Bodies

SECTION XXI.--Materialisation of the Spiritual Body of Jesus.--Chapters 173-180.

Jesus was man; Christ was Divine Love-the Love of God, and after thirty years of strenuous life the man had made his body fit to be the temple of the holy breath and Love took full possession, and John well said when he declared:

"The bodies and the soul of men are finite things, and they will change, yes, from the finite point of view the time will come when they will be no more.

"But man himself is not the body, nor the soul; he is a spirit and is part of God.

"Creative Fiat gave to man, to spirit man, a soul that he might function on the plane of soul; gave him a body of the flesh, that he might function on the plane of things made manifest.

"Why did creative Fiat give to soul a body of the flesh that it might function on the plane of things that are made manifest?

"And these soul attributes become a body beautiful.

1. Now, when the magian priests did not return to tell him of the child that had been born a king, King Herod was enraged.2. And then his courtiers told him of another child in Bethlehem, one born to go before and to prepare the people to receive the king.3. This angered more and more the king; he called his guards and bid them go to Bethlehem and slay the infant John, as well as Jesus who was born to be a king.4. He said, Let no mistake be made, and that you may be sure to slay these claimants to my throne, slay all the male children in the town not yet two years of age.5. The guards went forth and did as Herod bade them do.6. Elizabeth knew not that Herod sought to slay her son, and she and John were yet in Bethlehem; but when she knew, she took the infant John and hastened to the hills.7. The murderous guards were near; they pressed upon her hard; but then she knew the secret caves in all the hills, and into one she ran and hid herself and John until the guards were gone.8. Their cruel task was done; the guards returned and told the story to the king.9. They said, We know that we have slain the infant king; but John his harbinger, we could not find.10. The king was angry with his guards because they failed to slay the infant John; He sent them to the tower in chains.11. And other guards were sent to Zacharias, father of the harbinger, while he was serving in the Holy Place, to say, The King demands that you shall tell where is your son.12. But Zacharias did not know, and he replied, I am a minister of God, a servant in the Holy Place; how could I know where they have taken him?13. And when the guards returned and told the King what Zacharias said, he was enraged and said,14. My guards, go back and tell that wily priest that he is in my hands; that if he does not tell the truth, does not reveal the hiding place of John, his son, then he shall die.15. The guards went back and told the priest just what the king had said.16. And Zacharias said, I can but give my life for truth; and if the king does shed my blood the Lord will save my soul.17. The guards again returned and told the king what Zacharias said.18. Now, Zacharias stood before the alter in the Holy Place engaged in prayer.19. A guard approached and with a dagger thrust him through; he fell and died before the curtain of the sanctuary of the Lord.20. And when the hour of salutation came, for Zacharias daily blessed the priests, he did not come.21. And after waiting long the priests went to the Holy Place and found the body of the dead.22. And there was grief, deep grief, in all the land.23. Now Herod sat upon his throne; he did not seem to move; his courtiers came; the king was dead.

1. Again Elihu met his pupils in the sacred grove and said,2. No man lives unto himself; for every living thing is bound by cords to every other living thing.3. Blest are the pure in heart; for they will love and not demand love in return.4. They will not do to other men what they would not have other men do unto them.5. There are two selfs; the higher and the lower self.6. The higher self is human spirit clothed with soul, made in the form of God.7. The lower self, the carnal self, the body of desires, is a reflection of the higher self, distorted by the murky ethers of the flesh.8. The lower self is an illusion, and will pass away; the higher self is God in man, and will not pass away.9. The higher self is the embodiment of truth reversed, and so is falsehood manifest.10. The higher self is justice, mercy, love and right; the lower self is what the higher self is not.11. The lower self breeds hatred, slander, lewdness, murders, theft, and everything that harms; the higher self is mother of the virtues and the harmonies of life.12. The lower self is rich in promises, but poor in blessedness and peace; it offers pleasure, joy and satisfying gains; but gives unrest and misery and death.13. It gives men apples that are lovely to the eye and pleasant to the smell; their cores are full of bitterness and gall.14. If you would ask me what to study I would say, yourselves; and when you will have studied them, and then would ask me what to study next, I would reply, yourselves.15. He who knows well his lower self, knows the illusions of the world, knows of the things that pass away; and he who knows his higher self, know God; knows well the things that cannot pass away.16. Thrice blessed is the man who has made purity and love his very own; he has been ransomed from the perils of the lower self and is himself his higher self.17. Men seek salvation from an evil that they deem a living monster of the nether world; and they have gods that are but demons in disguise; all powerful, yet full of jealousy and hate and lust;18. Whose favours must be bought with costly sacrifice of fruits, and of the lives of birds, and animals, and human kind.19. And yet these gods possess no ears to hear, no eyes to see, no heart to sympathise, no power to save.20. This evil is myth; these gods are made of air, clothed with shadows of a thought.21. The only devil from which men must be redeemed is self, the lower self.

These are Elohim, creative spirits of the universe.20. And these are they who said, Let us make man; and in their image man was made.21. In early ages of the world the dwellers in the farther East said, Tao is the name of Universal Breath; and in the ancient books we read,22. No manifesting form has Tao Great, and yet he made and keeps the heavens and earth.23. No passion has our Tao Great, and yet he causes sun and moon and all the stars to rise and set.24. No name has Tao Great, and yet he makes all things to grow; he brings in season both the seed time and the harvest time.25. And Tao Great was One; the One became the Two; the Two became the Three, the Three evolved the Seven, which filled the universe with manifests.26. And Tao Great gives unto all, the evil and the good, the rain, the dew, the sunshine and the flowers; from his rich stores he feeds them all.27. And in the same old book we read of man: He has a spirit knit to Tao Great; a soul which lives within the seven Breaths of Tao Great; a body of desires that springs up from the soil of flesh.28. Now spirit loves the pure, the good, the true; the body of desires extols the selfish self; the soul becomes the battle ground between the two.29. And blessed is the man whose spirit is triumphant and whose lower self is purified; whose soul is cleansed, becoming fit to be the council chamber of the manifests of Tao Great.30. Thus closed the lesson of Salome.

