe in God; believe in me.
16) Behold, for there are many mansions in my Fatherland. If there were not I would not have told you so.
17) I will go unto my Fatherland, and I will prepare a place for you that where I am there you may be. But now you do not know the way unto my Fatherland.
18) And Thomas said,
We do not know where you intend to go; how could we know the way?
19) And Jesus said,
I am the way, the truth, the life; I manifest the Christ of God. No man can reach my Fatherland except he comes with me through Christ.
20) If you had known and comprehended me, then you would know my Father-God.
21) And Philip said,
Show us the Father and we will be satisfied.
22) And Jesus said,
Have I been with you all these years and still you know me not?
23) He who has seen the son has seen the Father, for in the son the Father has revealed himself.
24) Lo, I have told you many times that what I speak and what I do are not the words and works of man;
25) They are the words of God, who lives in me and I in him.
26) Hear me, you faithful men: He who believes in me and in my Father-God shall say and do what I have said and done.
27) Yea, more, he shall do greater works than I have ever done, because I go to him whose works we do, and then I can reach forth my hand in helpfulness.
28) And in my name, through Christ, you may petition God and he will grant you your request.
29) Do you believe what I have said? Yes, you believe, and if you love the Christ and follow me then you will keep my words.
30) I am the vine; you are the branches of the vine; my Father is the husbandmen.
31) The branches that are worthless, bearing naught but leaves, the husbandmen will cut away and cast into the fire to be burned.
32) And he will prune the branches that bear fruit that they may yield abundantly.
33) The branch cannot bear fruit if separated from the vine; and you cannot bear fruit when separate from me.
34) Abide in me, and do the works that God, through me, has taught you how to do, and you will bear much fruit, and God will honor you as he has honored me.
35) And now I go my way, but I will pray my Father-God and he will send another Comforter to you, who will abide with you.
36) Behold, this Comforter of God, the Holy Breath, is one with God, but she is one the world cannot receive because it sees her not; it knows her not.
37) But you know her, and will know her, because she will abide within your soul.
38) I will not leave you desolate, but in the Christ, which is the love of God made manifest to men, I will be with you all the way.

The Spirit of eternity is One unmanifest; and this is God the Father, God the Mother, God the Son in One

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ

by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 163

Jesus visits Pilate, who urges him to flee from the country to save his life.
Jesus refuses to do so. He meets his disciples in Massalian’s orchard.
The scene in Gethsemane. The Jewish mob led by Judas is near.

