Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East 

By Baird T. Spalding  

Volume II  

Chapter I  

"This day is to you the beginning of a new year, the old having passed out as it were, from your life,  

never to return, except possibly in thought, as the memory of its pleasures, itssorrows and cares,  

and the more engrossing thoughts of business come flooding back. Aside from that, it is forgotten,  

gone; to you a page torn from the yearbook of your life. We look upon it asa period of attainment  

and added triumph, an ongoing, a span carrying us onto a more glorious development and  

achievement; a time of greater promise and enlightenment; a time when we can be of greater  

service; when we can beyounger, stronger, and more loving from each succeeding experience.  

Your thoughts is, 'Why?' Our answer is, 'to drawyour own conclusion, choose your own life.'  

Our chief said, without any thought of intruding, "We wish to see and know."  

Our friend resumed, "From this time on, there are definite lessons for those who do not see and  

know or grasp the full meaning of the goal of life well lived. This does not meana life of asceticism  

and austerity, and aloofness or sadness. This means a life of accomplishment in joy and gladness,  

where all sorrows,all pain, are banished forever."  

Then, in a lighter and more whimsical mood he said, "Youhave expressed a desire to see and know.  

The desire is no sooner expressed than it is fulfilled. The thought expressed in a verse in your Bible  

comes to me as I look over this assembly, 'Where two or three are gathered togetherin My Name,  

there will I be also.' How often that verse has been looked upon as a mere play uponwords, instead  

of being applied and made really true. The great error you have made with Jesus' teachings is, you  

have consigned them to the dim and misty past, looking upon themas mythical and mystical,  

pointing to something that may be gained after death, instead ofknowing that they can be applied in  

the daily lives of all, right here and now, if you only will.  

"We wish it to be understood that we are not putting forth the claim that Jesus, as the Christ,  

represented a plane orcondition of life in his own realization that had not been brought forth to a  

greater or lesser degree bya great many seers and prophets of other times and peoples. We wish to  

emphasize his life because that life is the one you canunderstand more fully. The specific reference  

to his own life can have but one purpose and meaning and that was the faith-inspiring fact that his  

life and experience was the living demonstration of his teachings. The speculative dogma of  

vicarious atonement, which has biased Christian thought for centuries, can not be charged to the  

author of the Sermon on the Mount or the Parable of the Prodigal Son.  

"The leaders of Christian thought have diverted the followers of Jesus and his teachings from their  

practical application and the study of the God power. They have taught them to look upon his  

teachings as the experiences of the Apostles after his time, instead of teaching them that the law  

upon which those teachings werebased was an exact science which could be understood and  

experienced in the lives of all.  

"The Orientals have made the scientific phase of their religion the supreme object of their study and  

attainment. In this theyhave gone to the other extreme. In this way both have consigned their  

religion to the realm of the miraculous and supernatural. The one has become absorbed in the  

wholly ethical, while the other has become absorbed inthe scientific side only. Thus both have shut  

out true spirituality.  

"The monastic life of retirement, asceticism, and seclusion from the world, whether in Buddhistic or  

Christian monasteries, is neither a necessity nor is it the true method of attaining spiritual  

enlightenment nor the realization of the perfect life of wisdom and power as brought forth by Jesus.  

"These monastic systems have beenin existence for manythousands of years, yet they have in no  

wise accomplished as much for the uplift of the common people as did the teachings of Jesus in the  

few short years of his time here on earth.  

"It is very well known that he embraced all their teachings, going through the initiations and  

studying the so-called sacred mysteries, the ritualistic forms and ceremonies, until he came to the  

teachings of Osiris. These were interpreted to him by a priest who had held himself aloof from all  

the ritualistic, monastic, and materialistic forms of worship.  

"This priest was a follower of King Thoth, of the First Dynasty of the Egyptian Kings.When King  

Thoth declared Egypt an empire, hedid it under the power of a dictator and usurper of the people's  

rights. Centuries before these people had built up and maintained a glorious civilization of unity and  

brotherhood under the guidance and direction of Osiris and his followers. These people were the  

pure white race and were always known as the Israelites, of whom the Hebrew race is a division.  

Thoth ruled wisely and attempted tomaintain the Osirian teachings but, after his day, the dark and  

material concept crept in, as the Egyptian or darkhordes from the south, who had swept him into  

power, gained sway. The succeedingdynasties fell away from Osirian teachings, gradually took up  

the dark concept of the dark race, and finally practiced black magic entirely. Their kingdom soon  

fell, as all such kingdoms must fall.  

"After Jesus had listened attentively to this priestand his teachings, he recognized their deep, inner  

meaning. He also saw, through the insight which he had received from Buddhistic teachings, that  

there was a great similarity underlying the two. He then determined to go to India, over the old  

caravan route maintained at that time.  

"There he studied the Buddhistic teachings which had been preserved witha reasonable degree of  

purity. He saw that, in spite of the ritualistic forms and dogmas that had been imposed by man,  

religion had but one source and thatwas the God within, Whom he designated as his Father and the  

Father of all. Then he threw all forms to the winds, as it were, and went directly to God, went  

straight to the heart of this loving attainment. He soon found that this did not take long years of  

weary plodding throughdogmas, rituals, creeds, formulas, and initiations which the priesthood were  

foisting upon the people in order to holdthem in ignorance and, therefore, in subjection. He realized  

that that for which he was seeking was right within himself. He knew that inorder to bethe Christ  

he must declare that he was the Christ. Then withpure motive of life, thought, word, and deed he  

must live the life he sought, inorder to incorporate it within his physical body. Then, after  

perceiving this, he had the courage to goout and declare it to all the world.  

"It did not matter from whom or where he got his realization. It was the work that counted,not what  

someone else had done but what he did, thatcounted. The common people, whose cause he  

sponsored, heard him gladly. He did not borrow his precepts from India, Persia, or Egypt. Their  

teachings were but the outer that brought him to see his own Godhead and the Christ, the  

representation of it, that was in every one; not in a few but in all.  

"Osiris was born in Atlantis more than thirty-five thousand years ago. The chroniclers of his life,  

long after his time, called him a godbecause of his wonderful works. He was direct descendant of  

those of higher thought who had kept their concepts clear in the Motherland of Man.  

"It was so of the great portion ofall the mythological characters that have been brought down to us.  

Their works and characters have been distorted by repetition and translation of the stories  

concerning them. Their works and attainments were looked upon as supernatural by those who  

would not give the time and thought to go into the deeper meaning and find that they weredivinely  

natural to man in his true dominion.  

"The chroniclers deified Osiris, then they began making images of him. These images only  

represented what he stoodfor, at first. Then, gradually the images became fixed in the mind, the  

ideal was forgotten, and the empty idol remained.  

"Buddha was another who was deified by the chroniclers long after his time. Notethe images of  

him that have been set up, with the result that the image is worshipped instead of the ideal. Again  

the empty idol. It is the same with signs and symbols.  

"The teachings that Buddha received came fromthe same source as did those of Osiris but in a  

different way. The teachings thatBuddha contacted came from the Motherland direct to Burma,  

brought there by the Naacals.Osiris' teachings came direct to him, as his forefathers lived in the  

Motherland and when he was a young man he had gone to the Motherland tostudy. After finishing  

his studies he returned home, became the leader ofthe Atlanteans and brought the people back to  

the worship of the God within, as they were gradually slipping back to the dark concept, influenced  

by the dark races about them.  

"Moses was another leader whose followers and chroniclers deified him after his time. He was an  

Israelite and contacted the records of the Babylonians,receiving his teachings from them. These  

records form a part of our Bible. What Moses saw and learned from these records was written by  

him in the exact form and words. The facts which heput down were badly distorted by translators. I  

could go on and recall many more.  

"Jesus saw and contacted all their teachings, then, in his characteristic manner, wentto the heart of  

all these. He went one step further than any of them did, by glorifying his body to the point where  

he could allow it to be crucified; yet he brought it forth ina triumphant resurrection.  

"Studying the teachings ofOsiris, Buddha, and Jesus, you will find many similarities; in fact, at  

times you will find the same words used. Yet did any of them copy? The teachings showed them the  

way from the outer to the inner. Then they must have dropped all teaching, all copying, and must  

have gone beyond it all. Had any of them just copied and studied what they saw and were taught  

and then had not beenable to see that all was from the God right within themselves, they would  

have been studying yet and their lives and experiences would never have been recorded.  

"They all went through the same experience in that their followers wanted to crown them kings of  

temporal kingdoms; but to this they would not listen, each expressing the same thought in almost  

the same words, 'My kingdom is not of the material, it is spiritual.' With Osiris it went so far that  

the later chroniclers placed him as anEgyptian king."  

Here the talk ended and we all walked to the temple. As we arrived in the lower room, our friend  

began, "In ascending from room to room of this temple, please remember that no man can confer  

any rights upon another.By developing your understanding you will find that you are the equal of  

any man and he who attempts to confer his rights or what he has uponyou is not consistent, as he is  

attempting to give what he cannot. One may point the way to his brother, that he may extend his  

vision to incorporate the good, but he cannot confer that good which he himself has, upon him."  

By this time we had arrived in the second room, where four of our friends from the village had  

preceded us. After a few moments of general talk, all were seated and our teacher resumed. "There  

is not a character inall your history thatstands out as Jesus does. You count your time before and  

after his birth. He is idolized by a majority of yourpeople and that is where they err. Instead of the  

idol, he should bethe ideal; instead of being made into a graven image, he should be real and living  

to you, for he actually lives today in the same bodyin which he was crucified. He lives and can talk  

to you just as he could before that event. The great error with so many isthat they see his life  

ending in sorrow and death upon the cross, forgetting entirely thatthe greater portion of his life is  

that portion after the resurrection. He is able to teach and heal, today, far more than he ever did  

before. You can come into His presence at any time, if you will. If you seek, you will find him. He  

is not a king who can intrude his presence upon you but a mighty brother who stands ready always  

to help you and to help the world. When he lived uponthe mortal, earthly plane, he was able to  

reach but a few. Today he is able toreach all who willlook to him.  

"Did he not say: 'Where I am, there you are also'? Does that mean that he isaway in a place called  

heaven that you must die to attain? He is where you are and he is able to walk and talk with you.  

Lift your sight a little higher and let it extendto a wider horizon; and ifyour heart and thought are  

sincerely with him, you will see him. You may walk and talk with him. If you look closely you will  

find the scars of the cross, the spear and the thorns, all healed, all gone, and the radiant love and  

happiness about him will tell you that they are all forgotten, forgiven."  

Our friend stoppedtalking and all was deep silence for the space of aboutfive minutes. Then the  

room lighted up with a brilliance that we had not seen before. We heard a voice. At first it seemed a  

long way off and indistinct. After our attention was attracted to it and our thoughts directed to it, the  

voice became very distinct and rang out in clear bell-like tones.  

One of our party asked, "Who is speaking?" Our Chief said, "Please be silent. Our dear Master,  

Jesus, is speaking." Then one ofour friends said, "You are right, Jesus speaks."  

Then the voice went on, "When I said 'I am the way, the truth and the life,' I did not intend to  

convey the thought to mankind that I, Myself, was the only true light. 'As many as are led by the  

Spirit of God, they are Sons of God.' When I said, 'I am the perfect Son, the only begotten Son of  

God in whom the Father iswell pleased,' I fully intended to convey the thought to all mankind that  

one of God's children saw, understood, and claimed his divinity; saw that he lived, moved, and had  

his being in God, the great Father-Mother Principle of all things; that seeing this, he then spoke  

forth the word that he was the Christ, the only begotten Son of God, and with true heart and  

steadfast purpose lived the life, becoming what he claimed to be. With his eyes fixed uponthat idea,  

he filled his whole body with that ideal, and the end sought was fulfilled.  

"The reason so many havenot seen me is that they have put me upon a shrine and placed me in the  

unapproachable. They have surrounded me with miracles and mystery; and again, they have placed  

me far from the common people, whom I love dearly. I love them with a love that is unspeakable. I  

have not withdrawn from them. They have withdrawn from me. They have set up veils, walls and  

partitions, mediators, and images of myself and those so near and dear tome. They have surrounded  

us with myth and mystery until we seem so far removed from these dear ones that they do not know  

how to approach. Theypray and supplicate my dear mother and those that surround me, and thus  

they hold us all inmortal thought. Whentruly, if they would know us as we are, they would and  

could shake our hands.If they would dropall superstition and creed and know us as weare, they  

could talk with us as you do. We are no differentat any time than as you see us. How we would  

love to have the whole world know this. Thenwhat an awakening, what a reunion, what a feast!  

"You have surrounded us so long in mystery, it is nowonder that doubt and disbelief have become  

dominant. The more you build images and idols and surroundus with death and make us  

unapproachable, savethrough some other than ourselves, the deeperthe doubt and shadow will be  

cast and the chasm of superstition grow wider and more difficult to cross. Ifyou would boldly shake  

our hands and say, 'I know you,' then all could see and know us as we are.There is no mystery  

surrounding us or those we love, for we love the whole world.  

"So many see only that part of my life which ended onthe cross, forgetting thatthe greater part is as  

I am now; forgetting entirely that man still lives, even after what seems a violent death. Life cannot  

be destroyed. It goes on and on and life well lived never degenerates nor passes. Even the flesh may  

be immortalized so that it never changes.  

"Dear Pilate, when he washed his hands and said, 'Away with him and crucify him yourselves, I  

find no fault inhim,' how little he knew of the history he was making or of the prophecy he was  

fulfilling. He, with the multitude, has suffered far more than I have suffered. That is all passed and  

forgotten, forgiven as you will see by our all standing here in one place together."  

Two figures came forth and were embraced by Jesus. As they stood with his hand on the shoulder  

of one, he said, "This dear brother has come all the way with me. While this one," pointing to the  

second one, "saw many more trials before his eyes were opened. But after they were fully opened,  

he came quickly. He is just as true and we love him with the same love we do all others."  

Then another advanced slowly and stood for a moment. Jesus turned and with outstretched arms  

said, "Dear Pilate." There was no mistaking the comradeship of the embrace.  

Then Pilate spoke and said, "I labored and suffered many weary years after the verdict which I  

pronounced that day so lightly when I cast from myself the burden. How few of us while in the  

material realize the needless burdens we heap upon others in the attempt to shift the responsibility  

from ourselves. It is only when our eyes are openedthat we realize the morewe attempt to shirk and  

shift our burdens uponothers, the greater the burden bears down upon us. It took many weary years  

before my eyes were opened to this fact; but since the day they were opened, how I have rejoiced."  

Then the invisible choir burst into full song and the melody beggars all description. After a few  

bars, Jesus stepped forward and said, "Do you wonder that I have long ago forgiven those that  

nailed me to the cross? Then why have not all forgiven, as I have? With me the forgiveness was  

complete when I said, 'It is finished.' Why do you not see me as I am, not nailed to the cross, but  

risen above all mortality?"  

This was not a far-off, hazy, nearly invisible scene. Neither was it set on a stage far away from us.  

All were actually present in the room, for we talked with them, shook hands with them, and  

photographed them. The only difference that we could see between them and ourselves was the  

peculiar light about them and this appeared to be the source of the light in the room. There were no  

shadows anywhere. To us there seemed to be a peculiar translucent quality about the flesh, for when  

we touched them or clasped their hands, the flesh seemed like alabaster. Still, it had a warm,  

friendly glow and that same warmth pervaded everythingabout them. Even after they had walked  

out, the room we were in retained the same warmth and light. Every time we entered the room  

afterward, some of the party would remark about it.  

Our party waited while the others filed from the room. As Pilate started to leave, he motioned our  

Chief to join him and together all descended the stairs, downto the lower room through the  

passageway to the crevasse and down the ladders, one by one, until all had descended. Then all  

dispersed in the usual manner, as if the meeting were a common occurrence.  

Chapter II  

The next morning, after we had gathered for breakfast, we questioned our hostess and found it was  

not an uncommon occurrence for Jesus to come as he did; and she said he often came and joined the  

others in their healing work.  

After breakfast we found that our hostess and two other ladies were to accompany us to the temple  

that day. As we left the house, two men joined the party. One told our hostess that there was a sick  

child in the village who was asking for her. We followed the men to the home of the child and  

found it very ill. Our hostess walked forward and held out her hands. The mother placed the child in  

her arms. Instantly the little one's face brightened. Then it snuggled upclose for a moment and in a  

few minutes was sound asleep. Our hostess returned the child to the mother and weproceeded to the  

temple. On the way she remarked, "Oh, if these dear people would only see and do this work for  

themselves, instead of depending upon us. It would beso much better for them. As it is, they let us  

entirely alone until some emergency arises, then they call for us, which is quite all right, except that  

it does not give them any self-reliance whatever. We would much prefer to see them self-reliant but  

they are child-like in every way."  

...our Chief asked if a desire could be fulfilled as soon as it was expressed. Our hostess answered  

that if the desire were put forth intrue form it would be fulfilled. She then went on to say that desire  

is but a form of prayer, that it was the true form of prayer which Jesus used, ashis prayers were  

answered; that prayer which is always answered must be true prayer, therefore must be scientific  

and, if scientific, must beaccording tofixed law.  

Continuing, she said, "The law is 'As you know, your prayer is granted,' and 'What things you  

desire, when you pray, knowyou receive them and you shall have them.' If we know positively that  

whatever we have asked for is ours already, wemay know that weare working in accordance with  

the law. If the desire is filled, then we may know thatthe law is fulfilled. If the desire is not filled,  

then we must know that wehave asked amiss. We should know that the fault iswith us and not with  

God.  

"Then the instructions are, 'You shall love the Lord, your God, with all you heart, with all your  

soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' Now go deep, deep down within your own  

soul-not with forebodings, fear and unbelief, but with a glad, free,thankful heart, knowing that  

that which you stand in need of is already yours.  

"The secret lies in getting the at-one-ment; getting the consciousness of it and then holding firmly  

and never deviating, though all earth should oppose. 'Of myself I can do nothing,' said Jesus, "The  

Father that dwells in me, He does the work.' Have faith inGod. Have faith and doubt not. Have  

faith and fear not. Now remember there is no limitation to God's power. 'All things are possible.'  

"Use positive words in making your request. There is naught but the perfect condition desired. Then  

plant in your soul the perfect seed idea and that alone. Now ask to manifest healthand not to be  

healed of disease; to express harmony and realize abundance-not to be delivered from inharmony,  

misery and limitations. Throw these off as you would discard an old garment. They are old and only  

outgrown things; you can afford to discard them joyfully. Do not eventurn to gaze upon them. They  

are no-thing-nothing.  

"Fill the seemingly blank spaces about you with the thought of God, Infinite Good. Then remember  

the word God is a seed. It must grow.  

"Leave the how, when, and where to God. Your work is merely to say what you want and to give  

forth blessings, knowing thatthe moment you have asked, you have received. All the details of this  

bringing forth is the work of the Father. Remember, He does the work. Do faithfully your part;  

leave and trust God's part to Him. Ask. Affirm. Look to God for what you want; thenreceive God's  

fulfillment.  

"Keep the thought of God's abundance always in mind. If any other thought comes, replace it with  

that of God's abundance and bless that abundance. Givethanks constantly, if need be, thatthe work  

is done. Do not goback again to the asking. Just bless and give thanks that the work is done, that  

God is working in you, that you are receivingthat which you desire, for you desire only the good  

that you may give out the good to all. Let this be in silence and in secret. Pray to your Father in  

secret, and your Father who sees the secret of your soul will reward you openly.  

"When the demonstration is complete, you will look back upon the time faithfully given as one of  

your greatest treasures. You will have proved the law and you will realize the power of your word  

spoken in faith and blessing. Remember that God has perfected His plan. He has poured out and is  

continuously pouring out, lovingly and lavishly uponus, all good and every good thing that we can  

desire. Again He says, 'Try Me and see if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out such  

a blessing there will not be room to receive it.'  

With All My Heart  

"In the heart of my being, Father, I am one with You, and I recognize You as Being,the Father of  

all. You are Spirit, Omnipresent,Omnipotent, Omniscient. You are Wisdom, Love, and Truth; the  

power and substance and intelligence of which and through which all things are created. You are  

the life of my spirit, the substance of my soul, the intelligence of mythought. I am expressing You  

in my body and in my affairs. You are the beginning and the end, the veryAll of the good which I  

can express. The desire ofmy thought which is implanted in my soul is quickened by your life in  

my spirit; and in the fullness of time, through the law of faith, it is brought into visibility in my  

experience. I know that the good I desire already existsin Spirit in invisible form and but awaits the  

fulfillment of the law tobe made visible and I know that already I have.  

With All My Soul  

"The words which I now speak outline to You, myFather, that which I desire. As a seed it is  

planted in the soil of my soul and moved upon by Yourquickening lifein my spirit. It must come  

forth. I allow only You Spirit-Wisdom, Love and Truth-to move inmy soul. I desire only that  

which is good for all and I now ask You, Father, to bring it forth.  

"Father, within me I ask to express Love, Wisdom, Strength, and Eternal Youth. I ask to realize  

Harmony, Happiness, and Abundant Prosperity; that I may have the understandingdirect from You,  

of the method of bringing forth from the Universal Substance that which will satisfy every good  

desire. This is not for self, Father, but that I may have the understanding so that I may be of service  

to all YourChildren.  