1. When John was twelve years old his mother died, and neighbours laid her body in a tomb among her kindred in the Hebron burying ground, and near to Zacharias' tomb.2. And John was deeply grieved; he wept.

They come to God through ceremonies and forms.18. And so when you would make men know that sins are washed away by purity in life, a rite symbolic may be introduced.19. In water wash the bodies of the people who would turn away from sin and strive for purity in life.20. This rite of cleansing is a preparation rite and they who thus are cleansed comprise the Church of Purity.21. And you shall say, You men of Israel, hear; Reform and wash; become the sons of purity, and you shall be forgiven.22. This rite of cleansing and this church are but symbolic of the cleansing of the soul by purity in life, and of the kingdom of the soul, which does not come from outward show, but is the church within.23. Now, you may never point the way and tell the multitudes to do what you have never done; but you must go before and show the way.24. You are to teach that men must wash; so you must lead the way, your body must be washed, symbolic of the cleansing of the soul.25. John said, Why need I wait?

1. Now, Jesus with his friend Lamaas went through all the regions of Orissa, and the valley of the Ganges, seeking wisdom from the sudras and the visyas and the masters.2. Benares of the Ganges was a city rich in culture and in learning; here the two rabbonis tarried many days.3. And Jesus sought to learn the Hindu art of healing, and became the pupil of Udraka, greatest of the Hindu healers.4. Udraka taught the uses of the waters, plants and earths; of heat and cold; sunshine and shade; of light and dark.5. He said, The laws of nature are the laws of health, and he who lives according to these laws is never sick.6. Transgression of these laws is sin, and he who sins is sick.7. He who obeys the laws, maintains an equilibrium in all his parts, and thus insures true harmony; and harmony is health, while discord is disease.8. That which produces harmony in all the parts of man is medicine, insuring health.9. The body is a harpsichord, and when its strings are too relaxed, or are too tense, the instrument is out of tune, the man is sick.10. Now, everything in nature has been made to meet the wants of man; so everything is found in medical arcanes.11. And when the harpsichord of man is out of tune the vast expanse of nature may be searched for remedy; there is a cure for every ailment of the flesh.12. Of course the will of man is remedy supreme; and by the vigorous exercise of will, man way make tense a chord that is relaxed, or may relax one that is too tense, and thus may heal himself.13. When man has reached the place where he has faith in God, in nature and himself, he knows the Word of power; his word is balm for every wound, is cure for all the ills of life.14. The healer is the man who can inspire faith.

At Katak, by the river side, he taught, and thousands of the people followed him.2. One day a car of Jagannath was hauled along by scores of frenzied men, and Jesus said,3. Behold, a form without a spirit passes by; a body with no soul; a temple with no altar fires.4. This car of Krishna is an empty thing, for Krishna is not there.5. This car is but an idol of a people drunk on wine of carnal things.6. God lives not in the noise of tongues; there is no way to him from any idol shrine.7. God's meeting place with man is in the heart, and in a still small voice he speaks; and he who hears is still.8. And all the people said, Teach us to know the Holy One who speaks within the heart, God of the still small voice.9. And Jesus said, The Holy Breath cannot be seen with mortal eyes; nor can men see the Spirits of the Holy;10. But in their image man was made, and he who looks into the face of man, looks at the image of the God who speaks within.11. And when man honours man he honours God, and what man does for man, he does for God.12. And you must bear in mind that when man harms in thought, or word or deed another man, he does a wrong to God.13. If you would serve the God who speaks within the heart, just serve your near of kin, and those that are no kin, the stranger at your gates, the foe who seeks to do you harm;14. Assist the poor, and help the weak; do harm to none, and covet not what is not yours;15. Then, with your tongue the Holy One will speak; and he will smile behind your tears, will light your countenance with joy, and fill your hearts with peace.16. And then the people asked.

It is not wide, and none can carry carnal bundles through.22. The lower self must be transmuted into spirit-self; the body must be washed in living streams of purity.23. Ajainin asked, Can I become a subject of this king?24. And Jesus said, You are yourself a king, and you may enter through the gate and be a subject of the King of kings.25. But you must lay aside your priestly robes; must cease to serve the Holy One for gold; must give your life, and all you have, in willing service to the sons of men.26. And Jesus said no more; Ajainin went his way; and while he could not comprehend the truth that Jesus spoke, he saw what he had never seen before.27. The realm of faith he never had explored; but in his heart the seeds of faith and universal brotherhood had found good soil.28. And as he journeyed to his home he seemed to sleep, to pass through darkest night, and when he woke the Sun of Righteousness had arisen; he had found the king.29. Now, in Benares Jesus tarried many days and taught.

(The Hebrews call these seven Spirits, Elohim.)21. And these are they who, in their boundless power, created everything that is, or was.22. These Spirits of the Triune God moved on the face of boundless space and seven ethers were, and every ether had its form of life.23. These forms of life were but the thoughts of God, clothed in the substance of their ether planes.24. (Men call these ether planes the planes of protoplast, of earth, of plant, of beast, of man, of angel and of cherubim.)25. These planes with all their teeming thoughts of God, are never seen by eyes of man in flesh; they are composed of substance far too fine for fleshy eyes to see, and still they constitute the soul of things;26. And with the eyes of soul all creatures see these ether planes, and all forms of life.27. Because all forms of life on every plane are thoughts of God, all creatures think, and every creature is possessed of will, and, in its measure, has the power to choose,28. And in their native planes all creatures are supplied with nourishment from the ethers of their planes.29. And so it was with every living thing until the will became a sluggish will, and then the ethers of the protoplast, the earth, the plant, the beast, the man, began to vibrate very slow.30. The ethers all became more dense, and all the creatures of these planes were clothed with coarser garbs, the garbs of flesh, which men can see; and thus this coarser manifest, which men call physical, appeared.31. And this is what is called the fall of man; but man fell not alone for protoplast, and earth, and plant and beast were all included in the fall.32. The angels and the cherubim fell not; their wills were ever strong, and so they held the ethers of their planes in harmony with God.33. Now, when the ethers reached the rate of atmosphere, and all the creatures of these planes must get their food from atmosphere, the conflict came; and that which the finite man ahs called, survival of the best, became the law,34. The stronger ate the bodies of the weaker manifests; and here is where the carnal law of evolution had its rise.35. And now man, in his utter shamelessness, strikes down and eats the beasts, the beast consumes the plant, the plant thrives on the earth, the earth absorbs the protoplast.36. In yonder kingdom of the soul this carnal evolution is not known, and the great work of master minds is to restore the heritage of man, to bring him back to his estate that he has lost, when he again will live upon the ethers of his native plane.37. The thoughts of God change not; the manifests of life on every plane unfold into perfection of their kind; and as the thoughts of God can never die, there is no death to any being of the seven ethers of the seven Spirits of the Triune God.38. And so an earth is never plant; a beast, or bird, or creeping thing is never man, and man is not, and cannot be, a beast, or bird, or creeping thing.39. The time will come when all these seven manifests will be absorbed, and man, and beast, and plant, and earth and protoplast will be redeemed.40. Barata was amazed; the wisdom of the Jewish sage was a revelation unto him.41. Now, Vidyapati, wisest of the Indian sages, chief of temple Kapavistu, heard Barata speak to Jesus of the origin of man, and heard the answer of the Hebrew prophet, and he said,42. You priests of Kapavistu, hear me speak: We stand to-day upon a crest of time.

