As we proceed with the commentary of the Eighteenth Saying of Jamil, we continue with The Man (who would have celebrated his ninety-fourth birthday yesterday) discussing the relationship between men and women in The Community and the significance of married people evolving towards a spiritual marriage at a certain point in their lives. This portion of the commentary also touches on how families within The Community – mother, father, and, importantly, children – essentially become a ministry unto themselves as they strive to create a new race of Light brings on earth.

The Eighteenth Saying (Part 3)

And The Man continued to speak.

“‘The Patriarchs will withdraw from the affairs of Man. They will be free to advise, counsel and guide the rulers and leaders of the world to spiritual ends. If a person is not divested of all earthly ties, that person foresees earthly solutions to earthly problems, whereas a truly devout and spiritual person will give spiritual solutions to earthly problems.

“‘Chastity was mentioned in the Saying. We must examine this state from several points of view. First, it is a natural state for a man of old age after having fulfilled his parental obligations. It is also the natural course for any man who truly wishes to emulate Christ. There is also a third point, often overlooked, which one should consider; chastity is a natural state for a man and a woman as they age in marriage. Men often overlook the fact that a truly spiritual woman wishes and desires to be loved spiritually, much more than she does physically. Men often have the tendency to see women simply as an object of pleasure, to be used for their entertainment and their lust. This is not the way women see themselves. A woman sees herself as a living spirit, every bit as noble and with all the merit of a man, and she wishes to be loved in spirit. Once a man begins to love a woman, as well as their children, in spirit and relinquishes attitudes of force, arrogance, tyranny, or brutality, he evolves to a higher state than simply manhood.

“‘Marriage should not be based on control. Spiritual love creates a much closer relationship, and the family indeed becomes Christ-like and a symbol of love and peace on earth. Where there is the love of Christ, there is permanence and beauty. This is a difficult thing for a person, in this case a man, to understand when he is young. However, though it may be very difficult, it is not necessarily impossible. And until a man really understands this and divests himself from the world, he cannot truly say that he is in the priesthood of God.

“‘Life in the world tends to separate rather than preserve the family. A man loves a woman very much, and they are very close, and they have children. The new addition to the family structure displaces both parents from their original relationship and this tends to separate them from one another through lack of understanding. When the children grow up, they become separated from the heads of the family. And over a period of time the family may be separated by illness and is finally separated by death. So, what does one have at the end of a lifetime? We certainly cannot say that life preserves marriage, family, or the physical body. Everything in this life passes away.

“‘The object of man and woman is to become spiritual so that they can go on to an afterlife together as friends, and with a memory of having been a family. So it is the spirit, it is Christ that keeps families together, not the world. The family is a nuclear unit. This religion is a nuclear religion that encourages the establishment of families that can bring into existence a special race of Light-bearing men and women. With the family elevated to its highest level through the man and the woman in God, the children do, in fact, become part of the ministry. And as members of a nuclear religion, the man, the woman, and the children are all part of the ministry together. In other words, the man does not become a priest and take the vow of chastity and separate himself from his family. That is a kind of selfishness. On the contrary, we do not draw further away but, like Krishna, we draw closer to our families once we remove ourselves into a higher level of Christ state.’”

Next week, when we continue with the Eighteenth Saying, the commentary will focus further on the symbolic nature of man and woman and their spiritual roles in The Community.

On Monday you should have received emails from us concerning next month’s virtual 2021 Cosolargy Conference. You will excuse the initial confusion on the dates, but the Conference will begin on Sunday the 6th of June, which is Pentecost in our Sacred Calendar – a very important day. Beginning with the Sunday Sunrise Divine Service – which will be streamed, as usual via the Facebook Cosolargy Members Forum – another event will also be streamed later in the day. That event is a message that I will deliver live at the Monastery Gardens of the Red Rock Consecrated Sanctuary.

The following Saturday – June 12 – we will host an international Zoom session at 2 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time. This is when we ask that you log in and join other members of The Community from all around the world. During this time, you will be able to take a virtual tour of The Community and see some of our activities in many parts of the world, including Japan, Mexico, Australia and, of course, here in the United States.

Additional information and details will be sent to you over the next several days, so please mark this day and time in your calendar. We are hoping to have as many Community members as can participate from all around the world. I thank you for making this a priority.

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Let us now proceed to the commentary concerning the Eighteenth Saying of Jamil. It will take us several weeks to review. For those of you who are in the Second Advent Theology Program, additional commentary on this particular Saying is offered in Term II (Transformational Theology), Lecture 123.

The Eighteenth Saying (Part 2)

“With these words The Man replaced the scroll in the alforja whence he had taken it. Having done this, and hearing no response from The Mariners, he spoke a commentary on the Saying.