With All My Mind  

"That which I desire is already invisible form. I form in mind only that which I desire. As a seed  

begins its growth undergroundin the quiet and in the dark, so does my desire now take form in the  

silent, invisible realm of my soul. I enter my closet and shut the door. Quietly and confidently I now  

hold my desire in mind as already fulfilled. Father, I now await the perfect outpicturing of my  

desire. Father, Father, within me I thank You that now in the invisible the fulfillment of my desire is  

always established and I know that You have poured out lovinglyand lavishly toall an abundance  

of Your treasure; that You have filled every good desire of my life; that I may partake of Your  

opulent supply; that I may realize my oneness with You;that all Your children may realize the  

same; and that whatever I have, I may pour out to help all Your children. All that I have I give to  

You, Father.  

With All My Strength  

"No act or thought of mine shall deny that I have already received in Spirit the fulfillment of my  

desire and it is now brought forth into perfect visibility. In spirit, in soul, in mind, in body, I am true  

to my desire. I have perceived my good in Spirit. I have conceived it as a perfect idea in soul and I  

have given true thought formto my desire. I now bring into visibility, or true manifestation, my  

perfect desire.  

"I thank You, Father, that I nowhave Love, Wisdom, and Understanding; Life, Health, Strength and  

Eternal Youth; Harmony, Happiness and Abundant Prosperity; and the method of bringing forth  

from the Universal Substance that which will satisfy every good desire.  

"'Said I not untoyou that, if you would believe, you should see the glory of God?'"  

"Understand that, if it isnot finished and your desire is not now visible, the fault is within  

yourselves and not with God. Do not go back again to the asking butlike Elijah, persist, hold out  

the cup until it is filled;pour out blessings and thanks that it is done now, though every mortal  

thought of error beset you. GO ON, GO ON, IT IS HERE NOW, AND BELIEVE ME YOUR  

FAITH IS REWARDED; YOUR FAITH BECOMES KNOWING.  

"We will suppose it is ice you desire. Would you begin byspeaking out the word, 'ice,' all about  

you indiscriminately? If you did, you would scatter your forces in all directions and nothing would  

come to you. You should first form a mental picture of what you desire, hold it directly in thought  

just long enough to get the image, thendrop the image entirely and look directlyinto the Universal  

God Substance. Know that that Substance is a part of God and, therefore, a part of you and in that  

Substance there is everythingyou need; that God is pressing that Substance out to you just as fast as  

you can use it; and that youcan never deplete the supply. Then know that everyonewho has created  

that supply has brought forth from this Substance, whether they have done it consciously or  

unconsciously. Now with your thought and visionfixed on the one central atom, God, hold that  

atom until you have imprinted your desire upon it. You will lower the vibration of that atom until it  

becomes ice. Then all the atoms surrounding that one will hasten toobey your desire. Their  

vibration will be lowered until they will adhere to the central particle and in a moment you will  

have ice. You do not evenneed any water about you. You need only the ideal."  

"The founding of America portrays the white race's homecoming, as that land is their former home  

and one of the places where the great early spiritual enlightenmentwas brought forth. Thus it is the  

land where the greatest spiritual awakening will take place. In a short time you will be far ahead of  

the whole world in physical and mechanical development. You will go on and develop the physical  

and mechanical until it is perfected to such a degree that you will see there is but one more step to  

the spiritual. When that time comes, you will have the courage to takethe step. There is a saying in  

your country that necessityis the mother of invention. Necessity placed you in a positionwhere you  

were obliged to do that which seemed impossible. Your mode of accomplishment has made you a  

very material nation. Withyour mode of living, this has been necessary in order to survive. When  

you, as a nation, do touch the spiritual realm, the strides that you have made in the material will  

seem like child's play. With the strong physical bodies and quick perception you have developed,  

your race will become a light to all other nations;and you will look backand wonder, as you are  

now looking back and wondering, why your forefathers used the stagecoach and the tallow candle  

when steam and electricity were all around them, just as it is around you today. Had they abided by  

the law, they would have received and benefited as you have and will.  

"You will find thatthe spiritualsurrounds and is above the material. You willfind thatin the  

spiritual there is a higher law and, when you abide by that law, you receive the benefit; for the  

spiritual is just above and around the mechanicalor material. You will find there is no more  

mystery in the spiritual than there is in the mechanicalor the material. The things that appear  

difficult to you now will be simple, and you will surmount them just as readily as you are now  

surmounting the mechanical and material. It is the continual striving that does the work."  

"The great error which many people make is that they do not lookupon lessons as a means of  

attaining a given end. They do notrealize that, when that end is attained and fully recognized, the  

lessons are to be discarded and the attainment is to be followed.Then, if they still wish togo on,  

they may pause for a moment and place what they have accomplished in their storehouse  

(sometimes called the subconscious); and after this step, the lessons leading to the further  

attainment which they seek may be taken up. But assoon as the goal is reached they must again  

discard the lessons. In this way they may go on, step by step, to the highest attainment. You will  

find that lessons are but steps in the stairway; and if you were to attempt to carry all the steps you  

have used, to reach the top, the load would sooncrush you. Besides, there would be no steps for  

your brother to use as he follows on. Leave the steps for him to use if he chooses. They have  

assisted you to reach the top. You do not need themany longer. You may pause a moment for  

breath or for a fresh inspiration togo on. The moment thatinspiration has come, you can place your  

foot upon the next step and again place the attainment in the storehouse. Let go of all the lessons  

that brought you there and there is nothing to encumber or hold you back. But, if you look back to  

the lessons and do not hold your vision onthe goal, you will, before you realize it, have fixed the  

lessons instead of the ideal the lessons would convey.  

"This may cause you to waver and look back and say, 'Did my ancestors accomplish in the way I  

have accomplished?' When I look far back I can say they did but, when I look into the immediate  

future I say they did not; for they accomplished bythe sweat of their brow, while you are using your  

own God-given power. If you look back to your ancestors, you will, before you realize it, be  

worshipping them; for, with your creative ability you will havebrought forth thatwhich you have  

gazed upon. You will be living by their standards instead of your own. You will begin to look like  

your ancestors but you will not accomplish what they have accomplished. You will begin to drop  

back for, if you live by another's ideal, you cannot accomplish that which the one who conceived  

the ideal accomplished. You must either go on or return. There are no half-way measures. This  

ancestor worship is one of the direct causes of nations' degenerating. Because of your lack of  

ancestor worship we see a great nation in store for you. You had, in the first place, very little pride  

of ancestry; you had no ancestors to worship and you had no foundation save that which you made.  

Your ideal was a free country and you brought forth your ideal. The country you acquired had been  

free from king or ruler. To you it did not matter how your grandfather had accomplished. It was  

how you, your own individual self, would accomplish. Then, you unitedwith the many to  

accomplish one purpose and the individual self in you, the creative power that gives you life (God),  

held you in direct communion with your ideal powerto create. Then, with your eyes steadfastly  

fixed on the attainment, you are going on to the realization of your ideal."  

Our hostess turned to the tablet and resumed, "On these tablets it isrecorded that God was called  

Directive Principle-Head, Mind-and was symbolizedby the character which is like your letter  

M, which was called M-o-o-h. This translated into your language would be DIRECTOR or  

BUILDER.  

"This Directive Principle was over all and controlled all. The first Being He created was called the  

expression of the Directive Principle; and He was created in form just like the Principle, as the  

Principle had no form but His own to express by or through. This Being which the Directive  

Principle created, was the outer expression of the Principle, Himself. He was created in the image of  

the Principle, as the Directive Principle had no other form to pattern after. The Directive Principle  

gave to His creation every one of His attributes and this creation had access to everything that the  

Principle had. He was given dominion over every outer form. He had the form of His Creator, the  

attributes of His Creator, and the power to express all of them in the perfect way that the Creator  

expresses, so long as the creation held itself indirect accord with the Principle. None of the  

attributes of the created being were developed but the Creator, having in mind the ideal or perfect  

plan which His creation was to express, placed His creation inideal or perfect surroundings where  

all the conditions for its perfectdevelopment were complete. Whenthese conditions were complete,  

this Being was placed among themand named Lord God and the location where He was placed was  

called M-o-o-h or M and afterward became known asthe cradle or mother. I wish you to observe  

that I am putting this into words in your language so that you can understand them. You cango into  

the details later after you have learned to translate the tablets yourselves. I wish to bring these points  

out so that they may become the principle from which we shall work in translating these records. I  

do not wish you to think that I am attempting to change any conclusions you have already formed in  

other ways or through other thoughts or studies. I amgoing to ask you to lay them all aside for the  

time. When you have gone deeper into these studies, you are at liberty totake up all others again, if  

you wish. I do not wish to influence you in any way. All lessons are but the outer,a way of arriving  

at a conclusion. If the conclusion is not reached or the aim sought is not attained, the lessons  

become driftwood, extra baggage, nothing."  

Chapter III  

Day after day for two months, with the old man as our instructor, we gave our whole attention to a  

set of tablets which dealt entirelywith characters, symbols, and their position, plan, and meaning.  

One morning early in March we went to the room in the temple, as usual, and found the old  

gentleman lying on the couch as though asleep. One of our party walked overand placed a hand on  

his arm to arouse him, then started back and exclaimed, "He is not breathing. I believe he is dead."  

We gathered around the couch and were so absorbed in our own thoughts of death among these  

people that we did not hear anyone enter. We were aroused fromour reverie by a voice saying,  

"Good morning." We turnedtoward the door and there stood Emil. We had supposed that he was a  

thousand miles away and his sudden appearance had startled us. Before we had time to compose  

ourselves he had walked over and was shaking hands all around.  

In a moment, Emil walked to the couch on which the old man was lying. Placing his hand upon the  

old man's head, he said, "Here we have a dear brother who has departed fromthis earth but has not  

been able to finish his work among us. As one ofyour poets has said, 'He has wrapped his mantle  

about him and has lain down to pleasant dreams.' In other words, you have pronounced him dead.  

Your first thought is to get an undertaker and a coffin, to prepare a grave to hide the mortal part of  

him while it dissolves.  

"Dear friends, kindly think for a moment. To whom did Jesus speak when he said, 'Father, I thank  

Thee that Thou hast heard me.' He was not talking to the outer self, the me, the shell. He was  

recognizing and praising the Inner Self, the One Infinite, the All Hearing, All Knowing, All Seeing,  

the Great and Mighty Omnipresent God. Can you not see where the eyes of Jesus were turned as he  

stood at the tomb ofLazarus? Did he, like you, look into that tomb and see a dead and dissolving  

Lazarus? While your visionwas upon the dead, he held his vision upon the living, the onlybegotten  

of God. His vision was fixed upon unchangeable, eternal, omnipresent Life and that Life transcends  

all. Now, with our vision held steadfastly toward the ever-present reality of God, we can behold His  

finished work.  

"Here is a dear brother who never relied wholly onGod but went on partially in his own strength,  

until he has reached this stage and given up and made the mistake which so many are making today,  

the mistake you look upon asdeath. This dear soul has not been ableto let go of all doubt and fear  

and thus he has relied on his own strength and has not beenable to finish the work set before all.  

Should we leave him thus, his body will dissolve and he will be again sent forth to finishhis mortal  

task, which is all but complete. In fact, so nearly completeis it that we can help him to finish and  

we feel this to bea great privilege.  

"You asked if he can again be awakened to full consciousness. Yes, he can and so can all others  

who have similarly passed. Though he has passed, asyou look upon it, we who have shared a part  

of his life with him can help and he will be able to understand quickly so that he may take his body  

with him. It is not necessary to leave the body to so-called death and dissolution even after one has  

apparently made the great mistake."  

Here the speaker stopped and, for a moment, appeared to belost in deepmeditation. Ina very short  

time four of our friends from the village walked into the room. They gathered close together for a  

few moments as though in deep thought. Then two ofthem reached out their hands and motioned us  

to join them. We stepped up close and two placed their arms around two of our party and we in turn  

placed our arms around each other until the circle was complete. The circle extendedaround the  

couch that the form of the departed was lying upon. As we stood there for a moment without a word  

being spoken, the light in the room became brighter. We turned and Jesus And Pilate were standing  

in the room together, a few steps away. They came forward and joined us.  

There was another deep silence. Then Jesus stepped forward to the couch and, raising both hands,  

said, "Dear ones, will you just step through the vale of death with mefor a moment? It is not  

forbidden ground as you think. If you will juststep through as we havedone and viewit from the  

other side, you will see that it is only what your thoughts have made it. There is life there, the same  

life that is here." He stood for a moment withoutstretched hands. "Dear friend and brother, you are  

with us and we are withyou and we are all together with God. The sublime purity, peace, and  

harmony of God surrounds, embraces, and enriches all. This perfection now manifests so vividly to  

you, our dear one, that you may arise and be received unto your Father. Dear one,you see and know  

that it is not dust todust and ashes to ashes, but it is Life, pure Life, Life Everlasting. Your body  

need not be left tomortal dissolution. You now perceive the glory of the Kingdom fromwhich you  

come forth. You may now arise and go to your Father and the shout goes up, 'All hail, all hail, the  

new born one, the risen Lord, the Christ among men.'"  

Dear reader, words are but a travesty when the mortal attempts to picture the beauty and purity of  

the light that filled that room and, as that form arose, the light seemed to penetrate every object so  

that nothing cast a shadow, not even the form of our friend orour own bodies. The walls seemed to  

expand and become transparent until we seemed to belooking into infinite space. The glory of that  

picture cannot be told. Then we knew that, instead of standingin the presence of death, we were  

standing in the presence of Eternal Life, Life unspeakably grand, never diminishing but going on  

and on eternally.  

What could we mortals do but stand and stare? In the uplift of those few moments we were carried,  

for a time, far beyond our most sanguine imagination ofheaven and the beauty of it all. It was not a  

dream, but real. Thus the real can be greater than any dream. We were privilegedto see through and  

beyond the shadow.  

The beauty and tranquility of thatscene and the great faith we had already placed in our friends  

carried us completely over the divide that day and today that divide is but a level plain. Yet in some  

way it was made clear that each one, for himself, must first scale the heights before the beauty  

beyond can be seen.  

With every vestige of age gone, our friend, whom we looked upon as raised from the dead, turned  

toward his associates and, in a moment, began to speak. these are his words, as he stood facing our  

friends. It is as though they were cast in raised gold upon a tablet which stands always before me.  

The voice came forth with a majesty that I cannot express. There was no affectation, just a clear,  

deep note of sincerity and strength.  

He said, "Dear ones, you cannot know the joy, the peace, the great bliss you have given me in  

awakening me as you have. Just a moment ago it was all dark; I stood, fearing to goon and yet I  

could not return. The only way that I can explain itis I seemed engulfed ina great blackness from  

which I suddenly seemed to awaken and now I am again with you." Here his face became so radiant  

with joy that there was no mistaking his sincerity.  

Then he turned to us and said, "Dear ones, how I love to think of our association. You can never  

know the joy it has given me to have clasped your hands; the great joy it has given me to see and  

know and feel the sinceritywith which you have accepted these, my dear helpers, who at this  

moment I am able to call divine. Could you see through my eyes at this moment, you would be able  

to know the bliss thatI am experiencing. The greatest joy of all is to know so fully that each of you  

will stand and know, just as I am standing and knowing. That joy you will know only when you  

stand as I stand. I can say that it iswell to have lived a full life, tobe able to enjoy one moment of  

this. Then to think that I can see all eternity unfolding. Do you wonder when I say that my eyes are  

almost blinded and I am dazed with the revelation?Do you wonder at my great longing to unfold  

this vision to you, and not only to you, but toevery brother and sister inthe whole wide universe of  

God? Dear brothers, if I could lay a transforminghand upon you and lift you to where I stand, it  

seems that my joy would be multiplied manyfold at this moment. I am shown I must not do that. I  

am shown that you, yourselves, must stretch forth this transforming hand, and when you have  

stretched it forth you will find God's hand ready to clasp yours. You will be able to walk and talk  

with Him, and God will eternally bless you as He does all. The greatest joy of all is, I am shown  

that it does not matter whatthe caste or creed of church, all are welcome."  

In a moment he had disappeared from our view, just faded away, it seemedto us. Was this an  

ethereal vision? All my associates concluded that it was not, for two of them had clasped this man's  

hand. I leave it to the reader to decide.  

Then one of our friends from the village turned to us and said, "I know that you are doubting but  

won't you understand that this was not staged for yourbenefit. This is but one of the emergencies in  

our lives and, when the emergency does arise, we are able to come upover the emergency. This  

dear one had not been able in his own strength to quite surmount the divide, as you call it. In fact, as  

you see it, he had passed on. The soul had left the body behind and one so enlightened can be  

helped at the crucial moment, so that the soul returns and the body finishes its perfection; then the  

body can be taken along. This brother longed too ardentlyto pass on and he left his body when just  

a few more steps, as it were, helped it over the divideand the perfection was complete. The help  

extended was our great privilege."  

Chapter IV  

After we were comfortably seated, Jesus proceeded with the conversation.  

"When we stand one with the sum of all Intelligence,and recognize ourselves as an actual part of  

that Intelligence, and know conclusively that this is the Great Principle, God,we shall soon find  

ourselves conscious of the fact that all intelligence throughout the whole cosmic Universe is  

working with us. We also realize quickly that the intelligence of all great genius, as well as the little  

mentality of the single cell of the body, is working with us in perfect harmony and accord. This is  

the One Great Intelligent Cosmic Mind that we are positively allied with. Indeed, we are that very  

Mind; we are the self-consciousness of the Universe. The instant we feel this very thing, nothing  

can keep us fromthe Godhead.  

"From this Universal Consciousness we can draw all knowledge; we knowthat we can know all,  

without studying and without process of reasoning, not going from one lesson to another nor from  

one point to another. The lessons are necessary only in order to bring us tothe attitude in which we  

can step forth into thisthought. Then we become comprehensive and include all thought. There is a  

complete stream of motivating thought thatis irresistible and we know that nothing can divert us  

from true accomplishment. We are with the whole; thus wemove on irresistiblywith the whole. It  

is impossible for any condition to keep us from our accomplishment. The drop of water is only  

weak when it is removed from the ocean; replace it and it is as powerful as the whole ocean. It  

matters not whether we like it or whether we believe it. It is Intelligent Law and we are that very  

thing.  

"The sum of all Truth is the Great Principle, God. Everything from Eternity to Eternity, whether we  

think it is a great truth or a little truth; every true word, thought or spoken; is a part of The Great  

Truth, One Great All, One Universal Truth, and we are that verything. When we realize this  

oneness and stand absolutely with Truth, we have the whole of Truth back of us and our  

irresistibility is increased. It isthe force of the ocean back of the wave that gives the wave its  

power; that, too, is but a portion of God-force which man also is.  

"The sum of all Love is the Great Principle, God.It is the sum of every affection, every fervent  

emotion, every loving thought, look, word, or deed. Every attracted love, great or small, sublime or  

low, makes the one infinite love stand forth and nothing is too great for us. As we love unselfishly,  

we have the complete ocean of Cosmic Love with us. That which is thought least is greatest as it  

sweeps on to absolute perfection; thus the whole Universe of Love is consciously with us. There is  

no great power onearth or in heaven than pure love. Earth becomes heaven; heaven is Humanity's  

true home.  

"Finally, the sum of every condition, every form, every being is the One Infinite Cosmic Principle,  

God, whether it be individuals, worlds, planets, stars, atoms, electrons, or the most minute particles.  

All together make One InfiniteWhole, the body of which is the Universe, the Mind, Cosmic  

Intelligence; the soul, Cosmic Love. Woven togetheras a whole, their bodies, minds, and souls are  

held together with the cohesive force of live; yet each one functions in eternal individual identity  

moving freely in its individual orbit and octave of harmony, attracted, drawn, and held together by  

the love of that universe of harmony. We constitutethat Great Being that nothing can thwart. It is  

made up of every unit ofhumanity as well as every unit of the Universe. If a portion of one unit  

excludes itself from the whole,it makes no difference to Principle Being but it makes a vast  

difference to the unit. The ocean is not conscious of the removal of the drop ofwater but the drop is  

very conscious of the ocean when it is returned or reunited with it.  

"It is not enough for us tosay that we are close to the Great Cosmic Principle, God. We must know  

definitely that we are onewith, in, and of, and amalgamated entirely with, Principle; and that we  

can not be separated or apart from God, Principle. Thus we work with the principle of power which  

is all power. It is the Law that in Principle we live, move, and haveour being. Thus, when we wish  

to come in contact with God, we do not think of something away from us and difficult to attain. All  

we need know is that God is within as well as all about us and that we are consciously within the  

presence of God and are present in God and in command with full power. Thuswe need not pause,  

we need not ponder; we takethe path directlyto God within. Here the Christ stands steadfast and  

supreme and with God we endure forever.  

"Thus we arouse our dead selves into the realization of the life within and that life resurrects us  

from the dead; we returnto life immortal, unchanging. We are convinced of life and of our right to  

live that life fully and perfectly. The Christ within stands forth and says, 'I come that you may have  

complete life and live that more abundantly.' This must bea true resurrection in our  

consciousness-an uplifting of our dead senses into a higher vibration of life, truth, and love. As all  

nature is awakening about us, let us arouse ourselves and see the dawn of this approaching day.  