1. It was a holy day and Jesus walked upon the Athens beach.2. A storm was on and ships were being tossed about like toys upon the bosom of the sea.3. The sailors and the fishermen were going down to watery graves; the shores were strewn with bodies of the dead.4. And Jesus halted not, but with a mighty power he rescued many a helpless one, oft bringing back to life the seeming dead.5. Now, on these shores were altars sacred to the gods supposed to rule the seas.6. And men and women, heedless of the cries of drowning men were crowding all about these altars calling on their gods for help.7. At length the storm was done, and all the sea was calm, and men could think again; and Jesus said,8. You worshippers of wooden gods, how has the fury of this storm been lessened by your frantic prayers?9. Where is the strength of these poor, weather-beaten gods with painted swords and crowns?10. A god that could abide in such a little house could hardly hold a frantic fly, and who could hope that he could hold at bay the Lords of winds and waves?11. The mighty powers of worlds unseen do not give forth their help till men have done their best; they only help when men can do no more.12. And you have agonised and prayed around these shrines, and let men sink to death who might have been, by your assistance, saved.13. The God that saves dwells in your souls, and manifests by making use of your own feet, and legs, and arms, and hands.14. Strength never comes through idleness; nor through a waiting for another one to bear your loads, or do the work that you are called to do.15. But when you do your best to bear your loads, and do your work, you offer unto God a sacrifice well-pleasing in his sight.16. And then the Holy One breathes deep upon your glowing sacrificial coals, and makes them blaze aloft to fill your souls with light, and strength and helpfulness.17. The most efficient prayer that men can offer to a god of any kind is helpfulness to those in need of help; for what you do for other men the Holy One will do for you.18. And thus God helps.19. His work in Greece was done, and Jesus must go on his way to Egypt in the South.

1. 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.

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.

Lo, God is Thought, and Thought is God.18. Then Vidyapati wrote the second postulate:19. Eternal Thought is one; in essence it is two--Intelligence and Force; and when they breathe a child is born; this child is Love.20. And thus the Triune God stands forth, whom men call Father-Mother-Child.21. This Triune God is one; but like the one of light, in essence he is seven.22. And when the Triune God breathes forth, lo, seven Spirits stand before his face; these are creative attributes.23. Men call them lesser gods, and in their image they made man.24. And Kaspar wrote the third:25. Man was a thought of God, formed in the image of the Septonate, clothed in the substances of soul.26. And his desires were strong; he sought to manifest on every plane of life, and for himself he made a body of the ethers of the earthly forms, and so descended to the plane of earth.27. In this descent he lost his birthright; lost his harmony with God, and made discordant all the notes of life.28. Inharmony and evil are the same; so evil is the handiwork of man.29. Ashbina wrote the fourth:30. Seeds do not germinate in light; they do not grow until they find the soil, and hide themselves away from light.31. Man was evolved a seed of everlasting life; but in the ethers of the Triune God the light was far too great for seeds to grow;32. And so man sought the soil of carnal life, and in the darksomeness of earth he found a place where he could germinate and grow.33. The seed has taken root and grown full well.34. The tree of human life is rising from the soil of earthy things, and, under natural law, is reaching up to perfect form.35. There are no supernatural acts of God to lift a man from carnal life to spirit blessedness; he grows as grows the plant, and in due time is perfected.36. The quality of soul that makes it possible for man to rise to spirit life is purity.

You have defrauded friend and foe alike.23. You worship God with voice and lip; your hearts are far away, and set on gold.24. Your priests have bound upon the people burdens far to great to bear; they live in ease upon the hard earned wages of the poor.25. Your lawyers, doctors, scribes are useless cumberers of the ground; they are but tumours on the body of the state;26. They toil not neither do they spin, yet they consume the profits of your marts of trade.27. Your rulers are adulterers, extortioners and thieves, regarding not the rights of any man;28. And robbers ply their calling in the sacred halls; the holy temple you have sold to thieves; their dens are in the sacred places set apart for prayer.29. Hear!

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!

There is a king for every man.6. This king is love, and when this love becomes the greatest power in life, it is the Christ; so Christ is king.7. And every one may have this Christ dwell in his soul, as Christ dwells in my soul.8. The body is the temple of the king, and men may call a holy man a king.9. He who will cleanse his mortal form and make it pure, so pure that love and righteousness may dwell unsullied side by side within its walls, is king.10. The kings of earth are clothed in royal robes, and sit in state that men may stand in awe of them.11. A king of heaven may wear a fisher's garb; may sit in mart of trade; may till the soil, or be a gleaner in the field; may be a slave in mortal chains;12. May be adjudged a criminal by men; may languish in a prison cell; may die upon a cross.13. Men seldom see what others truly are.

Who gave you right to drive these merchants out?15. And Jesus said, There is no loyal Jew who would not give his life to save this temple from disgrace; in this I acted simply as a loyal Jew, and you yourselves will bear me witness to this truth.16. The signs of my messiahship will follow me in words and deeds.17. And you may tear the temple down (and you will tear it down) and in three days it will be built again more glorious than before.18. Now Jesus meant that they might take his life; tear down his body, temple of the Holy Breath, and he would rise again.19. The Jews knew not the meaning of his words; they laughed his claims to scorn.

