The Twentieth and Twenty-first Sayings (Part 13)

“Then a physician, the fifth person to speak, a Companion of The Way, said, ‘I understand that the human nature and the spiritual nature go along together, and that human nature cannot really affect the spiritual nature – the spiritual nature is more or less constant – but what I wonder is, does human nature have freedom of choice, and the spiritual nature, being predestined, does not?”

“And The Man answered the physician, ‘It is human to err. Humans use common sense, logic, reason, and their senses of perception to measure reality. We know that reality is different among individuals, and that the senses cannot be trusted as accurate measuring rods of reality. An individual changes about every seven years. Impressions of life vary according to state of health, status in life, environment, and situation in life. Each individual’s reaction to, and evaluation of, reality varies from day to day. Though reality changes, people believe they see reality as it is.

“‘Yet, what do we know of life in other galaxies trillions of light-years out into space? We have no way of measuring reality there. When we speak of God, we are speaking about the whole vastness of creation in worlds we cannot dare imagine. Mankind is very limited by the environment, the sources of energy available, and by food grown on the planet.

“‘In The System, we are fed on the energy of the sun that streams into it from other stellar systems filled with celestial information which our brain and nervous system are only able to handle with long exposure to this energy. We have no other means of understanding life in the universe except by new energy sources, such as that of our sun. The energy and information from the spiritual Sun, which opens new horizons even beyond the limited material universe, is our sole means of understanding God. We certainly cannot attempt any understanding of God by those energy sources available on the planet. The evolution of the brain and nervous system allows us access to higher forms of energy and information, just as the development of our spiritual faculties allows us to absorb spiritual information by means of the spiritual Sun of Righteousness. This spiritual information consists of creative intelligence. And this intelligence, of which we become part, instructs us. By living The System and The Way, we, like fetuses and infants, grow and develop and train ourselves to comprehend greater things of God. How does one explain something like this concerning freedom of choice to a person who is only interested in making money or seeking earthly pleasures? One cannot. For a person to understand the implications of this matter in question requires higher insight.’”

The Twentieth and Twenty-first Sayings (Part 12)

And The Man continued addressing the Mariners and Companions of The Way.

“‘We might recall that the early Christians, imitating Jesus, met death not only because of their strong belief in their way of life, but because of their disenchantment with the world and with the secular people around them. And because of the death of these people – the persecution of Christians and Essenes – the world lost a great amount of beauty, power and Light. Consequently, the world was plunged into a great Age of Darkness. It is our duty and responsibility to see that this does not happen again. Our lessons from history tell us we must take a different approach than that taken by the ancients. If we do not, the world and all humankind will perish. This is the warning of the prophets. Jamil echoes this warning.

“‘Celestial bodies – planets, the moon, the sun, comets, or any object in space – affect and regulate life on the planet. If we were to suddenly lose the moon, life would change. Man is not in control of his destiny; he responds to the environment. Thus, when we talk about a new Church and Ministry that can participate in and alter the environment of the planet, we begin to understand the scope of what we are involved in.

“‘The world is not a mechanical device that is regulated like a watch – it responds to the environment just like people do. The new Sun has created a new environment and the planet is responding to it. As ministers aware of this response and change, we have an advantage – a preview of coming events – which gives us the edge on survival. This is the secret to Man of the future – to learn of the new Sun, how to work with it, and how to adapt to it. In the same way the ancients learned how to adapt to the presence of our moon and planets and the tilt of the earth, thousands of years ago. The old religions cannot solve the problems of the modern world because the conditions facing us now are new – they did not exist centuries ago.

“‘We must also be conscious of the ancient teaching of the conflict between cosmos and chaos. Cosmos is ordered – the order of nature. Chaos is a state in which there is no order. An individual living within The Community, living The Way and applying The System, is ordered. An individual who interprets nature on his or her own, and lives out of step with the natural order, is akin to chaos and must be in conflict with cosmos. The order of nature is disturbed by the secular world when its laws are based not on nature and the cosmos, but on chaos and disorder.

“‘The governments of the secular world, the economic and political powers, the materialistic churches and religions are out of step with cosmos. Since they do not acknowledge the new condition of the sun or the intelligence within it, they are part of chaos and must, inevitably, bring about their own self-destruction or the destruction of humankind or the planet, or all three.