Thus, we get up and out of our grave clothes, up and out of all sense of limitation in which we have  

bound our bodies. We roll the stone of materiality completely from our consciousness, that heavy  

weight of thought that has separated the life within from the life without; and which has held the life  

form in death and denied it life because we have not recognized its right to life. Let us get up and  

out of death-that is whatthe resurrection means. It is an awakening to the full realization of life  

here and now-and that life omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient; nowhere absent, nowhere  

powerless, nowhere unconscious; but everywhere present, everywhere powerful, everywhere  

conscious, in fullness, in freedom, in gloriously radiant expressive, expanding action. When our  

hearts flame to this thought and our whole being glows with this life within, we can readily extend  

our hand and say 'Lazarus, come forth! Get out of your grave, you do not belong in death! Come to  

life! Awake from your delusion! Wake now and here.' Thus we are awakened to the Master  

consciousness and we shall weepbecause of the density of thought of those that watch the  

awakening. Thousands of years of this awakening have been presented to humanity, yet many sleep.  

But their sleeping does not justify us in doing so. It is because of what we do that humanity is  

awakened to that rightful heritage.  

"As we awaken to our rightful heritage, we shall awaken to the beauty and purity of the age-old  

message that our bodies are eternally beautiful, pure and perfect. They are always beautiful, pure,  

spiritual bodies, most magnificent and divine, the true temples of God.This awakening also  

convinces us that ourbodies have never descended from that high estate. We see that it was only a  

human concept wherein we thought they had descended. Assoon as this thought is released, our  

body is released to its true inheritance of divinity. Then the fragrance of a warm summer evening  

suffuses all nature and our bodies begin to take on this effulgence. Soon pure rays of white light  

appear within our bodies; they become aglow with this light; and this soft, yet brilliant, living light  

invades the clear atmosphere around us like a white-gold vapor. This light increases steadily until it  

covers and permeates everything about us. Bathed in this radiance, there appears a pure crystal  

white light, dazzling and scintillating with a radiance greater than that of the purest diamond, yet it  

is emanating from our bodies and they stand forth ablaze with pure light, radiant and beautiful. Here  

we stand together on the Holy Mount of Transfiguration, with bodies luminous and glowing, radiant  

and beautiful, immersed wholly in Divine Life. The Son of man has become the Christ of God and  

the Kingdom of God is once more among mankind and more vital because others have accepted and  

brought forth the Kingdom in full dominion. The light of the God Kingdom grows stronger because  

of the acceptance.  

"This is the true body which Humanity has always had and which all have today. Such a body  

always has existed and always will exist. It isa body so luminous that no germ ofold age or decay  

can find lodgment therein. It is a body so alive that it can not die. Such a body can be crucified a  

thousand times and, because of sucha crucifixion, come forth moretriumphant. Such a body stands  

forth as the Divine Master of every situation. Such a body is eternally resurrected.  

"This is a new-age message to you, the same as it seemed to bea new-age message two thousand  

years ago. It is the same today as it was then; it is but the resurrection of the age-old message. This  

message was told thousands of centuries ago in language so simple that babes could read. The  

message is that man of his own free will shall leave the man-made kingdom and evolve to the God  

Kingdom. The son of man is to realize his divinity, reveal this divinity in his body and affairs, and  

become the Christ ofGod in the Kingdom of God. 'Know ye not thatye are gods?'  

"Within you, know that this Kingdomof God is the most natural thing in the world. You have but  

overlooked the fact that if man be in Christ he is a new creature. 'It is the Father's good pleasure to  

give you the Kingdom, and every man passeth into it.' The question is asked, 'When?' The answer  

always is, 'When the without is asthe within.'  

"The great oak tree that sleepswithin the acorn became aroused throughout the whole acorn before  

the tree could develop. 'Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, norhath it entered intothe heart of man to  

conceive of the things that God hathprepared for themthat love him.'  

"God knows that in the great structure of the universe there is a splendid place for every human  

being and that each has his individual place. The structure can stand only because each is in his  

right place. Does not this messagelighten the burden ofeveryone and adorn each countenance with  

a smile, even those of the weary ones who think they laborlike dumb, driven cattle? Thus I say to  

you, you are an especially designed creation, you have a particularmission, you have a light to give,  

a work to do that no other can give or accomplish; and if you will open your heart, mind, and soul  

wide to spirit, you will learn of it in your own heart. There you find thatyour very own Father  

speaks to you. Nomatter how wayward or thoughtless you have thought yourself, you will find that  

your Father loves you devotedly and tenderly the instant you turn to God within. The anointing  

which you have of God abides in you and you neednot the teaching of any man. Is this not a  

resurrection from the old thought? 'Ye need not that any man teach you.' It is only necessary to  

receive the anointing from God that has always been yours. You may accept others as brother  

helpers but you are always instructed and led from within; the truth is there for you and you will  

find it.  

"That truth always teaches that humanity is a complete unit; not a unity, but a great unit; combined  

with God they are the Great One. Humanity is more than a brotherhood. It isOne Man, just as a  

vine and its branches are one vine. No one part or one unit can be separated from the whole. The  

Christ's prayer is 'That they all may be One.'  

"'He that hath done it unto the least of these my brethren, hath done it unto me.' Now you know the  

Christ for whom the whole family in heaven and on earth is named.  

"The Truth is, 'All is One'; One Spirit, One Body, the Great Lord Body of all humanity. The Great  

Love, Light, Life of God completely amalgamates that body intoOne Complete Whole."  

Chapter V  

At one time, conversationled on to a point where one of our party asked where hell was and what  

the devil meant. Jesus turned quickly and said, "Hell or the devil has no abiding place except in  

man's mortal thought. Both of them are just wherever man places them. With your present  

enlightenment, can you place either in any geographical position on earth? If heaven is all and  

surrounds all, where could hell or the devil be placedethereally? If God rules all and is All, where  

could either be placed in God's perfect plan?  

"If we take the science of things, we know there is a legendtold here that all the heat and light and  

many other natural forces are contained right within the earth itself. The sun, of itself, has no heat or  

light. It has potentialities thatdraw the heat and light from the earth. After the sun has drawn the  

heat and light rays from the earth, the heat rays are reflected back to the earth by the atmosphere  

that floats in the ether. The light rays are drawn from the earth in about the same manner and are  

reflected back to the earth by the ether. As the air extends only a comparatively short distance, the  

effect of the heat rays varies asyou leave the earth's surface and ascend toward the outer limit of the  

atmosphere. As the air becomes less dense, there is less reflection; consequently as you ascend into  

the higher altitudes the heatbecomes less and the cold increases. Every heat ray, as it is drawn out  

and reflected, drops back to the earth, where it isregenerated. When you have reached the limit of  

air, you have reached the limit of heat. It is the same with the light rays. They are drawn from the  

earth and reflected back bythe ether. As this ether extends muchfarther from the earth than the air,  

the light rays extend much farther before they are all reflected. When you have reached the limit of  

ether, you have reached the limit of light. When you have reached the limit of heat and light, you  

have reached the great cold. This cold is far more solid than steel, and it presses down upon the  

ether and the atmosphere with almost irresistible force and holds them together. Hell is supposed to  

be warm and his Satanic Majesty abhors cold; so you could not find any lodging place out there for  

them.  

"Now that we have disposed of them above, let ustake the other scientific legend and go below.  

According to this legend, the earth a short distance from the surface is a molten mass. It is so hot  

that it will melt any substance. This molten mass at the center revolves more slowly than does the  

crust at the outer, and the belt where the two meet is the place where the natural forces are  

generated and there, again, the hand of God rules all. So there is no place for His Satanic Majesty or  

his home there; for, if he attempted to live in either the hottest or the coldest place, he would find it  

very uncomfortable, since cold will consume as well as heat. We have searched every place and we  

can not find him a home; so we must assume that he is right where man is and has all the power that  

man gives him.  

"It was only the personal adversary that I cast out. Doyou think for a moment that I would cast the  

devil out of any man and then allow him to enter a heard of swine that cast themselves into the sea?  

I never saw the devil in any man, save he brought him there himself. The only dominion I ever gave  

him was that which man himself gave him."  

Later the talk led toGod and one of our party said, "I would like to knowwho or what God really  

is." Then Jesus spoke and said, "I believe that I understand the motive ofthe question you would  

like to clear up inyour own mind. It is the many conflicting thoughts and ideas that are puzzling or  

disturbing the world today without reference to the origin of the word. God is the principle behind  

everything that exists today. The principle behind a thing is Spirit; and Spirit is Omnipotent,  

Omnipresent, Omniscient. God is the one Mind that is both the direct and the directing cause of all  

the good that we see about us. God is the source of all the true Love that holds or binds all forms  

together. God is impersonal principle. God is never personal except as He becomes to each  

individual a personal loving Father-Mother. To the individual Hecan be a personal, loving, allgiving Father-Mother. God never becomes a great being located somewhere inthe skies in a place  

called heaven, where He has a throne which He sitsupon and judges people after they die; for God  

is the Life itself and that life never dies. That is but a misconception brought about by man's  

ignorant thinking, just as so many malformations have been brought about and you see them in the  

world around you. God is nota judge or a king who can intrude His presence upon you or bring you  

before the bar of justice. God isa loving, all-giving Father-Mother, who, when you approach, puts  

out His arms and enfolds you. It does not matter who or what you are or what you have been. You  

are His child just the same as when you seek Him with a true heart and purpose. If you are the  

Prodigal Son who has turned his face from the Father's house and you are weary of the husks of life  

that you are feeding to the swine, you can again turn your face to the Father's house and be certain  

of a loving welcome.The feast ever awaits you there. The table is alwaysspread, and when you do  

return, there will not be a reproach from a brother that has returned before you.  

"God's love is like a purespring that gushes from a mountain. At its source it is pure but as it flows  

on its course it becomes clouded and polluted until it enters the ocean so impure it does not even  

resemble that which emerges from the source. As it enters the ocean it beginsto drop the mud and  

slime to the bottom and again rises to the surfaceas a part of the glad, free ocean, from which it  

again can be taken up to refresh the spring.  

"You can see and talk with God at any time, just as you can with father, mother, brother, or friend.  

Indeed, He is far closer than any mortal can be. God is far dearer and truer than any friend. God is  

never wrought up, nor angry, nor cast down. God never destroys, nor hurts,nor hinders one of His  

children or creatures orcreations. If God did these things, He would not be God. The god that  

judges, destroys, or withholds any good thing from his children or creatures or creationsis but a god  

that is conjured up by man's ignorant thinking; and you need not fear that god unless you wish to do  

so. For the true God stretches forth His hand and says, 'All that I have is yours.' When one of your  

poets said that God is closer than breathing and nearer than hands orfeet, he was inspired by God.  

All are inspired byGod when that inspiration is for the good or the right and all can be inspired by  

God at all times ifthey only will.  

"When I said, 'I am the Christ, the only begotten of God', I did not declare this for myself alone, for  

had I done this I could not have become the Christ. I say definitely that, in order to bring forth the  

Christ, I, as well as all others, must declare it; then must live the life, and the Christ must appear.  

You may declare the Christ all you will and, if you do not live the life, the Christ will never appear.  

Just think, dear friends, if all would declare the Christthen live the life for one year or five years,  

what an awakening there would be. The possibilities cannot be imagined. That was the vision that I  

saw. Dear ones, can you not place yourselves where I stood and see as I saw?Why do you surround  

me with the murk and mire of superstition! Why do you not lift your eyes and minds and thoughts  

above these and see with a clear vision! Then you would see that there are no miracles, no  

mysteries, no pain, no imperfection, no inharmony, and no death, except that which man has made.  

When I said 'I have overcome death,' I knew whereof I spoke; but it took the crucifixion to show  

these dear ones.  

"There are a great many of us joined together to help the whole world and this is our lifework.  

There have been times when it has taken our combined energies to ward off the evil thoughts, of  

doubt and disbelief and superstition that have nearlyengulfed mankind. You may call them evil  

forces if you wish. We know that they are evil only as man makes them so. But nowwe see the  

light growing brighter and brighter asthe dear ones throw off the bonds. The throwing off of these  

bonds may for a time sink mankind into materiality; but even so, it is a stepnearer the goal, for  

materiality does not hold one as superstition and myth and mystery hold one. When I stepped upon  

the water that day, do you think that I cast my eyes downward into the great depths, the material  

substance? No, I fastened my eyessteadfastly on God Power that transcends any power of the deep.  

The moment I did this the water became as firm as a rock and I could walk upon it in perfect  

safety."  

Jesus stopped talking for a moment, and one of our party asked. "While we are talking, does it not  

hinder you from going right on with your work?"  

Jesus answered and said, "You cannot hinder one of our friends here for a moment and I believe I  

am included as one of them."  

Someone spoke and said, "Youare our Brother." Then Jesus' face lighted up with a smile as he said,  

"Thank you, I have always named you Brothers."  

One of the party then turned and asked Jesus, "Canall bring forth the Christ?" He answered, "Yes,  

there is but one end of accomplishment. Man came forth from God and he must return to God. That  

which from the heavens descended must again ascend unto heaven. The history of the Christ did not  

begin with my birth; neither did it end with the crucifixion. the Christ was when God created the  

first man in His own image and likeness. The Christ and that man are one; all men and that man are  

one. As God was his Father, so is He the father of all men and all are God's children. As the child  

has the quality of the parents, sothe Christ is in every child. For many years the child lived and  

realized his Christhood, his oneness with God, through the Christ in himself. Thenbegan the history  

of the Christ and you can trace this history back to man's beginning. That the Christ means more  

than the man Jesus goes without contradiction. Had I not perceived this, I could not have brought  

forth the Christ. To me this is the pearl without price, the old wine in new bottles, the truth which  

many others have brought forth and thus have fulfilled the ideals that I have fulfilled and proved.  

"For more than fifty years after that day on the cross I taught and lived withmy disciples and many  

of those I loved dearly. In those days we gathered at a quiet place outside Judea. There we were free  

from the prying eyes of superstition. There manyacquired the great gifts and they accomplished a  

great work. Then, seeing that, by withdrawing for a time, I would be able to reach and help all, I  

withdrew. Besides, they were depending uponme instead of upon themselves; and, in order to make  

them self-reliant, it was necessary for me to withdraw from them. If they had lived in close  

association with me, then could they not find me again if they desired to do so?  

"The cross was, in the beginning, the symbol of the greatest joy the world everknew. The  

foundation of the cross is the place where man first trod the earth, therefore, the mark that  

symbolizes the dawn of a celestial day here on earth. If you will trace it back, you will find that the  

cross disappears entirely and that it is the man standing in the attitude of devotion, standing in space  

with arms upraised in blessing, sending out his gifts to humanity, pouring all his gifts forth freely in  

every direction.  

"When you know that the Christ is the fitting life within the form, the rising energy that the scientist  

glimpses, yet does not know whence it came; when you feel with the Christ that the life is lived so  

that life may be given freely; when you learn that man is obliged to live by the constant dissolution  

of forms, and that the Christ lived to give up the thing that the body of sense craved, for the good  

that he could not at the moment enjoy-you are the Christ. When you see yourself a part of the  

greater life but willing to sacrifice yourself for the good of the whole; whenyou learn todo right  

without being affected by the outcome to help; when you learn freely to give up physical life and all  

that the world has to give(this is not self-abnegation or poverty, for asyou give of God you will  

find you have the moreto give, although attimes duty may seem to demandall that lifehas to give.  

You will also know that he who will save his life shall lose it) then you will see that the pure gold is  

at the deepest part of the furnace where the fire has fully cleansedit. You will find great joy in  

knowing that the life you have given to others is the life you have won. You will know that to  

receive is to give freely;that, if you lay down the mortal form, a higher life will prevail. You have  

the glad assurance that a life thus won is won for all.  

"You must know that the Great Christ Soul can go down to the river and that the stepping into the  

water but typifies the sympathy you feel for the world's great need. Then you are able to help your  

fellow men and not boast of virtue; you can pass out the bread of life for the hungry souls that come  

to you, yet that bread never diminishes by the giving; you must press on and knowfully thatyou are  

able to heal all thatcome to you, sick or weary or heavy laden, withthe word that makes whole the  

soul; you are able toopen the eyes of those blinded eitherfrom ignorance or from choice. It does  

not matter how low the blinded soul may be, he must feel that the Christ soulstands beside him and  

he must find that you tread with human feetthe very ground hetreads. Then you will know that the  

true Unity of Fatherand Son is within and notwithout. You will know thatyou must stand serene  

when the God without is put away and onlythe God within remains. You must be able to withhold  

the cry of love and fear as the words, 'My God, my god, why have you forsaken me?' ring out. Still,  

at that hour you must not feel alone for you must know that you stand with God; that you are nearer  

to the heart of the loving Father than you have ever been before. You must know thatthe hour you  

touch the deepest sorrow isthe hour in which your greatest triumph begins. With all this you must  

know that sorrows cannot touch you.  

"From that hour yourvoice will ring with a great, free song, for you fully know that you are the  

Christ, this light which is to shine among men and for men. Then you will know the darkness that is  

in every soul that cannot find a helping hand to clasp as he journeys on the rugged road before he  

finds the Christ within.  

"You must know that you are truly divine and, being divine, you must see that all men are as you  

are. You will know that there are dark places you must pass withthe light that you are to carry to  

the highest and your soul will ring out in praise that you can be of service to all men. Then, with a  

glad free shout, you mount to your very highest in your union with God.  

"Now you know thatthere is no substitution ofyour life for other lives or of your purityfor others'  

sins; but that all are glad, free spirits in and of themselves and of God. You know that you can reach  

them while they cannot reach each other; that you cannot help giving of your life for the life of each  

soul, that it shall notperish. Yet you must be so reverent of that soul that you will not pour into it a  

flood of life unless the life of that soul opens toreceive it. But you will freely pour out toit a flood  

of love, life, and light, so that whenthat one does open the windows the light of God will pour in  

and illuminate him. You will know that in every Christ that arises, humanity is lifted one step  

higher. Then, too, you must know full well that you have everything that the Father has; and having  

all, it is for all to use.You must know that as you rise and are true, you lift the whole world with  

you; for as you tread the path it becomes plainer for your fellow men. You must have faith in  

yourself, knowing fully that that faith is God within. Finally, you must know that you are a temple  

of God, a house not made withhands, immortal in the earth and in heaven as well.  

"Then will they sing of you, 'All Hail, All Hail, He comes, He comes, the King; and lo, He is with  

you always. You are in God and He is in you.'"  

Jesus arose, saying he would be obliged to leave us, as he was to be at the home of another Brother  

in the same village that evening. The whole company arose. Jesus blessed all and, with two of the  

gathering, walked from the room.  

Chapter VI  

After we were again seated, one ofour party turned to Emil and asked if all could acquire the art of  

healing. He said, "The power to heal can be obtained only as we learn to trace things out from their  

source. Supremacy over every discord can come onlyin the degree that we understand that they do  

not come from God.  

"The divinity that shapes your destinies is not a mighty person molding you as a potter molds his  

clay but a Mighty DivinePower-within and all around you and around and in all substance- 

which is yours to use as you will. If you do not realize this, you cannot have confidence in  

yourselves. The greatest cure for inharmony is the knowledge thatit is not from God and that God  

never did create it.  

"The brain has the quality of receiving and recording the vibrations of any object that the eye  

conveys to it. The vibrations of the lights and shades and colors are all recorded. It also has the  

quality of reproducing these vibrations and projecting them out again, this time through the inner  

vision; then we again see the picture the eye has conveyed. You are reproducing this in your camera  

every time you expose a sensitizedplate. That plate receives and records the vibrations that the  

object you wish tophotograph sends out. After the vibrations are received and recorded on the  

plate, you must fix the results onthe plate, if they are to become permanent so that you can see  

them. It will be only a short time before you will find that the movements and colors of the objects  

that you photograph can be recorded and projected byfirst fixing and then returning or projecting  

the lights and colors at the same rate of vibration at which they werereceived and fixed.  

"It is the same with thought and word and act. Each selective set of brain cells takes up and records  

its corresponding set of vibrations and, when these vibrations are repeated and projected, they can  

be reproduced just as they took place, if the cells are held directly to their duty.  

"There is also another set of selective brain cells that can receive, record, and fix the vibrations of  

the thoughts, acts, motions, and pictures that other bodies or forms send out. These vibrations can  

be again reproduced and projected and you can so arrange these cells that you can reproduce the  

words and motions of these bodies or objects and even the thoughts of those that send them out.  

Through these cells you can assist others as wellas yourself to control their thoughts. It is through  

these cells that accidents and calamites are brought about,such as wars, earthquakes, floods, fires  

and all the trouble that mortal man is heir to. Someone either sees a thing happen or images it as  

happening; the corresponding vibration isfixed in the cells, sent out to be impressed on the  

corresponding cells of other brains, then again projected back, until the thing is so fixed that it  

happens.  

"All these things can be avoided if the thought that sustains them is immediately withdrawn and the  

vibrations are not allowed to be fixed upon those brain cells, so that those particular vibrations  

cannot be again projected. It isthrough this set of cells that all calamities are foretold.  