1. It was the Sabbath day, and Jesus stood among the surging masses of the people in the temple courts and sacred halls.2. The blind, the deaf, the dumb, and those obsessed were there, and Jesus spoke the Word, and they were healed.3. On some he laid his hands, and they were healed; to others he just spoke the Word, and they were full restored to health; but others had to go and wash in certain pools; and others he anointed with a holy oil.4. A doctor asked him why he healed in divers ways, and he replied,5. Disease is discord in the human form, and discords are produced in many ways.6. The body is a harpsichord; sometimes the strings are too relaxed, and then inharmony results.7. Sometimes we find the strings too tense, and then another form of discord is induced.8. Disease is many-formed, and these are many ways to cure, to tune anew the mystic harpsichord.9. Now when the Pharisees were told that Jesus healed the people on the Sabbath day they were enraged, and they commanded him to quit the place.10. But Jesus said, Was man designed to fit the Sabbath, or was the Sabbath day designed to fit the man?11. If you had fallen in a pit and, lo, the Sabbath day had come, and I should pass your way, would you cry out.12. Let me alone; it is a sin to help me on the Sabbath day; I'll swelter in this filth until another day?13. You Pharisees, you hypocrites!

and in a moment pain was gone; the fever ceased; the maid was well.4. And then the people brought their sick, and they were healed.5. But Jesus did not tarry long in Jericho; he went down to the Jordan ford where John was wont to teach.6. The multitudes were there and Jesus said to them, Behold, the time has come; the kingdom is at hand.7. None but the true in heart can come into the kingdom of the Holy One; but every son and daughter of the human race is called upon to turn from evil and become the pure in heart.8. The resolution to attain and enter through the Christine gate into the kingdom of the Holy One will constitute discipleship, and every one must make a pledge of his discipleship.9. John washed your bodies in the stream, symbolic of the cleansing of the soul, in preparation for the coming of the king, the opening of the Christine gate into the kingdom of the Holy One.10. John did a mighty work; but now the Christine gate is opened up, and washing is established as the pledge of your discipleship.11. Until this age shall close this pledge shall be a rite, and shall be called, Baptism rite; and it shall be a sign to men, and seal to God of men's discipleship.12. You men of every nation, hear!

1. Now, John the harbinger, was at the Salim Springs where water was abundant, and washed the bodies of the people who confessed their sins.2. A Jewish lawyer went to John and said, Has not this man from Galilee, he whom you washed and called the Christ, become your foe?3. They say that he is at the Jordan ford; that he is building up a church, or something else, and that he washes people just as you have done.4. And John replied, This Jesus is indeed the Christ whose was I came to pave.

He is not foe of mine.5. The bridegroom hath the bride; his friends are near, and when they hear his voice they all rejoice.6. The kingdom of the Holy One is bride, and Christ the groom; and I, the harbinger, am full of joy because they proper so abundantly.7. I have performed the work that I was sent to do; the work of Jesus just begins.8. Then turning to the multitudes he said, Christ is the king of righteousness; Christ is the love of God; yea, he is God; one of the holy persons of the Triune God.9. Christ lives in every heart of purity.10. Now, Jesus who is preaching at the Jordan ford, has been subjected to the hardest tests of human life, and he has conquered all the appetites and passions of the carnal man,11. And by the highest court of heaven, has been declared a man of such superior purity and holiness that he can demonstrate the presence of the Christ on earth.12. Lo, love divine, which is the Christ, abides in him, and he is pattern for the race.13. And every man can see in him what every man will be when he has conquered all the passions of the selfish self.14. In water I have washed the bodies of the people who have turned from sin, symbolic of the cleansing of the soul;15. But Jesus bathes for ever in the living waters of the Holy Breath.16. And Jesus comes to bring the saviour of the world to men; Love is the saviour of the world.17. And all who put their trust in Christ, and follow Jesus as a pattern and a guide, have everlasting life.18. But they who do not trust the Christ, and will not purify their hearts so that the Christ can dwell within, can never enter life.

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!

The wicked spirit that possessed the man was full of violence and lust, and often threw his victim to the ground.3. And Jesus spoke aloud and said, Base spirit, loose your hold upon the vitals of this man, and go back to your own.4. And then the spirit begged that he might go into the body of a dog that stood near by.5. But Jesus said, Why harm the helpless dog?

1. The Christines turned their faces toward the land of Galilee; but when they reached the city of Samaria, the multitudes pressed hard about them, begging them to tarry in their city for a while.2. And then they went up to the synagogue, and Jesus opened up the book of Moses, and he read:3. In thee and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blest.4. And then he closed the book and said, These words were spoken by the Lord of hosts unto our father Abraham, and Israel has been blessedness to all the world.5. We are his seed; but not a tithe of the great work that we were called to do has yet been done.6. The Lord of hosts has set apart the Israelites to teach the unity of God and man; but one can never teach that which he does not demonstrate in life.7. Our God is Spirit, and in him all wisdom, love and strength abide.8. In every man these sacred attributes are budding forth, and in due time they will unfold; the demonstration will completed be, and man will comprehend the fact of unity.9. And you, ruler of the synagogue, and you, these priests, are honoured servants of the Lord of hosts.10. All men are looking unto you for guidance in the ways of life; example is another name for priest; so what you would that people be, that you must be.11. A simple godly life may win ten thousand souls to purity and right.12. And all the people said, Amen.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.

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.

Yea, and more; a messenger whom God had sent to pave the way for what you see and hear this day.22. Among the men of earth a greater man has never lived than John.23. Behold I say, This man whom Herod bound in chains and cast into a prison cell is God's Elijah come again to earth.24. Elijah, who did not pass the gate of death, whose body of this flesh was changed, and he awoke in Paradise.25. When John came forth and preached the gospel of repentance for the cleansing of the soul, the common folks believed and were baptised.26. The lawyers and the Pharisees accepted not the teachings of this man; were not baptised.27. Behold, neglected opportunities will never come again.28. Behold, the people are unstable as the waters of the sea; they seek to be excused from righteousness.29. John came and ate no bread, and drank no wine.