“‘This Saying teaches us that from out of the multitude of churches in the world that will teach Cosolargy, such as the Communities of Christ, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, Brahmanism, and other religions embracing our concepts, something higher will evolve. We do not know how long this evolution will require, but it will begin in our lifetimes. A True Church will evolve which will be divorced from the popular religions of the day and age. It will be a truly universal religion in which men and women can express themselves as a race of spiritual beings. However, this will require a maturity which people today do not have. Therefore, the Teachings of Cosolargy will be given to the popular religions of the world as amendments and supplemental material so that they can be fulfilled as a higher religion. This church which will evolve out of all churches will be shared by all races and creeds without favoring any particular religion. This is what the Saying tells us.

“‘The first Patriarchs of this religion will be a select number of enlightened men who will follow in the footsteps of Jesus, Moses, Zoroaster, Buddha, Lao Tzu, and many of the other prophets of times past. And they will be known by their enlightenment. The office they hold will not be one that will be attained by earthly intelligence but by spiritual enlightenment which will be discerned by all. And these Patriarchs will divorce themselves from the world so they may be able to counsel the leaders of the world. The Patriarchs will lead Man as did the founders of the world religions in ancient times. They will represent a spiritual Order. And this Order will own no material thing. The Patriarchs will have naturally divested themselves of all possessions. While the churches of the world will, in fact, own buildings and possessions to serve their people, the Patriarchs will head a church that will not be an earthly organization at all. It will not be an incorporated body. It will not be licensed by the state. The spiritual leaders, the enlightened of each church, will form that church, that True Religion.

“‘They will not cease being part of the human family, nor cease being members of the other churches. They will continue to serve in their respective capacities, but they will be the founders of a truly universal church in which the knowledge of God will be impressed upon the heart of Man and not relegated to books.

“‘The spiritual maturity of Man today does not allow him to be able to conceive of such a religion. The True Teachings of the Church would not be, for example, called Cosolargy. We would not speak in terms of Christ, or in terms of God, or in terms of any terminology used by the religions of the world. There would be no need even to speak. Each would know the wisdom of God. Each would see the Image of God because each would be the Image of God; each would understand God’s Word and there would be no reason to use a language of mind and matter. But, as I say, this will take time to happen. However, the seeds of its beginnings are already planted in our own Church.’”

We will continue with this theme next week.

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Our review of the Seventeenth Saying tells us that the sun is diseased and, as a consequence, the earth and the family of Man are likewise in a state of disease. The doctrines of our Community also tell us that the restoration of the human family, the planet, and the sun to health can only be achieved by proper reflection and inflection by enlightened men and women of The Community.

The Eighteenth Saying, however, deals with a different topic altogether. Let’s begin with the Saying itself and then move on to the commentary. The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Sayings go together and treat on the importance of certain men and women of The Community freeing themselves from worldly affairs and dedicating their entire beings completely to teaching and inspiring the human family. These Sayings tell us something of the way this is to be achieved.

The Eighteenth Saying (Part 1)

“The following day, The Man, in company with The Mariners, gathered again in the garden of the Kahunas of olden times. And, speaking in a voice as soft and scented as the sea breeze caressing the trees about them, he revealed another of the Secret Sayings of Jamil unto them.

“And these are the words of the Eighteenth Saying:

“Each of the religions of the world is to be given the Teachings by the Ordained. And by means of these Teachings, the older religions inspired by the Image and the Word of God given to the Prophets and Holy Ones in former ages will be regenerated and fulfilled. And from within these religions and the Ordained, the Enlightened of God will emerge to form a Holy Order of Patriarchs, an Order of Progenitors of a New Race of Man.

“And they shall be called Holy Fathers of the Church. They will emulate the Prophets and Holy Ones of ancient times, and take the necessary vows as a condition of this Holy Office. And they shall inspire the formation of a True Church, a universal Church, brought out of the many churches of the world. This True Church will live the new laws of God and, by so doing, restore the sun and the earth and the cosmos to goodly order for a New Creation in which God’s Image and Word will manifest openly as in the beginning of the First Creation.

“The Patriarchs will be those who, having fulfilled their obligation to their wives joined in holy matrimony, will cease to live as ordinary men in order to live as priests of God, each accepting his wife as a sister and spiritual Companion of the Way, thus separating themselves from all things of the world that they may be free to reflect the Image and the Word of God.

“And this Holy Order of Patriarchs shall lead the multitudes of churches of the world, inspiring them by their light and wisdom. And by these means the Patriarchs will become fathers unto the churches, joining the noble family of Holy Men of times past, protecting and safeguarding those in their charge with love and understanding, justice, sympathy, patience, tolerance, generosity, honesty, peace, goodness, and light as a unified whole, unseparated from one another; of one mind, one body, one spirit – universal and one.