"There is still another set of selective brain cells that receive, record, and fix the vibrations of the  

thoughts and activities of Divine Mind, wherein all the truevibrations are created and sent out. This  

Divine Mind, or God, pervades every substance and is always sending out divine and true vibrations  

and, if we hold these cellsto their true office, we are able to receive and send out the same true and  

divine vibrations that we receive from Divine Mind. We do not have the Divine Mind but we have  

the cells that receive and project the vibrations of the Divine Mind."  

There was a pause and deep silence, then a picture appeared upon the wall of the room. It was still  

at first but, in a moment, it became animated and after the lapse ofanother moment, the scene began  

to change. Scenes that could represent those enacted in any or all of the more prosperous business  

centers of the world came flooding in. While they were changing very rapidly, there was sufficient  

time for us to recognize and namemany familiar places; and one in particular, a reproduction of the  

scenes enacted when we landedin Calcutta in December, 1894. This was long before we had even  

heard of the cinema or motion picture. Yet these pictures depicted and brought out all the  

movements of the human form and other objects. These pictures continued to pour in at intervals of  

about one minute's duration, for nearly an hour.  

While these pictures were passing, Emil said, "These pictures represent the conditions that exist in  

the world today. You will note the air of general peace and prosperity that prevails over a greater  

portion of the earth. There is a reasonable amount of contentment; the people seem undisturbed and  

generally happy. But underneath, there is a seething caldron of discord, generated by man's own  

ignorant thinking. There is hate, intrigue, and discord among nations. Men are beginning to  

visualize great military establishments, the like ofwhich were never before known on earth. While  

we are doing everything in our power to bring out the good, our combined efforts will not be  

sufficient to sway those who are determined to rule in their own might.If they are able to perfect  

and launch their diabolical plans-and this we fullyexpect they will do, for people and nations are  

sleeping just whenthey shouldbe awake and thinking-within a few years you will see enacted  

pictures like these." Then ten ortwelve war scenes came trooping by. They were scenes that we  

never dreamed could actually take place and we gave them but little thought. Emil continued, "We  

are hoping almost against hope that these can be averted. Time will tell and these conditions are  

what we are hoping will prevail." Then scenes of beauty and peace beyond all description came  

trooping past, and Emil said, "Theseare scenes which all of you will see enacted but we wish you  

would, in so far as possible, put the second series of pictures out of your minds, as that will help us  

more than you think."  

After a short pause one of our party asked what the words "Lord God" implied, and Emil continued.  

"The 'Lord God' was used to designate the Perfect Being that the Divine Principle, or God, created  

to bring out His qualities here on earth. This Being was created in the image and likeness of the  

Divine Principle and had access to, and could use, everything that the Divine Principle had. This  

Being was given power and dominionover every condition that existed upon the earth. This Being  

had all the potentialities of the Divine Principle and the power to bring them forth as long as He  

cooperated with the Divine Principle and developed the faculties that had been given Him, in the  

ideal way that the DivinePrinciple had planned orwas holding in mind. This Being was afterwards  

called 'Lord God,' which meant expression in creativeaction or the Law of God. This is the Perfect  

Being that the Divine Principle holds in mind for man to express.This is the Divine and Only Man  

that the Divine Principle created. Man,or the spiritual side of his nature, has access to and can  

become this Lord God orOne Man. This Divine Man afterwards became known as the Christ. He  

had dominion over heaven and earth and all things therein. Then the Lord God, using His power to  

create, did create other beings like unto Himself. These beings wereafterwards called sons of the  

Lord God and their Creator was called Father and the Divine Principle was called God."  

Chapter VII  

We had been occupied in this work for about two weeks when we went to the temple one morning  

and found our friend Chander Sen, who had apparently died and been resurrected,with not a vestige  

of old age about him. There was no mistaking him.As we came into the room he arose and came  

forward with a heartygreeting and handshake. You can imagine our surpriseas we gathered around  

and began to ask questions. We werelike a gang ofschoolboys turned loose, all attempting to ask  

questions at the same time. But the fact remained, there he was, with the unmistakable form and  

voice but with not a trace of old age about him. Even the voice had regained the vibrant quality of  

middle age and everything about him showed the qualityof a well-developed life, buoyant and  

keenly alive. The expression of the eyes and face was far beyond anythingthat I could put into  

words.  

In the first few moments we could do nothing but picture to ourselves the contrast. When we had  

first seen him, he was a decrepit old man, leaning on a long staff for support, with long snow-white  

locks, halting step, and emaciatedform. One of our party had remarked when we first met him,  

"Here we find among these great souls one so aged that he seems ready to passto the great beyond."  

Of course, the transformation which we had witnessed just a few days previous had left its  

impression, but his sudden disappearance had rather taken him and the incident out of our minds, as  

we did not think we would ever see him again. Itwas more than a rejuvenation. I can compare it  

only to the transfiguration of the One we love and respect so dearly. That soul was surely reborn,  

judging from the contrast between his appearance the first time we met him and the way he looked  

this morning. It is true that wehad known him only a short time but we had been thrown in daily  

contact with him for a sufficient time to see and know that he was an old man. He was with us for  

nearly two years after this, acting as our guide and interpreter across the greatGobi. Years after,  

when two or three of the party would meet and our experiences were recalled, the experience of that  

morning would be the first subject brought up.  

In recounting these events, I am not going to attempt to follow our whole conversation and record it  

word for word, for we consumed the greater part oftwo days in just talking and I believe a detailed  

account would be tedious reading. Therefore, in this instance I shall bring out only the main points.  

After the first excitement had abated somewhat, we were seated and he began, "As the body  

represents the lowest degree of thought activities, so the Spirit representsthe highest thoughts of  

Divine Mind. As the body is the outer expression of the thought,so the Spirit is that in which the  

form takes its initial impulse direct from the DivineMind. It is the immortaland real Self, in which  

reside all the potentialities of Divine Mind.  

"The thought atmosphere is a real, substantial thing and has in it all that makes the body. So many  

people consider the things that they cannot see asunsubstantial; and although they are told, over  

and over that they cannot conceal themselves, they go right on believing that they can. Did Adam  

and Eve conceal themselves when they were hiding from the Lord, or Law of God? It is well for us  

to know the truth that wecarry around with us the openbook of our lives, out ofwhich all men read  

whether we realize it or not. Some people are good thought readers, while others are dull; but all  

can read a little and we cannot conceal ourselves. Also, our thought atmosphere is constantly  

precipitating its slowly cooling words on our body and there it is seen by all men.We can, with a  

little practice, feel the thought force of this atmosphere that surrounds usand gradually gain a  

realization of its existence as real as that of the outer world.  

"I have learned that just as man may touch the earth with his feet, soon the wings ofaspiration may  

he soar to celestial heights. Like those of old, hemay walk the earth and talk with God and the more  

he does so, the moredifficult it will be for him to discoverwhere Universal Life ends and where  

individual existence begins. When man forms an alliance with God through spiritualunderstanding,  

the boundary line between God and man disappears. When this point is reached, man will know  

what Jesus meant whenHe said, 'I and myFather are one.'  

"The tendency to personalize all things has degraded that which is called the Blessed Trinity into  

the impossible conception of three in one, when it can be best understood as the Omnipresence,  

Omnipotence, Omniscience of the Universal Mind, God. As long as men consider the Blessed  

Trinity as three persons in one and as something that must be accepted even though it cannot be  

explained, they will dwell inthe wilderness of superstition and thus, of doubt and fear.  

"If the triune nature of God is spiritual rather than physical, then the trinity in man must be seen  

from a mental rather than from a material point of view. One of the wisephilosophers has said,  

'Despising everything else, a wise man should strive after a knowledge of Self, for there is no  

knowledge that is higher, or that brings moresatisfaction of power, than a knowledge of his own  

being.' If a man knows his real Self, he cannot do otherwise than discover his latent possibilities, his  

concealed powers, his dormant faculties. Of what avail, if a man should 'gain the whole world and  

lose his own soul?' His soulis his spiritual self and, if he truly discovers his spiritual self, he can  

build a whole world if he is serving his fellow men by so doing. I have learned that he who would  

attain the ultimate goal must search the depths ofhis real Self and there he will find God, the  

fullness of all good. It isbecause man is a trinity in unity-composed ofspirit, soul, and body- 

that, in a state of spiritual ignorance, he has the tendency to think on a level withthe lowest degree  

of his nature, which is the physical.  

"The ignorant man looks to his body for all the pleasure he gets and there comes a time when he  

gets from the senses all the pain that he can stand. What he does not learn through wisdom he must  

learn through woe and,after repeated experiences, he will not deny that wisdom is the better way.  

Jesus, Osiris, and Buddha saidthat with all our understanding, we must get wisdom.  

"Thought, operating on the plane of the intellectual, raises the vibrations of the body to a point  

which corresponds to liquid.On this plane, thought is neither whollymaterial nor wholly spiritual.  

It is vibrating like a pendulum between materiality and spirituality but there comes a time when one  

must choose which one hewill serve. If he chooses materiality, a world of confusion and chaos  

awaits him. He may choosethe spirit and, if he does so choose, he may ascend to the dome of the  

temple of God in man. This state of thought can be compared to the gaseous in matter, which is  

elastic and tends to expandindefinitely. God alwaysleaves it for man to say whether he will control  

his fluidic stream of thought in the direction of those celestial heights which bear him above the fog  

line of doubt, fear, sin, and sickness or let it sink to the sordid depths of the animal in man.  

"If, in thinking of man as a trinity of spirit, mind, and body, we considerhim principally from the  

standpoint of mind, or soul, we shall see that he occupies a positionbetween two great extremes of  

mental activity, the lower of which is the body, and the higher, the spirit. Mind is the connecting  

link between the visible and invisible. Operating on the plane of the senses, the mind becomes the  

seat of all the animal appetites and passions. It is the serpent in man's Garden of Eden which  

beguiles him into partaking of the poisoned fruit. When Jesus said, 'As Moses lifted up the serpent  

in the wilderness, even so must the son of man be lifted up,' he was not referring to the raising of his  

body on the cross but to the elevation of the soul or mindabove sense delusions. Standing between  

spirit and body, though separated from neither, the soulor mind is capable of thinking even lower  

than the brute thinks; or it may enter into conscious union with pure spirit where there is an  

abundance of peace, purity, and God Power.  

"When the son of man is lifted up to that realm inwhich he rises above the fallacies of the physical  

realm, he thinks and acts on the plane of pure intelligence. There he discriminates between those  

instincts which he shares with every other animal and those divine intuitions which he has in  

common with God. I have been shown that when man thinks on a plane withpure spirit, the soul  

enters consciously that realm wherein it perceives the ideal of things, rather than the things  

themselves. It is no longer dependent upon the senses but, with clearer vision, it sees the broad  

horizon's grander view. It is herethat truth is revealed by Divine Intelligence and speaks the  

inspiring and health-giving message.  

"When the son of man has been lifted from the depth of his material world and has been surrounded  

by pictures of tranquil beauty and refinement of the mental world, after a time he is seized with a  

healthy dissatisfaction and the ever-upward urge of the soul bears him to higher realms. There he no  

longer sees the pictures of tranquility but dwells in the land of tranquility, surrounded byperpetual  

beauty. He has glimpsed the inner and to him thathas become the all; and the outer has become the  

inner. He lives in a world ofcauses where before he moved in a world of effects.  

"The spirit of triune man is pureintelligence, that region of his being where neither sense testimony  

nor human opinion has any weight against ascertained truth; it is the Christwithin, or the Son of  

God in the son of man, the discovery of which sets at rest doubt and its discouragements. It is from  

this pinnacle of his being that man views all things with the clear vision of the educated soul. He  

beholds more things in heaven and upon earth thanare dreamed of in any philosophy. When he has  

learned that he is not bodywith a mind which is ruled either from within or without,but that both  

can be made obedient servants to his real spiritual self, he has brought into expression that Godgiven dominion with which he was originally endowed.  

"Spirit is the supreme essence of man's being. It is never diseased and never unhappy for,as that  

great soul, Emerson, says, 'It is the finite that suffers. The infinite lies stretched in smiling repose.'  

Job of your Bible told you that man was Spirit and the breath of the Almighty gave him life. It is,  

indeed, the Spirit in man which gives life and that Spirit rules his lower activities. Spirit issues  

commands with authority and all things become subordinate to righteous rule.  

"A new era, wrapped in the garment of approaching day, is dawning in the hearts of men; and soon  

again will the virgin Spirit of God shine forth from the heart and the door again will open, by which  

all who will may find entrance to a larger and fuller life. Young, vibrant, with perennial youth and  

hope and endeavor, the soul of man stands on the threshold of a new era, more glorious than any  

other that has brightened the sky since Creation's dawn. The Star of Bethlehem shone brighter at  

Jesus' birth than it had before butsoon its brightness will be like a noonday sun,for this new light  

foretells the day when the Christ is born in the hearts of all men."  

Chapter VIII  

The next morning Chander Sen continued his talk. "I have been shown beyonda question of doubt  

that the human intelligence can be transmuted into DivineIntelligence. As thiswas made plain to  

me, I found that I could enter the Kingdom of God and that Kingdom was rightwithin. Now I know  

that God is the only power, Omnipresent and Omniscient; and that sin, discord, sickness, old age,  

and death belong only to a past experience. I now perceive the reality and know that I had been lost  

in the mist of illusion. Time and space have completelydisappeared and I know that I now dwell in  

the subjective and that it belongs to the objectiveworld. Had it been possiblefor me to have held to  

the promptings and the glimpses the finer senses have revealed from time to time, how many weary  

and anxious hours would I have been saved. While in youth I, like the greater portion of humanity,  

decided that there was but one life to live and that was the gratification of self in every way, so I  

determined to get the most out of that life. I made self-seeking the principle aim inlife and I gave  

the animal passions full sway, with the resultthat I dissipated the life fluids of my body until it was  

but the empty shell that you first saw. Let me bring forth a picture that will more graphically  

illustrate my thoughts."  

He sat silent for a moment and a picture like those already described appeared upon one wall of the  

room. This was the picture of himself as we had seen him a short time ago. It was that of an old  

man, tottering along, leaning on his wooden staff. Following this was the likeness of the man as he  

appeared this morning. He continued, "The first represents the one who has dissipated the energies  

and life fluids of his bodyuntil nothing but the empty shell remains. The other represents the one  

who has conserved his energies and the vital life fluids within his body. You look upon this in my  

case as a complete and entire rejuvenation, which is true. But I look at it from another angle. How  

many could be as fortunate as I was, to have the help, sympathy, and assistance of those dear ones  

as I have had?  

"In order that you may get my thought, let us follow the life of a person from birth tothe end, as so  

many look upon death. The child isborn. It is unconscious of the life-carryingfluids which course  

through its body, as they are inactive because the organs that generate life fluids are inactive and not  

yet developed. During this stage of development, ifthe child is normal, it isbeautiful, active, and  

bubbling over with life. The life fluids are built up stronger and stronger, until the child reaches the  

stage of development where the life fluids are active, and they may bedissipated. If this dissipation  

takes place, in a few years the child begins to show age. The eyeslose their luster, the body its  

activity and grace. The features become set. In a few more years the brain loses its power of  

coordination with the muscles and the body is that of a decrepit old man or woman, but the empty  

shell of the former self.  

"Then take the person who has conserved all the lifefluids and allowed themto circulate in their  

natural course throughthe body, and see how strong and vigorous that one is. Shouldthat one go on  

always conserving the life fluids, even though he did not perceive any higher idea of life thanto be  

born, live a short time uponthis earth, then pass on, the span of that life would beextended from  

three to four times that of a person who has dissipated the life fluids. If he does perceivethat there  

is a greater scheme in God's plan for him, he will at all times conserve the life fluidsin the body, as  

he soon finds thatthey are a necessary adjunct for perfect development.  

"It was only a short time ago that your learned men began to know of the delicate system of arteries  

and veins composing the circulatory system of your bodies. It is still left for them to determine that  

there is a far more delicate and subtle circulatory system throughout the body, which carries the life  

force to every atom. Through your nervous system this life force is sent to a set of cells in the brain.  

These cells, in tern, act as a distributor for the force and it is sent out to every atom of the body  

along the nerves, for which it has an affinity. It also acts as a protection for the nerves. If the life  

force is dissipated, the cells become set and cannotchange for the new cells (that are formed to take  

their place) and the new cells are thrown off instead of the old ones, which gradually decompose  

and die. If the life force is conserved, the cells change as readily at five hundred years as at ten.  

"It will be found that whenall the life force is conserved, the body can be socharged with life that  

you can speak life into all forms. You can paint a picture, model a statue, or take any of your  

handiwork that expresses your ideal and breathe the breath of life into it and itwill become alive. It  

will speak to you and to others who can see the life inspiration thatyou have spoken into it; and it  

will be active because you, the Lord God of you, has spoken and itis as He wills. But those forms  

will not assume the human, unless you carry them to the God Life. If you do give them life you  

must carry them through tothe pure God Life; then they are perfect forms, as you are perfect, and  

you have fulfilled your responsibility. This you will find is true genius.  

"There is one vital error that I wish to point out. The genius, as you consider him, as he begins to  

develop, has consciously or unconsciously acquired the ability to conserve and send the life forces  

in their purity through their natural channels; this condition has animated his body and the creative  

faculty and he sees that there issomething higherfor him to express than the ordinary. While he  

conserves the life forces and gives them free rein, he will goon to more and more glorious  

achievements; but if he allows sex lust to creep in, he quickly loses his creative power. The body  

has been first built up by conserving the life forces until the cells are of a finer texture than the  

lower order of person who has dissipated the life force. By this time the genius has risen to fame  

and, not having developed his deeper perceptive or God power, is carried away by self-glory. He  

forsakes his guiding light because he has not been fully awakened; in the urge for greater  

excitement, he begins to dissipate the life forces and quickly loses all power. For if man does raise  

his thought above the animal passions and conserves the life forces until the body has begun to take  

on the finer texture, then allowshimself to fall back, he will go back much more rapidly than one  

that has not been thus awakened.  

"When one has been awakened so that he will conserve all the life forces and let them be distributed  

to the nerves in the natural way, then let them go coursing along the nerves to every atom of the  

body, without deforming it with thoughts of sex-lust or passion, the exhilaration will be permanent  

and the sensation will far transcend that of sex. the serpent will be lifted up and will need to crawl  

on its belly through the murk and mire of lust and passion.  

"If man could understand that thislife fluid is many times more vital than a corresponding amount  

of pure blood, he would conserve instead of dissipate it. But he shuts his eyes to this fact (he may be  

entirely ignorant of it) and goes on, either in blindness or ignorance, until the Reaper arrives. Then a  

wail goes up, for he does not admire the harvest.  

"You look upon old age with veneration and snow-white locks as a crown of honor, which I would  

not detract from in any way. But asyou look upon the picture, I leave it for you to decide which is  

the more to be honored, hewith the snow-white locks, who has by ignorance or direct perversity  

brought decrepitude upon himself orthe one who, in maturity, becomes more vital, strong, and  

better equipped to meet the advancing years and because of them is more kind and generous. I  

recognize that the one who reaches the end through ignorance isto be pitied, while the one who  

knows and reaches the same end, is unspeakable."  

Chapter IX  

During the preceding September we had arranged to meet a party in the Gobi Desert and they were  

to accompany us to the site of three of the ancient ruined cities, the locations of which are given by  

some of these records. While we had not, as yet, seen these records, we had been told of their  

existence. Those which we had previously seenand which had aroused our curiosity were but  

copies of the records we had before us. Both of the sets place the dates of these cities back two  

hundred thousand years. It is claimed that the inhabitants were in a high state of civilization, as they  

knew the arts and crafts and were able to work with the metals; that gold was a very common metal,  

so common that they used it in making drinking vessels and for shoeing their horses. It is claimed  

that these people had a good command over all the natural forces as well as their own God-given  

powers. In fact, the legends-if legends they are-as told therein are quite similar to those of Greek  

mythology. If the maps are correct, this huge empire covered the greater portion of Asia and  

extended into Europe as far as the Mediterranean Sea, where France is now located, and the greatest  

elevation was about six hundred feet above sea level. It is claimed that this was a great plain area,  

very productive and well populated and a colony of the Motherland. there is noquestion that, if the  

remains of these cities can be found and uncovered,some very valuable history will bedisclosed, as  

the description the records gave of this country far out-shone that of ancient Egypt for pomp and  

splendor during the dynasties of its seven kings. Even before the reign of these kings, it is described  

as being far more prosperous. The people ruled themselves; there were no wars and no vassals or  

slaves. They unquestionably named their ruler, "Directive Principle," and they loved and obeyed  

that Directive Principle. These records state that the first king of the first dynasty usurped the rule  

from the Directive Principle and set himself upon a throne as ruler.  

Time had passed rapidly. We were busy getting everything in readiness to jointhe expedition, as we  

were obliged to be on our way in order to keep our appointment in May at the meeting place agreed  

upon, where we wereto replenish our supplies and equip the main expedition for the final journey.  

Words absolutely fail me when I undertake torecord my thoughts and feelings as the time for our  

departure drew near. Every hour of our stay had been a joy, not one being dull.  