And as they came to Nain, a city on the Hermon way, they saw a multitude about the gates.18. It was a funeral train; a widow's son was dead, and friends were bearing out the body to the tomb.19. It was the widow's only son, and she was wild with grief.

And Jesus said to her, Weep not, I am the life; your son shall live.20. And Jesus raised his hand; the bearers of the dead stood still.21. And Jesus touched the bier and said, Young man, return.22. The soul returned; the body of the dead was filled with life; the man sat up and spoke.23. The people were astonished at the scene, and every one exclaimed, Praise God.24. A Jewish priest stood forth and said, Behold a mighty prophet has appeared; and all the people said, Amen.25. The Christines journeyed on; they taught, and healed the sick in many towns of Galilee, and then they came again unto Capernaum.

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 favour 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 shown 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 had 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.

The selfish soul is fed today; the food does not assimilate; the soul grows not, and then it must be fed again, and then again.6. Behold, a selfish man obsessed by just one spirit of the air; by the Omnific Word the spirit is cast out;7. It wanders through dry places, seeking rest and finding none.8. And then it comes again; the selfish man has failed to close and lock the door;9. The unclean spirit finds the house all swept and cleaned; it enters in and takes with it full seven other spirits more unclean than is itself; and there they dwell.10. The last state of the man is more than sevenfold more wretched than the first.11. And so it is with you who snatch the blessings that belong to other men.12. While Jesus spoke a certain woman who stood near exclaimed, Most blessed is the mother of this man of God!13. And Jesus said, Yes, blest is she; but doubly blest are they who hear, receive and live the word of God.14. A Pharisee of wealth prepared a feast, and Jesus and the twelve, together with the masters from afar, were guests.15. And Jesus did not wash his hands according to the strictest Pharisaic rules, before he ate; when this the Pharisee observed he marvelled much.16. And Jesus said, My host, why do you marvel that I did not wash my hands?17. The Pharisees wash well their hands and feet; they cleanse the body every day when, lo, within is every form of filth.18. Their hearts are full of wickedness, extortions and deceit.19. Did not the God who made the outside of the body make the inside, too?20. And then he said, Woe unto you, you Pharisees!

1. Now, when the feast was finished Jesus with the foreign masters and the twelve, with Mary, Miriam and a band of loyal women who believed in Christ, went to a place apart to pray.2. And when their silence ended Jesus said, Be on your guard; the leaven of the Pharisees is being thrown in every measure of the meal of life.3. It is a poison that will taint whatever it may touch; and it will blight the soul as sure as fumes of the Diabolos; it is hypocrisy.4. The Pharisees seem fair in speech, but they are diabolical in heart.5. And then they seem to think that thought is something they can lock within themselves.6. They do not seem to know that every thought and wish is photographed and then preserved within the Book of Life to be revealed at any time the masters will.7. That which is thought, or wished, or done in darkest night shall be proclaimed in brightest day;8. That which is whispered in the ear within the secret place shall be made known upon the streets.9. And in the judgment day when all the books are opened up, these men, and every other man, shall be a-judged, not by what they've said or done,10. But by the ways in which they used the thoughts of God, and how the ethers of eternal love were made to serve;11. For men may make these ethers serve the carnal self, or serve the holy self within.12. Behold, these men may kill the body of this flesh; but what of that?

Not him who has the power to kill the flesh, and nothing more.18. Regard the mighty one who has the power to dissolve both soul and body in the flames of nature's fire.19. But man is king; he may direct his thoughts, his loves, his life, and gain the prize of everlasting life.20. And you are not abandoned in your struggle for the crown of life.

His body is buried in Hebron.

The body had been given unto holy men who had been friends of John; they placed it in a burial case and carried it away.16. They bore it to the Jordan, which they crossed just at the ford where John first preached the word;17. And through the passes of the Judean hills they carried it.18. They reached the sacred grounds near Hebron, where the bodies of the parents of the harbinger lay in their tombs;19. And there they buried it; and then they went their way.20. Now, when the news reached Galilee that John was dead the people met to sing the sonnets of the dead.21. And Jesus and the foreign masters and the twelve took ship to cross the sea of Galilee.22. A scribe, a faithful friend of John, stood by the sea; he called to Jesus and he said, Rabboni, let me follow where you go.23. And Jesus said, You seek a safe retreat from evil men.

They who receive and welcome you, receive and welcome me;16. And they who shut their doors against your face, refuse to welcome me.17. If you are not received in kindness in a town, bear not away an evil thought; do not resist.18. An evil thought of any kind will do you harm; will dissipate your power.19. When you are not received with favour, go your way, for there are multitudes of men who want the light.20. Behold, I send you forth as sheep among a pack of wolves; and you must be as wise as serpents and as harmless as the doves.21. In all your language be discreet, for Pharisees and scribes will seek a cause for your arrest in what you say.22. And they will surely find a way by charges false to bring you into court.23. And judges will declare that you are guilty of some crime, and sentence you to scourgings and to prison cells.24. But when you come to stand before the judge, be not afraid; be not disturbed about the way to act, the words to speak.25. The Holy Breath will guide you in that hour, and give the words that you shall speak.26. Of this be full assured; It is not you who speaks; it is the Holy Breath that gives the words and moves the lips.27. The gospel that you preach will not bring peace, but it will stir the multitudes to wrath.28. The carnal man abhors the truth, and he would give his life to crush the tender plant before the harvest time.29. And this will bring confusion in the homes that were the homes of stagnant peace.30. And brother will give brother up to death; the father will stand by and see men execute his child; and in the courts the child will testify against the sire, and gladly see its mother put to death.31. And men will hate you just because you speak the name of Christ.32. Thrice blessed is the man who shall be faithful in this coming day of wrath!33. Go now; when you are persecuted in a place, go seek another place.34. And when you meet a foe too great for you, behold, the son of man is at your door, and he can speak, and all the hosts of heaven will stand in your defence.35. But do not hold your present life in great esteem.36. The time will come when men will take my life; you need not hope to be immune, for they will slay you in the name of God.37. Men call me Beelzebul and they will call you imps.38. Be not afraid of what men say and do; they have no power over soul; they may abuse and may destroy the body of the flesh; but that is all.39. They do not know the God who holds the issues of the soul within his hands, who can destroy the soul.40. The Christ is king to-day, and men must recognise his power.41. He who loves not the Christ, which is the love of God, before all else, can never gain the prize of spirit consciousness.42. And they who love their parents or their children more than they love the Christ can never wear the name of Christ.43. And he who loves his life more than he loves the Christ cannot please God.44. And he who clings to life shall lose his life, while he who gives his life for Christ will save his life.45. When Jesus had thus said he sent the twelve away by twos, and bade them meet him in Capernaum.46. And they went out through all the towns of Galilee and taught and healed in spirit and in power.

