The Fourteenth Saying (Part 5)

“‘Moses, Mohammed, Buddha, Confucius, Lao Tsu, Zoroaster, Jesus, and other holy teachers founded religions that were incomplete. Each of these religious founders spoke of a coming religion, or a coming Golden Age, in which the cosmos would be consumed by the fire of a redeeming Sun which would burn away all the impurities of earth and restore God’s rule to humankind directly from the Worlds of Light. Therefore, God will rule this world, not as a material world, but as a World of Light. We, in representing the first Community of Ministers, must live and exemplify this Teaching of Light to inspire other men and women of the world to live and exemplify that Light with us. Therefore, we are representative of a New Religion that is destined to inspire people everywhere.

“‘The Teaching, which has come through Jamil and is being animated by the Light of the Sun of Righteousness, has come to amend the older teachings and fulfill them. Though we do acknowledge Christianity and Jesus and the Apostles, we do not stress the sacrifice of blood and atonement for the payment of Man’s sins. We teach the Light of Jesus Christ; this teaches men and women to come out of Christianity, pick up the cross that was laid down by Jesus and his immediate Apostles, and go forward in the fulfilled teachings. God has come to bless the community of Man and to nurture a special Order of men and women who can exemplify that Teaching of Christ and take it to the world as a Holy Order.

“‘Our Community is pledged to instruct Man in the means by which he may evolve into a new species of supernatural Man. Man has use of his free will to decide whether he wants to do this or not; he must elect which of the two spirits he will live under.

“‘The transformation of Man and his world will not be accomplished by dreams, or theories, or beliefs. A man dying of hunger cannot be nurtured on dreams; he needs food and drink. It is the same for the Man of Light; he requires Light as nourishment. The Living Waters of God’s Messianic Sun and the Bread of His Word are food for supernatural Man. The Sons and Daughters of God can achieve all manner of things in the universe, with the consent of God, when all the family of Man is of one mind.

“‘Our religion is highly advanced. It teaches Man how to evolve and grow closer to God, to commune with Him and to break the silence of God. God is not to be worshiped as He is worshiped in older religions. God is neither vengeful nor wrathful. He does not punish Man for disobedience. Man punishes himself because he breaks the supernatural laws of the cosmos. Man suffers because of his ignorance of God and His laws. Ignorance is the only sin for which Man must atone.’”

The Fourteenth Saying (Part 4)

“‘We know that people cannot take the social or written law into their own hands to interpret privately and apply it as they will. The same holds true for God’s Law; it, too, is given for civilized order. We, as teachers, must hold to the written law and to the Teachings as we understand them for the good of The Community. We are a modern religion. Our Teachings and doctrines are revealed of God. Those who cannot understand the Teachings and doctrines are outside of God’s special blessings.

“‘God’s Law comes from on high; that is, from a higher dimension of Spirit, manifest in the sun, which orders and regulates the solar system. That is a very high power. We know that the sun does regulate life in this solar system. The Intelligence and the Will within that Light are the Consciousness and the Intelligence that set all life in motion according to cosmic law. The solar system, our galaxy, all galaxies, are governed and regulated according to the Law of God. If our Community can work in concert with the sun and within the light of the spiritual Sun, then we can create a new order of events on the physical level and transform the whole material universe into one of Light. When this is to be achieved we do not know, but we know that it is possible.

“‘There will be those whose attitude is that of the natural scientists who deny this possibility. To them, matter is matter, and Man is an animal doomed to die. There will be death and suffering as long as Man exists. Worlds and suns will die, and Man, too, will one day disappear as a species. However, if we accept the words of Jamil, the words of Christ, the words of other great Teachers of Light of times past, we can believe it is possible for this world to change to Light.

“‘People study the laws of nature, which are of interest to natural men and women. We study supernatural laws, manifest in the Light of the Messianic Sun, which are of interest to supernatural men and women. It is by our consent and use of free will that we do this, not out of fear or blind faith. The power of the atom can be traced to the sun. And the sun was created by the Consciousness of God. By working in harmony with Consciousness we, as supernatural men and women, familiarize ourselves with the power that brought the world into being. How much greater is our study!

“‘Nations have usurped the power of the atom and the sun for weapons to rule the world. We intend to use the creative power of the sun and the intelligence behind it for the good of the world and the establishment of God’s Kingdom on Earth. This means the transformation of the material world into Light. To accomplish this, Man must place his intelligence in the Hands of God; for the world cannot become transformed until Man has transcended his material nature to one of Light.’”

And The Man continued his discourse. (Please bear in mind that this discourse was delivered on the second Ship of Light in 1978, some 42 years ago.)

“‘To some degree, our own Community at the present time is “closed.” We have doctrines, liturgy, teachings, codes of conduct, scripture and other materials. The initiate to the ministry must subscribe to our teachings because of the need for order. But we must always remember that our Community is also “open.” It will evolve of its own accord as The Community grows with increasing membership. Now we are known as the Community of Christ, but one day we will have many affiliates under the names of Community of Buddhism, Community of Islam, Community of Brahmanism and so on. Each Community will be teaching the same, identical System which we now call Cosolargy; but they need not break from their respective faiths. This universal System of Communities will evolve in time to a single Religion of Light. Religion will then develop into a meaningful way of life.

“‘The Teaching will evolve into The Way, which is to say, the Life of Light. Natural Man cannot possibly evolve to this level of understanding; it can only be achieved by supernatural Man becoming truly illuminated. When this day comes, every person will exemplify the life of Christ as demonstrated by Jesus and by Jamil. But let me caution you that for the present this is only theory; for theory to become practice will require great evolvement. By its very nature, evolvement requires growth and change in progressive stages.

“‘And as we, as teachers, evolve with greater understanding, it stands to reason that The Community will evolve in a way we cannot now imagine. And this is as it should be. The Community will grow with the membership. At some distant date in the future our doctrines will be lived, and not simply studied from books. [Emphasis added]

“‘To speak of creating a new world religion is a hard saying. While we can speak of supernatural Man as an illuminant, we must always keep uppermost in our minds that social systems are fragile products created over many centuries of evolution. They can attain heights only in relation to Man’s evolvement. For this reason, we must at this time restrict our program of teaching to those few who come to us for instruction. They must be the pre-ordained who have already been prepared to receive The Teaching from the moment of their birth into this world.

“‘As you can see from what has been said, it is imperative that the Order be very firm in its demand for total dedication; for a very special effort will be required for this Community to evolve into a meaningful new world religion. Each minister must see the reason why an orderly process of evolvement is necessary in religion, just as he or she sees the necessity for order in society which has been established for the general good of the people.’”

I am very pleased to include with today’s message an audio file of the message, which we will be doing from now on. I encourage you to listen and also to read the text, which is important. I send you many blessings and trust you are well.