Although we had been withthese people and sharedtheir homes for more than five months, the  

time had passed so rapidly that it seemed but a few days. Yet a world of possibilities had been  

opened to us. It was as though the door had been thrown wide open. Everyone felt the boundless  

possibilities-and still we hesitated to step through the door, just as wehesitated to leave these  

magnificent people whom we looked upon asbrothers.  

I believe there is a time in the life of every mortal when he or she can see the door fullyopened- 

just as each of ussaw it that beautiful April morning-and each and every one can see the vast  

possibilities that may be attained. (I am going to ask the readers tothrow aside all prejudices for a  

time and, if they are able to do so, see as we saw. I do not expect you tobelieve but I dowant you to  

understand that it is one thing to write about these people and an entirely different thing justto sit at  

their feet and listen.) It seemedthat if we would walk boldly up and step through the door, all  

attainment would be ours-yet we hesitated. Why was it so? Because we did not fully believe; we  

allowed tradition to drag us back and close the door; then we said the hand of fate had closed it to  

us. But we must come to realize there is  

no fate save that which we ourselves allow.  

Here were a kindly, simple, yet most magnificent people, some of whom for generations and  

perhaps always have livedjust through that door and that life is practical to them. There is no  

precedent nor tradition here, nothing but a pure, honest life, well lived and lived right hereon this  

earth. I leave it to the reader to make the contrast.  

We did hesitate to leave these dear kindly souls to whom we had become so attached in the last few  

months, yet we know that other things awaited us and we looked forward eagerly to them. We bade  

our friends good-bye that beautifulApril morning, with cordial handshakes and salutations, amid  

hearty invitations to come again. With a final good-bye and Godspeed, our faces were turned  

northward, this time actually to cross the great Gobi, with its tales of terrible hardships as dim  

visions in our imaginations; but we were unafraid, for Emil and Jast were again with us, and  

Chander Sen in Neprow's place.  

To us, who had visited many lands, as the company swungalong the trail it was but a part of the  

day's work. Everyone in our little band was glad to be there. Not one but recognized that a new  

world had begun to open and unfold. All recognized the remoteness of the country and the hazards  

of an ordinary trip of this nature, yet there was that irresistible urge to go on. With the absolute  

confidence we had in our great friends, all fear orthought of inconvenience for self was thrown to  

the winds and we entered intothe zest of the thing with the enthusiasm of schoolboys.  

We were accustomed to the remoteplaces of the earth, but never had we experienced a country so  

remote yet one where we could travel with the freedom and ease that we wereexperiencing here.  

Do you wonder that we were infatuated with the country and our benefactors? We felt that we could  

go right on north until we had negotiated the polar regions and conquered them. We had not gone  

far when one of our party remarked, "If we could travel as those fellows can, this part would be  

easy. Just because we cannot travel as they do, theyplod along with us."  

All went well until the evening of the seventh day out. At about five o'clock that afternoon we were  

just emerging from a deep ravine which we had followed down in order to gain access to the more  

open country below, when one of the party called out that there were horsemen in the distance. We  

turned our glasses upon them and counted twenty-seven horsemen who seemed tobe fully armed.  

We reported this to Jast and he said they probably wereone of the roving bands that infest the  

country. We asked if they were one of the bandit bands and he said that hesuspected they were, as  

they did not appear to be tending any flocks.  

We left the trail and proceeded toa clump of trees and made camp for the night. While the camp  

was being prepared, two of our party crossed the stream near which we were camping and climbed  

to the top of a ridge that would give them an outlook over the rolling country. When they had  

gained the summit they stopped and, placing their field glasses to their eyes, stood for a moment,  

then turned and hurried toward camp. As soon as they came within hailing distance they reported  

that the party of horsemen was not over three miles away and was riding towardour camp. At this  

time someone remarked that he believed it was going tostorm. We looked and,sure enough, there  

was a heavy bank of clouds gathering in the northwest and fog was drifting in from every direction.  

We became very uneasy as wecould now see the bandof horsemen through the approaching storm,  

coming down a rolling slope directly toward our camp. We were very much disturbed about the  

appearance of this band. Although there were thirty-two in ourparty, we did not have a firearm of  

any description.  

At that moment the storm broke upon us with all the fury of a blizzard. For a few moments the wind  

lashed and roaredand drove the fine particles of snow around us with the fury of a seventy-mile  

gale and it looked as if we would be obliged to move our camp to escape the falling limbs that were  

being broken from the trees by the storm. Theneverything became calm where we were, and we  

thought for a moment that it had beenonly a squall, such as often happens in that country, and that  

it would soon blow over.  

Since there was a dim half light which enabled us to see, we turned to and set the camp in order. We  

were occupied with this work for about half an hour and had not given a thought toeither the storm  

or the supposed bandits who had caused so much uneasiness a short time before. As we stopped a  

moment for breath, our Chief walked to the entrance of the tent and looked out, then turned and  

said, "The storm seems to be raging a short distance away, but where weare there is scarcely a  

breath of air stirring. Just look, the tents and trees around are hardly moving and the air seems warm  

and balmy." A number of our party followed him outside and we stood for a moment wondering.  

While we had been in the tent and occupied, we had been half conscious ofthe noise the storm was  

making but we supposed ithad blown over and was traveling up the ravine, as some of the storms  

in that country come on like a cyclone and travel for miles before they expend their fury and after  

they have passed there is a dead calm. This was not the case here. The blizzard was raging with all  

its fury within a hundred feet of us but where we stood the air was still and warm. Our former  

experience had been that the coldwas intense and pierced one through and through, while the wind  

drove the icy needle-like particles of snow around and along with it in blinding furyuntil one was  

nearly suffocated.  

Suddenly the circle lighted up as if by magic. As we stood wondering, we thought we heard shouts  

of men above the din of the storm. Supper was announced; we went in and sat down. While we  

were eating, one of the party wondered what had becomeof the horsemen we had seen descending  

the slope. Another said, "We thoughtwe had heard shouts while we were outside and wondered if  

we could not be of some assistance in case theywere lost in the blizzard."Jast stated that these men  

belonged to one of the most notorious bands of banditswhich roamed the nearby country. He added  

that they did nothing but rob and plunder villages and drive off the herds of sheep and goats. After  

supper, during a lull in the storm, we could hear shouting and the lunging and snorting of horses,  

sounding as though they would break from control. Although they seemed but a short distance  

away, we could now see them, so dark and dense was the snow thatwas whirled alongby the wind;  

neither could we see any sign of a camp fire.  

In a few moments Emil arose and said he would invite them to our camp. Unless they were well  

prepared, it would be impossible for man or beast to survive the storm until morning, as the cold  

was growing intense outside. As he was preparing to leave the tent, two of our party asked to be  

permitted to accompany him. Emil seemed pleased; heaccepted and they disappeared in the storm.  

After about twenty minutes had elapsed they reappeared, followed bytwenty of the bandit band  

leading their horses. They told us afterwards that seven had become separated from them and were  

probably lost in the storm. Those who gathered in our circle were a uniqueand motley lot of halfwild looking creatures. The momentthey entered the circle of light they became suspicious that  

there was some plot to capture them. They showed their alarm until Emil assured them they were at  

liberty to go any time they wished and showed them that we had no mode of defense if they wished  

to attack us. This, their leader said, they had prepared to do when they saw us emerge from the  

ravine before the storm came on. After the storm came, they had become bewildered and lost their  

way so they did not knowwhere their camp was located. WhenEmil and the two from our party  

had found them they were huddledtogether against a cliff about a hundred yards downstream. The  

leader said if they were drivenout they would certainly perish. Emil assured them that this would  

not happen.  

They made their horsessecure for the night among the trees, then gatheredin a group by  

themselves, sat down, and began eating dried goatmeat and yak butter which they had taken from  

their saddle pouches. While they were thus occupied, they kept their arms near at hand and would  

start and listen at any increased sound. They talked and gesticulated freely.Jast told usthey were  

wondering at our equipment and the light; why the wind was not blowing, why it was warm within  

the circle, and why the horses were so content. One of the party, who was doing most of the talking,  

had heard of our friends before. Hewas telling the group that these people were like gods and could  

destroy them (the bandits) in an instant if they would. Jast also said that some of the party were  

attempting to influence the others to take everythingwe had and go on, as they thought it was a plot  

to capture them; but that this one man was standing firm that we should not be molested. He was  

telling them that if they did harm us they would all be destroyed. After the talk had gone on for  

considerable time, eight of them arose and came over to us and toldJast they would not stay; that  

they were very much afraid and were going to try and go to their camp, as it was located on the  

same stream but a few miles below.They had been able to get their location from the clump of trees  

where we were encamped. They then mountedtheir horses and rode away downstream.  

In about twenty minutes they all returned, saying the snow had fallen so deep their horses could not  

travel and face the storm, which was the heaviest they had experienced for many years. Then they  

began making themselves comfortable for the night.  

One of our party said, "Well, I suppose they will be more comfortable here even if they are afraid,  

than they would be out in the storm." Jast turned tous and said, "The Father's house is where you  

are abiding; if you are within thathouse and do there abide,you are in the glad spirit of the Father.  

Of what avail is the warmth and cheer that abideswithin the houseif you are not of the house, or  

know not the warmth and cheer that abides therein? You may invite those that remain just without  

and they will not enter, for they know not where you abide. These dear oneshere, while they feel  

the warmth, will not come nearer for the reason thatthey have always preyed upon their fellow men  

and they cannot understand that those same men whom they havelooked uponas legitimate prey  

should befriend them withoutsome reason for doing so, especiallyas they donot belongto their  

band. They do not know that withinthe snow or cold, or heaviest storm, the Father abides; and that  

those who make His home their home and therein abide cannot be harmed by storm or wind or tide.  

It is only when you are out of contact with God that the winds, the storms, and tides sweep over  

you.  

"It is when one can stand steadfastly and unwaveringly withhis eyes fixed directly on God,  

knowing and seeing no other, that he can accomplish what you now see.Our thought is, 'I stand  

steadfastly with myeyes fixed on You, O Father; knowing naught but You,Father; and I see naught  

but God in all things. I stand firmly on the Holy Mount, knowing naught but Your Love, Life, and  

Wisdom. Your Divine Spirit pervades me always. It surrounds me and abounds within and without  

me always. I know, Father, that this is not for mealone, but it is for all Thy children. I know,  

Father, that I have naught but that which theyhave and there is naught but God for all. I thank Thee,  

Father.'  

"The real peace may be foundeven in the heart of the storm; but deep in the heart of the man who  

has found himself, is the true calm. On the contrary, man may be in the remote wilderness alone  

with the twilight and the vast silence of nature and yet be tornby the winds of passion or shaken by  

the thunders of fear.  

"Nature, carelessly observed, seems to have given brute strength, greed, and capacity for shedding  

weaker animals' blood an incomparable advantage;but notice the following simple facts that few  

have thought about.  

"There are more lambs in the world than lions. That is not an accident. Nature isnot a blind,  

blundering thing. Nature is God at work and God neither wastes material nor does He blunder in  

His building. Does it not strike you as a strange thing that in the melting pot of Nature's primal  

forces the lion had not eaten upthe lamb before man appearedupon the scene? The lamb has  

literally whipped the lion in the struggle for existence. Nor is it man's siding with the lamb against  

the lion that explains the result. In all probability man began his career of slaughter by killing the  

docile first. It is certainthat he kills more lambs than lions. It is not man but Nature that pronounces  

condemnation of lion's kin. Reflect a moment and you will see that Nature cannotgive distinctive  

strength in opposite directions to the same animal. The lion is a great fighter but a slow breeder. All  

the strength of his finebody goes to fighting form. Having young is detrimental and becomes the  

incident of his life. The lamb, on the other hand, is not a fighter and, therefore, is weak. The lamb  

spends no energyin fighting and accordingly is a better breeder. Nature acknowledges that in  

creating the lion she made a mistake. She is correcting that mistake. The lionand all other animals  

whose instinct is to kill are disappearing.  

"There are no exceptionsto this sentence of extinction pronounced by Nature's immutable law  

against all beings ofthe preying kind. Nature rules according to an eternal equity and, by the very  

law of the universe, the fighter fights a losingbattle, always has and always will, whether he be the  

animal or the animal man, in the forest or in the city, now and forever. The lion loses. He loses  

when he wins. He dieswhen he kills. He is by the very nature of things eating his own kind when  

he rends the warm flesh of the lamb he tore from the flock. When the first lion struck his prey with  

his mighty paw and growled through his bloody chops the delight he felt, hewas singing, not the  

death of the helpless that he was eating, but the funeral hymn of his own kind. Savagery is a poor  

rallying point. Lions do not herd. Bears do not goin flocks. Savages among men form small groups  

and fight each other. Wildness turns on its own kind among beastsor men and is a source of  

weakness.  

"In the analogy of things wild beasts must go. No great soldier ever really conquered anything. His  

victories are all illusions. Soldiers' empires, if they rest on nothing more substantial than the sword,  

swiftly fall to pieces. Inthe end, the soldiers mustrepudiate force and resort to justice and reason or  

their empires crumble. The beast of prey, whether heis brute or human, is solitary, hopeless, and  

helpless, irrevocably doomed, for gentleness is the real strength. Gentleness is the lion, with all of  

the lion's attributes, except the taste for blood and slowly all life is coming beneath its allconquering rule.  

"Man is made or unmade by himself. In the armory of thought he forgesthe weapons by which he  

destroys himself. He also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of  

joy, strength, and peace. By the right choice and true application of thought, man ascends to the  

Divine Perfection. By the abuse and wrong application ofthought, he descendsbelow the level of  

the beast. Between these two extremes are all of the grades of character and man is their maker and  

master.  

"These bandits are the remnants of a once great and prosperouspeople. Their forefathers inhabited  

this country whenit was a beautiful, thriving, industrial empire. They knew the sciences and arts.  

They also knew their own origin and power and they worshipped that origin and power only. There  

came a time when theybegan to look to the body for pleasure and in time the body failed them.  

Then a great cataclysm swept over the land, devastating itand leaving only a few scattered people  

on the higher ground. These developed into communities and became the larger races of Europe.  

"The region where we are and that of the Gobi were cut off and raised bodily until nothing grew.  

The people were so nearly destroyed that there were onlya few isolated communities and, at times,  

only one or two families left. These gathered in bands and are the ancestors of the present people.  

They cannot prosper, as they are continually at war witheach other. While their history and origin  

have been forgotten, their religion and legends canbe traced to the one source. Wherever you find  

them you will find some of the fundamentals alike, althoughtheir forms differ widely."  

When we were leaving, two of the men asked if theycould join our party. As we were, expecting to  

recruit a number of helpers in the next large village, about seventy miles farther on, we gladly  

accepted them and they were with us until wereturned that fall.  

Chapter X  

One morning the party which relieved our Chief's party reported that there were horsemen  

approaching our camp from the north. When we reached the surface we found they were headed in  

our direction and it looked as though they were another bandit band, since their were evidently  

following the trail we had made on our way there.As we stood looking, Jast came up and said,  

"they are a party of bandits who are determined to loot the camp but I do not think we need fear."  

We waited for them to approach and they came on to within five hundred yards of our camp, then  

halted.  

After a short interval two of the men rode up and, after exchanginggreetings, asked what we were  

doing there. They were told we were attempting to find a ruined city. To this they replied they did  

not believe a word of what we said. They suspected we werelooking for gold and they had come to  

take our equipment and supplies from us. We asked if they weregovernment soldiers, to which they  

replied they did not recognize any government, as the strongest party was the one that won in that  

country. As they saw no evidence of firearms, I believe they came to the conclusion that there must  

be a larger force than was evidenced by what they could see. They returned to their band to talk  

over the situation.  

After a time the two came back and told us that if we submitted peacefully they would not harm any  

of us but if we did notthey would advance and shoot everyone who showedresistance. We were  

given ten minutes to decide and after that time they would advance without further preliminaries.  

To this Jast replied that we would neither resistnor surrender. This seemed to anger them and,  

wheeling their horses, theystarted back toward the band, waving their arms. Then the whole band  

came toward us at full gallop. I confess that I was badly frightened but almost instantly we seemed  

to be surroundedby a number of shadowy forms on horseback, galloping around us. Then these  

forms became more lifelike and increased in numbers. Evidently our visitors had seen what we were  

witnessing, for their horses were either reined in quickly or stopped of their own accord as they  

began to rear and plunge and get beyond control of their riders. In a moment there was wild  

confusion among the band, which numbered about seventy-five horsemen. The horses began  

plunging right and left, beyond all control of the riders and this ended in a wild retreat, with our  

phantom horsemen, as we called them, in close pursuit.  

After the excitement was over, our chief and two of the party, including myself, walked out to  

where the main band had halted and could find no tracks except those made by the robbers  

themselves. We were very much mystified at this since the relief had looked as real to us as did the  

bandits and the rescuers had seemed to have comefrom all sides. We fully expected to find the  

tracks of their horses in the sand, as well as the tracks of the horses the bandits were riding.  

When we returned, Jast said, "the phantom horsemen, as you call them, were only pictures, made so  

real that you, as well as the bandits, could see them. Ina word they were the pictures of other  

occurrences that we were ableto produce in so lifelike a manner that they could not be  

distinguished from the real occurrence. We are able to produce them for our own protection as well  

as for that of others and no one has been harmed. Where a definite purpose is served, there is no  

harm in the outcome. A doubt had arisen in the minds of the bandits. Itwas not logical that an  

expedition like this would venture so far away without some protection and we were able to take  

advantage of this to frighten them. They are very superstitious and always on the lookout for  

trickery. That type isthe most susceptible to fearand they saw just what they expected to find. If we  

had not used this method, we shouldin all probability have been obligedto destroy a number of the  

band before they would have left us in peace. As it is we shall hear no more of them." We were not  

molested again.  

The beautiful ladycontinued: "If you could only see that the tragedy of Jesus' life ended with the  

crucifixion, that the joy of the Christ life began with the resurrection, and that the goal of every life  

should be the resurrection rather than the crucifixion. In thisway all may follow him into the more  

abundant life of the Christ in them. Can you think of a more joyous and abundant life than to be one  

with this MightyPower, this power of the Christ within? It is here you may knowthat you were  

created to have dominion over every form, thought, word, or condition.In living thislife, which is  

the fulfillment of every need, you will find that youare living an exact, scientific life.  

"Jesus increased the few loaves and fishes the little lad had, until he was able to supply ample for  

the multitude. You will observe thathe bade them sit down in an orderly expectant attitude, ready to  

receive the increasedsupply by fulfillingthe law. If you are to find joy and satisfaction in the life of  

Jesus, you must fulfill the law of his life by acting in harmony with his ideals. You cannot stand and  

worry as to how you are to be fed. If Jesus had allowed this, the multitude never would have been  

satisfied. Instead, He quietly blessed and gave thanks for that which he had and the supply was  

increased in sufficient measure to meet every need.  

"Living did not become a difficult problem until man disobeyed and refused to listen to the Inner  

Voice. When he returns and again learns to listen to that Inner Voice he will cease to labor for the  

means of a living, but he will work for the joy of creating. He will enter intothe joy of creating and  

he will create under the law of the Lord or Word of God. Through His Word he will find that he can  

move upon the all-loving and all-enfolding substance of God and bring into visibility every ideal he  

holds in thought. It was in this way, step by step, that Jesus mounted to the heights and proved the  

supremacy of the Christ in Him over the limited concept of mortal thought. When this is realized,  

work becomes a joyousquality of one's being. Jesus proved that the truly spiritual life is the only  

joyous life. He became clothed with dignity and glory because of his victory; yet that victory left  

him as free as a little child. Although the world is not whollyawake to its desire, it is this desire of  

joy and great blessing that it is seeking. Man may seek satisfaction in the pursuit of personal things,  

unmindful of the law that says he shall lose thatwhich he seeks for selfish gain. But through the  

losing he soon finds that the fall of the personal but marks the ascent of the spiritual. He realizes  

that MAN'S EXTREMITY IS GOD'S OPPORTUNITY.  

"You must know that you are entitled to every good and perfect gift of God,and you must prepare  

to receive those gifts through the knowledge of God as your Divine nature. IF YOU SEPARATE  

YOURSLEF FROM GOD IN THOUGHT, YOUWILL ALSO SEPARATE YOURSELF FROM  

HIM IN MANIFESTAION. In order to enter fully intothe joy of life, you must seek life and joy,  

for the fullness and joy that thatlife gives toall humanity.  

"The laws for the establishment of heaven here on earth, which Jesus taught and which you have  

seen applied in a very small measure, are exact and scientific. Man, being the son and true likeness  

of God, contains within himself the true spirit of God, his Father. He can discern and use the laws of  

his creative parent and bring them into full operation in his world of affairs, if he only will." Then  

she said they would be pleased to answerany questions he might like to ask.  

Ray said he did not have any questions to ask, for he had been too deeply stirred to want to ask  

questions. He justwanted to think. He said he had some things he wantedto say and he hoped they  

would not take offense, for offense was not intended in any way. He continued. "We came here, as  

we supposed, to findthe remains of a people long since dead and gone. Instead, we find a people  

living a far more wonderful and active life than can be comprehended. If this thing that we have  

seen could be heralded abroad, you would have the whole world bowing at your feet." The three  

ladies said they did not wish the world to bow at their feet but they longed to see all mankind  

bowing at God's feet. They went onto say that mankind already had too manyidols. The ideal was  

the thing really needed.  