According to your faith so let it be.15. Man is not a part of his abiding place; the house is not the man.16. The lower world builds up the house of flesh, and keeps it in repair; the higher world provides the bread of spirit life.17. The loveliest lilies grow from stagnant ponds and filthiest muck.18. The law of flesh demands that one should keep the body clean.19. The law of spirit call for purity in thought and word and deed.20. Now, when the evening came and they were in the house, the twelve had many things to say, and many questions to propound.21. Nathaniel asked, Was what you said about the house of flesh a parable?

My body will be laid within a tomb in which no flesh has lain, symbolic of the purity of life in death.28. And in the tomb I will remain three days in sweet communion with the Christ, and with my Father-God and Mother-God.29. And then, symbolic of the ascent of the soul to higher life, my flesh within the tomb will disappear;30. Will be transmuted into higher form, and, in the presence of you all, I will ascend to God.31. Then Jesus and the twelve went to a village by the sea.

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.

You are protected in the way of right, and naught can harm.10. And as you went I heard a master say, Well done.11. But you may not rejoice because you have the power to heal the sick and make the devils tremble by the Word; for such rejoicing is from carnal self.12. You may rejoice because the nations of the earth have ears to hear the Word, and eyes to see the glory of the Lord, and hearts to feel the inner breathing of the Holy Breath.13. And you may well be glad because your names are written in the Book of Life.14. Then Jesus looked to heaven and said, I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast revealed thyself to babes, and taught them how to light the path and lead the wise to thee.15. What thou hast given to me, lo, I have given to them, and through the sacred Word I have bestowed on them the understanding heart,16. That they might know and honour thee through Christ, who was, and is, and evermore shall be.17. And then he said aside, unto the seventy and twelve, Most blessed are your eyes because you see the things you see;18. And blessed they are your ears because they hear the things they hear;19. And blessed are your hearts because you understand.20. In ages that are gone the wise of earth, the prophets, seers and kings, desired to hear and see and know what you have heard and seen and known; but they had not attained and could not hear, and see and know.21. And Jesus said again, Lo, I have gone before you many moons, and I have given to you the bread of heaven and the cup of life;22. Have been your buckler and your stay; but now that you have learned the way, and have the strength to stand alone, behold, I lay my body down and go to him who is the All.23. In forty days then we will turn our faces towards Jerusalem where I will find the altar of the Lord and give my life in willing sacrifice for men.24. Let us arise and go through all the coasts of Galilee, and give a salutation of good cheer to all the sons of God by faith.25. And they arose and went; they entered every town and village on the coast, and everywhere they said, The benedictions of the Christ abide with you for evermore.26. Now, in a certain town they went up to the synagogue upon the Sabbath day, and Jesus taught.27. And as he spoke, two men brought on a cot a woman bent near double with disease; she had not risen from her bed for eighteen years without a helping hand.28. And Jesus laid his hand upon the woman, and he said, Arise, be free from your infirmity.29. And as he spoke the Word the woman found that she was straight and strong, and she arose and walked and said, Praise God.30. The ruler of the synagogue was filled with wrath because the healer healed upon the Sabbath day.31. He did not censure Jesus face to face, but turning to the multitudes he said,32. You men of Galilee, why do you break the laws of God?

Behold our brother has been dead four days; the body must be in decay, and is it well that we should see it now?30. The Lord replied, Have you forgotten, Martha, what I said while we were at the village gate?

And Judas went his way.36. And when the pasch was done the Lord with the eleven sat a while in silent thought.37. Then Jesus took a loaf of bread that had been broken not and said, This loaf is symbol of my body, and the bread is symbol of the bread of life;38. And as I break this loaf, so shall my flesh be broken as a pattern for the sons of men; for men must freely give their bodies up in willing sacrifice for other men.39. And as you eat this bread, so shall you eat the bread of life, and never die.

His body is buried in the potter's field.

I have betrayed the son of God; the curse of God will rest upon my soul.4. And then he turned and ran with haste until he reached the temple door; he found the priests, who gave to him the thirty silver pieces to betray the Lord, and said,5. Take back your bribe; it is the cost price of my soul; I have betrayed the son of God.6. The priests replied, That matters not to us.7. Then Judas threw the silver on the floor, and, bowed with grief, he went away, and on a ledge beyond the city's walls he hanged himself and died.8. In time the fastenings gave way, his body fell into the Hinnon vale and after many days they found it there a shapeless mass.9. The rulers could not put the price of blood into the treasury, and so they took the thirty silver pieces with which they bought a potter's field,10. Where they might bury those who had no rights to lie within their sacred grounds.11. And there they put the body of the man who sold his Lord.

Joseph and Nicodemus, by consent of Pilate, take the body of Jesus from the cross and lay it in Joseph's tomb.

And with a spear he pierced his heart and it was done; the son of man was dead.11. And then the earth was shocked again; the city of Jerusalem rocked to and fro; the hills were rent and tombs were opened up;12. And people thought they saw the dead arise and walk the streets.13. The temple quivered and the veil between the sanctuary and the Holy Place was rent in twain, and consternation reigned through all the place.14. The Roman guard who watched the body on the cross exclaimed, This surely was the son of God who died.15. And then the people hurried down from Calvary.

