HEAD OVERSEER’S WEEKLY MESSAGE
February 9, 2022
This past Sunday, we concluded the annual Advent Vigil (January 30th to February 6th) of daily sunrise services honoring the dawn of the Second Advent with the birth of the Sun of Righteousness and the manifestation of The Image and The Word incarnate. I truly hope you received the many special blessings emanating out of The Light during this blessed time of year. We will now resume our review of the Twenty-Second Saying of Jamil.
The Twenty-second Saying (Part 3)
“Upon concluding the words of the Twenty-Second Saying, The Man asked of those assembled whether they had any questions. And The Mariner among them said, ‘The early part of the Saying explains that the spirit is alive but not Conscious. I am not certain I understand. Could you please read that portion again?’ The Man read from the scroll again; ‘Man has a spiritual nature that is not Consciously alive – a spirit which is part of a spiritual domain and is not of the world or the material universe.’ When he had read these lines, he turned to The Mariner saying, ‘You may recall from The Teachings that every human being has a spirit of two natures: one of Light and the other of Darkness. Men and women are free to choose which aspect of their spirit is going to be encouraged to be restored and made alive. Most serve the Darkness because they are ignorant of The Way to Light, and have no access to anything beyond the world or the Powers of Darkness, which are readily available.
“‘Even though Man’s spirit, which envelopes him in a sphere of Light, is his only potential for the development of a soul, it is, nonetheless, a neuter. In other words, there is neither Light nor Darkness within it. It is, in a manner of speaking, sleeping. And most people, living in the world and motivated by it, pursue a life in which the individual is primarily involved in earning enough to provide for oneself and one’s family. People’s tensions are relieved through entertainment, vacations, and other means of relaxation. Living in the world so totally preoccupies people that the spirit has no nourishment, no source of energy by which to awaken. Thus, the beastly or animal nature of people – that body of flesh that inherits death – rules them.
“‘In their concern with living, they often become opposed to one another – neighbor, brother, sister, sometimes their own children – because one’s own person is most important to the individual. Therefore, the fittest survive among men and women and animals intent on survival. This is a well-known fact of nature as taught by the naturalist Charles Darwin. But there is another part, the greater part of man and woman, which is the spirit. And that spirit is the cause of Man’s existence, even though the only apparent, visible form is the body which, as we know from The Teachings, is a product of Man’s descent into matter, taking on a mutated form through this abortion.
“‘The spirit of Man in the world has no means of being awakened. But the manifestation of the Sun of Righteousness, a Power of God and a nourishment to the spirit, touches it and, like a seed implanted into the spirit, gives birth to the soul. Thus born, that soul takes on a Conscious life and becomes a person rather than remaining a neuter spirit with a dual potential.
“‘In the churches today, people pray to God, they worship God, they sing praises to God, they participate in rites, ceremonies, the sacraments, the liturgy, the litany, and believe that the exercise of mind, speech and emotion is sufficient to give them spiritual beingness and life to their spirits. This, of course, is not true, as we know from one of the most fundamental teachings of Jesus. His words to this effect were, “All your words and all your prayers and all your pompous ceremony will not give life to your spirit. You must be born again, and that birth comes of the Father. Follow me, I am The Way. I live The Way. And by living this Way you, too, will become reborn. And once reborn, you become a Child of God, and God becomes your restorer and savior.”
“‘The spirit, being neutral, comes alive by means of a food or a nourishment outside the realm of nature. That food is The Word and The Image of God.’”
Again, if I may be of any personal service to you, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Very truly yours in Light+,
Gene