Here the visitors, with the exception of the one who had called at the door of the tent, arose, saying  

they must be on their way. Withhearty handshakes and Godspeed and invitations to visit them at  

any time, they disappeared as suddenly as they had come, leaving Ray and his party staring at the  

place where they had stood. After a moment he turned to the man who had remained and asked his  

name. He was told thatit was Bagget Irand.  

Then Ray said tohim, "Do you mean to say that you are able to come and go atwill, without any  

visible means of conveyance, as we have justseen, defying every known law of gravity and  

physics?"  

Bagget Irand answered, "We do not defy any law, neither do we harm a single law of man or God.  

We cooperate with and work according to all laws, both of Nature and God. The means of  

locomotion which we use,although invisible to you, are perfectly visible tous. The trouble is you  

do not see them; consequently you do not believe. We see, believe, and know and we are able to  

utilize them. When you open your understanding to know and see and use them, you willsoon find  

that the law which we use is definite and far more capable of being put to greater uses for mankind  

than the limited laws which you see and use. Some day you will findthat you have only touched the  

surface of man's possibilities. We are always pleased to assist you in any way we can."  

Chapter XI  

As we stood watching the sunset, onthe eve of our departure, one of the party said that he had  

begun to wonder how old civilization and religion really were and whether the two had really come  

hand-in-hand down the longages of time. Jast replied, "That depends upon whatyou mean by  

religion. If by the use of the word, 'religion' you mean creed, dogma or sect, or perhaps superstition,  

it is very young and does not antedate twenty thousand years. But, if by the word you mean a  

reverence for the true philosophy of life, a truereverence for life itself, thus a true reverence for the  

sublime purity of God, ofthe great Creative Cause, then you may trace this back beyond all history,  

all mythology, all allegory, to the time of man's first advent upon earth. Before kings, emperors, or  

man-made rule held sway in the heart of the first man there burned or shone forth the greatest  

reverence for the source of all life and the beauty of that life; the beauty and reverence of that pure  

soul shines undimmed through the long ages and so it will shine on undimmed through all eternity.  

"When man first took up life, he knew full well the source. He had the deepest reverence for that  

source and that reverence you now know as the Christ. But, as we come on down the dim corridors  

of time, we find them divided into the innumerable sects, creeds, and dogmasuntil those corridors  

are divided into such a network that they present a veil of disbelief and superstition. Who, I ask,  

divided them-did God or man? Who is responsible for the great vortex ofsin and inharmony this  

division has caused? Willyou pause for a moment and think deeply, then ask yourselves, is it God  

or man that is responsible? Then think, does God sit somewhere in the sky looking down on this  

great web, altering a condition here or a condition there, interfering here or smoothing out a life  

there, praising one or condemning another, holding up the hands of one while he tramples the other?  

No, if there be a true giver of life, he must beOmnipotent, Omnipresent,Omniscient, far above,  

around, and in all, pouring out his life to all,through all and above all, else he is not a true giver of  

all life. Thus you may differentiatethis idea into the innumerable varieties of form but, when you  

reach the final one, you will find that you reach the one at the beginning also; and the two become a  

cycle with no beginning also; and the two become a cycle with no beginning and no end. Were this  

not so, there could be no basis, no hypothesis, no truth."  

Here someone asked, "Do you attempt to overcomedeath?" The answer was, "Oh, no, we rise up  

over death by letting life express to itsabsolute fullness. Thus, we donot know even what death is.  

To us there is nothing butmore abundant life. The great error of the majority is thatthey attempt to  

hide their religion behind some veil or secret instead of throwing it open to the broad expanse of  

God's pure sunlight."  

Someone of the party asked whether Jesus abode withthem, meaning Jast's people. He replied, "No,  

Jesus does not live with us. He is only drawn to us by the thoughts we have in common, the same as  

he is drawn to all by the thoughts they have in common. Jesus abides only to be of service, as all  

great souls do."  

He went on to say, "It was while sojourning in northern Arabia that Jesus had accessto the library  

that had been collected from India, Persia, and the Trans-Himalayan region. Here Jesus first  

contacted the secret teachings of the Brotherhood. These teachings only servedto drive home more  

firmly the conviction already forming, that the true mystery of life was God expressed through the  

Christ in the individual. He saw that, inorder to express this fully, hemust withdraw from all forms  

of worship and worship God expressing throughthe individual, and God alone. He saw that, in  

order to demonstrate this fully,he would be obliged to withdraw from those who had taught him,  

even though by withdrawing he should incur their displeasure. This did not deter him for a moment,  

so steadfast was he in his devotion to his cause and the great service he saw he could render to the  

world by thatdevotion.  

"He saw that if man ever arose tothe lofty power of that mighty Indwelling Presence; if a mighty  

Son of God, one in whomthe Divine Wisdom abode in fullest measure; one rich in the outpouring  

richness of all of God's treasures, the fountain of the outpouring waters of life, the Lord, or law of  

compassion and wisdom; was actually to take flesh upon earth, he must come forth and claim these  

possessions. Then, with pure motive he must live the lifeand he would bring forth that life, to  

which manifest Presence the name of the Christ has been given.  

"He stood forth and boldly proclaimed that the Christ that abode in him abode in all; that the  

celestial voice that proclaimed him the Beloved Son proclaimed all sons of God, joint heirs, and  

brothers all. This epoch is marked at his baptism when the Spirit was seen descending from heaven  

like a dove upon him and itabode with him. He also said all are God's, manifest in the flesh.  

"He boldly taught that ignorance is the cause ofall sin. He saw that, in order to practice forgiveness  

or the science of forgiving, man must be enlightened to the fact that man has the power to forgive  

all sin, discord, and inharmony; that it is not God who forgives sin,for God has nothing to dowith  

the sin, sickness, and inharmony ofman; that man, himself, brought these into being and man is the  

only one who can erase or forgive them. He saw that man must learn that ignorance is disregard and  

lack of understanding both of Divine Mind as the Creative Principle and ofhis relation to that  

Principle. He saw that man may have all intellectual knowledge and beversed in worldly affairs, yet  

if he does not recognize the Christ as the living, vitalizing essence of God within him, he is grossly  

ignorant of the most important factor governing his life. He quickly saw the inconsistency of asking  

a perfectly just and loving Father toheal a disease or sin.He taught that disease is the effect of sin  

and that forgiveness is an important factor in healing; that sickness isnot punishment sent from  

God, as many believe it to be, butis the result of man's misunderstanding of his real being. He  

taught that it is the Truth which sets free. The purity of his teachings has caused them to outlive  

those of his teachers.  

"When Peter said that he forgave seven times, Jesus' answer was that heforgave seventy times  

seven, then went onforgiving until the act was universal. In order to forgive hate, he centered his  

attention on love. This was not only when it touched his life, but when he saw it manifest in the  

world about him. This Truth was the inherent light that he saw in all, which would lead them out of  

darkness when applied withunderstanding. He knew that every overcomer was covenanted with his  

Lord to be continually forgiving sin, in meeting every inharmony with Truth; and this was his way  

of being about his Father'sbusiness. He saw and understood that in no other way could the earth be  

transformed and peace and harmony prevail among men and he said, 'If you forgive men their  

trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.'  

"In order to appreciate the full value of this statement, you may ask, 'What is the Father?' The  

Father is Life, Love, Power, and Dominion and all of these attributes belong to the child by rightful  

inheritance. This is what Paul meant when he said we are joint heirs with Christ to the God  

Kingdom. This does not mean that one has more than another. This does not mean that the eldest  

son gets the larger portion and the other half is divided by measure to the remaining children. To be  

a joint heir, with Christ, to the Kingdom means to be an equal participant in all the blessings of the  

God Kingdom.  

"Sometimes others accuse us of making ourselves equal with Jesus. That is because they do not  

understand what is meant byjoint heirship. I am quite certain there is not one among us that would  

say he was on the same plane of enlightenment as the great Master, with his great white purity. This  

joint heirship means to have the possibility of the same power, the same strength, the same degree  

of understanding. And yet there isnot one among us that does notrealize the full truth of the  

promise of Jesus to all of God's children, to every true disciple, that they may be full participants in  

all the qualities of the Godhead as fully as he is. We fully recognize his meaning when he said, 'Be  

ye perfect even as your Father in heaven is perfect.' We know full well that thatgreat soul never for  

a moment asked of his disciples a mental or moral impossibility. When he saw and asked perfection  

of man, he knew that he asked only that which man can live up to. A great many have taken false  

comfort in the belief thatthey never can be as perfect as the Master is perfect. They argue that he  

was Divine and that, because of his divinity, he did marvelous works which no other member of  

humanity could possibly do and that, therefore, it is absolutely useless to try. They say they are here  

with nothing better or more skillful or scientific with which to carve out life's destiny than mere  

human will power. The great Master made it clear that, while it did take some human will power to  

start, THE MERE HUMAN WILL IS NOT A GREAT FACTOR IN THE CASE, THE GREAT  

FACTOR BEING DIVINE UNDERSTANDING. How many times did hesay, 'You shall know the  

Truth and the Truth shall make you free.'  

"Let us reduce this to the simple physics of the world about us. The moment men become fully  

acquainted with the truth of anything in the physical world about them, that moment they become  

free of their ignorant concept of that particular thing. The moment men became acquainted with the  

fact that the world was round and that it revolved around the sun, theybecame free from the  

antiquated idea of a flat earth and the rising and setting sun.The moment men become free from the  

belief that they are mere human beings, subject to human laws of life and death and the limitations  

which human beings have imposed, that moment they will see that they are free from all human  

limitations and may become Sons ofGod if they will. The moment they realize they are Divine,  

they are free from all limitations and possessed of the strength of divinity; and man knows that this  

divinity is the place where being comes most directly in contact with God. Man is beginning to see  

and know that this divinity is not something to be injected into eachfrom without. Heis beginning  

to know that it is the very life of each and every man.  

"We know that the ideals we see in the lives of others take root inour lives and incompliance with  

the Divine Law, bring forth after their kind. As long as we believe in the power of sin and see the  

effect of sin as a reality, the punishment of thatsin will be vital in our own lives. But, as we give to  

ourselves and others truly righteous thoughts for all inharmonious ones, weare making ready the  

harvest of a great spiritual feast which is certain to follow the seedtime. Thus forgiveness has a twofold mission. It frees both the erring and the loving one, for back of the application of forgiveness is  

a deep and radiant love, a love founded on principle,a love that desires to give for the joy of giving  

with no thought of regard save that ofthe Father's approvalin the words, 'this is My beloved Son in  

whom I am well pleased.'  

"These words are just as true for us as they are true of Jesus. Your sins, sickness, or discord are no  

more a part of God, or your trueself, than fungi are a part of the plants to which they attach  

themselves. They are the false excrescences which have gathered uponyour bodies as the result of  

wrong thinking. The thought of the disease and the disease are merely the cause and the effect.  

Erase, forgive the cause and the effect disappears. Erase the false belief and sickness vanishes.  

"This was the only method of cure that Jesus ever resorted to. He erased the false image in the  

consciousness of the one to whom he ministered. He first raisedthe vibrations of his body by  

connecting his own thoughts with those of Divine Mind and holding his own thoughts steadfastly in  

accord with those of the perfection of the Divine Mind for man. Then the vibrations of his body  

became equal to the vibrations in Divine Mind. Having thus raised the vibrations of his own body  

by his steadfast thoughtof the Divine Perfection, he was able to raise the vibrations of the body of  

the applicant with the withered arm to the point where hecould erase the image of the withered arm  

from his own consciousness. Then Jesus could say tohim, 'Stretch forth yourhand.' He stretched it  

forth and it became whole. Thus Jesus raised the vibrations of his own bodyby seeing the Divine  

Perfection for all and this enabled him to raise the vibrations of the one he healed until the image of  

imperfection was entirely erased; then perfection was instantaneous and the forgiveness was  

complete.  

"You will soon findthat, by fixing your thoughts and attention steadfastly on God and His divine  

perfection, you can raise the vibrations of yourbody so thatthey will blend so harmoniously with  

those of the divine perfection that you are absolutely one with the divineperfection and thus one  

with God. You are then able so to influence the vibrations ofthe bodies of others with whom you  

come in contact that they see the perfection that you see. Thus you may fulfill the divine mission  

and your part is complete. Oryou may see imperfection and thus lower the vibrations until  

imperfection is the result but if you do this, you cannot escape reaping the harvest ofthe seed you  

have sown.  

"God works through all to carry out His perfect plan and the perfect, loving thoughts continually  

going forth from the heartsof all are God's own message to His children. It is these thoughts that  

keep the vibrations of ourbodies in direct touch with the divine and perfect vibrations; and this seed  

is the Word of God that finds lodgment in every receptive heart, whether man be consciously aware  

of his divine nature ornot. We are approaching more fully to our divine inheritance when we can  

keep our thoughts so fully upon our divine perfection and the divineperfection of all,as held in the  

Mind of God, that the vibrations of our body are in direct harmonious accord and one with the  

divine vibrations sent outfrom the Mind of God. But, in order to bring forth the abundant harvest of  

spiritual understanding, our thoughts must continuously vibrate with, and lay hold of, the perfect  

harmonious thoughts from Divine Mind, or Mind of God, to man, His beloved son. We soon find  

we have the power to enslave orto free ourselves, as well as toforgive every sin of the whole  

human family through our attitudeof thought, word, or deed and, through the vibrations thus  

released, to the whole world. Once having chosen to shape our thoughts along definite lines, we  

soon find that we are sustained by Omnipotence itself and find, as we gothrough the discipline  

necessary to assure ourselves of mastery, that it is a glorious privilege-this power which we have  

to free ourselves and our fellow men from bondage through the process of divine thinking.  

"All of Jesus' healings were on the basis of removing the mental cause. Sowe find that it is  

necessary to reduce the idealism of Jesus to practical demonstration and, by so doing, we find we  

are only doing thatwhich he enjoined us to do. Many sins vanish at the first few rays of light shed  

into the dark concept, while others more firmly rooted in consciousness require patience and  

perseverance to overcome. The forgiving love of Christ must prevail if we do not obstruct but give  

it full sway. True forgiveness purifies and blesses all and begins in the heart of the individual. This  

is, at first, a thought reformation and thus, a resurrection. Realizing that God is the only Mind and  

this mind is pure and holy will do much to keep one holding steadfastly and worshippingly the  

Truth that the Mind of Christ is having its perfect way inyou and establishes you in these  

harmonious constructive thought-currents.You become aware that you are always in the everflowing stream of the loving thoughts which God is pouring out to His children.  

"You will soon know that you are fast approaching a period inwhich you will be living in a world  

of thinkers. You will know that thought is the most potentagency in the universe. You will soon  

recognize that thought is the mediator between Divine Mind and every bodily ailment or discord in  

the world. If you practice looking immediately to the Divine Mind, the Kingdom within, when  

discord or inharmony arise, you are immediately united with DivineIdeas and you will find that  

Divine Love is ever ready to give its healing balm of pure loveto those who seek.  

"Jesus lives today to wipe out of human consciousness the power and reality of sin and its effects.  

Fresh from the heart of Love, he came understanding the relation between God and man; and in his  

fearless, free recognition of Spiritas the only power, he proclaimed the supremacy of Divine Law  

which, when understoodand applied to every act of living, will transform suffering men into radiant  

beings and usher in the only real kingdom of perfect citizenship, the Kingdom of Heaven upon  

earth." Here Jast ceased talking.  

Chapter XIII  

The Governor of the village, through an interpreter, welcomed us, telling us we were to dine at his  

house, and were to start immediately. We filed out ofthe room, led by the Governor with a guard of  

two soldiers, one on each side, as was the custom of the country. Next came the leader with our  

hostess and our Chief withthe beautiful lady. Thencame Emil and his mother. I walked with them,  

the rest of the party following.  

We had proceeded but a short distance when a poorly dressed child stepped from the crowd which  

had assembled and asked in the native tongue if she might speak to Emil's mother. The Governor  

brushed her aside unceremoniously, saying that wecould not be bothered with such as she. Emil's  

mother grasped our arms and the three of us stepped out of the ranks to hearwhat the girl had to  

say. As we did this, our hostess hesitated and as she stepped out of the ranks the whole company  

stopped. Emil's mother spoke to the Governor, saying she would like to have the rest go on and get  

seating arrangements completed and that by that time wesurely would be there.  

Meanwhile, she was holding the girl's hands in hers. As the company moved on, she knelt down  

and, putting her arms aroundthe little girl, said, "Dear one, what can I do for you?" She found that  

the child's brother had fallen that afternoon and they thought his back was broken. The child begged  

the lady to go with her to see if she could not help him as he was in great pain. Emil's mother arose,  

explained the situation to us and told us to go on, that she would go with the child, then come in  

later. The leader said that if it was permissible, he would like to goalong. Emil's mother invited us  

all to go; so we turned aside and followed her and the girl as they walked hand-in-hand, the girl  

fairly leaping with joy. Our hostess told us that the girl was certain her brother would be healed by  

the great lady. As we neared the house, the girl bounded ahead to tell her family we were coming.  

When we came up to the door, we saw that the house was but a mud hut of the lowest order. Emil's  

mother must have interpreted our thoughts, for she said, "Although it is a hovel, warm hearts beat  

within." At that momentthe door was thrown open,a gruff masculine voice spoke, and we stepped  

inside. If the hut looked wretchedfrom without, it was doubly so from within. It was scarcely large  

enough for us to crowd into and the ceiling was so low that we could notstand erect.A dim witch  

light burned and cast a weird light upon the hard faces of the father and mother as they sat amidst  

their squalor.  

In the far corner, on a mass of musty straw and vile-smelling rags, lay a lad not more than five years  

old, his face drawn and ashen pale. The girl knelt beside him,holding his face in both of her hands,  

one pressed against each cheek. She was telling him thathe was going to be perfectly well again, as  

the beautiful lady was already there. She removed her hands, moved aside to give him a clearer  

view, and for the first time she saw the rest of the party. Instantly her expression changed and a  

great fear seemed to pervade her whole form. She dropped her face inher folded armsand her form  

shook with a convulsive sob as she cried out,"Oh, I thought you were coming alone." Emil's mother  

dropped on her knees beside her, put both arms around her and held her close for a moment. She  

became silent and Emil's mother said she would sendus away, if the girl wished to have us go. The  

girl said she was only surprised and frightened; that we need not mind her, as she was onlythinking  

of her brother.  

Then Emil's mother said, "You love your brother dearly, do younot?" The girl, who could not have  

been more than nine years old said, "Yes, but I love everyone." The conversation was interpreted to  

us by Emil, as none of our party spoke the language. Emil's mother said, "If you loveyour brother  

so much, you can help to heal him," and she told the girl to take the position she had been in and to  

place her hands on each side of his face. Then Emil's mothermoved so that she could place her  

hand on his forehead. Almost instantly the moans ceased, the boy's face lighted up, his little form  

relaxed, a perfect calm settled over the whole scene, and the child slept quietly and naturally.  

Emil's mother and the girl sat as they were for a few moments; then, withher left hand the lady  

gently removed the girl'shands from the boy's face, saying, "How beautiful he is, how strong and  

fine." Then Emil's mother removed her hand ever sogently and, as I happened to be standing near  

her, when she extendedher left hand I reached out my hand in order to assist her to her feet. As her  

hand touched mine such a thrill went throughmy whole body that it left me perfectly helpless. She  

sprang lightly to her feet and said, "For a moment I forgot myself. I should not have taken your  

hand as I did, for momentarily I seemed to beoverwhelmed, sogreat was the power that was  

flowing through me." I recovered mycomposure almost instantly. The others did not notice as they  

were all deeply engrossed in what was going on around them.  

The girl had suddenly thrown herself at Emil's mother's feet and, claspingeach in one ofher hands,  

was frantically kissing the coverings. Emil's mother reached down and with one hand turned the  

fervent tear-stained face upward, then knelt and clasped the child to her and kissed her eyes and  

lips. The child put both arms around the mother'sneck and both were motionless for a moment;  

then that strange light began to pervade the room and it grew brighter and brighter until every object  

seemed to be suffused with the light and nothing cast a shadow. The room seemed to be expanding.  

The father and the mother of the two children had sat onthe dirt floor in stony-faced silence thus  

far. They arose and the expression on their faces changed to blank dismay, then to fright, and the  

man bolted throughthe door, nearly upsetting the leader ofthe expedition in his haste to get away.  

The mother of the household threw herself prostrate at the side of Emil's mother and sobs shook her  

frame. Emil's mother placed her hand on the woman's forehead, speaking in a low voice to her.  

Presently the sobs ceased, she drew herself to a half-sitting, half-kneeling position, and saw the  

transformation that had taken place in the room. The expression onher face changed to one of  

terror; she rose hastily to her feet and started to run from the room. Emil reached out his hand, and  

took one of her hands while the beautiful lady took the other. They heldher hands thus for a  

moment and the frightened expression changed to a smile.  

We looked around and, in place of the hovel we had entered, we were in a moderately comfortably  

furnished room with seats, table,and a clean bed. Emil walked over and picked upthe boy, still  

sound asleep, from the heap of musty straw and rags, placed him tenderly onthe clean bed and drew  

the covers over him. As he did so he stooped and kissed the child's forehead as tenderly as any  

woman could have done.  