AS Jesus and the eleven went out, a Roman guard approached and said,
All hail! Is one of you the man from Galilee?
2) And Peter said,
We all are men from Galilee; whom do you seek?
3) The guard replied,
I seek for Jesus, who is called the Christ.
4) And Jesus answered,
Here am I.
5) The guard spoke out and said,
I do not come in an official way; I bear to you a message from the governor.
6) Jerusalem is all alive with vengeful Jews who swear that they will take your life, and Pilate would confer with you, and he would have you come to him without delay.
7) And Jesus said to Peter and the rest,
Go to the vale, and by the Kidron wait for me, and I will go alone and see the governor.
8) And Jesus went up with the guard, and when he reached the palace, Pilate met him at the gate and said,
9) Young man, I have a word to say that may be well for you. I have observed your works and words three years and more;
10) And I have often stood in your defense when your own countrymen would fain have stoned you as a criminal.
11) But now the priests, the scribes and Pharisees have stirred the common people to a stage of frenzied wantonness and cruelty, and they intend to take your life.
12) Because, they say, that you have sworn to tear their temple down; to chage the laws that Moses gave; to exile Pharisee and priest and seat yourself upon a throne.
13) And they aver that you are fully in league with Rome.
14) The streets of all Jerusalem are filled this moment with a horde of madmen all intent to shed your blood.
15) There is no safety for you but in flight; wait not until the morning sun. You know the way to reach the border of this cursed land.
16) I have a little band of guards, well horsed and armed, and they will take you out beyond the reach of harm.
17) You must not tarry here, young man, you must arise and go.
18) And Jesus said,
A noble prince has Caesar in his Pilate Pontius, and from the point of carnal man your words are seasoned with the wise man’s salt; but from the point of Christ your words are foolishness.
19) The coward flees when danger comes; but he who comes to seek and save the lost must give his life in willing sacrifice for those he comes to seek and save.
20) Before the pasch has been consumed, lo, all this nation will be cursed by shedding blood of innocence; and even now the murderers are at the door.
21) And Pilate said,
It shall not be; the sword of Rome will be unsheathed to save your life.
22) And Jesus said,
Nay, Pilate, nay; there are no armies large enough in all the world to save my life.
23) And Jesus bade the governor farewell, and went his way; but Pilate sent a double guard with him lest he should fall into the hands of those who were alert to take his life.
24) But in a moment Jesus disappeared; the guards saw him no more, and in a little while he reached the brook of Kidron where the eleven were.
25) Now, just beyond the brook there was an orchard and a home where one, Massalian, lived, where Jesus oft had been.
26) Massalian was his friend, and he believed that Jesus was the Christ that Jewish prophets long ago had said would come.
27) Now, in the orchard was a sacred knoll; Massalian called the place Gethsemane.
28) The night was dark, but in the orchard it was doubly dark and Jesus bade the eight disciples tarry by the brook,
29) While he, with Peter, James and John went to Gethsemane to pray.
30) They sat beneath an olive tree, and Jesus opened up the mysteries of life to Peter, James and John. He said,
31) The Spirit of eternity is One unmanifest; and this is God the Father, God the Mother, God the Son in One.
32) In life of manifests the One became the Three, and God the Father is the God of might; and God the Mother is omniscient God, and God the Son is love.
33) And God the Father is the power of heaven and earth; and God the Mother is the Holy Breath, the thought of heaven and earth; and God the Son, the only son, is Christ, and Christ is love.
34) I came as man to manifest this love to men,
35) As man I have been subject unto all the trials and temptations of the human race; but I have overcome the flesh, with all its passions and its appetites.
36) What I have done all men can do.
37) And I am now about to demonstrate the power of man to conquer death; for every man is God made flesh.
38) I will lay down my life, and I will take it up again, that you may know the mysteries of life, of death, and of the resurrection of the dead.
39) I lay me down in flesh, but I will rise in spirit form with power to manifest myself so mortal eyes can see.
40) So in a trinity of days I will show forth the all of life, the all of death, the meaning of the resurrection of the dead.
41) And what I do all men can do.
42) And you, my three, who constitute the inner circle of the Church of Christ, will show to men the attributes of all the Gods.
43) And Peter shall make known the Power of God; and James shall show the Thought of God; and John shall demonstrate the Love of God.
44) Be not afraid of men, for you have been sent forth to do the mighty works of God the Father, God the Mother, God the Son.
45) And all the powers of carnal life cannot destroy your life until your work is done. 
46) I leave you now, and I will go out in the darkness all alone and talk with God.
47) By sorrow I am overwhelmed, I leave you here to watch with me.
48) Then Jesus went three hundred cubits toward the east, and fell upon his face and prayed; he said,
49) My God! my God! is there a way by which I may escape the horrors of the coming hours? My human flesh shrinks back; my soul is firm; so not my will, but thine, O God, be done.
50) In agony he prayed; the strain upon the human form was great; his veins were burst asunder, and his brow was bathed in blood.
51) And then he went back to the three, and found them all asleep; he said,
52) O Simon, Simon, do you sleep! Could you not watch with me a single hour? Be vigilant, and watch and pray that your temptations be not too great for you to bear.
53) I know the spirit is alert and willing; but the flesh is weak.
54) And then he went again and prayed,
O Father, God! if I must drink this bitter cup, give me the strength of soul; for not my will, but thine be done.
55) And then he went again to his disciples; lo, he found them still asleep. He wakened them and said to James,
56) Have you been sleeping while your master has been wrestling with the greatest foe of men? Could you not watch with me a single hour?
57) And then he went again and prayed.
O God, I yield to thee; thy will be done.
58) And then again he went back to the three, and still they slept. He said to John,
59) With all the love you have for me, could you not watch with me a single hour?
60) And then he said,
It is enough; the hour has come, and my betrayer is at hand; arise and let us go.
61) And when they came again to Kidron, lo, the eight disciples were asleep, and Jesus said,
You men, awake; behold, for the betrayer of the son of man is come.

And Jesus said,
Why are you troubled thus? Why do you fear? I am no phantom form. I am your Lord, and I have risen from the dead.

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by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 175

Jesus appears, fully materialized to the ten apostles in Simon’s house,
and to Lazarus and his sisters.

