By
The
Twelve Apostles
The Noble Request
For certain days Ravanna was a guest in Joseph's home on Marmion
Way; he sought to learn the secret of the wisdom of the son; but it was all to great for him.
And then he asked that he might be the patron of the child; might take Him to
the East where Jesus could learn the wisdom of the Brahms.
And Jesus longed to go that He might learn; and after many days His parents
gave consent.
Then, with proud heart, Ravanna with his train, began
the journey towards the rising sun – towards the east, india is on the east of Israel, on the world map; and
after many days, they crossed the Sind, and reached the province of Orissa, and
the palace of the prince.
The Brahmic priests were glad to welcome home the
prince; with favour they received the Jewish boy.
And Jesus was accepted as a pupil in the
The Brahmic masters
wondered at the clear knowledge and understanding of the child, and often were
amazed when He explained to them the meaning of the laws.
Jesus Explains The Meaning Of
Truth
Among the priests of Jagannath
was one who loved the Jewish boy. Lamaas Bramas was
the name by which the priest was known.
One day as Jesus and Lamaas walked alone in plaza Jagannath,
Lamaas said, “My Jewish master, what is truth?”
And Jesus said, “Truth is the only thing that changes not.
In all the world there are two things; the one is truth; the other falsehood
is; and truth is that which is, and falsehood that which seems to be.
Now truth is aught, real, and has no cause, and yet it is the cause of
everything.
Falsehood is naught, does not exist, and yet it is the manifest of aught – yet,
it seems to exist.
Whatever has been made will be unmade; that which begins must end.
All things that can be seen by human eyes are manifests of aught, are naught,
and so must pass away.
The things we see are but reflexes just appearing, while the ethers vibrate so
and so, and when conditions change they disappear.
The Holy Spirit is truth; is that which was, and is, and evermore shall be; it
cannot change nor pass away.”
Lamaas said, “You answer well; now, what is man?”
And Jesus said, “Man is the truth and falsehood strangely mixed.
Man is the Breath made flesh; so truth and falsehood are conjoined in him; and
they strive, and naught goes down, the flesh eventually dies, and man as truth abides foever.”
Jesus Explains The Meaning Of
Power
Again Lamaas asked, “What do you say of power?”
And Jesus said, “It is a manifest; is the result of force; it is but naught; it
is illusion, nothing more. Force changes not, but power changes as the ethers
change.
Force is the will of God and is omnipotent, and power is that will in manifest,
directed by the Holy Spirit.
There is power in the winds, a power in the waves, a
power in the lightning's strike, a power in the human arm, a power in the eye.
The ethers cause there powers to be, and thought
of Elohim, of angel, man, or other thinking thing, directs the force; when it
has done its work the power is no more.”
Jesus Explains The Meaning Of
Understanding
Again Lamaas asked, “Of understanding what have you to say?”
And Jesus said, “It is the rock on which man builds himself; it is the gnosis
of the aught and of the naught, of falsehood and of truth. Understanding is the
ability to know and differentiate the living things from the non-living things
or what is true form those things that are false.
It is the knowledge of the lower self; the sensing of the powers of man
himself.”
Jesus Explains The Meaning Of
Wisdom
Again Lamaas asked,
“Of wisdom, what have you to say?”
And Jesus said, “It is the consciousness that man is aught, real; that God and
man are one;
That naught is naught; that power is but illusion; that heaven and earth and
hell are not above, around, below, but in; which in the light of aught becomes
the naught, and God is all.”
Jesus Explains The Meaning Of
Faith
Lamaas asked, “Pray, what is faith?”
And Jesus said, “Faith is the surety of the omnipotence of God and man; the
certainty that man will reach the deific life.
Salvation is a ladder reaching from the heart of man to heart of God.
It has three steps; Belief is first, and this is what man thinks, perhaps, is
truth.
And faith is next, and this is what man knows is truth.
Fruition is the last, and this is man himself, the truth.
Belief is lost in faith; and in fruition is lost; and man is saved when he has
reached deific life; when he and God are one.” Therefore, faith is the
knowledge of the truth and abiding in the truth. This truth includes the laws
and prophecies of God, and its final stage is the perfection of man, because
man is a perfect God.