Emil's mother and the girl arose and walked to where the motherof the household stood. We all  

gathered around them. The mother sank to her knees and, grasping the feetof Emil's mother, began  

kissing them and entreating her not to leave. Emil stepped forward and, stooping down, took the  

woman's hand and drew her to her feet, all the time speaking quietly to her in her own language. As  

she stood erect, the old soiled garments she had been wearing were changed to new ones. She stood  

in mystified silence for a moment, then threw herself into the outstretched arms of Emil's mother.  

They stood in this attitude for a moment, whenEmil reached out and, placing his hands upon their  

arms, separated them.  

Then the girl rushed forward with outstretched hands crying, "See, see, my thingsare new." She  

turned to Emil's mother who stooped and picked her up. The child put her arms around her neck  

with her face close to her shoulder. The leaderof the expeditionwas standing just back of Emil's  

mother, and the childreached out her hands over the mother's shoulder toward him, lifted her face,  

and gave him a happy smile. The leader stepped forward and held out his hands. The child clasped  

them, saying that she loved us all but not as much as she did this dear lady, meaning Emil's mother.  

Emil said he would go and find the father. He returned in a few moments, bringing the frightened  

and half-sullen father with him. Still, we could see thatunderneath the sullenness there was a deep  

appreciation. We preparedto leave and as we left, the mother of the household asked if we would  

not come again and was told that we would see her again the next day.  

We hurried away to the Governor's house, fearful lest we had kept the party waiting. Although the  

time had seemed hours, we could not have been away more than thirty minutes. I am certain it all  

happened in much less time than it has taken me towrite about it. We arrived at the house just as  

the rest of the party were taking their seats at the table. The leader of the expedition asked if he  

might sit by our Chief and it was so arranged. It was easily seen that he was very much agitated and  

the Chief said afterwards that the man was so moved by what he had seen that he could scarcely  

keep quiet. The seating arrangements were: the Governor at the head ofthe table, at his right Emil's  

mother, then Emil, the beautiful lady, our Chief, and the leader of the expedition. On the Governor's  

left sat our hostess,then Emil's son and his sister. I mention these arrangements because of what  

happened later.  

After we all were seated, the meal progressed very nicely until it was about half concluded. The  

Governor addressed Bagget Irand, asking him if hewould not continue a talk he had started a short  

time before, which had been interrupted by the arrival of a governor from a larger village. Bagget  

Irand arose and said they had been talking of the similarity of the lives of Buddha and Jesus. With  

our permission he would continue the talk but it would be necessaryto speak in a language that the  

host understood, as it was not customary to have an interpreter unless the speakerdid not speak the  

language of the people. Jastvolunteered to act as interpreter but, when the Governor understood the  

situation, he insisted that Bagget Irand should speak in English and Jast would interpret to him, as  

the greater majority spoke and understood English.  

Then Bagget Irandwent on to say: "We can compare in our own thoughts what the power of man  

would be if all the attributes of true Spirit dominated his every action, deed, and thought; or, as  

Jesus said, 'When the Holy Spirit has comeupon you.' In this he referred to the time when the God  

Power should fully determine the lives of all His children. This means God manifest in the flesh. In  

reality, do we not see this spiritual unfoldment for all people coming through the lives and teachings  

of the seers and prophets in a greater or lesser degree, in proportion as their spiritual unfoldment  

approaches the perfect development of God manifesting throughout all his children?  

"It is quite evident that those who have followed steadfastly the true ideals of life which they have  

perceived as coming directlyfrom God-and thus connecting God with man-have made the  

greatest attainments toward nobility of character, purity of soul, and moral grandeur of life. Should  

those who seek to follow them by incorporating their ideals in individuality be able to accomplish  

as they have accomplished, the world must finally accept that the lessons they gave out, as their  

lives, presage the undeveloped possibilities ofall God's children.  

"Still none of these has claimed that they have reached the ultimate perfection which God has  

chosen for His children; for Jesus said, 'He that believes in me, the works that I do shall he do also,  

yet I go unto the Father.' Both Jesus and Buddha said, 'You shall be perfect even as yourFather in  

heaven is perfect.'  

"These sons of God are not mythical persons but their lives and work have spoken definitely in the  

lives and hearts of men all down through the historical ages. There have been myth and tradition  

woven about their lives. The effective test is for one who is interestedin their lives and characters  

personally to acceptand apply their teaching in his everydaylife. The fact thatthe ideals expressed  

by these great men are those held asthe ideals that govern all truly great people is a further proof of  

their truth. If one attempts to refute the lives of these great men, one may as well ask why great  

religions exist. It is mostcertain that they are the foundation and bear the footprints of an irresistible  

instinctive urge, or instinct, which has presaged the great depth and true basis of the betterment of  

mankind; and they outlive and outshine any other possible attempt to relievethe human family from  

limitation and bondage.  

"The records of these men's lives are preserved for us and their lives become a legitimate source of  

inquiry and research if we will but open our hearts, pursue this inquiry with an open mind, and  

make their lives, teaching, and ideals our very own. Inno other way can we enter in and become  

one with their lives. This has beenthe inspired message of every true seer since the world's history  

began. Two, at least, of these spiritually enlightened men, Jesus and Buddha, brought to fruition the  

great possibilities they taught. Theyhave said, in almostthe same words, 'I amthe way, the truth,  

and the light of life for all men.' In the divinity oftheir attitude they assumed they could truly say, 'I  

am the light of the world. He who follows me, who walks and lives as I have lived, shall not walk in  

darkness but shall have Eternal Life and shall be abundantly free from all limitations.' Both, in  

nearly the same words, said, 'To this end was I born and for this cause came I into the world, that I  

should bear witness unto the Truth. Everyone that is of this Truth, hears my voice.' These words  

must have had a direct bearing uponthe true unfoldment of the Christ life in every child of God.  

"Do not all the religions of the world reveal a higherpower in man that is struggling to be free from  

the limitations of sense? The scriptures of the different races are outward expressions of this  

intelligence. The Book of Job in your Bible antedates all your history. It was written in this country  

and its mystical meaning has been preserved through all the changes that havetaken place, although  

it has been nearly smothered bythe addition of folklore. Thoughthe people were nearly all  

consumed, the mystical word of Job will never be consumed, for he that dwells in the secret place  

of the Most Highdwells in the shadowof the almighty One. Another thing we must see is that ALL  

SCRIPTURES CAME FROM RELIGION AND NOT RELIGION FROM THE SCRIPTURES.  

The scriptures are a product of religion, not the cause of it.The history of religion came out of  

experiences, while the gospels came out ofall religions.  

"You will soon findthat unity of purpose and effort will be the most potent means to attain any  

desired end. Instead of numerous people thinking in all directions and pulling in asmany, they will  

think as one. Then man willknow what it means to give a long pull and a strong pull and a pull all  

together. Then you will see that when the unity of will is set in motion all things are possible. When  

man casts the selfish satanic thoughts from his consciousness,the battle of Gog and Magog will  

cease; and this will not be accomplished by any outside deity.  

"When Jesus said, 'My words are spirit and they are life,' he touched that inner word that created all  

things; and he knew that his word was filled with a life essence and the moving power that would  

produce the thing he desired. If these words would ring through the souls ofall men and nations,  

they would know that theyhave access to the fountain of Eternal Lifewhich flows from God.  

"Some may express the Christ by seeing the Christ enthroned just back of the heart, the seat of love.  

From this throne see the Christ directing every activity of your body in perfect accord with God's  

immutable law and know thatyou are cooperating with Christ in the ideals received directfrom the  

Divine Mind. Then see the Christ seated onHis throne, expanding and including every atom, cell,  

fibre, muscle, and organ of your whole body. In fact, He has expanded until your whole body is the  

pure Christ, the only begotten Son of God; the pure temple where God is at home and loves to  

dwell. From this throne you can call upon every center of your whole body. You can say to those  

centers that you are positive, loving, powerful, wise, fearless, a free spirit. You are pure with the  

purity of Spirit. No mortal thoughtor desire or impurity can comenear you. You are immersed in  

the pure Christ. the Spiritof life in the Christ makes you the pure templeof God. Here you may  

pause and say, 'Father, in this as well as in all things, reveal the Christ, Your perfect Son to me.'  

Then bless the Christ.  

"When you have realized the Christ, you may hold out your hand and, if it is gold you want, the  

gold will be there." Here he held out his hands and there was a circular disc of gold somewhat  

larger than an English sovereign ineach hand. He passed them to those sitting at his right and left  

and they, in turn, passed them on until the discs had made the rounds of the whole table. (We  

preserved them and had them examined by experts, who pronounced them pure gold.)  

"If you wish to assist others, see the Christ enthroned in them as he is in you and speak to the Christ  

in them as though you were talking directly to them.  

"If you want to get a clearer view of any subject than you have at present, let the Christ speak  

mentally to the abstract soul of that subject or thing. Then ask the intelligence within the thing to  

tell you about itself.  

"God's children are just as necessary to Him in the carrying out of His perfect plan as any plant,  

flower, or tree is; and it is necessary for them to cooperate in the perfect way which He sees. It was  

the withdrawal of man from this perfect plan to cooperation that threw the world out of balance and  

caused great waves to sweep over and destroy the greater portion of His children. It is the perfect  

thought of Love cooperatingwith Poise and Power inthe hearts of God's children thatholds the  

earth in balance. When they dissipated that force in thoughts of sin and lust, it swung so far out of  

balance that the great waves rushed over and nearly annihilated man and the work he had  

accomplished. At that time man had accomplished far more than he has today. But God cannot  

control man's thoughts of love and balance, or hate and unbalance; they are for man to control.  

When the thought force that threw the earth out of balance was dissipated by the great cataclysm it  

had brought on, then God inHis mighty power could restore the earth to its proper equilibrium or  

balance; but as long as man's thought held sway, God was powerless to act." Here Bagget Irand  

ceased speaking and took his seat.  

We had noticed that our host, the Governor, had betrayed signs of uneasiness and considerable  

excitement; and when Bagget Irand took his seat, our host's excitementburst forth in an  

exclamation which carried the meaning of "Dog, dog of a Christian, you have defamed the name of  

our fair Buddha and you shall suffer!" At this he pulled a cord that hung from the ceiling near him.  

Instantly, three doors flewopen at the opposite end of the room from where he was sitting and in  

rushed thirty soldiers with drawn swords. He had risen from his seatat the table and the two guards  

who had accompanied him and were standing just back of his chair during the meal stepped forward  

to his side. Raising his hand, hegave an order. Ten of the soldiers came forward and arranged  

themselves along the wall back ofwhere Bagget was sitting; two stepped forward and took their  

stand just back of and on each side of his chair. The commander walked forward and stood at  

attention a short distance from where the Governorand his two guards stood. Not a word had been  

spoken by any of the company and scarcely a move had been made. We sat completely overcome  

by the suddennessof the change.  

Then a deep silence seemedto fall and a strong light blazed forth in the room at the head of the  

table just in front of where the Governor stood. Every eye was upon his face as he stood with  

upraised hand, as though about to give another order, but his face was ashen pale and a look of  

horror had come over it. A dim formseemed to be standing on the table beforehim. All heard the  

word, "Stop," pronounced clearly and very forcefully and the word itself stoodout in flaming letters  

between the dim form and the Governor. The Governor seemed to understand, for he stood as  

though transfixedand as rigid as a statue. By this time the dim form had taken definite shape and  

we recognized it as that of Jesus as we had seen him before. But the thing that amazed us was that  

another dim form was standing beside him and it was this form that was holding the attention of the  

Governor and all the soldiers. They seemed to recognize and to fear the dim form that stood by the  

side of Jesus far more than they did Jesus. As welooked around they were standing perfectly rigid.  

As the second form grew more distinct, it raised its right hand asJesus had done and at this every  

sword fell from the soldiers' hands, clattering to the floor. The room re-echoed with the sound, so  

deep was the stillness. The light seemed to glow with a far greater intensity; indeed, so intense did  

the light become that we could scarcely see.  

The commander was the first to recover. He stretched forth his hands, exclaiming, "Buddha, our  

Buddha, the Sublime One." Then the Governor exclaimed, "It isindeed the Sublime One," and  

threw himself prostrate on the floor. The two guards stepped forward and assisted him to his feet,  

then stood silent and immovable as statues.  

A shout went up from the soldiers, who had arranged themselvesat the far end ofthe room. They  

rushed pell-mell along each sideof the table and crowded together at the head, shouting, "The  

Sublime One has come to destroy the dogs of Christians and their leader." At this Buddha stepped  

back upon the table until hecould look them all in the face and raised his hand with the words, "It is  

not once that I say 'Stop!' not twice that I say, 'Stop!' but three times that I say, 'Stop!'" Each time  

when he pronounced the word it appearedin flaming letters as it had when Jesus had pronounced it;  

and the words did not disappear-they remained.  

The crowd of soldiers again stood and stared as thoughtransfixed, somewith their hands in the air,  

some with one foot from the floor, in the attitudein which they happenedto be at the instant  

Buddha had raised his hand. He again walked to where Jesus stood and, placing his lefthand under  

Jesus' raised arm, said, "In this as in all things I support the upraisedhand of my dear brother here."  

Then he placed his right hand upon Jesus'shoulder and they stood in thisattitude for a moment;  

then both stepped lightly from the table, while Governor, commander, guards, and soldiers fell  

back, staring at them withblank, ashen faces. The Governor sank into his chair thathad been moved  

back until it was against the wall of the room and every one of the company gave vent to a sigh of  

relief. I think scarcely one of us had drawn a full breath during the few minutes it took toenact this  

scene.  

Then Buddha locked his arm inthat of Jesus and the two walked directly in front of the Governor.  

In words that were thrown from him with such force that they seemed to rebound from the walls,  

Buddha said, "Dare you for one moment call these, our dear brothers, Christian dogs? You, who but  

a short time since, ruthlessly cast aside a little child who was pleading for help for a loved one. This  

dear, great soul here turned aside and heeded the call." Here he dropped Jesus' arm,turned, and with  

hand extended toward Emil's mother, stepped toward her. As he continued, he turned half-way  

around so that he could look from the Governor to Emil's mother. It was plainly seen that he was  

deeply stirred. He fairlyflung the words from him as, looking at the Governor, he continued, "You,  

who should have been the first to respond to the call of that dear child, shirked your duty; and then  

you call the one thatdid respond, a Christian dog. Go and see the restoredchild, whose body but a  

moment before was torn and writhing in anguish. See the comfortable home that has been reared  

from the hovel that your acts are partially responsible for thrusting upon these dear ones. See the  

miserable heap of filth and rags that this dear soul," turning to Emil, "raised that child's body from.  

See how tenderly he raised him and placed him ina clean, neat couch. Then see how, after he had  

raised the little body, the filth and rags disappeared. And you, licentious bigot that you are, were  

sitting at ease in the purple that is to be worn only by those that are pure. You dare to call these that  

have in no way harmed you or another, Christian dogs; and you call yourself the follower of  

Buddha, the High Priestof the temple here. Shame! Shame! Shame!"  

It seemed that every word would hit the Governor, the chair, and the draperies about him and  

rebound. At any rate, they were sent with such force that the Governortrembled and the draperies  

fluttered as though they were blown by a strong wind. There was no question of an interpreter; the  

Governor did not need one. He understood perfectly, although the words werespoken inthe purest  

English.  

Buddha turned and walked to the two men who had received the gold pieces and asked if he might  

have them. They handed the discs to him and, with these in his open hand, he walked back to the  

Governor and addressed himself directly to him, saying, "Put forth your hands." The Governor did  

so but they were trembling so greatly that he could scarcely hold them out. Buddha dropped a disc  

in each hand and almost instantly it disappeared. Buddha said, "See, even pure gold will fly from  

your hands"; and the two discs landed almost simultaneously on the table before the two men that  

had first received them.  

Buddha reached out bothhands, placed them on the Governor's outstretched hands and,in a mild,  

calm voice said, "Brother, you need not fear. I do not judge you. You are only judging yourself." He  

held his hands thus and stood quietly until the Governor became calm. Then he removed his hands  

and said, "You are quick to fly with your swords, to redress whatyou judge to be a wrong. But  

remember, when you are judging and condemningother men you are judging and condemning  

yourself."  

He returned to Jesus' side as he said, "We who know, stand togetherfor the common good and  

brotherly love of all mankind." He again linked his arm with Jesus' and said, "Well Brother, I think  

I took this affair out of your hands entirely. It is all in your hands now." Jesus replied, "You have  

done nobly and I cannot thank you enough." They turned and bowed, then arm inarm walked  

through the door and disappeared.  

The room at once broke into a hubbub of voices. The Governor, commander, soldiers, and guards  

all crowded around to shake our hands. Everybody was trying to make himself understood at the  

same time. The Governor spoke to Emil and he raised his hand for silence. As soon ashe could be  

heard, he said the Governor would like us again to be seated at the table.  

When all had resumed their seats and quiet had been restored, we saw that the commander had  

drawn the soldiers back into formation at each sideof the table and back of the Governor's chair  

which had been drawn near the table. The Governor arose and, with Emil acting as interpreter, said,  

"I allowed my zeal to get the better of me, for which I am heartily ashamed and doubly sorry. I do  

not think it is necessary for me tosay this after what has happened. I believe you can see by my  

attitude that I have changed and I wish to ask Brother Bagget to arise and accept my most humble  

apology. Now will the whole company arise?" After they had risen, he said, "I ask you all to kindly  

accept my most humble apology. I extend to you all a most hearty welcome and, if you so desire, I  

hope you will stay among usalways. If you wish a military escortat any time, which I judge you do  

not, I shall-and I know the commanderhere will also-deem it a highhonor to be ofservice to  

you. I cannot say more. I bid you all good night. Beforeyou go, I wish to say that everything I have  

is at your command. I salute you and the soldiers salute you also; and they will escort youto your  

quarters. Again I bid you good night and salaamto you in the name ofthe Great Buddha, the  

Celestial One."  

The commander, making profuse apologies and sayingthat he was certain wewere in league with  

the Celestial One, with five of his soldiers escorted us to our quarters. As they left they gave us a  

salute, which is executedby forming a half circle around the commandingofficer and presenting  

their swords so that their points just touch the point of their commanders' sword. Then they turned  

quickly, swept off their hats, and salaamed very low, touching one knee to the ground. This salute is  

given only on great state occasions. We accepted the salute as best we knewhow and they departed.  

We went into the house, immediately took leave of our friends and host, and preparedto go to our  

tent. There were so many of us that the rest house had not accommodated all; so our camp had been  

set up in the enclosure at the rear of the house.  

Chapter XIV  

When we were summoned to breakfast that morning, the leader was the first one up. He hurried  

through his morning toilet like an eager schoolboy. After he had finished, he urged everybody to  

more haste. We finally went in tobreakfast and found Emil and Jast. The leader wentover and sat  

between them and asked questions throughout the meal. The moment we finished eating he arose  

from the table and wanted to rush off again to see the house that had grown in fifteen minutes, as he  

expressed it. He put his hands onJast's shoulders and said that if he had two like Emil and his  

mother what fun he would have going around and growing houses for poor people. Then he said,  

"But would I not make the landlords in New York look sick? I pay rent tothose fellows." Then  

Emil said, "Suppose theywould not let you grow houses for them?" "Well," hesaid, "I would do it  

anyway and, after I had grown them and they would not use them, I would pick them upbodily and  

put them in and chain them." All of us laughed heartily over these things.  

As our party was so large, it was thought best not to goin a body to see the little house. It was  

arranged that we were to go in groups of five or six. The personnel ofthe first groupwas to be  

Emil, the leader, one or two of the ladies, and myself. We started out and Emil's mother and our  

hostess joined us. We walked on until we came in sight of the house. The little girl came running  

out to meet us and threw herself in Emil's mother's arms, saying that her brother was strong and  

fine. As we reached the house, the mother of the child came out, dropped to her knees in front of  

Emil's mother and began telling how she adored her. Emil's mother put out her hands and assisted  

her to her feet, telling her that she must not kneel to her; that what she had done for her she would  

do for anyone; that she was not to praise her, but the Great One, for the blessingshe had received.  

The little boy opened the door and the mother motionedus to go in. We followed the ladies in, with  

our hostess interpreting for us. There was no question that the house was there; it contained four  

rooms and was very comfortable. It was surrounded on three sides by the most miserable hovels.  

We were told that the occupants of the hovels weregoing to move away, asthey thought the house  

was of the evil one and might destroy them ifthey stayed.  

Chapter XV  

Emil told us that there would be a meeting that evening somewhat like the one we had attended at  

his home village the year before and invited usall to attend. We accepted with keen delight.  

Just before the appointed time for the meeting, Emil, his mother, and I went to the child's house for  

the mother and sister, as they had asked to go with us. On the way from the house to the meeting  

place, we passed a number of dilapidated mud huts. The littlegirl stopped beforethe door of one of  

these, saying that a blind woman lived there and asked Emil if she might go in and bring her to the  

meeting if she wished to come. This he gave her permission to do. The girl opened the door and  

stepped into the hut, while we stood waiting outside. In a few moments she reappeared in the  

doorway and said the woman was afraid and motioned for Emil to cometo her. He went to the door  

and they conversed for a few moments. Then both entered the place.  