“‘You must understand that there is a tremendous tension, as was taught in the Hermetic School, between chaos and cosmos – between death and sterility of the earth caused by nature in rebellion with God’s Order, Life and Fertility. When the planet and world governments are out of step with cosmos, they bring about sterility in the race. An example of this is seen in the Catholic Church as well as in other religions where the priests, by being celibate and refusing to bring children into the world, bring about a sinful state of affairs – they bring guilt down upon the people, they refuse to acknowledge God’s Truth come as Light, they fail to acknowledge the Sun of Righteousness, and they cling to the idea of sacrifice and atonement and the belief in a material and human god as opposed to a spiritual God of Light. We can see that this creates a tension because the people within the church are involved in that field, respond to it, and are caught up in that energy. Therefore, in His Second Appearance, God has emitted His Truth, which is manifest as Light filled with His Word, which is His Thought and Divine Plan for the restructuring of human society.

“‘We may call ourselves spiritual engineers, inasmuch as we are engineering the universe and bringing about favorable conditions on the planet by working with the cosmos and preventing chaos. The New Ministry is a Divine Community of individuals working with God’s Way. We have taken oaths to adhere to the new Laws of God and to live by new statutes and judgements. Thus, the Reign of God begins by the radiation or emission of Truth, which manifests in this world as Divine Light come from the spiritual Sun, commingled with the material light of the sun. By filling the world with Truth, God is able to re-enter human history by means of this Truth.

“‘Naturally, members of this Church must adhere to legal and administrative laws based on cosmos, that will prevent chaos from taking over the world. This is the most ancient concept in high philosophy of the ancient world. Individuals must see that they can fight against chaos by adhering to order and structure. The bishops and ministers of this New Community receive their status and their authority from The Child and his successors and from God. That they must adhere to the structure, not oppose it or walk out of step with it chaotically, is fundamental.’”

October 6, 2021

The commentary continues with how we in Community are affecting the sun’s field, how the human species must adapt to the changing conditions in the sun, and the primary purpose of our Order.

The Twentieth and Twenty-first Sayings (Part 11)

“Responding to these words, a third Mariner, the fourth person to speak said, ‘Given the fact that the destiny of the races is in our hands, and we are indeed generating a field within the sun, a favorable field, is it possible that Man will not respond to the field in a favorable manner? Will he be able, because he wants his own way, to resist the field instead of submitting to it?’

“And The Man replied saying, ‘That is an excellent question. We know that in the prophecies of ancient scripture, both in our Christian religion and in Hebrew tradition, but not restricted to them, we are told that in the latter days of the world humankind would decide whether it was to serve Light or Darkness – Good or Evil. Those that chose to serve Light would be blessed and evolve and be strengthened by the light of the sun, and those that refused would respond to Darkness which would bring them death – perhaps the death of the world.

“‘The material world and the material sun might die, but the spiritual Sun will not. The whole universe must respond to the Thought of God and the Divine Plan. Those people who do not respond must, by the law of nature, die out because they are not adapting to the new conditions. A species that does not adapt to the new condition – the new environment – or is out of step with the natural environment, in this case, the supernatural environment will become extinct. Naturalists speculate that the dinosaur and all the prehistoric animals that existed at one time failed to adapt. Those species are gone from the planet, never to return. At least it does not appear they are going to return. The same thing applies to Man who turns from the Light of God. He will have failed to adapt and will become extinct.

“‘The world is going to change as the result of the Sun of Righteousness, which is only a name to describe a spiritual Sun. The Order which we represent is part of this change. We can influence the material world, not by becoming active participants in the secular world but by influencing it through the power that we inject in the sun and, consequently, in its field. That is why it is so important for us to live the spiritual Way and exercise The System. That is the only method of rising above our human limitations. To pave new paths, to create a need for new order, to inspire and direct are the goals of the New-Age minister in this Church.

“‘The purpose of the Order is the transformation of the world. Jamil is the first Teacher who has given Man the means to accomplish this – no other Teacher in the past did so. Therefore, instead of trusting in religion as a kind of utopian religion of the future, or instead of admiring ancient religions and worshiping dead gods of history, we are able to participate in the race of tomorrow and the world of tomorrow, within this Church.

“‘The powers of the ministers of this Church dictate that they may use the sun. They can transform it. Those people who are in harmony with the sun cosmically are blessed and benefit in a very special way. All others do not. The sun brings life to those in Light and a kind of death to those in Darkness.’”