The priests, the Pharisees and scribes were filled with fear.16. They sought the cover of their synagogues and homes and said, Behold, the wrath of God!17. The great day of the Jewish pasch was near, and Jews could not by law permit a criminal to hang upon the cross upon the Sabbath day.18. And so they prayed that Pilate would remove the bodies of the men that had been crucified.19. And Pilate sent his guards to Calvary to note if all the men were dead.20. And when the guards were gone, two aged Jews came to the palace door to see the governor, and they were members of the highest council of the Jews;21. Yet they believed that Jesus was a prophet sent from God.22. The one was Rabbi Joseph, the Arimathean counsellor, and he was just and loved the law of God.23. And Nicodemus was the other one who came.24. These men fell down at Pilate's feet and prayed that they might take the body of the Nazarene and lay it in a tomb.25. And Pilate gave consent.26. Now, Joseph had prepared a costly mixture to embalm the body of the Lord, about a hundred pounds of aloes and of myrrh, and this they took and hastened out to Calvary.27. And when the guards returned they said, The Nazarene is dead; the malefactors are alive.28. And Pilate told the guards to go and smite the living men so they would die, and then to give their bodies to the flames; but give the body of the Nazarene to rabbis who would call for it.29. The soldiers did as Pilate said.30. The rabbis came and took away the body of the Lord and when they had prepared it with the spices they had bought,31. They laid it in the new-made tomb that had been made for Joseph in a solid rock.32. And then they rolled a stone up to the sepulchre.33. The priests were fearful lest the friends of Jesus would go forth at night and take away the body of the Nazarene, and then report that he had risen from the dead, as he had said;34. And they requested that the governor would send his soldiers to the tomb to guard the body of the dead.35. But Pilate said, I will not send a Roman guard; but you have Jewish soldiers and may send a hundred men with a centurion to guard the tomb.36. And then they sent a hundred soldiers out to guard the tomb.

The soldiers are bribed by the priests to say that the disciples had stolen the body.

1. The tomb in which they laid the body of the Lord was in a garden, rich with flowers, the garden of Siloam, and Joseph's home was near.2. Before the watch began Caiaphas sent a company of priests out to the garden of Siloam that they might be assured that Jesus' body was within the tomb.3. They rolled away the stone; they saw the body there, and then they placed the stone again before the door.4. And Pilate sent his scribe who placed upon the stone the seal of Rome, in such a way that he who moved the stone would break the seal.5. To break this Roman seal meant death to him who broke the seal.6. The Jewish soldiers all were sworn to faithfulness; and then the watch began.7. At midnight all was well, but suddenly the tomb became a blaze of light, and down the garden walk a troupe of white-clad soldiers marched in single file.8. They came up to the tomb and marched and countermarched before the door.9. The Jewish soldiers were alert; they thought the friends had come to steal the body of the Nazarene.

The body is the manifest of soul; but soul is soul without its manifest.16. And in the realm of souls, unmanifest, the Lord went forth and taught.17. He opened up the prison doors and set the prisoners free;18. He broke the chains of captive souls, and led the captives to the light;19. He sat in council with the patriarchs and prophets of the olden times;20. The masters of all times and climes he met, and in the great assemblies he stood forth and told the story of his life on earth, and of his death in sacrifice for man,21. And of his promises to clothe himself again in garb of flesh and walk with his disciples, just to prove the possibilities of man;22. To give to them the key of life, of death, and of the resurrection of the dead.23. In council all the masters sat and talked about the revelations of the coming age,24. When she, the Holy Breath, shall fill the earth and air with holy breath, and open up the way of man to perfectness and endless life.25. The garden of Siloam was silent on the Sabbath day; the Jewish soldiers watched and no one else approached the tomb; but on the following night the scene was changed.26. At midnight every Jewish soldier heard a voice which said, Adon Mashich Cumi, which meant, Lord Christ arise.27. And they supposed again that friends of Jesus were alert, were coming up to take the body of their Lord away.28. The soldiers were alert with swords unsheathed and drawn, and then they heard the words again.29. It seemed as though the voice was everywhere, and yet they saw no man.30. The soldiers blanched with fear, and still to flee meant death for cowardice, and so they stood and watched.31. Again, and this was just before the sun arose, the heavens blazed with light, a distant thunder seemed to herald forth a coming storm;32. and then the earth began to quake and in the rays of light they saw a form descend from heaven.

They said, Behold an angel comes.33. And then they heard again, Adon Mashich Cumi.34. And then the white-robed form tramped on the Roman seal and then he tore it into shreds; he took the mighty stone in hand as though it were a pebble from the brook, and cast it to the side.35. And Jesus opened up his eyes and said, All hail the rising sun; the coming of the day of righteousness!36. And then he folded up his burial gown, his head bands and his coverings and laid them all aside.37. He rose, and for a moment stood beside the white-robed form.38. The weaker soldiers fell upon the ground, and hid their faces in their hands; the stronger stood and watched.39. They saw the body of the Nazarene transmute; they saw it change from mortal to immortal form, and then it disappeared.40. The soldiers heard a voice from somewhere; yea, from everywhere, it said,41. Peace, peace on earth; good will to men.42. They looked, the tomb was empty and the Lord had risen as he said.43. The soldiers hastened to Jerusalem, and to the priests, and said,44. Behold, the Nazarene has risen as he said; the tomb is empty and the body of the man is gone; we know not where it is.

And then they told about the wonders of the night.45. Caiaphas called a council of the Jews; he said, the news must not go forth that Jesus has arisen from the dead;46. For if it does all men will say, He is the son of God, and all our testimonies will be proven false.47. And then they called the hundred soldiers in and said to them,48. You know not where the body of the Nazarene is resting now, so if you will go forth and say that his disciples came and stole the body while you slept,49. Each one of you shall have a silver piece, and we will make it right with Pilate for breaking of the Roman seal.50. The soldiers did as they were paid to do.

