I hope you enjoyed the holidays, such as it was this season. Let us now resume our examination of the Seventeenth Saying of Jamil with The Man continuing with his teachings to his disciples. You may want to review the previous portion which was sent on December 30th.
The Seventeenth Saying (Part 9)
“‘I might add that in the world today, a person may say, “I am beyond religion. I no longer believe in organized religion. I have a personal relationship with God, based on my self-awareness.” And the person prides himself or herself on this concept. This is all well enough if one is measuring oneself up against the secular or popular religions of the world, but one cannot claim one’s individuality is superior to a spiritual organization inspired of God by revelation, an organization which possesses a teaching that enables adepts to project themselves beyond the limitations of the space-time continuum into the sun and beyond. Such adepts are indeed part of a True Religion. A True Religion cannot be confined only to our planet; on the contrary, it has to go beyond, or it is not religion. Therefore, religions that restrict themselves to sacrifices and dogmatic worship and ritual and rites, and pray for victory in war, or pray for material wealth and long life, are indeed not spiritual. They are materialistic religions.
“‘The sun has been radiating a somewhat constant amount of energy for many years. The result on earth has been reflected in Man’s way of life. For thousands of years, transportation was limited to the use of animals and the carts or mechanical devices animals could pull; communication was limited to Man’s ability to personally carry messages or send them by means of mirrors, smoke, or sound. The uses of technology and mechanization were quite limited in comparison to our present age when, all of a sudden, life seems to have greatly accelerated. Man is growing more, thinking more, accomplishing more technologically than ever before. The advances in the last hundred years have been tremendous. We have communication by means of telephone, telegraph, and satellite. We have radio and television, the automobile, jet engines, and rockets; in fact, we have gone beyond our world into space. All this has happened in the last fifty or one hundred years. [Please bear in mind that this discussion took place in 1979 before the advent of the even more sophisticated technology of which we are all aware.]
“‘Why have we projected ourselves so far scientifically in the last fifty to one hundred years? It is because we have learned how to use material energy – create machines to do the work for us. The source of this sudden increase in our ability to transform intelligence and information into mechanical or material energy is a different solar energy. But again, I point to the fact that as we draw closer to a great use of solar energy and matter, we are going to come into greater uses of intelligence because, as we know, Form came out of Being, and Being came out of Consciousness. The more complicated our use of Form and matter becomes, the more we are drawn into Being and Consciousness.
“‘For example, as we begin to apply solar energy, the intelligence factor of that energy and the information locked up within it are going to affect Man’s surrounding. The more Man applies energy, the more intelligence becomes available to the human mind and psyche. It is all around us. It is manifesting to us. In other words, as we release energy into the atmosphere, we are releasing intelligence into the atmosphere which has to affect this living cell we call the planet. If you think about it a moment you will see the point that I am getting at.
“‘The ancient mystics and philosophers of divine thought were well aware of the dangers of misapplying energy or the laws of nature for material gain. Indeed, they were forbidden to make any practical application of their knowledge of divine laws. This is why Jesus never wrote down his Teachings. That’s why the Sacred Teachings of the masters were always guarded by the disciples of the masters and never survived their deaths. A secrecy was always maintained. The great miracle schools feared that Man would begin to learn the secrets of the universe and apply this knowledge which would destroy him.
“‘The mythological references to sunken continents, to lost cities and worlds, to Atlantis lost beneath the seas, are credited to the misapplication of power which, as a consequence, destroyed the peoples concerned. Perhaps many of these stories are true, while others are allegories that reveal hidden truths. We know that with the abuse of nature’s laws by modern Man, with the pollution of the ecosystem, and especially with Man’s stark materialism and emphasis on gain at the expense of human dignity, and the denial of Man as bearer of the Spirit of God, the earth and the sun are being adversely affected, resulting in an unstable solar system that could end life as we know it.
“‘Scientists speak about billions of suns and stars in a vast material universe existing in space. They scoff at the uniqueness of Man. They believe that with the multitude of suns and worlds in many galaxies, there must be other kinds of life. That is certainly a logical, rational conclusion, but it is not based on any scientific proof at all. On the contrary, science has not discovered life beyond Earth. Theory not based on experience or absolute proof is dogma, and scientific dogma is no different than religious dogma – it is all theory until proven.
“‘Man is unique in all the universe. Truly unique. He is made in the Image of God. And the vast expanding universe which began with release of energy and intelligence was the cause of what we see around us. It is ever-expanding and will continue to expand in all directions forever, never ceasing until it is transformed back to its pre-existent state of Consciousness, Being, and Form. Our School, as a divine institution of learning, is dedicated to teaching Man how he may regenerate himself into a higher being with the assistance of God. Until he accomplishes this, he will continue to adversely affect the universe. The adepts of our School are dedicated to repairing the damage to the world and the cosmos through the sun, not in a haphazard manner but on an orderly basis according to a sacred and revealed Way.’”
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