Emil's mother said, "That child will yet be a power for good among these people for she has the  

ability and determination to carry out whatever she undertakes. We have decided to let her handle  

this in her own way, exceptthat we direct and assist her, guided by what we perceive as the thing  

best suited to give her more confidence in herself. Let us see the method she takes to induce this  

woman to be present at the meeting. The fear that these dear ones hold toward us is beyond belief.  

Many are moving away from the vicinity of the little one's home, whenyou would think they would  

besiege us to assist them in obtaining homes like it. This is the reason we are obliged to be so  

careful of their feelings. While wedesire to lift them all from their surroundings, as we did those  

dear ones, they flee from us at the first sign of our approach."  

I asked how she was able to help the child and her parents as she had.  

She answered, "That was through the attitude of the child and through her wecould help them all.  

She is the balance wheel in that household and through her we will reach this dear soul and many  

more here," indicating the huts thatwere about. "It is these that we love to bring close to our hearts.  

That little home was not brought forth in vain."  

Here Emil and the girl appeared, saying that the woman wished the girl towait for her and they  

would come on in a short time. We went on, leaving the girl with the blind woman.  

When we arrived at the meeting place, nearly everyonehad assembled and we found that the High  

Priest of the monastery was to bethe head spokesman ofthe evening. We weretold that Emil had  

met this Lama about eighteen months before and a warm friendship had been formed at that time.  

This meeting had been arranged and we were there at the Lama's special request. This had been the  

occasion for their visit to us the last day on the desert. We were also told that the Governor was next  

in authority under this man. A number of the surmises of our leader wereconfirmed but our friends  

showed no fear whatever.  

Emil said that both of these men were going to betheir close friends fromthat time on and that it  

was seldom they were able to reach those as high in authority as these two, but they were content to  

let matters move on slowly. We weretold that the preceding evening was the third time that Jesus  

and Buddha had appeared visibly to helpthem and they seemed pleased that we had been there to  

witness the scene. They did not seem to look upon it as an added triumph but as an opportunity to  

enable them to cooperate and work with these people.  

At this time the girl entered, leading the blind woman. She found a seat for her charge, a little to the  

rear and at one side of the room. After the woman was seated, the girl stood facing her, holding both  

of her hands and, in a moment, she stooped forward as though she were speaking tothe woman in a  

low voice. Then she straightened up and, letting go of the woman's hands, placed her little hands  

over the woman's eyes and held them there for two or three moments. This movement seemed to  

attract the attention of everyone in the room, from the High Priest down. All arose and stood  

looking at the child and the woman, while the High Priest walked rapidly over and placed his hand  

upon the child's head. As he did this the child's frame shook visibly but she did not change her  

position. The three remained thusfor a few moments, then the child removed her hands and cried  

out joyously, "Why, you are not blind at all, you can see." She pressed her lips to the woman's  

forehead, then turned and walked over to our Chief.  

She seemed somewhat bewildered and said, "I spoke in your language. How did I do that?" Then  

she said, "Why does not the woman see she is not blind any more? She can see."  

We looked again at the woman; she had risen and, clasping the robe of the High Priest inboth her  

hands, she said in the native tongue, "I can see you." Thenshe looked around the room with a halfdazed air, saying, "Ican see you all." She let go of the Priest's robeand burying her face in her  

hands, sank back into the seat she had been occupying, sobbing, "I can see, I can see, but you are all  

so clean and I am so dirty. Let me go away."  

Then Emil's mother stepped forward. Standing directly back of where the woman was sitting, she  

placed both her hands on the woman's shoulders. The Priest raised his hands but not a word was  

spoken. Almost instantly, the woman's garments changed to clean new ones. Emil's mother  

removed her hands from the woman's shoulders. The woman arose and in a dazed, perplexed way  

looked around. The Priest asked what she was looking for and she replied that she was looking for  

her old clothing. Then the Priest said, "Do not look for your old clothes. See, you are clad in clean  

new garments." She stood for another moment as thoughwrapped in perplexed thought; then her  

face lighted up with a smile, she bowed very low and resumed her seat.  

We were told that this woman had been blind for more than twenty-five years and thatthe blindness  

had been caused when the eyeballs were pierced byfine shot from a gun inthe hands of one of a  

band of robbers.  

The excitement had been so great that ourparty had crowded around. The leader, meanwhile, had  

worked his way to the little girl, and they were conversing in low tones. He told us afterwards that  

the child spoke English very well. Our hostess had interpreted when the conversation was carried on  

in the native tongue.  

Someone suggested that weshould be seatedat the table. As we began taking our places, the  

woman arose the told Emil's mother, who had stood quietly at her side, thatshe would like to go.  

The child stepped forward, saying she would go with her and see that she arrived home safely.  

Here, the High Priest asked the woman where she lived and, upon being told, said she must not go  

back to that filthy place. The girl said she was expecting to have the woman stay at her house and,  

arm in arm, they left the room.  

When we were all seated, the dishes wereplaced on the table as thoughby unseen hands. At this,  

we saw the Priest start and look around in wonderment. But when the edibles began toarrive in the  

same way, he turnedto Emil's mother, who was seated at his right hand, and asked if this was a  

regular occurrence with them, saying that he had never been privileged to witness this before. He  

turned to Emil, who was interpreting for us, as though he would like someexplanation. Then Emil  

explained they were able to use the same power that was used to heal the blind woman, to bring  

forth all that they needed. It was quite plain that he was still puzzled but he said no moreuntil the  

meal was well under way.  

He arose and, with Jast acting as interpreter, said, "I believe I can see more deeply than I imagined  

human beings could be privileged to see. Although my whole life has been spent in the Order of the  

Priesthood, in which,as I supposed, I was serving my fellow men, I observe now that I was but  

serving self far more than I was serving my brother. How this brotherhood has been extended  

tonight-and my vision has followed that extension! I am just now allowed to see what a narrow  

life we are living; that wehave lived despising everyone but our own people. This vision allows me  

to see that you are ofthe sublime as well as we and what a celestial joy that vision allows me to  

behold."  

Here he paused with his hands half upraised, while a look of surprise and pleasure flooded his  

countenance. He stood in this position for a moment, then he said, "This is nonsense. I can and will  

speak in the language you speak. Why can I not do this? I see what your thoughts were when you  

told me that there was no limit to man's ability to express. I findthat I can speak directly to you so  

that you may understand."  

He paused for a moment as though topick up the thread of thought, then spoke without the aid of an  

interpreter. We were told afterwards that this was the first time he had spoken in English. He  

continued, "How beautiful it is to be able to speak directly to you in yourown language.With the  

broader vision this has given me, I am consumed with wonder as towhy men look upon any of their  

brothers as enemies. It comes so clearly that we all must be of the same family, the same source, the  

same cause. Would that not determine that there was room for all? If one brother chooses to see  

differently thanwe do, why should wesay that he must perish? I see we cannot interfere for, if we  

interfere, we but retard our own development and isolate ourselves. Ifwe do this our house will fall  

and crumble about our own heads. Now I see, instead of a limited race, a universal, eternal, limitless  

All-All coming from the One and returning to the One.  

"I see that your Jesus and our Buddha lived by the same light. There lives, aswell as all others who  

live in and by that same light, must merge into the One. I ambeginning to see where it all  

converges. The crystal clear light is shedding its radiance over me. I believe that man elevates  

himself to a regal position but often, when he has gained that position, he can nomore see his  

brother as regal. He wishes to be regal himself and his brother to be the serf.  

"Why did that child place her hands on the eyes ofthat dear one whose eyes were closed? I see now  

that it was because that child saw more deeply thanI, who should have had more knowledge. It is  

what you call a mighty love. It is the same which caused Jesus and Buddha to stand together; at  

which I did wonder but I wonder no longer. Now I see that it does no harmto include you all for, as  

we include you, we have the good that you have and that can but benefit us. I can see that the power  

which will always protect you will protect me. The armor that protects me will in the same way  

protect you. If it protects you and me, it must protect all. The dividing line has disappeared. What a  

celestial truth! I see your thought when you say the world is God's world and the near and far places  

are His. If we see the near and far places together, theywill be the same tous. We live in a place  

surrounded by our own world,not seeing the fact that outside our little world the whole wide world  

surrounds us; and that world will help us if we will let it. Thento think that God surrounds one and  

all!  

"I now see the Holy Brother's thought when he said the doors are to be thrownwide to those who  

are ready to receive. It is said that man shall notonly give ear but he shall become that which he  

claims to be and, sinking self, he shall be immersed in the Brotherhood of Man.It is deeds, not fine  

words, that endure. I can see that the way of progress is not only barred by the creedsof others but  

by those of ourselves. Each is directly claiming the graces of the MostHigh; each attempting to  

build up his own by dismantling and tearing down all others. Instead of using energy to tear down,  

that energy should go to consolidate the whole.The most High not only made one nation of one life  

but of one life all the nations of the earth. The time is now come when we must choose between  

creeds and the Brotherhoodof Man. Creeds are but the conjurings of man. The faith that moves  

mountains still slumbers in the seedof the plan. The height and grandeur are still there for man to  

attain. The law of enlightenment has preceded that of miracle. This law ofenlightenment is the  

higher law of Love and Love is the Universal Brotherhood.  

"I now see that all that is needed is for each to return to the fountain of his own religion, to remove  

all false interpretations and castout all selfishness. In each will be foundthe pure gold of the  

alchemist, the Wisdom of the Most High; your God and my God, not many gods ofmany people,  

just one God. It is the same God who spoke to Moses from out of the burning bush; the same God  

of whom Jesus spoke when he saidthat through prayer he could summon legions to sustain him in  

his hour of mortal struggle in doing the work the Father had given him to do; the same God to  

whom Peter prayed when he was released from prison. I now see the mighty power that can be  

summoned to the aid of those who will cooperate in the Brotherhood of a consecrated life."  

Here he raised a glass and held it for a moment in the palm ofhis hand. He became very still and  

the glass crumbled to dust. Then he continued, "Thearmies before Jericho knew of this power when  

they blew their trumpets and the walls of the city fell. Paul and Silas knew of it when they released  

themselves from prison."  

Again he stood for a moment in perfect silence. The building rocked and swayed, great tongues of  

lightning flashed, and two great masses of rock became detached from the mountainside about a  

mile away and came rumbling down into the valley below. The villagers came running from their  

houses in terror and we could scarcely restrain ourselves from doing the same, so violently did the  

building rock and sway.  

Then he lifted his hand, all became quiet, and he continued: "Of what avail are armies or navies,  

when man knows that God has this power and that His true sons may use it? You can sweep an  

army away as a child blows the down from a thistle. As for great battleships, they may be dissolved  

like this glass." Here he lifted the plate upon which he had deposited the powder that now  

represented the glass. He breathed uponit lightly; it burst into flames and disappeared entirely.  

He again resumed, "These legions come not to do your work or my work or to use man as their  

instrument; man may call upon them to encourage, sustain, and comfort him in his work as master  

of every condition of life. With this power man may still the waves,control the winds, quench the  

fire, or direct the multitude. One may use them only as he has mastered them. He may use them for  

the good of the whole human race or he may use them to drive home the meaning of man  

cooperating with God. One who is able in his divinity to call upon these legions, knows beyond  

question that hecan use this combined poweronly in true service to humanity, for he knows that it  

will consume him as well as defend him."  

Here the speaker paused for a moment, stretched forth his hands, and in a measured, reverent voice,  

said, "Father, it is our great pleasure to have these, our dear friends, with us tonight. It is with a true  

and humble heart that we say 'Thy will be done.' We bless them and in blessing them webless the  

whole world."  

He sat down as calmly as though nothing out of the ordinary had taken place and all our friends  

were calm; but the members of our party were on tiptoe with excitement. Then the invisible choir  

broke forth with "All know the power that's ina name, and man may proclaim himself the King and  

then with humble mien, that man may rule himself supreme."  

Chapter XVI  

Jesus was seated at the first table and the Priest at our table, with Emil and our Chief on either side.  

This time there were but two long tables down the length of the room. There were nocoverings but,  

as we were seated, the tables were covered with white linen and the service came on almost as  

quickly. The food seemed to come with the plates, with the exception of the bread. A loaf appeared  

on the table before Jesus.He picked it up and began breaking it, placing the pieces on a plate. When  

the plate was filled, a dim childish form lifted it and stood silent until seven plates had been filled  

and seven forms stood holding them. As Jesus broke the bread and filled the plates, the loaf did not  

diminish.  

As the last plate was filled, Jesus arose and with outstretched hands said, "This bread which I  

present to you represents God's pure Life. Partake ofthat pure Life which is always of God." Then  

as the bread was handed around, he went on to say, "When I said, 'I am lifted up,' and that by being  

so lifted up I would draw all men to me, I knew that, in the light of that experience, some day all  

would see eye to eye and knowfull well when they could be lifted up as I am lifted. I saw heaven  

right here on earth among men. Thisis the Truth that I perceived and the Truth will make all free.  

Then they will find that there is but one fold and one shepherd; and if one strays, it is safe to leave  

all the ninety and nine, to seek the one that he may return. God may be all in all to all His children;  

and all are His-they are far nearer and dearer to Him than the sparrows or the lilies of the field. If  

He rejoices in the lilies' growth and notes the sparrow's fall, how much more does Henote the  

growth of His dear children. Neither does He judge them more than He does the lilies or the  

sparrow, but holds them dear to His great cause and not one can be left out when His perfection is  

established.  

"I could see that, if this ideal could be graven inletters of purest gold on the walls of the temples of  

the world's great thought, it would lift men's thoughts above the murk and mire by setting their feet  

on a rock, a sure foundation; where the winds and tides could lash and roar but, while men stood  

steadfast and true, they would be secure. Because of this security, peace, and calm they would aim  

to the heights where they see their true dominion. They may soar above but theywill not find  

heaven above. They will find it right among men, and it is not reached by merely plodding on and  

on, in toil and sorrowand great tribulation, and then eventually finding the great Jewel. It is much  

more quickly reached by throwing off all materiality and the laws that thereby bind men to the  

eternal wheel. Then step forth, you pickup the Jewel, incorporate it, let the light shine forth, and  

you have gained by one direct step that which you may put off through all eternity, if you will. You  

will find that the soul which insists upon immediate and complete spiritual illumination and  

emancipation here and now and knows that his relation to God is the relation of parent and child,  

quickly sees that this not only makes clear the divine possibilities but that he has them to use and  

they will work for him as he wills. To that one, the New Testament story will not be fiction nor a  

vague dream that may happen after death but an ideal that is lifted up beforethe world, of a perfect  

realization of a life of love and service. That ideal is the divine accomplishment of all, here and  

now.  

"Then will they know the vision I saw when I said, 'Many shall seek to enter in and shall not, for  

strait is the gate and narrow is the way that leads to eternal life.' For, without the true appreciation  

of the Christ Ideal and of the divine and perfect plan of the cooperation of man and God right here  

on this earth, the realization of this ideal is impossible and it becomes only a dream, a myth- 

nothing.  

"The door giving access to this omnipotent and transforming alchemy of the Spirit in man is open to  

all at all times and the key to its opening is in the thoughts of all. When two ideals and methods of  

salvation or of securingthe saving grace ofGod's love, are different, itis man's thoughts and not  

God that made them so. Those who close the door to the immediate blessings ofGod for all His  

children, isolate themselves from the immediate blessings thatGod bestows upon the Christ child  

and from the spiritual illumination of the transcendent alchemy of Spirit and the all-potent powers  

which are theirs to use as the Christ would and should use them. When men recognize this, the leper  

will be made whole instantly, the withered arm will berestored, and all diseases of body and mind  

will vanish at their touch. Through the concentration of the spokenword, they will multiply the  

loaves and fishes; and as they break the bread or pour the oil for the multitude, it will never  

diminish but there will always bean abundance left. They will calm the raging sea or tempest by  

their command and gravitation will be overruled by levitation, for their command is the command  

of God. Then will theyknow my thoughts when I gave forth myopening message tothe world as I  

left the temple that day,when I said, 'the time is fulfilled and the Kingdom of God is at hand,' and,  

'have faith in God and nothing is impossible to you.' All who believe they can do the works that I  

do and will come forth and do them may do even greater works than I have done. They will know  

that it is a process of living the life, believing and knowing; then absolutelynothing is impossible to  

them.  

"They will know that the Holy Spirit, the whole of the Divine Spirit in them, says today just as it  

did long ago that, if they hear its voice and harden not their hearts, they will findthey are the light  

of the world and theythat follow that light shall not walk in darkness. They will knowthat they are  

the door by which all enter into the light of life and those who will go in and out by that door will  

find eternal peace and great joy and will discover thatnow is the accepted time.  

"They will find that the Christ but opens the door to their own souls and the spirit that dwells  

therein is the all-potent alchemy as limitless as the universe of God is limitless. The alchemy will  

dissolve and transmute all manner of sickness; will erase clean the mortallife of guilt and the  

effects of sin; will illuminate the soul with the perfect light of Wisdom; will emancipate from and  

dissolve the darkened conditions of human life into the perfect light of life. Thus, they will see they  

are not only children of nature but children of God as well. They will bring forth the absolute  

perfection of the individual and thus will perfect the race. They will bring forth the ideal and the  

divinely inspired prophecy concerning the final destiny of man here on earth,the identity of Father  

and Son, which is the second birth, the perfect mastery of man overevery condition and  

circumstance."  

Here Jesus paused and the lights became brighter and brighter. Then pictures began to appear. The  

scenes were glorious bursts of splendor. The pictures would come on, a transforming hand would  

reach out and touch them, and they would develop into a great whole and become beautiful.  

There came on a great war scene. We saw men struggling and fighting against each other. The  

cannons were belching forth flamesand smoke. Shells burst overhead and among the great throng  

and men were falling on every hand. We could hear the roar and din of battle. Indeed, it was so real  

that it seemed certain a battle was in progress but, as the transforming hand reached out and over it,  

all became calm in an instant. Asthose who had been fighting so furiously but a moment before  

looked up, the hand traced in flaming letters that seemed to spread over the whole scene: "Peace,  

Peace, the Blessed Peace of God surrounds you. You can only hurt and destroy the mortal. But one  

of God's own you can not destroy and you are all His own children. You can neither hurt nor  

destroy each other."  

Then, for a moment, it seemed that men were again determinedthat the struggle should proceed;  

this determination showed on manyfaces, especially those of the leaders. But it appeared that the  

more determined they became to goon, the less cause there seemed tobe for a display of force. It  

also seemed that the morethey attempted to discharge the weapons of destruction, the less effect  

they had; for try as they would, not a weapon could be used.  

Then the hand went on to trace, "Behind every cloud of storm or war, if men will only look, they  

will find God. They will find that God did not create the clouds of storm orwar, that man created  

them and, if they will look beyond and see, they will always find God's hand upraised in peace. War  

is not set or ordained by God; when men war witheach other they are entirely outside of God's  

province or power. They are entirely immersed in a man-made realm where God cannot interfere in  

any way and they will be obliged to go on in this way until they see the fallacy of such strife. If one  

is sufficiently strong in his realization of God-power, knows his ability to cooperate with that  

power, and does cooperate, he can stop a war instantly, just as you saw it stopped in this picture."  

Then Jesus continued, "I chose the way of the cross. Itwas not my Father's choice for me but my  

choice, that all might see they can so perfect the life and body that although itbe destroyed it can be  

rebuilt and become more triumphant."  

The lights grew even brighter, until every vestige of limitation had disappeared; not a wall  

surrounded us, not a roof overhead, not a floor beneath. We all stood together in boundless space.  

The twelve disciples came and arranged themselves near the Great Master but did not surround him,  

for his presence stood outfar more prominently than any other, with a never-to-be-forgotten  

brilliance and purity. The invisible choir boomed out, "His Kingdom is here, for, of, and among  

men. Now henceforth and forever, one man, one God." The transforming hand again appeared and  

traced the words,"His Kingdom is herenow, among men, henceforth, forever, one man, one God."  

Then directly over Jesus' head were traced the words, "ALL FOR ONE, ONE FOR ALL."  

Buddha then appeared, standing at Jesus' right. The Priest and Emil walked tothem and knelt before  

them, Emil at Buddha's right and the Priest at Jesus' left. Jesus clasped Buddha's partly upraised  

hand. They raisedtheir free hands until these were over and just above the heads of the two who  

were kneeling and said, "Peace! Peace! Peace! A gloriouspeace rests over all.We receive you, our  

dear brothers, into the great council of God's beneficent Love; and that Love and Fellowship  

includes the whole world."Then all those assembled bowed their heads and made way as the four  

passed through the assembly. Asthey passed, the disciples and a number of those assembled  

followed and all passed on until they disappeared from our vision.  

When they had begunmoving through the assembly, the invisible choir had chanted, "We make  

way for these mighty brothers of Love; for that Love, the mighty Love of God,redeems and unites  

all mankind in the great council of God's Love, the Brotherhood of Man and God." As they passed  

from view, the great bell boomed out twelve strokes. Then, for a moment, the bells pealed a merry  

refrain and thousands of voices joined in: "We bring the glad New Year and a brighter day for all  

the world."  

Our second year with these great souls had closed.