1. Now, when the rabbis took the body of the Lord and laid it in the tomb.

The mother of the Lord, and Mary Magdalene, and Miriam were there.2. And when the body was entombed they went to Joseph's home and there abode.3. They did not know that Jewish soldiers had been sent to guard the tomb, nor that Roman seal was placed upon the stone;4. So in the morning of the first day of the week they hastened to the tomb with spices to embalm the Lord.5. But when they reached the tomb they found the terror-stricken soldiers running frantically about.6. The women did not know the cause; but when they found an empty tomb they were excited and aggrieved.7. The soldiers did not know what had transpired; they could not tell who took the body of the Lord away.8. And Mary Magdalene ran with haste toward Jerusalem to tell the news to Peter and the rest.9. She met, just by the gateway, Peter, James and John; she said, Some one has rolled away the stone and carried off the body of the Lord.10. And then the three disciples ran toward the tomb; but John was fleet of foot and was the first to reach the tomb; he found it empty; the body of his Lord was gone.11. When Peter came he went into the tomb, and found the grave clothes neatly folded up and laid aside.12. Now, the disciples did not comprehend the scene.

They did not know the meaning of their Lord when he informed them just before his death that he would rise from death upon the first day of the week.13. The three disciples went back to Jerusalem; the mother of the Lord and Miriam went not away.14. And Mary looked within the tomb, and saw two masters sitting there; they said, Why do you weep?15. And Mary said, Because my Lord is gone; some one has carried off the body of my Lord; I know not where it is.16. Then she arose and looked around; a man stood near and said, Why do you weep?

whom do you seek?17. And Mary thought it was the gardener and said, If you have borne away the body of my Lord, O tell me where it is that I may lay it in a sacred tomb.18. And then the man came near and said, My Mother!

He healed the sick and made the deaf to hear, the blind to see, the lame to walk, and even raised the dead.11. The Jewish scribes and Pharisees were jealous of his fame and power, and they arrested him; by perjured witnesses they proved him guilty of a score of crimes,12. And on last Friday he was taken to the place of skulls and crucified.13. He died and he was buried in a rich man's tomb, out in the garden of Soloam.14. This very morning when his friends went to the tomb they found it empty; the body of the Lord was gone.15. And now the news has spread abroad that he has risen from the dead.16. The stranger said, Yes, I have heard about this man; but it seems strange that after all the things that Jewish prophets long ago foretold concerning him that when he came men knew him not.17. This man was born to demonstrate the Christ to men, and it is just to say that Jesus is the Christ.18. According to the word, this Jesus came to suffer at the hands of men, to give his life as pattern for the sons of men;19. To rise from death that men might know the way to rise from death.20. And then the stranger told the two disciples all about the Law, the Prophets and the Psalms, and read to them a multitude of things that had been written of this man from Galilee.21. And now the men had reached their home, and as the night was near they importuned the stranger to abide with them.22. and he went in with them and as they sat about the table at the evening meal, he took a piece of bread, and blessed it in the name of Christ.23. And instantly their eyes were opened up, and they perceived that he, the stranger, was the Lord, the man from Galilee; that he had risen from the dead; and then the form of Jesus disappeared.24. When he had gone, the two disciples were amazed.

Is he not teaching in the temple now?3. The Jews replied, That man from Galilee was crucified a week ago, because he was a dangerous man, a vile, seditious man.4. The stranger asked, Where did you put the body of this man from Galilee?

His followers came at night and stole the body from the tomb in which it lay and carried it away, and the declared that he had risen from the dead.6. The stranger asked, How do you know that his disciples stole the body from the tomb?

was any one a witness of the theft?7. The Jews replied, We had a hundred soldiers at the place, and every one of them declares that his disciples stole the body from the tomb.8. The stranger asked, Will any one of all your hundred men stand forth and say, I saw the body stolen from the tomb?9. The Jews replied, We do not know; these men are men of truth; we cannot doubt their word.10. The stranger said, You priests and scribes and Pharisees hear me: I was a witness of the facts, was in the garden of Siloam, and stood among your hundred men.11. And this I know that not a man among your hundred men will say, I saw the body stolen from the tomb.12. And I will testify before the God of heaven and earth, The body was not stolen from the tomb; the man from Galilee is risen from the dead.13. And then the priests and scribes and Pharisees rushed up to seize the man and cast him out.14. But instantly the fisherman became a radiant form of light, and priests and scribes and Pharisees fell back in deadly fear; they saw the man from Galilee.15. And Jesus looked upon the frightened men and said, This is the body that you stoned beyond the city's gates and crucified on Calvary.16. Behold my hands, my feet, my side and see the wounds the soldiers made.17. If you believe that I am phantom made of air, come forth and handle me; ghosts do not carry flesh and bones.18. I came to earth to demonstrate the resurrection of the dead, the transmutation of the flesh of carnal man to flesh of man divine.19. Then Jesus raised his hands and said, Peace be to every one of you; goodwill to all mankind.

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.

The text repeats motifs of total food scarcity, weakened bodies, and cannibalism, underscoring desperation.

And I just realized that if everything was meeting together in harmony, it would have to be part of one body or being of some sort, because our bodies work together.

was designed to amplify and magnify that gamma state to the point where it reverberated and amplified and then suddenly popped them out of their bodies."

Their bodies were semi-etheric and mutable, allowing alteration in size and form.

Procreation occurred through division of their semi-etheric bodies.

When the DNA is changed, the body will be what we wanted it to be many millennia ago.

Our DNA has continued to evolve, and our physical bodies no longer experience degeneration and aging.

Although we feel as physical in our bodies as you do, lowering our frequency to the level of the third dimension is no longer comfortable for us.

These twelve helixes correspond to energy centers, or chakras, inside and outside of your body.

These twelve spiral strands of DNA interact with one another in the body and outside of the body.

What the scientists call "junk DNA" has been dormant in your body for a long time, and it is now becoming activated.

In our teachings, we always emphasize the importance of oxygenation, because oxygen feeds the coding and awakens the junk DNA in your body (which certainly isn't junk at all).

What scientists are calling "junk" houses the perceptions deep inside of your body that will allow you to become an entire perceiver, a fourth-dimensional being.

S: There are those who say that once the body goes into the ground, that all that was that being has been lost and moulders with the worms.

If a person is dead or has become no longer inhabiting a body as we know, they must then go over what they have done.

In this sense, we are literally cells in the body of God.

But the antique doctrine of metempsychosis was not the same as the modern doctrine of reincarnation; for the ancients believed that human souls might pass into the bodies of animals, which the modern doctrine does not admit."

They would know who was coming into their bodies before they even moved into conception.