“And the Order of Patriarchs will have its beginnings when, upon a pre-ordained time, you shall withdraw from the activities of Man and devote your whole life to God within The Community. And by the sign and color of your vestment, the holy members of the Order will recognize that the Order of Patriarchs has been formed. Once the Order is formed, you shall initiate disciples into it, and they shall subscribe to the vows after the passing of 52 years of age. And allow no men to take these vows and live a chaste life until they have provided for their offspring and pledged to care for their wives and family within The Community.

“And let the Patriarchs of the Church make their withdrawal from human society complete, dedicating their entire lives to the service of The Community as a glory and a power to God, seeking their origins in Light until their final mergence with God at the conclusion of their lives on earth. Let the Patriarchs live the Image and Word as did I, The Child, emulating The Way. Let the Laws and Statutes be impressed upon their hearts and minds and spirits, to be lived and not spoken, for the Word of God is neither found on paper nor revealed by the tongue. And by these means, the Holy Race shall be instructed and taught how to receive God in its midst.”

We will proceed to the commentary next week.

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The Seventeenth Saying (Part 20)

With these words, The Man closes his discourse with his disciples at Aiea Heights on the island of Oahu.

“‘Earth is a closed system, as is the whole of the material universe. Every living thing feeds upon the energy of the sun, or upon one another in a cycle that endures for a time and a season, then ends. Until Man is nurtured by The Image and The Word of God, he is imprisoned in the world. Some have asked whether Man lives after death; we know that the spirit of Man comes from God, and endures in His Memory as a Thought. If the image of a person, the Soul, has not been filled with God’s Word, or never forms, that is the worst kind of death; for Man’s spiritual nature is as an unborn child that is denied life. The principle is the same in natural law as it is in spiritual Law. When a mon or a woman passes away on earth, nothing remains but their works and the memory of them held in the minds of the living. For all intents and purposes, a person is gone from the world of the living once the material image of his being is lost with its return to dust and the mind of God whence it came.

“‘A person’s material body or image is given life by its parents; the spiritual Body or Image is given life by God. The material aspect of Man comes from within a closed system; the spiritual, from outside of that system. This is important to remember. Everything on earth is a replica of another system in a higher dimension. As a shadow formed by a light or mirror image has no real substance, neither does the material body – it is but an image, not a real thing – only a reflection of something higher. If the spiritual Image is removed, the material image does not appear. Thus, what a person observes by the senses is only a mirror image, an illusion without real substance, that is perceived only by the perceptory senses and not by the spiritual senses. That explains why spiritual Beings have very little contact with people on earth. The natural scientists who boldly claim that only the material is real, that Man is an animal evolved out of lower life forms, who scoff at spiritual scientists who claim that animals are replicas of Man brought about by nature, are dealing with illusion, with images of real things which do not fall into their system because the spiritual is perceived only by spiritual senses.

“‘Since the System we teach is nuclear, the enlightened initiate is obligated to participate in The Community for the development of a new scientific discipline outside of secularism. Unless The Community becomes strong, The Teaching will pass away. Every individual applying this System has an obligation to work toward its material well-being so that it can function in the world. The Community of which you are a part, of which we are all a part, is a replica, an image, of something else that exists in higher dimensions. The Angels of Light are attempting to create an Image of the heavenly Community on earth so that the family of Man can restore itself to the spirit. It is important to remember that if such a Community were already in existence on earth, if the Teachings of Christ were being taught, there would be no need for our revealed Teaching. But, seeing the need, God has ordained that it be established with authority to teach in His Name.

“‘The Community is to consist of only those ordained to the spiritual body itself. Man can only be called a True Man when he has become part of God’s Body. Woman can only be called a True Woman when she has become part of God’s Body. Unless one has received God’s Word and awakened spiritual Consciousness, one can in no real manner reflect to the Sun of Righteousness and restore the sun of the solar system to a state of good health.’”

“And with these words, The Man looked upon The Mariners, silence written on his face. And hearing no further questions, he stood up, and they walked together for a while among the sacred plants that grew in the garden of the ancient Kahunas.”

This concludes our review of the Seventeenth Saying of Jamil.

This Sunday, April 18th, is Second Advent, or True, Easter. This sacred day, fixed in the solar calendar of The Community, is recognized by us as the true day of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, since it is cosmically significant as the actual date of the resurrection. We also remember the events that transpired on that day in 1982 at the Sanctuary of Revelation atop the Seven Mountains of Metal when the Seven Revelations were received and the Seven Seals were opened. To learn more about these events, I suggest that you read pages 1-108 of The Book of God’s Revelation.

