This is the final portion of the commentary on the Thirteenth Saying. These words dwell primarily on our return to the Worlds of Light. Of course, as always, there is emphasis on the establishment of a dedicated Community of Light.
The Thirteenth Saying (Part 14)
“‘I believe we will discover our real selves in due process of time. A prerequisite is living the Life of Light laid down by the Order. I think that if members of this good ship were to gather some thirty or forty years hence, some being seventy, others eighty, others ninety years of age, on a splendid beach like this one, they would feel much closer to God. Their many years of dedication to the Order, their years of labor in Community, would extend to them a living communion of fellowship not shared by others. But I think others would discern this fellowship, sense the communion shared by them, and honor it even though they were not a part of it. These older ones would, by their very age and experience, be closer to God in time because of their long years of devotion, humility, and service. And, above all, by living their lives as God intended and not by the will of natural Man. We must always remember that it is because of God’s Light manifest in the New Sun and the formation of this Community that we are living this life of dedication. We did not create it for ourselves, but we did use our free will and intelligence to select it.
“‘I can assure you that you will never really understand who you are until you draw closer to death. I remember when Jamil was passing out of this world into the Worlds of Light. It was an experience I shall never forget. He began to withdraw from the world days, even weeks, before. He lived apart from this material world. His lovely little body was enveloped in an aura of white light. Illustrious Beings of Light; – Jesus, the Apostles, and other robed figures of personages grown holy over the centuries, surrounded him constantly as if they were escorting him out of this world; – or perhaps protecting him during his transit. They were all part of a sacred Fellowship of Light. And this Fellowship was a hallowed and living Communion with God. I remember appealing to Jamil, asking that he not abandon me, urging him to remain on Earth. And for a brief moment he returned to the natural world of the living. He arose and, touching me tenderly, smiled shaking his head slowly to indicate that he was no longer for this world. He was serene. He was content to leave here, to go back to his own world. He was no longer my son, and I no longer his father.
“‘So Jamil taught me something very valuable. He could not be his true self until the moment of death. Then a whole new world opened up to him. He became radiantly beautiful, spiritually perfect. Thus, to be truly spiritual one must draw away from this world; then one will understand about origins.
“‘This holds true for all of us. For this reason, I hope our Community can build a sanctuary for the aged so they can withdraw from the world in peace and in the company of loved ones. I believe Jamil would have urged us to do that. I believe the aged could be our instructors in many ways, as Jamil instructed me when dying of the body.
“‘I think we will become great teachers in time to come, each one of us in our own way. I have bowed down to Jamil. I must do that. My position in the Church is secure and each of you know me for what I am. But I would bow to any one of you as Fellows and Teachers of Light as Jamil did to me. He honored and recognized me as his natural father. We all must have mutual understanding and respect for one another. That is the basic law. We cannot have disharmony. This ship has taught us the importance of this. When disharmony arises, it is from the heart of the natural Man. And we must send the natural Man away from us no matter how much he may contribute to the ship on a material level. We must always maintain the Communion of Light amongst us. If we fail in that, we no longer have a Ship of Light. It is the same for The Community.’
“And after speaking these words The Man and the mariners left the island and rowed the longboat to St. Peter Island, a short distance away. A gentle ground swell carried them to a rocky beach covered by a multitude of black stones of various sizes and shapes. They sat down to speak again of Jamil and the Sayings. And the Second Mariner asked The Man, ‘In the first portion of the Thirteenth Saying, Jamil’s words state that he did not come to teach. If he did not come to teach, why did he come? What is he trying to tell us?’
“And The Man answered him saying, ‘I believe Jamil said he did not come to teach natural men and women; that his teaching was the express property of the supernatural, meaning those who would receive The Word of God and, having received it, collect together in Community for the benefit of the world. Jamil’s purpose on Earth was to announce the coming of the Sun of Righteousness, as we have discussed. His intention was to lay the groundwork for the coming Community. Like Jesus, who never divulged the Teachings of Light to the community of Man, but only to members of the Order who had given up the ways of the natural world, sold their possessions and took up the cross, Jamil never revealed the Teachings to the curious. He only revealed them in such a way that they would be preserved for The Community. By so doing he assured the perpetuation of The Teachings. If you will remember, the Teachings of Light brought to the world by Jesus were lost to mankind with the persecution of Jesus and his immediate disciples, and with the Roman destruction of Jerusalem and the communities that had banded together under the new teachings of Jesus. Only by the establishment of a dedicated Community can the Teachings of Light be preserved for all time.’”
We will begin the Fourteenth Saying next week.
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