THE evening of the resurrection day had come; the ten apostles were in Simon’s house in Bethany. The lawyer, Thomas, was not there.
2) The doors were closed and barred, because the Jews had said that they would drive the Galileans from the land.
3) And as they talked, lo, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and said,
Peace! peace!
4) And the disciples shrank in fear; they thought it was a phantom that they saw.
5) And Jesus said,
Why are you troubled thus? Why do you fear? I am no phantom form. I am your Lord, and I have risen from the dead.
6) I often said, I will arise; but you believed me not; and now come here and see. A phantom has not flesh and bones and brawn, like I possess.
7) Come now, and clasp my hands, and touch my feet, and lay your hands upon my head.
8) And every one came up and clasped his hands, and touched his feet, and laid his hands upon his head.
9) And Jesus said,
Have you here anything to eat.
10) And they brought out a fragment of a fish; he ate it in the presence of them all and then the ten believed.
11) Nathaniel said,
And now we know that he has risen from the dead; he stands a surety of the resurrection of the dead.
And Jesus disappeared.
12) Now, Mary, Martha, Ruth and Lazarus were in their home, and they had heard the rumor that their Lord had risen from the dead, and Martha said,
13) It cannot be, for such a thing has never happened since the world began.
14) But Mary said,
Did not the Lord bring back our brother from the dead? and he could surely bring himself to life again.
15) And as they talked, the Lord stood in their midst and said,
16) All hail! For I am risen from the dead, first fruitage of the grave!
17) And Martha ran and brought the chair in which the Lord had ever loved to sit, and Jesus sat down on the chair.
18) And for a long, long time they talked about the trial, and the scenes of Calvary and of the garden of Siloam.
19) Then Jesus said,
Fear not, for I will be your boon companion all the way;
and then he disappeared. 

Brought immortality to light and painted on the walls of time a rainbow for the sons of men; and what I did all men shall do.

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ

by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 176

Jesus appears, fully materialized, to the eastern sages in the palace of
Prince Ravanna in India; to the magian priests in Persia. The three wise men speak
in praise of the personality of the Nazarene.

RAVANNA, prince of India, gave a feast. His palace in Orissa was the place where men of thought from all the farther East were wont to meet.
2) Ravanna was the prince with whom child Jesus went to India many years ago.
3) The feast was made in honor of the wise men of the East.
4) Among the guests were Meng-tse, Vidyapati and Lamaas.
5) The wise men sat about the table talking of the needs of India and the world.
6) The door unto the banquet hall was in the east; a vacant chair was at the table to the east.
7) And as the wise men talked a stranger entered, unannouced, and raising up his hands in benediction said,
All hail!
8) A halo rested on his head, and light, unlike the light of sun, filled all the room.
9 The wise men rose and bowed their heads and said,
All hail!
10) And Jesus sat down in the vacant chair; and then the wise men knew it was the Hebrew prophet who had come.
11) And Jesus said,
Behold, for I am risen from the dead. Look at my hands, my feet, my side.
12) The Roman soldiers pierced my hands and feet with nails; and then one pierced my heart.
13) They put me in a tomb, and then I wrestled with the conqueror of men. I conquered death, I stamped upon him and arose;
14) Brought immortality to light and painted on the walls of time a rainbow for the sons of men; and what I did all men shall do.
15) This gospel of the resurrection of the dead is not confined to Jew and Greek; it is the heritage of every man of every time and clime; and I am here a demonstration of the power of man.
16) Then he arose and pressed the hand of every man and of the royal host, and said,
17) Behold, I am not myth made of the fleeting winds, for I am flesh and bone and brawn; but I can cross the borderland at will.
18) And then they talked together there a long, long time. Then Jesus said,
19) I go my way, but you shall go to all the world and preach the gospel of the omnipotence of men, the power of truth, the resurrection of the dead;
20) He who believes this gospel of the son of man shall never die; the dead shall live again.
21) Then Jesus disappeared, but he had sown the seed. The words of life were spoken in Orissa, and all of India heard.
22) The magian priests were in the silence in Persepolis, and Kaspar, and the magian masters who were first to greet the child of promise in the shepherd’s home in Bethlehem, were with the priests.
23) And Jesus came and sat with them; a crown of light was on his head.
24) And when the silence ended Kaspar said,
A master from the royal council of the Silent Brotherhood is here; let us give praise.
25) And all the priests and masters stood and said,
All hail! What message from the royal council do you bring?
26) And Jesus said,
My brothers of the Silent Brotherhood, peace, peace on earth; goodwill to men!
27) The problem of the ages has been solved; a son of man has risen from the dead; has shown that human flesh can be transmuted into flesh divine.
28) Before the eyes of men this flesh in which I come to you was changed with speed of light from human flesh. And so I am the message that I bring to you.
29) To you I come, the first of all the race to be transmuted to the image of the AM.
30) What I have done, all men will do; and what I am, all men will be.
31) But Jesus said no more. In one short breath he told the story of his mission to the sons of men, and then he disappeared.
32) The magi said,
Some time ago we read this promise, now fulfilled, upon the dial plate of heaven.
33) And then we saw this man who has just demonstrated unto us the power of man to rise from carnal flesh and blood to flesh of God, a babe in Bethlehem.
34) And after many years he came and sat with us in these same groves;
35) He told the story of his human life, of trials, sore temptations, buffetings and woes.
36) He pressed along the thorny way of life til he had risen and o’erthrown the strongest foes of God and man; and he is now the only master of the human race whose flesh has been transmuted into flesh divine.
37) He is the God-man of today; but every one of earth shall overcome and be like him, a son of God.