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Last Sunday, hundreds of millions of Christians (mostly Catholic and Protestant) throughout the world celebrated the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In a few weeks, millions of Orthodox Christians will do the same. However, we of the Second Advent Community observe True Easter on April 18th, according to the solar calendar. Of course, we do not commemorate the physical resurrection, a concept which we reject, but honor the resurrection of the reborn spiritual or Light Body. We also remember the events that transpired on that day in 1982 at the Sanctuary of Revelation when the Seven Revelations were given atop the Seven Mountains of Metal and the Seven Seals were finally opened, according to prophecy. (The events of April 18, 1982, are described in The Book of God’s Revelation, pages 1 through 108.)

And this leads us into the next and second to last segment of our review of the 17th Saying of Jamil. I find this to be a very profound part of the commentary, and I think it fits well with the Easter Season.

The Seventeenth Saying (Part 19)

“‘Jesus had two natures, his human nature, and his divine Nature, or God’s Word incarnate in the man on earth. God’s Word, the Logos or first-born, implanted itself in the Consciousness of Jesus, making him remember his true nature, and he became a Christ being. The same thing can be accomplished in people today in the Second Advent of God’s Word on earth. This was first exemplified in the Second Advent by Jamil, whom God selected to be His Instrument for the establishment and restoration of a True Church Image that could teach Man the means of his salvation through The Image and The Word of God manifest in the Sun of Righteousness. By these means, all men and women can remember their true nature and become the pre-existent spiritual or heavenly person as demonstrated by Jesus and Jamil – the Adam Kadmon of Jewish mysticism – the archetypal Man created first as a Light being. Just as earthly Man becomes the Image of the heavenly Man, the earthly Community becomes the Image of the heavenly Community.

“‘The Community and its disciplines have been established to avoid negation; otherwise an Adam or an Eve reborn could result in a second Fall, with consequences more terrible than the first. The life within God’s Light allows Man to share in the heavenly Community while he is still on earth, which means that Christ-like beings do exist in the material level. Thus, the concept of Jesus having two natures takes on real meaning. Man lives in two dimensions while communing with God. Christ is the fire that awakens Man to his own Godhood and creates the true Image in which Man was originally made; that is, the Light Body. Thus, through means of the Solar Logos, Man, as a human, shares in a divine Nature.

“‘The Image of God exists within all the material world of nature; it streams forth out of the sun to bathe nature in a blessed light. The atoms of the physical world, being replicas of the solar system, are charged with the heavenly energy of the Image of God. Thus, the creatures of the earth participate in the Light of God’s Image, but, because they are without Soul, they do not share or participate in divine Reason or the Word of God.

“‘Man is a microcosm of the macrocosm, and every living thing exists within his Being and Form. Therefore, he shares with the creatures of the earth the material benefits of God’s Image. But, because Man has his roots in Heaven, by the use of his free will he is capable of hearing God’s Word if he lives The System. By so doing, he can restore himself and take on the faculties of a higher nature.

“‘God calls men and women awakened by His Word to collect together and strive to found a living Community of adepts on earth as a replica of the heavenly Community. With the establishment of The Community, Man begins to participate in his spiritual nature by living the cosmic disciplines, for it is logical that he must train himself in order to live the Life of Light in a higher dimension – he does not inherit this naturally. Just as a child learns how to speak a language or learns how to walk, Man must learn how to express his spiritual nature.

“‘When Man becomes cognizant of his spiritual faculties and of God’s Love for him, he then loves God and wishes to return to Him. We should remember that Man first learns to love God on earth before he can love Him in Heaven. In Community, the adept learns to love all things in every dimension, beginning with God. This love must include even Dark beings and all lower creatures. The adept loves all things. And by the expression of this love, Man is able to express divine Reason. He cannot do this as an individual in the world. If Adam could not do so in the Garden, Man cannot do so in a corrupt world. Expression of divine Reason is accomplished in Community where the disciplines and codes can be applied.

“‘Community and its needs parallels the world of nature where all things, including Man, are mutually dependent. Being dependent, Man must recognize the need to give back to the environment, both on earth and in Heaven. This is achieved in Community. If Man fails to work in Community, he forfeits the full benefit of God’s Word. The selfish nature is a receptacle for Darkness. Selfishness nourishes self-limitation, the original cause of Man’s Fall. In death, Man feeds or nourishes the physical environment, becoming part of that environment for regeneration of other living things. Man cannot escape this condition of imprisonment until such time that he is restored to his spiritual beingness.’”

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And The Man continued addressing his disciples – the Companions of The Way – about Consciousness, Christ, the Image and the Word, eternity, first and original states of being, and images. (You may want to review last week’s portion of the commentary to fully appreciate this segment.)