Subject: More From Out Of The East. Part 3.
July 15, 2008.
Here they are shown how to walk on water.
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'Since man was created in the image and likeness of
G-d did not Go- give man the power to create exactly as
He creates?
And does not -od expect man to use that power as
freely as He uses it and in exactly the same way? By
first perceiving the need then conceiving the good the
ideal with which to fill the mold that we hold in
consciousness and which is to be filled from the
Universal Mind Substance then sending forth the word
that it is filled that it is so and it is good. 'Je--s
when He was crucified gave His flesh the outer what we
see of the body to prove that there is really a deeper
or s-iritual body and it is this sp-ritual body that He
manifested when He came forth from the tomb. This is
the body of which He spoke when He said `Destroy this
temple and in three days I will raise it up.' He did
this to show us we have the same spi-itual body and
that we can do all the works He did. There is no
question that if Jes-- had wished to do so He could
have saved Himself. There is no doubt but that He saw
there was a great change taking place in His body. He
also saw that those about Him were not able to see that
they also could bring forth the spir-tual body as
He was attempting to have them see. They still looked
to the personal and He saw that if He brought forth the
spirit-al body without some decided change the people
would not be able to discern between the material and
the spiritu-l so He adopted the way of the crucifixion
to bring about the change. 'Truly is not this the
C-rist in man which the Great M-ster J--us whom we all
love and reverence came to show? Did He not unfold His
life here on earth to show us the perfect way to -od?
Can we do other than love this perfect ideal way when
we once see it whether it be planting seed making bread
or doing the million and one things necessary to human
existence? Are not these acts mere lessons carrying us
on to our unfoldment? Some day we are to realize that
we are truly Sons of G-d not servants that as Sons we
can and do have all that the Father has and that we can
use it just as freely as our Father does.'I admit this
takes a mighty faith at first one that usually must be
taken step by step and must be practiced faithfully
like music or mathematics until we come to the place of
knowing. Then we are grandly beautifully free. Could
there be a better truer example of this life than that
of J--us? Can you not recognize the power that is in
His name Je--s the Ch-ist made manifest or Go-
manifesting through the flesh man? Jes-- came to the
place where He relied wholly upon His deep knowledge or
understanding of -od and this is how He did His mighty
works. He did not rely upon His own will power or upon
strong concentrated thoughts. Neither must we rely upon
our own will power nor strong concentrated thoughts but
upon the will of Go-. `'Tis not my will but Thine O -od
be done.' Will to do the will of G-d. Do you not think
that --sus willed in all things to do the will of -od
or to do what G-d willed Him to do? 'You will note that
very often Je--s is referred to as going into a high
mountain. Whether He physically ascended a high
mountain or not I do not know. This I do know that we
must all ascend to the heights the very highest in
consciousness to receive our i-lumination. This height
means the very top of the head and there if the faculty
is not developed we must develop it by spi-itual
thoughts. Then from the heart the love center we must
let love flow forth to balance all and when this is
done the Chr-st is revealed. The son of man perceives
that he is the Son of Go- the only begotten Son in whom
the Father is well pleased. Then with constant love we
must realize this for all. 'Just stop and think deeply
for a moment and realize the countless number of the
grains of sand of the seashore the countless number of
drops of water that go to make up the waters of the
earth the countless number of life forms in the waters
of the earth. Then realize the countless number of rock
particles that are contained in the whole earth the
countless number of trees, plants, flowers and shrubs
upon the earth the countless number of forms of animal
life upon the earth. Realize that all are the
outpicturing of the ideal held in the great universal
mind of -od that they all contain the one life the life
of G-d. Then think of the countless number of s-uls
born upon this earth.
Then realize that each so-l is a perfect outpictured
ideal image of -od as Go- sees Himself that each so-l
is given the same power expression and dominion over
all that -od Himself has. Do you not think that G-d
wills or wishes man to unfold these G-d-like or
G-d-given qualities and to do the works that Go- does
through the inheritance given man by the Father the one
great Universal Mind in all through all and above all?
Then realize that each person is an expression or pressing out (from the
unseen the Spi-it) into visible form a form through which -od loves to
express. When we
can realize and accept this we can truly say as --sus
did `Behold a Chri-t is here.' It is in this way that
He attained His mastery over the worldly or flesh self.
He recognized claimed and accepted His d-vinity then lived the life just
as
we must do.'
Chapter VIII
After a delay of eight days we broke camp on Monday morning and
proceeded
on our way. The afternoon of the
third day out we came to the bank of a larger river. The stream was
about
two thousand feet wide running bank-full and the current was at least ten
miles per hour. We were told that this stream in ordinary times
could be crossed at this place without any inconvenience. We decided to
camp
until morning and observe the rise and fall of the water. We were informed
that we would be able to cross by bridge
farther up stream but to reach this bridge would necessitate a detour of
at
least four days' hard travel. We felt that if the water was receding it
would be better to wait a few days rather than undertake the long detour.
It
had been demonstrated to
us that we need not take any thought as to our provisions for from the day
already referred to when our provisions were exhausted the whole company
consisting of over three hundred persons had been supplied with an
abundance
of provisions from the invisible as we called it. This supply was
maintained
for sixty-four days until we returned to the village from which we
started.
Thus far none of us had any
idea of the true significance or meaning of the things
we were experiencing. Neither were we able to see that
these things were performed by definite law a law that
all can use. When we were assembled for breakfast next
morning we found five strangers in camp. They were introduced and it was
mentioned that they were from a party that was camped on the other side of
the stream and were returning from the village of our destination.
We thought very little of this at the time as we naturally supposed they
had found a boat and had
crossed in it. One of our party said 'If these people have a boat why can
we
not use it to cross the stream?' I think all of us saw this as a way out
of
our difficulty but we were told that there was no boat as the crossing was
not thought to be of sufficient
im****tance to maintain one. After fini****ng breakfast that morning we were
all assembled on the banks of the stream. We noticed that Emil Jast and
Neprow with four others of our party were talking with the five strangers.
Jast came to us and said they would like to
cross with the others to the camp on the other side of the stream as they
had decided to wait until the next
morning to see if the water showed signs of receding. Of course our
curiosity was aroused and we thought it rather fool-hardy to attempt to
swim
a stream as swift
as the one before us just to make a friendly call upon
a neighbor. We felt that swimming was the only way the crossing could be
accomplished. When Jast rejoined the
group the twelve fully dressed walked to the bank of the stream and with
the
utmost composure stepped on the
water not into it. I never shall forget my feelings as
I saw each of those twelve men step from solid ground upon the running
water. I held my breath expecting
of course to see them plunge beneath and disappear.
I found afterwards that that was the thought of all our party. At the
time
I think each of us held his breath until they were all past midstream so
astonished
were we to see those twelve men walking calmly across the surface of the
stream without the least inconvenience and not sinking below the soles of
their sandals.
Part 3.
John Winston. johnfw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
