Unlike the Sixteenth Saying of Jamil, the Seventeenth Saying is quite lengthy. However, it continues the theme of the Sixteenth Saying, which is that the material sun is diseased and needs to be healed and that this cure can only be undertaken by members of our spiritual Order. As I was reviewing my father’s personal copy of the text, I noted that it was heavily marked and numbered in his own hand which indicates to me the importance of this Saying and its commentary.
Incidentally, I was asked this week from a member of The Community about the dark state of the world and of the United States in particular and what role our Church, the True Church of Christ, plays at this time. I think when we are done reviewing the Seventeenth Saying in its entirety, the answer to that question will be clearer.
The Seventeenth Saying (Part 1)
After a short pause, The Man took the second scroll in hand and, loosening the ribbon that tied it, began to read.
“And these are the words of the Seventeenth Saying:
The health of the material sun is dependent upon the thoughts and actions of the family of mankind. If the sun is diseased. it is because the races and the nations of the world have contributed to its ill health. For the sun, too, is a living thing. Its cure remains within the power of the righteous members of the Order.
Let this truth be kept unto the Order, for it is the healing of the sun that should concern members and not the speaking of it which is of little avail.
Only the dedication of the ordained can restore the sun to health by use of the secret formulas I have entrusted into your care.
“With this reading, The Man put away the second scroll as he had the first. And the men fell into an open discussion of the Sayings. But when the sea freshened under a stiff breeze, The Man had them hoist the anchor, instructing them to return the ship to its berth before the setting of the sun. He promised to speak more of the Sayings on the morrow.
“And a second rainbow, more splendorous than the first, formed in the heavens against a background of billowing clouds that rolled down upon the sea from the mountain heights.
“When the anchor was weighed, they made sail, making for the marina. And when they ran the vessel into Honolulu Channel and entered the harbor on the south side of Sand Island, away from the boiling sea, shafts of light cast by the setting sun illuminated the mountains. Then the sun sank into the blue sea, radiating a burst of emerald green. “Once in port, The Man and The Mariners returned to the company of the Companions of Light.
“And on the day following, The Man, seeing the weather to be unfavorable, went in company with The Mariners to Aiea Heights overlooking Pearl Harbor to an ancient temple once used by the Kahuna priests of old for healing. And when they had seated themselves among the broken stones under the spreading canopy of a creeping and twisted Hau tree of heart-shaped leaves, one of The Mariners, the first to present a question on the Sixteenth Saying, besought him saying, ‘If the death of the planet is inevitable unless the sun be cured, when will the signs manifest in our space-time?’
“And The Man answered him and said, ‘This Keaiwa Heiau, or healing temple, was built ages ago in the time of Kakuhihewa. It was administered by the Kahuna, Lappaa Keaiwa, a learned medical priest who possessed mysterious healing powers when used in conjunction with the various healing plants of the kind you see growing on these sacred grounds. Even as this temple is now a ruin due to the loss of the arts and knowledge of the priests, so is the world in a state of decay, for Man has lost sight of the religious arts and sciences held sacred by priests ordained by God to possess them. From this we learn that everything in life has a season.
“All the great world religions have prophesied that at the end times, or at the end of the age, the earth would be destroyed by fire. The destruction of the earth by fire would have its origin in the sun; for if the sun were to die it would experience increased temperature which would destroy the earth in the process.
“According to scientific observation, the sun has become unstable. The expected life of the sun is undetermined. The sun could live for billions, or millions, or thousands of years, or it could die tomorrow. Those of us who have been viewing the face of the sun for decades would say that the sun has become unstable in civilized areas of the world. The sun is very sharp and harsh and difficult to look at in metropolitan centers, while at isolated areas of the earth, such as islands of the seas, jungles, mountains and deserts, the reverse is true. Thus, where there are materialistic people or populated areas, there exists a negative field that affects the sun and, consequently, the earth with harmful results.
“We know that the human mind can affect the sun. Therefore, as Man becomes more materialistic, as religion becomes more helpless to combat the materialism of the earth, the process leading to the sun’s end might be speeded up. Considering these facts, it could happen very quickly, throwing the ecosystem of the sun and earth into chaos.’
“Another Mariner, the second to speak, asked, ‘Could we compare that process prophesied by Jamil, the sun’s extinction or material destruction, to that of a nova or a supernova explosion – that is, the sun increasing in brightness to several times its normal magnitude?’ And The Man affirmed that the secular, scientific explanation of the death of a star could be applied to our own sun.
“And a third Mariner spoke asking, ‘According to the previous prophecies of Jamil, it is the ultimate destiny of the planet to become a fiery orb, as the sun. Naturally, this would spell the end of sentient life as we know it in the material world. Now, how does the fact that the sun is diseased relate to the ultimate destiny of the planet?’
“The Man pondered this question for a moment and then said, ‘If the sun were to increase in brilliance and, consequently, heat, destroying the earth in the process, the earth would end materially. On the other hand, if the earth were to be transformed into a sun by a different process, we would have something else to consider. For example, if the earth were destroyed by the heat of a dying sun, we have a negative event. But, if the earth were to be transformed into a sun by a supernatural process or event, then we have a positive event. The first is to be likened unto death, the second unto life.”
We will continue this theme next week.
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