And Jesus said,
You men of Rome, I am the resurrection and the life

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by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 178

Jesus appears, fully materialized, before Apollo and the Silent Brotherhood in Greece.
Appears to Claudia and Juliet on the Tiber near Rome.
Appears to the priests in the Egyptian temple at Heliopolis.

APOLLO, with the Silent Brotherhood of Greece, was sitting in a Delphian grove. The Oracle had spoken loud and long.
2) The priests were in the sanctuary and as they looked the Oracle became a blaze of light; it seemed to be on fire, and all consumed.
3) The priests were filled with fear. They said,
A great disaster is to come; our gods are mad; they have destroyed our Oracle.
4) But when the flames had spent themselves, a man stood on the orac pedestal and said,
5) God speaks to man, not by an oracle of wood and gold, but by the voice of man.
6) The gods have spoken to the Greeks, and kindred tongues, through images made by man, but God, the One, now speaks to man through Christ the only son, who was, and is and evermore will be.
7) This Oracle shall fail; the Living Oracle of God, the One, will never fail.
8) Apollo knew the man who spoke; he knew it was the Nazarene who once had taught the wise men in the Acropolis and had rebuked the idol worshippers upon the Athens’ beach;
9) And in a moment Jesus stood before Apollo and the Silent Brotherhood, and said,
10) Behold, for I have risen from the dead with gifts for men. I bring to you the title of your vast estate.
11) All power in heaven and earth is mine; to you I give all power in heaven and earth.
12) Go forth and teach the nations of the earth the gospel of the resurrection of the dead and of eternal life through Christ, the love of God made manifest to men.
13) And then he clasped Apollo’s hand and said,
My human flesh was changed to higher form by love divine and I can manifest in flesh, or in the higher planes of life, at will.
14) What I can do all men can do. Go preach the gospel of the omnipotence of man.
15) Then Jesus disappeared; but Greece and Crete and all the nations heard.
16) Claudas and Juliet, his wife, lived on the Palatine in Rome and they were servants of Tiberius; but they had been in Galilee;
17) Had walked with Jesus by the sea, had heard his words and seen his power; and they believed that he was Christ made manifest.
18) Now Claudas and his wife were on the Tiber in a little boat; a storm swept from the sea, the boat was wrecked and Claudas and his wife were sinking down to death.
19) And Jesus came and took them by the hands and said,
Claudas and Juiet, arise and walk with me upon the waves.
20) And they arose and walked with him upon the waves.
21) A thousand people saw the three walk on the waves, and saw them reach the land, and they were all amazed.
22) And Jesus said,
You men of Rome, I am the resurrection and the life. They that are dead shall live, and many that shall live will never die.
23) By mouth of gods and demi-gods God spoke unto your fathers long ago; but now he speaks to you through perfect man.
24) He sent his son, the Christ, in human flesh, to save the world, and as I lifted from the watery grave and saved these servants of Tiberius,
25) So Christ will lift the sons and daughters of the human race, yea, every one of them, from darkness and from graves of carnal things, to light and everlasting life.
26) I am the manifest of love raised from the dead; Behold my hands, my feet, my side which carnal men have pierced.
27) Claudas and Juliet whom I have saved from death, are my ambassadors to Rome.
28) And they will point the way and preach the gospel of the Holy Breath and of the resurrection of the dead.
29) And that was all he said, but Rome and all of Italy heard.
30) The priests of Heliopolis were in their temple, met to celebrate the resurrection of their brother Nazarite; they knew that he had risen from the dead.
31) The Nazarite appeared and stood upon a sacred pedestal on which no man had ever stood.
32) This was an honor that had been reserved for him who first would demonstrate the resurrection of the dead.
33) And Jesus was the first of all the human race to demonstrate the resurrection of the dead.
34) When Jesus stood upon the sacred pedestal the masters stood and said,
All hail!
The great bells of the temple rang and all the temple was ablaze with light.
35) And Jesus said,
All honor to the masters of this Temple of the Sun.
36) In flesh of man there is the essence of the resurrection of the dead. This essence, quickened by the Holy Breath, will raise the substance of the body to a higher tone,
37) And make it like the substance of the bodies of the planes above, which human eyes cannot behold.
38) There is a holy ministry in death. The essence of the body cannot be quickened by the Holy Breath until the fixed is solved; the body must disintegrate, and this is death.
39) And then upon these pliant substances God breathes, just as he breathed upon the chaos of the deep when worlds were formed,
40) And life springs forth from death; the carnal form is changed to form divine.
41) The will of man makes possible the action of the Holy Breath. When will of man and will of God are one, the resurrection is a fact.
42) In this we have the chemistry of mortal life, the ministry of death, the mystery of deific life.
43) My human life was wholly given to bring my will to tune with the deific will; when this was done my earth-tasks all were done.
44) And you, my brothers, know full well the foes I had to meet; you know about my victories in Gethsemane; my trials in the courts of men; my death upon the cross.
45) You know that all my life was one great drama for the sons of men; a pattern for the sons of men. I lived to show the possibilities of man.
46) What I have done all men can do, and what I am all men shall be.
47) The masters looked; the form upon the sacred pedestal had gone, but every temple priest, and every living creature said,
Praise God.

Jesus … Goes to Mount Olives
and in full view of many disciples ascends to heaven.

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ

by Levi Dowling, 1911

CHAPTER 180

Jesus appears, fully materialized, to the apostles in Jerusalem. Gives them his instructions. Promises them a special endowment for their work on Pentecost. Goes to Mount Olives and in full view of many disciples ascends to heaven. The disciples return to Jerusalem.

THE eleven apostles of the Lord were in Jerusalem and in a spacious room that they had chosen by the Lord’s command.
2) And as they prayed the Lord appeared to them and said,
3) Peace be to all; good will to every living thing.
And then he talked with them a long, long time.
4) And the disciples asked, Will you restore the kingdom unto Israel now?
5) And Jesus said,
Be not concerned about the governments of men; the masters will direct.
6) Do that which has been given you to do, and wait and murmur not.
7) All power in heaven and earth is given unto me, and now I bid you go to all the world and preach the gospel of the Christ, the unity of God and man, the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal life.
8) And as you go and preach, baptize the people in the name of Christ.
9) They who believe and are baptized shall rise up in the newness of the life of Christ, and they who disbelieve shall rise not in the newness of the life of Christ.
10) And you shall give to men the power I give to you.
11) They who believe and are baptized shall heal the sick; shall cause the blind to see, the deaf to hear, the lame to walk;
12) Shall cast the unclean spirits out of those obsessed; shall tread on deadly serpents and be not harmed; shall pass through flames and not be burned; and if they drink a poisonous draught it shall not kill.
13) You know the sacred Word, which is the word of power.
14) The secret things that I have told to you that may not now be told to all the world, you shall make known to faithful men who shall in turn reveal them unto other faithful men.
15) Until the time shall come when all the world may hear and comprehend the words of truth and power.
16) And now I will ascend to God, as you and all the world will rise to God.
17) Behold, upon the day of Pentecost you all shall be endowed with power from on high.
18) But here you shall remain till then in holy thought and prayer.
19) Then Jesus went to Olivet, and his disciples followed him, and in a place not far removed from Bethany, he met the Marys and Salome;
20) Met Martha, Ruth and Miriam; met Lazarus and a host of others who had come from Galilee.
21) And Jesus stood apart and raised his hands and said,
22) The benedictions of the Holy Ones, of the Almighty God, and of the Holy Breath, of Christ the love of God made manifest,
23) Will rest upon you all the way till you shall rise and sit with me upon the throne of power.
24) And then they saw him rise upon the wings of light; a wreath encircled him about; and then they saw his form no more.
25) But as they gazed up into heaven two men, in robes of white, appeared and said,
26) You men of Galilee, why gaze you thus so anxiously upon the ascending Lord? Lo, he will come again from heaven as you have seen him go to heaven.
27) Then the eleven and Lazarus, and other men from Galilee together with the faithful women, not a few, returned unto Jerusalem and there abode.
28) And they were constantly in prayer and Holy thought. They waited for the Holy Breath, and for the coming of the promised power from on high.
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